This Life in Writing | straight shooter

First page of the straight shooter archive.

on the road to blonde

I woke up today with one clear thought.

And lately I’ve been inundated with many many questions, so this divergence was a relief.

The thought?

Gonna go blonde.

And so I called up a nearby Aveda salon and asked when they could take me. One o’clock came quickly and I walked in with my dark hair.

You really wanna go blonde? the salon owner asked, With those eyes?

Yep, I said with determination, I need a change.

And more of a change than the five pounds I’ve lost in the last week.

Well I can’t guarantee that you will walk out of here platinum blonde today, he told me, But we can start.

And I appreciate a straight shooter.

Four and a half hours and a few varying shades of red later, this is how I walked out.

And I like it.

But it’s a two-part process. I am going back on Tuesday and we’re gonna make this hair blonde, darn it.

But for now it’s a change, and I’ll take it.

The owner also told me that he was wrong about my eyes; apparently they work with lighter hair also, is what he indicated.

Yep, I see just fine no matter what color my hair is.