Thursday, January 26, 2006

Sweet Relief

+ listening to: "Three Flights Down" by Yellowcard

I'm finally getting my hair done tomorrow, and I can hardly wait. My hair roots are so bad. . .I can't wash my hair because I won't be able to comb through it. This is where the macro feature comes in handy:


These are my roots. You can see all the kinks.

Those of you unfamiliar with African-Americn hair care probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Basically, my hair is naturally nappy. I get what's called a "relaxer" which is a permanent chemical straightener. It's the opposite of a "permanent", which makes the hair curly. So, about every six weeks I have to get a reapplication of the relaxer to the roots of my hair. People with a looser curl pattern to their hair (less nappy) can go for as long as three months between relaxers. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people.

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This is Cici:



She's a really sweet girl that works at a Chinese restaurant near my house. I'm helping her with her English. She doesn't have anyone else to practice with, because everyone else she's around speaks Mandarin, and her conversations with the customers are limited.

This photo is blurry because, as I found out, she hates taking picture of herself, so I cropped this shot out of an image of some art on the wall. Cici deleted the other pics of her from the camera on the sly. >(

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sharon, get your dandruff off your blog!