Yesterday, I got two things done before work. I donated a pint of blood, and I dyed my hair. Guess which one was more traumatic? The hair, of course. See, Clairol has apparently discontinued the dye I'd been using for years, probably because it was cheap and had a low profit margin. Now I know why old people don't take to change very well. Having to start over with a new product took me out of my comfort zone. So I told myself, its JUST HAIR, no matter how bad it is, it will grow back eventually. So I picked something that said 'blonde' and 'permanent' for about $8. Thats a lot more than I used to spend. (edited two years later to add: and I spent even less on my looks now that I no longer have a "real" job! Now I just go as long as I possible can before I even look in the mirror.)

I don't think I will buy the same product next time. The color was not comparable to the box front, and it fried my scalp pretty good. I can just imagine the chemicals seeping into my brain cells. But the job is done, and I don't have to worry about it for quite some time. See, it will be a few weeks before I am even back to the Official East Kentucky Hairstyle, as pictured here.

At the Beauty Salon

WHILE getting my hair cut at a neighborhood shop, I asked the barber when would be the best time to bring in my two-year-old son. Without hesitation, the barber answered, "When he's four."

WHEN a new permanent turned out to be a disaster, I phoned my husband and issued a one-line warning: "Don't say anything about my hair." During dinner, we discussed the weather, his day at the office � anything but my hair. I began to feel uneasy. Finally, when we were washing the dishes, he said in a serious tone, "You'd better go now. My wife will be here any moment, and she wouldn't like to find me with a strange woman."

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THE BLONDE JOKE

A blonde walks into a beauty salon to get a hair cut with headphones on. The hairdresser asks her to take them off for the haircut and she replies, "I can't, I'll die." She proceeds to cut her hair and it looks awful.

Six weeks later the same blonde comes in for another haircut. The hairdresser pleads with her, "Please take your headphones off - I can make your hair look beautiful." Once again the blonde replies, "I can't, I'll die". So she receives another awful haircut.

Six weeks later the blonde show up at the salon and once again the hairdresser says, "Please take your headphones off - I can make your hair beautiful if you would just take off the headphones". And once again the blonde replies, "I can't, I'll die".

The hairstylist proceeds to cut her hair. While doing so the blonde falls asleep. The hairstylist quickly thinks to herself - I will remove the headphones and replace them before she wakes up, I'll make her hair beautiful. Seconds after doing this the blonde falls off the chair. The hairdresser checked her and she wasn't breathing.

Dying to know what was keeping her alive with the headphones on, The hairsytlist places them on her head. And she hears............

"Breathe in, breathe out - breathe in, breath out - ........"

Your Hair Should Be Blue

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This post originally appeared on March 15th, 2006.

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