Of Swords and Parasols

Heh, funny how mileage varies...for me it's pretty much hassle-free and nearly reflexive just to shove my hair back into a barrette or pin it up in a twist, but leaving it loose for anything but the most sedentary indoor activities is a constant headache of hair flying into my eyes and mouth, snarling on glasses or jewelry, and generally just tying itself into knots if there's so much as a light breeze. Part of why I like to keep mine long is that it's so much easier for me to keep it under control when it's of a length where I can catch all of it at once in a clip or such -- the few times it's been layered or cut into bangs or shorter than shoulder-length, it just drove me nuts because all those shorter bits just would not stay confined.