pretender

Hair style is the final tip-off, whether or not a woman really knows herself." - Hubert De Givenchy

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really, Mr Givenchy? how so? are you saying half of the women who keep their hair long don't really know themselves? because the length doesn't suit their - what, face shapes? lifestyles? personalities?

or it's yet another bingo quote? i finally visited the salon recently, after weeks and weeks of procrastination. as always, i was ocsillating between chopping off the locks and keeping them. one reason i delayed going to the salon's exactly that i couldn't make up my mind. and i was once again considering a fling. i ended up going back to my current lover instead of straying. she'd done quite a good job previously so i really had no compelling reason not to let her do me again. oh, my hair, i mean. thanks to the shortened fringe from the last job, it's still not feasible to perm my hair from the roots. she said i'd look like i grew "flowers" on my head if she permed my fringe. lol. 

i actually printed out the lovely vision of Kemp Muhl for reference. i didn't really say i wanted the exact style. and then i just subjected myself to her devices. i always did this when i was in two minds. and it would usually turn out all right; sometimes unexpectedly good. i was disappointed this time.

only one colleague noticed my new curls. i washed my hair right the next day after the perm. i didn't realise the perm's really very faint. i could probably tease them to look more obvious. just as well. i might just have that affair and lose the curls for sure this time. i was not disappointed with the perm. i was disappointed at myself. i'd wanted a change; i was instrumental to the execution and yet i'd failed to deliver. sounds like what's been happening in the parallel world outside hairdom.

i guess Mr Givenchy really knew this much about women.