#954 Rain hair

Neil Pasricha

Rain hair

You know when you get caught in the rain and your fabulous hairdo turns into a wet, frizzy mess? Well, I say that’s a good thing. Because hear me out.

Let’s talk about how much time, money, and effort we put into the managing and upkeep of our golden locks of dead skin cells. How about a lot? Now, don’t get me wrong, I play the game too. I wash my hair, condition it up, gel it up, shake it up. I prepare it for the day and check in periodically to see how it’s doing. Any rogue locks, fallen bangs? What’s new in the slowly-going-bald corners? And how’s that back-of-the-neck beard coming in this month? I spend way too much time on it. And my hair looks like a squirrel that’s been run over on the highway for a few weeks.

Our pals over at Wikipedia make hair sound like the Sun or fresh water,saying in their snooty tone that head hair has ‘gained an important significance in nearly all present societies as well as any given historical period throughout the world.’ But then again, those eggheads can make anything sound pretty serious. It’s just hair, after all.

I say maybe the army got it right when they instituted crew cuts after World War I trench warfare gave everyone lice and fleas. Maybe there’s something to be said about the no-maintenance plan, the low-maintenance plan, or the no-plan at all. Because whenever I walk by someone with hair just flying everywhere, all unkempt and full of knots, dirty dreads, and dead leaves, I get jealous for a second. Think of the free time they have! I mean, sure, they stick out. But… what if we all got in the game? Then maybe we’ve got something. Then maybe everyone’s garden would look immaculate, the gyms would get really crowded, and the libraries would run out of books. You’d just have to put up with all these shaggy, scraggly sasquatches walking around, that’s all.

And that’s what I kind of like about rain hair. It’s a temporary escape from the Hair Prison we live in. When everyone shows up at the movies or mall with the wet and frizzy flyaways, the hair matted to their foreheads, and the hair spray dripping and stinging their eyes, it’s like yeah, we all look like a mess. But the rain sure does wash away expectations, too.

AWESOME!

The dream

Photo from: here and here

15 thoughts to “#954 Rain hair”

  1. The photo of Bigfoot is just so awesome. :)

    As is rain hair. I never do anything much to my hair, so getting caught in the rain isn’t exactly a do-disaster. It’s just refreshing!

  2. The first time I read this years and years ago I wasn’t much of a fan. I hated the way my hair looked when I got caught in the rain. My bangs would look so gross. But as the years went by and I got older, I learned to really appreciate this. One of my favorite things now is standing in light rain with my kids. Zach absolutely loves getting rained on. I now love my rain hair!!

  7. Awsome! I rarely care about my hair as much as other people do, I mean it’s just hair. I love rain hair because no expectations. This post is also perfect timing because today it rained and I got my hair cut.

  8. Aye, I really don’t do much with me hair. So far I’ve been getting a lot of looks because of my hair. Or at least I think it’s because of my hair… Anyway, I love everything to do with rain, even rain hair. It’s cool, refreshing, and I don’t get as many weird looks because of my wild Sasquatch Hair.

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