Freaky Hairstyle and Fun Day

[deird_lj]

I currently look like I should be in a sixties tv show, where all the girls have hugely curly and exciting hair.

Seriously. Look at this:



Normally, my hair is thin, just past my shoulders, and DEAD STRAIGHT.

To achieve the effect you see above, I had to sleep with my hair in curlers, use a huge quantity of hairspray, spend the day dressed as a pirate, and then come home and comb it all out into the huge frizzy mess in the photo.


...oh, yeah, by the way - I spent the day dressed as a pirate.

In fact, I spent the day looking like this:




(Note the hoop earrings, the bare feet, the tight curls, and the SWORD.)

The reason for this madness… and the reason why I went to the supermarket dressed like that and carrying a sword… and the reason why, last night, I had to race down to my parents' house and frantically hide everything before my brother-in-law got there…

…was a surprise party. For the brother-in-law. A pirate themed surprise party.


Here, by the way, is Caleb, looking oh-so-cute-and-piratical:




We had costumes, and piratey games, and chocolate covered coins, and people saying "ARRR" with gusto. 'Twas fun.


…and now my hair looks insane.


Were I an ordinary person, I would possibly be shrieking, hiding my head under a paper bag, and running off to shampoo it back into a manageable state.
Because I am not a sensible person who thinks about how insanely complicated it would be to wrestle with these curls on a daily basis, I am instead trying to talk myself into getting a perm so that I can look this weird every day.

(Don't worry. I'll probably talk myself out of it again before I manage to get to the hairdresser.)

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Nah, this is Sixties hair. Trust me, I was there.

And arrr! to you and yours.

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Your hair is gorgeous - so full and plentiful.

Caleb is adorable. He trying to look like a min-pirate. Hardy har!

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are so cute!

[snickfic]

Pictures!

Your 60's hair looks suspiciously like... my hair. Every day.

I confess, there's always this bizare mental shift when I finally see a picture of someone whom I've read/corresponded with for a while. Like, "Oh, now they're a person."

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Ha! As someone who has to do a comparable amount of work to get my hair to be straight for an hour or two before it poofs back up again, I'm amused by your fascination with your hair this way. It looks cute on you! But take my word for it: oh, living with it....

Adorable toddler!pirate! Yay! Why do I not have pirate parties all the time?

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Avast ye landlubbers!

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Heh. I have very very very very (very) straight hair, which used to bother me as a kid (straight hair's not INTERESTING, you see) until I learned how bitchy curly hair is and then I was cool with it.

Plus now I can have a Stereotypically Short Lesbian Haircut. Couldn't do that with curly hair.

Pirate party sounds fun!

[taiba.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! Get a perm :-) You know you want to ;-)

Yay for pirates!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What fun - and what an excellent pirate Caleb makes, too!

[green-maia.livejournal.com]

ARRR!!!