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I easily get bored with my hair. That's why as much as possible, I change my hairstyle every now and then. Boy, I've probably tried everything -- except for pixie, that is. From boy cut, to shaggy, to mid length layers, one length cut, stick straight, wavy, digiperm, rainbow (that's my mom's term because it looks like one), full bangs, side bangs, no bangs, parted in the center, or left, or right, or no partition at all aka brush up. Ha, I can go on! Thing is, my last hairstyle, which was half digiperm was really close to my heart. I hadn't had it changed for more than a year which is eternity in my hairstyle lifespan. Why? Well to name a few..
My long outdated mane
It was so easy to maintain. I could survive a day without combing my hair.
Actually, I rarely combed my hair, I just finger comb it once it had dried.
I didn't have to blow dry my hair or wait for it to dry before going out, no specific form was necessary.
All you had to do is twirl and scrunch it every once in a while!
Finally, the look looked (vocabulary shortage haha) party ready all the time sans all those unnecessary preparations!
Sad to say, it all had to end. It had grown waist long already, weighing my face down, the roots were so dry with a couple of split-ends, and... (drum roll) I had been depressed. And when I'm down, all I need is a haircut! Which reminds me that it was the same reason I spent some serious amount of cash for my digiperm!
Now, I really wanted to try pixie. It looked good on Emma Watson, Michelle Williams, even on my mom who had no choice since her hair was just growing its way out again after some chemotherapy sessions. But then again, I'm not as pretty as them! Frankly, it's such a drastic change, and I might get married soon (oh really now?), so of course I wouldn't want to look more masculine than my groom! In short, pixie is out.
My new hairstyle!
Finally, I got interested in bob cut. It looked so edgy and such a far cry from my long curls!.. But, there are lots of styles to choose from and I was lost in no time. So began the process of elimination. I have a diamond-long-shaped face, so I zeroed in on celebrities with a bob who have similar face shape like mine. It was Liv Tyler and Anne Hathaway who laid the final brick. Anne Hathaway had a shoulder bob, while Liv Tyler had a one length shoulder cut. There's very little difference actually, therefore I decided to mix both.
Here are some pictures I grabbed online to show to the hairstylist. See how chic and versatile the hairstyle is, whether it's straight, wavy or curly. I was screaming yay, another LOW MAINTENANCE cut!
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC
and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six
Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it
was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them
on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a
middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and
stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his
first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping
continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the
wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk
again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3
year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look
at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to
walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other
children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician
played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money
but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished
playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was
there any recognition.
No one knew this but the
violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the top musicians in the world. He played one
of the most intricate pieces ever written,with a violin worth 3.5 million
dollars.
Two days before his playing in
the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average
$100.
This is a real story. Joshua
Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington
Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of
people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate
hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the
talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible
conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop
and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever
written, how many other things are we missing?
