Blonde no more.

So I have been a blonde for most of my life (believe it or not, naturally). Growing up, I was particularly deficient in common sense, so my big brother, whom I idolized, used to tease me relentlessly whenever something stupid came out of my mouth. His favorite and most often used catch phrase was "Caolionn, you're so naturally blonde." It used to drive me nuts. Don't even get me started on the blonde jokes, I've heard every one of them (My favorite: What do you call a smart blonde? A golden retriever). I desperately wanted to be smart, but being blonde with an unbearable amount of "like" and "ya know" sprinkled in my vocabulary didn't really help my cause (remember I grew up in L.A.). I think my pursuit of physics was an unconscious ploy to finally put that saying to rest.

When I came to grad school, my hair started to slowly turn from blonde into more of a dull brown, so I have finally resorted to the bottle (of dye, that is). I was never a fan of being blonde so I thought I would embrace being brunette. I just tried out "cinnaberry" for the first time, which I thought might be interesting. Well, it seems that the lady on the box is not really a fair representation of the color. I'm afraid it turned out more purple than auburn, just a little word to the wise. Regardless, five bucks says I look smarter.

Comments

[Armando]

And when can we see your new look?? Excuse me for saying this, but I really think your brother's teasing did the job: you're in physics!

[Mike]

Purple?? Quelle horreur! You're not one of those disaster prone girls are you?

P.S. Great post

[Salvador]

I think that people who says that blondes are stupid say it because they envy the beauty of blondes :-) . Use the colour you want, but I must say that you look really beautiful in the picture at the top of your diary.
Hugs from Spain!

[Alejandro Rivero]

Actuallly, being blond is kind of localized North European mutation in the gene pool, isn't it?