Whack it off

My hair grows fairly quickly. It can be a positive, or a negative. If the haircut is a disaster, it will grow out in about a week, or so. If the haircut is pretty good, it still grows out in about a week, or so.

Since my hair is thick and curly, curls start to form after a month and a half. It’s not too bad when they turn inwards. But, when they grow outwards, they resemble wings - the Farrah Fawcett flip. There’s no way of making them disappear. Whether it’s product, styling, hats or paper bags over my head, nothing works.

So, I do what any other rational person does: I pull out a pair of scissors and start snipping away.

Whack it off. Whack it all off.

It's a good thing my hair isn't stick-straight. Imagine if I had bangs that swooped across my forehead? Do you know what happens when they're not cut properly? Exactly. You resemble one of those kids whose parents trimmed their hair at home because they were too cheap to take them to a professional. In the end, the kids were left with lopsided locks that the other school kids made fun of because they were just too easy a target for torment.

Thankfully, any mistakes I make are covered by the fact that the curls hide all forms of sin and if I made a really bad judgement of scissor placement, in about a week, it will grow back.

Of course, if/when I lose my hair, then there is no amount of whacking that will help with the problem.