A long time ago, I got new eyebrows. That’s right. I did the eyebrow shaping thing. If you know me in real life, you will realize that this is stunning news. I’m going to write about that eyebrow event today.
And yes, I could post something intelligent about the anti-multiple plot point aesthetic in young adult novels, or how discontinuities and detours excite me, but noooo ….
It’s all about eyebrows and taking chances. I have a really hard time doing certain things:
- Sitting still
- Looking at myself in the mirror.
- Spending money on myself.
Let me tell you, this was a big-deal thing for me at the time because you have to sit still while professionals pluck your eyebrows and they do it in front of a mirror and they charge you, so grooming my eyebrows was hitting all those three things. In good news? I look A LOT better with new eyebrows.
And it DID NOT HURT.
The nice eyebrow professional lady smiled at me as I checked out her lovely eyebrows and avoided looking in the giant mirror.
I said, “I do not want old lady non-existent eyebrows. I do not want penciled-in eyebrows. Please do not do that to me.”
She said, “I hate those.”
I whimpered.
“It’ll be okay,” she said.
“Is it going to hurt?” I asked.
She nodded. “Probably.”
Then she put the goop on and yanked and it was SO ABSOLUTELY FINE!
“That didn’t hurt,” I said.
“I used the small strips.”
“That’s amazing,” I said as she showed me the hair she yanked off.
Then I started to giggle like I was, um, five years old and just saw the bottom of the cutest kid in kindergarten.
I could not stop giggling the entire time she did it, which was … probably four minutes at the most.
She said, “I love it when you come in.”
I giggled more.
She said, “You just kill me.”
Then she showed me my eyebrows and I bounced up and down.
And for some reason, I never went back again! I know! I know! It’s because I’m cheap. I couldn’t get over that part.
But the thing is. We can’t grow if we don’t take chances, if we don’t rip out our extra, ugly spots and examine them. We can’t grow if we don’t scrutinize ourselves and invest in ourselves.
That’s important because I know we all want to be the best people we can be even if that means checking out our reflection and seeing bits of ourselves we don’t want to see.
Take a chance. Scrutinize. Invest. Love yourself enough to grow yourself, weird eyebrows and all.
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You crack me up. You ARE brave, even if you don’t give yourself ongoing credit for it. And I totally get why you don’t want to pay for those arched eyebrows. I mean, in theory you can do it at home, right? But who has the time. And now…COVID, so nope. Congratulations on the new book. It looks amazing!
You are so kind, Julie! Eyebrows though….