Red 7.

I got the job!!!! I went in for my technical interview today at Red 7 Salon and walked out with a job! Here are some photos of my two models. I had to do a classic bob and a creative cut.

Here they are, Hillary & Donna!






Check out my new salon Red 7

New Year.

Another year has passed and it's almost a new decade! 2010 was most definitely the best year of my life. It is really the difference between being dead and being alive. I was dead inside for 2008/2009, but so very much alive in 2010. I can't wait to see what my world brings now that I'm actually living.

Things have been wild and amazing here for the past month. I was accepted into phase 2 at school. I'm now one of 3 honors students who get to practice in a more realistic salon setting. We get booked every 45 min, all day long, doing services back to back until 5. It's so fast paced and exciting. I often forget about everything else in my life while I'm at school - sometimes it gets me into trouble. I feel like I've kind of lost touch with the rest of the world because I'm so completely wrapped up in doing hair. I think that's ok for now. It makes me happy and right now, that's all that matters.

Tonight, I will be ringing in the new year with some drama! Gavin's theater is having a party and I'm sure there will be tons of actory people there doing actory things. I can assume it will be quite entertaining to say the least.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Knee Deep Part 2

Knee Deep in a Bottle

Hilarity from Tony & Darcy

Ladies & Gentlemen...

I introduce to you, the boy from Baton Rouge... Gavin.

He loves it when his sweater and his coozie match.

November.

Hey November. It's been a while since I actually wrote something. I'm due. Typical Friday, gearing up for a superfly Saturday at school. Spent a chill night with my buddy Nicole, making dinner, drinking wine, watching movies. I kind of love how relaxed Fridays are for me now. I like to be fresh and rested for Saturdays because they are the busiest days in the salon and I can't get enough of that energy! I've been totally booked up every Saturday for a few months now, slowly building my clientele. It feels amazing to know that people love to come back to me again and again. I'm interviewing at a few salons, and getting ready to interview for Phase 2 - the honors program at school. It's so exciting knowing I'll be done in a few short months. It's been almost a year now since I made the decision to take this direction and change my life forever. Decemeber 2nd last year, I toured the school and knew right away that it was going to change my life. I've made so many wonderful friends, learned so much about myself, and successfully found and followed my true passion. God I'm lucky. I always knew I needed to do hair, but I never expected that it would become like a drug to me. I literally get a high every time I finish a guest. I feel so proud of my work and even more thrilled that I've made her (or him) feel so great. I get giddy when a haircut starts to take shape because I know I'm influencing that person's self image in a positive way.

Blah blah blah, hair hair hair, love love love.... I'm like a broken record these days, constantly talking about how much I love my life and my work. It really is miraculous though, when you find the thing you're truly meant to do and find the courage to pursue it despite the consequences. Ah consequences. I still don't have much of a relationship with my dad, he's been disappointed and distant since I announced my decision, and hasn't really let up since. It's a sacrifice I've had to make in order to be happy and make my own path. I just keep telling myself that he'll eventually come around. He will, I know it.

Otherwise, this Fall has been better than any Fall season I've had in years and years. I think I broke my pattern of terrible Falls. I'm doing what I love to do, I have amazing friendships, and I'm dating an adorable actor guy from Baton Rouge who, so far, is pretty great. I've learned not to make any expectations on where a relationship might go, but this one is a little different from all the other ones in the past year. It's easy and fun and comfortable and hilarious all at the same time. Who knows how long it will last, the odds are against us, but it's fun right now and we'll see what happens.

For now, I'm soaking it all up, and loving every minute of it.

New Hairs.

Took a risk. Kinda like it.