Long hair story #2 - How To Be A Rockstar

Me and my rockstar purse at the Ghostbar in Vegas...not related to this story at all

I’ve been told that being a rockstar is 50% talent and 50% hair.  So, I would say there were times I was 75% there...I had the hair, and I have been known to do a mean karaoke (typical Filipino skill).  But one of the times I really felt like a total rockstar was in Beverly Hills, and it had nothing to do with talent, and everything to do with my hair.

About 18 years ago, I was in Beverly Hills because I had bought a $20 coupon for an up-and-coming spa that just opened.  For my appointment, I was feeling a bit hippy-ish and decided to wear my tie-dye top, bell-bottomed jeans, platform shoes, and John Lennon blue-round-lens sunglasses.  As I stood on the corner near Rodeo and Wilshire, I noticed expensive cars slowing down to look at me.  They were looking at me as if they were trying to recognize me.  The platform shoes must have made me look super tall.  And I was in jeans in a place where women normally were in top name brands, make-up, hair-did, jewelry, etc.  And there I was, walking around as if Saks Fifth Avenue prices didn’t make me laugh.  In the middle of a weekday morning, I was just like the people who lived, worked, or shopped there.  I didn’t pull down my sunglasses for a second.  I held my head up, swung my long hair as I sauntered quite effortlessly in my platform stilts until I decided to walk to my little, tinted Mercury Tracer hatchback for my secret getaway.

So, what's your rockstar story?  I wanna know!

Long Hair Throwback Thursday!

What a difference two years makes

As we approach Lent this year, I am reminded that it was two Lents ago that I donated my hair to Locks of Love (that story here).  And I have had a lot of fun with shorter hair.

Aw, I miss that college-aged daughter of mine

In fact, many people have told me that I look better with short hair.  However, if you are one of those people, I have to apologize to you now, because my hair is finally getting LONG and that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh :-)

That's me collecting MyVegas coins from my casinos

From the top of my head to the bottom of the longest bit of hair down the middle of my back, I am measuring 19 1/2 inches.  People who know of my blogging have remarked that my hair is getting long.  Yes!!!  The Long Hair Quest is paying off!  Perhaps next year, I will really be in ideal bellydancer/mermaid/islander girl territory.  It's important to set goals :-)