Caption: I've got the lovely kids at Atlantis hair in Paddington (namely Jade and Janelle, SHOUTOUT TO THA J-CREW, YO, 'SSUUUUP?!) doing magical things like making my long hair, short, then long again. They use a special powder called Hairius Gratias, that comes from a remote island off the coast of Costa Rica, and it has a street value of more than $800 a gram. What they do is rub in into the ends of my hair, add some liquid nitrate, then gently blow on it with a hair dryer. And then, literally, my hair starts growing. It's pretty amazing.
Of course, I'm lying. I have Amore hair extensions (clips that sit on my real hair at the roots - no glue, no bonds, no damage, no ouch) and once every, ooh, three months they take them all out (160, count 'em) and move them around and put new clips in because the original ones start to lose their colour and become moderately visible... but only because my mop was so dingin' short. On Real People with Proper Long Hair, you would see no clips. Ever. Unless you had a special clip finding torch. And they cost a pretty penny, let me tell you.
Anyway, so this is a brief visual story of what happens. (Yes the first and third pics are the same. I already know that. I sent them from my mobile, remember? Yes, that was a reminder that I am capable of such technical wonder. I've overused these brackets. Bye for now.) I have long hair. They take them out. I remember how much I love my short hair. They put them back in. I remember how much I love my long hair.
And i do. Because i can put it up. And it swishes. And it covers my face when I'm embarrassed because someone caught me taking photos of myself on my delightful, clever Nokia N73, a phone which allows you to not only send pictures of Nice & Interesting Things to your blog, but gives you a lens on the back of the camera (hint: not unusual) and also one on the front, above the screen (hint: very special). Which is so super rad for shooting video of yourself, or taking photos of yourself.
I just re-read that sentence and think i should change the name of this blog to: I love myself.
Signed,
Self-lover and self-portrait person.
Current status: Long hair.
