Comments on People in the Sun: Purple Hair and I Didn't Care

Now that I think about it, I probably just gained ...

2008-10-29T12:20:00.000-04:00

Now that I think about it, I probably just gained weight and the rest of my face got bigger.

I think my lips are thinner.~ LMAO!!!

2008-10-29T05:21:00.000-04:00

I think my lips are thinner.~ LMAO!!!

Ben, London is expensive and it can quickly get de...

2008-10-27T01:48:00.000-04:00

Ben, London is expensive and it can quickly get depressing, but I did live like every day had the potential to change my life for good or bad. It's worth a try, and you tried it, and then you had enough. That's more than most people in the world, who are afraid to leave their block.

Lirun, you just might be the only person ever to be inspired by Pauly Shore. Still, my high school inspiration was much more embarrassing: Dylan from 90210.

And I know what you mean about it being exhausting. Maintaining an image is a 24/7 job.

Iceah, welcome! My parents keep me on my toes. Every time I think I finally understand my parents (or grown ups in general), they do something that surprises me. Like finding out I have a blog and not telling me they know about it. For example.

Nanny, damn! Now I need to live up to expectations! (and thanks).

Reformer, pardon?

Sarah, you're welcome. Part of the reason I started this blog was to see if I was too much behind on technology to matter as an individual in a PC society, so I can't just leave my buddies behind. And I'll be back posting. I was in Michigan. Apparently, it's a real place, with an airport and stuff.

Woozie, hey, I don't know about him, but if they were lining up for me, I didn't see them. I was too busy figuring out the meaning of life to see anything beyond myself. So nothing changed since then, really.

You and the guy in the Lennon shades are just sex ...

2008-10-26T23:40:00.000-04:00

You and the guy in the Lennon shades are just sex magnets! I'm sure you had naked women and men lining up on the pier.

Thanks for the HTML embedding lesson! It worked. ...

2008-10-26T18:20:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the HTML embedding lesson! It worked. And as usual, kudos on the writing. Are you holding all your skills in for a new post until after the election?

making a statement

2008-10-25T06:57:00.000-04:00

making a statement

Nothing pithy to say here, just that I dug reading...

2008-10-24T18:42:00.000-04:00

Nothing pithy to say here, just that I dug reading this. Please keep writing more of it. Thnnk you. That is all.

i like the way you write your thoughts c: few peop...

2008-10-23T18:38:00.000-04:00

i like the way you write your thoughts c: few people have that kind of gift c:

i think we all have that kind of feeling when we have that freedom at last c: but sooner or later we could not care less because we gain friends and eventually have our own family and that would be the time we would understand our folks c: so are the people around us c:

during the summer of 1993 i saw son in law in a ci...

2008-10-23T11:42:00.000-04:00

during the summer of 1993 i saw son in law in a cinema in canada (pauli shaw) and decided that year twelve of high school would be my personal experiment..

i had long hair in the summer - sun streaked from sailing and swimming - which i then cut relatively short (like an english school boy) which i then died green and then blue and then shaved off with a gilette sensor one half at a time (excuse the product placement - my friend works for P&G) which i then had corn rowed.. all in one year..

so fucken exhausting..

I wanted to bum around England when I graduated (I...

2008-10-22T21:52:00.000-04:00

I wanted to bum around England when I graduated (I have several relatives there). I wanted to make money more and settled for a week. I called my parents once while there (collect), they got mad ($30 bill).

Anon., that's not a gun. I'm just happy to read an...

2008-10-22T12:09:00.000-04:00

Anon., that's not a gun. I'm just happy to read anonymous comments.

Woozie, I think I know who took that bottom picture, but I don't remember anything about the top one. I have to assume it was taken by a naked woman.

I feel cheated.And not by the lack of a naked woma...

2008-10-21T15:55:00.000-04:00

I feel cheated.

And not by the lack of a naked woman in your mirrored sunglasses.

I like you just the way you are. long, short, jewe...

2008-10-21T07:42:00.000-04:00

I like you just the way you are. long, short, jewelry or not you are still hysterical!

Wait...as long as there is no gun in your hand we can be friends.

Cooper, I'm not afraid to say it: I used to be pre...

2008-10-20T01:02:00.000-04:00

Cooper, I'm not afraid to say it: I used to be pretty cute! There, I said it! Truth has set me free!

I just wasn't quite sure what you meant with wet y...

2008-10-19T22:22:00.000-04:00

I just wasn't quite sure what you meant with wet your panties but being that you are a father and all I assumed.

Oh, don't worry, eyebrow piercing is much worse. T...

2008-10-18T13:48:00.000-04:00

Oh, don't worry, eyebrow piercing is much worse. That's really unforgivable. Almost as bad as a barbwire tattoo.

And here's me thinking my eyebrow piercing phase m...

2008-10-17T16:30:00.000-04:00

And here's me thinking my eyebrow piercing phase made me look like a tosser.

Really good piece.

Bluestreak, thanks. I did love that new me, and I ...

2008-10-17T15:00:00.000-04:00

Bluestreak, thanks. I did love that new me, and I thought any slight change in the future would be a sign of selling out. But I'm happy about moving on. You can't really see that, but in the top picture, under my silk purple jacket(?), I wear a t-shirt with blue dolphins. Thank God I don't do the dolphins shirts anymore.

SJ, I've done some silly things, and hopefully I'll do silly things in the future. Let's raise a toast to making mistakes and coming out on the other side, smiling.

Dan, I've learned from that mistake. Now I collect the falling hair downstairs. Gonna sell it on eBay.

Man, we thought we were rebels, but really we were just another target group. I thought I was cool because all my clothes were second-hand, but I split the difference on cigarettes.

B, to be fair, most of it fell before I reached Baltimore. But the city did turn the remaining few gray.

Another well written post! If I see any of your lo...

2008-10-17T08:45:00.000-04:00

Another well written post! If I see any of your lost hair around Baltimore I'll be sure to give you a yell.

One of the things that sucked about being a cool r...

2008-10-17T06:18:00.000-04:00

One of the things that sucked about being a cool rebel in the 90's is that it wasn't cheap. You noted the five pound coffee as accessory, mine was the $7 martini. Crap.

I went through a similar long hair to voluntary no hair to involuntary no hair transition myself.

Wonderfully written post, as usual.

So why didn't you collect all that hair as it fell...

2008-10-17T03:31:00.000-04:00

So why didn't you collect all that hair as it fell out?? You NEVER leave a man behind!

Plus, you could have made a clever wig out of it and made a point of telling people, "I still have all my own hair."

Hmmm strange you have done the stuff that I have b...

2008-10-17T02:48:00.000-04:00

Hmmm strange you have done the stuff that I have been at times tempted to do. INCLUDING the colored hair.

great post. I can identify with a lot of it, movi...

2008-10-17T02:17:00.000-04:00

great post.

I can identify with a lot of it, moving somewhere knew and desperately trying to forget who you are and loving the new you...until sooner or later you have to face it.

nice pics