Cavalier to Roundhead.

[randomness]

(Only in the sartorial sense, not the political or even sectarian ones.)

I'm chopping my hair. For the summer, I'm thinking of a buzz cut, or even just shaving my head. After that, I guess we'll see.

I'd like someone to take before and after photos. I'd also be interested if anyone would like to do the cutting. I'd like to ask whoever that is to preserve what ponytail I have intact so I can give it to someone who wants to keep it.

Please comment if you'd like to participate. For that matter, feel free even if you don't want to.

Comments

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Nooooo....

You have such great hair! I can't imagine you without the ponytail. Some guys look silly with a ponytail, you don't. Some guys can't pull off a shaven head, I hope you can, but I think you'll look silly. (coming from the woman with waist length hair who's partner's hair is as long as hers.)

Make sure you post the pictures.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, I had great hair. That was a decade or more ago, before it started thinning out. I've lost a lot of thickness and my hairline has been receding. There's really not much hair on the top of my head. It's just age, really, and I think I should accept that.

My current look makes me look silly and somewhat unkempt. I think it's time.

Most of my childhood, as I said, I had a crewcut, usually inflicted by Dad. So I have a pretty good idea of what I'll look like with a buzz cut, or a shaved head.

[gravitrue.livejournal.com]

I remember you chopped it a lot for the Moscow-Beijing trip; not sure it's been as long since then.

I think balding with a ponytail often looks nice; Andy Hickmott looked good that way. But I'm not sure it would work for you.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got a crew cut for that trip, but I didn't actually shave it. Partly it's because I figured I'd get a different reaction in China as a short-haired Chinese guy.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I did want to thank you for the compliment! Didn't want you to think I didn't appreciate it!