August 30, 2004
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“Raise your hand if you know what a 5 paragraph essay is.”
That was my reaction. “You’re kidding, right?” My english class feels like a freshman class. In high school.
I did laundry today.
I also went to the BYU barber shop today. Or rather the butcher. I told her I wanted to keep my hair long, but that it needed to be thinned up and shorter for the Honor Code. She cut my hair with me facing away from the mirror. This was to prevent me from screaming. She cut it all off!!!
And I like it.
I don’t want to admit it though. You see I did not want to have short hair. I wanted my cali-emo look. But for some reason after I got my hair cut I felt really good. My hair had been weighing on me- an impending violation of a the code I signed months ago. Now that is lifted. This is really wierd. I don’t think I have been brainwashed, yet some how BYU has accomplished its intention to make me cut my hair. And then some how it made me feel really good about it. That’s how the Y works. It makes you feel good about following the honor code. I feel honor. I feel confident. I don’t get it but I like it.
I like this place so much. There really is a bubble- a happy bubble. You can step onto campus and feel a change. You feel . . . right. And so I will emphatically declare with Brigham Young of old, “This is the place.”
P.S. just to clarify my last post, I am still single and interested in other girls . . .
Comments (6)
that’s really cool.. I’m glad you like the hair cut and it turned out for the best. =)
“I wanted my cali-emo look” lol post pictures of the new prepped-out you!
me too! i was so wiped after my camping trip i didn’t go. but i’ll be there too, and i know exactly how you feel. because i love when my hair is longer but then i start thinking that i should try to live like missionaries do…then i feel guilty and cut my hair hahahaha
–mark
So I think I passed by you today … or someone who looked a whole lot like that picture … were you wearing a red shirt? Anyways, glad to hear you’re enjoying our little bubble here, I can’t get enough of it!
you are an art major at byu?! that’s rad-I’m an art history major and also at byu. where are you living? I’m in DT. anyway, that’s boss. Cheers!
I’m in U-hall-323 to be exact! you should drop by, during visiting hours of course! lol! btw-nice choice in music! Have you ever listened to Fiona Apple? She’s sort of pre-emo, but very moody. I like her a lot! Cheers!