A Legend In His Own Minefield

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My Life in Pink - Part 7

My Life in Pink - Part 7

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John Mendelssohn
Jul 31, 2010
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My Life in Pink - Part 7
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I got my first official job that summer after sophomore year, as a junior stylist at one of the chiquest hair salons in town. Junior stylist meant that I shampooed clients’ hair before the real stylists cut it, and then swept up afterward, and sharpened their scissors, and disinfected their combs, and liaised with their coke dealers for them when they w…

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