The Annual Sexyback Convention
I should make a tradition out of this. Every year, I should do something drastic to my appearance or my life, just to shake myself out of complacency and spice up my existence a bit. There hasn’t been anything to blog about because I’ve been doing nothing more than sitting at home, or in my room, whining about the weather and how it’s stifling me in more ways than one. So, in a fit of reactance, I decided to chop off my hair. Mostly because tying it up is a bother, especially in this hot weather, plus I like to mess with society’s perception of gender roles.
Do excuse the quality - cellphone camera. In this photo you can see why, way back in Form 1, a classmate described my nose as a “misshapen potato”. I love the way my bangs look, but they tickle me and the hairstyling product isn’t skin-friendly.
Oh yeah, new sunglasses. They’re almost a polar opposite with my other pair which are oval-ish and nearly an opaque brown-black. Indeed, I feel incredibly rock-star with them on.
Next, I’m considering purple hair. If I’m going down the emo-pop-punk route, complete with a generous helping of androgyny, I might as well go the whole hog and get my youthful indiscretions out of the way before I graduate from the period of extended adolescence known as college.
The only unfortunate thing about my gender-bending is that I look ridiculous in a dress or other overtly feminine clothing. No matter, I’m not trying to attract guys who like girly girls. In fact, I’d be somewhat pleased if I caused homoerotic feelings - in individuals of both sexes. Heehee. But maybe I am overestimating my ability to bring sexy back, yah?
July 5th, 2007 at 5:23 am
I for one think you look nice.
Hey, if you want to go for the emo-punk look, don’t forget the black mascara, extra piercings and excessive tattoos. Then change the template of this blog to something black and fill it up with nothing but bad poetry about how how meaningless life is. Then put up pictures of you cutting yourself.
How about trying out the gothic lolita look?
July 17th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Shit, you look like a boy IRL (not necessarily perjorative), especially with your assets. Meanwhile I arguably look like a girl, especially with my assets.
Good combi!