On Wednesday (remeber Wednesday? I was late announcing the winner of my very first blog contest?) I sat next to Sarah, a co-worker turned friend, fiddled with the hair I hadn't had cut in almost a year (seriously, it was last November) (I know!), and said, "Maybe I should get bangs."
Bangs. I haven't had bangs in... Have I ever had bangs??? I must have. I clearly remember a photograph of me on my birthday (my twelfth?) and I'm fairly certain I had bangs. Also? I didn't brush my hair then either.
"Oh, my God!" Sarah exclaimed. "Yes! Bangs! How fun! Squeal!"
Suddenly the phone was in my hand and I was making an appointment for that very day, just an hour later. Of course, after I made the appointment, I had to make sure I could leave work early. It's okay. My boss is my BFF. (That doesn't mean he shows me deferential treatment.) (Yes, it does.)
So. This is me. With bangs. Anyone know why they’re called “bangs?”
The pictures are courtesy of J, who (whom?) I thrust the camera at and said, “Here. Get it over with. Quickly.” I don’t think I ever mentioned this, but my sad kid sister fractured her leg a month ago playing volleyball.
This was doubly painful because not only will she miss the entire season of volleyball, but she’s missing quite a bit of soccer as well and soccer? It’s numero uno. I feel bad for her. For J, not being able to play sports is like me not being able to eat chocolate. I’m totally serious.
Wow, a not horrible profile shot. I usually hate my profile. Did I ever mention I love the color pink? Also, I have a blue nevus on my right cheek. Do you know what a blue nevus is? It's a flat, blue mole. BLUE! For crying out loud. I completely admit to photoshopping it out in the above photo. I’m sorry. But... I hate that thing.
I’m the girl who wears her hair in a ponytail every day. No joke. There’s nothing that makes me feel more scattered and messy and disorganized than having hair in my face. At this point, I started to ask myself, “What the hell were you thinking?”
The head belongs to Tristan, the youngest sibling. He was named, I kid you not, after Brad Pitt’s character in Legends of the Fall. He’s… crap… eleven? Twelve? A total pain in the ass. The oldest sibling, my sister T (no, that’s what we call her) is 31. My mom likes to take her time and spread things out. There are five of us in total. I'm somewhere in the middle.
Not sure if you can see it, but in the middle of my hand there’s a faint blue mark where I stabbed myself with a pencil when I was twelve. I went to poke someone in the butt and the freshly sharpened lead tip slid nice and smooth into my palm. I panicked and shook my hand wildly about until the pencil flew out. I won’t ever forget the image of a pencil sticking out from my hand. Ugh.
I consider my eyelashes one of my best features. And I have crooked bottom teeth. And fangs, but you can’t see them in this picture. And I know what you're thinking. Me and Edward are so meant to be.
Goodbye forever.
wow! u got bangs! I've tried bangs BUT i have no forehead! and after I get them I hate them and i have a panick attack because I dont know how to style them! But I just keep getting them and end up putting them back. I wish I were u they look so good! What did the husband say? he better have noticed! You totally look like your kid sister J in that last picture for some reason. AND ALSO I did the same thing with the pencil in first grade. The image of the pencil dangling from my palm seriously has stuck with me too!!! And I always wonder why I just left the piece of lead pencil tip in my palm!? It's still there!! gross.-L
ReplyDelete-->I think you look cute in your pictures. I take many and am in very few. I always tell people they will look better if the hold still and smile because I'm taking the picture regardless. ;-)~debwww.WebSavyMom.com
ReplyDeleteI like the bangs, they're cute. I have to have bangs since I have the biggest forehead known to god. BTW, I don't have a nevus on my eye but I do have a freckle on my iris, very odd. Oh and if we're going for other oddity commonalities I also have pencil lead stuck in my hand. Did it in college in the dean's office. Don't ask, I'm just retarded.
ReplyDeleteYour bangs are really cute! Wow, your brother looks so much like J. Yipes, broken leg? Poor kid.
ReplyDeleteLOL this post was cute. Nice bangs! I blogged about your s'mores brownies and have been sending the post to everyone I know. They are sooooooooo good!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if we were going to get to see photos of the new "doo". Like the bangs. This post made me laugh ~ love the photo captions. Funny and clever.
ReplyDeleteI like the bangs, very cute. And those are the cheeks of a very skinny baker. I'm suspicious of skinny cooks, y'know - it's just not natural.You do look like a Disney princess in that pic! LOL
ReplyDeleteHonduranBaker, I've had the same panic attack. As soon as I showered and got my pretty salon hair all wet. I stood in front of the mirror and looked at my dripping, straggly hair and thought, Now what? The Husband did notice. He likes the new look a lot. ;)Deb, thanks! I much prefer to take the photos, but I know that eventually, one day, I'll want some of myself to look back on. MichelleSG, geez, were we all klutzes when we were younger? How come so many kids were running around stabbing themselves with pencils???Thank you, Gayle! Yeah, they look a LOT alike. And yeah, "poor kid" indeed. She's dying to get back to sports.Amnah, I'm glad you liked the brownies. Once in a while, I'll stumble across a picture of them, start to drool and have to force myself to do something, anything, that'll keep me out of the kitchen. Otherwise, I'll eat the whole pan myself. No kidding.Debbie, thank you! Yeah, I couldn't not take pics. After all, I share just about everything with you people. Hair included. Violet, you're too sweet. I was thinking more along the lines of halfwit sidekick, but princess works, too. ;)And, please woman. I am far from skinny. I have the non-fitting jeans to prove it.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!Wow chica, you do a great job at pointing out your 'flaws'. You have lovely skin and gorgeous eyes that a lot of folks would die for :)Like the post though!
ReplyDeleteOoohhh...good luck with the bangs. I have tried them, because I know it looks better than pulled-back hair every day, but I also cannot deal with hair in my eyes. Last time I had some side-bangs cute, I nearly went crazy trying to keep them out of my face.But! You look fabulous. So I hope you learn a coping mechanism. And then teach it to me.For the record, I ALSO have pencil lead in my hand. Who knew there were so many of us? We should start a support group.
ReplyDeleteYou look lovely with bangs! I can't wait to read through your blog. I love chocolate! And I whine all the time! :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the new hair do! I forgot what you look like with your hair down! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the bangs -- and I think with your great eyes, you could even go shorter -- like hanging in your eyes thick bangs.( And I can say this because of course I am on the cutting edge of all things fashiony and stylish). I love the photo with your brother. Dang - so cute.
ReplyDelete<3 the bangs. i can't rock 'em personally.and.. well. when i was a teen and Legends of the Fall first came out, i swore that i would name my child Tristan (i thought it was utterly romantical that triste in french means sad or something emo like that). this was all stupid cus of course now i know that if i ever spawn, i'd name the kid Edward.
ReplyDeleteI think the bangs look good but I agree they are a pain in the butt! Mine are at the point where they are always in my eyes can't tuck them behind my ear yet. I miss my long hair!
ReplyDeleteUm, I think it's your right ye that is actually crazy, isn't it??
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