February 12 09
at least i don’t look like Joaquin Phoenix…

okay, so, here’s the thing. i have good hair. don’t try to tell me that i don’t because i will cut you. but just because i have good hair doesn’t mean that it and i don’t have a somewhat sordid history…

like the years i rocked the crooked bang…

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and then the years i rocked the Eskimo-bang. this was NOT a good look for me. also not a good look? the oversized polo shirt TUCKED INTO an oversized long-ass khaki skirt….what you cannot see in the picture…the matchy-matchy green socks.

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and then there was the trip down pixie lane…

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then there was the time that i had ORANGE hair

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and the time i had a three-month old baby and didn’t realize that my roots were so bad that the top of my head actually used to blend into the background in photos..

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and we’re not even going to talk about the time my mother someone convinced me to get a perm and the time my mother someone convinced me to let some man on the beach in the bahamas braid my entire bloody head.

which brings us to today.

hairdresser day. one of my most-favorite days. the day my roots disappear and i get rid of some excess weight and apparently…turn into Farrah Fawcett MEETS Jessica Simpson??!? YIKES

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YEEHAW

ps. and even though all you people here and on twitter are VERY kind, i still hold by the fact that i look like i belong in a strip club. in the deep south. in the 70s

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  1. 1. You’re not as, um, “flighty” as Farah.
    2. You’re much cuter than Jessica.
    3. You don’t make me want to flick you in the forehead.

    Awesome cut — you DO have good hair. πŸ™‚

    Comment by Chibi Jeebs on February 12, 2009

  2. yeehaw! You look way better than both those ladies. Love it!

    Comment by Jen on February 12, 2009

  3. Oh wow, Emily looks JUST LIKE YOU. Hopefully you steer her around the matchy-matchy green socks, orange hair and, for the LOVE of GOD, the perm. πŸ˜‰ (and where are the perm pics?)

    Your hair looks super cute and Jess and Farah have nothing on you!

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    Comment by Anonymous New York on February 12, 2009

  4. Looks awesome!

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    Comment by Shelly on February 12, 2009

  5. Oh wow it’s so pretty!

    It looks high maintenance. That’s why I have the sassy blonde bob- with-very-slight-wedge from-back-to-front.

    Cause I refuse to deal with the enormity of a blow out your hair would require of me!

    It sure is pretty though.

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    Comment by Amy @ Milk Breath & on February 12, 2009

  6. Looks fantastic! You really DO have amazing hair. I love it.

    Comment by Mad Woman on February 12, 2009

  7. nice highlights :).
    dont’ you wish we could get that ‘salon’ look at home though .. I cannot for the life of my blow dry like Francois does!

    Comment by Sarah on February 12, 2009

  8. nice highlights :).
    dont’ you wish we could get that ‘salon’ look at home though .. I cannot for the life of me blow dry like Francois does!

    Comment by Sarah on February 12, 2009

  9. I understand that you don’t like your hair (at least that’s what you said on Twitter.) I DISAGREE! Your hair looks so great! I’m jealous and want your hair. So there.

    Comment by Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children on February 12, 2009

  10. It looks good, silly! And it always looks different/better when you style it yourself.

    Just don’t do the Pixie again. Or orange.

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    Comment by Kristabella on February 12, 2009

  11. That’s like porn star hair.

    Comment by Heather B. on February 12, 2009

  12. I always leave the salon feeling like i have BIG hair. lol I am so used to seeing you with straight hair, but darn it if you aren’t one of those people who can pull off anything and still look great.

    Okay anything but pixie and orange. heh πŸ˜‰

    Comment by AJ on February 12, 2009

  13. As long as you stay away from the pixie bangs you’ll look awesome!

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    Comment by Dianna on February 12, 2009

  14. I commend you for being brave enough to admitting to being a vacation hair braider! I always crack up when I see that πŸ™‚ Your new do, though, looks fabulous!

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    Comment by La Petite Chic on February 12, 2009

  15. Oh, Ali, common! You look BEAUTIFUL! I love the haircut!

    And maybe TWO or THREE Ali’s together in one big pair of pants look like Jessica Simpson.

    Comment by Nadine on February 12, 2009

  16. If it helps, I think you rocked that “pixie lane” trip.

    πŸ˜€

    Comment by Maryann on February 12, 2009

  17. I am MUCH too afraid to post all my hair DISASTERS online. And, the new cut is LOVELY!

    Kaleighas last blog post..This is the start of something good…

    Comment by Kaleigha on February 12, 2009

  18. I love the old school pics here! icja’s benches, Becca’s Bulls jersey- fabulous!

    Comment by Brie on February 12, 2009

  19. You do have the BEST hair EVER.

    Comment by Camels & Chocolate on February 12, 2009

  20. I like it! I think that is one of those things you just need to embrace because your attitude about your hair, when wearing that hair, would seriously make or break it. Maybe you’ll even get hit on!

    I have no idea if I have good hair bc I’m so damn lazy that no matter what style I get I fall back into wash/condition/half-dry because I’m late and throw into a pony tail by 10am :/

    Comment by Lyndsey on February 12, 2009

  21. For the record, in a recent GChat with Ms. Martell herself, prior to my reading of this post, I called this look “Jessica Simpson at a chili cook off.” Ali and are are clearly long lost sisters. People, it’s a silly do. Ali does have fab hair, but this Farrah thing? Isnt’ fab. With a shampoo, she will be gorgeous again, so it doesn’t really matter.

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    Comment by slynnro on February 12, 2009

  22. I really like your hair!! but i am from the south.. yet i have never been inside a strip joint πŸ™‚

    Comment by Cupcake on February 12, 2009

  23. Your hair looks cute today! And we’ve all hair bad hair cuts. ie- I was in kindergarten or 1st grade and I got a haircut like Dorthy Hamilton. yeah. laugh at that! πŸ™‚

    ps- I totally cried all the way home that day too and i’ll never forget it.

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    Comment by emmaelizabeth on February 12, 2009

  24. my freakin hairdresser does the same thing to me all.the.time! I don’t get it!

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    Comment by jay on February 12, 2009

  25. You might not like this, but I’m calling you out right here – You’re hot!!

    My hair stylist likes to go crazy with the hot rollers and back combing brush. I left last fall with 70s era Dolly Parton hair. I caught a glimpse of myself in the van window and laughed so hard I was crying. If I had photos of it, I’d share them with you (and only you!). Alas, all that hair wouldn’t fit into a shot!

    Comment by foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog) on February 12, 2009

  26. i love the high school/israel/annies wedding pics πŸ™‚
    and the new hair too.
    we have GOT to be better about emailing. im at work, dammit.

    Comment by obabe on February 12, 2009

  27. I think there are still girls from my home town sporting the same look…I’m guessing it’ll be “toned down” tomorrow?

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    Comment by Teri on February 12, 2009

  28. It’s not nearly big enough to be Dirty Delta Dawn (the name for your 70’s Southern stripper, apparently).

    Comment by El on February 12, 2009

  29. That haircut is very flattering.

    Comment by SciFi Dad on February 12, 2009

  30. Oh, Ali, that looks like “Morning after the Night Before” hair! Tres Sexah!
    You walk around looking like that and people would be wondering, “Hey, Ali, what have you and Frank – I mean, Gabe – been up to?! Hubba, Hubba…” πŸ˜‰

    Comment by Nenette on February 12, 2009

  31. I told you this already, but you look HOT.

    RAAWWWWWRRRRRR.

    Comment by Angella on February 12, 2009

  32. Wow. I think your hair looks A-Mazing. This girl with terrible hair is very jealous. Nice shirt, too!

    Comment by erin on February 12, 2009

  33. You look AWESOME!!! Jessica Simpson IN A GOOD WAY!!!

    Comment by Haley-O on February 12, 2009

  34. I love all the pictures, by the way!!! SO CUTE. The one where you’re wearing the green shirt is soooooooo classic! πŸ˜‰

    Comment by Haley-O on February 12, 2009

  35. i think you look gorgeous….just saying! you do have the best hair!

    Comment by Mich on February 12, 2009

  36. I feel like you should be loudly smacking gum while rocking that hair.

    Comment by regan on February 13, 2009

  37. I think it looks great. I never had good hair, but a great stylist and Bumble & Bumble thickening spray fixed that.

    Comment by Gina on February 13, 2009

  38. Those are some pretty crooked bangs! There’s a girl in my kids’ preschool class who has the same hairdo… do you have any words of wisdom I could share with her mother?

    Your hair looks amazing! My hair hasn’t been out of a pony tail more than twice in the last decade.

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    Comment by loren on February 13, 2009

  39. Before you left the salon did they promise “it will fall a little, of course. I mean, it won’t stay like that, you know.”

    They always get me with that.

    Comment by Miss Britt on February 13, 2009

  40. Ali my friend you rock the farrah fawcett do!!!!

    Comment by LAVENDULA on February 13, 2009

  41. Farrah and Jessica have nothing on you.

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    Comment by Kalle on February 13, 2009

  42. Of course you look gorgeous…but so did Farrah πŸ˜‰

    Comment by Jen Maier on February 13, 2009

  43. It is vaguely 70s stripper-ish. But the color is fantastic and I’m sure once you wash it and style it yourself it’ll be HAWT! in a non-stripper way.

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    Comment by hollylynne on February 13, 2009

  44. You do have gorgeous hair! Lucky girl.

    Comment by Stacy Quarty on February 13, 2009

  45. You have GREAT hair.

    Comment by mamatulip on February 13, 2009

  46. I love that you have the pictures to prove ’em all. When I had orange hair I hid under a blanket until I could get in for color correction… didn’t see the humor at the time! Damn!

    Very funny post! Love the 70’s farrah hair! A blow dry will fix that right up though. You do have great hair!

    Comment by Adlibby on February 13, 2009

  47. I like it! Did you go lighter?

    BTW – You could be a Duggar in the “eskimo bangs” pic! What’s with all the long skirts?? That’s the not the first pic you’ve posted of yourself in a long skirt like that! LOL!

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    Comment by Christine on February 13, 2009

  48. funny. very funny … queen of the crooked bang.

    you have great hair by the way.

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    Comment by raino on February 13, 2009

  49. I think it’s gorgeous, even if it is a big large!

    Comment by Courtney on February 14, 2009

  50. Oh, shuddup. Quit rubbing your good hair in my face. My bad hair and I can’t take it.

    Comment by Karly on February 14, 2009

  51. That is AWESOMELY Farrah-esque hair – all you need now is the red bathing suit.
    (but it will probably wash out to be a lovely, layered cut and not too retro at all.)

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    Comment by Beck on February 14, 2009

  52. DUDE – you are abso-f’ing-lutely bouncing! I think that’s called Californication.

    Comment by katie ~ motherbumper on February 14, 2009

  53. You look totally hot. As well, your hair looks great in your daily what you wear to work photos. You inspire me, as I share your long straight hair.

    Comment by Heather on February 15, 2009

  54. Love the history of your hair. It looks great!

    I love hair day. I contemplate chopping it all off, going wild colors…and in the end never end up very different…but it’s the POSSIBILITY.

    Comment by Rhea on February 15, 2009

  55. Bom chicka wowwow!!!!

    Comment by jennyonthespot on February 15, 2009
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