Sometimes, you just need a change of pace. This was one of those times.
It's the first time I've had short hair, or anything resembling it, since I was thirteen. I feel like I should eulogize, make some comment about the ending of an era, but it's just not in me. Honestly, the long hair has been more of a pain for me recently than not; too frizzy, riddled with split-ends, just plain unmanageable. Plus, there are more guys with long hair around here than there are back east. On the east coast, the long hair made me a bit eccentric, a little strange. Here it made me look like white trash. So it had to go.
Despite assurances to the contrary, I'm still convinced that I look faintly ridiculous. I think the back and sides could stand to be cut thinner. But for my first short haircut in half my lifetime, I'd say it's pretty good. I like it. Besides, at the rate this mop goes, I'll have to go back again in a month, anyway, and I can get it taken care of then.
I don't know how long I'll leave it short. Until I get bored with it, I guess.
Comments (23)
DAMN!!!!!!! I knew you had talked about doing the deed but DAMN!!!! I must admit it does look good on you. It still took me a few minutes to get my eyes adjusted tho. The big question is...did you get a guy named Vinny or Tony to do it?
Posted by Brian | January 9, 2005 6:02 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 06:02
Holy shit!
Posted by Erik | January 9, 2005 8:48 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 08:48
Neither a Vinny nor a Tony, actually. Not even an old Italian guy. There's a real dearth of old Italian barbers in this area, which makes me sad.
Instead, I got my hair cut by some trendy/punky chick whose name I do not know.
Posted by Jason | January 9, 2005 10:06 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 10:06
It's official. I have to kill you now. It'll be easier b/c your hair is now short, and I think your Samsonian physical strength was in your hair.
Why? Why do you have to die? The answer is simple. Stephanie thinks you're much cuter now.
Run, my coifed friend. Run
Posted by Marc | January 9, 2005 10:12 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 10:12
My ex-barber is named Vito. My father still goes to him...crazy man.
I'm actually surprised the hair thing didn't happen sooner, but I am dissappointed that other people's opinions were cited in the reasons why. White trash? Take more than long hair to make one white trash.
Just enjoy the ability to drive with the windows all open and not have to sit later and painfully un-knot your hair.
Guess Nick, Dan, you and I all have killed the locks. Ahh what a sad day.
Posted by Ogre | January 9, 2005 10:19 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 10:19
Jason, you look OK. Kind of like my friends David (only thinner), Eric (only you're straight), and Roman (only you're wearing clothes [don't ask]).
The short hair works on you, though this is also the first picture I've ever seen of you so...I dunno.
Posted by Bard | January 9, 2005 10:28 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 10:28
Marc -
I was damn cute to begin with. Would it help me live longer if I mentioned that I wasn't interested in your girlfriend? Also that I'm on the other side of the country from you?
Ogre -
If the Italian barber I went to as a kid were still open, that's still where I'd get all of my haircuts. I'm a stupidly loyal customer.
You're right about you, Dan, Nick and I though. Wow. I was the one what held out the longest. Go me!
And yes, the windows open/convertable thing will be nice, once summer rolls around.
Bard -
Thanks for the compliment. I am, indeed, svelte, heterosexual and dressed.
Could've sworn you'd seen a pic of me somewhere before, though. Like the "me in a kilt" picture. It's been the standard picture I show to people for about a decade now. Not a big deal, since I haven't really changed much in all that time, saving only, alas, that my calves are not as strong as they used to be.
Well, anyway, for sake of comparrison, pictures of me with long hair to be found here.
Posted by Jason | January 9, 2005 10:58 AM
Posted on January 9, 2005 10:58
And what's wrong with my girlfriend? Why aren't you interested?
Posted by Marc | January 9, 2005 1:13 PM
Posted on January 9, 2005 13:13
Funny, I have a "me in a kilt" picture. I almost said, "I also have a lot of 'me out of a kilt' pictures too," until I realized how bad it sounded. Oh wait, I just did.
Posted by Ogre | January 9, 2005 2:09 PM
Posted on January 9, 2005 14:09
Damn, you are one sexy hunk 'o burnin love! More so than ever!
Posted by Deb | January 9, 2005 7:06 PM
Posted on January 9, 2005 19:06
Gah! I *liked* the Man of Gondor look!
Posted by Bekah | January 10, 2005 5:32 AM
Posted on January 10, 2005 05:32
Marc -
Totally saw that coming.
Ogre -
Quite. Here, throw in a weirder one: it was my kilt.
Deb -
Aww, you're sweet, pretty mama. Now gimme some sugar, baby. ^_-
Bekah -
Me too, but it just hasn't been working lately. Too much frizz in the hair, I think.
Posted by Jason | January 10, 2005 9:31 AM
Posted on January 10, 2005 09:31
And I saw this coming. Hitting on my ex-girlfriends is a stepping stone to hitting on my current girlfriend.
I'm on to you, SuperCuts. I'm on to you.
Posted by Marc | January 10, 2005 4:44 PM
Posted on January 10, 2005 16:44
She totally started it.
Not that I can blame her or anything... *smirks*
Posted by Jason | January 10, 2005 8:34 PM
Posted on January 10, 2005 20:34
First my nephew, now Jason. I'm still not cutting my hair. Nope. Not gunna do it.
Posted by Alex | January 12, 2005 6:39 AM
Posted on January 12, 2005 06:39
Now you definitely have the look of a late '90s software company coder. Sure took you long enough.
That's what you were going for, right?
Posted by Ben of the Azure Sea | January 12, 2005 9:08 PM
Posted on January 12, 2005 21:08
Please. I don't look a thing like Rob. Or Stefanie.
Oh, and I was going for "me, but with shorter hair." The chick at the barber shop totally didn't buy that and made me pick out of a book. I pointed at three different ones and said "something in-between all of those."
Posted by Jason | January 12, 2005 9:19 PM
Posted on January 12, 2005 21:19
Hey Jason. I like it. Maybe now people will stop thinking you were part of some strange grunge band.
Posted by Amanda | January 12, 2005 11:23 PM
Posted on January 12, 2005 23:23
Dammit! But chicks dig musicians!
And apparently my new haircut.
So I guess it's a win/win situation...
Cool!
Posted by Jason | January 12, 2005 11:35 PM
Posted on January 12, 2005 23:35
Oh man, I'd give you some sugar, but now you have a new Russian girlfriend, and I wouldn't want to get in the way. Unless you want a mysterious mistress back east, and that will be me.
Posted by Deb | January 14, 2005 9:52 PM
Posted on January 14, 2005 21:52
Cool, Deb. You're totally my mysterious mistress. I'd worry that your boyfriend would be jealous, but you're so mysterious I doubt he'll know! Ha ha! ^_^
Posted by Jason | January 14, 2005 10:12 PM
Posted on January 14, 2005 22:12
I keep trying to come up with some sort of coherent sentance to describe my opinion of your new du.
Oddly enough, the only thing that keeps going through me head is, "Fuck me, Jason," and that isn't something I want to publicly say in front of you and the world. So, I think I'll stick with, "It looks very nice and you look very handsome," because that's easier than trying to wrap my brain around the whole "Jason is straight" thing.
Posted by Jon | January 19, 2005 11:43 PM
Posted on January 19, 2005 23:43
Uhm... Jon? You may want to clarify a little, there. 'Cause the way that reads now, "trying to wrap my brain around the whole 'Jason is straight' thing" sounds like you're saying "Jason, that haircut makes you look totally gay." Which is not so much the image I'm trying to project to the world. ^_^
But, more seriously, thanks for the compliment.
Posted by Jason | January 20, 2005 8:51 AM
Posted on January 20, 2005 08:51