Corporate Haircut Training Pt.1

So today was day one of "pre-training" with the corporate salon that I got hired on with. It may not be where I want to work but I think it will be a good place for me for a while...plus it is work.

So I got there at 9:30 this morning and get started watching dvds. The first film is what I like to calll the "How Not To Be Douche Bag" video. It was so long and kind of funny at points.It is funny becuase the fact that they make these kinds of videos means that someone,somewhere made some kind of dumbass comments that proves they belong on the bottom of the proverbial food chain-then the flip side of that coin is that someone,somewhere was totally offended by said retard (yes I said retard...probably a protected word by corporate policy).

Point two about these video....Man did they seem out of date: hairstyles, fashion...it seemed like it was mid 1990"s instead of 2011 and also do the big shots of said corporated company get there hair did at any of the salons withing there corporate umbrella...just a thought.

Listen all jokes aside...I am looking forward to getting through all the training and getting back to cutting hair and learning some new stuff I have never had to do.

Haircut I did today for my technical interview.

Franks Chop Shop and SxSW

So first thing is that i wish I could go to Austin for SxSW one of these days....So much food and so much music...ok just so much cook stuff!!!

Ok if you do not know about Franks Chop Shop in NYC (www.frankschopshop.com) then well you kind of suck because I it is such a rad shop.

So this years SxSW Franks Chop Shop showed up with a trailer sponsered by AXE (crappy product but I can look past it!)...Enjoy the videos

Check this out

Ok so I am trying this out so I can start blogging more

Lucky 13- 20th Anniversary party

So I am really excited about this event. As someone who has been wearing Lucky 13 Apparel for along time now and as a barber I try to keep Lucky 13 Barber Supply in my bag when I am out cutting hair.

July 24, 2011 at Don The beachcomber in Huntington Beach Lucky 13 is having there 20th Anniversary Party from noon - 7pm....and it is FREE!!!!

If you are in the area make the trip....it is going to be awesome!!!

I found this kind of odd....

So one day a DTLA barbershop was running a deal...You show up to the shop between the hours of 5-8 you could get a free taper. Truth is this was kind of a cool internet promotion. First come first serve!!

Then I got to thinking about the definition of  a taper could be kind of broad. Are we talking about New Jersey douche bag taper or just a classic mens taper. So I asked them and there response was connected to a website with all kinds of barbering terminology and cool little drawings and definitions. Here is what was wierd about the website: It was a site geared towards "female to male" would this be considered transgender...I am not sure.

I just found that a professional barber was using a site geared towards chics who want to be dudes...Oh well

So I know I have not posted in a while.

Things have been crazy with this possible move to Washington I am working as much as I can trying to make heads and tails of some of this. But every now and again I can sneak in a haircut or two.

Today I did a haircut on this dude Danny Promise who has opened his boxing gym up to me to do haircuts and I cut his hair today and man it was awkward only because I cut his hair while he sat in an office chair that did not adjust. I was trying to bend down to hit the nape of his  neck and try to make sure it was all blended. Man it was tough so the truth is if I am going to try and make this work I am going to have to invest in a real barber chair.

Then there is Johnny....Thinks we should come down there and live in Boise. He wants me to come and work at the barbershop with him. Probably not.

So that is what has been going on...no new tools or anything cool to watch. Oh yeah go join hairbraned