DOES MY HAIR DEFINE ME?

So you might be asking yourself, how does Liz feel about having a bald head? What about when it’s in the awkward growing-back stage?

A few years ago, after I took out the braids to assist with the transition back to long hair...

Well, I feel like I’m ready for it all. I’m excited to get rid of the ball of annoying frizzy mess on my head that’s been slowing me down when I run, and I can’t wait until the day I can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with my hair (or lack thereof) and it will always look the same!

[A fun side note: the other day when I tried to stuff my hair through my helmet to put it on, the plastic on my helmet snapped. Won’t have to worry about that happening to my next helmet!]

As the day approaches, I find myself excited, and just a little nervous. What will my bald head really look like and be like to live with on a daily basis? We’ll find out soon!! There is a part of me that worries slightly about how my short hair will affect people’s perception of me. It’s a small thought in the back of my mind, but it’s there! I have actually had short spikey hair before and I received some rather weird looks for this. Personally, I loved the look I had with my short hair!

Observe:

The bleach/light blue gel look

The bleach/bright red gel look

The 4th of July bleach/red/white/blue gel look!

As much as I believe that you shouldn’t live your life according to what other people think, I have to admit that it is difficult to put this into practice on a daily basis. The same goes with my profession. If I’m constantly worried about what my co-workers think of my therapeutic approach, then I’m not free to actually do anything therapeutic with my students. I feel like I have a lot to learn through the experience of having a bald head. My hope is that it will allow me to simply be myself, regardless of what I look like on the outside, and my true personality will shine through. This can only help my work with my students. What freedom!

NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!!!

As of Monday 11/15/10, staff is no longer able to use their personal computers at work. 

Although this policy came suddenly, and was quite a shock to everyone, it is actually a good thing in the long run. If staff continues to use their personal equipment, how are we ever going to know what our true needs are so we can search for grants or donations for new technology? However, this also means that all Garage Band projects I’ve been working on, even though the files themselves are stored at work, are now on hold…

UNTIL I CAN GET A MACBOOK FOR THE PROGRAM. This fundraising effort has been upgraded to URGENT! Please spread the word and help me raise enough funds so I can keep these projects going ASAP!

MAIDEN!

Remember that student I was telling you about, the one who loves Iron Maiden? Guess who he was for Halloween:

That’s right! He likes to be called “Maiden” – and he also calls me “Maiden” from time to time. We love to rock out on the drums together! Here we are playing the drums at an art show:

Click here to read more about the art show

He puts on a fantastic performance. Such a natural! At this particular show, he also performed his own cover of Iron Maiden’s song “Run to the Hills.” I used Garage Band for this project, using his singing and drum playing, and creating a guitar solo from the notes he played on the keyboard using a guitar sound he chose. It was a painstaking process of choosing the best sounding notes and putting them together to form a cohesive solo, and it was so well worth every second spent! These are the types of projects I’m looking forward to continuing when I have my new MacBook!

FUN WITH HAIR!

I suppose there is one thing I’ll miss about my hair. Observe the braids:

My mom and me

This was for my aunt’s 75^th birthday party – her side of the family is German. Also observe the homemade lederhosen I’m wearing. Good times!