I was going to do a whole riff on the lyrics to "Hair" in honor of my haircut last evening, but let's face it, that song's right up there with Dickey Lee's "Rocky" as one of most idiotic songs ever.
Anyway, I HAVE A NEW HAIRCUT! Yay. Of course, it being so short, and the air being so staticky, it's all standing out like I've grabbed a van de Graf generator.
Shop talk consisted of Miss Alisha fretting about the possibility her cousin might actually consider going to Auburn to play football, which, obviously, would be devastating for the whole family. I laughed my wicked evil laugh, but you know, I probably should have waited until after the haircut.
Also, there was chatter amongst the girls of some woman who recently came into the shop with her pet chihuahua.
And had it stuffed down inside her shirt.
But not in a pocket.
Nope, right there dead center in her cleavage.
I commented that such a cargo would seem, at least upon initial supposition, to be an awfully uncomfortable load. (Especially given how irritable and scratchy and bitey the nasty little things can be. Chihuahuas. Not the chihuahua holders.) "Did she at least take it out while you cut her hair?!"
"Yeah, she did do that."
"I guess it could have been worse, then."
Alisha grimmaced and said quietly, "Well, she still smelled like a chihuahua."
Which I can safely say no one has ever accused me of smelling like.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at December 13, 2005 10:35 AMWould being accused of smelling like a possum be a compliment? They are generally well-groomed ...
During my last haircut my barber was starting to get "idiotarian" about the Iraq war and removing troops. You have that urge to gently correct them, but the wiser decision is to just grin and bear it or you could end up with a mohawk.
[I hope some of the Photoshoppers in the AoW will try to "recreate" what Terry would look like with his new hairdo.]
Posted by: MarcV at December 13, 2005 12:05 PMDo you have pictures of the new “possum cut”? I hear it is sweeping the nation. Or at least caused sweeping in the salon.
Posted by: jim at December 13, 2005 12:52 PMNo, no pictures of this one since it looks normal and isn't lopsided like that one from a while ago. She did a very neat job this time. Except it looks like she added more gray hair for some reason.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at December 13, 2005 01:23 PM