.: New Hair Color :.

For the last twelve years or so, I've always had a broad streak of color in my hair. It first started as something "crazy" I let my stylist in Champaign do. It was around the time I was a lead singer for a band. Just a big chunk of blond. Totally made feel like a star. Though I do remember at the time I was still involved in Asian American politics. One of the students called me a "sell-out" for buying into the ...you know I don't know what he was talking about because other people were saying that I was being "Korean"... Honestly, being "Asian"...

Since then I've had all shades of red, even sporting the transition from yellow to orange to red. Flames! I've done blond and black. Stark white. Purple, green, and copper - my favorite! I was a peacock! Now I'm a faded blue/purple that's turning a bright shade of green...

But I noticed tonight, right at my hairline, right in the middle... a single white hair. I honestly don't know what my natural hair color looks like now but I do know that white is going to be a part of it.

I'd always thought it amusing (and kind of sad) how folks get bent out of shape over some gray hairs. They spending time stressing over it probably creating more white hairs in the process. I know folks that spend a big chunk of their paycheck keeping their hair looking young. But I can't complain. I've seriously lucked out with my youthful looking genes in this society that compels folks to stay looking as young as possible for as long as possible.

However, I'm looking forward to graying like my parents. While the compliments on how young I look will not go unappreciated, I kinda wonder what it would be like to "look" my age. Would it afford me a certain amount of respect? Will it make me "grow up" from the outside in?

Then again I have to wonder if naturally white hair takes on Pillarbox Red very well?

.: Really?!? :.

Oh Blago, your tragedy leads to much comedy. Amy Poehler and Seth Meyer are a couple of the best things to happen on SNL.

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