January 18th, 2014 - How to do hair

Our lives consist of quite a bit of waiting around.  We wait for our food to arrive at our table.  We wait in line at the gas station to pay for gas.  We wait on hold, listening to terrible muzak, while some faceless individual processes our requests over the phone.  We wait for our beers to chill, our burgers to grill, and our video games to load.  We wait, we wait, we wait.

After getting engaged and moving in with my fiance, I've discovered a whole new arena of waiting that I had not been privy to beforehand.  And that arena is waiting for a woman to get ready.  Specifically, waiting for a woman to do her hair.

As a guy, I've never had to worry too much about my hair.  My cursory glance in the morning mirror is to check that a) it's not on fire and b) it's still there and hasn't fallen out over night and c) my night terrors haven't turned it white.  Other than that, it's a quick comb or a quick tousle and it's out the door for me.

My fiance isn't like that...at all.  There's gadgets and gizmos aplenty.  There's whozits and whatzits galore.  You want thingamabobs...well, you get the idea.  Getting her hair ready for a night out is something that takes quite a bit of time, and I've never understood why.

Until today.

Today, I asked Elizabeth's former roommate, Merrill Turner, to come over and show me how to do Elizabeth's hair.  I now see why I spend so much time waiting around.  And I can see why it's worth the wait.

Other things I learned/looked up:

1) Elizabeth's haircut is a variation of what's known as a "bob."  Vidal Sassoon perfected this cut, and would even have clients hung upside down so he could cut their hair that way (and charge an exorbanant fee in the process).  This was known as the "five point haircut."  (Thanks Merrill!)