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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows Reply #285 - Sep 7^th, 2007 at 5:07pm There are a whole lot of other less beautiful things to be obsessed with! Hair is a very good thing,don't let anyone tell ya different!!
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joeydog 1992 Ex Member	Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows Reply #286 - Sep 7^th, 2007 at 7:14pm I agree with Curly!!! I am pleased you wore that dress just so you could feel your hair on your back!!! JD
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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows Reply #287 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 8:57pm I love your poems Kiraela, you're VERY talented! I also have a wishlist folder in my favorites. I love the dresses, especially the black countess dress drool, but just out of curiosity...where would you wear them? I agree with Curlgirl as well, enjoy those "sexy hair days", they're the best!
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Kiraela

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Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows
Reply #288 - Sep 10^th, 2007 at 5:55pm

Thanks! another poem goes up tonight... tis monday!

well, I'd wear it to the grocery store, to the bank, at home, at friends', around town, the post office... everywhere I'd go during my day. I'm not exactly one who follows modern styles anyway ;P... My theory on skirts: If I don't have to lift it to step up stairs safely, it's too short.

As an example of the oddness of K.: My favorite dress, which I wear at least twice a week(depending on how often I decide to do laundry, of course)

(btw, a copy of that belt is for sale on ebay(hint hint) Tongue

)

Anyway, inspired by a thread on LHC, I took pictures of some of my "longhair" art... I think I'll post a couple here, and find out what you guys think.

Anna Gaelige

Erianwen

High Lady Zithnomar

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Reply #289 - Sep 10^th, 2007 at 7:34pm

FROZEN JULY

Clouds of mud
Choke a sky
Darkened with soot
And oncoming eternal night.

Puddles of sludge
Toxic rivers
Advancing slowly,
Oozing towards the sea.

Dark red sun
Hangs angrily in the sky
Glaring down at the travesty
A beautiful world gone wrong

Acid eaten stone
Stands mute testament
To gods that never were…
Or just ceased to care.

I see a vision of a world
That should not be, but will.
For though the vision is seen by all,
No one heeds its warning.

World of death,
Nuclear wintertime
Is it Christmas yet?

No… just a frozen July.

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Reply #291 - Sep 12^th, 2007 at 11:22pm

Well, I've used the suave brunette thingies a three times now... I'm not sure if I like them or not, honestly. My hair seems to be getting oily a day earlier, and it has an odd smell.. I'm not sure if I find it pleasant, or unpleasant. it's just... strange. Undecided

I have been seriously considering dying my hair again *ducks the thrown objects, waits to make sure that was it, and continues* back to my natural color, or as close as I can get. Now that I've got about 10-11" to judge by... I think I could get a close match, and quite frankly... I am sick of this two tone, blondesque, almost but not quite red, almost but not quite natural, color... I'm starting to hate it. I seriously wish I'd never died my hair. ever. I guess all I can do is grow it out, cut off the dye, and move on with virgin hair... I've been 1/4 tempted(not quite half tempted... but tempted none the less) to just... chop off the dye. right now. above shoulder length. I know it would devastate me though... so it shall not happen... but seriously, this calico thing? it sucks. I mean, it doesn't look bad, but it's frustrating, because it's not me.

I dyed my hair every so often, to change who I was... I didn't know it at the time, but looking back that's the pattern. make new friends, make new identity, change hair color. lose friends, make new identity, change hair color. get bored with who I was, or simply sick of being fake. change hair color. create new identity.

but I've realized who I really am. What is M. deep inside... and what is not. I am finally happy with who I am... and I don't need to hide it anymore. This residual dye... it feels like I'm still wearing part of a mask... like something that was glued on, and is still sticking in places... enough that it won't come off.. so my true self can't yet be revealed.

photo taken a few days ago.
Pardon the mask...

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Reply #292 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 1:18am

I totally feel you on the dye thing, K. When I was around your age, I was in the exact same boat. Walking around with 2-tone hair, wanting desperately to grow out a colour that wasn't the least bit natural to me. Only, I actually took that leap and cut all of the coloured hair off...once my natural roots reached 6" in length, that is. It was dreadfully short and kind of layery and piecy, but at least I was free from the fake colour.

You're actually lucky that your natural colour is darker than the artificial - you could dye your hair back to its natural colour (if you chose) without having to strip it with harsh chemicals. I had the opposite problem - the colour that I dyed it was much darker than my natural, so the only option was to grow it out and cut it off. The idea of stripping and re-dying the darker parts didn't really appeal to me.

But I definitely know the feeling of "Aaaaah! Fakeness! Get it off!" Tongue

I don't suppose it's any consolation to know that 7 years after the fact, my hair is still nowhere near as long as it was before the awful colouring incident. Sad

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Reply #293 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 11:13am

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but I've realized who I really am. What is M. deep inside... and what is not. I am finally happy with who I am... and I don't need to hide it anymore.

Yeah baby--you GO GIRL!! Cool

I'm usually against the use of hair dye. But in your case, where you're doing it to return to your roots, so to speak, I'm all for it.

PS I didn't have any luck with the Suave Brunette line either. Smiley

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Reply #294 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 1:33pm

Last night was... interesting, to say the least. I've been stressed a lot lately... which I've been, for the most part, ignoring. Last night it decided to come up full force, the past month's worth of stress, anxiety, etc... and manifested in the worst migraine I've ever had, coupled with a mild panic attack(if such things are ever mild!).... at one point, I had a warm cloth folded four times, placed over my eyes(making a blindfold), with a pillow over said cloth but away from my mouth/nose, with all the lights off in the house, it was roughly midnight, and i was still freaking out about it being too bright and hurting my head. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night, and my head still hurts, although it's roughly 90% gone. I was clawing at my skin(itchy, feeling like it had bugs all over it, and just... weird feeling) so badly that I now have several bandaided raw patches... I'm not entirely sure... But I think I might want to go see a doctor about this stress/anxiety problem... Another couple headaches like that and I ...frankly don't know what I'll do. probably hide under a pillow for the rest of my life.

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows Reply #295 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 3:15pm Go see a doctor--DO NOT delay. hugs
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows Reply #296 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 4:15pm I seriously second that!!!
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Re: Kiraela - Rose In The Shadows
Reply #297 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 3:04am

I believe you should see a doctor too.

I love your dress. I would love to wear things like that in public, but apparently I'm a bit of a conformist and would be too self conscience about it.

Just the other day, I wore a wrinkled dress to Home Depot (because I didn't feel up to steaming it) and I felt that everyone was staring and judging me. Roll Eyes

I obliously haven't gotten to the point where I can express myself though my clothing without the fear of what others may think. Cry

When I lived in my last apartment, I would throw on all kinds of things, including bellydance attire which I'm sure others, had they seen, would've thought I had a mental disorder for wearing. I'd dress any way I fancied to retrieve my mail, which was a 10 minute walk through the community, but I'd only go out when I knew most of the tennants would be at work and not around. I felt so very Mary Kate and it was actually quite liberating. I only wish that one day I get the backbone enough to wear whatever it is I want regardless of who may see me.

I wondered why you never dyed your hair back to your normal color to get rid of the two tone. I figured you would be concerned about the harsh dyes but it shouldn't take much to even it up and you'd only have to do it once and be done with it.

Also, another great poem. I used to write poety as a teen but they're actually quite laughable compared to yours, have you ever thought about getting yours published?

Oh, and I love the pic of the girl in the blue dress!

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Reply #298 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 11:45am

I'm sorry you were so miserable, K! I get severe headaches and migranes, one thing that helps me is to sleep or lie down sitting up. Pile up lots of pillows so its like you're sitting up. Also, sometimes I use a travel neck pillow and find that the pain will go away when I use it so I can sleep.

Feel better!!!

Umm, yeah, don't ignore the stress. Find at least one small thing that you really enjoy that is relaxing to you and do it daily so the stress doesn't build up and make you ill.

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Reply #299 - Sep 24^th, 2007 at 9:14pm

Yikes, I haven't updated this thing in forever! sorry... I've still not been feeling well, although at least now I've got medicine to take, so I'm not just ... suffering. *hooray!*
I think that a good deal of my problems have been with the computer... I've noticed that if I sit at it with my hair up, I end up with a headache faster than usual. hair down, I still get a headache but it's not as soon, away from the computer, I get them, but they're not as severe by any means...I think it's the position i've been sitting in...

Anyway, my hair's doing well, although it had a slight rebellion against the suave brunette stuff. after washing it a few times, it ended up feeling... gummy, almost. like it was stuck together and gross. A quick clarifying wash later, and everything was back to normal. I used up the last of the conditioner as of today(still got 3/4 of the shampoo left!) so I am going back to pantene Ice shine when I get to the store.

I was unsure of my proper hairtype, so I took a photo of my hair after having let it dry naturally, no touching, no combing, no nothing...

I'm a 2B!! I thought I was 2a at best, but the waves don't lie. It's just that when I brush/comb, they stretch out.

I forgot to post a poem last monday, sorry...

here.

HOUSE OF CARDS

Soon this house of cards
Will come crashing down on me
The breath that’s been holding
Will let go with a burst
And my future will lie
In a pile on the floor

Already I can see it quiver
The first few cards are falling
There goes another and another
Until all I am, all my inner chambers
Are broken open and made bare
My inner hopes and secrets
In a pile on the floor

What can I do now?
There’s nothing left of the old me
I could try to rebuild
I have to rebuild
But… what goes where?
And why are there pieces that no longer fit?

What can I do with these left over bits?
I don’t want to leave pieces of me
In a pile on the floor
But they no longer fit.
What am I to do?

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