skippy the bush kangaroo

Sunday, June 01, 2008

this sucks...

several years ago, i went and shaved my head. turned out i didn't look bad as a cueball, and i knew i had a phil collins-type of hairline going for me anyway, so i chose to stay shaved. but over the last month or so, i decided to let what was left of my hair grow out, just to see what i'd look like. sure enough, and not at all to my surprise, i'm a poster boy for male pattern baldness.

but that wasn't what troubled me. this morning, i took a good long look at myself in the mirror, and i counted at least three dozen short gray hairs on my head and my face. no, no, no, this was not good -- out came the electric razor.

i have no complaint about being bald. but i am not ready for grayness. i am just barely still too young for that.

and i need a hug...

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posted by Jim Yeager at 10:04 AM |

8 Comments:

Only a few? Hell, I've got over half my head full of gray hairs. Ya youngster you.
commented by Blogger Rook, 10:35 AM PDT  
I began getting gray at 32; there's no such thing as a specific age for it. I now have a bald spot at the crown, but I'm told it's not noticeable unless I'm below line of sight.

I've come to accept it.
commented by Blogger Linkmeister, 11:59 AM PDT  
to continue the downer that y'all started: just remember that aren't any of us getting out of this alive---
commented by Anonymous tomitron, 4:24 PM PDT  
Hey there....
((( )))

Three hugs....

Hey Bald is hot...very...and if no one told ya'...they should have....
commented by Blogger enigma4ever, 7:20 PM PDT  
I have the same thing happening. nothing funny about PCH (Phil Collins syndrome. I must say, if Phil made it work, we sure can.
commented by Blogger The Station Agent, 7:44 PM PDT  
my lot in life seems to be more gray, in less hair.

the eternal question of my life comes up everytime i clean the shower drain.

why don't the gray hairs fall out?
commented by Blogger The Minstrel Boy, 9:09 AM PDT  
Aw, I do feel for you and am sending you hugs, youngster. This is one of those rare times I say, "thank the Lawd I am a woman" for whom there is no shame in a box of L'Oreal.
commented by Blogger Red State Blues, 6:33 AM PDT  
Jim,

Better you shaved before you went grey than shave BECAUSE you went grey, like I did.
commented by Blogger Carl, 11:41 AM PDT  

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