17 November 2010

Hair Brained?

For a little adventure, just to see what would happen, I had my hair cut in Venice.  I speak no Italian and the barber and his assistant (Carla) spoke no English, but I was up for the storytelling. 
Mind you, it had been about two years since I had been to a good stylist who knows what to do with my hair; they are very difficult to find in Boise, Idaho.  I really needed to get a haircut, as evidenced by the barber who held the mange of my split ends and frowned.  Waving it like a horses’s tail, he said “neccesario,” as in it all had to go. 
So about 7 inches did.
After about a minute of sign language and me saying "sure, whatever," it was done.  Carla started cutting.  No hairwashing, no spritzing the strands down, just cutting--"round not straight."  Okay. 
The next day I realized that the left side is about two inches shorter than the right side.  Okay.  I should really learn a few words of Italian. 

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