i'm here cause the only thing i remember from high school is that hair has disulfide bonds connecting its double helix protein structure. that's it really. the rest of high school is a blur of big steam rollers, Sun-In, irons, scrunching. and gel.

and i'm into hair cause i always have been. i taught myself to braid before i could read. my mom refused to let me grow my hair until i could take care of it myself (she was clueless about hair). needless to say what once was a short curly red afro, now extends to my ass (nothing like mom saying you can't, to make you do something) she also never let me leave the house wearing a side ponytail.
i also grew up with black girls. nuff said. we take this stuff seriously.

and i also grew up in hawai'i. when i first moved here i had curly chin length strawberry blond hair, amongst a sea of long straight black hair. i felt weird. and its quite clear to me now that my relationship with my long hair is a direct result of my relationship with hawai'i. recognizing that this is my home forced me to accept greater responsibility for my hair.

in college cutting hair kept me in a steady supply of smokes, beer, bread and milk (i prefer barter system to cash). at peak time i was doing 2-3 cuts a day. i also dreamt of dropping out of college and going to beauty school. but in the long run i decided that i didn't want my art to become my livelihood. and my mom would have killed me.

and now I keep answering people's hair issues on other tribes that aren't specifically about hair, so a one-stop all you can comb tribe seemed like a good idea. but not many have taken the bait.... so invite your friends.

why are you here? oh please go on!!!!!!