Word: haire
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks ago, my roommates came home to discover me standing in the bathroom, wearing very little and dumping the blood-red contents of a bottle onto my hair (and most of my arms...
They weren't all that surprised. Coming home to discover me dying my hair is not a new occurrence for them. Over the past four years, a variety of colors have had their turn in the spotlight-burgundy, purple, red-streaked, black, blonde streaked and most recently, neon red. The move to color my hair an obviously-fake shade just before I start interviewing for jobs may not have been the wisest move ever, but I had to do it. It was partially due to how I still want to be Angela (Claire Danes) from "My So-Called Life...
...orange clownfish. My sister, then an ultra fashion-conscious cheerleader, tried and failed to make me hide in the closet when her friends came over. (Much to my chagrin, she could hide the clownfish in there.) In the southern Texas fashion world of bright colors, tons of makeup, big hair and layers of jewelry, I knew I couldn't-and didn't want to-fit in. After all I mused, I'd soon be leaving for Harvard. People there world be much too intelligent to judge me on something as superficial as the way I dressed...
...enjoy. When I go home, my sister (who now wears almost no make-up and has become fond of sweatpants) gives my wardrobe the ultimate tribute-she asks to borrow everything in it. I take what some might sniff at as fashion risks. But, as my hair brightly demonstrates, I'm proud of what I wear...
Ideally, of course, thesis topics shouldn't be chosen until the near the end of junior year, when students have had at least two years of time to explore their concentration and find a topic they really enjoy. Otherwise, we'll have juniors tearing their hair out just as seniors finally get their freedom from the thesis burden...