Aug 09 2007
No, they don’t have more fun
Flashback Friday, dear ones.
Really, I can’t believe I’m about to post this picture. But it just had to be done. It was time you knew the truth.
There she is. The “blonde” Brillig.
Breathe. I know. It’s a lot to take in.
Let’s just say that blonde didn’t really, um, work for me. But hey, every raven-haired beauty has to try blonde at some point, right? Just to know for sure?
(And yes, I’m using the word “blonde” VERY loosely. It’s more like… electric yellow/orange?)
Here we’re at the year-end Drama Awards ceremony, the end of my senior year of high school (1996, if that helps to explain the fashion–though not the hair color…). Some of the awards were serious, but mostly they were just funny. You see, Matt was the Drama Club President (I know, hard to believe) and it was therefore his job to come up with the various awards and their nominees. There were many categories, all of them bizarre, and I actually won quite of few of them. Bryan, the strapping young lad by my side, is holding most of my trophies. Aren’t they lovely? I don’t actually remember what they were all for. I do, however, remember that the broomstick with the great big bow was my award for “biggest witch”. Now, I need to clarify that I won that NOT because I was a brat (though that’s why the other nominees were nominated…) but because I had played the Wicked Witch of the West in the school’s production of The Wizard of Oz.
Cuz really, I was a very nice girl. Not a witch at all.
(Kate has a pic of my Wicked Witch and her Auntie Em here if you’re dying to see it–which, of course, you are.)
The other award is the snorkel, which you can barely see. This was an award that Bryan and I won together. It was the, um, best kiss award. A snorkel to remind us to come up for air.
The best part is, though, that I was kind of a shew-in for this award. After all, the nominees were:
Brillig and Mark,
Brillig and Tommy, and
Brillig and Bryan.
(Again, NOT because I was the only one doing any kissing… I think. But rather, because Matt had a wicked sense of humor and loved the idea of humiliating me in front of my peers… and teachers… and school administrators…)
As for the dashing young Bryan, he was my boyfriend for a significant time and endured many MANY hair colors and was remarkably devoted to me. He would be fodder for some outrageous Soap Opera Sundays if I hadn’t caught wind that he… uh… reads my blog.
Hi, Bryan.
So, yeah. I’m not likely to tell those stories. Though I’m proud to announce that he and Tommy make a brief appearance in this Sunday’s SOS.
And so, do blondes really have more fun? Nope. At least not in my case. My blonde days were the darkest, saddest, awfullest days of my life. And it only lasted about a week, maybe two. Still, they’ll always stand out as a particularly bad time.
Brunette is SO much more fun.
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Bahahahahahaha. I love it. We’ve all some silly hair cuts and colors n our past. My hair is turquoise this week. Clashes a little with my light green eyes tho.
Um yeah. Blonde - hmmm, maybe it was the dark eyebrows - the contrast didn’t work.
At least it wasn’t forest green, I’ve done that, and it wasn’t on purpose, and candy apple red the day before my dads funeral. So yeah. Some of those colors have been regrettable and I admire your courage posting the pic!
…and all for our entertainment! How great is that???
As a lifelong blonde I have had only two experiences of really changing my hair color. One was accidental, a summer when I was teaching swimming to the 4-7 year olds and was in the water every morning during the week for 4 weeks. Even though I washed my hair every day, the chlorine not only bleached my hair somewhat lighter, but also left a greenish tinge! I tried any number of conditioners and even went to a beauty salon, but the stylist was afraid to try anything as my hair was so porous and damaged by all the swimming. And since I did not want to become a brunette, nor did I want to chop it off, all I could do was show up my junior year of high school with light green hair. Good thing that was the year I “discovered” drama and the “weirdo” label was applied to the entire club! Plus, I wore my hair in a pony tail for the first 4 months of school!
About 15 years ago I helped to organize a company event and we all had to dress up. The theme was “Gypsies and Pirates”. As the organizer I threw myself into my role and decided that blonde just was not Gypsy enough. So I used a black rinse-out dye. With the addition of dark eye makeup (which I almost never use), and full costume and tons of beads and jewelry, I was definitely in character. So much so that NO ONE in the company recognized me. I went around reading palms and telling fortunes with “amazing” accuracy in a very thick strange (Russian/Italian?) accent for a good hour before anyone realized it was me. We of course had awards for the best costume and as I was helping to give out the awards I had disqualified myself. When we were handing out the prize for the best gypsy, I had the 4 top candidates on the stage for a vote by audience applause. In the first round they all got a reasonable amount of enthusiasm. Then a catcall came from the audience for “Madame Babushka” (my character name). It was picked up as a chant by everyone. The company director then put his hand over my head and the whole room burst into applause, including the other candidates. I had not planned it, that way, but I had won. It was definitely a very fun “brunette” experience.
Getting the black rinse out of my hair, on the other hand, was not as fun. I had purplish-tinted hair for another 2-3 weeks. But again, I wore my hair in ponytails and buns most of the time!
No, dear Brillig, blonde you ain’t!
Oh, such a good flashback. I had to learn this very lesson the hard way more than once; I tend to be swayed by the whims of hairdressers who do not have to live with the consequences of my choices.
Blonde hair doesnt flatter me; blue, on the other hand? That I think worked very well.
Wow, that is some…interesting…hair! I guess we all have those moments. I made the unfortunate decision to try cutting my own bangs once in the 7th grade. I’ve since burned all the pictures.
And I totally agree that brunettes have more fun!
Yes. Brunettes totally have more fun!!!
hee hee nice hair. As always, I am looking forward to your SOS. Maybe you could post about your romance and just change the names to protect the innocent? or NOT so innocent?? whichever the case may be? LOL.
My mom’s natural hair color is close to mine (i’m a little bit darker), but she’s been a blond since I can remember. This has always made me wonder if I should try blonde. I never did. And I’m glad.
Though you don’t look HORRIBLE, it just doesn’t look natural.
My goodness! How in the world did you get your hair to turn blonde? I have jet black hair and if I ever tried that my hair would be either really red or really funky, yuckie green (seen girls in high school try it out). Congratulations for actually managing the color!
Woot and stuff on all the awards
Hi Brian.
I’ve always had more fun as a bright redhead (as I am currently). But I”m crazy like that.
I’m jealous of your trophies. My drama awards were actual statues (little Oscars) and they are engraved with what I won. I still have them somewhere….
You are one brave soul! I may have to dig out that photo of me from the eighth grade when I was dressed up for a B-52’s concert!
Ah… all those great high school awards ceremonies! I received a mounds bar at one because I had a… um…. chest and this was in the (cough, cough) late 70’s, and sexism was still rampant and no one was worried about my suing or anything… Talk about humiliating, lol!
Great picture! FWIW, the color is awful, but you still pull it off.
Yeah- blonde doesn’t work for you so much huh? Reminds me of the time that I tried to go red. Looked more hot pink. It was, uh, lovely.
As a dame with platinum hair (I have to say ‘dame’ when I refer to my hair as platinum, right?), I must say that I very much enjoy being a blonde. I actually went dark a few years ago and I SO could not pull it off. I really think that one has to have striking features to be able to be a brunette. Truly! Every brunette I know is stunning. You have those amazing, amazing eyes that are stunning against your dark hair. Me? No such eyes. Therefore, I choose my striking feature to be my bright hair. Although, I’m thinking of going a smidge darker this Fall. AHHHH! I’m a little timid, but I want to dry it again. So hopefully I can pull it off…
I had blonde (orange) hair once too. And it looked as, uhm, good as it does on you. :o) I won an award in highschool: the “why do you swear so much” award. No not because I swear like a sailor but because I would correct my friends when they slipped with a more PG rated word.
Yes. I was THAT friend.
Congratulations on all of the prestigious awards! Impressive! I don’t know…yellow hair has its time and its place I think. I am trying to go to my natural color. Wondering what it is actually.
Wow, the hair. Um, glad it didn’t last long.
I hear you on the SOS thing. There are a lot of really fantastic SOS posts that I don’t feel like I can post because the people involved (or other people who knew them) read my blog.
Really. Where do you draw the line?
I had the same jean and dress combo, courtesy of JC Penney catalogs.
Love the pic. Blonde so isn’t you. I had to do a double take to make sure it was really you.
You are lots nicer than I am. I don’t care if the people involved read my blog or not. I still post about them. I figure as long as the rest of the world doesn’t know who they are then I’m ok. Course, there are no real revelations coming for most of the people involved.
Can’t wait for Sunday! My next three SOS posts are already written.
I was UBER-blond for many years. I’m having much more fun as a brunette! With blond highlights, of course :)!
All I can say is how Un-Evil Bryan looked in this particular picture. I remember when we thought he was evil. Hi Bryan! You’re not evil anymore I swear!! AND as a fellow brunette, STAY THAT WAY!!
Of course brunettes have more fun
I love the different awards , how very clever of Matt. Now if we could only unearth him. Hey maybe he’ll find your blog one day too.
Although how one earth did Bryan find it since you don’t post your real name or his full name ? He’s not the one in the “Satan” picture is he.
That’s one you should repost. Totally comical!
I’ve basically always been a blonde. (No, not that platinum thing that people think it is… a natural blonde, which is often confused with brown. A hairdresser knows the difference.) I did try to lighten my hair once and it came out very nearly the color of yours in that picture. It didn’t look too bad, but I noticed that men treated me differently when I was that blonde. Even young men. They didn’t exactly flirt, but they went out of their way to open doors, let me go before them in line, etc. Was quite a phenomenon. And they hoot and holler at you when you drive by in a car. They can see nothing at all of you except your blonde hair and that’s their response. Bizarre.
I’m not kidding.
There is also a much more positive response, from both men and women, when you’re dressed up and wearing make-up, which I am ninety-nine percent of the time. And that’s why!
So I don’t know if blondes have more fun. (Who could possibly have more fun than I do?) … but they certainly get more attention!
Never tried blonde. Glad to hear I don’t have to rush out and buy some hair dye! (I’ve actually never dyed my hair… but with all these grays sprouting up, that may soon change…)
I can’t make a coherent comment, because I’m teeheeing too much. I was going to say that at least it wasn’t as bad as the time my sister accidentally went Ronald McDonald red, but . . . .
Okay, I’m gonna stop commenting if you don’t start responding to comments again! I’m serious!
(Okay, I’m probably not serious, I’m just in full PMS mode… hee hee… next week I’ll be fine.)
I think you’re gorgeous even with yellow/orange hair, but brown suits you the best! I, however, have found that my “natural” blonde was too hard to keep up with . . .
I’m with Hannah, that’s a good pic of Bryan! Hi Bryan!
Seriously, do you really think he’d be upset to be the subject of a year’s worth of SOS’s? Between all of us we could write a book! Poor guy.
Are you kidding? I’m tracking down all my exes so they can read my SOS posts and know how badly they messed with my head! =P
I hope Bryan gives you carte blanche!
“I’m using the word “blonde” VERY loosely. “… LOVE IT! Totally cracking up. And I love you for posting this picture!!
You are looking great in the pictures (Kate’s blog) Whew I liked your Wicked Witch picture…
P.S. Well I commented few times here and tried to find out where I commented but I didn’t find my name? Names disappeared! So commenter’s names gonna disappear after certain time…on your blog?
That is a great tribute Kate did for you for your birthday. I didn’t even recognize you as a witch. The blond wasn’t the best colour for you. Very funny about the kissing award. Matt sounds like he was a great friend (from what I have read), even if a little embarrassing, every once in while.
As a strawberry-blonde I have never dyed my hair. I do like the color. I did convince my hairdresser to perm it once in the late 1980’s. She growled the entire time and was right. I look BAD….
And old boyfriends read blogs? Eek. Maybe I shouldn’t post tomorrow’s SOS? Of course I will.
Can’t say I ever had blonde hair, but I had red. I’m sooo not posting those pics. You are brave.
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