but my feelings for holly change when she’s in serious need of a haircut.
she knows i feel this way, so it’s not like she’s going to be mad when she finds out i wrote this (i told her i was going to anyway; geesh, ppl, cut me some slack willya?) i mean, i still love her. but there’s just something that happens to her–her face, at least, and her general demeanor (at least in my demented mind)–when her usually short hair gets somewhat overgrown.
“why do you look so grumpy today, babe?” i’ll say to her on those days, or, heaven forbid, weeks before a long-overdue haircut.
“i’m not grumpy!”
“you’re not?”
“no!”
(my pestering, of course, leads to imminent grumpiness, which i can usually alleviate by suggesting we rent a movie or go buy ice cream or something.)
“are you mad at me?” i’ll also ask.
“no! why do you think i’m mad at you?”
“b/c you look mad.”
“i’m not mad!”
(and then she sometimes gets mad.)
holly’s hair is not long by any stretch of the imagination. (you can see proof of that by looking here) but when it grows out i it’s like i can’t see her face! i love her eyes. oh those big brown eyes. i just feel like i can’t see them as well when her hair gets “long.” you’d think she was a sheepdog the way i’m talking about this.
anyway, i feel a great deal of relief when she finally gets her hair cut at our salon in dc. (shout out to our peeps at BANG! whadDUP!!!) her eyes look so big and brown again and her face, oh that cute little face, it’s mine oh mine again. suddenly she looks cheery and i have my holly back.
she just got her hair cut on tuesday and i am still on cloud nine. she’ll be lovable for about…ohhh…three or four weeks. then i’ll start asking her why she looks so doggone grumpy again.
“it’s like it happens overnight,” holly just said to me [we're sitting next to each other on our couch right now; she's looking over my shoulder as i write this (go'way, babe! i'm trying to write!)]
“i think having overgrown hair actually makes you grumpy,” i just said to her
“no! it doesn’t!” she’s saying. “it’s you telling me i look grumpy that makes me grumpy!”
i think we’re at an impasse here. whatever, i’m just happy to see your face again.
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