Poll Time

Warning: Male readers will probably grow bored with this post rather quickly.

I seem to blog about my hair a fair amount, which is sad really, but it's been a minor preoccupation for most of my life. See, I have a lot of it and it's rather difficult to effectively manage.

Every summer when the hot weather rolls around I entertain the notion of chopping it all off. Although it's currently brown, curly and somewhat long, it has been in its time:

1.) Medium-length and purple
2.) Short and blond
3.) Medium-length and brown
4.) Short and brown
5.) Short and blue
6.) Short and red
7.) Medium-length and blond
8.) So short as to be practically non-existent/bordering on crew cut (otherwise known as the summer everyone assumed I was a lesbian).
9.) Medium-length and a lovely color that can only really be described as "swamp." This was the result of applying henna to fading out Manic Panic purple over a home bleach job. Yeah, it was a total mess. If Amy is by any chance lurking, she can vouch for the unsightlyness of the whole thing.

And several combinations of the above.

Other than to totally date myself as a 90's teenager/college student, the point of that list was simply to illustrate that I'm not normally one to shy away from experimentation. If somebody suggested I chop all my locks off, I wouldn't scream in horror.

So, as I said earlier, every summer when the anguish of finding creative new ways to combat frizz starts to get the better of me, I begin to contemplate making a major change. It's been the same way for a few years now, which is unheard of for me. What I can't decide is if I'm in a rut or if I have simply found a style that works relatively well and to leave it alone. It's quite pretty, but very heavy, prone to frizz, and it makes me look like a hippy. In conservative old DC, looking like a hippy isn't really in one's best interest, especially as one approaches 30 and starts to think it might be nice for people to take her a bit more seriously. I guess what I'm trying to say in my fractured, round about way, is that I need a change but I don't know what it should be.

I can hear you now saying "why doesn't she ask her stylist?" Because stylists are no help at all. When I ask them what I should do, they usually just stare at me blankly and mutter "I dunno, what do you want to do?" They're utterly useless.

So, my question is: What should I do? And I am not asking you to assess what it seems like I want based on what I've written here and to reflect my sentiments back to me (which was useful during the apartment dilemma). For those of you who know me, what do you think I should do? If, assuming you had skills, you had a pair of scissors in your hand and my head was two inches away from you what would you use those shears to create? The those of you who have never seen me or my hair are welcome to weigh in on the matter as well, you'll simply have a less reliable visual to go on.

Later I promise to blog about cold fusion or something similarly brainy to make up for the vapidness of this post.