thehalfie

Oh. My. God.
If I were religious,I’d say that “Ask And Ye Shall Recieve” Really works.
What people are calling “The Secret” seems to be working,as phony baloney as the book seems to read.
Here I was thinking I’d have a tonne of trouble finding people to back my idea.

My idea, by the way, has expanded from the public headshaving for cancer idea. My idea is to promote self esteem in women by showing real womens bodies in a NUDE CALENDAR, and fundraising money from sales plus other auxillary fundraising events would go to BC Cancer Foundation. I we raise x amount of dollars, all 12 of us calendar girls shave our heads publicly, with the hair going to locks of love.

So anyways, the people I was supposed to meet with on campus were closed when they said they’d be open. I was bummed. But I ended up walking into the Peer Helping centre, where the counsellor there told me that she literally had a whole committee of people behind her, looking for a project! And I’m looking for a committee! Not only that,but her friend is a photographer who does nudes, who has done HER nudes,and she personally vouches for him.

A committee and a photographer and a student group’s backing. Just like that.
Seek and ye shall find, it seems.
To women, and the men who love them!

I want to show people that beauty, real beauty, is nothing like my profile, is nothing like glossy magazines or good lighting or photoshop. I want people to feel inspired to wake up in the mirror and look at themselves and not think of their looks as a hindrance or a crutch. I want them to believe that it is the things we do and the change we make that make us who we are. And it is who we are, not what we appear to be, that make us attractive.

If every woman in the world rejected the idea that the right man (or woman) cares about her skin colour or eye colour or hair length or jeans brand, then materialistic people everywhere would go extinct. Then we would be forced to look at eachother… and keep looking. Keep digging. Keep learning about eachother until we found that the person there was or wasn’t what we wanted. The person there, and not the shell. And wouldn’t that be something?

I enjoy beauty. Truly. I take very, very good care of my hair. I enjoy make-up and glamour shots and the glossy magazines I referenced. I love trendy clothes and style and aesthetic and design. I revel in vanity. But I am NOT my vanity. I am not my clothes or make-up. I AM NOT MY HAIR. I don’t lean on these things to make myself feel whole or worthy or enough for any man or any one else.

I am my mind, and I am my character, and I am my integrity and class. Those things I cherish more than anything out of a tube or shaped painstakingly into face framing layers. And that’s why I’m shaving my head. That’s why I’m doing this fundraiser.

Aluminum, non smelling, non degrading, classy looking.
Check, Check, Check, Check.
I’ve drank 2 bottlefuls of water since buying it 2 hours ago! This might be largely due to me being one of those people who just has to try something the moment she buys it. Regardless of why, it’s working, and my only complaint is the obvious need to find a bathroom more often. Oh well, I’ll trade the lady’s room for dehydration headaches and dull skin any day. P.s. The price tag says 12.95, but I only paid 9.95. Hooray for student deal snatching!