Hair

I have long hair. Not just shaggy "long for a guy" long, ridiculously long. About 2ft (maybe 3, it's been a while so I can't really remember) when I measured it last. Not only do I have long hair, I also don't have any good ideas for a blog post this week, so I'm going to have to run with this.
Normally I don't think about my hair that much, but a combination of meeting someone who, after quickly proclaiming her sobriety, made her amazement to my hair clear, and going on a blog about very long hair for women where the majority had shorter hair than mine has made me contemplate my hair.
A question I often get asked is "why the bloody hell do you have long hair?" My answer varies with my mood, from a simple "dunno" to a sarcastic "because I didn't cut it", with the classic staring at my hair in utter amazement as though I hadn't noticed it before then running off lying somewhere in the middle. But the truth is I'm not sure why I don't get it cut. Occasionally I say it represents my individuality, but then I hear myself and realise what a tool I sound. Other times I convince myself that once the 70s rock look comes back my hair will start paying attractiveness dividends, despite the fact that people have in the past told me things along the lines of "you have a nice face, pity about the hair." So perhaps it is deliberate self sabotage? I believe the true reason is probably a much simpler case of fear of change and getting invested in something. Basically, after growing my hair for a couple of years I got into a "I've come this far" mentality, so as each day passes it becomes less and less likely that I'll be able to have it cut and more and more part of what I perceive as my identity. I'm a little worried this might happen with my facial hair too, with my stupid nearly-ginger-but-not-really beard scaring off people and encouraging the idea that I am homeless with ever increasing length and therefore effectiveness.
The other question I often get asked is whether I'm ever planning to have it cut. The answer is yes, I do plan on having it cut at some point. The only problem is that as I always see it happening sometime in the quite distant future it is possible I will simply never get around to having it cut. I have thought about getting it cut recently, but I'm just not sure I will. There are still so many things I haven't done with it, such as Jedwarding it straight up or suspending my whole body weight from it. So for now it seems like my hair and connected weird look that comes with it are going to be around for a bit longer.