Her Tree. My Apple.

[keiramarcos]

Mother and I were in Wal-Mart. I can't tell you how many stories I have where that is the first sentence. It is practically a given that one or both of us is going to cop an attitude with someone before we leave. Mother hits the bathroom of every single place we go on any given trip out. She's at that age. It's a requirement. So we go into Wal-Mart and first thing -- she decides to go to the bathroom. In keeping with international standards regarding such things, I go with her.

We're at the sinks when someone enters the bathroom--obviously female--but dressed kind of masculine with a very short hair cut. There was a another woman in bathroom, and she made a little huffy sound and asked, "Are we in the wrong bathroom?"

And my mother said, "I'm not. Honey, are you in the wrong bathroom?"

"Nope. Does Wal-Mart have a bathroom for intolerant, judgmental bitches? Because maybe she's in the wrong bathroom."

Mom frowned, "well, they should have a separate bathroom for intolerant, judgmental bitches -- I don't like you being around bad influences."

"Then you guys shouldn't stay in Wal-Mart long, this place is full of intolerant, judgmental bitches," the new woman said.

The Huffy woman stomps out in a snit.

And my mom exchanged a fist bump with the new woman and asked where she got her hair cut.

Twenty-five minutes later, my mom was sitting in a Cost Cutters getting her hair cut the exact same way. I got my hair cut, too. It's the shortest it's been since I was fifteen.

Comments

[antesqueluz.livejournal.com]

Y'all crack me up! Love it! :-D

[syble4.livejournal.com]

Can you post a picture of the hair style - or one similar? My hair needs a good summer cut. :)

Also, I love that song. I've been considering doing a mcshep video with it.

[twilightseeker3.livejournal.com]

Please do. Great idea. Read the story The Morning Report before ya do. http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14424 You will know the scene when you read it. It is a short hilarious piece I have always been tempted to do an podcast of.

[keiramarcos]

I can, in fact, because the woman in the bathroom helped my mother find a picture of it on her phone.

MOM's Haircut:


Mine:

[syble4.livejournal.com]

That's kind of adorable. What the heck was wrong with that other lady? Besides being an intolerant ass...oh, yeah.

[iadorespike]

Oh! Both of those cuts are so cute - love them. My mom had her hair in the first style - the one your mother got - for a little while. It was so sharp and so chic on her. The only drawback for my mom was that she had to go and get it re-cut fairly often because it's such a short do. Very cute, though. Also...both are very sexy, I think. :)

Thanks for sharing!

♥

Anna

[icefalls-tears.livejournal.com]

Congrats on running Huffy!Woman off. She deserved it.

LOL that's the exact way my Mom gets her hair cut. Same pictures and everything. She *hates* it touching her so she always gets it cut super short.

She keeps trying to convince me to go short to but with my face shape and weight I'd just end up looking like the Pilsbury Dough Boy's lovechild via Julia Child or something. I'm never going shorter than chin length. But I am going to hack off at least two inches in deference to Summer in TX.

[twilightseeker3.livejournal.com]

I felt the same Ice but a could of weeks in this heat at playground time made me reconsider.

[crystylsky.livejournal.com]

I actually make sure mine has grown out some by summer, since I don't like it super short, and I live in Florida with no air conditioning (in house or car) it HAS to be long enough to put it up once summer comes along.

[ladyholder.livejournal.com]

I like both cuts & bet that you look lovely.

Assholes get humiliation as their just desserts.

~L

[kazbaby]

Very nice style.

Haircut

[dancingjadedrag.livejournal.com]

I have this haircut (yours) except for shorter pieces in front of the ears. I've had it for about 12 years now.

Also, anything that starts out with you in a store...I have to read right away...it's always interesting.

[kazbaby]

Appears to be the season for cuts. :D If you're looking for ideas, I got my hair cut just before Pride last week. It's based on this style but the bangs are slightly shorter. I had them do it with the razor cut to thin out my hair because it's pretty thick but I wanted to maintain the length.

[keiramarcos]

That girl *on the hair style link* has often made me question my sexuality.

Just like KD Lang did... okay... still does. She really does it for me. lol.

[kazbaby]

Shane from The L Word. I'm pretty sure I had a religious experience the first time I saw her.

KD Lang has her own brand of sexiness that can't be explained.

[keiramarcos]

Yeah, I loved the L Word.

Oh, KD... I can't even explain it. If I were single and she wanted me-- I'd sleep with her. I know I would.

[twilightseeker3.livejournal.com]

This made my morning.

[maryluna.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[sabinbc.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate intolerant, judgmental bitches! Two thumbs up for Mom!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

Thank you for making that lady's day ...

[viggofest.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to think what the symbol for the intolerant, judgemental bitches bathroom would be....

[keiramarcos]

A can of Aqua Net?

[arcadii]

When my daughter was in college she was vegan, politically active and wore her hair very short and people would ask her if she was a lesbian. She'd tell them that "it's none of your damn business who I choose to sleep with and just for your enlightenment - the length that someone likes to wear their hair has no bearing on their sexual preferences."

I am very proud of her!

[starlight2463.livejournal.com]

Have commented before but will say again.
Your Mom is made of awesome.

[qbic1.livejournal.com]

LOL:) I love reading your posts out loud to my mom. She gets just as much a charge out of them as I do. And as a Southern woman of 'that age', she identifies with your mom and all 'she must put up with you'. Showed her the pictures and her first remark is 'really like the first one but she needs a little more volume as at her age, it is starting to thin a little. Does she have a suggestion? '

Gotta love those Southern ladies of that generation!!!

[keiramarcos]

My hair is thin which is why I went with the cut, I did.

[xocoatldreams.livejournal.com]

I love your mother! As someone who wore her hair very short for years (about 1.5" and I'm thinking of doing it again) I hate how people get so fucking judgmental. My mother wears her hair short too.

[sarehkert.livejournal.com]

Short haired women dominate the world!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lol Win!

[crossidmary.livejournal.com]

My hair was down to my waist for twenty years or more, but just last year I got a haircut similar to yours. I finally came to accept that as much as I wanted long wavy locks, I wasn't going to spend the time every day to get them that way. It was a psychological challenge at first - I didn't recognize myself in the mirror - but now I love it. Cute cut!

[yanagi-wa.livejournal.com]

You are both made of awesome. *G*

[robingal1.livejournal.com]

hello. long time reader; first time commenter.
all of thus made me happy.
that was all... bye now.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

Synchronicity at its finest. I can't believe people still let that kind of judgmental shit come out of their mouths, let alone do it in front of witnesses.

[karasumaakane]

LOL That's awesome!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Beyond awesome.

And both cuts are adorable.

[cold-shuga.livejournal.com]

the thing is that i would NEVER look at someone and thing that i had the right to comment on anything i see! I am not even sure i would have an opinion about it that i kept to myself.

This rule does not apply to my kids...i will always have an opinion that they should pull their pants up and use deodorant. I will tell them in front of their friends too :)

I don't remember reading the wraithbait story before...so thanks for the link.

Really short hair

[harmonictabby.livejournal.com]

I wore my hair very like your mother for over a decade. All 300 pounds of me and I'd get stopped on the street or in a store once or twice a year by someone who'd say "I love your hair!"

Maintenance is the big factor with a cut that short and I got mine cut every 4 weeks: I'd make the next appointment while I was paying. Of course, I really liked the the fact I didn't need to do anything but towel dry my head and go...no styling needed.

Enjoy the summer and no overheated brain

[kazbaby]

2nd to the last time I got a haircut, my jerk brother called and I'd mentioned it to him. He asked me if I got a 'dyke cut'. My answer was: of course, I did. I'm a dyke so all my haircuts are dyke cuts.

I do like my hair longer but I get tired of it easily and end up getting it short again, especially in the summer. I got hair cut again last week because it was getting too long for season. I posted a link to the style above in response to another comment.

[jbjewel.livejournal.com]

I love your Mom. Seriously.

[serpentlady69.livejournal.com]

*Hit like button*

[alexicyn.livejournal.com]

Two thumbs up and a Z snap! Hits the LIKE button until it goes *POP*