Convertible Hair -- Of Weighty Matters

[hsapiens]

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Mom gave me a makeover for my 16th birthday. Kismet gave me Jerry that day and he's been my stylist ever since. On that auspicious day, his first words to me were not, "Hello," or "What do you want from your hair?" No, they were, "How much can I cut off?"

While I might have been too broke in college to afford his services, as soon as I could I went running back to Jerry. Poor Jerry has suffered with me. I'm not wild and crazy - I've had essentially the same cut since I was 15. Sometimes chin-length; sometimes below my shoulders. When I wanted something different a few years ago, we switched from mousse to straightener. Woo hoo. The poor man has been bored.

It's no wonder that this was the first time he took me seriously when I said I was looking to cut it off. I've been babbling about it since September but he knows me better than to agree right away. He took me at my word this time and I haven't ever seen him so excited to cut my hair. He spent a lot of time fussing with the cut and the styling. Some of the tools he used remind me of dog grooming implements for stripping undercoats. I am well and truly shorn. OK - it's not Natalie Portman bald or Winona Ryder wisps; I don't have the making of a gamine in me...but for me, it's short.

It's convertible hair. Now I can truly enjoy the sensation of the wind in my face and in my hair without nasty hair snarls or eye lacerations. No more ponytails or hats. Oh, I also switched from blonde to red for real now but that's not nearly as exciting as a new cut. The real test will be whether I can make it look ok when it's my turn to style it -- and whether Joe can overcome his dislike of short hair.

Comments

[superl99.livejournal.com]

PHOTOS!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I should have known better. These won't be up for very long, I assure you. Hope you're still awake. I added a pic of the old 'do though I don't really have a recent pic that shows it off.

[selmak.livejournal.com]

Sel likes your hair!!! :D so do I!

Helena, who isn't brave enough to do much with her hair. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Selmak! Long time no hear, m'dear. :) Thanks for the compliment. It's really a simple cut but I think I'll enjoy it. Especially with my admittedly limited patience to develop "brush skills" so I can "texture" my hair. :| Poor, poor Jerry. He earns his money on me.

It has taken me many, many years to let him do this so I know what you mean. This is despite my trusting him implicitly not to leave me looking too freaky, On the other hand, it's hair. It grows. If I end up hating it, it won't take too long to grow it back. I hope.

[jalabert.livejournal.com]

Sel!

You witty raconteur, you arbiter of style, you ogler of mature pulchritudinous manflesh...

What the hell do you know about hair? You have the hots for aging bald men! ;)

[selmak.livejournal.com]

Jalabert,

once upon a time, when I was still alive, before TPTB killed me off to promote S/J ship, I used to have female hosts. So I admire a good hairstyle :) ~ Sel

That's too funny about your comment about Sel having the hots for aging bald men, as Sel just added a subsection to her site for Garry Chalk (Colonel Chekov) to which someone commented to her, "Doesn't he have more hair than the average Sel Boy Toy"

:P

Helena

[selmak.livejournal.com]

Also thank you for the new word

pulchritudinous :)

It's sounds so more adult-symbiotish than "Hottie"

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

OhmigodCUTE!!!! I LOVE it!!! And I bet any second now, Joe will, too. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Poor Joe. He's got this thing for tall, leggy, and blonde. How the man ended up with me is a mystery but I'm awfully grateful for it.

[superl99.livejournal.com]

Pretty! Makes you look much younger as well. Redheads are of course the best ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Jerry was talking about more youthful look, which I find humorous since it's the first real change since I was 15. I'd have thought the other was but I was obviously wrong.