(Sighs) I've always wanted to be taller. I've wanted to be taller and... different. Sometimes blond. That would be something. I clearly remember that in grade one I wished I had blond curly hair so I could wear pale blue ribbons in it and be really cute.Not just kind of cute, but really cute. I was walking home for lunch. The sun was outand it was a beautiful day. I was looking down at the ground at my silhouette -specifically my head - and I remember wishing I had curly blond hair. I would benoticed. Pale blue ribbons and pigtails. And a matching dress, frilly but not too frilly.And matching little blue shoes with white patent bows on them. Shoes can make orbreak an outfit, you know. Well as hard as I wished I never became blond. Go figure.And dye jobs in the early eighties weren't the science they are now. Curly blond hair fora little Chinese girl was bit far-fetched so I did the best I could. Perms! So I couldactually have curly pigtails if I wanted them. Of course I was older by now so pigtailswere out of the question. (Takes out a photo and presents it to the audience.) Parteddown the middle and curly and away from my face. Like the girl in Aha's "Take On Me"video. Yeah. So I had bad hair all the way through my formative years. But hair isn't_everything.
Surface Tension by Elyne Quan
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