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| Image from the now-inactive Preppy Journal. |
I turned 40 last year, but people often tell me I could pass for 25. I’ve also been informed that I have really good hair. This isn’t intended as a statement of conceit (most of the time I’m not sure I believe it), but it does provide me with a certain amount of cover. For as time passes, grown men with hair become more of a novelty.
While it’s true that a great many of my contemporaries have been beset with baldness against their will, it’s far more likely in post-modern America that the next man you bump into deliberately shaves his head, either to be trendy, to attract women, or to look tough. But, being as my Walter Mitty fantasy is to go back in time to the 1970s and assimilate with the other floppy-collared longhairs at the eastern university of my choice, I tend to see things a little bit differently.
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| John F. Kennedy, Jr. Image from Bluetramontana Style. |
For instance, although I normally I keep my hair fairly short, it’s not uncommon for me to forestall getting a haircut for as long as its coarse, wavy nature will allow. Fortunately, that seems to happen at just the ideal point for emulating the shaggy, laid-back look of the Ivy League student whose mother has not had a chance to inspect him for a while.
What do you think? Am I ready for a summer internship in California? :)
JFK Jr. looks so good in that pic! Haha you do have A LOT of hair and don't look a day older than the infamous Mark Zuckerberg. I say take that internship! :D
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, my expression does look a little like the picture on the cover of "The Social Network" DVD. :)
ReplyDeletehilarious -
ReplyDeleteNot only do you pull off the shaggy hair but you absolutely pass for 25! (Great shirt!)
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you, Muffy! I may start getting a swelled head now. :)
ReplyDeleteAre you ready? Yes.
ReplyDeleteThat passes you as a graduate student and serves you well, I know many males who would give their trust fund money to have hair and youthful aura that are your signature....Go Get 'em darlin'....you got the goods!!!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. That Polo is magic!
ReplyDelete@Donagrace -- Thank you, my dear! :)
ReplyDeleteI think we are, indeed, rare breeds (i.e. men in their 40's who can easily pass for 20something). I'm 42 and easily get away with 22, unless I have to show my license. In my case I think about 90% of it is genes, and the other 10% is ... a secret! You look great.
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