I can't get these assholes off my back. Parents, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, friends of acquaintances...everyone takes pleasure in telling me that I need a haircut, as if my hair is somehow imposing on them. Anyway, this got me to thinking: Locks of Love is by far the easiest way to help someone else, simply because it is constituted by doing nothing. You only have to let your hair grow. In fact, you save a little time by not participating in the societal norm of cutting your hair. I bet over the course of the last year, I probably saved between 3-4 hours when taking into account the time it would have taken to drive to the barbers, wait, have my hair cut, and then take a shower afterward. Anyway, Locks of Love is now my official excuse to get people to stop harassing me; anyone that still does is obviously against the kids that need the hair.
I'm not quite sure how long my hair is right now, but it needs to be 10' in the form of a ponytail when you send it in. We all know ponytails are for hippies, and you'll never catch me rocking that look. Still, I definitely intend to be a hero before I turn 21, without having applied any effort.
EDIT Maybe I'm too much of an asshole to be a hero, or maybe it was this expository piece (http://www.squidoo.com/locksoflove) Holly showed me, but I'm now disinclined to do the Locks of Love thing. In that regard, I may have to get a cut and rock something ridiculous for a week before I stop looking like scum (despite any positive input from Holly). Cast your vote for a rattail, a mullet, a mohawk mullet, or anything else you can conjure - except for a bowlcut. I had one of those when I was 17.
7 years ago
4 comments:
http://www.squidoo.com/locksoflove
i like your long hair!
good looks! I do, too, to an extent...we'll see
my vote was for you to do the locks of love - one of my guy friends this year did it and i really admired him for it.
reread the beginning of your post again. i was impressed.
either way, good luck with your decision!
love, beth awalt
i just read that squidoo.com entry, and i understand a little more now. im actually donating my hair in about 2 weeks, and it's frustrating to read that and know that sometimes the hair doesn't go directly to the kids.
but even if Locks of Love sells the wigs - they need to make money to cover their costs, including research grants!! how important!
and even if the kids donate them - maybe it can give them a piece of joy they've lost since being sick, like a toy or ice cream. how do you know that your hair won't be one used, that goes to a child in need?
and note the article even cites total wigs 1,000 - later it cites 2,000. that's kind of a large difference.
if you really are bothered, the friend i mentioned earlier gave his hair to pantene. "Pantene Beautiful Lengths, started in June 2006, has received 18,000 ponytails and distributed 2,000 wigs to women with cancer, a number that matches Locks of Love's work since 1997. One company does the work in one year that another company does in nearly 10." --from the squidoo article
sorry that was so long... but actually i'm really not, because it's important to talk about. let me know what you think.
love, beth
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