“Laura, if I can’t do anything about your tire, I’ll have to drive you.” -my mom
“Kay.” -me
*shoe drops into shoe box*
“Laura, you don’t have to get so pissed about this & throw things.” -my mom
“I’m not pissed, but now I am because you just assumed I was cuz a fuckin’ shoe dropped in a damn shoe box!” -me
The other day, I was at the hair salon getting my hair trimmed & checked out because I have a few bits of hair that are fried & it looks like I cut my hair WAY TOO SHORT on my own & fucked it all up.
So I go in & she looks at my hair & I’m like, “Is there anything we can do about this hair? Like, it’s so annoying & stressing me out because I mean, I won’t be able to go to the beach this summer without my hair being frizzy when I get out of the water & I’ll look like an idiot cuz it’s my BANGS & they’ll stick straight up like I’m a unicorn.”
& She asked how I took care of my hair & I told her how I take showers most every day because I work at IHOP & I mostly always somehow get syrup in my hair. & I use this Suave Keratin shampoo stuff cuz it’s supposed to be better for your hair & I said that I blow dry my hair upside down after it’s air-dryed a bit. But then I said I can’t do that sometimes because I have work almost every day & if I don’t have enough time to sit & wait for it to air-dry, I have to use the hairdryer. & Then I said how I use the straightener on my hair on a low heat setting & I don’t do it like how some girls do (which is how all girls fry their hair & are stupid.) I run the straightener through my hair fast. Not slowly. & I said I don’t use it near my roots either cuz I know some girls do that to get the lift in their hair.
& She’s like, “Oh, see, there’s your problem. You’re using too much heat. Stop using the hairdryer & the straightener & you’ll be fine & buy this & that & more of this & use it all the time & don’t take showers everyday, let stuff stay in your hair.”
& I’m thinking… Um? What if I CAN’T stop using the straightener because my hair is all out of place? & What if I don’t have time before work to let my hair air-dry, like I said? & How am I supposed to let syrup STAY IN MY HAIR??? Like, I love my hair. & I don’t want syrup hanging around & making my hair knotted & sticky. “Let stuff stay in your hair.” Are you fucking nuts? No.
& She made it sound like I’m as stupid & retarded as other teenage girls cuz she went on to tell me all the damages the straightener does to your hair & how I shouldn’t use it near my roots & how I should run it through real quick & I’m like um? I JUST told you I do that. I don’t use it near my roots & I run it through my hair quickly. & She’s like “sure.” & I’m thinking, ‘Excuse me? What’s ‘sure’ mean???’
I really am trying to take good care of my hair & I take biotin pills to help (which I told her & she was like ‘Oh, you’re so smart, aren’t you!’ Which almost sounded sarcastic.) & I put aloe vera gel into my shampoo & mixed it up so it helps my hair & I’m putting masks on my hair sometimes.
It just angers me that people ASSUME you’re as stupid as other teenagers just because you’re a teenager. I mean, I’m not stupid & I know how to take care of myself & my hair & face & all that stuff. Unless you look a certain way, you must be like everyone else. Like, oh look! She has glasses & dresses real proper! She must be smart! Oh look! She has tattoos & a belly piercing & nose piercing! She must be a bad girl!
No. No.