Lit. Theory and a Hair Cut, Two Bits.
I went to get my haircut today. And because I'm not terribly picky about who cuts my hair, I usually end up with someone new almost every time. This time it was a very nice woman who I had never met before. And when I told her what I wanted her to do, she said, "Okay... Are you sure?"
This is the point where I started to get a little nervous.
Really, I'm not too adventuresome about too many things, especially something as semi-permanent as a haircut and especially this week, for reasons that I'll share some other time. But I wasn't sure what I wanted, and I was thinking about eventually trying something similar to what she was suggesting, so I decided to listen to her. It wasn't until we started discussing the movie No Country for Old Men and she correctly used the word "protagonist" that I started to relax a little. And then she asked me about what themes I had noticed in the movie. And we talked about some of Cormac McCarthy's other books and the themes in those books and the relationships between this movie and the books. I have to say that it was all sort of surreal, not your usual Salon smalltalk chitchat of the "How's you're day going?" and "Are you originally from here?" variety.
And my hair looks pretty good too. :)
This is the point where I started to get a little nervous.
Really, I'm not too adventuresome about too many things, especially something as semi-permanent as a haircut and especially this week, for reasons that I'll share some other time. But I wasn't sure what I wanted, and I was thinking about eventually trying something similar to what she was suggesting, so I decided to listen to her. It wasn't until we started discussing the movie No Country for Old Men and she correctly used the word "protagonist" that I started to relax a little. And then she asked me about what themes I had noticed in the movie. And we talked about some of Cormac McCarthy's other books and the themes in those books and the relationships between this movie and the books. I have to say that it was all sort of surreal, not your usual Salon smalltalk chitchat of the "How's you're day going?" and "Are you originally from here?" variety.
And my hair looks pretty good too. :)
posted by Brad Smith at 6:08 PM
5 Comments:
Hey Brad, What's going on this week that necessitated a good haircut??? :)
Marcy
Hey Marcy,
I have a really fun job interview coming up. Wish me luck. :)
Good luck!!!! And how about a pic of your new hair-do??
And are you going to tell us about the interview or leave us in suspense?
The interview went well, I think. It's always tough for me to tell. I have a feeling I'm not the best interviewer. The interview was for an assistant writing program director position at a well-known university in the MidWest. It would be a super-fun job. But it's all very long-shotish, I think. We'll see. I should hear from them in a week or so.
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