I Can Has New Haircut?

A few weeks ago I got a haircut, and it wasn't just an ordinary haircut, but I actually changed the hairstyle.

This was a pretty big move, as I've had basically the same haircut for about 10 years. Everyone I've ever met in college and in New York has known me with what has been described as an unintentional "Elvis Costello pompadour."

So now my hair goes down instead of up, and the results have been quite drastic. The first few people I saw didn't even recognize me - it took a literal double-take to realize I was the same ol' Kirk. That's ridiculous.

Reactions, though, have been mostly positive. The same person quoted above said I now resemble "an Internet millionaire."

My own reaction has been "meh." I've never had any idea known what to do with my hair - when I was a little kid, I chopped a big triangle in my bangs because I thought I needed a haircut, and that led to me parting my hair down the middle for many more years than I should've.

And at the risk of sounding like a slob, despite being painfully handsome, I've never put too much thought into my appearance. I've grown beards and moustaches for months at a time, knowing full well that they look awful, because, eh, what the hell, who cares?

In fact, I had a moustache when I started this job (it's immortalized in my employee ID), and when I finally got rid of the bastard, everyone was shocked. It made me laugh, because that meant they had no idea what I really looked like for all those months.

Anyway, I'm going back for a trim on Friday, as the back is getting shaggy. I'll continue to leave my hair down, and this time I'm gonna "yes...and" (to use an improv term) things by also dying my hair.

I started going gray when I was a teenager, and though I think gray hair is very striking and wonderful, I keep forgetting that a LOT isn't visible from the mirror. At this year's Memorial Day picnic, when Terry saw me in sunlight for what might have been the first time ever, he was quite surprised by how gray I was.

I also haven't dyed my hair since I was 17 and an idiot and made it dark blue, so it might be a fun experience. And I know it'll go away after a while and I'll have my precious silver strands again.

Another "eh, what the hell" decision. Year of Yes... right?