"You look like a gang-banger... and you are starting to scare my family..."

[iPelon]

That was what my wife said to me after she returned from a trip out of the country for her grandmothers funeral.  She came back to find me with a bald head.  I still left about 1/4" worth of carpet, but was very short compared to what it was when she left.  That was almost two years ago.  Ever since that day I told her that I would eventually go completely bald.  She always fussed every-time I took it down another 1/16 of an inch. 

As mentioned in my introduction, I changed the 1/4" blade on my trusty old Wahl clipper to the balding blade and went to town on my dome yesterday.  After I got out of the shower, my wife just gave me a glance... but did not say anything.  After about an hour she came into the office (where I happened to be lurking in an SBG forum) and proceeded to run her hands through my bald dome. I knew I'd win her over!!!!


I think the baldness grew on her (no pun intended)        

[Bolohead]

That's good to hear, BTW it looks very good on you too. 

[Sgt. Pate]

Welcome to the "Sly Side"! 

[Northernlion]

Hahaha man, that's some crazy comments. I guess it's just people from a different era don't understand!

[iPelon]

Hahaha man, that's some crazy comments. I guess it's just people from a different era don't understand!

It could be that... but, I did get the looking like a gang-banger line a lot when I first did it a couple years ago from other people.  We have a phrase in Southern Cali that goes:  "driving while bald".  It does not happen as often as it did 10 years ago but every now and then cops will pull-over people for looking like a "gang-banger" or "fitting the profile". 

Being bald has become so popular that I rarely hear the "driving while bald" phrase anymore.  I feel that it is a matter of how you carry yourself that counts, and presenting yourself like a sly debonair fellow will take you's a long way.   We are now getting a different phrase started... "damn, that is one sexy mo-foken bald dude"...... my response, thank---- thank you very much!!!    

[Kojack]

I saw a movie about gang-bangers once.
I think it was called Gangbang Girl IV.
Good stuff. 

[DDDeepdiver]

I thought gangbang girl 2 was better   

[hammerdrill376]

Welcome aboard man...I once had a preconcieved notion of bald guys with goatees...lol and here I am with that look myself several years later!!

Personally though..I am looking forward to Gang Bang Girl volume 69!! Should be quite interesting

[iPelon]

I saw a movie about gang-bangers once.
I think it was called Gangbang Girl IV.
Good stuff. 

O.K.----- but did you see the un-edited version of Gangbanger Girls???  The chicks were all bald!!! One slyer than the next... now, that was some good watchin' 

[BALDANDRE]

Hahaha man, that's some crazy comments. I guess it's just people from a different era don't understand!

It could be that... but, I did get the looking like a gang-banger line a lot when I first did it a couple years ago from other people.  We have a phrase in Southern Cali that goes:  "driving while bald".  It does not happen as often as it did 10 years ago but every now and then cops will pull-over people for looking like a "gang-banger" or "fitting the profile". 

Being bald has become so popular that I rarely hear the "driving while bald" phrase anymore.  I feel that it is a matter of how you carry yourself that counts, and presenting yourself like a sly debonair fellow will take you's a long way.   We are now getting a different phrase started... "damn, that is one sexy mo-foken bald dude"...... my response, thank---- thank you very much!!!    

I hear ya bro..

I'm just moved from So Cali. (Whittier to be exact, yea lot o vatos) and never had a problem..

but I did get nervous sometimes when a car load of bald heads and tatty's drove up next to ya...

and I did get flashed some signs when we drove down an alley near our house once..

but that's Cali for ya!

[BALDANDRE]

BTW..

my favorite "Vato" is the kid from "Free Willy"..he played the gang banger "Weevil" on Veronica Marz ..

had a killer perfectly smooth BBC dome he wore most of the 3 year run!

Awesome look!

[Robmeister]

...I still left about 1/4" worth of carpet, but....I told her that I would eventually go completely bald.  She always fussed every-time I took it down another 1/16 of an inch. 

That's pretty much how it all started with me and my wife, bro !!

Good job !!!

[iPelon]

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I hear ya bro..

I'm just moved from So Cali. (Whittier to be exact, yea lot o vatos) and never had a problem..

but I did get nervous sometimes when a car load of bald heads and tatty's drove up next to ya...

and I did get flashed some signs when we drove down an alley near our house once..

but that's Cali for ya!
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Hey brother... I know Whittier fairly well, my cousins lived off of Washington and Sorenson Ave.  Don't remember any gangs in that area back then (early to mid 80's).  I actually looked forward to going to their house because I lived in South-Central L.A. most of my life and went to Whittier to get away from the "vato locos".  

Growing up in South-Central was no pic-nic.  At the time, my follicle garden was full, curly and long, but it never distracted the "cholo's" from f#@king with me.  Around 1995, I tried straightening my Sheerly Temple curls for a photo shoot (long story) and proceeded to burn the sh*t out of it.  My hair was never the same.  I sported the Caesar (comb forward look) for years, but after I started to develop (what I call my hairless yarmulke look) and the thinning got worse, I decided to start buzzing it down from a #1 clip, to clip-less, to high and low setting (blade only) and now the straight bald blade.  

One day this week I will drive over to Headblade headquarters (I work less than a mile from there.... how cool is that??) and purchase a few things.  By Friday I hope to be a TRUE sly dome.

Yeah that Weevil dude sure has a nice dome!!  Thanks for reading and have a great Monday!!

[iPelon]

...I still left about 1/4" worth of carpet, but....I told her that I would eventually go completely bald.  She always fussed every-time I took it down another 1/16 of an inch. 

That's pretty much how it all started with me and my wife, bro !!

Good job !!!

Thanks for the support Robmeister... as I said to BaldAndre, I hope to be a true "Sly" by Friday.  I'm driving over to Headblade headquarters to pick-up some Headslick to get the job done right.  Still kinda' stringing my wife along... I want the final transition to be flawless and less of a shock to her.

[BALDANDRE]

I hear ya bro..

I'm just moved from So Cali. (Whittier to be exact, yea lot o vatos) and never had a problem..

but I did get nervous sometimes when a car load of bald heads and tatty's drove up next to ya...

and I did get flashed some signs when we drove down an alley near our house once..

but that's Cali for ya!
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Hey brother... I know Whittier fairly well, my cousins lived off of Washington and Sorenson Ave.  Don't remember any gangs in that area back then (early to mid 80's).  I actually looked forward to going to their house because I lived in South-Central L.A. most of my life and went to Whittier to get away from the "vato locos". 

Growing up in South-Central was no pic-nic.  At the time, my follicle garden was full, curly and long, but it never distracted the "cholo's" from f#@king with me.  Around 1995, I tried straightening my Sheerly Temple curls for a photo shoot (long story) and proceeded to burn the sh*t out of it.  My hair was never the same.  I sported the Caesar (comb forward look) for years, but after I started to develop (what I call my hairless yarmulke look) and the thinning got worse, I decided to start buzzing it down from a #1 clip, to clip-less, to high and low setting (blade only) and now the straight bald blade. 

One day this week I will drive over to Headblade headquarters (I work less than a mile from there.... how cool is that??) and purchase a few things.  By Friday I hope to be a TRUE sly dome.

Yeah that Weevil dude sure has a nice dome!!  Thanks for reading and have a great Monday!!


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Hey my So Cal bald bro..

Ha...I lived on Washington AVE (not street)...you know where the infamous "Jack's" diner (not "Jack's salad bowl") was on Whittier blvd...

our house(s) we're 1/2 a street away!!!

Yea...bro, just west of Greenleaf was full of cholos...but Whittier is a cool place because somehow there is a harmony of all folks living there...maybe because both existed there for a very long time...

my wife grew up in south central...just off the 5/ 710 interchange...

we know that area...Maywood (didn't like hanging out on the street too much with my other bald hispanic bro drinkin' brews for more than a couple hours...cuz you never know who would "drive-by"!

Bro...wait till you're slick..you'll truly feel "pelon"!!!!