Hair today, gone tomorrow?

Spending a lot of time on LiveJournal today going through the Get Up Dread Up community. I want dreads. My hair is so long its driving me crazy, but I need another couple inches before I can start backcombing. Im so excited over the idea. Ive been told by many that its gonna be RAD, and ive been told by a few that its nasty. Im not sure what I would do with my hair if I grew it out and DIDNT dread it. I miss my short hair. I always feel so good when I chop it all off. Rosie told me today I look hot with short dyke hair and that made me smile. I suppose I shall have to see if I can handle the grow-out process for dreads. If I cant make it, I cant make it. If I do make it and I hate the dreads, I chop them off and have short hair. If I make it and love them then awesome! One day at a time I suppose. I need to really think about what is going to make ME happy!!!