hairy situation

Well it’s pretty quiet these days around the old blogging hole so I’ll fill the gap with a realization I had recently. This past Friday Jules and I went to her 10 year reunion and I have to say all together it was pretty fun. The graduating class of 1995 from Madisonville HS was around 100 folks and there were maybe that many that showed up including the spouses. Summer casual was the dress code and that means that I wanted to look nice but casual and debated leaving the house without a coat. I should have followed my instincts a bit closer because when we did show up not only was I relieved that I didn’t wear a coat but I was the only one who had on a tie. One guy showed up in shorts and a t-shirt forcing me to realize that for once in my life I was indeed over dressed. So we walked in and Jules saw several folks she knew and started to gab away as the evening began. I got the chance to talk to a few folks before too long and asked what they did. Outside of a salon I have never come across a larger collection of hair dressers and stylists in my life. In my graduating class more than double my wife’s I never knew anyone that ever dreamed of becoming a hair dresser. Even at my reunion I never came across anyone in this field who just happened upon it. It must be something about smaller towns that makes this the highest aspiration someone can tangibly reach for without having to push the imagination. One of Jules friends was working as a civilian, communications, IT tech with the USAF out of Tampa and another was about to begin her masters work in PR or politics after having worked for the Mayors office in Chicago and there were a few other folks who seemed to be doing pretty good but with all the stylists and insurgency force could have accomplished a successful coupe de ta locking the rest of the guests in the hall until everyone had a wash, cut and curl. I go to a barber and pay a total of $9 for my hair cut and I know hair technicians can make really good money I just thought it was strange almost 1/10th of the guests had all chosen the same career path.