Strangers with locs

I saw three beautiful women with natural locs today. FYI, natural locks mean not sisterlocks. Nothing against them, in fact I love sisterlocks. Anyhow, I always want to ask people what they do with their hair. Do they use any products? Which ones? One lady had locs almost down to her ankles! How long did they take to grow that long? WOW. How many of these people go to a salon? How many of them do nothing but just wash? I would love to know but...

Random people have asked me questions about my hair and complimented me. I don't have much to say. They usually ask if I go to a salon. I always say, "Not anymore but I started out with a stylist."

I might have some more pictures this summer. I may be going to Washington DC. I have been to DC several times but it is hard to turn a DC trip down even if it is for less than 24 hours. So I may have a few pics from that trip if I go. One reason I don't want to go is because since I moved in April, I rarely have a free weekend. Today I worked overtime, worked on my lawn (so hot - 97 degrees!), and did my hair. Busy, busy, busy. I would love to sleep in just once. Oh well.

Today I palmrolled my hair in less than 2 hours. Go me! Yeah I washed and palmrolled my hair today. Very exciting.

Beach AKA My home

New photos here!

I really was taking pics of the beach so the hair photos aren't that great but this is the only update I will probably have for a while.

In Lowe's a guy who used to have dreads told me that I should get beach water on my hair to get rid of the frizzness (is that a word?). Ever since that moment, I've been determined to get to the beach despite the lack of funds. LOL. I don't know if it worked. I want to say it did...I washed it for the first time since the beach yesterday. And my hair was much less frizzy than it normally is BUT it is still frizzy.

I don't think i will be able to judge until I wash and palmroll. That takes 4 hours. So I'm not planning on doing that for another 2-3 weeks. Yes I will be rolling with pig tails! I can't stand palm rolling ALL my hair and it takes forever to dry.

Other than that I love my dreads and I wouldn't change a single moment of this journey (even the salon guy leaving me stranded).

New PICTURES - fianlly.

NEW PHOTOS.

NEW PHOTOS.


NEW PHOTOS.

NEW PHOTOS.

New pics soon?

Well I have taken pics of my hair. I need to get them developed ASAP for home owner's insurance reasons so I should have the pics soon. I got the cheapest disposable camera possible. LOL. Who knows how the pics will come out? I just need the pics of my house to come out...

I got a printer/scanner/copier for my birthday. Now I don't have to pay CVS $17 to scan them to a CD. I can scan them myself.

Recently I've been washing my hair ever week. I feel like I need to. I wouldn't mind if it didn't take forever to dry. I have to sit under a dryer to get my hair fully dry. Sometimes I use it for 1 hour and the back of my hair still isn't fully dry.

I am only doing maintenance (palmrolling, detangling) once every 5 weeks or so. I should probably detangle more (AKA popping) but I usually forget.

Hell Yeah!!!

I have my hair in two ponytails! SWEET!

LOL. I've always wanted to do this. Yes, I am the 20 something that likes pig tails. Will I ever be able to get it in one ponytail. I probably could right now but it wouldn't like right at all.

Anyway, I will probably have pics soon. I have to take pics of my house for insurance purposes (annoying %^$#), so I will probably have someone take a few of my hair. I wish I had a digital camera because the person I'm asking to take the pics, thinks it is very silly. I have to put up with that condescending crap just to get new hair pics.

Oh well.

weeeeeeeeeeee

Yay for the small things in life!

I can now wear half of my hair up. I have always hated wearing my hair down and now I don't have to anymore.

YAY!

Washing and waiting

((((HOKIES))))

I'm washing my hair every two weeks now. Of course now I'm wondering how I could go 4 weeks without washing. *shrugs* Next time I will palm roll when I wash. I wish I could wash it every week and it would look neat. Oh well. And I used baking soda on my scalp like someone suggested. I did it before the wash. It is supposed to make sure the scalp is clean. I have no idea whether it had any effect.

My hair is growing like crazy. I stll don't have a digital camera. I have an option to get a free one but I don't think it comes with a timer so I probably won't get it. I will try to have new pics within the next three months.LOL.

Blogger is still acting wierd. Screw it!

Open house today.

I'm bored. I just closed on my house last week. I'm staying here with no furniture, waiting for the gas man. I only need gas for heat. I wish every thing was electric. It costs $100 just to get gas turned on in my name! Anyway...

So the open house for a part time job is between 4-7. I hope I can get there around 4. And I'm not wearing a wig. I tried wearing a wig in the past, didn't get the part time job. So screw it. I don't know if I need a part time job or if I can somehow survive without it. I swear it I don't get this job, I'm going to McDonald's and apply there.

Part time jobs seem harder to get than full time ones. Geez. Two hour process for working at Red Lobster. Um, whatever. No I didn't go through with it. It was 30 minutes away and I'm not exactly dying to work there. The part time job I'm applying for today is sort of like my full time job so I would love to get this!

Puhleease!

Long time, no post

Wow, I actually have free time! That won't last long. And that is a good thing...I think.

Some people with dreads wash their hair every day or every other day etc. I have a question for those people: Why bother with retwisting or palmrolling when you are constantly washing it? I don't get it.

I have decided to wash my hair every 3 weeks and once I get more settled in a few weeks (hopefully), I will wash it every 2 weeks. But I'm not going to retwist (or palm roll) it that often because I would just be wasting my time. So I'm going to retwist every 6 weeks or so. Or maybe less. I dunno. I do like the well maintained look.

I still have to get to a salon. But right now my money is all gone tied up. So no new pics either. I would love to have a digital camera but I can't spend money on wants right now.

I will continue to talk

I just noticed today that I can (sorta) tie my hair back! In a couple of months maybe I will be able to wear half of my hair in a pony tail. My hair is probably to thick to do a full one but who knows. If I had some barrettes I would practice with my hair tonight.

I got my wig. Corporate America would love it. I hope I never have to wear it...

Take me as I am

I have been free forming for two months which means I have been washing my hair without palmrolling. That will end on Saturday. No matter how much I don't feel like doing it, I will do it. It is 4 hour process. I'm going to see how quickly I can do it. It would be nice to get it washed, palm rolled and dried in 3 hours.

((I still can't believe Anna Nicole Smith died)).

On Tuesday I'm going to a meeting which will hopefully lead to an internship which will then lead to a new job! Hopefully. This isn't an office job so I'm NOT wearing a wig to the meetings. A lot of companies are involved in this thing. I have a feeling some managers will be anti-dreadlock and some won't. I don't want to start wearing a wig. Once I start, it will be hard to stop...unless I hate the wig.

I still haven't seen my new wig. I will get it this weekend. It was shipped to my mom's house. My fear is that it will look like Jessica Alba's hair in Honey. That is okay for some people but like I said, I'm not big on long curly hair...

R.I.P ANS

Wig happy

I found an X-tra large wig. LOL! Those are rare. I ordered it earlier today. I will only wear it when I have a job interview. The job I have now allows dreads (I guess - heh). Back to the wig: The only problem is that it is a wavy wig. I like to look conservative for interviews. I like short and straight wigs for job stuff. This wig is wavy and long (ick!). Oh well. I'm just glad I found something to hide my thick dreads under. I can't wait to get it...

Keep on laughing, jerks!!

What is up with all the dreadlock backlash? It is only in some areas of America. It just makes me feel worse. I know I chose this hairstyle but damn...

Around here dreads just aren't acceptable. If you have them, they better be well manicured. (Since my hair is soft/curly it never looks perfect). And it helps to be self employed. LOL.

Yeah, I went into a McDonalds, they laughed. I gave them the "WTF" look. I'm sick of taking people's crap. I've done it for 26 years! I better watch myself, I almost said something I would have regretted two weeks ago. I now have a I don't give a fuck attitude. I don't want to be this way.

This is my 40th post. Whoohoo!

1 year and more confused than ever!

Well I've been locked for one year as of yesterday. I like my hair. I sometimes love it. But in the back of my mind there is always the: your hair isn't acceptable to others. I don't care what random people think. I'm talking about the people with power - the people that hire people.
Feeling unemployable is a horrible feeling. I envy all that don't have to deal with that. Of course my hair isn't the #1 reason, finding work is hard. I can do the wig thing if I must.

So woofreakinhoo, I like my hair but everyone else hates it.

????

I'm not in a good mood because of certain things going on in my life. I might be laid off from my job. I hope not. I can't deal with that right now. Well I will have to if I actually get laid off. blah. I hate life.

Today is going to get up to 75 degrees so I'm going to get out of this apartment! Bye.

Cut off my wings

Ugh. My hair isn't meant for free forming at this stage. It is so frizzy. I think once it fully locks, free forming will just feel right.

I think it is hilarious that my stylist told me that my hair would lock easily. Uh, nope. Just because it looks tough that doesn't mean it is. I guess my hair won't be locked by January 14 (my one year anniversary).

So I will probably palm roll after my next wash. As of right now, I am planning on going to a salon in March. As long as I still have my job, I'm going.

Wimp

I guess I'm quasi free forming. I washed it yesterday. I did not palm roll or twist. I don't know how long I can do this without palm rolling. Yesterday I was just feeling lazy.

free form?

I am only weeks away from having dreadlocks for a year. I don't know when I will have new pics. Without a digital camera, it costs me about $17.00 to get film developed. And I am trying to save, save, save & pay off debt so....I will try to have clear pictures by February/March.

I'm sick of something. Very sick of something. When I got a seasonal retail position, I hid my dreads under a wig. How lame is that? I will admit that if my locks could be put up (in a pony tail etc), I wouldn't hide it. My hair is long enough but like before I had dreads, my hair is simply too thick to do much of anything with it. Pre-dreadlocks, I never could do anything with my hair. Now I am in the same position. I think I' going to play around with it a bit. Maybe I can try two pony tails? Don't laugh.

The wig thing can't continue because my hair is so freaking thick that is probably obvious that I have a lot of hair under it. LOL. And I feel like I am ashamed of my hair when I'm NOT. I just worry about other people's perceptions. I wish I could say "Screw it!" but a convicted felon has a better chance getting a job than me(long story involving me having a hidden disability)...Beggars can't be choosers. So what do I do? I just can't wait until my hair is long enough to wear back. I hope I don't have to wait a whole year for that.

Yes, I am also thinking about partly free forming. My next wash is going to be on New Year's Eve. I am thinking about not palm rolling afterwards. Just wash and go. This is due to how long it takes to palm roll and wash. The whole process (including drying) takes about 4 hours! I am not exactly looking forward to that over the holiday...Anyway, I am thinking of only palm rolling/twisting once every 60 days instead of once every 30 like I do now.

Right now I'm just conflicted over the whole wearing a wig thing. ::sigh::

New blurry photos are...

HERE

New pics on the way??

Well it is Thanksgiving. Right now I'm thankful for having somewhere to go later today. I'm a loner but the holidays can be really hard for people who are by themselves. I'm come to the conclusion that I would go to a hotel for the holidays (T-giving & Xmas) if I was alone. Assuming I had the extra money, I wouldn't spend my last dime on it. I just couldn't stand being alone in my apartment/house on those days when almost everyone is around friends and family.

Anyway, this is a hair blog so...I'm about to wash my hair. I'm not really looking forward to it. It takes over an hour to palm roll my hair and over an hour to dry it. So I should get started, yet I'm surfing the net and updating this blog. I took some new pics with a disposable camera. I hope they come out since the camera expired in October 2006 (!!). I know I shouldn't have used that camera but I was in a rush taking pictures for a dream job opportunity. Long story about having to take pics for a job but I really want this job. Most of the pics are of me in a suit trying to look professional and I also took about 5 pics of my hair. When/if the film get develops I will post them in my hair blog.

My one year lock anniversary will be on January 14. I can't be bothered to figure out where that makes me now. Gotta go.

Hair is not a priority

Woohoo! On October 14, I celebrated my 10 months of dreadlocks! Okay, I really didn’t celebrate it. I paid no attention to that date whatsoever but anyway, I can’t believe I am almost approaching one year. I said in my hair album (link on sidebar) that I would have pictures in 3 to 6 weeks. Well, I went to the event without taking any pictures so I don’t know when I will have new pics of me. But check out the new pics I posted under “hair role models”. I love her hair! I will try to have new pics of my own hair by January 14 (my one year anniversary).

Hair is falling low on the priority list. Saving money and paying off debt along with other things are high on my list. I do feel that going to a professional at least once a year is a need if I want my locks to last but for now it will have to wait. I’m going through various transitions in life. My life probably won’t be somewhat settled until February. So I’m going to do my own maintenance until then. I have a few thin locks. They should probably be put together. I’m not even going to try to do that on my own. I still don’t have the palm rolling thing completely down. I know that’s bad but it beats paying a professional every month.