Preparing my hair for the trip.
Friends, why didn’t anyone tell me I looked like this? 
You’ve let me down. Lord, lord, lord, you let me down.
Decided I needed to cut my hair for the trip. It’s been difficult keeping it untangled and debris-free even with access to regular supplies of conditioner and hair engines. I cannot imagine the sort of Ent-like dreads I’d end up with after a few weeks of black camping in forest land. Tried to get in touch with my friend and hair-dresser Nicole, who did my last haircut back in October of 2005. My ref-do. But she was out-and-about or otherwise ignoring me. Possibly in Neah Bay. So I resorted to the gracious kindness and generously well-priced hair-stylings of Megan Sykes.
First we tied the pony-tail up in the back, per the instructions of Locks of Love. 
Megan cut in a hemispherical pattern, so as to preserve as much actual-hair-style-someone-would-wear as possible.
In the end, she landed this impressive hair whale. 
A little bit of trimming all around. Took about 20 minutes in tota. I like it. Hair gets in my eyes and nothing to hold it back. Sometimes look like a poor man’s Shemp Howard. Sometimes look like a pre-roids Carot Top. But sometimes also cute. So. Good.
Posted: August 8th, 2009.
Tags: hair, hair whale, Locks of Love, Megan Sykes, preparation
Comment from Catherine
Time August 13, 2009 at 1:48 am
Hair whale, oh my gosh. Fun post, and I like these pics–the composition especially.
Sounds like you’ll now be lighter on the road and in the forest lands.