A little over a year ago I had dreadlocks (I have since picked them out) and People looked at me like I had the plague. I was asked really stupid, no-common-sense questions like... "Do you smear cow/dog/pig dung in your hair to make it look like that?" -Totally, bitch. Thats why I smell like Jasmine and bees wax. "How do you brush your hair?" -I don't. Thats the whole point. "How are you going to get a job?" -I have a full-time job working 4 days a week, 10+ hours a day. How are you going to get a job without a brain??? "So when you smoke pot your hair just does that?" -When you live a mundane, unexamined life, does your brain just liquify and trickle out one ear? Or I have friends who want dreads and they just stop washing their hair... Fucking nasty. Then their hair doesn't mat- instead they get a flat, gnarled, greasy mess...EW!
most people around this other little Iowa town think my dready beard is interesting . sometimes , tho , i don't want to talk about it and i just say the point of it is not to think about it . my niece the pro hair-stylist has the hardest time understanding this because with a couple glass beads strung in it , i spose it is quite stylie and fun when dreadies are swinging in the wind but no i don't want to discuss it especially with a goofy hair-obsessed girl . itsa good enough when people say nothing and just gently grab hold a dread like a handshake . even strangers will do this ... which is pleasantly strange .
Before I let my hair lock I would have been one of those stupid people who asked stupid questions. Although, I wouldn't assume animal poo would ever be used to lock hair, but you really can't blame them. Can't expect everyone to know everything about everything.
