So for the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to grow my hair out.
Long hair has always been a point of fascination for me, but previous attempts have always been aborted during the “awkward phase”. I actually had long hair once, in high school. Unlike most fathers, my dad encouraged his son to grow his hair out, and with great enthusiasm. Perhaps the fact that everyone on my dad’s side is bald might have something to do with that. In fact, the day I cut my hair “unexpectedly” was met with quiet disapproval.
Ever since then, I’ve tried in vain to let it just grow. But at a certain point, right before it starts to “actually look good” I’m guessing, my hair simply goes haywire, to the point that it simply has to call it a day. Perhaps it doesn’t help that these attempts take place during the summer, when the humidity is in full effect.
But during the weekend of my trip to Connecticut, as well as the dead body incident, it was suggested by friends that I would look quite good with long hair. Since this was the opinion of four females, I believed it to be the truth, and had a real reason to give it another shot.
And now I’m at that awkward phase where the hair is soaking up the humidty, constantly getting in my face, and just becoming an all around annoyance. Then as doubt started sinking in, I began asking for opinions. Some were quite supportive actually; a few even felt that long hair was on the verge of being in vouge once more. But one person noted during a dinner party this past Friday:
“You know how no one thinks you look Asian? Well [with long hair] you’ll look like the average creepy Asian guy.”
Ouch. But he could be right. Plus he has long hair, and that already make him an expert on the subject, at least sorta. So then I asked for another point of view, this one both female and Asian. Here’s what Raina had to say:
“NO! it is SOOOOO uncool”
… which was followed by…
“don’t scare me again and please pass that advice to yr bald friends about what girls think about long hair”
So I guess that pretty much settles that.
On a side note, I also spoke with Raina about being an Asian with pitiful facial fair (which A. goes hand in hand actually, and B. makes those Fu Manchu comments by my racist boss while working at Burger King back in high school all the more insulting) and I was referred to The 2004 Asian Mustache Olympics featuring a great pic by her boyfriend:
