A New Journey: a year bald

as Early Spring was peaking through Winter this year I was sought out to produce a Narrative Piece for a Fishing Charter in Port Clinton, OH. Travel isn't really a big deal for me; in fact, I really enjoy getting out and smelling the fresh air when I'm not behind a desk or sandwiched between 2 PCs in my home office. Not to mention the 2 additional PCs I've accumulated because people have given me the option to "Keep it if you can fix it". Thats actually an additional hobby of mine; When I'm not tearing parts out of discarded laptops from the recycling center. You'd be surprised how clean my office actually is - my wife's not killed me yet, so that's a plus.

So, I get invited to this Port Clinton, OH gig and after traveling from Richmond, KY - 7 hours and an overnight stay at the motel; there's no set expectations for what I'm going to be doing, in fact everyone else who was supposed to be on this gig with me has flaked out and I didn't get a notification. Honestly People, this is why communication is so damn important (however in retrospect when you take a look at the video, it's a wonder I even had the room to produce the video I did; I can't imagine 2-3 other guys on this boat with myself AND the Captain, 1st mate and the 5 guys I covered fishing).

So, while on this boat, one of the guys is talking about how balding is such a pain; investing in hair plugs, rogain, the delicious works of someone who can't accept that they're balding and embracing it like a Badass Mutha-Fucka! Nope. He complains. 

Fast-forward 3 days later, I'm driving home in the middle of the night and I turn off the music to think for a bit. I've got coffee going cold, it's raining, I put the windows down for some fresh air and turn on the overhead light. I continue to look into the mirror and after a few moments and declare to myself: "you're going bald, motherfucker" figuratively of course, I'm not actually balding. But I made a Devoted-Point to myself to make it Happen This Year; I was about 9 months away from my birthday when I made the decision.

When I felt myself kind of faltering only weeks away, I started telling people about my intended project. Which is interesting that it didn't turn into a self-documentary project idea until only a couple of months out. I gave myself the wiggle room to think about how I was going to address it. And Fastforward to 2 days after my birthday (Oct. 9th). I've been laughing at myself all day. 

This morning, my wife made a comment about work stress and I was wearing a light beanie in my office. She comes in and wants to tell me about this detail I've heard about previously, maybe 1000 times. I just gave her a blank stare and start to pull my beanie off from front to back and act as if I have hair: "Babe, your work stress has made my hairline recede so far." (slowly pulling my beanie backwards like peeling an Orange Skin). 

I made the decision. I told people so they would expect it from me and to hold me accountable. 

And in the end, I stick to my word. 

So anyway, that's the run-down for "a year bald". I'm looking to delve into the sociological, psychological, medical, and anything else I can dig up to look into and question for what it IS and MEANS to be bald in society (Past, Present and Future; as I make my way bald about the year).

I'll be deciding how I'm going to catalogue weekly Vlogs; probably via Youtube and then branch out the distribution channels. Youtube has the best video algorithms on the Web and Cataloguing Playlists with tag words for Optimized SEO.

So keep an eye out for those and more ShopTalk.

Also, if you read this and have ideas for ShopTalk; please, shoot me a line or ideas to pick through, or if you have questions you would like addressed. I held a couple of Summer interns and I realized how much I actually enjoy mentoring people.

my email:

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Thanks for Tuning in.

Steve

3Gins Media