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Perhaps channeling my infatuation with George Michael at the time, I had wanted to bravely try out some outlandish color, which at the time seemed to be a blonde Asian when Kathy Jeung appeared on screen (tonight). Similar to my desire to live overseas for a while, there was always some excuse that I latched onto. In this case, my personality seemed to already stand out (stone skipping (part 6) and taxing time) without my drawing further attention to any physical appearances.

Some may have thought that it was a mid-life crisis, but as with many things I have an inkling to do (e.g., belly ring, tats, boudoir pics, etc.), I do not generally spend much time mulling over what others may think. As I started to be surrounded by software engineers,  it reminded me how I have always envied those who did not have to worry about appearances in their work life (e.g., piercings, tats, clothes, nail color, makeup, etc.) and could just experiment and be their authentic self. 

So as soon as I thought about changing paths, it was one of the first thoughts in my head, to finally be me and explore. My stylist is visually stimulated so she plays with different colors on her hair all the time. Each time I visited her, we would discuss my wont for unicorn hair. The furthest I had dared was rose gold. We had this appointment on the calendar since June.

My first day with my 'cohort house' as we went around the group to introduce ourselves and state what we hoped to get out of the next 12 weeks, I emphatically stated that unicorn hair was my goal. My advisor had hot pink on the tips of her hair. As the days ticked by, my excitement was not deterred by those who were probably frightened that I was actually going to have the full rainbow coalition on my head.

As with every trip to the stylist, I did not have a specific color or style in mind although I did save inspiration pictures on Instagram and Pinterest to show her. With that, I left it in the creative juices of my stylist. We should have opened up a bottle of wine, but 6 hours later, I left with cobalt, purple, electric blue, aquamarine tints throughout my hair. Some were surprised that unicorn hair could be classy, and as one friend noted, this was the darkest she had seen my hair since my arrival in Silicon Valley.

The best part is that in different angles of the light, the colors change, similar to the wings of a dragonfly.