Hair and Gig

So I've got two things to report at this point. First, I did actually get my haircut yesterday, the 19th. I gave the stylist person the same spiel I always do, and she hit me with the question: "do they usually use scissors or clippers?" Well, I let her know they usually use clippers size 4 or 5 on the sides and back. 

So she started in with the electric clippers and hit the sides and back. I was concerned as she did this, since the hair on the top stayed just as long as ever as she zipped around my head singing (sort of) to the music playing over the speakers. I wondered if she had another soundtrack in her head, though, since she was occasionally singing along to something completely different.

Anyway, the princesses got a kick out of me at one point when she had to answer the phone and had only done half my head. But once she finished with the clippers for pass number one, she started in with scissors on the bangs and top of my head. She moved with great agility over my noggin and did a really good job when it was all over. The Queen said it was one of the best I'd gotten, and it does look pretty decent.

The other update is about last Friday. You know, the Lion King thing? Well, in the end, it went all right. I was still a bit lost on what some songs were doing or were supposed to be doing, but I kept up without a problem. I got a little better at playing with brushes since that was something I had to learn fairly quickly for this one as some songs worked better with brushes as opposed to sticks. Very jazzish.

The actors/singers didn't have to memorize their lines at all and their wasn't much in the way of staging. The scripts sat on stands right there on stage, and they just read through it in some weird costumes. They were all dressed in a sort of jungle toga look with some very phallic-looking tails safety pinned to the back of their waists. It was a little strange to say the least.

But the worst I had to deal with was staying in time with them and the piano, and I survived without making a fool of myself, so that was a big positive.