Pink for the Cure
March 19, 2007
Am totally over the pink hair, to be honest. Everyone assumes I'm Noah's nanny and a little old lady did that shifting-handbag thing in an elevater the other day. And I got fucking dagger eyes from another mother at the mall when she saw me dashing out of Gap Kids after my escapee toddler. It was fun at first but now I am over it. I am ready to be my boring, status quo, washed-out blonde self again.
But I'm not washing it out. In fact, I'm getting ready to re-color it. Gulp.
I am keeping it pink until this team is fully funded for the D.C. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on May 5th and 6th. Gulp.
Once they hit their goal of $7,000 I can jump in the shower with an economy-sized bottle of shampoo, but not until then.
I originally planned to walk with them, but I'm honestly not sure I can get in shape in time. I have been...uh...more than slightly glued to the couch for the majority of the past year. So 39 miles in a little over a month sounds like a recipe for a wheezing, whining disaster. So instead of offering up my hamstrings, I can offer up my hair.
Look! They're almost halfway there already! Is easy! We can totally do it!
And now for the biggest gulp-worthy challenge of all: if the Pink Ladies raise $10,000 or more I will dye my hair any freaking color you guys pick. We'll do a poll, or something. So if you've ever kind of decided that you secretly hate me and everything I stand for (life! liberty! handbags! and the pursuit of whole-milk cheese!), now's the time to parlay that hate into something good. Donate now and then tell me to dye my hair electric green.
Which: oh, Jesus. I look hideous in neon.
So please donate to Deidra, Stacy and Heather via their individual pages, and then check out the team progress page to see how we're doing.
(My mom is still 100% cancer-free, by the way. The masectomy recovery was a long, hard road, but she appears to have kicked cancer's ass completely. Yay! But still, there is Too Much Fucking Cancer out there. Enough with the Fucking Cancer. Let's kick Fucking Cancer in the Fucking Nuts! Go team! Woot!)
We hate cancer at our house. My mother in law finishes up her radiation treatments this week. Let's hope that's the last we see of cancer around here.
Hooray for your Mom!!
(and I can't wait to see what color your hair will be next. I'm loving it.)
Sandra can go straight to Hell.
TO HELL, I SAY! Along with suburban snobs.
Every time they look at you, you should just look at them and say- "I dyed my hair pink to raise money for breast cancer research". Then let them feel guilty.
I like the idea of teal or purple too, I admit... but I think teal would face into greenish, while purple would fade into a nice lavender (having a younger, blonde brother who went purple).
And tiffany- I think we share the same accounting system.
OMG!!!! I am at over $1500 now with the help of your friends! I love the pink personally....but whatever will be fun! Wow, I would love for us to raise $10,000.00.
You all rock completely! I am sending out my thank you letters today...so look for yours!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Stacy from the "Pink Ladies" team!
OH, so totally worth it. WOOOT! (Kicking cancer's balls as we speak)
way to shake up glaring, shifty folks dull lives with your shocking coif! great hair for a great cause.
Dude, I hate cancer too and support all efforts to eradicate it - but just wondering why, if you are keeping it pink to fight cancer, why were the hair dyes you were considering before SXSW manic panic red and pink, if the whole point was pink for the cure? if you had dyed it red, would this be an eradicte poverty post instead? Just wondering!
The red was in case the pink didn't show up on my uncolored hair, since I'd read that the red Manic Panic shows up as pink if you don't bleach first. I was also hoping some other people would dye with me (not for a cause or anything, just for fun), but they all pussed out.