After a lot of time thinking, i decided to do my hair a semi-permanent black so that after a year, i can keep my blue for as long as i want. I have to get a second job right now, and do not yet know how they would take blue hair. I have compromised. ^_^ My hair is now Manic Panic Raven and the color is rather stunning on me as well....it actually makes my skin look much paler than it is so it gives it some nice contrast. My hair naturally is a rather dark brown with some reddish brown highlights. I actually got all the dye in evenly which is quite a surprise since my hair is rather long and i was doing this all by myself lol.

Aah you're tempting me with black dye! I must resist!
Looks really good. Would you mind posting back in a couple of weeks and let us know how it's fading?