Hair

It's strange how everyone notices you and acknowledges you when you change a slight thing about your appearance. I will admit that my hair isn't exactly subtle but it's not like I dyed it pink and yellow.

Usually, I get a handful of scattered comments on my appearance - usually about my outfit that day or the makeup on my eyelids. But today when I came to school with a perm it seemed like I got an unprecedented amount of attention.

Half of my friends were like, "Uh...it's different." They said it as they covered their mouths with their hands as if they were worried that their true feelings about my hair would slip off of their tongues and insult me. The other half of the people (some people I didn't even know knew my name) exclaimed, "I love it!" The lunch ladies at school. my counselor, a lot of the girls from my class and from my lunch table had this reaction.

I just don't understand it. The attention is nice once in a while, but it's just strange how many people suddenly knew my name or spoke to me just because  of my hair. I don't try for all of this attention. I just wear what I want to and cut my hair and style it as I want to. l'll admit that some of the things I wear are a little crazy.But I did not expect so many people to be talking about my new curly hair today.

It just shows that even when you think you are that kid in the back, the one that no one talks to or picks as their partner for classroom projects that maybe people do look your way after all. Maybe you don't go as unnoticed as you thought you did.