A Close Shave with Time
In a quick rush to leave the house today, I shaved very quickly without confirming that I had shaved adequately. You can imagine my disappointment when I got to school and realized that I had missed a little tuft of 4-6 strands of 3-day old hair on my upper right lip. After confirming the presense of the suspect hairs with a quick lick of the tongue, I knew I had to do something. My first reaction was to try and pull each hair out with my fingers when I was alone in the bathroom. However, a combination of the pain and my short nails (grinded down by nearly two decades of nail biting), made me realize that I would need a different strategy.
Some questions/thoughts that raced through my mind were:
- Should I buy a disposable shaver?
- Maybe I should put my hand in front of my mouth when I talk and make it look like I'm thinking.
- When I talk with people, maybe I should look to the right side of them so they only see the left side of my face.
At any rate, I just ended up ignoring the issue and nobody ever brought it up. In addition, when looking into people's eyes, I didn't notice them uncomfortably making quick glances at my upper lip like I was afraid they might. OK. OK. So maybe I overreacted.
I now that in the big scheme of things, I may not be better off for devoting so much of my mental energy to 4-6 pieces of hair. And furthermore, writing a blog entry about it may be throwing good time after bad time. But, in an altruistic sort of a way, I want you to know one thing. If this ever happens to you whether it be with shaving, a bad hair day, or some weird skin blemish that came from nowhere, I just want you to know that I understand. I understand.
Posted at October 28, 2003 12:43 AM
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