When good haircuts go bad
Seven months is a long time to go without a haircut when you have hair like I do, especially when you live in Newport, Oregon.
Lately, people have been making comments to the effect of "You look like you just got up" whenever I go out in public. Partly that's because I get bags under my eyes (a problem I've had since high school), but mostly it's because the weather around here is windy and I stay inside a lot. I tend to look like a vampire when I head outside, even in the best of circumstances, and that's doubly true as my hair grows out and the Newport wind catches hold of it. I can comb my hair and look like a million bucks in my apartment, but the look won't last more than a few seconds if I step outside without hair gel.
Last night, I decided to get proactive. I went to Wal-Mart and got a WAHL haircut kit. Then today, I put it to use. Hair fell to the floor in fuzzy clumps and eventually, I looked more like a normal human being and less like an immortal lady's man. However, I wasn't quite satisfied. The area along the back of my neck was entirely too fuzzy, so I went with a much shorter comb and tried to smooth things out a bit. I was successful, perhaps too much, and I had to have my brother-in-law help me out to salvage my haircut. Otherwise, I would have had to shave my whole head almost to the skin to get an even look going.
Now when I go out for the next few weeks, I think I'll wear a hat. My haircut looks pretty dang good when I'm wearing a hat. I can grow out my hair, then go over it all again with a short (but not ridiculously short) blade. I think I'll be happier with the results.
Side note: my new profile pic here on LiveJournal (and elsewhere on the Internet) was just taken tonight by yours truly. I took the picture with the 3DS, so the resolution is horrible. My black shirt blends into the black chair that I got for Christmas, too, so the result looks rather odd. At least it's a recent picture, though; my previous one was taken years ago.
What better time to update my profile picture than in the wake of a self-inflicted haircut?
Lately, people have been making comments to the effect of "You look like you just got up" whenever I go out in public. Partly that's because I get bags under my eyes (a problem I've had since high school), but mostly it's because the weather around here is windy and I stay inside a lot. I tend to look like a vampire when I head outside, even in the best of circumstances, and that's doubly true as my hair grows out and the Newport wind catches hold of it. I can comb my hair and look like a million bucks in my apartment, but the look won't last more than a few seconds if I step outside without hair gel.
Last night, I decided to get proactive. I went to Wal-Mart and got a WAHL haircut kit. Then today, I put it to use. Hair fell to the floor in fuzzy clumps and eventually, I looked more like a normal human being and less like an immortal lady's man. However, I wasn't quite satisfied. The area along the back of my neck was entirely too fuzzy, so I went with a much shorter comb and tried to smooth things out a bit. I was successful, perhaps too much, and I had to have my brother-in-law help me out to salvage my haircut. Otherwise, I would have had to shave my whole head almost to the skin to get an even look going.
Now when I go out for the next few weeks, I think I'll wear a hat. My haircut looks pretty dang good when I'm wearing a hat. I can grow out my hair, then go over it all again with a short (but not ridiculously short) blade. I think I'll be happier with the results.
Side note: my new profile pic here on LiveJournal (and elsewhere on the Internet) was just taken tonight by yours truly. I took the picture with the 3DS, so the resolution is horrible. My black shirt blends into the black chair that I got for Christmas, too, so the result looks rather odd. At least it's a recent picture, though; my previous one was taken years ago.
What better time to update my profile picture than in the wake of a self-inflicted haircut?