Sink Pink

[lupestripe]

I've just dyed my hair bright pink again - it needed to be done - the faded candy floss colour just looked awful and unkempt. I was starting to turn into Boris Johnson, just without the right-wing views.

Still, what I have found out today is that Middlesbrough is not the type of town to be walking around as a guy with bright pink hair. I have been shouted at and laughed at by strangers who, under any other circumstance, would just have ignored me. This doesn't particularly bother me as it comes with the territory but WHY does it have to be this way? Surely the colour of my hair is irrelevant to anything. Sometimes I despair.

The other thing I noticed is that all these people were pillioring me from far away - either from the other side of the street or from cars that sped off rather quickly. Quite clearly these intellectually sub-normal people thought they were being witty and intelligent yet quite clearly they were cowards. They remind me of the 14 year old schoolboy who calls people a "wanker" on internet chatrooms behind the safety of his computer screen (and in my line of work, I've had enough of THOSE insults to last me a lifetime).

Still, a girl in Leeds commented on how much she liked my hair plus I have just booked tickets to see one of my favourite German bands, Oomph!, play Frankfurt in November as a special birthday treat (they are playing the evening before my birthday). Indeed it's going to be quite a week - spending my birthday in Frankfurt with Wolfie before returning to Manchester for the meet. Definitely something to look forward to *bounces*

Comments

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I'm lucky because I work for myself so it doesn't really matter. It's sad that I feel isolated when walking down the street as the next car that drives past could also come with an insult but in the end I guess it goes with the territory and I knew what to expect. I just console myself in knowing that I will be more successful than they will ever be. I'm sick of people telling me what I can and can't do so I say fuck them - if I want to do something, I will :)

[daisuke-miles.livejournal.com]

good point of view! i wish i was like u, im too stressed and care too much, i would spam them good, brits r fcked up there :P u guys look very rude (not talking of the furs)

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I only really care about insults when it is someone who I know who I have pissed off. The thing is, if people insult me for my pink hair, it's something I can easily change - they're not criticising ME but how I choose to portray myself. If you don't know me then it's not a personal insult on who I truly am, merely a bigoted perception. So in that respect, I don't let it bother me - they'd do the same to any guy with pink hair.

I'm sure it's not just a British thing, you probably get it in Portugal and everywhere else too. I just see it as being me and if people don't like it then tough. I don't want to be pushed around nor told how I should live my life so although people may see what I do as being bold, I just see it as being me.

[daisuke-miles.livejournal.com]

assholes here too lol

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I think you get them anywhere, although you get more in certain places than others...

[daisuke-miles.livejournal.com]

*points to the capitals*

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Capital cities particularly but there are probably worse places still in the UK. I guess it's all down to demographics, economic conditions etc.

[daisuke-miles.livejournal.com]

*sighs* yea

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

*hugs*