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Yesterday I was walking along Southampton high street with my g/f when we hear a Big Issue* seller call out "Big Issue, girls?" Well yeah, it IS a big issue actually. I am NOT a girl! :)
(* Big Issue is a magazine sold by unemployed to raise money.)
Here's a pic of me taken today - on top of Portchester Castle pointing to the factory far below where I have to be back at work at 6am tomorrow morning. Aghhhhh!!!!
Kinda windy up there but I'm still loving my hair - even though it blows around and even if I get mistaken for a girl!
Sorry not to post much on MLHH these days but my new job is killing me (!) and my w/ends have been hectic (3 nights in a row clubbing till dawn this last one!).
Damon
Well, you don't look like a girl to me. But here's some unsolicited advice: Grow the beard. You'll find that it'll drop the girl comments to almost zero. The only person who's called me a girl is my dad, and that was after we had to unclog the sink. Which wasn't even my fault, my brother shaves right over the thing and his beard falls into it.
At least you've got a job, I'm still looking. Get some sleep, eh? Wouldn't want you to fall in a machine or something!
Actually it won't. During the years when i had a beard I still
got mistaken for a woman a number of times. Between having long
hair, wearing cut off shorts (the hair was longer than the cut off shorts), and having a slight build I still got mistaken for a woman from the back on a number of occasions, and that was with a beard/moustache/and very hairy legs. And when i had the beard my hair was knee length which added to the idea of me being mistaken for a woman. But this was from the back and they always spologized when they saw me from the front.
Every time I got mistaken or a woman it was someone seeing me from the back.
First off i'm glad to see you're not one of those foolish enough to climb one of those huge radio/tv towers. I've heard of a few people who were foolish enough to do that.
That has happened to me a few times. Between having long hair,
wearing cut off shorts, and having a slight build it happens to me several times a year. When I turn around and they see my hairy legs and mustache they apologize for their error.
Been there, done that. I did that a lot in college. Our group ran all the college beer bashes/mixers/dances/concerts/etc.
and then partied very heavily into the night and early morning.
Good to hear from you Damon! Can't blame you - When you work hard, you gotta play harder.
Great photo!
- Oren
Oh Damon you look so ravishing up there on top of that castle!LOL.Seriously since you want to wear that long hair you need to do something to ugly yourself up so as not to be called a girl;)Not sure what that might be so I'd leave that to others.Looks like you had fun up there as I have found my hair sticks work great holding my hair in the wind:)I'm trying to get away from wearing the ball caps,outside of work,since I hate covering up my hair in public.After all I'm proud of what I've got so why not flaunt it:)Anyway get some rest so you don't fall asleep on the factory floor!LOL.If your worked an auto assembly line I'd be sure not to buy a car built by you on a Monday;) He he.Cheers my friend.
Mârk
Thanks so much for all the comments!
I'm not too keen on beards, Septet. I don't like them much on anyone but especially not on me. I tried one once, hated it and couldn't wait to shave it off. I'd rather risk being mistaken for a girl now and then!
I get mistaken even from the front, LHIA, but whoever does that must have awful eyesight anyway - I'm pretty obviously male despite my long hair. :)
I've probably been playing a bit too hard, Oren, but yeah, you're right, I work hard so I gotta let off some steam!
Yeah, Mark. You'd be mad to buy ANYTHING built by me on a Monday! It takes me at least until Tuesday or Wednesday to recover from my w/ends - and I'm still only barely human even by then! :)
Damon - ravishing as ever! :D
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Nice pics, Damon; but even more interesting are your comments!
Re. beards: I had a job when I was in my early 20s that required I shave it off.... I was heart-sick over losing it, and as soon as I quit that job, I immediately grew it back; so we're all made differently, both inside and out, I guess!
Anyway, so glad to hear you have your hair back again, and are enjoying it blowing in the wind. Also, re. your castles, when I visited the UK in May of '05, I fell in love with them! We just don't have those sort of things in the USA (other than like the ancient Native American cliff dwellings in the SW states -- which are totally amazing, too; but of course very different looking). I especially fell in love with Scotland's castles that I got to see....
Thanks for sharing your wonderful pics!
- Ken
Thanks for the comments, Ken.
Yeah, it'd be a boring world if we were all the same!
I grew up in Canada so we didn't have a lot of castles either (unless you count Casa Loma in Toronto - but that sure ain't medieval). I love history so I went berserk when I came to England. Here's a pic of that Portchester Castle. I live nearby so I see it a lot!
Damon
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Hello Damon,
This is a great pic of you and your hair! Sometimes I think people should pay more attention before they open their mouth. I know most people probably don't mean harm. At least you know your hair is getting long!
Sorry to hear your job is killing you! But you have to have money to party and have fun! But at least you are having a good time when you can. I do remember the days of night after night of partying. Don't think I could do that nowadays! I will leave that to the younger crowd!
Hopefully you can visit the board once in a while and keep us updated. I always enjoy your updates. Please don't work too hard and have a great weekend my friend! Take care!
Ted