This is the only picture I have handy of me with my hair out after some chick drunkenly braided it.
And this is how I usually wear it.
Yes, I was giving my best friend some love...I was the one inebriated.
Well my flow is long gone and, so far, I was only able to find the one picture of it (my flow was pre-facebook age, for me). Yours is definitely alive and well by the look of it though. My hair never would have laid flat like yours though, and I always wanted it to. My hair gets wavy and a bit bushy when it grows out. I was never, personally, a big fan of the 'flownytail' either, for myself. As I mentioned above, the brief stint where it was long enough to put up (it's not in the one pic I provided) I did something more like a messy top-knot/bun thing. Never liked having the 'tail hanging though. Just didn't work for me.
We can't all look like dweebs. I never really thought the Jason Pominville comment was very complimentary, but I liked it because I like him as a player. Not sure he's exactly someone I'd say I'd wish on a star to look like though...
I love having shorter hair. Takes about 30 seconds via air to dry.
My hair practically comes out of the shower dry. I basically get a low skin fade, tapered up to a high, tight 1.5ish with a bit more on the top. I LOVE it. Most comfortable hair in the world and my girlfriend running her hand over the back of my head is like a massage because the bristles are so short. Also it's a million times more comfortable with the bucket on; having all that hair smushed inside my helmet sucks, and long hair gets on the visor and leaves sweat trails. Hats fit better. Sleeping is infinitely more comfortable as I never get that uncomfortable, over heated, too much hair feeling I would frequently get when growing my hair. I used to have to go in the bathroom, run the tap ice cold and soak all of my hair, when it was long, in order to be able to fall asleep on hot nights.
My hair practically comes out of the shower dry. I basically get a low skin fade, tapered up to a high, tight 1.5ish with a bit more on the top. I LOVE it. Most comfortable hair in the world and my girlfriend running her hand over the back of my head is like a massage because the bristles are so short. Also it's a million times more comfortable with the bucket on; having all that hair smushed inside my helmet sucks, and long hair gets on the visor and leaves sweat trails. Hats fit better. Sleeping is infinitely more comfortable as I never get that uncomfortable, over heated, too much hair feeling I would frequently get when growing my hair. I used to have to go in the bathroom, run the tap ice cold and soak all of my hair, when it was long, in order to be able to fall asleep on hot nights.
I get a two on the sides and a 3 up top. Has this military look that I like a lot. Also, your point on hats was pretty big for me. I look much better in general (not that this is saying much. )
I get a two on the sides and a 3 up top. Has this military look that I like a lot. Also, your point on hats was pretty big for me. I look much better in general (not that this is saying much. )
I like the military-esque look as well, but I basically do the same but then add some spice by getting the low skin-fade on the sides (it's not a huge difference, but it adds some... what's the word the kids are using? swag? ) and than start with about a 2.5/3 (I use the half sizes that don't really exist because my girlfriend's little bro is a barber and I make him meticulously hook me up exactly how I like it every time I see him) on the top, but let it taper slightly longer towards the middle so that I can kind of bunch it up like a subtle faux-hawk if I'm actually going to put gel in it. You'd never notice it's longer in the middle until I 'style' it. It's only maybe a half inch variance, but it's a compromise with the lady, who thinks it looks better if I can "do something" with it, rather than just have the straight military look 24/7.
I like the military-esque look as well, but I basically do the same but then add some spice by getting the low skin-fade on the sides (it's not a huge difference, but it adds some... what's the word the kids are using? swag? ) and than start with about a 2.5/3 (I use the half sizes that don't really exist because my girlfriend's little bro is a barber and I make him meticulously hook me up exactly how I like it every time I see him) on the top, but let it taper slightly longer towards the middle so that I can kind of bunch it up like a subtle faux-hawk if I'm actually going to put gel in it. You'd never notice it's longer in the middle until I 'style' it. It's only maybe a half inch variance, but it's a compromise with the lady, who thinks it looks better if I can "do something" with it, rather than just have the straight military look 24/7.
My mother is a hair dresser/barber and all that jazz. Free hair cuts is a lovely perk.
My mother is a hair dresser/barber and all that jazz. Free hair cuts is a lovely perk.
Mine was too
I was 20 the first time someone that wasn't my mom cut my hair.
And I was 25 when my girlfriend's bro got his barber's license. So I only paid for haircuts for five years of my life. Free haircuts is phenomenal, especially when you like to keep your hair short.
I have a pair of clippers and I'll (poorly) do my own hair if I don't see my girlfriend's bro for more than a few weeks.
I used to keep my hair really short until my then gf/now wife informed me that it would look better if I grew it out as shaggy hair is better and I apparently have a "weird shaped head". So glad I only exposed it for 25 years.... dammit.
I wouldn't sweat it. My girlfriend says the same thing, I just know she's wrong. I look good with short hair, she just prefers me with longer hair (in her mind - I haven't had long hair once in the 5+ years we're together) so she tries to tell me things like my head is shaped weird, etc. It could be, but if it is, it's not significant and she's just trying to get what she wants. I usually give it to her, but there's things you put your foot down on too.
I LOVED having long hair. A shot of me with flow is my Twitter default these days (not my Rangers blog one I have advertised over my avy, but my personal Twitter account... do some digging if you're curious ).
The one thing I found with long hair, versus what I have been rocking since (3 on the sides and back, cut as short as possible on top... probably around an 8 but not buzzed), is that strangers expect you to be much more friendly. When I had long hair if I was walking around a shopping center or something I could tell that nobody had any trouble approaching me to ask for directions or help. These days, with the short hair, I'm back to being just another face in the crowd and nobody looks my way twice.
It was such an odd experience. At first I chalked it up to just random chance, but when it kept happening with my long hair I knew it was something else. I had a ton of fun growing it out my freshman year of college. Didn't get it cut from August 08 to July 09. Benefits of living in Buffalo though, when it gets to that awkward length it was easy enough to cover up with a snow hat
If you do decide to dig and look at my flow, that was from sophomore year. I only grew that for about 8 months (right after I got it cut in the first place, buzzed down to a 3 in July 09)
I could see that being a pretty accurate observation. No one approaches me ever, anyways because I'm more intimidating than George Parros and Paul Bissonette combined, but maybe the shorter hair aggravates the issue.
Or, back to reality. It turns out I'm not that approachable, unless I'm in an uncharacteristically joyous mood (thus visibly smiling) as I apparently natural scowl or look mean and unhappy. I'm literally trying to work on it but its kind of just how my face looks at rest. It's so uncomfortable, consciously trying to look 'not angry'. Everyone is always shocked that I'm real nice if they do engage me in a conversation, but I've been informed many times that, evidently, I scare people off without knowing it.
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) and than start with about a 2.5/3 (I use the half sizes that don't really exist because my girlfriend's little bro is a barber and I make him meticulously hook me up exactly how I like it every time I see him) on the top, but let it taper slightly longer towards the middle so that I can kind of bunch it up like a subtle faux-hawk if I'm actually going to put gel in it. You'd never notice it's longer in the middle until I 'style' it. It's only maybe a half inch variance, but it's a compromise with the lady, who thinks it looks better if I can "do something" with it, rather than just have the straight military look 24/7.
