gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Penguin - Bling)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2008-02-18 04:05 pm
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I've got a good job, and I'm newly shorn.

One of those little personal maintenance issues that I tend to ignore is haircuts. Even though I prefer having my hair cut military-short, I tend to put-off and delay until I have to get the weed-whacker out.

I'd love to have long hair, but genetics has foiled me on this wish. Even post-chemo, my hair is just thick enough to turn into a bush rather than rock-star shoulder-length hair. And frankly, I have neither the time or money to get all the trimming, layering and other arcane rituals to get and keep Steve Harris-class hair.

Today, being a day off, we went out to do some errands. After almost leaving my favorite Vietnamese hair place because of the wait, I got a young woman who, even through the language barrier, understood that I wanted a half-inch left on the top, quarter-inch on the backs and sides. Now I just need to shave (oh, man do I need to shave) and trim my beard, and I'll look human again.

[identity profile] benkenobigal.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
And yet...whenever I try to picture you in my mind, this pops up...

Image (http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/benkenobigal/?action=view&current=gridlore.jpg)

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
The build is right, as is the basic shape of the face. Hell, my beard has looked that like from time to time. But the hair? I wish.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the new icon!
Edited 2008-02-20 00:49 (UTC)

[identity profile] benkenobigal.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ha ha! Cool! Glad to be of help! XD

[identity profile] arib.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
We should be in touch while I'm in town. Send me an e-mail to oyvader@gmail or try my cell, which is listed in an f-locked post on my LJ...