Birthday Party - The Second Coming

[wiseheart]

As you all know by now, LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But some of us still had most of the comments in our inbox and decided to reconstruct the original party as well as we can, because we had great fun and the discussions were wonderful.

However, to avoid the same mishap occurring to us, we've decided to open up a second entry for further comments while working on rebuilding the original. We still have two days left, and we won't allow LJ to crash our party!

The original entry had 1328 comments, on 6 pages. The reconstructed party has now 500+ (all reposted within one day and a few new ones added), having reached Page 7 already.

Let's see what else can we come up with. New guests are welcome to share the fun. :)

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I guess it would be fun. I can just imagine the Ents making their stately way there. Perhaps cider would be served instead of ent draught?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with the Ent-draught? It gives you curly hair, apparently, which means we would save a lot of money on not going to the hairdresser's. *g*

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Unless of course, you like my latest hairdresser, think that there is something wrong with curly hair! When I said, in response to a direct question, that I didn't blow dry my hair, she told me 'I really should'. However, I much prefer my hair with the natural wave/curl it gets if I let it air dry to the way it looked after she had blow-dried it straight.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

That sounds really silly of her!
(but then I don't believe in blow driers - I wish my hair was curly, but it is determinedly not)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I wish I had some decent hair, period. The thin, barely existent stuff that grows on my head is an embarrassment.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I think hairdressers go out-of-their way to make you feel that whatever type of hair you have, you should be striving for something else; it makes business sense, I suppose, but it annoys me greatly!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. I hate going to hairdressers - I mostly just let mine grow until it really annoys me... it is currently mid back length

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I generally keep putting off going to the hairdresser until my hair gets so long that it annoys me too much. When I was younger I had really long hair, and just occasionally cut the frayed ends off my self. Since getting it cut shorter I have realized that if I keep it below a certain length it gets much easier to manage: I used to have a real hard time and need to spend really long each morning getting the knots out of my hair. When it is shortish I can just run my brush through it and it all sorts it self out very easily.

[sammydragoncat]

That's what I do - just let it grow until I can't stand it anymore, then have it cut off. It's much easier to manage when it's shorter, and because it's curly it dosen't frizz as bad when it's shorter.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

That's what I do - just let it grow until I can't stand it anymore, then have it cut off.
Exactly! Which makes it all the more annoying when the hairdresser won't cut enough off. In some ways I suppose I can see their point: they are worried that you will be displeased with how much they have cut off and it is easier to cut a bit more than to try to make it longer. On the other hand hair grows! If it should end up a bit shorter than you wanted, you simply need to wait a little while and then it will be longer again.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My main annoyance with previous hairdressers was that they never believed me that yes, I actually do want my hair cut *that* short because it annoys the Jeebus out of me when it hangs into my neck. So I switched to one who works mainly for men, and she has no problems with finally freeing the nape of my neck so that I can wear blouses with colalrs without getting them dirty from my hair in no time.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Hairdressers always seem to think they know best.

I remember as a teenager getting my hair cut - it was just about long enough to sit on and I wanted it in a bob. They insisted on chopping about 4 inches off at a time, and checking if that was the length I wanted it :S

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I have had that problem as well; at least this one did actually cut my hair as short as I wanted it. I took the advice of another LJ-friend of mine who suggested I tell the hairdresser how I didn't get my hair cut more than every six months or so and that I was really looking forward to having it short again. That seems to have done the trick, and I am really pleased with how it turned out this time. I can put up with know-it-all comments about how I 'should' blow dry my hair for the relatively short period the actual hair cutting takes for the pleasure of getting it done the way I want it.

[sammydragoncat]

I've been going to the same person for years - he knows me and my hair, I just tell him how short I want it and he does the rest.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

So far I haven't managed to find a hairdresser around here that consistently believes me when I tell them how short I want my hair cut. I thought I had got it two times before last, but then when I went back to the same place I ended up with a hair cut I really wasn't pleased with: just short enough around the front and far too long in the back.

[sammydragoncat]

Yeah I got lucky - he was recommended to me by a friend, I have never been unhappy with my cut. And as he owns the business I don't have to worry about him leaving for another salon.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

It is nice to know there are good hairdressers out there; I am pleased for you that you have found one. Maybe one day I will be as lucky too.