No haircut, lost the ballgame but the day really wasn't bad

[susandennis]

I don't know why I hate getting my hair cut so much.  I think it's more the anticipation of how it all always goes.  My hair is thin and limp and sparse. It's not aloecia, but just crappy hair - handed down from my mom and her mom - thanks, girls.  And my face is not the face of Judy Dench or Jamie Lee Curtis.

I never know how to direct the stylist.  "I don't have the patience to spend much time fixing it. I'm in the pool a lot so chlorine removing shampoo is a must.  I don't want to look fatter than I am. I don't want to look too done or like I forgot to get a haircut."

So... to net it out just make me look like Annette Benning did in The Kids Are All Right.

I've tried this exact approach complete with pix and gotten a buzz cut.

I just hate the whole process.  And the forced small talk.  And the price.

So today I went to get it cut and they said the wait would be an hour. I called another place and they said the same thing.

The current plan is to be there at 9 tomorrow when the doors open, go across the street and get breakfast and then be home in time to watch the game.

That's what I'm thinking.

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I was watching this week's Project Runway today an got totally inspired.  I have a towel I take to the pool that I love  It is the thirstiest towel in Christendom but it's huge.  It does not fit into any bag I want to haul around.  So today I got a wild hair that I would make it the bag!  I dreamed up the plan during the show and then went to look around my crap for the supplies and found an even better way to do it and did it!!

On the way to the pool, I can fold it under my arm but coming home, it now has eyelets and a cord so I plop my wet suit in the middle, pull up the cord into a strap and bam! I'm in biz!!.  I tested it and it works great. I'm quite proud.

The Air New Zealand bag - the plastic one they gave me for some reason when I last flew them in something like 1995 is really falling apart anyway.

Comments

[joyce.livejournal.com]

I need a haircut, and I've been putting it off for much the same reasons. I just haven't been up to a few rounds of "no, really, shorter" to get what I want.

[susandennis]

Here in Seattle we have dentists who advertise that they handle dental phobics. We need a special needs hair cutters!!

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

Better patent that bag! Especially if you plan to post pics...

[susandennis]

oh! appointments. i hate appointments. at least the place i go has several shops and doesn't take appointments. of course, yesterday, that did not work for me at all!

[jwg.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid I hat4d getting haircuts. My father cured me because he cut my hair once instead and it was a disaster so I had to go to a barber to get it fixed. Now I have a regular haircutter who always cuts it the same way - so it's easy.

[susandennis]

I need to find that same way and then I can find the same haircutter... Maybe today.

[howeird]

Stoopid question: Why don't you let it grow out? After the awkward 'tween lengths stage, I am told it becomes more manageable.

[susandennis]

Not stupid at all... I've considered it but... 1. it takes way too long. Like more than 2 or 3 years of looking like total crap until it gets to a length to do something with. Then 2. when it does there isn't any hair. Ever seen somebody with what looks like a full head of hair pulled back into a pony tail that teensy weensie (if you ever watched NCIS, think Abby).

And, honestly long hair, in some ways, is easier but in some ways is way more trouble. (Hair toys needed for control, wet hair takes either tedious blow drying or just hangs wet for ever, etc.)

But, I have considered it and may well still do it someday.