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the country. They point to a horrid picture of a woman whose her haircut is best
described as Dorothy Hamill at a rave. So, the very hip Asian woman half-
heartedly asks if this is a haircut I would like to have. "You are kidding, right?"
is written all over my face. I say, "That would be fine (for $1000 for four days
worth of work I am thinking I can just get it fixed after the show). "She says
"Great!" and asks me to go sit on the other side of the room with the other girls
they have chosen for the show. They will only choose 10 out of these 200 or so
"girls." Not to worry, tomorrow Paul Mitchell will choose 125 (over a thousand
hopefuls will not likely show up for that call - I won't be there though and you
will soon know why.) I sit on the other side. The guy in charge walks around
with a book of notes. Then he asks me to stand up right after he asks what size I
am. I answer, while standing, "4 to 6." He sees my munchkin-like stature of 5'4"
and frowns at how much I have let myself go. he asks me to turn around and as
I do, he lifts my jacket up and takes a long look-see at my ass. For those of you
who don't know me, may I say now that this baby's got back - just voluptuous
enough to be called voluptuous and not, well, soft. After 25 years, I am very
happy with my ass. It's mine. It's been with me for a quarter of a century now; it
has seniority over every single person who was (had the privelege) of touching it.
He sees ll this cross my face (against my will) and asks me to sit down again
right after he explains that "it's just the wardrobe. It's leather and denim and
doesn't give." I think, "You are actually blaming this debacle on inanimate
objects! BEcause you see, I blame you, bossman. I blame the person who has
decided that there will be one size of pants for every 'girl' there- be she 5'4" and

Jackie and LaSuprema
Spring 2001
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