of all the times i've ever been cosmically frustrated or impossibly restless, for some reason i must always take it out on my hair. not sure that this is normal, although i know people often take out their frustrations in much more destructive ways....all the same i can name at least 5 significant hair changes made purely out of duress...(not to mention the slight influence of late hours and/or alcohol, and boredom) including but not limited to: the great shearing of '06 (which i am only just now recovering from fully), the late-night ennui cut of senior year (which actually turned out nicely), the dark brunette graduation adventure (also a winner) as well as becoming a redhead last spring (loved it, went to a brass color almost immediately). The only one i truly regret however is the do-it-myself  side-swept bangs caper, which is still visible when i part my hair a certain way. the stylist who bravely tried to help me could only shake her head and say "that's not even close to where natural bangs would fall".  I'm not sure if my attention span just really is that short or if i feel that new hair somehow symbolizes um, i don't know, newness? i know in all other areas of my life i don't feel this restless constant urge to make such changes. anyway all this is to say that currently my hair is as long as it was in 2005, the red is grown out and the natural highlights came back, the sideswept bangs are beginning to stay in a ponytail, and life is good. this is about the time that old hair-change-itch should be hitting me, and it just isn't.  which is, in itself, a change. and though it sounds odd, it's something i'm very happy about.