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On my list of things to do in my life, along with learning a foreign language, living in another country, doing a triathlon, learning to dance, and being a groupie, is "get a crazily short haircut."

I'm almost there.

When I say "crazily short" I mean that I don't want to have to use a towel to dry my hair. I'm talking an inch or so long. I want to be able to spike it. Like whoa.

So I'm moving there gradually. I got my hair cut today, and the back is only a half an inch or an inch long. The top is longer. I have cool schweepy bangs--yup, "schweepy." I've been waiting a while to do it, and planning to get it cut right after graduation, so that if it was awful, there would be fewer people around to point and laugh.

I like it. It took most of the afternoon to really love it--I think I had to touch it enough, or let it "calm down" from the stylist's four cutting instruments, two heat tools, and four styling products, or something. At first I did a double-take every time I walked by something reflective.

Now I think it's already "me," and I totally love it. While she was cutting my hair, Angel (my new hair lady forever), who knew I want to go really short eventually, said that I wouldn't last the summer before I'd be back ready to chop it all off. Half way through the cut, I already knew. I need a little time with it at this length, but I'm pretty sure she's right--it won't be long, folks.

My friends all like it (although I think Ben's a little freaked out, because he keeps saying I look just like some girl who used to go to Union, although he can't remember her name, or when she was here). And when I walked into the dorm tonight, this cool, punk-ish, skater sort of girl said to me, "I love your hair--it's freakin' amazing!" I liked that.

And this morning when I woke up, I realized that having hair that looks good when you first roll out of bed in the morning is a definite perk. That's never happened to me before.

(Thanks for the photos, Em! I love 'em! And you got them to me quickly. :) Thanks.
And Ang--the peace fingers are for you. :D )