doctor_atomic in town, so met for lunch today. We played Cribbage on the grass in Harvard Square (where I narrowly avoided getting skunked), and ate at Cafe Pamplona, in the sun. (My first time there. Yum yum.) The skin on my face interprets the unfamiliar presence of Vitamin D as a viral intruder and defends itself by turning red and peeling off ( Read more... )

I went to the same barber again today with specific instructions as to length. She got that bit right, but then proceeded to go all military on the sides, shaving straight up all around my head and leaving a disc of longer hair on top. So now it looks like I've been AWOL for a month ( Read more... )

Up at 7:30 to attack the Boston RMV as soon as they opened. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, my documentation didn't pass muster; stupid stupid website doesn't note what counts as proof of address, so I brought in three documents with my address on that I found lying around, and they didn't like any of them. (The Somerville parking office would ( Read more... )

I got a haircut a couple of days ago and feel great. I love having short hair. I went to Dentes as usual and got the old guy this time. They all do a good job but the old guy really likes to dig in with the thinning shears and ends up yanking out hair by the root with every snip. It hurts enough for me to bear it by clenching my jaw the whole time ( Read more... )

I am going to pay someone to hack my hair off after all, sometime before Origins. I find myself just too self-conscious about it. What's kept me going with it, I think, is that a friend said that I looked "younger" with a mass of grown-out hair. Even though I grouse at friends who moan about how oooold they are (as it seems half the people I know ( Read more... )

It's been nearly six months since my last haircut. People have started to notice. No less than three female friends have spontaneously offered compliments on my hair; I note this because it has historically been women who dictate the shape of my hair, and therefore this is a major reason why I haven't hit the barbershop ( Read more... )

I haven't cut my hair since we got entrenched in December, I don't think. Well, maybe once, shortly after we started. Yeah, I would have done it because of the Dec. 10 Gameshelf shoot, because that's one side-effect the show was having: I was getting my hair cut regularly, before the first shoot of each month ( Read more... )