Hair

[marcmagus]

For the first time in over a decade, I have allowed a blade to touch my hair.

I cut off about 10", which, due to the way it thins, is probably less than it sounds like. I wanted to get all the really thin part and go a little above. I probably cut a few more inches than I'd intended.

It now falls about in the middle of my back when it's braided, not sure when it's down and wet.

It seems that it's no longer able to hold a braid without the aid of elastic, at least when wet. This will be mildly annoying.

My hope is that it will be less painful to brush and braid this way, which will result in my taking better care of it, and doing less of the following bad chain of thought:

"I'd like to go out and have fun with friends, but I haven't showered in a couple of days and am kind of gross, so I should shower first. But my hair's a wreck, so I should really wash it. But that requires letting it out and brushing it and washing it and then putting it back up, which is painful for my hands and takes a lot of time, by which point it'll be too late to go out. Screw it, I'll just do the hermit thing in my room and watch TV."

People may be pleased to know that I've just glanced at myself in the mirror and discovered that it's still forming some sort of a cute little curl below the elastic.