Thoughts of LoWriter

The Weekend Had Highlights

Some of you will remember that I don't make New Year's Resolutions. I do, however, make New Era Resolutions.

What is a New Era, you ask? A New Era is the period after I get fed up and finally start doing things differently. It is the time following the last straw. It is the time when I finally make up my mind that Something Has Got to Change.

Beginning with my hair.

Go ahead and laugh. It's funny. But every time I make a major change, I begin with my hair. Every September when I began a new year of school, I did something drastic to my hair. Then, if something set me off in the middle of the year (i.e. not doing well enough in school, not spending enough time with friends, pissed off at somebody and deciding not to be their friend anymore, tired of being fat, etc.), I would change it again. I've done it before break-ups, even if I wasn't the instigator, mostly because I made up my mind that something was going to change for me, regardless of what anybody else did. I've chopped my hair from below my shoulders to just below my ears in one go before. I make the stylists nervous. :)

So, this weekend was the beginning of a New Era. I highlighted my hair. While this may not be a big deal to some, it was an incredibly huge deal to me. Up until last weekend, I had never dyed my hair. Not once, not ever. And I don't have a digital camera, so you'll actually have to see me in person to see my new do. (It's blonde and strawberry blonde, so in certain lighting, it just looks like I had a nice summer outside--nothing too dramatic.) What's going to change, you ask? I don't know. I never know. But I just start trying new things until I find something that fits, and then I run with it.

What really makes me laugh is that when I got my mail last night, I had a postcard from some company asking me if my New Year's Resolutions had fizzled out. I laughed out loud. Fizzled? There is no fizzled.

The last time I did this, I had a list of 17 things I wanted to accomplish in order to be perfect. I think I accomplished 5 or 6 before settling into a nice comfortable routine. Maybe I'll pick up that list again. On the other hand, I like to think I've moved beyond believing that I can be perfect and will be happy to settle for slightly dented, but you never know. At any rate, I'm ringing in a new dynasty, and it's one with highlights.

Posted by LoWriter at February 28, 2006 08:28 AM