New Hairstyle: The Big Bang!

For the past few months I've been complaining about how I hate my hair.  I've just been sooooooooo bored with it.  So, today, I decided to bite the bullet and do something about it.  I had been entertaining the thought of having a bold, strong bang for awhile, but have shied from it because I haven't had bangs since I was 11 years old.  I HATED bangs back then because  my mom forced them on me.  Having bowl-cut bangs is a traditional look for little Vietnamese girls and I couldn't wait until I was old enough to get rid of them for good.

Oh how times have changed.  The mushroom-head look suddenly seemed so appealing.  I was in San Francisco Japantown on Monday and saw this photo in the Kinokuniya bookstore:

I was sold at first site.  Of course, I didn't want to pay the $18 for the magazine that this style was featured in, so I decided to be a sneak and stole off to some quiet corner of the store and saved this image to my iPhone.

I went to my longtime hairstylist today and shoved it in his face.  "Make me look like this!" I told him.  After an hour and a half, I came out looking like this:

That's Danny and me.  He's amazing!  Didn't he do a wonderful job?

I'm really happy with the results and am grateful for the change.  I almost chickened out at the last minute, but decided, "what the heck, hair grows back anyway, right?"

Me this morning vs. me right now (in my jammies)

Pros:
1. My hair looks great!  I'm so excited about the change!
2. Drawing in my eyebrows is now optional.

Cons:
1. My bangs poke me in the eyes and my peripheral vision is now limited.
2. I need to get them trimmed every 2-3 weeks.

All in all, I'm pretty happy.  I'm thinking about going back to get the bangs trimmed up a little higher because, while this looks good, it really annoys the heck out of me to have something brushing up against my lashes 24/7.  Let me know your thoughts.