Bald Is Beautiful
Thanks to the lovely and talented Mona Peters of 6th Street for this stunning coiffure. It was agreed by all that I have a perfectly-shaped cranium.
My head is really cold! Thanks, Nicky for sending the hats! And thanks, Yankee Transplant, for sending the seriously kick-ass organic ginger snaps. And thanks, Hogan, for the box-o-books! And thanks, Redneck Mother, for the card and the yipesarrific Chevy Truck ad ("Girls play with dolls. Boys play with trucks. Let's start there."). And thanks to my neighbor Laurie Lambert for sneaking over here and leaving little breadstuffs on my porch. I know it's you!
THX-1138! I would join in solidarity, but I fear that the sight of my assymetrical, misshapen bald head would make small children and the elderly cry. Now's the time for that phrenology tattoo!
Reminder: hunker down, the first real cold snap of the season is comin' in tomorrow (with the caveat that lifelong Texans have an extremely generous definition of the word "cold.")
Posted by: norbizness | November 14, 2005 at 01:03 PM
Dude! That tattoo is the first thing that popped into my little bald head! But alas, the expensive cancer doktors put the kibosh on it. Infections, apparently.
Posted by: Twisty | November 14, 2005 at 01:17 PM
Twisty: You can always apply temporary tattoos. Or do your own with a Magic Marker-thing.
What a gloriously round bald head you have. Glad you got the hats -- just in time!
Posted by: nicky | November 14, 2005 at 01:22 PM
Ah yes. Leonardo himself would quail at the anatomical perfection there.
So round, so firm, so fully packed.
Posted by: Chris Clarke | November 14, 2005 at 01:27 PM
baldies rule! you look great!
Posted by: tisha | November 14, 2005 at 01:40 PM
I second Chris on the Leonardo comment. There is a perfect curve starting from the brow to the nape of the neck. Don't be surprised if art students and mannequin makers* stop you in the street and ask if they can mold your head.
*Predicated upon existence of mannequin producers in Austin.
Posted by: SneakySnu | November 14, 2005 at 01:41 PM
Is it wrong to say that I sort of regret that you didn't hang onto the reverse mohawk look for a while?
Posted by: bitchphd | November 14, 2005 at 01:47 PM
C'mon baby don't you be no square
Got a beautiful head you don't need no hair.
Posted by: Hattie | November 14, 2005 at 01:47 PM
Good idea to get a jump on the hair loss. You look great! Maybe you could keep the look.
Posted by: Sylvanite | November 14, 2005 at 02:21 PM
I knew you'd look great bald -- and you do.
Rene
Posted by: Rene | November 14, 2005 at 02:25 PM
Damn but you are elegant.
Posted by: AndiF | November 14, 2005 at 02:32 PM
I love it! You do have a nicely shaped head. Within about a week, your scalp will turn the same color as the rest of your head. I was a bit concerned when I first shaved my head and beheld the terrifying whiteness of my scalp, which almost made the rest of my pasty self look tan.
Posted by: res publica | November 14, 2005 at 02:52 PM
Tres chic! Nothing says "Fuck the patriarchy" with style like a hairless coiffure. Me likey.
Posted by: Elise | November 14, 2005 at 03:05 PM
Pre-emptive head shave. Good call. I should've thought of that when I was 25.
;-)
Hope you're making out ok vs. the chemo.
Posted by: | November 14, 2005 at 03:26 PM
Hi, I'm the jerk who's here to say this post has made me really sad. This is a new one for me, on your posts.
xoxox
Posted by: Daphne | November 14, 2005 at 03:36 PM
Oh your bald head is beautiful! Glad the cookies arrived. If they help with the nausea, and you like them, let me know when you are out. My kid loves baking with me and we'll ship you another truckload. Keep smiling!
Posted by: yankee transplant | November 14, 2005 at 03:37 PM
Twisty, you are so cute. I'm wondering if your cabeza's being perfectly shaped facilitates exceptional obstreperal lobe function. Seems to! Love the pix of the Big Snip.
In other news, did everybody read Katha Pollitt's response to MoDo?
Posted by: ae | November 14, 2005 at 03:38 PM
...that should have said, "If they help with the nausea and/OR you like them..."
Posted by: yankee transplant | November 14, 2005 at 03:38 PM
I hate to say it, but you look more stereotypically feminine with no hair. And kind of classically beautiful.
Possibly you need some kind of patriarchy-blaming themed hat now. Or one of those tinfoil hats that stop the Government and/or aliens beaming messages into your brain.
Posted by: Josef K | November 14, 2005 at 04:21 PM
There is definitely a touch of Nefertiti in the profile but I wouldn't go for her hat.
Posted by: ursa | November 14, 2005 at 05:24 PM
geez, you look great. you look better than most people without cancer.
mmmmmm - cabeza...
Posted by: SF Knitter | November 14, 2005 at 05:39 PM
oh and ps. one day you will again be one of the people without cancer -- and you'll still look better than them!
Posted by: SF Knitter | November 14, 2005 at 05:40 PM
Aw fuck. Cheekbones, jawline, and cute li'l ears too! Damn, some gels have all the luck.
(Why yes, that is my tongue in my cheek. The zit's on the other side.)
I'm awaiting the lightbulb tattoo... temporary, if need be. Hmmm, you could rent space.
Posted by: Ron Sullivan | November 14, 2005 at 05:46 PM
fabulous! your cranium is indeed quite elegant. glad you included the bi-hawk photo, too.
Posted by: kathy a | November 14, 2005 at 06:17 PM
You are so hot. I would totally do you.
Posted by: Nikki | November 14, 2005 at 06:20 PM