Sunday, December 17, 2006

I let Germans cut my hair

It's kind of a big step. I mean, getting a haircut is terrifying enough in one's native language. 'Cause in general those stylists are just too stylish and try to cut my hair all girly, and I can't stop them because I don't know the lingo (like, they always want me to buy a hair-ironing thing--what is that for? It seems dangerous) so I can't object when things start to go very wrong but am reduced to surreptitiously tilting my head away from the shears in a doomed attempt to avoid the bad haircut.


But when the German stylist was like, "these levels are so different and this piece is so long--what should I do?" I guess it's not so different from when the English-speaking stylist says that. In both cases, I told them to do what they thought was best. What else can one say?

The other issue is that Berlin is the domain of the lezbo mullet. I said to my roommate that it seems to me that all German lesbians have the same haircut (the mullet). She replied, 'Well, but how else can you cut it besides short in the front and long in the back?'

Do I look German?

5 comments:

Could-be-a-model said...

If the mullet is the only hair style available to Berlin lesbians, I strongly suggest that you leave the city immediately.

I had my hair cut this weekend too! YSA + CBAM = BFF!!! And perhaps as a suggestion, they tilting of your head while the stylist cuts your hair may be one of the reasons why you have had unfortunate haircuts in the past.

The flatiron helps to make your hair straighter and shinier. It's like the lazy person's version of blowing it out straight (which can take a really long time). If anone if interested in a possble holiday gift for me, I would be thrilled to receive the Chi Ceramic Flat Hairstyling Iron.

Tom said...

that haircut looks cute. I think telling the stylist to do whatever she wants is a mistake. Unless she's a lesbian. Then you could be like, give me your haircut.

Also, I think the straightener thing is definitely dangerous. But you can use it to make panini.

DSF said...

When I lived in France my friend Hannah Malone from Minnesota went into a salon and said she wanted something "jolie" [pretty as you all should know by now]. She came out with a beautiful mullet as well. I think they just know that we Americans can say nothing when they cut our hair into an unattractive shape or dye it purple.

Vgirl said...

I got my hur did this weekend and it looks awesome. I'm worried that if I travel to Berlin someone will request that I get a mullet...maybe if I wear my Afro wig from Halloween this can be avoided. Also, your hair looks cute.

Tom said...

man, I want to be able to say "hur did". But I know that it just wouldn't sound as cool and everyone would make fun of me. Kevin Federline has ruined everything!