February 07, 2004
My Hair Looks Nappy? Why, Thank You!
I wrote in the regular journal about my ex's reaction to the new nappy me. Check that out if you want a laugh.
My hair and I are doing very well. It's settling in and I'm trying to find just the right product mix to have the hurr looking freshhhhh. And oohwee I put this warm honey and olive oil mixture in my hair thursday and let it marinate for a half hour. Y'all my hair was soooo soft! I was tempted to just leave it in there my hair felt so good. *lol* Anyway even when I washed it out it was feeling like soft cotton. And yeah that's a good thing in case you didn't know.
For the most part, I'm amused by the reactions to my hair. Some of the questions I've been getting are ignant as hell, but shit that ain't nothing new. I knew the chop was going to garner a lot of attention and I'm cool with it.
I've never been much of a slave to public opinion. But I'm human and I know there will be times when the weight of these brainwashed mofos perceptions will start to drag me down. But every nappyheaded sista out there has permission to slap the shit out of me if I ever let the next nigga convince me to perm my hair again.\
The other day when I was thinking about going to the club I actually considered going and getting a damn wig. Momentarily people, momentarily! But why do that? My hair is now a fuckwit filter. You know Rayquan the ThugNigga ain't een ready for me!
Right about now can't nobody tell me nuthin! Not my best friend's boyfriend calling me Celie. Not my ex-boyfriend calling me Florida Evans. Not my mom suggesting that I wear a hat every time I step out of the house. My nappy hair is cute and feels so much better than that brittle processed shit I had the nerve to be sporting for the past 16 years. Even when it's dry it alllll good! I'm loving it.
Well I'm fixing to go feed my product habit at the beauty supply store. Laters! 
Maybe it's because I wore braids for 6 months and had a lot of hair when I finally chopped the relaxed mess off, but I don't recall people giving me that hard of a time. I had one fool of cousin who apparently missed the point of giong natural, because she kept saying, "oohh your hair is so long, now it'll be pretty when you relax it again. " But this was the same cousin who had babies with a white man so that her kids could have "good hair," so I just ignored her ignant behind.
Posted by: afrochelle at February 10, 2004 09:49 AM