Preparations for Hair Disaster

Friday had finally arrived. I woke up in time for all my classes despite wanting to sleep in. I have a good feeling about today as Lapin, Spiderman, and I were to attend Summerlicious at Auberge du Pommier. My excitement made the day go by slowly as I continuously glanced at the clock. Finally, when classes were done, I rushed home in order to pack. As if on cue, my father arrived just as I finished and we were off.

While driving home, I realized my hair was getting a little long and so I asked if we had time to get a hair cut. My father said if we went somewhere closer to home and not downtown, we could make it as it was around rush hour. We decided to head to Market Village to try out the hair stylist my dad went to last time. After a very relaxing and feel good scrub down of my hair, I sat down and pointed out the style I wanted from my GQ magazine. If you have seen the cover with Jake Gyllenhaal, you'll know the cut I'm talking about. Its a simple look, short on the sides, a rough chop in the top--also short--and gelled to appear moving to one side. It was foolish of me to believe that a simple cut like that could be done anywhere. The stylist said that since I have asian hair that it couldn't be done exactly the same and I agreed. He said he'd try to do it, but a little different. Sadly, I suppose the asian "a little different" is a lot.

He took off a tiny portion off the top and trimmed the sides to make it seem very straight. Apparently, chinese hair dressers haven't heard of clipper guards and merely use combs. I didn't get the #2 length I was used to and instead got an estimated measure of what he thought it should be. Not only that, but the stylist cut horizontally making my hair seem extremely blunt on the top. Being used to going downtown and having it textured by a slanted cut rather than blunt ends, I could tell this was not going to end well. After he completely finished, I allowed him to style my hair to see how it should be. Alas, it was no where close to the picture. My brother and I later joked that it looked like Ted Mosby's hair from How I Met Your Mother. -_-

I don't think I need to say that I won't be going back anytime soon.