The worst haircut EVER.

This is a day that changed my life.  I'm not exaggerating.  I was so upset about this shitty haircut that I think I actually became more feminine.  Never again did I want someone (even a child) to question, "Mommy, is that a girl or a boy?"

I was 15 and wanting to be cute.  This was a popular haircut at the time and I thought that it might look good on me.  I was dead wrong.

Instead of going to a salon to have it done, I did what many super poor jobless 15 yr olds do....I had my mom cut it.

Below is what resulted.  YUCK!  Keep in mind that this is many months after the initial hair cut.  My hair grows horribly slow - much to my dismay.

The corresponding journal entry is from my creative writing journal and it includes comments from my teacher.  I blamed my mom for the whole gig, but really, I wanted the hair cut, and once it went down the toilet I needed someone to blame. 

I entitled it, "I Learned the Hard Way."

9.22.98

"I let my mom cut my hair.  That was a huge mistake.  I told her I wanted it a little shorter so she whacked off all these layer on the top and did the haircut inside out!  Then, after an hour of crying about my square-head-shaped haircut and calling ound to see if anyone would be able to fix my hair and being rejected, I asked her to try to fix it.  "Try" was the key word.  She ended up cutting it so short I look like I'm wearing a helmet or I look like a boy, whichever the hair's in the mood for.

People tell me it's ok, that it doesn't look that bad, all except for the very few that gasp, "You butchered your hair!" which makes me feel really great. 

I guess I didn't learn well enough when my mom cut my sister's bangs two inches from her scalp.  But I know now."

Teacher notes:

"For what it's worth it really doesn't look that bad to me."