16 October 2002, Entry 2<\/p>\n
So today I went to get a haircut. Oh fun, my first haircut in Sweden. Those who know me that I usually commit to one barber and stay with them until either I leave that city, or one of us dies…whichever comes first. Well, since it is just a tad bit too far away to make a jaunt across the states in order to get a haircut, I have decided that I would try to find a place here to get a haircut because I think that it would be the best thing to do. Besides, it was getting to the point where I was looking like a young Micheal Jackson. Perhaps a better example, for those of you who have seen Austin Powers: Goldmember, was the scene where Beyonce Knowles (of Destiny’s Child) hair is short and wet, and then with a couple of shakes, she has a huge afro! That was me. I am not suggesting that I am now Beyonce Knowles, but like Micheal Jackson and Diana Ross, you haven’t really seen us together in public have you? I’ll let you form your own conclusions.<\/p>\n
Anyway, when I get to the styling salon (it was recommended), it turns out that the one person who cuts black hair only does so twice a week. So the stylist is very nervous to cut my hair, but he tries to show as much confidence as he can. I warned him that if my haircut came out wrong, that I would probably “over-react”. This made him even more nervous. He called a phone number and started speaking frantically into the phone. He put on his hands-free set and continued talking while cutting my hair. I could just imagine that he called some kind of “Black Hair Support Line”. I can just imagine the person on the other end of the line “remain calm…it’s just like we taught you in styling class…don’t get scared…you can do this”. I knew that this was going to be an interesting haircut because instead of using an electric razor, he used scissors and his imagine.<\/p>\n
Well, to make a long story short. The good news is that I no longer look like Micheal Jackson during his afro years. I now look like a member of the rap group Kid and Play. The haircut I have now I only see on classic episodes of Yo MTV Raps! But hey, it’s a step up. Sigh…time to get back to the UK or Paris and have them work on my mop.<\/p>\n
In the next issue…the IT audit gang’s in town and comes to visit my new apartment…stay tuned…<\/p>\n
Ciao, Rodney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
16 October 2002, Entry 2 So today I went to get a haircut. Oh fun, my first haircut in Sweden. Those who know me that I usually commit to one barber and stay with them until either I leave that city, or one of us dies…whichever comes first. Well, since it is just a tad … Continue reading “Oh Baby Give Me One More Chance” or “From 1979 to 1984”<\/span>