File: Harry Potter

I have the new one. It is 759 pages. My plan is to read it this weekend. I hope this one does not cause me to hurl it across the room like the last one.

Update: 7.22.07 12:30pm: It is done.

File: Tourists in Our Own City

Obligatory Navy Pier climbing shot.

File: Long Hair!

Clair and I went to brunch yesterday. She's the one responsible for my new-found love of synthetic hair.

So it seemed natural that we we would continue our day at the local wig shop. On Clair's suggestion, I bought this one. (Tilt head sideways.)

The weather's still too warm for me to wear it outside yet, but come fall and winter I'm going to have long hair all the time.

For the record, I love having short hair. I don't quite understand why people tell me "it's so brave," because it doesn't feel courageous at all; it's just easy and cool in the summer. There are some days, though, when I long for the joy of gathering layers of locks into a simple, stunning braid. To those days!