Hair today....

Today I have been thinking about: Hair!

Thats right folks, Hair! Long Hair!

The offending article. Modeled by me.

Its a subject that I've held in a great deal of consideration recently since I recently went from extremely long hair which reached down my back to short hair! And personally it was a great experiance. Most people I know who cut their hair have looked better for it (Dan from before), thats not to say I hated my appearance with long hair, I did like it, but it took SO much hassle to keep right as many of your girls and other long haired fellows will appreciate.

Now this got me thinking to how hair can really change what people think of you. After shaving my full head of hair and the removal of my furred chin (see: Beard) I received many a compliment from many a gender who were of many an age. I was told it looked so much better, I looked my age, I looked much more 'acceptable'. Acceptable was the one that stuck out, in this society looks account for a lot, whether people want to admit it or not, so obviously you want to provide people with the right look that they can access you with, rather then refusing to make your acquaintance and walk off away. Before I looked 'Metal' which is what I was going for in my earlier years. I was into music that other people weren't, me and my friends, we liked it heavy so you could headbang, strum your air guitar, roar and shout! But this wasn't me anymore. I still liked the genre ofcourse but my music tastes, in my old age, had broadened significantly and I reincorporated practically every genre into my tastes. Call me greedy but I loved it all. I no longer wanted people to think I liked one Genre which is only a mere shade on the musical palette.

A bad photo of the side of my new doo. Performed with bed hair!

In one way it could be said I was 'conforming' to the standard of everyday people. Though conforming to 'can't be arsed' and 'need a change' were more my thing. In a certain way I was conforming, I wanted acceptance, I wanted to build new friendships and be liked by all, but in another I am an inside insurgent, I can catch people off guard with my musical selection and make them think 'oo-er' as I cross the controversial tunes of Heavy Metal and enter modern Pop. Also, how am I to define myself as 'different from the average person' If I am not first an average person, surely I shouldn't be set apart from them merely by looks, it should be my personality and character that breaks me free. Most people I know who like long hair on men say its because its this 'pulling away from the system', now I wasn't aware I was in the matrix and taken the wrong pill. "Thanks Morpheus, this will grow my hair big and strong now". I think it doesn't really matter what you look like as long as your personality remains intact to who you are, If you want long hair to fit in with your favorite bands, do it, I know I did. But I have found you reach a certain point where your happy to just be you.

That dashing young Scamp, Me.

Hair plays a vital role in what we think of people, it's part of fashion, and part of our confidence. I feel a lot more confident with shorter hair and personally I think I look loads better, which is all that matters right?