I don't think it's pathetic. As long as you continue to ask people who aren't weirded out by it, you're not hurting anything 🙂
It's down, with a headband in. Fairly tangled, as I just recently woke up from a nap and haven't brushed it yet.
Also, I thought of you today. I was sitting in a waiting room in a hospital waiting to be called back and told that my friend's procedure was over and I could go see him. I was sitting there for quite a while, so eventually I leaned back to stretch and pull my hair off my neck and I run my fingers through it a little, and I thought to myself, "Man if Sketch were here he'd be diggin' this right about now" LOL