I was making some minor but detailed changes to a photograph today, the one I'm using for my promotional headshots for the time being, and in doing so, I had to blow it up to actual pixel size. And that's when I saw it.
I'm going grey, by golly.
It's in its early stages, and I'll certainly take that over balding, only because I'm pretty sure my bald head would be all lumpy and fat-rolly. Not a bad look for a pro wrestler or a bouncer, but not really the vibe that I'm shooting for.
The thing that concerns me is that it's happening quickly, like in a matter of a few short months. It's like my body's getting ready for my next birthday. You know the one. Thirty-ten.
In case you're wondering, the answer is no, I haven't gotten my edited manuscript back from St. Martin's yet. I assume they had to order more red Sharpies.
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Really, is hair color that important? Some people get gray earlier than others. It is that simple. It doesn't mean a thing. Maybe I don't understand b/c I just recently have gotten a few. Or see it this way, it shows you succes in battling life's problems.
Wow, first. Well Rob, I just turned thirty-eleven (and I do give you credit for the phraseology on that), and I saw my first silver hairs about 3 years ago. And yeah, I'll take it over baldness also. Although mostly because I'm female.
Maybe you and Schuyler could get matching hair color!
I am only 3A (doing one's age in hexadecimal falters when the digits exceed nine but 39 was cool) and have only a few silver hairs. (I call them silver. On you they are gray.) I'm committed to natural so when they are gray, they are gray. I'd never die my hair. Well, once I used a temp dye to make it green for Halloween but I gave up Halloween.
Anyway, we age. And age. Gray hair is the least of it. Looking after my flock of old folks (87, 90, 97) makes you realize that.
I'm glad the gray hairs elicited an entry, though, because I do like it when you write. I resort to reading about Diabetes if you don't write here. I also check the book log. I thought the story about the guy and his book cover was interesting. When I looked at his site, I noticed that he also self-published an addendum to his book. That's an interesting topic in the blog meets book world.
Perhaps the next time Schuyler goes pink, I'll join her.
My husband? He's 28, bald *and* gray. Don't sweat it.
Yeah, it must be love, I went ahead and married him anyway. :)
Kristin
I'm going gray really quickly, and I'm 24. I like to look at it as something that makes me look distinguished. This, like the glasses I had to get about a year ago, help me look more respectable for my job as a news reporter, I like to think.
Of course, I think I'm just telling myself that. But whatever works...
Gray is the new blonde...or something.
Don't fret the ms. (I know, easier said than done...) I'm not suspecting the need for more red sharpies; rather, overworked overburdened editors...
Thirty-ten is gonna be a great year for you!
I'm glad this is happening to someone else too! Shocking when it happens suddenly, isn't it? I'm pretty sure I'm going to have the complete salt and pepper look by the time I'm 35. *wimpers* At least for you, guys who are all gray look "distinguished." Women just look old. *sighs*
Dude. If you only noticed your gray hair in a SUPER ZOOM of a photo of your hair, then I'd say you're doing pretty well, all things considered.
As for me, I found my first gray hair at 24. God only knows how much I have now, at 35... only my hairdresser knows for sure. I'm like that old Oil of Olay ad... "I don't intend to grow old gracefully. I intend to fight it every step of the way."
Dude. I'm 33 and I have more grey hair than you. I actually have a streak in front off to one side. This either totally sucks or is kinda cool, depending on my mood. (Purple hair dye takes really well to the stripe.)
I've been going gray since I was sixteen, Rob, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for you! I dyed my hair for fifteen years before finally giving in and "embracing the gray".
On the other hand - and this may be too girly for you, but still - my hairdresser recently recommended this which is just mousse that "happens" to cover gray hair.
I am sure you will handle this adjustment with your usual grace and aplomb.
I'm not really upset by the grey. I'm just alarmed at how quickly it started.
i had much more grey than you have now when i turned TWENTY-ten (a phrase that i thought my then 6 year old daughter invented), so stop yer whinin, darlin!
i too am letting myself grey naturally, an uncommon thing for a woman in the beauty industry. people think i have 'highlights' sometimes, and my oldest daughter LOVES the grey. so i'm keepin it.
Rob, you're obviously spontaneously going grey so that you can look EVEN MORE wise, knowing, and sexy in the publicity gigs for your book.
Salt-and-pepper hair is the author shorthand for The New Hotness.
Totally off topic: check out CNN.com; they have interviews with Amanda Baggs the woman in the "In My Language" video that you posted previously. It's really well done and a very thought provoking further look into her life. And yeah, pink would be cool....I should do that for my ONE grey eyebrow hair!
I feel your pain, man.
I'm only 25 (+2) and my EYEBROWS are turning white! I of course pluck out the offenders (which, by the way, are strangely stiff) but eventually I will be browless if this trend continues. AND I get the occassional grey hair. I have a friend who is a month younger than I, and she is quite grey at the temples. So count yourself lucky!
It seems to happen spontaneously for me. One day there wasn't a grey to be seen and the next day, poof! There they were!
I wouldn't mind so much if they weren't also wavy, they stick out of my poker straight hair so nicely.
My hair can turn gray all it wants as long as it doesn't turn loose.
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