Atreyu

I’ve written before about the fact that I cut my hair short on my 26th birthday. It had been down to my waist all of my grade and high school years.

I cut it at the end of my senior year and then let it grow out to just past my shoulders.

On my 26th birthday, I cut it all off! I haven’t had hair on my neck since then.

I have kept my hair this short for the last 12 years. That is, until now. It’s not like I want to grow my hair out but I haven’t had a haircut since the middle of February. I am kind of slow today after coming off of two days of rain but as I blow dried my hair in its normal, “Three act play” format end it got me thinking. My hair is really long by my standards right now and it made me think of Atreyu from The Neverending Story.
more specifically, his hair:

I thought about it during both intermissions is a dried my hair. I asked my Mom to take a picture of my hair and she did:

It’s exactly like I thought as I ran my right hand through my hair as my left hand held the blow dryer. I look like Atreyu!