Finally Got My Hair Cut... And I'm Loving It!

[Guest Ulysses]

I haven't been a part of Laura's Playground very long, and so I'm not much familiar with anyone yet, but I've noticed that everyone is always excited to see each other's positive steps and news. Mine today is that I finally went and got my hair cut! It was really long and bothersome, and for a number of months I'd been aching to just chop it all off. As much as I hated my (very girlish) hair, I kept getting compliments, and kept putting it off: before long it was to my shoulders.

Well, yesterday I guess I just couldn't take it anymore, because on my lunch break I called up a salon and made an appointment that day. Sitting in the salon chair later, seeing several inches of hair littering the floor, feeling my head get lighter as the stylist snipped and buzzed... was the best feeling in the world. It was liberating. I wasn't even nervous about how my short haircut would turn out (as I was with an unfamiliar stylist: my usual was out that day). It just felt good to let all that long, suffocating hair fall to the floor. I felt more like myself than I have in a long time when she finally spun me to the mirror. Short, bold, androgynous. That was what I wanted, and that was what I saw. No longer was I the picture of femininity, but a straddler of the lines: the ambiguity was freeing. And the stylist, the angel she was, absolutely loved it. Not a moment's pause when I said I wanted a unisex cut. She just leaped for it!

Alright, enough of my rambling. (I do tend to ramble.) I feel comfortable enough here at Laura's Playground to share the excitement: so here's pictures! I hope I link these right...

Before:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BEPt8I5O1_Oe4flka4r2gh6Pl4NydCfkRdirqnRLm34?feat=directlink

After:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Yp1P5qTtfa6fmbZXSJ2fAx6Pl4NydCfkRdirqnRLm34?feat=directlink

[Guest Micha]

Absolutely perfect! And more than that:

was the best feeling in the world. It was liberating.

I felt more like myself than I have in a long time

Amazing. That must be a wonderful experience, and I'm so happy for you. Compliments to your stylist, she got it good.

[JJ]

Very nice haircut! I like it and i'm jealous. My haircut experiences have been less than stellar so i think it's great you were able to get such a good cut.

I was also reluctant to cut my hair because I also got constant compliments on it-very thick, naturally blond and to the middle of my back. But I haven't missed it for a minute and it's been 5 months.

Johnny

[Guest Roux]

That haircut is amazing, and you wear it perfectly. Congrats! =D

[Guest Alder]

ooooh it looks absolutely stunning! A very good amount of versatility and very stylish!

[Guest Ulysses]

I was also reluctant to cut my hair because I also got constant compliments on it-very thick, naturally blond and to the middle of my back. But I haven't missed it for a minute and it's been 5 months.

Johnny

It's funny how that works, isn't it? Being nervous to cut it, and then when you finally do, you never look back? This demands an Anais Nin quote: "The risk it takes to remain tight inside the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom."

[Guest Ulysses]

Absolutely perfect! And more than that:

Amazing. That must be a wonderful experience, and I'm so happy for you. Compliments to your stylist, she got it good.

Thank you for this wonderful comment: it's great to get such support!

[Guest Ulysses]

Thank you for the nice comments and support, everyone. I'm so glad I found this community and share this with you!

[Guest Chrysee]

I haven't been a part of Laura's Playground very long, and so I'm not much familiar with anyone yet, but I've noticed that everyone is always excited to see each other's positive steps and news. Mine today is that I finally went and got my hair cut! It was really long and bothersome, and for a number of months I'd been aching to just chop it all off. As much as I hated my (very girlish) hair, I kept getting compliments, and kept putting it off: before long it was to my shoulders.

Well, yesterday I guess I just couldn't take it anymore, because on my lunch break I called up a salon and made an appointment that day. Sitting in the salon chair later, seeing several inches of hair littering the floor, feeling my head get lighter as the stylist snipped and buzzed... was the best feeling in the world. It was liberating. I wasn't even nervous about how my short haircut would turn out (as I was with an unfamiliar stylist: my usual was out that day). It just felt good to let all that long, suffocating hair fall to the floor. I felt more like myself than I have in a long time when she finally spun me to the mirror. Short, bold, androgynous. That was what I wanted, and that was what I saw. No longer was I the picture of femininity, but a straddler of the lines: the ambiguity was freeing. And the stylist, the angel she was, absolutely loved it. Not a moment's pause when I said I wanted a unisex cut. She just leaped for it!

Alright, enough of my rambling. (I do tend to ramble.) I feel comfortable enough here at Laura's Playground to share the excitement: so here's pictures! I hope I link these right...

Before:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BEPt8I5O1_Oe4flka4r2gh6Pl4NydCfkRdirqnRLm34?feat=directlink

After:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Yp1P5qTtfa6fmbZXSJ2fAx6Pl4NydCfkRdirqnRLm34?feat=directlink

Oh my God! Perfect! Beautiful!! I just want to paint your portrait so badly. (My want of it is bad, the portrait would be good.) Wonder how James Joyce would have described you?

[Guest (Lightsider)]

Thank you for the nice comments and support, everyone. I'm so glad I found this community and share this with you!

I have to agree with another poster. Male, female... androgynous you are one stunningly beautiful human being.

[Guest Ulysses]

Oh my God! Perfect! Beautiful!! I just want to paint your portrait so badly. (My want of it is bad, the portrait would be good.) Wonder how James Joyce would have described you?

Wow, thank you, I'm flattered. And that reminds me: it's been a while since I've read Ulysses!

[Guest Ulysses]

I have to agree with another poster. Male, female... androgynous you are one stunningly beautiful human being.

Thank you so much, especially for adding 'male' to that list. I'm not very open with friends or family about my gender-fluidity, so sometimes I don't feel very attractive or like I have much self-esteem when I present as male or androgynous. Not that being attractive is high on my priorities, but everyone likes to feel or look nice.

[Guest (Lightsider)]

Thank you so much, especially for adding 'male' to that list. I'm not very open with friends or family about my gender-fluidity, so sometimes I don't feel very attractive or like I have much self-esteem when I present as male or androgynous. Not that being attractive is high on my priorities, but everyone likes to feel or look nice.

In the modeling industry they often go for the androgynous look. And yes beauty is often skin deep but it is ok to feel good about your appearance. If it was not good many of would not be here trying to being who we are on the inside to the surface. So embrace it. :-)

[Guest Chrysee]

Wow, thank you, I'm flattered. And that reminds me: it's been a while since I've read Ulysses!

Just noticed your Anais Nin quote and wanted to mention that I met her when I was in college. I felt sad as she was there to give a talk and yet was so broke that at the snack bar she was counting pennies to buy a cup of tea. I was on the snack bar that night and gave her the tea,

[Guest Ulysses]

Just noticed your Anais Nin quote and wanted to mention that I met her when I was in college. I felt sad as she was there to give a talk and yet was so broke that at the snack bar she was counting pennies to buy a cup of tea. I was on the snack bar that night and gave her the tea,

Oh my god, really? That's amazing: and so kind of you. I love Anais Nin. I can't tell how much I quote her: she's both a source of inspiration and one of my idols. Did you get to hear her lecture? I imagine it was something related to the Feminist Movement. I know she often spoke at universities when that was coming about.

[Guest Chrysee]

Oh my god, really? That's amazing: and so kind of you. I love Anais Nin. I can't tell how much I quote her: she's both a source of inspiration and one of my idols. Did you get to hear her lecture? I imagine it was something related to the Feminist Movement. I know she often spoke at universities when that was coming about.

Sadly, I never heard a word. As I mentioned, I had snack bar duty at the community center that night. I was just down the stairs from the theatre, but you could hear even from there.

College was a trip, indeed. One night, we had a band playing at the same theatre where Nin spoke, and I didn't care for them and walked out. You see, the cost of concerts and such were included in our tuition, so there was no charge at the time. I had no idea who this band was, and settled for getting a large jug of wine and sitting down at the piano in the community center, which as I mentioned was below the theatre. Later, after the concert, this guy all made up in goth sorta stuff comes over with an acoustic guitar, sits down next to the piano, and motions with his head for me to help him to tune up. You know, I hit 'E' he plucks and tunes the string, etc., etc. Well, we jammed for quite a while, and shared the wine. When I grumbled about being hungry and the snack bar being closed, he sent a croney off to get me a sandwich.

When we were done jamming and he left, someone from the group that had gathered to listen asked how I felt about having just done that. I didn't know what they meant. They wondered how I felt having just jammed with. . .him.

You see, the band that I had walked out on was called Black Sabbath, and the guitarist that I'd been jamming with was Tony Iome.

True Story.

[Guest Micha]

You see, the band that I had walked out on was called Black Sabbath, and the guitarist that I'd been jamming with was Tony Iome.

True Story.

[Guest Chrysee]

Why thank you. . .I think. I suppose my walking out on their gig wasn't such a good job in the eyes of many, but it's simply not my kind of music. But Iome was cool. And as I mentioned, we never spoke a single word to each other.

Anyway, nice hearing from you, Micha.

Cissy

[Guest Ulysses]

Sadly, I never heard a word. As I mentioned, I had snack bar duty at the community center that night. I was just down the stairs from the theatre, but you could hear even from there.

College was a trip, indeed. One night, we had a band playing at the same theatre where Nin spoke, and I didn't care for them and walked out. You see, the cost of concerts and such were included in our tuition, so there was no charge at the time. I had no idea who this band was, and settled for getting a large jug of wine and sitting down at the piano in the community center, which as I mentioned was below the theatre. Later, after the concert, this guy all made up in goth sorta stuff comes over with an acoustic guitar, sits down next to the piano, and motions with his head for me to help him to tune up. You know, I hit 'E' he plucks and tunes the string, etc., etc. Well, we jammed for quite a while, and shared the wine. When I grumbled about being hungry and the snack bar being closed, he sent a croney off to get me a sandwich.

When we were done jamming and he left, someone from the group that had gathered to listen asked how I felt about having just done that. I didn't know what they meant. They wondered how I felt having just jammed with. . .him.

You see, the band that I had walked out on was called Black Sabbath, and the guitarist that I'd been jamming with was Tony Iome.

True Story.

Very cool story, especially who you were jamming with. No matter if you walked out. Like you said above, wasn't your kind of music, but Iome was cool even though you never spoke a word to one another. I think that itself is pretty neat.

[Guest Chrysee]

Very cool story, especially who you were jamming with. No matter if you walked out. Like you said above, wasn't your kind of music, but Iome was cool even though you never spoke a word to one another. I think that itself is pretty neat.

And as I said, he even came up with a sandwich when I needed it.

Goddard was one heck of a cool college, even if it is nothing more now than a shadow of it's former self.

Are you familiar with The Chicage Seven? They were seven rowdy yippies that staged the massive riot at the Chicago Democratic Convention. One of them was John Froines. By the time I got to college, he was a chemistry professor there. Then, I took drama for a time, and my teacher was David Mamet, who also graduated from Goddard. One of my classmates was William H. Macy. You'll recall him in the films 'Fargo,' and 'Pleasantville.'

Oh, with your interest in Anais Nin, I wondered what you thought of the film 'Henry & June.'

I am so enjoying this conversation!

Thanks.

Cissy

P.S. After far too many delays, tomorrow I schedule my first appointment with a G.T.

[Guest SAScotty]

Gotta say, your hair cut is A-MA-ZING! Next time I need a cut I might just take your pic along lol ;D

I came from an Apostolic church, so my hair was waist length when I cut it, so I can sympathize with the OMG SHORT WHAT IS THIS feeling. That moment when the nervousness gives way to rightness is the best feeling in the world!

[Guest Aiden-xx]

awwh its so cute on you

[Guest Chrysee]

Okay, being an artist & a poet (I prefer the term 'creator,') I am a bit obsessive. it is true. I mentioned how much I would enjoy painting your portrait 'post haircut,' and actually spent a few minutes the other day studying your poorly lighted photo and imagining method of approach (RGB or Gray scale.) Have decided to settle for pencil only.

I so hope that you won't mind.

Later,

Cissy

P.S. Am still having trouble posting pics in a size that renders them legible.

[Guest Ulysses]

Okay, being an artist & a poet (I prefer the term 'creator,') I am a bit obsessive. it is true. I mentioned how much I would enjoy painting your portrait 'post haircut,' and actually spent a few minutes the other day studying your poorly lighted photo and imagining method of approach (RGB or Gray scale.) Have decided to settle for pencil only.

I so hope that you won't mind.

Later,

Cissy

P.S. Am still having trouble posting pics in a size that renders them legible.

Oh, I don't mind at all. I definitely understand the obsessive-creator mode... I've often jumped at artistic opportunities unable to resist!

[Guest Chrysee]

Oh, I don't mind at all. I definitely understand the obsessive-creator mode... I've often jumped at artistic opportunities unable to resist!

Whew! I appreciate your understanding as I was terrified that you might misconstrue my motive (if you get my drift!)

When I get a moment, I shall lift your pic and let the sketching begin!

Thanks for your consent, it means a lot.

Cissy