In Norse Mythology the World Tree, Yggdrasil, is the center of the nine worlds

I am adventuring in a far away land, and my heart is no longer here nor there, materially in one place, spiritually in another - It now finds its home in cyberspace, inextricably bound to the World Tree, whereby it may remain connected to every world in which I have ever lived. Let our minds leave our private worlds, let our thoughts, ideas and experiences course freely through the roots and branches of Yggdrasil where they may be shared and united.


"An Ash I know, Yggdrasil its name,With water white
is the great tree wet; Thence come the dews
that fall in the dales, Green by Urth's well does it ever grow.
Thence come the maidens
mighty in wisdom, Three from the dwelling
down 'neath the tree; Urth is one named,
Verthandi the next,--On the wood they scored,--
and Skuld the third. Laws they made there, and life allotted
To the sons of men, and set their fates."

- From the "Voluspo" in the Edda of Snorri Sturleson

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Dyeing To Self...

I am of the persuasion that dyeing ones' hair can be a psychological journey in which the person, in some respect, is born anew.



Thus it is fittingly named. Through dyeing the individual is able to leave behind a part of herself that is unhealthy, and move on to a fresh new outlook on life. More importantly, she sees herself in a new light, and that new self image is the catalyst for healing and renewal...and, if it makes her look even hotter, well, it's a bonus.

Mary and I had both had a horrible week, our respective reasons actually being pretty much the same...we'd both been caused much un-needed stress and drama by two completely different early 20 something Army guys who both happen to be named "Ryan"...funny....

So we were still up at 2am hanging at home on the balcony, chillin' (literally...in about 30 degrees), she was puffing on her signature Marb Reds, and i was sipping smoke from my girlie tobacco pipe.

Anyway, we had both had it with men [sorry Geoff, i mean we had both had it with two particulars specimen of "homo sapiens"(who i cannot even bear to call "homo sapiens"...they're more like "homo stultus") belonging to the class of "Armed Forces" and being known by the particular denomination of "Ryan"]

We were done being pissed because it took to much emotional energy, and the well of tears had long since dried up.


...So, there remained only one thing to do:

Dye our hair.


So, i dragged her off to CVS pharmacy in the middle of the night (our last mid-night drugstore run had been to buy icecream and cosmos, of course). The clerk at the counter was the same one who had been there the previous night, so we chuckled to ourselves, wondering what he thought.


So, we slathered our hair up in that chemical goo that they try to cover up with fruity/floral scents but never quite works (the cherry cough syrup principle), plop down on the easy chair together (because we don't have a couch yet ;P, and start watching "Willow".


About an hour later, our hair emerged from their chrysales of towel turbin, mine as a deep auburn, and Mary's a honey-gold.
She didn't like it though, so no pic was allowed...needless to say, we'll be doing hers again tomorrow =P



But the point is, we both really needed a change, and now feel empowered, for the exterior change is evidence of an inward decision - to put it more philosophically - "Therefore ain't no guy gonna mess with these hot mamas again! Yea, tha's right, bitches! Smack-dizzle, as it were."



(the pic on the bottom was taken last week - its to show the contrast)

6 comments:

Geoff said...

Army Guys!?!!?! HAVE I TAUGHT YOU NOTHING?!

Me and Benny are going to have to have a talk about this :P

...and I'm happy you two were watching Willow, it was the balm that cooled my anger.

(and thanks for the parenthetical classification of specific man hatred)

anna said...

when have you EVER advised me on what kind of guy to go out with?!

Geoff said...

I didn't know I need to go into BASIC 101 'Don't date the military'... I thought you would have covered that already.

Your failure was my fault as your educator.

mags said...

Umm. I'm happily dating an Army guy. I prefer to refer to him as, "My Own Personal Warrior," however.
*shoots a death glare at geoff*

They're about sexy as sexy comes.

Also, Anna darling? Never take a man's advice on who to date unless they're blood related (closer than 2nd cousins, I'd say). Invariably they're just self-promoting.

*shoots geoff again for good measure*

Geoff said...

See...look at the violence inherent in the system!!! :P


I'm not saying 'army' guys are bad by any means, I am saying that, based on probability, they tend to be less reliable for certain aspects of stability due to their job requirements.

I think your second piece of advice should be generally adhered to though. See we agree!

phil said...

Army guy? Why would you waste your time with an army guy?
Stop backpedaling, Geoff, you're making us look bad.