Laughing All The Way

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

I’ll Never Learn

I thought I found Nirvana on a string, too bad, as always, I am disappointed. Two weeks ago I went to a new eyebrow lady. This was a final straw after a waxer took off the end of my eyebrow such that the left one had a much shorter tail than the right one. When I met the threader I explained the situation and she seemed to understand my issue. I went back today and pointed out the regrowth of the missing eyebrow. I specifically said, this is where I am trying to grow in the hair. I suppose that I should have then said, “so don’t thread this.” So, now, I am in the same place I was four weeks ago.

The place where I went for the threading was awesome. It’s the front room of a discount video store run by a Sikh Indian family. This combination leads to some excellent TV while I wait. This time there was something called “Let’s Rock” that was in a language I would guess to be Hindi. There were a variety of Indian pop stars dancing on stage to techno beats and Hindi words. I think I recognized one song that had been remixed with the Knight Rider theme song in 2003. The whole thing was hilarious, especially when the MC said: “I know this next act is who you’ve all been waiting for, and I hope you’re ready to tap you’re feet…” I know that the culture is so different and I get that the polite applause and the bobbing of heads is what one does in Indian society. But what made the whole thing awesome was the commercial break. The “back after these messages” thingy had a cartooned image of Slash.

The juxtaposition of the Indian music, the restrained audience and Slash made the visit worthwhile. I figure that I will have to spend the next four months growing out the brows and then I will try her again, if only for the free entertainment.