Last Saturday, I went in for the monthly haircut and dye job. Feeling a bit dissatisfied with relatively static nature of my haircut over the past year or so, I opted for a new style this time. I eventually reached a decision to go with something rather different - really shaved sides, but leaving everything on top & favoring the left side of my face a bit in terms of length. Choosing a color was rather easy...my stylist went suggested lava, a color that's relatively dark and purplish in ambient light; but glows with a nice rich red color in the sunlight or other suitably direct light. I have to admit that I was a bit shocked when I first saw how it turned out in the mirror, but I've come to like it over the course of the past few days.

However...regardless of how cool the cut is and how remarkably shallow this sounds, but I still feel like I haven't gotten past the Unkempt Dork phase. To be honest, I feel like all this hair experimentation is just faking it to some degree. I first started doing this because it was something I always thought was cool but never got around to earlier because I didn't have the courage, willpower or knowledge to actually try to. And I certainly don't have the wardrobe that would or should go together with a style/color like this. I guess I can always hope and try.