new haircut
new haircut
or, how i came to some realizations today with the help of a friend's insightful perspective, and a half-decent night or three of sleep in cool weather
I want a new haircut that makes me look as scary hot as possible.
I want a new haircut that matches my renewed energy, slightly manic but not out-of-control, finally getting enough sleep after months upon months of being locked in fight-or-flight; finally cleaving through my to-dos; feeling attracted to those around me who are a positive, uplifting, refreshing, inspiring, and/or otherwise vibey presence; finally having realized that maybe my ‘dream career’ is best kept as a ‘hobby’ because I just won’t ever do carpentry as a hobby while doing carpentry as a job in the traditional industry (which fucking sucks, but is more than worth not losing the hobby I love so much); finally realizing that maybe I should just do whatever job pays the bills in the least amount of time spent fucking about for someone else’s profit, instead of chasing a job that purports to be more useful to my life than actually living my life…
I want a new haircut that, if I were to stand in the shadows on my porch while someone was trying to do some fuck shit in front of my house, as soon as they see me standing there wordlessly with my head lowered into somehow, impossibly deeper shadow with my new haircut visible in relief, they are immediately afraid and somewhat turned on. But mostly afraid. (But pretty turned on.)
I want to be able to do this haircut myself — nothing against paying honest tradespeople for their craft, but I haven’t paid for a haircut in eight years or thereabouts, and I’m not about to start now. I would rather invest in my own skills, hard-fought, and hard-won (in the early days, mostly with shitty haircuts that I had to wear into, or buzz-cut to a blank slate), and be able to better provide for myself and those around me. Plus, haircuts are fucking expensive.
Any suggestions? For the face and current hair I’m working with, find some pictures of me around, come see me eye-arr-ell, or text me for a mugshot. I want to hear the vox populi, which is, of course, vox Dei. I do love crowdsourcing (though I have come to hate Reddit.)
What’s up with me lately? Well, I’ve been…
Putting in maintenance and upgrading work on my road bike, which is satisfying and calming… and riding a bike is very good for me these days, has been increasing my energy levels as well.
Servicing pedals and other bike components. I love rotational systems (so far.)
Climbing hills on the bike. God bless the granny gear. I want to write something about hill climbing soon, as I’ve delved into it head-first after watching a great video that seeks to demystify and address the best techniques for riding bikes up hills.
Still decluttering, which is going surprisingly well, and has been a major source of happiness and centering.
I’m playing a show at Sadleir House on August 24th (tomorrow)! Practicing and writing new material for that has been a good, though slightly daunting, and definitely slow process. But it’s more important to me not to rush this…
Camping whenever possible. Which is still not much of the time, but yes, whenever possible…
I want to have a giveaway of quite a few of my household’s old books soon. Or a mass dropoff at Little Free Libraries about town. We’ll see. If interested, get in touch.