Feel the fear and do it anyway

[flexagon]

I read somewhere that Locks of Love is now getting 2000 ponytails per week, so maybe I didn't make anyone's day... but still, I'm glad I didn't cut my pretty hair just to have someone sweep it off the floor and throw it out.

Comments

[bookofgossamer.livejournal.com]

yay! it looks lovely, and of course, still long by most people's standards (as someone who used to have waist-length hair and who donated to lol as well, i understand a bit)

[flexagon]

did you really! wow, short hair looks so great on you now that it's hard to imagine.

thanks on the compliment. this new length sort of shocks me, but part of what's shocking me is how it's not getting in my way, and how swingy it is. can't wait to go to yoga and have it not wrap around my neck & try to strangle me.

[bookofgossamer.livejournal.com]

yep:
http://somethingsbegun.com/become/megan1219.jpg

extremely long hair was part of my identity for a good ten years.

[bookofgossamer.livejournal.com]

(that wasn't it's longest, but you get the idea :))

[flexagon]

yes... wow, you've made some impressive changes. :)

because my post was very concise, i didn't mention that i've had all lengths, because i started to grow it when my hair was really short, shorter than yours, way above my ears. for a long time i knew when something had happened based on how long i remembered my hair being... so this length reminds me of being 17. i'll have to get over that.

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

I really like it - it's very clean looking. If, you know, that makes sense. It does in my head. :)

[flexagon]

I do know what you mean... I don't think the ends have ever been so even.

I'm still getting used to it, but I'm not upset either. And I think the next yoga class I take is going to swing me strongly toward happy. My braid always tries used to try to strangle me.

[savage-rose.livejournal.com]

You look very amazonic in the top picture :). Sort of a warrior's stance.

I like it!

[flexagon]

Yes, it kind of disturbs me how well that top picture came out, considering what I just did. Thanks, though. :)

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

I assume Dark...er, what were you calling her again? Anyway, she did it too, right?

[flexagon]

Dark Sister, from the book Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen. Anyway, not yet, but she says she's going to. I actually did this after they left to go back to AL and pack up.... would have been a cool thing to do together, but I think she's still going to wait a bit, and I was impatient!

[niralth.livejournal.com]

I'll be honest, I didn't see a difference at first. When I cut my hair from the length yours is now to just above my ears I also donated it to LOL. My hair has been short (http://flickr.com/photos/hja/307463086/) for so long now that I can hardly remember what long felt like...

[flexagon]

*laughs*

What's to see? It's only a foot shorter.

I've had many different levels of noticing. My boss sat with me for 1.5 hours today and didn't notice until I said something, but the woman in charge of internal tools nearly had a heart attack when she saw me. It's funny.

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

I am so not caught up on LJ... Anyway, a belated compliment: I like how it has that very clean edge now. It falls nicely. Good for you!

[zgirl611.livejournal.com]

Your hair looks lovely! It's not as drastic looking as I thought it would be for some reason. Are you going to grow it out again?

Thank you for doing this. My sister was diagnosed in October with breast cancder and now has no hair due to treatment. I haven't told too many people because it's her news, not mine. You may tell your hubby (her daughter is the one who traumatised him with her nudity one Thanksgiving). Is he the member you suggested I add as a friend?

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Thanks! It's still below my shoulders... I had a lot of hair to spare. :) I don't think, at this point, I'll grow it out again to that extent. It was a bit out of control.

heisenbug is Alan, yes, and that is why he should be your friend. (In a friends-locked post I'll use real names). And I'll tell him the news.