What happens when you put this much hair in your trash can?
I shaved my head when I was nineteen and out of the country for the first time. It was a sign of rebirth and a new direction in life. Plus it was awesome to take care of while backpacking on Eurorail and staying in hostels with communal bathrooms. And since I weighed fifty (FIFTY!!) pounds fewer then, a slick Italian near the Spanish Steps in Rome told me I looked like Demi Moore. This was just after G.I. Jane, so there actually was (a completely temporary) resemblance.
I have no delusions that I’ll look like Demi Moore by cutting my hair short like hers was in Ghost (remember those FIFTY pounds?), but I cannot stand to spend one more minute of my life drying my hair, brushing my hair, putting it up in a clip or ponytail, brushing it out of my eyes, or tucking it behind my ear. Maybe it’s that I’m now responsible for the VERY BASIC care of three heads of super-fine, easily messed-up hair resting on the heads of girls who, when I say “stand still,” they hear “pretend your knees are rubber bands and try to touch every single molecule of air in this bathroom in the next 30 seconds.”
I’ve cut Dick’s hair for ten years now, and I cut Sally’s, Susan’s, and Spot’s on a regular basis, often taking off “just a little more” during breakfast. There’s something so satisfying about cutting hair. If you don’t get a thrill from popping zits (your own or others’), you probably won’t understand when I say that it’s one of the greatest feelings on earth, not unlike, uh, cuddling with one’s spouse of many years. It’s incredibly stress-relieving, let’s say.
Dick just came home, smiled big, and told me I look really, really “cute.” Boy does that boy know where his bread is buttered (though he might have gotten jam on that bread if he’d said “outrageously sophisticated and gorgeous” . . . I’m just sayin’, Dick, for next time.)
Comment of the day from Natalie:
Tags: hair, haircutsI had REALLY long hair when I had my son 3 years ago. Then he pooped in it. (Long story short: IT WAS NASTY) So I cut mine off short and loved it! Of course I have had short hair before so I knew it would be ok. Now I am in the process of growing it out and it is a pain. Do you think I could wear a bag on my head for the next year and get away with it?
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Dude. Dick just came home again (this time from basketball) and now he admits, “I just like it better long.”
I liked it better when he was surprised/humoring me/feeling guilty for leaving for his “voice lessons” (for his podcast).
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I totally get the zit thing, but I am not with you on the hair. I hate to cut hair and only do it when I absolutely have too — like Saturday night at 10pm when I realize my kids look like rag dolls. Anyhow, your hair is way cute… good job!
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I am so impressed! Your skills are awesome!
Once I shaved the back of my husband’s neck and it was just a little crooked in one spot, but I couldn’t really fix it, so I never mentioned it to him. Needless to say, he was none too thrilled with me when the girl at the beauty college commented on it during his next haircut, several weeks later.
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I had my hair cut really short about a month ago. It is such a liberating feeling. It makes me never want to grow my hair long again, but then you don’t get the same euphoric feeling when you get your hair drastically cut. I have always thought you looked best with short hair, so that is my two cents worth.
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It looks really cute. You did a great job-I tried trimming my own hair once-made a complete mess.
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I had REALLY long hair when I had my son 3 years ago. Then he pooped in it. (Long story short: IT WAS NASTY) So I cut mine off short and loved it! Of course I have had short hair before so Iknew it would e ok. Now I am in the process of growing it out and it is a pain. Do you think I could wear a bag on my head for the next year and get away with it?
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Wow, you did that yourself?! Not only does it look great, but it was your own creation! Congrats on the great job, and Dick is not just giving the husband spin, he’s absolutely right
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I thought I was alone in my love of popping zits and removing blackheads from people! I feel so much better now
I, too have shaved my head and I totally get you! For me it was a “rebirthing” experience as well, a chance to start anew. I’ve been thinking about doing it again, but I think I’ll wait until next spring.
You look fantastic btw!
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Jane – It looks great on you!!!!! I am sure it is so much easier also. I can sure relate to the dancing around while doing girls hair!!!
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I totally LOVE your haircut! Isn’t it amazing how different it can feel when you have a different length of hair. It’s like I forget how easy it was to wash and style when it was short because long hair kind of creeps up on me.
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You did a great job! Very cute.
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It looks really great! The camera shot makes your hair look highlighted as well…very nice. I am very impressed by your self-hair cutting skills. I don’t think anyone else I know could (or would) be able to do that
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have you ever noticed that people always seem to get their hair cut at the same time? i got mine cut a couple days ago but haven’t taken pictures yet. it wasn’t a big change for me anyway.
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I love the new you. I find, however, that even when I cut my hair short, I still have to maintain it more than when it was long and I could just pretend that it was “the look” be be bedraggled and wind-blown.
My favorite line is about the rubber band knees….haha
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You do look great! I think I would have cut mine that short if I knew anyone I trusted to do it. My hair has been so blah for so long I think I’m just used to it…. BTW, that stinks what Dick said the second time he came home. TOTALLY sounds like a guy. I don’t know anyone who’s husband doesn’t “prefer it long”. Hey, at least he noticed right?
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It’s good! After Evie died I cut mine all off and it felt so good. Like orgasmic good. I alternate between long and short but I feel most sassy when I have it really short.
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Oh and I love popping zits. My own, others, whatever. Picking out grey hairs is also rewarding.
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Zits–no. Hair–yes! You look fantastic! I love cutting my own hair, except it usually doesn’t end up straight. Yours looks right out of a salon. Nice!
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Josh and I LOVE your haircut. I can’t believe you did it yourself! It looks so professional.
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Girl, you’ve got some mad skillz!
It looks really good and I gotta say, you’ve got more guts than I do.
You, post self-haircut: sassy.
Me, post self-haircut: ball of weepies Oh what have I done??!!
Looks good!
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I think you look wunderbar! I remember the shaved…wished I had the guts to do it!
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I LOVELOVELOVE your new haircut!
It is adorable, and looks like it will be so easy to take care of.
I’m considering doing a chin length bob (think Regina Speckor in her video for the song Samson), but with the amount of curl and frizz I’m working with, who knows how that will come out…
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