日本に行く前に

( more on my mom )

So, long story short, I'm considering cutting my hair. When I called Mom this morning to ask how much she thinks I should get cut, she said about 4". Then I started considering just cutting it to chin-length and donating it.
Blah... I don't know. Besides my stubbornness, I really like the feel of my hair on my back, and I'm kind of proud of its length, if not neccesarily it's level of health. And although hair is much easier to manage, I think my face is a much bigger cosmetic issue.

( a chart of hair lengths )

My hair is currently at about iliac length, and I think my final goal has been hip length. or possibly classic. I'm pretty sure I don't want it any longer than that. I think my mom wants me to cut it to BSL, and if I donate it I'd probably have to go for chin. (Again I'm thinking about how I might not mind going for a Yukino-esque feel, but again with my skin in the condition it is, and just with me being who I am, I don't think I'd be able to pull the whole feel off.)

What I really want to do is learn how to do more with what I have.

Dakara.
Dakara.
Dakara.

[EDIT: Today for the first time in a while I took a good look at what my hair style looks like from different angles in the mirror, and realize that my bun is... Way too "tall". And kind of ugly. And with that, I realized that if I end up not cutting my hair, I need to figure out how to fix my up-do to be less like some kind of rook coming out of my skull.]