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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
I’ve had long(ish) hair for as long as I can remember. Whether layered or one-length or updated with bangs, it’s always been below my shoulder. My long hair is simply part of who I am. So you can imagine my hesitation when I visited one of the top stylists in the city and he said, unflinchingly, “Sweetie, it’s time for a change.”
I tried to put up a fight, I really did. But he’s one of those people who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Seemingly fed up with my thinly-veiled misgivings, he finally said he’d leave me alone for a minute to think about it. The one-two punch was delivered when his assistant seized this opportunity to pull me aside and said, “Darling, he’s not just any stylist. He’s an artiste (emphasis on the e). Mess with his creativity and he’ll mess with your hair.”
Defeated at last, I pretended to read the magazine in front of me but I was all-too-aware of the snip-snip-snipping away near my nape. Scissors have never been that close to that part of my neck ever. With sickening unease, I realized he was aiming for chin length. The last time my hair was that short was in third grade.
For the next week or so, my every waking thought was how much I missed my long, straight, black hair. But then I remembered that I’m one of those girls who looked forward to makeover day on America’s Next Top Model and rolled their eyes at girls who cried like they were dying when their hair’s chopped off. I thought “That’s just hair, it’ll grow back.” Admittedly, not all of Tyra’s makeovers are phenomenal, some are truly disastrous and some models are better off with pre-makeover hair. But what separated the true winners from the sore losers is that the former embraced the change, never mind that it made them look more like a guy and less like a model. The winners worked with it and never complained. Or if they did, they never showed it.
I don’t hate or love my hair, I can only say that it’s different. But you know what they say about faking it until you make it? I have decided to own it until I grow it.
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May 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I really love reading your diary and I hope you could update it more often…YOU ROCK!
May 19th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
since wen i was 8-12 yrs.old my hair is never been chopped..but im already 13 yrs.old..then my mom decided that i must have a haircut..my hair is tooo long(before my mom decided to have a haircut for me)and i never think of having a haircut…i really feel sad for my hair now..its tooooo short..its curly and its toooo”SABOG”..i really dont know what to do with this hair..it makes me look BOYISH and UGLY…i just cnt complain..coz i have no choice..my hair is already CHOPPED!i really really can relate with this story:((
May 20th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Whoa!
Well, it is not so hard to cope up with a change as long as you choose to. I love this blog. I am close to kissing goodbye a summer without having any changes. I really want to cut my hair short but something is bothering me not to. I guess because I’ll look chubbier if I will.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
it does not matter if whats the style or length of our hair.
what matters is, how we embrace every changes that may come into our life.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
you won’t see if you try. i love this katie!Ü i’m also one of those people who wants that ANTM makeover. haha! it doesn’t look bad.. right?
June 4th, 2008 at 11:38 am
yes! its true, your hair will grow back to its length but for a change its nicer.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am
i really can relate with this blog.. it makes me realize that this thing shud nver be a big deal. its how we make other people see us.. we’re not love by others by our long or short hair its because of how we live our life and how we treat others..
June 6th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
hahaha! yeah. :)) its just a new haircut. nothing to worry. hahaha!
June 6th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
more blog pls. wee! :))
June 9th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Haha~!! I could totally relate to this..
I’ve recently cut my hair short.. Same as yours, chin-length too
I haven’t had my hair that short since… the 2nd grade haha
It was my choice to cut my hair though
since everything’s gonna start anew, why not also a new haircut
i was quite fond of my short hair the first few days.. and then
i’d started missing my long locks
June 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
You are so right. I’ve had short hair since kinder. I admit that I didn’t like it that much. but now, i’ve grown it and I feel fab.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
my gawd.i too have very long hair it’s runs down up to my waistline..one day i decided to get a v-cut but unfortunetely the gay who’s cutting my hair did not understand what i said so..i have this very short hair now.like only on the neck length.. i got home and i really cried because it took me 3 years to grow my hair..but i decided to flaunt my new look and just be happy with it..
June 9th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
my gawd.i too have very long hair it’s runs down up to my waistline..one day i decided to get a v-cut but unfortunately the gay who’s cutting my hair did not understand what i said so..i have this very short hair now.like only on the neck length.. i got home and i cried because it took me 3 years to grow my hair..but i decided to flaunt my new look and just be happy with it..
June 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I wish you’d post your previous diary entries…the ones you publish in Candy…because I don’t have the luxury to buy issues of Candy mag…I stopped collecting the mag three years ago because I was cut short on the budget…and now I’m still (unfortunately) unemployed…I graduated this year and I found it super hard to find a job….
Anyhow, I was also considering having bangs but I’m so scared it might be a disaster….there’s one brave thing I did though, I had my very untamed hair straightened which I was very reluctant to do coz I’ve seen how my friends’ hair looked after a few treatments. So, I commend you for doing a brave thing….
June 17th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I have my long hair .. I decided to cut it because “may maraming split ends..” hahaha!!.. chubby na ako tig.nan ngaun..hhuhu.. bcos of my short hair!
June 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
well its a nice article. pretty good huh.?!
June 25th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
OMG! I like reading katie’s diary! It’s so good! I can always relate on it!
June 28th, 2008 at 11:14 am
i also experienxe same situation.. it’s so hard to move on, especially with really short dry and curlly hair!! i have to iron my hair everyday for school.. so exhausting!! pff.,.,
July 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
hmm.. it’s alright.. there’s nothing wrong with oh-so-short hair. don’t worry. you’ll love it soon:)
July 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
hi im 15 yrs. old and i had the same case. since kinder i’ve been longing for long hair but my mom always cuts my hair short (boy-cut)..but when i reached high school..she allowed me to grow my hair long…last year mhaba ang hair ku!!=) but then i decided to cut it short..not because it’s uso but i thought that a change won’t hurt..=)
July 9th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
oh. i love the look of girls w/ long and black hair w/ bangs. too bad its all gone, i think you look pretty nice with your last hair.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
i know how you feelll=(
July 12th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
hi katie. tagal ka nang hindi nag-a-update ng blog mo ah. wala na bang iba?
July 20th, 2008 at 8:44 am
yah.i know how it felt.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
i too just had my hair cut last week…from a long-ish hair to shoulder length.. but im happy with it, sometimes things just need to be changed…who says you’ll look bad with short hair? just put that lovely smile on and you’re good to go katie!
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xoxo
July 30th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
change is good…
and so is a new haircut. ^^
dont worry coz the next thing you know, your hair’s longer than ever. ^^v
August 13th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I am so like you! I really was’nt confortable having short hair… but then when time passes by my hair grow…. so now i have long hair…. and nways no one notice my hair were short cuz i was tiying my hair…..
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
…whOaA..i can really relate to this..until now i dont want to cut my hair coz i love seeing myself with long hair…even my bestfrend tel me to cut it!!!…but i woudnt dare..its the end of the world if i let it cut….whoaSh!!..love reading your blog!!..
October 5th, 2008 at 12:30 am
it’s just fine…
it’ll grow back pa naman..
and besides, nothing is permanent in
this world except…
CHANGES…