This one's about hair, so you know I had to do it...

THE FRIDAY FIVE

1. Is your hair naturally curly, wavy, or straight? Long or short?

Naturally wavy. If I blow it dry or use a straightener, it's very straight. If I let it dry naturally (as I do 99% of the time), it's wavy to pretty curly (depending on the products I use - or don't). Right now it's to the middle of my back with a few long layers in front.

2. How has your hair changed over your lifetime?

It was all one length until I was about 7 or 8. My evil step-mother (not really) decided to get bangs cut into it. I hated them at first. When I was 9 or 10, I got this ultra short mullet-type 'do. I hated it, too. After that grew out to about shoulder length, I remember getting a home perm. I twirled my hair even then, so one curl hung down further than the rest. I had a feathered mullet in 6th and 7th grade. In 8th grade, I started what will become the big hair in high school:

In my junior year, my hair had become too long to achieve the big hair, so I started ironing it straight. (I'll have to find a picture...) I fixed the big hair one last time for my wedding at age 17. I let it grow to about my butt for probably 10 or more years until last year when I decided I needed a change. I got some length cut off, some "thinning" done (to avoid mushroom head - I suffer from the frizz), and some layers in front for movement. Didn't I already say that?

3. How do your normally wear your hair?

Air-dried, so it's wavy. It parts wherever the hell it wants to, but usually a bit right of center. This is not a political commentary. It's too much of a hassle (to keep it "fixed") to wear it up or in a clip so I usually don't. When I workout, I have to wear it in a ponytail with a wide headband (sometimes the cut-off remains of too-long, stretchy pants) to keep the flyaways out of my face.

4. If you could change your hair this minute, what would it look like?

I would say I'd like it to be naturally straight, but I hear it's even harder to get it wavy or curly than it is to straighten. I like that I'm able to do either without too much work, as long as I have an extra 20-30 minutes. Yeah, that happens all the time. I like that it's thick, but because it's so thick, it's not practical to have it as long as I have in the past. It's just too much hair. I guess I'd just like less frizz.

5. Ever had a hair disaster? What happened?

I'd say the ultra short mullet thing was a disaster, but I didn't have a choice in the matter. Once I had a say, I let it grow and watched stylists with scissors in hand like a hawk. My stepmother has offered numerous times to trim it (when it was very long). Uh, no.

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Inaccurate (except for the worrying part, and maybe the belligerent part, too), but fun.