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Michael's Hair Cut
He really did it! We cut his hair off last night (2/22/04). He's had long hair for 16 years, and now it's all gone. |
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Before really starting we decided to take a before picture or two with all three of us here. Including the "Worlds Largest Comb Over" (right) |
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To give this some feeling of ceremony Michael decided we should all wear sarongs. |
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This is the part where we tortured Michael by petting him and asking him if he *really* wanted to cut his hair? We had to be sure. |
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He said he was sure, so the next step was to braid his hair. He was okay with this part. |
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But then I asked him for the scissors and told him "This is it." and he snatched them back. And we had a little episode wherein he gave me the scissors and took them back a couple times, and started to freak out, but then pulled himself together (with a little help from Punzel and me). |
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And then the cutting started. |
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Punzel did okay because she was taking the pictures, and I was okay here because I was doing the cutting. We had our jobs. (I recall the last time I cut my hair off, I was 10, and my mom took pictures the whole time, because, she said, it was the only way she was going to keep from crying the whole time.) |
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But Michael just got to sit there, and I think it was a bit traumatic for him. |
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As soon as I was done cutting the braid off I handed it to him, and that was really hard. |
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But he seemed to recover quickly. |
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Then of course I needed to use the electric clippers to make it all even. Or at least as even as I could. |
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You see, there were a couple spots on the back where I cut a little too close with the scissors. But I'm told it'll grow out fast. |
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More ceremony. He wanted us all to have a drink afterwards. He's sipping rum, but we opted for juice. |
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I think I did a good job. I cried a little later that night, but not a lot. I'll miss it. |
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We video taped the whole thing and Punzel took about 200 pictures. I don't plan to post all of them, but I suspect I will get a good selection up here tonight. Stay tuned.
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