as some of you may remember, one of my lovely lovely symptoms to my beautiful, fun mystery illness is that i lose my hair. its gotten a lot worse lately. my floors are covered with a fine carpet of hair.

i was about to just give up and shave it all off, but i decided to get it cut first and see how that works. i figured if i didn't like the way it looked after that then i could shave it off. so here's what my hair looked like before i was sick:
 

 and this is what it looks like after i got it cut (today):

 i still look kind of bald, but not quite as bald and the lady who did it said that if i decided i wanted to go even shorter then i should come back. she just didn't want me to go from having veryvery long hair to having veryvery short hair too fast. maybe it gives one motion sickness? *shrug* my logic in wanting to go very short was that then it wouldn't tangle on my hand quite so much when i wash it. the haircut lady also told me about this haircare stuff they sell in the mall that's guaranteed to stop what hair you have left from falling out and sometimes promotes new hair growth. i think i'll give it a shot, its made by paul mitchell, not some fly-by-night, generic, crazy-name brand like hair gro ultramax! in the meantime i'm looking into getting a wig. i think i'll start with this one:

 

i can order it off the internets and then wear it when i go to shop for real wigs. i just don't like the idea of walking into a wig store bald. its like walking into a clothing store naked... except they probably don't arrest you. i would actually get several wigs off the interbutts, but i want to make sure i get a color i like and trying them on is half the fun!! i mean, if i have to go bald, i might as well get some enjoyment out of it.

oh, and here's a pic of a cat in a box, just for the hell of it: