Ch-ch-changes

I got my hair cut today. I chopped off 3 inches, wanted more, so I got another 2 inces taken off.

What's the point of telling you how I got my hair cut? I've realized that I cut my hair when my life changes somehow. This trend goes all the way back to when I was 12 years old actually. I had just celebrated my "graduation" from the 6th grade and was going into my first year of junior high. My hair was about elbow-length and I got it cut into a bob just below my ears.

During junior high I grew my hair out again ... part of it was because I got bullied by this one girl who said I looked like a boy. Half-way through 9th grade I cut it extremely short again - it was edgy and a bit punk-rock, just like me. At that point in my life I was going through a lot; my best friend had left me for the girl that bullied me in 8th grade, that stupid girl was ruining my life just by being in it, and I was starting my descent into my bouts of depression.

I kept my hair short for over a year, cutting it every 2 months until the end of my first year of high school (grade 10). It was at that time that I was starting to really be happy again.

I didn't cut my hair again until after my high school graduation, two years later. The day after the graduaton banquet/dance I chopped off 10 inches of my hair and donated it to the cancer society to make wigs. This time, when I cut my hair, I wasn't upset, I was happy. I'd just completed my high school experience, I had a boyfriend, I knew who my true friends were, and I was about to embark on my university experience.

About 6 months later, I'd finished my first semester of university, instead of cutting my hair, I dyed it. I changed the colour to signify that I was changing - I'd dumped my stupid boyfriend a few weeks prior, I'd survived my first semester, and I think, in a few ways, I was starting to grow up.

I didn't do anything else with my hair until this past December, I decided to wear the straight bangs again, like I did when I was a child, and had a ton of layers put in, like I did when I had it cut back in the 9th grade - just not as short. ;) I had just completed one of the toughest semesters I've had - I'd overcome failures and not punched one of my professors - even though I REALLY wanted to punch her, she was so infuriating! It was also one of those days that I felt good about myself - good enough to change my look a bit.

Which leads to my haircut today. Change is a-coming in my life! I don't want to get into too much detail about it because it's a little bit personal. In any case, I feel good, my life is on track, and I know where I'm currently going with it.

ANYWAY, I'm sorry this was an extremely boring entry ... I just thought it was weird that I have this knack for cutting/changing my hair every time something in my life changes.

I'll post pictures of my crazy hair changes over the years another time, I promise. =)

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