Huh?

Someone at work today told me I was very "authentic."

What does this mean, do you think?

I am guessing he is referring to my aforementioned "stream-of-consciousness listen-to-me-me-me!!!" style of conversing with others. Or my lack of a filter, as it were.

Maybe he just meant that I need to take a shower.

I hope not.

I hate taking showers.

I hate taking showers not because I don't have the highest regard for maintaining personal hygiene. I hate drying and straightening my hair, which is a bizarre mixture of curly, straight, frizzy, and wavy. And due to a mix-up with the hair color, is now two tones of blackish-purple and brownish-purple. Lately, I have been lazy, and have been wearing it a really messed-up version of what some would call "curly-ish." The back sort of looks like a nest my hamster might have made with a good skein of yarn. This would have been, of course, before he got eaten by my cat. But that is another tale for another time. Back to the hair.

This sudden "style" change prompted two of my male co-workers to question:

J.: What is going on with your hair? It looks...different.

K.: Yeah, your hair is always nice, shiny, and straight. Now it is...um...different.

My reply?

Me: It is authentic.

(Attempted indignant flip of my oddly styled non-glasslike hair follicles. Frizzy hair does not flip very well, it turns out.)

Me: You guys can stop laughing anytime, you know. Seriously. Shut up now.