don't dye your hair black!

i am pretty sure i generally do not follow advice given to me. i don't really pay attention to it much, as i just do what i do most of the time. i prefer to figure things out for myself. some of the best advice i have ever received, though, was from my mom last summer. i, on a whim, decided to dye my hair black. my mom told me not to, to start off with something not so dark, like a darkish brown or something. but of course i did not listen, but not because i am some stupid rebellious teenager going against my parents' wishes. i can just be too rash and idealistic at times. i very much regret having dyed my hair black. it was supposed to wash out because it wasn't labelled permanent, but that turned out to be a lie. so now i am living with the consequences of this. so her advice was really good but i just didn't listen. to all you folks out there: never dye your hair black.
i have also had some good advice from my dad. he has told me on multiple occasions that to really understand one topic, you have to understand the ones around it. basically this means be well rounded. and i surprisingly do abide. this does not mean that i see value in u.s. history or rhetorical analysis, because that will never, ever happen. but it does mean that i do have an appreciation for the arts and social sciences. math is in art and music. the evolution of thoughts and ideas through the centuries is fascinating. the philosophical beliefs of other cultures have surprising connections to the world of science.