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New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: Casey Jones on August 20, 2008, 09:33:02 AM
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Hi All,
My name's Casey Jones and i've got to admit i've been lurking for a whole minute now. This site truly has a fantastic deposit of information and emotional support not provided in any other forum or context that i've encountered and i want to give a huge thanks for that.
Some basic stats:
I'm a twenty year old college junior from the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex who attends the University of Texas during the school months. I'm currently seeking degrees in economics and mathematics with a specialization in statistics and data analysis and no idea what to do once i graduate! I'm living with my parents this summer in Euless (if anybody's familiar with the area) and making a 50 minute commute each way to do an internship in Frisco, Texas. While my heart belongs in Austin, I've got a semester abroad set up at the Sorbonne in Paris this fall and my plane leaves.......... you guessed it, September 11th! I'm actually sort of following my girlfriend over there as I can't get any credit in math or eco and I already took all the language classes required for my degree, but they've got a class in wine tasting and uhhhhhh the exchange rate couldn't realistically get any worse could it? Oh also it's one of those cases where the woman has tricked the man into wanting to be with her for the rest of his life, darn.
I went ahead and did the deed last week. I'd been considering it for probably six months. My hair line isn't terrible (probably between Norwood 2 and 3), but when it starts receding at 18 or 19, you can imagine it's not going to get any better.
This isn't the first time I've gone shaved. My senior year of highschool, I was on the pep squad and it was one of the best male bonding experiences of my life. We were the guys who got to perform skits at every pep rally, you know dress up in drag, dress up as celebrities, wrestle in pools of jello against school administrators, exercise excessive amounts of stupidity and simulated violence and the like. We also ran flags at football games whenever our boys scored as well as pumped up the crowd when we weren't running. We actually didn't get much rest from running as our team is one of the if not the best highschool teams on the planet. (Here's an ESPN link showing Euless, Trinity ranked number 1 in the country for the upcoming season http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=3523310) Anyway, we Trojan Men pledged to shave our heads if our team made it to the State Championship. The rest is history, our team made it to the championship, we shaved our heads, and then our boys won their first title.
The only problem is that my hair never really grew in the same after that. It had probably already started thinning slightly, but as I had ridiculous hair styles before that, i never really noticed. I don't think i had a conservative haircut between the 6th and 12th grades.
I'd been on the fence the last couple of months, but with the encouragement expressed to others on this site, i knew the solution to all the internal whining and moaning in my head about my hair. I waited another week after making the decision because i was set to be the best man in one of my best friends' wedding. I didn't want the bride coming after me if the paleness on my dome took attention away from her and the bridesmaids looking stunning in their dresses! A woman scorned........
As a side note, that best friend was also on the pep squad, but wimped out when we shaved our heads. I think it may be a musician thing as he and one of the only other guys to wimp out were both in my band. I went up to visit my friend last thursday when he got back from his honeymoon and instead of the normal teasing it seems a lot of guys are the victims of in the first few weeks of shaving, i was given another chance to tear him down a few for not doing it in high school with the rest of us!
Anyways guys, to wrap up a long intro. I think the style looks great and it seriously makes me look a heck of a lot more grown up. I'll post some before and after pics once i get them and you'll see how radically different it is. I know some young dudes see it as a real detriment, but it's almost a stylized rite of passage into adulthood for me. Thanks for everything i've taken away just lurking, and i hope to contribute!
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Welcome to SBG Casey.... O0
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I know this seems insignificant after that detailed intro...but.. Welcome to the Forum!
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Welcome Casey!!! Glad you found us. My wife was raised in Euless. We live in Sulphur Springs, thats east of Dallas.
Post up some photos.
Max
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Great introduction, Casey, and welcome to the Forum.
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Hiya Casey, welcome to the family :)
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Welcome Casey!!!
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Welcome to the group.
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Eighteenth Birthday: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GZq5vSFZdxY/SKc2eW4c1zI/AAAAAAAAAV8/_G2RQlDrYuU/s1600-h/010_10.JPG
Here's a link to my after pic: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GZq5vSFZdxY/SKcyweQiBYI/AAAAAAAAAV0/YFDzvslDPwQ/s1600-h/Casey+001.JPG
I didn't consciously take a before pic, so as soon as the wedding photos come in I'll get one up
Thanks so much for the warm welcomes!
Herronm, i can't say your wife should regret leaving town, but it's great to make a connection.
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Welcome to SBG, Casey... great first post, and the look suits you!
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Casey, welcome to Sly Bald Guys! Austin is a great city to go to school in.
As for heading to Paris on 9/11, I will be in a flight to Amsterdam on the same day...lol
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Hahah, Tyler do you think there's any reduction in price that day? My ticket is booked through the school, so i didn't get to pick and i wonder if it's a coincidence or on purpose.
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Hahah, Tyler do you think there's any reduction in price that day? My ticket is booked through the school, so i didn't get to pick and i wonder if it's a coincidence or on purpose.
Well, my flight was $1200, so I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but I think that's pretty good.
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Welcome Casey, you look great!
You have the power of the bald, use it wisely!
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Welcome Casey!! You really rock the sly look! O0 O:O
Oh, and I love the title of the thread... O0
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Welcome to the crowd Casey. Great intro and great pics. Your before pic reminds me very much of a guy that goes to church with me. He has that long, shaggy hair. Great after pic!
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Welcome Casey!
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casey: welcome 2 the sly fraternity. glad that ya found us. we hope that U become an active member of the best forum on the internet. O0
WARHAWK O0
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welcome Csey; your pics look great; I apologize, the after pic looks phantastic
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Welcome Casey!! You really rock the sly look! O0 O:O
Oh, and I love the title of the thread... O0
Haha yeah FR8 the title is a rhyme by one of my favorite lyricsts ATM. His name is MC Paul Barman. The lowdown is that he's an incredibly clever, intelligent guy with a degree in English from Brown, but sometimes his rhymes are just straight hilariously infantile. The internal rhymeschemes are what get me.
"I follow politics to ball all the chicks."
"My dandy voice makes the most anti-choice granny's panties moist,"
Sometimes you have to sit through a bit of enlightenment on his records to get back to the middleschool party:
"The term arose on the Columbus Day Quincentennary when the republic was honest about the conquest and wouldn't party as previously promised. If someone uses a nonoffensive vocabulary that person is considerate, not PC. If someone has a heavy-handed agenda that person is narrow-minded, not PC. Unless you mean Providence College, PC is as meaningless as the president's apology for slavery. Maybe PE should be on the radio, not just in the African-American Norton Anthology."
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Welcome Casey!! You really rock the sly look! O0 O:O
Oh, and I love the title of the thread... O0
Haha yeah FR8 the title is a rhyme by one of my favorite lyricsts ATM. His name is MC Paul Barman. The lowdown is that he's an incredibly clever, intelligent guy with a degree in English from Brown, but sometimes his rhymes are just straight hilariously infantile. The internal rhymeschemes are what get me.
"I follow politics to ball all the chicks."
"My dandy voice makes the most anti-choice granny's panties moist,"
Sometimes you have to sit through a bit of enlightenment on his records to get back to the middleschool party:
"The term arose on the Columbus Day Quincentennary when the republic was honest about the conquest and wouldn't party as previously promised. If someone uses a nonoffensive vocabulary that person is considerate, not PC. If someone has a heavy-handed agenda that person is narrow-minded, not PC. Unless you mean Providence College, PC is as meaningless as the president's apology for slavery. Maybe PE should be on the radio, not just in the African-American Norton Anthology."
Excellent! O0
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Alright, alright, I admit it. After reading this thread I realize I am totally un-hip.
Red
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Hip is relative D.
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Hip is relative D.
OK, maybe I'm hip (relative to the late twentieth century) :*))
Red (child of the sixties)
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Alright, alright, I admit it. After reading this thread I realize I am totally un-hip.
Red
I must be getting old. ???
Hip is relative D.
True. My 15 year old nephew thinks I am the coolest guy on the planet. When he turns 18 we're going to head off to the tattoo parlor together! Much to my sister's shigrin.
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That's pretty cool GA, what are you two planning on getting?
Be careful with matching tattoos... The bass player in my old band is a twin. He told his screw up of a brother that they should get each other matching "bro" tattoos for their 20th birthday. The twin agreed on the condition that that their tattoo's say "Hermano A" and "Hermano B". (Hermano is spanish for brother, i only say this because my gringo butt needed it explained to me.) My friend calls a reputable artist around town that's done work for him before and makes an appointment for noon the day after the birthday. To make a long story short, after a hard night of partying the screw up twin fails to show up to the appointment, my friend goes ahead and gets his tattoo, and the twin refuses in the following week to get his as he's having second thoughts about tattoos. The kicker is that the tattoo is in all caps with no spacing... I.E. My friend's tattoo says "HERMANOA" which doesn't mean anything and their's not even a "HERMANOB" to at least give him some plausible creedance (sic).
Side Note: This friend recently had a large dragon tattoo done on his knee. He didn't have a specific design in mind so he commissioned his artist to draw it for him. He gets the drawing back, loves it, and has the tattoo done. He comes home afterwards and his roommate points out that the tongue and lips of the dragon which are centered in the knee are a perfect representation of a vagina complete with a clitoris. (How does a tattoo artist put a clit in your tattoo and you don't even notice?) Now this man has a visible vag on his leg whenever he wears shorts. Moral of Story: Show your tat designs to friends who may berate you prior to having them permanently inscribed on your body.
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I don't think we'll get matching tatts. I already have three and getting ready for #4. The artists has drawn it up, but I'm going to wait until summer is over. I have a pool and I am a major pool ho. You have to wait 2-3 weeks to get back in the pool. :( So I'll wait. You gotta double check your art for sure. O0
My nephew is great. I think I have a pic of him somewhere on this laptop. He's a great kid, good head on his shoulders. Has a cute little girlfriend. Great kid.
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Sorry I missed the intro..
Welcome bro...you look real good with the bald head..very natural and even with you being young I think it would fit in with any other style goin' on with those your age and around you..
keep it smooth brutha..
bald IS you bro!
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hahaha, nice thread title man
MAMMARIES
and CAMRYS
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Casey, Is that hairy picture really 'hiding' some major receding MPB? It looks like the hair is coming from way on top of your head. I've seen that look before, and you definitely made the right choice... good for you!
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Now this man has a visible vag on his leg whenever he wears shorts.
Hahhahaha... oh man
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Casey, Is that hairy picture really 'hiding' some major receding MPB? It looks like the hair is coming from way on top of your head. I've seen that look before, and you definitely made the right choice... good for you!
Honestly i've no idea stu. I've always had a really high forehead and i didn't notice any mpb until over a year after that pic, but yeah i'm sure it had started, definitely not "major" though.
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K.... here are some pics from 16, you can tell the hair starts pretty high up on my head.... It's probably also thicker not that i ever noticed.
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This one you can tell that it's thicker, but it was probably also recently combed as i combed incessantly at that age.
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Welcome to SBG's casey, good to have you join us.
Nice to see so much confidence from a younger guy. Way to go! O0
Keep it smooth, bro.