Cousin Itt from Start to Finish

Once upon a time, there was a girl. This girl passed the bar exam and 8 months later she was finally being sworn into the NY Bar. She wanted to use this new distinction for good. So, she decided, she would volunteer her time and do pro bono work, every week and help those less fortunate. But reality quickly sank in - she didn't really have a lot of skills to share and although she had plenty of free time, her moderate salary didn't really lend itself to giving away loads of time or money. So she bagged the pro bono notion, got a part-time job and decided the only way she had to help others was to grow and donate her hair. Unfortunately, this decision came on the heels of getting her hair cut quite short (March 2006 - NY bar swearing in ceremony - with godmother Aunt Diane).

She started growing her hair out. There were times it didn't seem to be growing at all (left, fall 2006).

She got bored with her Cousin Itt hair. It became somewhat unruly. The answer - bangs! Even her parents didn't recognize her after this cut (left, Alumni regatta, Tombs after party, May 2007).

(Granted, there's some lapse here in the timeline, but the problem in almost every picture it's up in a ponytail, so it's hard to see if it was growing).

She resorted to pinning Itt back and tying the mass of Itt up in ponytails, pigtails, and braids. Check out that tail! (left, Apple dinner, September 2007).

Finally, she tried just embracing Itt. Flowing locks (Fakesgiving, November 2007). I call this picture, "Hi Mom!"

Here's one last picture of Itt. Admittedly, it's not the greatest shot, but this is Itt at it's longest (December 2007 - Eli's 1st birthday party).

Finally, in late December, she grew fed up with Itt. Itt was clogging up every drain in her apartment and Itt no longer looked presentable. Every day was a different type of ponytail. So - she made a hair appointment and went in to get Itt cut off!

Here Itt is! The tail!! Looks more like a turd to me, but this is all 10 - 12 inches of Itt!! This was cut on one of the last days of December 2007!

It was a bit of a shock at first, but looking back at these pictures she realizes that Itt will grow back and in a relatively short amount of time. Plus, no matter how much she hates the new cut, she knows that the tail will help out a bald cancer patient look a little better or even just feel a little better about herself. However, now every picture she sees of the past 2 years she thinks, "I miss my hair!"

Here's the end result! (New Years Eve, 2007, with Annie).

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