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November 2009 
half a palm tree
Posted on Feb 8th, 2009
by 
tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
Krissy is dreading my hair this weekend. I'm awake at 5:30 am because my scalp hurts. It's different from a headache, more like a ponytail going in the wrong direction but all over my head all at once. It looks half cute though. The other half will look cute later today. Once the girl wakes up.
My crazy hair has been part of my identity in the world for as long as I can remember. I wasn't sure dreads would work out but I think they do.
I feel a little like half a palm tree, other half to follow.
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yeah, hair is a weird thing. I got off my butt and got a haircut yesterday. I don’t know what finally makes me decide that I’ve had enough of how my hair looks and then shoot down to the barbershop. I got a perm once, but I’ve never thought about dreads.
Can’t wait to see the results. It sounds great…I love dreads!
yes. please post pics.
ooooooh, this’ll be good!
It’ll be a race - to see if you post a pic before I get home from the woody school and see for myself! I just may have to hitch a ride this week…..
Tom - I got a perm once too. I wonder what happened to it? I guess it didn’t live up to its name.
posted a whole palm tree picture.
Jeannie wow ,wild (plus you do have the nicest color of hair and the best icon ever)
I have been wearing this work bun for weeks now along with the the glasses I look like a librarian and not the naughty kind either.
I asked the Bugman if he would be o.k. with me shaving my head and eyebrows,cuz it all gets to be too much,voulontary alopecia. Anyways i’m on my way down to your place for some dreads….I wish maybe I’ll pick up Maze,Joe and Albert, we can get a collective perm.
It’s a fine line between naughty and nice librarians. I think it’s all in the underwear.
very cool dreads!
I’m not wearing any does that count. Come to think of it i only wear knickers to work.
you look beautiful……………….locs suit you darling!
ummm, Bridget, you only wear knickers to work? So they don’t require shirts in Canada? I think maybe we should move there.
I’m giggling and if my memory serves me correctly you can go topless in a lot of places in this fine country,work probably not a good idea,not if I want to avoid some disoriented poor soul grabbing on to my tits for dear life,and I am rather fond of keeping my job .
I can just see Canada’s first topless hospital, it would probably be a good idea to send cardiac patients elsewhere.
uh wow Jeannie, you look fabulous! Mizz palmtree award is yours for the taking : )
Topless hospital? sounds like Grey’s Anatomy is going out of business asap.
& do be careful Bridget, you know what can happen when you shake it
( .)( .) (. )(. ) ( ) ( ) . . oops!
I don’t like pics of me, I like taking photos of things outside of me. Also, this is the aftermath of spending hours lying face down on the bed so Krissy could dread the back of my head. I think by Wednesday my face may be as close to normal as it ever gets. But I promised to post pics, so there ya go. Be careful about promises.
You look maaaahhhhvalous, dahling!
“…naughty and nice librarians. I think it’s all in the underwear.”
( .)( .) (. )(. ) ( ) ( ) – (hilarious, btw)
Topless hospitals.
Sounds like fun in dreadland. Can 2 inch hair be dreaded, or should I shave it all off and pretend I have inward dreads?
Palm tree, tee hee. Very cool. I’m curious. How does one dread hair?
Albert I’m not sure,maybe some dready extensions but it can be permed does anyone remember Toni’s home perms? C’mon here Albert I got something to show ya…she says with evil laugh,it won’t hurt a bit ;-)
Tara my boobs never looked so good ;-)
Oh I do so love the way a conversation can devolve … I mean evolve … here on Gaia, and so very often on Tink’s page : )
2 inches isn’t quite long enough. Four could work.
Janine, first you find a very kind, generous, patient friend. Make sure you have a pile of great movies. Then the friend sections your hair all over your head and puts in little elastics, so now you have anywhere from 30 to 150 little ponytails. Then one tail at a time take the elastics out and start back-combing with a little fine toothed metal comb - a flea comb would be perfect. Each dread takes hundreds of backstokes before it even starts to lock up. It helps if you spray them with saltwater beforehand and there’s this powder stuff that makes them tighten faster too. But basically once you have them in they’re still going to take several months to totally lock up.
Hey thanks!
Your hair is so, so amazing. I want Farland to do dreads.
I have super thick curly hair which makes it pretty dread-friendly. It’s weird though, I don’t feel like myself yet. I think it feels something like shaving your head would - all the air gets to my scalp now and my hair doesn’t move around or fall in my face anymore. Or like I’m wearing a weird hat all the time.
I think Farland has the kind of hair that doesn’t want to dread, all silky and fine, but maybe it would lock up just by the sheer force of her being…
Isn’t it amazing what an intimate difference hair makes? I remember what shaving my head felt like, and the protection my current longer version affords. I can’t imagine what having a built-in nest would be like.
My hair is babybird fine; Farland’s, though of the same, has a mind of its own. I think she could be dreadful indeed.
OMG - I wish I still had hair!
OMG - a topless hospital! I’m changing my business plan. Think of the cardio workouts!