2.27.03 I got a haircut the other day and I'm not sure if I like it. I only get haircuts 2 - 3 times a year. I told Joseph, my cool, ultra-gay hairdresser, that I wanted the same haircut I got four months ago -- one that resembles Amelie's hair sans bangs. I brought pictures to show but for some reason was afraid it would insult him if I showed him them, since he said he totally remembered what the Amelie haircut looked like. So he ended up giving me a non-Amelie haircut. I think it looks kind of bad. I've always had this fear that getting the wrong short haircut will make me look like a boy. Especially since I have no breasts. I try not to get too upset over bad haircuts though, cause there's really no use in worrying about them. Sometimes I surprise myself with this casual attitude, since I used to have really long hair and would go to great lengths NOT to get it cut. But the last time I visited Joseph he was training another hairdresser, and as he was cutting my hair informed the trainee, "Monica's a great customer cause she's so experimental. I can just go with it and she'll like the results no matter what." Needless to say, that's not the kind of thing you want to hear when you meticulously planned out what you wanted your haircut to look like in your mind. Don't get me wrong, I go to Joseph three times a year cause he's great. But I think every other haircut I get is just a little off and I end up looking like a boy. Oh well. Don't know why I've rambled about this. I'm having MASSIVE perspective problems, and it's incredibly frustrating.

2.19.03 The jogger hasn't been out and about lately. I'm getting kind of concerned for his well-being. He's in his 60's, has pure white hair that flops over the top of his huge bandana, wears aviator sunglasses, and jogs nearly every morning in Catonsville. I used to see him in the fall wearing dogtags and a camo muscle tee and extra small American flag shorts, but now he wears shiny spandex pants and a sweatshirt. I love this man. Every time I see him he makes me happy. And lately he just hasn't been out there . . . it could be the twenty inches of snow on the ground. I just hope he hasn't lost his dedication.

2.16.03 Haven't felt too much like doing news lately. Too many icky personal things going on. The good news is I might possibly be included in this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, September 5 - 7th. I'll be hanging out at my very own three foot by three foot area handing out some free postcards and such, begging people to look at my comics. If anyone reading this has any interest in seeing great great comics in a cool, cozy atmosphere, definitely come to the Expo. I for one am eagerly anticipating seeing Terry Moore, Jason Little, Jessica Abel, and the Friends of Lulu in the flesh, though I won't be able to muster enough courage to talk to them. Anyhoo, should be a blast, wish me luck on getting in.