Strategic Up-Do
Having lived in cities now for a good piece of time, I understand the need to build up, as opposed to building out. We occupy limited space and so are forced to creatively make do with wall space, under-counter space, and various nooks and wedges.Today on my way home on the famous F-line trolly, which carries generally gay people from Castro to the Ferry Building, how apropos, I saw an African American woman of about 55 creatively making do with her up-do.
Her hair was carefully parceled out into eight segments. Partitions. Patches even? Held in place by colorful but very old (probably being from the ' 80s after all) banana clips. Strategically lodged in her orbit of hair were a variety of toiletries and other essentials, including a strand of keys, a toothbrush, two suction cups, (oh I am trying remember it all), and most interestingly, a loofah sponge.
I have never longed so hard for a camera, but had instead to settle for a mental snapshot and a quick dash to the blogging unit.
posted by Jay @ 4:53 PM
2 Comments:
Wow! Makes me think of the girl who kept a big ole gun in her hair in Cecil B. Demented.
That is completely wild. I wonder how long it takes her to do her hair. If you see her again, ask her if she sleeps with all that stuff in her hair.
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