A Padawan No More?

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I’ve been considering chopping off my Padawan braid with my next haircut.

 

For those of you who have never seen me, I have thick, fluffy brown hair. Really thick. Really fluffy. It is luxurious when it is long, but it also takes forever to dry, and it’s tough to even brush. And if I don’t fix it, I wind up looking like a brown haystack.

 

A little shorter doesn’t work, because the only thing that holds my hair down is its own weight. Shorter hair, and I look like a brown dandelion.

 

So I have this tendency to whack off all my hair every few months to under an inch. Except for one—at my temple, I leave a small lock to grow, and braid it. I’m not sure why—it’s cute, and I like to be able to play with some form of hair styling, and it’s fun to see how long it grows and how fast. But my biggest reason, as Liz points out, is that people know me by that braid. I’m good-looking, but in an unremarkable way, and the braid’s a good identifying mark.* I myself have trouble remembering faces, so I can sympathize with others who have trouble remembering me.

 

But I think I’m getting a little tired of it. It whaps me in the face when I turn my head, and tickles my neck. And I can’t let it hang loose; I always have to rebraid it.** So when I go in for my haircut tomorrow, I might cut it off.

 

It’s not a big thing, but it’s on my mind, and the rest of the details of my life are either filled with boring paperwork or excitement that an inferior planet with a neon atmosphere is feasible.

 

What do you think? Am I a Jedi Knight yet?

 

 

*Note to stalkers: Let’s just assume that I have chopped it off and you’ll never be able to find me, okay?

 

**Plus, I may be ready to become a Jedi.

Comments

[shriekingsnape.livejournal.com]

no further training do you require, already know that which you need..., one thing remains. vader. you must confront vader. then, only then, a jedi will you be.
and confront him you will


yay being a dork

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

I think the Force is strong within you, and I don't know about you, but getting any hair chopped off generally improves my mood quite a bit. Less weight to pull around.

[crazykawaii.livejournal.com]

I had a similar sort of conundrum when I decided to stop dying my hair crazy colors - I didn't really like it, but people expected it of me, and it's how they knew me. So I say, if you're tired of it, go for it. Hair grows back.

[(Anonymous)]

Seeing how Jedi have the power to destroy worlds and you continuously make them, I say you became a Jedi long ago. :) While I think I'll be a little sad that you might cut off your braid, you have some very good reasons for chopping it, I didn't so much identify you by your braid as your fabulous hats.