I’m in dire need of a haircut. I hate getting my hair cut because it’s boring. I cut all of my hair off about 1995 because I’d had it up to about here with messing with it. Now I’m so glad I did because with my dog, my “Dudes,” (parrots) and my job + job + job, I just don’t have the time to be messing with my head every minute. And I don’t like the idea of needing blueprints to do my hair. So, it just made sense to cut the stuff off and be done with it. I warn you: If you ever do this, you will never go through the pain of growing it out again unless it’s for “Locks of Love.” Then you actually have an excuse as to why you look like an alien.
And at this point, I’d like to make a confession and yes those are my sneakers:
When I’m not working, or at a meeting, or somewhere where I have to look like someone, I dress like a ten-year old boy. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what my “casual style” was until I saw an interview with Rachel Maddow. She originally made the statement about how she dressed like a ten year-old boy when she wasn’t on the air. Eureka! THAT’S IT!
I felt much better about things once Rachel put the label on it. Good to go!
But I still had this pesky hair situation going on. So I made my way to the local “Hair Burner” and sat down. And I waited. And waited. Good safety tip: Don’t wait until Saturday morning to get your hair cut. While I was there I thought I’d look around and see what I could see. And I saw this:
I can tell you this-Anytime a hair product costs more money than a good scotch at duty-free, it’s time to cut your hair. I’m just not into hair products for my minimalist head. If I told you what I used to wash my hair with you’d die. Oh, I also saw this which reminded me of an old boyfriend. He used to use this. He was really into hair products and he had less hair than I do:
I also saw this:
If I were blonde, I wouldn’t purchase this product. If I was dumb, I wouldn’t purchase this product. Are there really people who would buy this? Or is the name of this product the reason it was marked down to 7.50? So many questions…and I’m sure I’ll never get an answer. Finally, my Hair Burner, Clara called for me, and it was time for me to hop up into the “hair burner” chair:
Clara combed through my head and looked at me and my camera suspiciously when I told her it was for my “Blog.” I’m not sure she knew what I was talking about, but she put up with it. She knows I have a column in BT because I brought a couple of magazines in for her to see the haircut she gave me that graces the magazine on occasion. She was very proud. Clara has been cutting my hair for about eight years now and knows every inch of my head, even that cow lick I have in the back. She puts up with me and my wacky schedule. I tip her heavily. We get along. She proceeds to spray me down like I had fleas and sets to work:
I usually hear a little grumbling in Spanish because I put off getting it cut until she practically needs a weed-whacker to get it cut back. Do you think she does stuff like this on purpose?:
Probably not, she’s probably just trying to get at that cow lick. But this part always makes me nervous:
Yes, getting my bangs cut. If you knew what I used to look like in the first grade, you’d understand. Think long pony tail and bangs cut up so high in front you could roller skate on my forehead. My Mom used to trim them herself and could never get them even and so she just kept cutting. I looked like a freak. Now that I’m “All Grown Up,” (well, other than dressing like a ten year-old boy…) I revel in my long shaggy bangs. Don’t YOU tell me to get my hair out of my eyes! Me likey!
So after about eight minutes I was out of there. Clara is a good Hair Burner and she’s fast!
I always try and remember not to bring a baseball cap to jam on my head as I’m leaving. You can only take this “ten-year-old boy” thing so far. And I don’t like to hurt Clara’s feelings. But all in all, I like the results:
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March 6, 2010 at 2:55 pm
your hair is nice, cause you dont have much hair, my head is a mop, i got a hair cut too and its better, much lighter.
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March 6, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I just love the way my head feels after a hair cut. I’d prefer it shorter but Clara bitches at me and tells me it’s no longer the way people are cutting their hair! What a fashionista!
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March 6, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Very cute. I love those silly birds, too!
Dana
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March 6, 2010 at 3:13 pm
cute!
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March 6, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Thanks! I think she did a pretty good job. She’s no nonsense and just cuts my hair.
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March 6, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Boy do I know how you feel! I’ve got the bad hair thing going big time right now and I can’t get an appt until the 16th! I like your do 🙂
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March 6, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I found Clara at a Supercuts. She’s the Manager and even though I’ve tried the “Higher-priced cuts,” nobody comes near Clara’s consistency. She’s just a good hair burner, that’s all.
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March 6, 2010 at 9:02 pm
you mean at the supercuts in oakwood plaza?
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March 6, 2010 at 9:36 pm
No. The one by Broward High School on U.S. 1 near Blockbuster just south of Sheridan Street.
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March 7, 2010 at 10:40 am
My hair is much shorter — think Jamie Lee Curtis from those pesky yogurt commercials. I like it this way — don’t give a rip what the fashionistas think!
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March 7, 2010 at 10:46 am
Mine used to be REALLY short! I mean “Use the #4 Clippers” short. It was so short, the airline got on my back about it until I pointed out that there were some gorgeous Black Flight Attendants sporting really cute little short hairdos with hair shorter than mine and were they going to go and tell them they had to grow their hair out?
“I’ll just stand here and wait while you tell them what you just told me, okay?”
That ended the discussion right there and I never heard about it again. I love equality!
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March 27, 2010 at 9:05 am
I love your blog and this post compels me to post, i missed my last hair appointment because of work, and as i get shaggier and shaggier I debate on whether it is worth a Saturday morning walk in… thanks for the blog 🙂
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March 27, 2010 at 10:12 am
Thanks so much Michelle! Isn’t getting your hair cut a pain in the keester? I rate it right up there with getting the oil changed in my car!
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August 5, 2010 at 1:44 am
I just got my haircut trimmed, and though it’s hardly more than 1 1/2 inches in places, it STILL feels too long ESPECIALLY in the Nebraska heat/humidity! But the best part is that when I get home from getting my hair cut/styled at our local College for Haircutters or whatever they’re called, my green cheek loves to sit on my shoulder and undo what took the stylist 20 minutes to do!
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August 5, 2010 at 7:50 am
I truly think parrots have their own idea of what looks good on us! Our hair is never the way they prefer it and have to rearrange it like it was a nest or something!
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