hippie!

The other day I was walking home from work, and as I was crossing at a cross-walk, I heard this woman's voice yell out from behind me, saying, "hippie!" So, I flashed the peace sign over my shoulder as I kept walking. The voice changed a bit and yelled out, "peace, man!" So I looked over my shoulder at them (there were two women driving the car) and smiled as I flashed the 'v' again.

People have been comparing me to a hippie quite a bit, recently. You see, it's because of my hair and what I do with it. I've been growing my hair long again, wanting to have a nice pony-tail length once more in my life. But I've been keeping it loose, for the most part, in the meantime. I also have let my beard grow, and so I look like a hippie. Then, last week, I was goofing around and put a belt around my head like a headband. I liked it, and so I went out and bought some bandanas (actually, a friend bought them for me). Now I really look like a hippie.