Yes, I just got a second haircut in four days.
On Friday I went to Rio’s Barbershop on the corner of De Soto and Nordhoff. I’ve been going there for maybe a year. Most of the guys in there are good at what they do. They use a real razor to cut the hair on your neck and never ask “what number are you?” For you ladies out there that means “what number on the clipper system should I use?” Now, my response (in my head) to this question has always been “I don’t know! You’re supposed to be the expert – if I knew what “number” I used I could buy my own damn clippers and do it myself!” (which I did for a long time)
The regular guys at Rio’s were backed up. I took a seat in the chair of a short Hispanic woman that I’d never seen before. I tried to explain what I wanted but it became apparent she didn’t speak much English. However, Rio’s has many photos up on the wall of example haircuts and so I said “uhh, Seven, give me a seven.” I didn’t get a seven. It was dark by the time I left and I didn’t get a good look at the butchering till the next day. My head looked like a mushroom with ears, she’d done a horrible “fade” job on the sides and cut nearly nothing on the top.
By noon on Monday I’d taken enough ribbing from my coworkers (yes, I had to work on President’s day) that I stopped in the nearest hair “salon” I could find and asked them to fix it. As the middle aged woman with fake blond hair started to fix me up she remarked “you have gorgeous hair!” A bit startled I asked her “what qualities make hair gorgeous?” She said something about the way it swirls around at the back and how much natural volume it has. Believe me, you don’t know how often I’ve wanted to turn down the volume on my hair. I’m sure my hairdresser that day had few recent interactions with strapping young men (the salon was decidedly feminine in appearance), anything under 35 with hair and a y-chromosome probably would have been gorgeous.
Or maybe I still haven’t learned how to take a compliment. We’ll get back to that some other time.
The fade is even now… but much shorter.. not sure how I feel about it. I’ll tell you what I don’t feel good about though – paying almost $40 in one week to end up looking like an fresh 18 year old army boy.
I prefer a man who uses anything from a 5 to a 7 guard to clip the sides and back. I like men’s hair short and polished.
I thought there would be pictures of the first and second hair cuts.
I got to see the second, but still wonder what the MC Hammer do would look like on you.
I have to say, your previous hair does look better; but the fade is not that bad.
So… gorgeous hair, eh?
😉
yep, straight from the
horseshaircutter’s mouthoh andrew… when a hairdresser tells you you have gorgeous hair, they are referring to the volume (thickness) and natural curl or deep waviness, which women generally kill for and buy lots of products to make it that way. most people have thin, flat hair – especially as they age, and so volume is in demand. they weren’t hitting on you – you really don’t know how to take a compliment 😛
for us guys, that volume doesn’t mean anything until we grow it out, and then it looks really good. when you have gorgeous hair and you prefer it short, it generally looks kinda crazy unless you tame it or buzz cut. that’s why you probably wanted to keep it under control for so long.
wow, you uh… you know a lot about hair. She did say something about waves or curls or something now that I think about it. And yeah, my mom always used to say she was jealous of the volume (it goes to eleven!)… I just thought of it as annoying fuzzines. I mean, you should see the craziness that I wake up with every morning… Emo kids would kill themselves to have my “bed head”…well, I guess emo kids would kill themselves for any reason, but you know what I mean…