Story time

The stories of the guy I dated who had long hair, and how I almost, but eventually didn´t, date another guy with long hair.

Chef-friend asked me a question the other day: "Hey Igor, have you ever dated a guy with long hair?"
And after thinking about it for 1½ second, I replied that I hadn´t.
Chef-friend thought that was a funny for some reason.
Not entirely sure why and I didn´t ask.
Then told her the story of the guy with long hair that I almost, but eventually didn´t, date.

But today I remembered: I actually did date a guy with long hair once. Hah!

I hope everyone will find this at least just a little bit amusing...

The guy with long hair
I feel this relationship is a simple "What´s in it for me?" analysis waiting to happen.

• What was in it for Igor: He was 25, I was 17 (Yes, this is legal in Denmark as long as you´re not in a sort of teacher/student relationship or something similar, where the older part has power or influence over the younger partner). Was studying music at university. Played guitar in a band and actually made decent money playing different instruments too.
• What was in it for the guy with the long hair: I was an unapologetic nerd and into comic books. Nerd culture just wasn´t what it is today, so I guess that was all it required for him. 

So what happened, since the guy with the long hair is not Mr. Igor? 

I honestly think we just forgot to break up? I started dating him the year before I went off to university and I cannot for the life of me remember being in contact with him after I moved out of my parents´place.

Whoops?
And double whoops on forgetting this guy ever existed!

The guy with long hair that I almost, but eventually didn´t, date

At university, I pretty much immediately settled in with the IT-engineer crowd and was part of a squad before #squadgoals was a thing. I had a lot of fun dating around. It´s amazing how many guys find it a turn on that you can drink beer and kick their asses in Counterstrike. 

(Of course this is back in the day before they removed the bunnyhop, so it was pretty much the best game around)

Anyways. There was a lot of "Tall, blonde and nerdy" guys around. Like, a lot. 

There was this guy that was part of the crowd. Tall, long blonde hair, nerdy and really, really pretty. His hair actually helped set him apart from the rest. I figured he was at least mildly interested, but... Really pretty guys make me nervous (Look up Ironicallyscreaming on Youtube for a guy that could be a carbon copy, if you want a visual). So we never really talked. 

Instead I started dating this other IT-engineer, who turned out to be too uninteresting for me. Just when I was wondering how to get rid of uninteresting guy without drama, "Really pretty, longhaired guy" cut his hair.

Strangely, it removed a lot of my attraction to him. Maybe it was that his hair made him stand out from the rest of the IT guys, since they tend to prefer short and low maintenance hair. Maybe I´m actually that shallow. Maybe I´m just suppressing a fetish for long hair on guys. Who knows?

I never did end up dating the guy who used to have long hair. Instead, I almost started dating a guy who owned a motorcycle store and turned out to be the clingiest, most annoying guy ever. But that´s a story for another time...

Today's hair

My beloved old workhorse, the Nautilus bun.

Throwback Thursday

I guess this isn't your typical Throwback Thursday...

This picture is from circa 1896. The woman is Marie, my great-great grandmother. The man is Kristen, my great-great grandfather. The boy on the right is my great grandfather Lars Peter. There is a street named after him to this day in the city where this picture was taken. We know he was born in 1893, so we think this picture is some years older than 1896 since he looks about 8.

It's funny how dominant those heavy upper eyelids are in my family!

(The link seems to be a bit fussy, so here is to the article containing the picture)

Today's hair

Double Dutch braids into double buns.

I loved how shiny the light in this bathroom made my hair look, so I played around with the angles a bit.

Today's hair

I feel like doing something with it I haven't done in a while...Maybe a crown wrap for tomorrow?

Autumn

This summer has been absolutely crazy, miserably hot, but today is the first official autumn day. I really hope the weather will calm down now! 

About two weeks ago it abruptly became wet and cold, a complete change from the crazy summer weather. The wild birds that come to be for food have been busy sitting around our kitchen window looking miserable: "I don´t have enough fluff for this cold!"

Usually autumn means my scalp becomes really unhappy. I guess it's the cold and moist air outside and the warm and dry air inside... And being trapped under a hat whenever I leave the house.

Once that happens I'll see if I can prevent some problems this year by being more aware of the dry, dead skin/dandruff-like buildup on my scalp before it really starts to annoy me.

In more personal news: I´m going back to uni!

I´m not sure I ever mentioned it on my blog, but it´s on my "Unspecified some time in the future"-plan to add some diplomas and a degree to my degrees and eventually teach my field at university level. Some time in the future. I certainly didn´t think it would be any time in this near future.

But then after a chat with nurse-friend who just finished her candidate degree, I found myself browsing for options and there was this one, perfect semester I could sign up for. So I did!

Starting Monday, I will be following a single semester with pedagogy students. The semester is centered around methods and research about teaching and will be perfect for my CV. 

However, I keep having this more or less vague feeling of panic about it. What was I thinking? I average well over 50 hours of work a week as it is. I barely see Mr. Igor as it is and I think I´ve been more or less constantly sleep deprived since we came back from Tenerife. The last thing I need is more work on my plate!

I keep telling myself that the worst thing that can happen is that I fail the course, but have gained some experience with working while studying. All that is really at stake is the tuition, but it doesn´t make the feeling go away.

Biologist-friend recommended subliminal background sounds for sleeping and I will give it a try...

In less terrifying news, Mr. Igor started his own business some months back and it has steadily been growing. It´s funny, I always thought starting your own business would be super difficult and complicated and would take ages to build your product and costumer base. But since Mr. Igor knows the right people it was a simple matter of one of his SEO-friends asking "Hey, can I outsource this to you? And please start your own business so I can bill you easier. Thanks!"

Maybe it´s because I have no ambitions whatsoever in management or a leader position, but it really blew my mind (Still does!) that it was so easy.

Caroline von Holnstein, last idea, I swear!

The braids held up well enough, so I went for my idea from yesterday.
Royal bun where I wrapped bottom braid up first, then the accent braids simultaneously and last the top braid.

I think the result got a tiny bit neater-looking?

You don't see the thin accent braids as much, but it still has the massive, head-eating effect.
I actually quite like this, but it is very far removed from the inspiration of the original, historical hairstyle!

Caroline von Holnstein, again, again, again

Yesterday I had the idea of putting the two back braids into their own little buns and have two vertically stacked buns instead of the massive head-eating one.

Of course this left me unsure of what would work best to do with the front braids...

I tried with wrapping them around the bottom bun first and then around both in a figure 8 motion, since the bottom bun is smallest. I carry the thickest and densest hair on my head in the area that the top, back braid takes up, so that braid always ends up the biggest.

It wasn't bad per say, but I don't think it looked that good either...
But it did give me the idea of wrapping the Royal bun by going bottom braid > accent braids > top braid. That should "disguise" the accent braids more in the bun.
I will try that tomorrow if the braids aren't too fuzzy and messed up.

Caroline von Holnstein, again, again

Continued from yesterday's thought, today I tried the Royal bun-Caroline von Holnstein-idea.
Well, by now I guess it has evolved so much that it's barely recognizable from its origin...

The two vertically split braids put up in a Royal bun held with a Ron Quattro.

And the two accent braids pulled down and around as seen on the Victoria show, like Nightgerbil shared.

And I have to say that wrapping the accent braids down and around takes the entire updo from "WTF?" to "Actually wearable". I could actually see myself wearing this again.

The result is definitely "Head-eating bun".  This is a massive, and very flat bun!

Caroline von Holnstein, again

Last time I did a variation of Caroline von Holnsteins updo, i wondered if a Royal bun might work better to make this a more wearable updo. 

I guess the result of this will be something cool, but also very far from the orginal and you probably can't tell it is inspired by a historical hairstyle anymore...

So I have kept the idea of the two accent braids in the front and split the rest in two horizontally parted braids. Tomorrow will show if this works or not.