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| - Someday in the distant future we humans will evolve beyond these fleshy forms, shedding ourselves of the need for regular maintenance against the filthy cells of ours that grow and don't stop growing.
Hairless. Nailless. Without epidermis. Without grease. Unbreakable. Incorruptible. Perfect.
But until then, I gotta cut my nail, cut my hair, shave, shower, all this crap. So let's make it as painless a procedure as possible.
Hollow Ground is about a 2-minute walk from my house. Pretty painless so far. It's very convenient on a Saturday morning to walk there, print my name down on their high-tech white board name list system (it's a white board that you write your name on), and get an estimate from one of the friendly barbers as to when you should check back in. Usually the wait's about 2 hours if you pen yourself in around noon, but whatever, what else are you doing on Saturday afternoon? I mean, not you, me. The answer is nothing.
The people who've cut my hair here have been real friendly, I've always been satisfied with the cut, and I get out of there in about a half hour, paying a very reasonable price - $22 for the cut after tax, about $25 after tip. It's old-school, and it works.
After trying around at a few of the hyped-up barbershops downtown, I think this place is the one I want to be my regular, until such time as I exist as a being of pure light.
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