Monday, November 18, 2013

Jim Wolf United States Veteran




15 comments:

Chip Ahoy said...

I could give a better haircut than that.

1) smock
2) wash hair first
3) carefully considered grid pattern across head
4) repeat grid pattern on entire scalp at 45˚to first grid.

This double grid method assures an even cut, one area blended into the next. She was willy-nilly all over the place pulling a tuft here, a tuft there, one side then the other side, grab some hair cut it, move around do it again until it is all shortened. it is going to grow out awfully within a week.

Michael Haz said...

Very nice. It reminds me of what I was taught by a wonderful nun while I was a grade school student:

There's a person in there.

The Dude said...

They cleaned him up, but then what? Did he go to rehab? Find employment? Get his teeth repaired or replaced?

Until he deals with his addiction all the cleaning up in the world is just superficial.

Don't get me wrong, I wish this vet the best, but a haircut is just the start.

Known Unknown said...

Until he deals with his addiction all the cleaning up in the world is just superficial.

There's a title slide at the end you should probably read.

This is an interesting marketing vehicle for a ministry. Makes the appeal much more human and relevant.

The Dude said...

Yeah, my comment was a bit harsh - cleaning up is a great first step. Hope he keeps taking steps.

Carry on, soldier. You deserve a second chance.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I very much dislike getting my hair cut by someone who is basically a stranger.

My wife claims she used to cut hair in college but I can never get her to cut mine.

Someday I'll have my revenge for that.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Don't get me wrong, I wish this vet the best, but a haircut is just the start.

Agreed.

Pride is one of those things that's gotten a bad rap and for way too long.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I suspect the trouble began when Pride and Vanity started sharing outfits and some influential people couldn't tell them apart.

bagoh20 said...
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bagoh20 said...

It's all good, except the hair coloring and suit which is too hard to maintain and not realistic for most men. Drop that, and you might pull it off on your own.

As for haircuts, I go wherever I happen to be when the time is available, but I don't pay more than 20 bucks plus tip. Supercuts, Fantastic Sams, some chick just learning, I don't care. If you screw it up, I just won't come back, but it's pretty hard to make me look worse than when I came in. I don't show up until it's pretty bad, that way I'm never disappointed.

For many years I wore it like 1/2 an inch long and just cut it myself in the shower with a beard trimmer. I think I look better with some hair, but I miss that convenience. I may go back to that. I also miss being a drunk, that had its charms too.

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Methadras said...

To me this is wonderful, I hope he really does make this change stick, but the beginning of the video tells the tale, he's been struggling with poverty, homelessness and alcoholism. A trifecta of often times insurmountable fail. You can be in poverty and homeless and find a way to get out that in due time, but it's the alcoholism that is truly the debilitating condition that amplifies the other two into the arena of personal devastation. I believe he was an alcoholic long before he was poor or homeless. Fix that and the other two hopefully fix themselves.

bagoh20 said...

Unfortunately, I think the problem for a lot of people is the luck of the natural drives you are born with and develop early, or don't. I think the big mistake that most down-and-out people make is wound up in two simple mistakes:

1) Rewarding yourself big for small things, like taking a long break from trying, going out drinking, or spending money just because you managed a minor success today like getting an interview or mailing out some resumes.

2) Is what I call the Fuck it syndrome. This is the big one. It's when you say "Fuck it", and just go and do what you know is a mistake (big or small), because you just need to rage against your situation. We all do it, but people with serious financial problems tend to do it everyday.

If you stop doing those two thing for a month, I think most people will get a start out of their situation.

Known Unknown said...

As for haircuts, I go wherever I happen to be when the time is available, but I don't pay more than 20 bucks plus tip. Supercuts, Fantastic Sams, some chick just learning, I don't care. If you screw it up, I just won't come back, but it's pretty hard to make me look worse than when I came in. I don't show up until it's pretty bad, that way I'm never disappointed.

I do marketing/advertising work for a local 'revival' barber shop, and it's really opened my eyes to what goes into a good men's haircut. The actual knowledge and technique has been lost over the years as barber shops dies off. But now, they've been rediscovered.

Since then, I won't do the Supercuts thing. The shop I do work for is $19/cut and they excel at the tapers and fades.

I'm Full of Soup said...

"There's a person in there". Good one Haz- I need to remind myself of that more often.