My blonde ambition.... walking down hair memory lane

This was December 29, 2001 - I'd always wanted to go blond... so in an attempt to shock and awe my parents, friends and co-workers - I spent well a lot of money to make my hair a fair shade of blondish platinum. This required 3 bleachings and a tone - and about 3 hours sitting under a steamer... but they took pity on me and plied me with wine... I was the hit of the salon... Irony point - at this time I was STILL trying to claim I was "straight"... Topher needs to get a blog - he tells the story the best!

I loved it though - in retrospect it was one of the things that helped me come out... and what a big step it was! I guess I just needed to look different so I could get used to "feeling" different. And in a way it was a big test to see if people still (hate to say it) loved me for me... and of course they did. But I was 25 and had a hair across my ass to be defiant - and you know what - it was FUN! Plus it got me my one and only nationally distributed set of ads for the paper I was working for at the time... Hardly a model (especially since I didn't get jack for pay - just a hearty handshake and notoriety in the company cafeteria (well everyone knew me already - I had a lot of friends at that company but once I had the hair - well... everybody knew me... Plus I'd strut around the office in tight jeans, a tight t-shirt and sneakers... Plus that hair... Somehow I got away with it - I was in .com and the Marketing Department so either people were too scared to say something or they just thought I was a weird marketing fag anyhow - it worked for me though :-)

Countless boyfriends have recoiled at these photos (ok the first 2) and lots of people say they like me better with my regular hair... but as I was looking through old photos tonight I can't help but fondly remember my golden (well peroxided) locks... Ahhhhhh memories... Hmm I may have blogged about this before - but as April approaches I start thinking more and more about my coming out period.... fyi my gay birthday is on April 4th - start shopping now ;-)