23 2005 |
The net effect is that my "look" changes almost daily now. If I have someplace important to be, I'll shave both at the same time: then I'm "Business Derek." It changes slowly, almost imperceptably, starting with shadowing on my cheeks. When my hair is very short, it sticks up pretty much all over, but as it grows out ir begins to turn, laying in different directions, passing through stages of "Ready For Bed Derek" and "Weekend Derek" and "College Student Derek" and "Gap Model Derek". I suppose the variance gives me a "troubled artist" look overall, and that doesn't disappoint me. I like this sort of change, plus I don't feel pressure to sustain a static vision of how Derek is supposed to appear.
This morning I looked in the mirror. My cheeks and neck are invisible under a layer of thick, dark whiskers. My hair is quite long (for my head; maybe an inch) and it's sticking up in every direction. Today's look is "Crazy Derek."