Zooiblog

After the shave

Three days after¹ having shaved off fifteen centimetres of my hair, these are the things that stand out:

• I have far too much shampoo for the next few months at least;
• My head gets cold or warm easily, also, I feel my pillow;
• My shadow has significantly less volume;
• I like how my skull looks;
• Seriously, all this shampoo? No use for it.

I walked into the Chinese barber shop late Thursday night and told the interpreter to take it down to one centimetre. After a centimetre or three, he asked me if I really meant down to one centimetre, not down with. Yeah, I said, I want to get rid of it all. He laughed nervously and fifteen minutes later I left the store with a very nifty #4 buzz cut.

1. The most common response is to look first, turn away in doubt, then turn back and shout something insightful like “hey, you cut your hair!” ←

Posted on 2008-09-21 at that ungodly hour.