Eee, hair and fire is a bad mix. Like you say, that could have been a lot worse.

Funnily enough, I'm thinking of doing the same thing with mine. (Um, the cutting part, not the burning part. *G*) Mine's almost to my waist, and I'm thinking of a similar length. Course, my plan is to donate a good ten inches to Locks of Love, but I might still chicken out and just get the split ends cut off.