I was getting ready to blog about the Supreme Court or how Scooter Libby may have been the victim of a G-Code violation–or he might be the ultimate G–but something more pressing came up.
Went to the mirror and realized that I’m starting to get a little thin at the temples.
Rut-roh.
Yeah man, I was putting a little grease on the naps, and I noticed that when I went backward with my hands I could see a lot o’ scalp.
Scalp.
That’s really not good.
Should have seen it coming. My maternal grandfather went bald pretty quickly. My brother was fearful of that, but he seems to have staved off the beast.
But me…not looking so great.
Bald…
No…
Me?
No…
Yeah…
Thank goodness I have a well-shaped head. I might have to pull a Jordan real, real soon.
Is the bald head even sexy to women any more? I know I got much love when I was rockin’ the baldy from ’95-97, but Iverson ruined all that. Plus, it gets cold here.
Maybe I should grow as much hair as I can because time is running out on that. But hell no I don’t wanna wind up like Jerry Rice with dreads/braids/twists and a cul de sac. That phenomenon was properly described by Kirk Deming as “the black man’s combover.”
So let’s get this straight…I’ve got a mortgage and a real job. I get really cranky sometimes about what the “kids” are up to. I didn’t hit Halloween on Franklin St. because I’m too old for that shit. I had to alert someone yesterday that some kids were throwing a party under the umbrella of a Pan-African Union that used the unedited version of “Play,” a song that includes the line “I’m tryin’ to get your pussy wet.” Those kooky kids. I just realized I haven’t bought a new pair of jeans in years. I have a nephew in college. I have to file for extensions to get my taxes done.
And I’m going bald.
Yep, it’s settled…Young Baba is only a name. Bomani is gettin’ old.
Dammit.
Pass the geritol, please.
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By many of those same criteria, I was old at age 12.
the straw set look is really nice on you.
poor baba…don’t give up yet, i have a few years on you and i refuse to claim old, i prefer experienced…
btw, i don’t know about all of the ladies, but bald is still sexy to me…
rogaine? i think the bald is still sexy. it’s subtle rebellion. go for it! 😉
I have to admit that i have mixed feelings about the bald thing–some men are sexy bald and others look hit up. My husband is one of those Black men who shaves his head bald so nobody will know that he is going bald, and he looks good. But–here comes my bias–he’s dark. Dark skinned guys with a well shaped head can pull it off, but lighter Black men and White men generally look bad with the baldy. Just my opinion.
The best comparison of those paler baldies is to turned-on light bulbs.
Yeah light bulbs…that’s good.
RS
I feel you man. Starting a few years ago, I noticed that I was losing MAD hair in the shower. Seeing half your crop on the bottom of the bathtub is not tight. I bugged out and started using this $15 metrosexual shampoo that I got from Dre. It may not be doing anything to prevent the hair loss, but at least I aint goin out like no punk.
Contrary to Bo’s account, the Beast will not be denied. I shave it down in the spring and check the progress of the encroaching smoothness every Thanksgiving. The sunroof was half open last year. I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m pushing a drop-top by now.
Great. I’m fuckin doomed.