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fevers and haircuts and ipods, oh my
Um, yay for fevers that bake the plague right out of a person! And also, yay for sleeping like 16 hours a day! Thanks to these things, I am way less sick than I was two days ago, which rocks.
I am having a minor moral dilemma, which is mostly me having a guilt complex, really. I need to get a haircut. I now am in possession of a gift certificate for my hair salon, making said haircut economically feasible. Yay, right? The dilemma is - the last time I got my hair cut, it was last minute, and my usual stylist was on vacation, so someone else cut it. And I really like my usual stylist, she always does a good job, but substitute stylist? Gave me the best haircut of my LIFE. I am not kidding. Now, the thing is, substitute stylist's awesomeness could have been a fluke - it was her first day back after being out sick for a few days and apparently she was afraid she was going to do a terrible job and so she cut my hair with insane levels of crazy detail and care and precision. It took like three times as long as usual. So it could have just been that. And also, even though I'm not exactly a goes-to-the-salon-every-6-weeks-like-clockwork sort of person, I've been with usual stylist for long enough that I'd feel awful making a permanent switch. So I guess, now that I've written it out like that, it's not a dilemma so much as "I wish I could go back in time, get a repeat of that TOTALLY AWESOME HAIRCUT, and pop back into the present again," which, well, wouldn't it be great if I could do that for a lot of things?
Anyway.
I am having a rare moment of no shame (what? shut up, it IS TOO rare) so I am totally confessing that after thinking on it briefly it became clear to me that the only name I could possibly give the new iPod is Gerard. I do not even care that there are probably thousands of tiny little fangirls and fanboys out there with iPods named Gerard, because I am clearly still more awesome and original than they are, even if I believe this only to feel better about myself.
I am having a minor moral dilemma, which is mostly me having a guilt complex, really. I need to get a haircut. I now am in possession of a gift certificate for my hair salon, making said haircut economically feasible. Yay, right? The dilemma is - the last time I got my hair cut, it was last minute, and my usual stylist was on vacation, so someone else cut it. And I really like my usual stylist, she always does a good job, but substitute stylist? Gave me the best haircut of my LIFE. I am not kidding. Now, the thing is, substitute stylist's awesomeness could have been a fluke - it was her first day back after being out sick for a few days and apparently she was afraid she was going to do a terrible job and so she cut my hair with insane levels of crazy detail and care and precision. It took like three times as long as usual. So it could have just been that. And also, even though I'm not exactly a goes-to-the-salon-every-6-weeks-like-clockwork sort of person, I've been with usual stylist for long enough that I'd feel awful making a permanent switch. So I guess, now that I've written it out like that, it's not a dilemma so much as "I wish I could go back in time, get a repeat of that TOTALLY AWESOME HAIRCUT, and pop back into the present again," which, well, wouldn't it be great if I could do that for a lot of things?
Anyway.
I am having a rare moment of no shame (what? shut up, it IS TOO rare) so I am totally confessing that after thinking on it briefly it became clear to me that the only name I could possibly give the new iPod is Gerard. I do not even care that there are probably thousands of tiny little fangirls and fanboys out there with iPods named Gerard, because I am clearly still more awesome and original than they are, even if I believe this only to feel better about myself.
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I suggest sticking with original hairstylist, and having the following conversation...."Sorry I missed you last time I was in since it was short notice. I took a chance on *name of second stylist*, and I thought she did a good job. What I really liked was....do you think you can do that for me today?"
Even very experienced stylists are anxious for feedback and what their clients like, and can learn from each other. If she doesn't get the feedback, she'll just keep doing it the same way unless you tell her. Just a thought!