Did not cut the hair much. Shaved only a bit of face. Idea is to go into my new job looking less the shaggy desert hippie and more the middle-aged would-be mondain with the 70s-era facial hair that is fashionable if you are under thirty. And a tan that will fade soon. Necklaces? Why not.
New job means same division, new department, doing work for which I hope I am better suited. Lucky to get it. Never had much of a job transfer conversation with my old manager, however. He never seemed to be around for it. So it all hits the fan today, when I agree to continue working at my old job since the people picking it up are already overloaded, and start my new job running.
But anyway. Generally and with a trim, the long hair experiment continues.
13 comments:
It looks nice, but before you go to the new job, you're going to, like, put on a shirt, right?
LOL @ Teacake!
Looking good, dude!
Very California distinguished businessman but still cool look. Like!
Love Sledpress' comment!
Dude. I mean . . . really?
I think the line here is,
"It's time...we stopped pretending..."
Stopped pretending what? Too many guys my age can't grow hair so I figured I'd do it for 'em.
It ain't the growing of hair, it's the look on your face.
My serial engineer mind isn't grasping your meaning.
The look should reflect my thinking, which was basically, OK people, here's me, I'll try to smile, but not like a blissed out desert hippie this time (which took effort, by the way, you should see the first pic I took), just a guy who thinks it's ridiculous to post self-portraits only there was some curiosity around the results of my cleaning up so here goes.
Is that close? Or is there some cultural reference my small brain has long since lost?
I wasn't thinking Satanic, but patriarchal came to mind. You look like you know what you are about.
One of my favorite books is The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, maybe because it taught me what we see in someone else on first glance (maybe on all glances) is ALWAYS a projection of what we are looking to see. So you can be my Daddy and Sledpress's Nordic devil.
I'll happily be your Daddy and Sledpress' Nordic devil so long as I still get to be gekko's tutu-wearing desert princess. Oh, and a fireman when I grow up.
I was thinking a hopeless pansexual who would do anything, given the proper signal. It's the crooked smile. Whoever. Whatever. Whenever.
:-)
Fireman! That means you get to wear one of those fireman costumes! And carry a hose! <-- tasteless innuendo.
Gekko said, "Hose!"
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