So this is my final year right? The year to make the best out of, the year to knuckle down and study for a number that'll define your future, my last year of childhood and the best year of my life (or so I hope)
RIGHT so every year I do some sorta thing for charity, and I decided (with Viv) that I would do the World's Greatest Shave and actually shave my hair off and raise a few thousand bucks for an amazing cause. After psyching myself out deciding on a good time of the year (after formal...but unfortunately before the Annual Concert, yearbook photos, Jazz Soiree, my 18th and various other 18ths and blahblah), figuring out how long it'd take for hair to grow back, weighing up the pros and cons of being bald...we decided to make it a "public" shave during school assembly so that we could get a donation from everyone at school pretty quick, seeing as we got over $8000 in a week for the bushfires
but guess what...we both asked our parents and both got a flat out "NO"
My "NO" is so definate I was almost in tears after arguing...Dad thinks I'll look like a rebellious streetkid and Mum just doesn't like the look and thinks I have "too many public appearances" this year (what, the annual concert??). NEITHER understand the point of doing this =____= They think there's other ways I can donate to charity, but how else will I raise at least $1000?? Doing a charity run means I donate $30, 40hr famine means begging everyone to give me money (if of course, my parents let me do it =__=)
I dunno, it's just impossible to explain WHY I wanna shave my head...its just I don't wanna go through life the boring way, and a bit of empathy for those who don't have it all that great would be a good experience yknow?? Eauhghh now my reasoning sounds kinda selfish...I told the folks I didn't care what being bald looked like to others, and mum was like "So why do you do your hair before you go out?"
IT'S DIFFERENT LIKE THAT =__= PLUS IF IM BALD I DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO TO MY HAIR BEFORE I GO OUT
If I don't do it this year...what, I do it 1st year uni? There's no way I can raise as much money in uni as I could in school...and in school it's like a community of people who'll all know what you did and not judge you, but in uni there's thousands of people who are ready to wtf at you (I know I'm contradicting myself by saying I don't care what people think of my bald head...). 2nd year uni I wanna study overseas and that's even more wtfing...and 3rd year uni means my whole family + family friends will be pressuring me to "get a boyfriend already!!" HAHAHA so yeah. don't think a dude would appreciate a bald girlfriend.
THIS IS LAAAAAAAAAME (I'll get over it eventually)
xo
1 comment:
'Hey Mum and Dad, just think about it this way - you no longer have to spend money on hair products and electricity to dry/straighten/curl hair. And just say, that totals up to $100 per annum, I can add can generate $900 by sacrificing that relatively small amount. Think of it as Investment 101.'
Good luck with the campaign. :)
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