things you might find helpful the next time you get a haircut:
1. bring a picture of the style you want. never mind that all they have to do is give you a trim (because you've been sporting basically the same cut since you were 19 and you lack the imagination and daring-do to change it), some stylists seem to lose their ability to understand spoken language when you're explaining what you'd want your hair to look like.
2. when you're telling them how much to cut off, consider using your fingers to indicate how many inches of your hair you are willing to part with.
i distinctly remember saying two. repeated it three times, even. she insists i told her to chop off four inches.
yeah. why would i want to do that??? see #1 - the part that says something about having the same hair since college.
3. if by chance you find yourself with a hot stylist, who actually gives you a haircut that you're happy with, DO NOT blabber about how cute and sexy he is. especially if the co-worker you're talking to is actually friends with the girl he's dating (incidentally, the girl is also the salon's receptionist and remembers you only too well because of your name). this might embarrass you enough to actually go to another salon, and then you might find yourself dealing with a scissor-wielding maniac who failed her kindergarten math class.
alright, i AM being a tad unfair here. the cut doesn't look that bad. it's just that it came out shorter than i wanted it.
i miss my hair.
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this one's from faerah:
Shit is fertilizer, anger is fuel. Use them.
love it. i'm now glad that i've been shopping, and dancing, and having my hair cut. because if life is going to hand me shit that will make me all angry and sad, i might as well look hot while she's at it.
2. when you're telling them how much to cut off, consider using your fingers to indicate how many inches of your hair you are willing to part with.
i distinctly remember saying two. repeated it three times, even. she insists i told her to chop off four inches.
yeah. why would i want to do that??? see #1 - the part that says something about having the same hair since college.
3. if by chance you find yourself with a hot stylist, who actually gives you a haircut that you're happy with, DO NOT blabber about how cute and sexy he is. especially if the co-worker you're talking to is actually friends with the girl he's dating (incidentally, the girl is also the salon's receptionist and remembers you only too well because of your name). this might embarrass you enough to actually go to another salon, and then you might find yourself dealing with a scissor-wielding maniac who failed her kindergarten math class.
alright, i AM being a tad unfair here. the cut doesn't look that bad. it's just that it came out shorter than i wanted it.
i miss my hair.
...
this one's from faerah:
Shit is fertilizer, anger is fuel. Use them.
love it. i'm now glad that i've been shopping, and dancing, and having my hair cut. because if life is going to hand me shit that will make me all angry and sad, i might as well look hot while she's at it.
