December 10, 2003 - 12:03 AM

Crushed by the Weight of the Season

People are looking at me. Some strangely, some bemusedly. They stare. And I keep forgetting that it's because I have a purple spot in my hair.

That's right, I dyed my hair again. Just a small patch on the right side of my scalp. It actually looks kinda like I had a terrifying near-death experience with Barney. You know, how some people get inexplicable white patches in their hair after traumatic experiences?

I dyed it this time because my cousin Carol had been bugging me about how much she wanted to dye her hair purple or blue, but it wasn't working out. Since she was staying with me for a couple days, I offered to just do a little bit of her hair (bleach, then dye) to see if she liked how it turned out. She was a bit scared, and said she'd do it only if I did it too. So I did, and she did, and it turned out fine. But it's been so long since I had colored hair, I keep forgetting that it's there. And since then (Thursday), I've been introduced to a whole bunch of different people (Margaret's party, the CBEST, the film shoot, a recording session today), and I keep catching them glancing at me. Sadly, I've been misinterpreting the stares from the pretty girls as more than just fascination with my duotone hair.

As I told Nick earlier today, I think it must be the time of year, the cold weather. Perhaps it's making me susceptible to lonelyheart syndrome. Moreso than usual. Right now, I'm nurturing 4 crushes (that I know of). Is it nurturing, or harboring? Or nursing? Anyways, I'm smitten with four girls. Four girls who I've met less than a dozen times, if you put them all together. Why do I crush on them? Well, obviously I think they're all cute, but more importantly, I find each one of them to be an attractive mixture of funny, intelligent, savvy, and goofy. At least, from the glimpses into their personalities that I think I've gleaned.

Isn't that the nature of a crush, though? You don't know the crushee very well, but in your limited interaction, they've put forward their winning side, and that's why you like them. But it's not like they are looking to be alluring to me; they're just very nice, friendly people. So maybe I'll just be friendly back to them and let the crushes simmer on the back burner.

*sigh* What to do, what to do.

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