Putting myself out there...
Introduce Yourself
*tear*
thank you both. my heart has been feeling the pressure more than usual lately & kind words make existence so much easier.
Forum Activity for @raychll
Putting myself out there...
Introduce Yourself
So I've been coming here for a while & feel now is a good time to introduce myself.
I haven't touched a comb since november 2010 & opted for all natural locks. I fought my curly frizzy hair for so long, I hated it for so long and all that is over now. I always thought dreadlocks were awesome and wanted them but thought they required a lot of work so i put it off for a long time. After backpacking around mexico for a summer i decided locks were for me.Unfortunately, I had to wait longer since I was on serious chemo drugs at the time and everyone expected all my hair to fall out. But *I'm Strong* and that didn't happen. Instead my hair stopped growing in curly and after those drugs wrecked my body & not the disease I said F it, its time for a change. So i quit putting my hopes in conventional medicine, i quit usingdeodorant, i quit eating auschwitz meats, i quit shaving my underarms, i quit using harsh chemical products, i quit buying cheap crap from china, i quit and renounced the Plastic Life. For me, my dreadlocks are an outward expression of my inward knowledge of what is important.
I am a college student working towards a plant & soil science degree. I thought I would get a degree and travel the world showing starving villages how to grow their own food using water conservation techniques, how to save seed, how to make and use solar ovens so trees can quit being cut down to be turned into charcoal. I wanted to save the world one organic, open pollinated seed at a time. Now I see that will never be because the world is falling apart around me. I don't want to finish school. I don't want to waste anymore time feeling like I'm an actress with a college student role to play. Going to class, listening to lecture, pretending like all of this is going to pay off in the end.I don't want the money statistics say I could make in two years when I have my bachelors. I want the freedom to spend my time as i want to NOW. To grow my garden, to raise animals, to go hunting without alicense, to shit in the woods, to moonshine & make as many gallons of wine as possible, to have clean groundwater even where oil & natural gas lie underground, to love & live without judgement, without police, without *fences*, without feedlots, without GMO's, without pesticides and without greed.
And this, is who I am.
updated by @raychll: 02/14/15 02:28:01AM
OCCUPY WALL STREET *PEACEFUL REVOLUTION, HAPPENING NOW ON WALL STREET*
General Talk
The golden rule: He who has the gold makes all the rules.-Now is time to take that gold back. Its OUR gold. Its OUR WORLD. We are the 99%
They have the power, but we have the Right.
URGENT DREADLOCK HEALTH PROBLEM
Help! Save My Dreads
This may be kinda odd but they sell giant bags of diatomaceous earth at feed stores for cheap & i use it to stop fleas on my cats and bugs in the garden so it would probably work on lice too. Its all natural silica diatoms that scratch up the shells on bugs and cause them to dry out. It would definitly have to be applied repeatedly and use a dust mask while dusting with it b/c its bad for your lungs if breathed in. I use it every once in a while on my hair anyway because i live in a humid-ass climate and it absorbs some of the oils n such, but ya, I already figured if i picked up lice somewhere id be dusting myself with it. Hopefully your friends gotten rid of the lice problem by now, but I figured Id post this up here since lice sucks & they need to die! -but without the use of chemicals, of course.
Am i right?
Dreadlocks Journey Emotional Support
~Jealous!~ LOL They look awesome. Betcha drive ladies crazy with them long locks!
DONT TOUCH MY HAIR!!
General Talk
People have always come up and touched my hair anyway since it's super curly & I guess thats uncommon round here. I was kinda hoping since I let them lock people will be less inclined to touch my hair for fear of it stinking or bein dirty. Trying to use those negative images to my advantage- I'll let ya know how that turns out
Best alternative other than natural in your opinion???
Dreading Methods
I feel like natural is the only way to go. I spent a ridiculous amount of time researching & preparing myself for locks & think I made the best choice by doing the least amount of work & letting nature do its thing. Does that make me lazy? I dont know, and I dont care because for the first time in my life it doesnt matter if I have lots of frizz & my hairs all over the place-I love it
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Introduce Yourself
I like that idea that God wants your hair to be natty... You certainly will have to deal with some haters who will say negative things- they're always around. And on the subject of they're just for black folk, I've been dealing with that lately because I feel like if you're of African descent you can get dreads and its like "Oh, you're just going natural and embracing your culture" but if you're not, it is automatically assumed you're a stoner or a dirty hippie or some such negative thing. So when I face discrimination as such, I think of this saying I once heard regarding locks- It's an outward expression of the inward knowledge that appearances are of nosignificance.
I wish you happiness & patience on your journey & understanding for those around you.
~Much Love~
Dread beads (ideas and suggestions!)
Dread Accessories
I've made a few beads outta that Fimo clay. I found it on sale for super cheap and just played around with it. It's not very messy, its fun, bakes in 30 minutes, available in all kinds of colors, & easy to create funky, one of a kind beads. Hope this helps!
What do you wear...to bed? ;)~
Dread Maintenance
Well, not like im all expert compared to most on this site, but i've been working on my all natural locks for about 7 months now and i don't wear anything. I think that sleeping on its helped the locking process. My curls have always been real wild in the morning anyway, so now instead of fighting them i just let it add to the whole experience. I think, for me at least, it works out nicely that way ya know- not fighting nature.