High School Revisited: Your Hairbrush Is Mine

But first. 

You know that 98 Degrees song - I Do (Cherish You)? In this song, Nick Lachey recounts a moment with his lady - "your hand brushes mine, and a thousand sensations seduce me." Well, I always heard "your hairbrush is mine." Common mistake. 

Now that that's out of the way, enjoy these photos of friends and associates from the years of 1997-2002. Thanks for sharing your finest moments. 

Hair from the turn of the millenium, (excuse me, Willenium)!

and the winner is. . . . .

High School Revisited: Wash Your Hair Once, Every Two Weeks

I am so excited to share the abundance of high-school hair photos I have received from you all in the last few weeks! There are so many embarrassing/good ones, it will be hard to narrow them down. I am now just waiting on a few gems before I post.

In the meantime, I have a word or two to say about Dawson's Creek hair.

1. Mini butterfly clips
2. Mini ponies
3. Mini bangs
4. Straight cut hair
5. Bowl Cut v. 2
6. "Frosted tips"
7. Gail's fried-out coif
8. Large barrel curling-iron-bangs
9. Dawson's haircut, Season 1
10. Dawson's haircut, Season 2
11. Dawson's haircut, Season 3
12. Dawson's haircut, Season 4

Man, there was some BAD hair in the early 2000s, especially in Seasons 1-2 of D. Creek and in any scene with Chad Michael Murray.

Who am I to judge, except that I have eyes?

Or rather, ahem, who am I NOT to judge?

I may not have gotten voted Most Humorous or Most Likely to Be a Crazy Cat Lady, but my hair will live in infamy in the pages of the 2002 SM West yearbook.

And that Josh Lutz guy? He's looking like he could walk onto the set of Season 5, no problem.

(If you googled yourself and found your name on here, hi Josh Lutz! Remember me! Your fellow hair hottie! Remember how we used to sneak into pools late at night? Remember when you were dating my best friend? Remember the Alamo?)

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. V

MEMORY: I am the only person I know who likes Kate Bush. I got really into her about junior year. Yes, she writes songs about classic literature and is complete dork, but what can I say, I found her dorkiness inspiring at that age. And nowadays it's fabulous for karaoke.


MUSIC: (I have dreams of dancing to a shot by shot remake of this video. . . so fun)

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. IV

MEMORY: I owe a lot to my dad's record collection. In addition to The Who and The Beatles, he loved Elton John. He'd often sing along to songs from Madman Across the Water and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  and I sat there watching him in awe, seeing this part of him come unlocked. It was a rare and wonderful sight to see a play-by-the-rules attorney dance around to this flamboyant singer-songwriter. Before long, I fell in love with Elton too.

Only later, as an adult, did I realize how prolific and influential he really was as I rarely found a song of his I didn't find totally original and memorable.

Honky Cat is the one I loved to dance around to in my room the most. And I still do.

MUSIC:

High School Revisited: Musica, pt. III

MEMORY: 
I remember being 12 and on a schoolbus headed to the Dallas Temple for my first temple trip and having this CD in my Discman and playing it over and over and over again rather than socializing. This was around the age I started to actually get lost in music. I know that's a figure of speech, but I don't mean it figuratively. I think I listened to August and Everything after more than any other album in middle school probably, except for all The Beatles stuff. Man I loved that record.

But every man I have ever dated has HATED Counting Crows. Guys seem to dislike them as much as they hate the movie Shopgirl.

Sometimes when I'm driving alone, I still like to jam this in the CD player and sing along at the top of my lungs to every 8-minute long song.

MUSIC: