Haircut Update: Exiting ‘Natalie Portman,’ Entering ‘Jean Seberg’

Since I so painstakingly documented my transformation to short-haired Laura, I thought I should update y’all, because I know you’re so interested. “Please, Laura,” I can hear you begging, “show us your sultry locks!” Well, all right.

Here’s what it looked like when I first cut it (see Laura Gets a Haircut for more pictures):

There are many negative connotations with haircuts this short. Let me put it this way: I got called ‘Britney’ a lot during this stage. Though Demi Moore and Sigourney Weaver also came up.

I insisted I looked like Natalie Portman, and that she had made baldness cool.

Nobody listened to me. So I would sigh and listen to the same Britney jokes and quietly plot my revenge.

It was also a fun time. The breeze caressing my nearly-bald scalp as I walked down the hallway or the street, the two seconds it took to wash, and the fact that I was in a wedding (Liz and I were bridesmaids) and didn’t have to do anything to my hair, nay, couldn’t. It was a simple time, an innocent time.

But now I have come to a stage where I can wear headbands and other such hair accessories without looking like a total douche, and to where I can finally see how it might one day grow into a real haircut. I like to call this the Jean Seberg stage. Observe!

Only time will tell what weird haircuts I’ll have to get over the next few months, during that awkward growing-out stage, or as I call it, the Shitty Haircut stage. Rest assured, folks, Liz and Laura will keep you posted! Well, probably just Laura.