i had a reoccuring dream for about a year back when i was in highschool;
i have it on tape. Perhaps i've told you about it before, it's the one that
turned out to be a Levi's "wide-leg jeans" commercial. One evening, when
many of my friends were over at my house, i tried to show it to them; they
were disinterested.
i was touched yesterday. nothing special, but it was human contact. it
was nice.
i got a haircut yesterday from a barber who made exclusive use of electric
clippers and a vacuum cleaner; no scissors, no little spray bottle of water,
just a loud glorified shaver and a vacuum cleaner. He didn't cut my hair, he
whittled it, shaving off a bit here and a bit there, then running the nozzle
of the vacuum cleaner over my head to collect the shavings. I didn't mind too
much, the vacuum cleaner felt *so* nice (I may have to buy a vacuum cleaner
just so I can constantly run it over my scalp ) and together they made such
a racket that I could hear nothing and so didn't have to worry about making
idle conversation. At one point I looked up at the barber and noticed that
he was talking to me. I squinted at him and he brought the clippers and the
vacuum cleaner nozzle away from my head, making it slightly easier to hear.
"That's the problem with you computer science people", he said. I was
shocked, I hadn't told him I was a CPS major. Mr. Barber-Person then launched
into a rant about the evils of technology and how my kind was ruining life.
When he was done whittling my hair, he brought out a spray bottle and proceeded
to spray some perfume-like substance all over me, remarking that I would have
the most beautiful hair on campus.
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