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Reply #15 - Jun 1st, 2008 at 5:06pm
 
School wasn't my favorite when I was your age either. But during the last 2 years of high school, I changed my habits and started working my tail off. I did tons of extracurricular activities and my GPA was never below 4.0. I took Honors courses and even won a scholarship at the end of the year for all of my hard work. Moral of the story is that it's more rewarding (and even easier) to be on the ball than to slack off & be in trouble all the time.

Sorry to hear that your sis is freaking out about your hair again. I get that too, but from my parents. They're always telling me to cut it short and I just shrug it off. To each their own.
    My sis likes the length of my hair, but she hassles me for using Pantene sometimes. I shrug that off too.  Roll Eyes  You have to hold onto what you want & believe in and not let anyone - not even your family or friends - try to dissuade you.

'Fraid I don't have any suggestions on how to get your buddy back. If anyone deliberately destroyed my artwork, they would not live long! lol At the very least, I would not maintain a friendship with them.
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Reply #16 - Jun 2nd, 2008 at 10:12am
 
Detention.... oh my, that brings back memories.  Basically I did not attend my Senior year of high school.  I decided to travel around the country instead.  But then, with only 5 weeks of school left, I decided I wanted to graduate with my class.  They let me finish my classes with independent study AND I had to do 40 hours of detention to graduate.  (and just to show you it can be done, I graduated with a 4.0, high honors, and completed the 40 hours before graduation!!).

Do what needs to be done to get thru the year.  You need to graduate.  Life is much better if you finish high school on time.
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Reply #17 - Jun 4th, 2008 at 2:11am
 
Jerry: Well my Mom hasn't been saying them to my face at least. But I'm sure they'll learn it's useless soon, seeing as I haven''t technically gotten a haricut in like 2 years. Trims fine, haircut? Noooo.

La Diosa: It's okay to laugh! It's just a little ridiculous! XD But my worst fear has been for a while that they'll call me to see the counselor about why I'm so late! There's no reason other than I just can't wake up, but I'm afraid they'll twist something around to make me seem insane O.o

Angel Spun: Thank you for the encouraging school words! I did realize recently that I'd have to get my act together, and soon. But I was worried after 2 years of slacking off it wouldn't be enough, good to know I might have a shot at a decent college!

Bikerbraid: That must have been one intense year!! 40 detentions in 5 weeks? I'm having enough trouble getting in 5, but then again my school usually only allows four maximum over a 2 day-span. And you graduated with 4.0? Again I say intense! I wish, and hope I can develop that kind of drive to succeed. I want to succeed, but as of right now, I don't wanna do the work to get there. :/ But hopefully I'll learn soon!

And now hair: Today I did a conditioner only, and I'm a little afraid I over conditioned my scalp. Usually once a week I do a conditioner only on all of the hair, but right now it seems like it'll feel strange in the morning.
And I've worn my hair the exact same for 2 days in a row, soon to be three. I just put it in a braid at night, wet it, and then take it out in the morning! Although today the waves were ruined by rain, they still looked moderately nice. And this hairstyle is so easy, but still looks elegant. Although I'm sure it'll get boring if I do it everyday this week!

School: Hahaha, yeah. Not doing so great in math again, seeing as I failed a test. But I believe I can do a retake! As long as I find a way to get there really early in the morning, which doesn't go well with my inability to even wake up on time. But I can do it!!...? Yeah I can! Simplifying insane fractions with square roots and exponents is just difficult, and I've never liked fractions...
And the rest of my classes are perfectly fine!! Especially LA, where I keep having to read Hamlet, as Hamlet. It's fun until he starts talking to himself and gets all depressed.

Annoying boy: That boy I was hoping to get back at? Yeah now I've decided we're not friends anymore. He just repeated his obnoxious routine of trying to torture me, and usually he can say something funny and get away with it, but now I'm done with him. And it takes a lot to get me angry, so when I get grudges I tend to hold them(I only have a grand total of 3 now!) Even though I feel immature, he is even less mature, so I don't feel too bad about it. Maybe he'll apologize, but I shan't be surprised if he doesn't! And at this moment in time , I don't care if he does or not!

Other: School is out in 17 days! (I think I said that...) It is both exciting and nerve-wracking. This is my worst school-year in my history, and even worse probably the worst out of everyone in my family. My parents don't care too terribly, but just knowing that fact kinda bums me out. :\ But then again, almost 3 months of nothing to do! Except the evil summer-work I'll be doing for Language Arts and History.

Books: I've been reading an amazing book called The Heroines. This girl's mother own a bed&breakfast where literary heroines like Scarlett O'Hara come and stay. It sounds a little silly, but it's very, very good! And there's a part involving an insane asylum, which has gotten me thinking I'll get called crazy if I am late too often, or don't get enough sleep, or do my work. I've already read it once, I'm now re-reading, for sheer fun(and of course, my LA class needs me to read 800 pages by school's end, which I did but didn't document)
Wow, this is a ridiculously long post!!
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Reply #18 - Jun 4th, 2008 at 4:51pm
 
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Angel Spun: Thank you for the encouraging school words! I did realize recently that I'd have to get my act together, and soon. But I was worried after 2 years of slacking off it wouldn't be enough, good to know I might have a shot at a decent college!

No problem, hon.  Smiley  And trust me, you can redeem yourself even after 2 miserable years. My GPA was in the tank during my first 2 years of high school. I think I had a 1.6 at the lowest point.  Shocked  Between my parents and teachers, my life was constant hell and I eventually got sick of it. I guess I wanted to feel good about what I was doing for once. So for the last 2 years, as I mentioned, I worked my tail off. Keeping my GPA no lower than 4.0 for 2 years straight actually pulled my total GPA for all 4 years of high school up to a 3.5. Not too shabby.
    So I totally know what you're going through. And I promise you that where there's a will, there's a way.  Wink

Sorry to hear about your friendship with "Annoying boy" ending, but it sounds like you're probably better off. It also sounds like it doesn't bother you all that much, so maybe there wasn't a very solid friendship there to begin with? Just a thought. You can't hang around someone who's always negative & disrespecting you. That $#&% gets old fast! *hugz*
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Reply #19 - Jun 4th, 2008 at 10:17pm
 
It is never too late to "turn the corner".  Doing your school work now, may prevent you from having to retake classes.  (You don't really want to go through all the classes and tests again, do you??) 

You can do anything you put your mind to do.
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Reply #20 - Jun 11th, 2008 at 3:21am
 
Tanks BB and Angel Soun, those encouraging words mean a lot to me right now!
And this'll just be a quick post because I haven't posted in a while, but technically should be in bed...

Hair: Well......I dyed two streaks red with kool aid. I know it was a bad idea but I had to do something. My sis was bugging me about my hair again, so being an obnoxious teenager I felt I had to do soemthing different with it to make her shut up already. Everybody at school said they liked it though! Although it's already fading  Sad. I dyed the front two streaks that frame my face and wore the rest of my non-colored hair in a pony tail to show off the color. But as I said now it's just kind a tint. And U haven't washed my hair for quite a few days, so I'm a grease ball >.< really bad too. But I haven't been able to wash it because of the kool aid, and today I fell asleep before I could take a shower XD I fell asleep around 7 and woke up at like 10:30. It's now currently 12:18 am O.o woah I thought it was like 11:30!

Annoying boy: We haven't talked snce I informed him we weren't friends...I don't mind too much because it really wasn't that good of a friendshsip, but it kinda bums me out that he doesn't seem to care a ittle bit that we're not friends anymore. He's just indifferent and it bugs me Angry Oh well I suppose, it really is his loss!

School: Huge project due Thursday in AP European History and I'm nowhere nbear finished! And have barely begun really. I have to prove my thesis, but I'm having trouble doing so because I don't really believe it myself...it just seemed easy at the time that I chose it. And it would be if I cared more to try and prove it. It is a 15 minute long speech. ANd I have to present Friday, hand her my paper Thursday, this is gonna be tight.
And a math test due Friday too(like a takehome one, it's the seniors' final, they gradutate on Saturday, just a big test for us 'children')
And one of friends told me she worrieds about me and my school work today, sweet! And kinda sad, she has her own schoolwork to worry about!

Anything Else: Prolly not...oh yeah I might get to see Avenue Q live! I told my mom I didn't want to buy a yearbook so I could go see it($65 for a book full of people I barely know? I'd rather see a show!), but apparently she only had the money on that on day, so AQ is iffy. I hope so, though!

haha, so much for my quick post  Roll Eyes
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Reply #21 - Jun 11th, 2008 at 11:35am
 
Omg, I love Avenue Q!  Cheesy  I hope you get to see it!

And sadly, I know all too well how it feels when you break things off with someone you once cared about and find out that they really don't care. The thing is, kiddo, they never did care. And my guess is that "Annoying boy" probably doesn't have many meaningful relationships in his life. And unless he learns how to love people, that will never change. So you're absolutely right - it's his loss! There are a billion better friends out there.

And lol @ Kool-Aid hairdye. I remember when kids that I went to high school with did that...many, many ĉons ago. Guess the new generations are still keeping the old traditions alive.  Roll Eyes
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Reply #22 - Jun 17th, 2008 at 6:36am
 
Hello everyone! Well let me get right down to business:

Hair: I found a shampoo and conditioner I absolutely love right now Suave something or other in a big orange bottle(it somehow got into my parent's bathroom, and I can't get in for the real name!) It makes my hair feel amazing, I think. Especially the conditioner. Cheesy I love it!!

Health: I have to start exercising. I eat way too much junk food, drink waaaaaay too much coke, and then never exercise or do anything. I'm starting to get a bit of a belly, so I suppose I don't want that. I at least want a more toned stomach, if nothing else. We'll see how I do! Maybe I'll try walking to school(we have like 3 days left..). So that'll be  start, those three days! And I have to walk to the library, I've an overdue book to get back! So I'll walk there a lot this summer...yeah, lots of walking in my future!

Avenue Q: Sadly, I don't think it'll happen. It closes the 22nd of June, and we're broke for a while I guess Sad But maybe I can see this other thing closer to town and cheaper "The Complete works of William Shakespeare, abridged" They did a preview at my school, and they were hilarious, so I'd like to see the whole show!! They spoof R&J, McB---(can;t even type it!), Hamlet, and more! I love WS< and I love comedy so..I would totally love this!

Annoying kid:...I'm friends with him again. One of our mutual friends was staring at us(we sit next to each other in Acting) and was like "Aww come on! Kiss and make up!! Come on!!" Which made us both laugh, and I realized I wasn;t even mad at him anymore, and that it bugged me not talking to him. By the end of the day i had told him I wasn;t mad, and he smiled and seemed kinda pleased. Then many days after that, I ate lunch with him, and he actually seemed pretty happy I was there. Smiley So good to know he kinda missed me! I really need to be more adamant with my grudges though...

Chemistry: I had to make some paint today, which wouldn;t be a problem except one of the ingredients was Dijon mustard...and then I had to heat it. It was so disgusting, I could barely stand it and tried spraying body spray into the paint to make it smell less like mustard! Hope it worked!
AP Euro: Well last Thursday night I tried staying up all night, no naps, to finish a  project due on Friday NO EXCEPTIONS! So of course...I fall a sleep and miss the day of school. So I got a 0 and missed a lot of sleep, which actually brings me to...

Sleeping!: I'm practically nocturnal now! I usually couldn;t get to sleep until late, like after midnight, but somehow I got into the habit of sleeping right after school until like 11 pm, and then staying up all the way until after school the next day. I rather like it, being up all night. Pretty much my only time alone!

Well that's the end...I think I'll try and shorten my long posts. I'm sure no one likes reading every detail of my mundane life!
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Reply #23 - Jun 17th, 2008 at 7:16am
 
I don't know about everyone else but I don't mind your long posts (even though compared to others they are actually pretty short) Smiley


And I have to thank you for spacing things out because I have seen some very long posts which are all bunched together with no spaces or even paragraphs in them Shocked
And I am not picking on people here because I have seen them on all kinds of boards and forums Roll Eyes


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Reply #24 - Jun 17th, 2008 at 12:43pm
 
I don't mind your long(ish) posts either.   Smiley
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Reply #25 - Jun 24th, 2008 at 10:50pm
 
We have no restrictions on the length of a post other than 5500 characters in a single post.  But if you need more than 5500 characters, just start another!
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Reply #26 - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 2:26am
 
Haha, alright. I could probably go on forever with that kind of invitation! And since I've been gone for a little while this one might be extra long...so have fun guys!

Hair:Nothing very new. Found out my shampoo/condition I'm using is Suave Professionals Sleek moisturizing shampoo/conditioner. Apparently it's for dry hair, but I don't really have dry hair.  It just has made it very soft and...moisturized I guess! More so than previous ones. I really like it!
And I've been wearing my hair in that sock bun a lot lately. It's been really, really hot so I want it up and that's the most convenient, though I'm worried about a lot of breakage if I do that too much.
And I've been remembering to braid it before I fall asleep, to prevent more breakage.

I do have a serious hair problem though, I keep getting tempted to cut a bunch off! Like I'll be brushing out a bad knot and think "I should just chop it all off like everyone wants!!!!" There's been a few times where I almost did(usually when I have scissors in my hand already)
And I think the bottom 3 inches(at least!  Shocked) are horribly damaged. When I have my hair in a pony tail and I feel down it, there's a noticeable change in the feel/texture of it. The bottom feels drier than the rest. It looks just fine, but feels odd. Maybe I just don't condition the bottom well enough or something? Also a lot of my hairs are shorter than the rest...like you know there will be random strands that are a couple inches shorter? I have a lot of those and am tempted to just cut them all the be the same exact length(which would mean cutting off even more than the 3 inches!) I probably will have an inch chopped off.

Musicals!!: I went to the library today and they had the soundtrack to 'Evil Dead: The Musical' Yes, based off of the Evil Dead movie series. It is hilarious!! If you don't mind some bad language/graphic descriptions of hilarious but disgusting ways to kill people, then you might like it! The Necronomicon is probably my favorite...it's the dance of the candarian demons! Just hilarious, but also good.

Idol Worship:And the greatest news I have ever had in my life!! I get to go see Shrek: The Musical on August 17th!!!! Sure, that sounds awful, but my idol and most amazing Broadway actress ever Sutton Foster is in it as Fiona!! This is a huge deal for me...There's a good chance I could see her by the stage door. Though if I did I'd probably lose the knowledge of how to speak coherent sentences, so I wouldn't speak to her. I know I'd scream a lot and then get her autograph!! Also John Tartaglia, I love that guy so much. He plays Pinocchio. I'm so excited!! This is my entire birthday present though, but who cares? Seeing Sutton Foster perform is the best present EVER!(I got to see her in Young Frankenstein last September...I love her so much!)

Health: Hahahaha...about that exercising thing...it hasn't worked out. I did walk to school one of those days(from missing the bus though) And I'm certain I actually am addicted to Coca Cola. It's really bad...I'm drinking  way more than I used to(like 2 cans a day!!) and I can't seem to function without some in my system. I get irritable and get headaches. I know it's bad for my body and especially my teeth, but I can;t seem to stop! It doesn't seem that important to me to stop I guess.

Sleeping: I'm kinda nocturnal again! I wasn't for a while, because my body absolutely hates any sleeping pattern that I like and proceeds to get a new one. But in a bad way. I don't go to sleep until like 5 am, and wake up sometime after noon(It has been varying). Which is bad because I now have a job of sorts, that job being...

Babysitting: My cousin has three kids: 9 year old girl, 6 year old boy, and 3 year old girl. It's Monday through Friday and I get 100 bucks a week. Before I actually had to do it, I figured "Oh it won't be a problem! Kids are easy!"  Which is so not true. I'm staying over there and over my first week(last week) by Wednesday I just wanted to go home! The oldest girl kinda looks up to me I guess, so usually if I'm doing something, she'll want to do it too, so I had like no time to myself. Usually at home I get that by staying up late, but I couldn't there because I have to wake up with the kids...which is usually around 10 am...WAY too early!! Before noon? Jeez.
I'm also concerned, because the 6 year old boy will be going into 1st grade in September, but he can't read at all. I know kids learn at their own pace, but I feel that he should be able to read a little by now. He knows the word 'the' and that's about it...not my business really, but I love reading dearly and am worried that he'll grow to hate it!!
Also the oldest girl, going into 4th grade, can't really subtract. What is wrong with their school? I know I knew all of that stuff by their ages. And by 4th grade you are learning division, so she should be rather good at subtraction by now...or should she? I guess I'm just being annoying and should mind my own business, they are not my kids
But what really concerns me is that that girl said she "hates learning" Ah! How could she hate it? Personally I hate school, but I love learning!! Probably the school's fault she thinks she hates learning!! So I;m wondering what you guys think...if I should interfere with their education like I want, or mind my own business(which I probably should!)?

Really? I had one more section and ran out of chars!!
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Reply #27 - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 2:32am
 
I told you all of the mayhem that would ensue!! Well here's the last part...

Grrr, grown-ups!:
Because of my newfound income, my mother and oldest sister think I should get a bank account. "Then you'll get interest and have more money!" I really, really don't want one. They seem complicated and unnecessary. My cousin is paying me in cash anyways!!! The real problem I have with having a bank account is that I'll feel like an adult if I get one. That'll be my first step into being a real grown-up with responsibilities for myself...I don't want that! I just wanna spend my money irresponsibly on books and candy! Why must I use this bank thing? Why must I have responsibilities so soon!!?
My grandmother gave me a check for cleaning her house though, and my problem now is that my mom refuses to cash it, so I'll need a bank account to cash it.

Okay the end for now!! ^.^ Future ones'll probably be shorter, I swear. I just had a lot to talk about this time... Cheesy
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Reply #28 - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 4:29am
 
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Sounds all too familiar.  My father, one of my younger sisters and I all do that as well.  Unfortunatley, it sounds like you have a sleeping disorder.

As for the bank account... I can't relate.  I was one of those kids who didn't want to be a kid, and loved doing "grown up" type things like opening a bank account.

However, if your mother won't cash checks for you anymore, you might just have to...(GASP!)... get one.  Oh the horror!!!Shocked  Sorry, I'm just teasing you. Wink
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Reply #29 - Jul 6th, 2008 at 9:23am
 
La Diosa: I knew it!!! I also was suspecting I might have a sleeping disorder, but my mom is blaming me, saying that I'm staying up this late on purpose
And my daddy cashed it for me!! Neh neh!  Tongue hahaha

Hair: Nothing new with treating it. I just washed the scalp/conditioned the length as usual.
Hair scare!: I did have a hair adventure though. I was getting dinner, and my older sister was behind me. She started touching my hair, so I turn around and she tells me "You have gum in your hair," (she was trying to get it out...apparently) Of course I ran as fast as I could to a mirror, hoping to god it wasn't true!! It was however, and pretty far up. About my shoulders.*blek!* I almost started crying, panicking that it'd have to be cut. However, my sister did get it out after much trying, and it didn;t have to be cut!!
The gum wasn't the kind I chew, and I really have no idea where it came from. I am suspecting hair sabotage by someone!!
Hair Victories!: I also have some hair victories!! You know how my family continuously plagues me about my long hair? Well I had my hair up in this really high, like Genie pony tail one day, and I think the hairstyle caught one of my sister's attention.
She randomly wanted to go to Wal-Mart for hair Vitamins because she thought they would make her hair grow faster. She and her friend both decided they want long hair and her friend even said I had "pretty, long hair." Hahahahahaha!! I win, long hair wins, we all rule.  Grin They both intend to grow their ridiculously short hair out.(though I doubt they will, her friend said that her barely shoulder length was long for her!)

Emotional junk: These past 24 hours have been very trying to me! First was the gum incident in my hair(made me incredibly upset) then my sister made me watch the saddest episode of a cartoon ever made(Jurassic Bark of Futurama...so depressing!) and then I had to watch the series finale of Death Note(an anime) That last one was probably the worst. Because a)the end! and b) my favorite character died, and worst of all by dying lost this huge contest of sorts, and also he was killed by my second favorite character!! I cried for like 5 minutes afterward. It was so awful!! DX But I'm fine now from that horrible day! It shall be behind me, and the next 24 hours will be better(without a doubt)

Sleep: I woke up at like 3 something yesterday, I believe. Am planning on going to sleep maybe around 7am...haha, that;s the time I usually would have to wake up at to get ready for school. I intend to do research soon on different types of sleeping disorders, to see what I may(if any) have.

That might be the end! Wow!
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