Dying my hair purple in my college dorm room.

That one time in college I dyed my hair purple…

One time in college I dyed my hair purple. I dyed it in my college dorm bathroom with a tub of Manic Panic. Afterwards, I had to scrub a lot of dye out of the sink. I imagine to this day you can still find my purple traces.

I dyed my hair all kinds of colors in college: purple, green, orange, magenta. Though, I never got around to pink.

I don’t remember why I started. Was it to look cooler than I was? Was it a suppressed My So Called Life dye your hair and change your life moment? Was it just because it sounded fun? I don’t know.

And I guess it did make me look cooler than I was. Or, at least, more confident. You can’t have purple hair and not be confident.


And, while I’m not sure whether dying my hair purple changed my life it certainly was a catalyst for a life of trying new things and doing the things I want to do.

And it definitely was fun. Except for, you know, having to scrub all that extra dye stains out of my my dorm bathroom sinks.

That one time in college I dyed my hair purple... Dying my hair purple in my college dorm room.

That one time in college I dyed my hair purple... Dying my hair purple in my college dorm room.

That one time in college I dyed my hair purple... Dying my hair purple in my college dorm room.

That one time in college I dyed my hair purple... Dying my hair purple in my college dorm room.

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Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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  • Walter
    February 21, 2008at9:51 pm

    Hot

  • heather
    February 22, 2008at7:18 am

    someday i will counter with my green hair from freshman year of high school.

  • Jeff
    February 22, 2008at7:30 am

    That is REALLY purple

  • Lindsay
    February 22, 2008at10:45 am

    Bring it back.

  • Sid
    February 22, 2008at12:37 pm

    that’s a dorm room isn’t it

  • val
    February 22, 2008at1:31 pm

    Walter – damn straight!
    Heather – I so had green hair for a bit junior year of college, but I wasn’t awesome enough to have it in high school.
    Jeff – I told you it was purple!
    Lindsay – ideally I would bleach my hair and dye it a light pink
    Sid – Yes, it’s a dorm room. These were taken 6 or so years ago.

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