Decision Making Matrix returns, this time to talk about hair
(I'm in the mood to prove to myself that the decisions I make everyday at quantifiable valid)
I am frequently chirped about my omnipotent ponytail.
"Wear it down," the chorus begs. "Nay," I respond. They grow weary.
Well now, you whiners, I present undeniable logic. Read below and offer one valid reason why I should!
Criterion:
- Pretty (You know that Hawksley song "Be Clever, Not Beautiful"? Yeah, I take it to heart).
- Efficient (how long does it take? I have perfect the pony so that I can do it in under 10 seconds. Straightening my hair takes half an hour)
- Reliable (does this choice often result in bad hair days? The pony never lets me down, but humidity destroys hair that's down)
- Fun to play with (Straight hair is fun for swishing around when you turn on your heels quickly, and a pony-braid is fun for pretending to be Lara Croft, or for use as a defense mechanism in contact sports)
TP= Total Points = Score x Weight
Total= the summation of TPs.
| | Hair down straight | Hair down curly | Hair up in bun | Hair up in braid | ||||||
| Criterion | Weight | Score | TP | Score | TP | Score | TP | Score | TP | |
| Pretty | 2 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | |
| Efficient | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 45 | |
| Reliable | 3 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 30 | |
| Fun to play with | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 47 | 59 | 91 | 88 | ||||||
This is why I always wear my hair up.
Try to refute that logic. Try.
28 comments:
you didn't ever ADD a flirt factor!!!!!
IMPROPER EVIDENCE this case is being thrown out!
I flirt regardless of hair style!
LOL... This post made me laugh. I love the decision-making matrix! As a guy, I often don't have to face the every-day struggles that you, or any woman, faces... like how to wear your hair. But it makes me laugh knowing there is logic behind your decision on how to wear your hair. :) Perhaps I should implement your decision-making matrix into my every-day decision making.
You want short hair.
I've been short, long, shortest, and long again. I'm going back to shortest. Join us.
Fuzzy, feel good, I can see now, no-beats-low maintenance, can't-be-grabbed-in-a-fight, the-weight-of-my-head-is-gone short hair.
You'd be there already if not for the 'fear of social repercussions' category, nay? I have a theory that this form gender-bending lite attracts the right people.
I leave my curly hair down every day and it takes me three minutes. And if it doesn't look good I pull the middle section back with bobby pins and it takes two minutes. I think you are a) unfairly weighting the efficiency category and b) unfairly giving fewer points to the loose, natural category.
I also take issue with curly hair getting a 1 on fun to play with. I can entertain myself with just my curls for hours.
If the numbers add up but something is off, it's because the numbers themselves are wrong... I question your premises.
i am very jealous that you have so many options.
*pouting*
@Nemo- no way! Short hair (unless you mean bald) takes even MORE effort than long hair. EIGHT SECONDS. I don't know if you're listening, but that is incredi-efficient. I am affronted by being accused of fearing social repercussions. Long hair might take longer in the shower (which is fine because I love showers) but takes way less time to actually do. My hair needs to fit into a pony tail. I like long because then when I DO wear it down, my sister can sing Konstantine to me (you need long, blonde hair for that)
@Jess: I said curls aren't fun to play with because i always end up finger-brushing and ruining the curls, so I can't touch my hair when it's curly. Also, it only takes 2 minutes to mousse-up, but like, an hour to dry. And it's ugly in the drying stage, so I do it curly on weekends when I'm not going anywhere for an hour anyway.
@Michelle. Sucker. Except not, since you have lovely hair.
haha i wish i could do that much with my hair. and again, i love your logic problems for the every day :)
my options are a) let air dry, b) blow dry / straighten, or c) ponytail.
results:
a) hideous, b) lovely, for about 2 hours, but good lord the effort, and c) yeah, how it ends up every day.
Genius. Sheer, unadulterated genius. I wholeheartedly endorse this logic. Long live the pony! (says she of the perpetual pony)
You forgot to add, though; that this is also a style which looks fine even when your hair is DIRTY. Hair down while dirty? Negative. Curly or straight, it's a no-go. No time to shower? The pony is there for you. A friend indeed.
Another decision making matrix, hahaha.
I will sport a bun today.
I wear my hair in a ponytail Monday through Friday because I can't think or work when it gets in my face. I work in a lab so goggles, gloves and lab coat are about all the distraction I can handle. Plus, I can't touch it with gloves on so it's good to have it out of the way. I wonder if everyone thinks that I need to wear my hair down more.
The Braid Whip is lethal. When I was a high school cheerleader, my hair was really long and I often braided it to keep it out of the way for stunts, and any sharp turns or spins in the routine were always met with a self-inflicted whipped eyeball.
definitely agree with your decision. my process goes like this: bun = easy, hair down curly= frizz, hair down straight = hard.
but toss in the cute guy factor and it skews everything.
how lucky am i that variable is so rarely available!
I will allow myself a slight feeling of superiority here, you see, I can wake up and go-- My hair almost never gets tangly or weird-shaped (providing it's clean).
I am a frequent flyer on the four-second-peacock-bun airline, however. It's perfect for icky hair and for when I am working (hair in face = ewwie).
Do I get points for having 50% more time efficiency than you??? (heh heh)
what is that algebra-looking chart thing?!
I went cross-eyed just looking at it.
Dude, you know your decision making matrix is my favourite thing in the blogger world right? I laugh everytime you whip it out (twss). Anyway. I have to say that if I'm going for QUICK hair, I leave mine down. It dries straight. If I put it in a ponytail I have about 4783 pieces of hair that will continually fall out (thanks hairdresser who talks of how EASY layers are). There's really no point to my comment. Actually maybe there is- to show that me having my hair down would win my matrix, just as you and your hair up would win yours. Perhaps it's time we jazz things up with a hair accessory?
Also, why is it impossible for me to leave a comment that includes proper paragraphing? Is paragraphing a word? Okay, I'm stopping now.
OK Lisa...
Firstly, you haven't scored any options 10 against the 4th criterion. This effectively reduces the weighting from 1 to 0.7.
Secondly, if efficiency on hair in a bun scores 10 because it takes less than 10 seconds, and hair down curly scores a five, does this mean it takes you 20 seconds, and hair up in braid takes you about 11 seconds (with a score of 9)? The ratings need to match the measure - in this case seconds. And on reliability, if the 10's mean that it never lets you down, does that mean that every second time you have your hair down (straight or curly) it does let you down and therefore that's why it's a 5? If it lets you down only 1 day out of 4, you'd have to rate it a 7.5.
qed
this is bringing back really traumatic college statistics memories....
qed- INCORRECT!
1. A criterion doesn't have to be scored a 10 by a category to have a valid weighting. I can't use up that 10... what if I want to add more hair styles to this later? A 10 is a 10... not relative.
2. Efficiency is logarithmic
Wouldn't a logical solution to your problem be a half up half down scenario?
Lisa,
1. If you can quote a hair style that you rate a 10 on fun to play with, then that's correct. If you don't have any, then it's no cigar for you.
2. Nice recovery, I'll pay that.
Well played... :-)
qed
You know, I was ALL UP in this post until I saw that monstruous algebra looking thing.
You do know I failed Algebra, right? Twice.
i would pay to see you as a prosecutor or something where you just get to argue and use logic to prove a point all day.
hilarious!
It actually takes me longer to put my hair in a ponytail than straighten it, and my hair is curly. Go figure.
Amazing logic, as usual! I think ponytails are super cute! And they are pretty stylish--I always see them in magazines and stuff!
whatever happened to scrunchies? thats what I wanna know.
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