As my mother would say...

As my mother would say when she was alive, I got a wild hair up my ass today.  She reserved that expression for those random times when any one of us three kids would do something impulsive or out-of-character. 

A few months back I took a picture of my TV while CNN's Heidi Collins was on.  I fell in love with her haircut and after scouring the Internet for about an hour to find a current pic of it, I gave up, grabbed my camera, and took a picture of my TV.  I took three, actually.  I knew one day I'd get up the nerve to cut it all off, and today, I suppose, was that day.  The "wild hair up my ass" day.

The stylist thought it was rather comical when I handed her a printed 8.5x11 page of three pics of Heidi-on-my-TV.  Twenty minutes later, the ground was covered with hair.  I turned to Jonathan (who had been promised a trip to Walgreen's for a special treat if he was well-behaved during my haircut...and he was VERY well behaved) I asked "so, what do you think of Mommy's hair?"  He looked at me and for a second there I thought he was going to cry, then he said "You look like a BOY."  That warmed my heart.  Really.  What a sweetie, huh?

So yeah.  I got a new 'do.  It's heaven not to have to deal with all that damn hair that was doing nothing but looking like dog poop and falling out all over the damn place.  I even put on some makeup (took me a bit to find my makeup...I don't wear it very often) then snapped a self-portrait.  Just to keep it real, tho, my skin is not that smooth...anywhere...it's a little gem of a filter called Noiseware and I heart it with all my being. Best money I ever spent for photography next to my D300.  And a little liquify of the chin always helps a bit too.  I wish I had a real life liquify tool and a clone stamp...life would damn near be perfect then.