happy new year!

it's Frobuary 3rd, YOMHC 0x49!

the combs for the oster will finally arrive this week, so next haircut may (or may not!) feature some trimming of the mohawk itself.

for now, though, just the regular old bare-metal on the sides. i took my pimply scalp into the aveda store whilst obtaining some of the face stuff that i use from them. i heartily endorse the face stuff: external peace or something, foaming facial cleanser. now, i know you're surprised to find that a big tough mohawk-sporting bike grease covered ass-kicking machine like myself uses a facial cleanser. but when used daily, it keeps my mug pimple free, which is more important than you'd think for kicking ass while covered in bike grease.

anyhow, without the assistance of visual aids, we explained the problems of my pimply scalp to the enormously nice woman at the aveda store (it being the american sabbath, my head was covered, in the most american of kipas, my yeehawmica). she steered us toward the "products for men" section and gave us some shpiel about men having thicker scalps than women. who cares about the science? do i look like a scientist? i just want a happy scalp.

luckily for me, the men's shampoo was advertised explicitly as "scalp calming". that's just what i need, for my angry scalp.

anyhow, stay tuned. i'll let you know.

if i can get rid of the pimples, i might well upgrade my oster to the #00000 blade and go waxy. i'm starting to feel a little too hairy with .5mm.