Hair color update for August 11, 2005.
James Kibo Parry
It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye, because red can
be matched to other reds so easily -- two different blues seldom match,
two different purples seldom match. We define "red" as a very specific
hue (which, if shifted a little towards orange or towards purple, is
no longer red but orange or purple.) But "blue" and "purple" are each
broad chunks of the color spectrum -- "blue" can be anything from cyan
to ultramarine to navy, and "purple" can be anything between magenta and
grape. Makes it a pain to match your accessories to your hair. I wish
a blood-red dye job were easier (a clown red isn't hard, but I don't
like clown red. I want blood red.)
I'll probably let the blue fade and then try a deep red before I go back
to the fluorescent orange I like, since deep red will hide any residual
blue pretty well.
I still get the best reactions from people with fluorescent yellow-orange,
but I won't be able to do that for a while because it's impossible to get
rid of all the blue. So the current plan is violet -> deep blue ->
deep red -> bright orange followed by either bright yellow-orange (if the
blue has faded enough) or something else if it hasn't.
So, who had ultramarine in the betting pool?
-- K.
"Welcome to our ool,
notice there is no
ultramarine in it."
Nimrod Poindexter
James "Kibo" Parry wrote:
> Was: Three shades of violet. Is: Ultramarine blue. Mess made: Yes.
Kibo, why do you like to play with your hair color?
--
YOP...
Glitter Ninja
>It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye
I contemplated red today. Now that my relatives have left town, I
plan to dye my hair something non-brown. But I don't think I'm ready
for blue because it lingers for so long, and red won't work because my
skin is so ruddy that it'll make me look like Tip O'Neil. Plus, I need
something to match my mauve rhinestone glasses, and red doesn't go with
mauve.
There were some amazingly tacky oranges at Walgreen's that I almost
bought, but I was petrified that I'd end up looking like Lucille Ball.
Brr.
>I still get the best reactions from people with fluorescent yellow-orange,
Fluorescent yellow-orange what?
Stacia
Tim Chmielewski
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> I'll probably let the blue fade and then try a deep red before I go
> back to the fluorescent orange I like, since deep red will hide any
> residual blue pretty well.
>
You should die your hair green and let it fade, it helps you swing the
baseball bat extra hard. On the other hand it can cause people to slash
your achillies tendons underwater to make you drown though.
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James Kibo Parry
>
> James "Kibo" Parry (ki...@world.std.com) wrote:
> >
> > It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye
>
> I contemplated red today. Now that my relatives have left town, I
> plan to dye my hair something non-brown. But I don't think I'm ready
> for blue because it lingers for so long, and red won't work because my
> skin is so ruddy that it'll make me look like Tip O'Neil. Plus, I need
> something to match my mauve rhinestone glasses, and red doesn't go with
> mauve.
I'd wager red would go with any shade of purple (including mauve)
much better than blue would go with any shade of purple. A good
combination would be a red that's slightly pinkish or purplish
with a purple that's slightly reddish. Basically two points near
the ends of the red-to-purple range. But they'd both have to be
strongly saturated, and I don't know whether your mauve is.
Pure red goes well with desaturated colors -- I particularly like
red (light or dark) with gray, and dark red with black is wonderful.
> There were some amazingly tacky oranges at Walgreen's that I almost
> bought, but I was petrified that I'd end up looking like Lucille Ball.
> Brr.
It's much better to have your hair look like you know it's weirdly-colored
(i.e. Manic Panic Electric Lava) than to look like you tried to dye it
a sexy "natural redhead" color and just came out looking like a loser
who shops at Walgreen's (i.e. Lucille Ball). Drugstores just have those
off-kilter "natural-looking" colors that just make people look like
they're wearing polyester toupees. If you're trying to make an impression,
you have to own the visual identity you create, which means not looking
like a failed attempt at fooling people.
If you want to be anything other than your real color or a bleached blonde,
go with a deliberately exaggerated color (Manic Panic, Special Effects, etc.)
from your local punk rock supply shop, costume store, or professional
beauty supply store. (Be sure to get the stuff from a store that has a
good turnover, as in some stores it's been sitting there for years and
will have turned all wimpy.)
> > I still get the best reactions from people with fluorescent yellow-orange,
>
> Fluorescent yellow-orange what?
Death lasers. Like this one:
ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETZEETZEETZEETZEETZEETZEEEEEEEEEEET
-- K.
I like fluorescent lasers
better than regular ones.
James Kibo Parry
>
> James "Kibo" Parry (ki...@world.std.com) wrote:
> >
> > Was: Three shades of violet. Is: Ultramarine blue. Mess made: Yes.
>
> Kibo, why do you like to play with your hair color?
Because it's a free country. At least for those of us who do the stuff
we're allowed to do. Remember, Hitler never dyed his hair! Jack Webb
never dyed his hair! Darth Vader never dyed his hair! If you're not
covered in toxic solution, you're part of the problem!
-- K.
I bet you wear clothes that aren't
made from things that had parents.
Glitter Ninja
>I'd wager red would go with any shade of purple (including mauve)
>much better than blue would go with any shade of purple. A good
>combination would be a red that's slightly pinkish or purplish
>with a purple that's slightly reddish.
Some shade of pink is probably the color I want to go, but it's so two
years ago I'm afraid I'll look like Mega Dork! From! Outer! Space!
>Pure red goes well with desaturated colors -- I particularly like
>red (light or dark) with gray, and dark red with black is wonderful.
The only good thing about high school was that the school color was
red, and so we got to pair red with grey all the time. The prom colors
were a deep blood red and black, which looked fabulous. OK, as fabulous
as streamers hung in the senior citizen's center can look.
>> There were some amazingly tacky oranges at Walgreen's that I almost
>> bought, but I was petrified that I'd end up looking like Lucille Ball.
>It's much better to have your hair look like you know it's weirdly-colored
>(i.e. Manic Panic Electric Lava) than to look like you tried to dye it
>a sexy "natural redhead" color and just came out looking like a loser
>who shops at Walgreen's (i.e. Lucille Ball).
Hey, now that they closed my Food 4 Less -- the one where I got all my
good supermarket stories from -- I have nowhere else to go.
Walgreen's used to have a significant section of punk colors, with
good turnover so you didn't get stale dye. They've phased it out,
though, because I guess they were selling too much. Hell if I know why.
They didn't even have the intense L'Oreal reds anymore. The local
Sally's has a poor turnover but I'll check it out anyway.
I'm also a little concerned that I'm too damned old to be doing this
to my hair.
Stacia
Kitty Davis
Kitty Davis
"James "Kibo" Parry" wrote:
> So, who had ultramarine in the betting pool?
>
> -- K.
>
> "Welcome to our
> ool,
> notice there is no
> ultramarine in
> it."
Oh, ok, I'll do it if no-one else will ...
There's no p in your pool.
Kitty Davis
"James "Kibo" Parry" wrote:
> I wish
> a blood-red dye job were easier (a clown red isn't hard, but I don't
> like clown red. I want blood red.)
The good thing about blood red is that there's two types of it. Bright
blood, and dark blood (something to do with veins and arteries?). I like to
paint my nails to match the dark. My eyes already match the other.
Otto Bahn
> The good thing about blood red is that there's two types of it. Bright
> blood, and dark blood (something to do with veins and arteries?).
Love is like oxygen.
> I like to
> paint my nails to match the dark. My eyes already match the other.
Great minds drink alike. We need an arkple, arkple,
all fall down.
--oTTo--
Kevin S. Wilson
Parry) wrote:
> I like fluorescent lasers
> better than regular ones.
If I were creating the world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies
and daffodils. I would've started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one.
TomH
(James "Kibo" Parry) wrote:
>I wish a blood-red dye job were easier
>(a clown red isn't hard, but I don't
>like clown red. I want blood red.)
Mmmmm. Clown's blood red.
On fire, in bed, etc.
--
TomH [ antonomasia <at> gmail <dot>com ]
Leo
Why would you create Daylight Savings Time before lasers?
Leo
James "Kibo" Parry wrote:
> Glitter Ninja (sta...@xmission.com) wrote:
> >
> > James "Kibo" Parry (ki...@world.std.com) wrote:
> > >
> > > It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye
> >
> > I contemplated red today. Now that my relatives have left town, I
> > plan to dye my hair something non-brown. But I don't think I'm ready
> > for blue because it lingers for so long, and red won't work because my
> > skin is so ruddy that it'll make me look like Tip O'Neil. Plus, I need
> > something to match my mauve rhinestone glasses, and red doesn't go with
> > mauve.
>
> I'd wager red would go with any shade of purple (including mauve)
> much better than blue would go with any shade of purple. A good
> combination would be a red that's slightly pinkish or purplish
> with a purple that's slightly reddish. Basically two points near
> the ends of the red-to-purple range. But they'd both have to be
> strongly saturated, and I don't know whether your mauve is.
>
> Pure red goes well with desaturated colors -- I particularly like
> red (light or dark) with gray, and dark red with black is wonderful.
>
Anything goes with heliotrope pyjamas.
Kevin S. Wilson
Ask whoever wrote the screenplay for "Time Bandits."
David DeLaney
>ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) wrote:
>>I wish a blood-red dye job were easier
>>(a clown red isn't hard, but I don't
>>like clown red. I want blood red.)
>
>Mmmmm. Clown's blood red.
>On fire, in bed, etc.
best Sheri S Tepper novel EVER
Dave "did I mention Jackson's Electrodynamics in the last week or so?" DeLaney
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TeaLady (Mari C.)
news:kibo-12080...@10.0.1.2:
> Glitter Ninja (sta...@xmission.com) wrote:
>>
>> James "Kibo" Parry (ki...@world.std.com) wrote:
>> >
>> > It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye
>>
>> I contemplated red today. Now that my relatives have
>> left town, I
>> plan to dye my hair something non-brown. But I don't
>> think I'm ready for blue because it lingers for so long,
>> and red won't work because my skin is so ruddy that it'll
>> make me look like Tip O'Neil. Plus, I need something to
>> match my mauve rhinestone glasses, and red doesn't go
>> with mauve.
>
> I'd wager red would go with any shade of purple (including
> mauve) much better than blue would go with any shade of
> purple. A good combination would be a red that's slightly
> pinkish or purplish with a purple that's slightly reddish.
> Basically two points near the ends of the red-to-purple
> range. But they'd both have to be strongly saturated, and
> I don't know whether your mauve is.
Black Cherry. It makes my hair nice and dark, with brilliant
red lights - and going from shade to sunlight is fun, as the
POW of the red lighting up freaks some folks out.
>
> Pure red goes well with desaturated colors -- I
> particularly like red (light or dark) with gray, and dark
> red with black is wonderful.
I'm, unfortunately, too fair to pull off dark colors very
well. I also work for a place that would frown on extreme
colors, like bright orange or true red. I barely pulled off
the black cherry - that it didn't look so extreme indoors is
what saved me.
I had some red-red-copper highlights put in, a nice counter to
my red-brown natural color. And there were some blond tips
from last year's highlights left, so we left a few of those
in. That is as wild as I can get, given the powers at work.
>
>> There were some amazingly tacky oranges at Walgreen's
>> that I almost
>> bought, but I was petrified that I'd end up looking like
>> Lucille Ball. Brr.
>
(snipt as I am in a hurry and will maybe interrupt again
later)
>
> -- K.
>
> I like fluorescent lasers
> better than regular ones.
>
I like the deep purples and wild bright greens all criss-
crossy, with spikes of brilliant yellow and shimmery azure
blue.
--
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> ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) wrote in
> news:kibo-12080...@10.0.1.2:
>
>> Glitter Ninja (sta...@xmission.com) wrote:
>>>
>>> James "Kibo" Parry (ki...@world.std.com) wrote:
>>> >
>>> > It's too bad it's so hard to get a good deep red dye
>>>
>>> I contemplated red today. Now that my relatives have
>>> left town, I
>>> plan to dye my hair something non-brown. But I don't
>>> think I'm ready for blue because it lingers for so long,
>>> and red won't work because my skin is so ruddy that it'll
>>> make me look like Tip O'Neil. Plus, I need something to
>>> match my mauve rhinestone glasses, and red doesn't go
>>> with mauve.
>>
Would you like to see Kibo's hair color?
I could send it. ::snicker::
:" Your meaningless numerical exercises are based on some kind of model of
: randomly buzzing around the ocean, ignoring the navigational factors
: that I mentioned a couple of posts ago."
talking people
.
James Kibo Parry
> > much better than blue would go with any shade of purple. A good
> > combination would be a red that's slightly pinkish or purplish
> > with a purple that's slightly reddish.
>
> Some shade of pink is probably the color I want to go, but it's so two
> years ago I'm afraid I'll look like Mega Dork! From! Outer! Space!
Pink and magenta are easy colors to get your hair to be. The only
drawbacks are that those dyes tend to stain the skin more easily than
some other colors (so you have to be careful when putting them in)
and the sun fades them more quickly than other colors. If you don't
need Ultimate Staying Power, I'd use a relatively weak dye like
Manic Panic for your first experiments with pink or magenta, because
Manic Panic's easier to scrub off your skin during that first shower,
and because the resulting color will look like the goo in the jar does
(other brands may look darker in the bottle than on your hair.)
Expect some staining of your pillowcase the first night after you dye.
The next day, when you take your second shower, any remaining dye that's
going to come out should come out, so staining your pillow or hat is
only really a problem during that first day.
Of course, if you have help, you can avoid getting any of it on your
scalp in the first place (in theory) but it's easy enough to just put
on rubber gloves and massage it into your hair by yourself if you
don't mind taking a couple of long, thorough showers to scrub away
the dye that sticks to your scalp.
> > Pure red goes well with desaturated colors -- I particularly like
> > red (light or dark) with gray, and dark red with black is wonderful.
>
> The only good thing about high school was that the school color was
> red, and so we got to pair red with grey all the time. The prom colors
> were a deep blood red and black, which looked fabulous. OK, as fabulous
> as streamers hung in the senior citizen's center can look.
This was also the main appeal of Soviet Communism -- the October revolution
encouraged people to pair dark red with black. The graphical style associated
with the Tsarists' propaganda was Art Noveau with lots of swirly flowers in
light pastel colors, so the Communists went the other way with Soviet
Constructivism, lots of hard-edged solid-colored blocky shapes in dark
colors, most often red and black. We need to find a way to associate that
wonderfully evil-looking color combination with a political movement that's
not evil so as to bring about a Utopian society which looks great but is
also nice to people.
> > It's much better to have your hair look like you know it's weirdly-colored
> > (i.e. Manic Panic Electric Lava) than to look like you tried to dye it
> > a sexy "natural redhead" color and just came out looking like a loser
> > who shops at Walgreen's (i.e. Lucille Ball).
>
> Hey, now that they closed my Food 4 Less -- the one where I got all my
> good supermarket stories from -- I have nowhere else to go.
> Walgreen's used to have a significant section of punk colors, with
> good turnover so you didn't get stale dye. They've phased it out,
> though, because I guess they were selling too much. Hell if I know why.
One of the local Walgreen's used to have three coloring kits (out of 1,000)
for red/blue/purple hair, but none of them do now, and in any case you
don't want that stuff that comes in kit form with the disposable plastic
toilet glove and the factory-reject toothbrush and the tiny tubes you
have to mix to pretend you're doing something special.
I get some of my colors at Sally's, some at Newbury Comics, and occasionally
I have to stoop to buying a jar or two from The Garment District (where the
stuff has sometimes aged far too long.) Each of those places has different
subsets of Manic Panic, and none of them carries Electric Sunshine, feh.
If you mail-order direct from ManicPanic.com, the stuff is more expensive,
but that way you also have the option of the "amplified" versions of the
dye that last longer (for $15/jar.)
Hot Topic carries the Special Effects line, which is a little harder to
use (it stains more, and as I've said, the color in the bottle may not
look exactly like what you ultimately get) but Special Effects has good
staying power and they do also have a shocking pink of some sort.
Manic Panic also sells gels which directly compete with Special Effects,
I haven't tried them (the creams work well enough for me.)
> They didn't even have the intense L'Oreal reds anymore. The local
> Sally's has a poor turnover but I'll check it out anyway.
Sally's carries a fraction of the colors of Manic Panic (they used to
have about a dozen, my local one now has only about six) but they're
the cheapest source and their stuff isn't too old, at least at my local
outlets. They also have a few competing brands.
Sally's Web site still lists 15 colors of Manic Panic (about half the
full range.) Cotton Candy Pink is a light bubblegum pink, but you'd
probably have more fun with Hot Hot Pink (a deeper magenta.) If you
want a really deep purplish magenta, see if you can get Divine Wine
somewhere (Sally doesn't carry it.) There's also a rarely-seen color
called Pretty Flamingo which is apparently a fluorescent pink,
but I've never seen it in the flesh.
While you're at Sally's, remember to pick up some conditioner and some
real bleach powder and cream developer, since again, you don't want to
use the bleach kits from the drugstore (those are overpriced and tend
to sneak in some yellow dye.) I use the packets of L'Oreal "Quick Blue"
powder because it's safe for on-scalp use and has that pretty light blue
tint to help you pretend you're putting Sani-Flush in your hair.
Which, basically, you are.
Haven't we been through all this before? HURRY UP AND DYE YOUR HAIR ALREADY!!!
> I'm also a little concerned that I'm too damned old to be doing this
> to my hair.
You're never too old to dye your hair. By the time you're 60, it becomes
mandatory for all women to dye their hair, and men are supposed to pretend
women don't -- it's socially acceptable to mock any guy's obviously fake
black or brown dye job, but we're not supposed to notice that older women
dye their hair too. So I say dye your hair magenta and watch guys being
baffled by your completely natural fluorescent magenta hair.
Weird hair colors are rapidly becoming more socially acceptable, so
hurry up and make your hair weird before weird becomes the new normal.
-- K.
I am the new weird.
James Kibo Parry
>
> Black Cherry. It makes my hair nice and dark, with brilliant
> red lights - and going from shade to sunlight is fun, as the
> POW of the red lighting up freaks some folks out.
What brand is that? I'm always looking for very deep pure reds (i.e.
stuff tending towards maroon) and I'd love something actually cherry-colored.
Special Effects has a "Cherry Bomb" color, which gave me more of a bright
clown red, and Manic Panic's "Vampire Red" tends towards the purple a little.
(That's a problem with dark reds -- often when you add a tiny amount of
black to your red, it starts looking purple.) I want a nice cinnabar,
but without the incredible toxicity.
> I'm, unfortunately, too fair to pull off dark colors very
> well. I also work for a place that would frown on extreme
> colors, like bright orange or true red. I barely pulled off
> the black cherry - that it didn't look so extreme indoors is
> what saved me.
"I'LL PULL OFF *YOUR* BLACK CHERRY!"
Sorry, I don't even know what that might mean, but it seemed like
a catchphrase that obviously needed to exist.
Unfortunately, now that I've brought it up, Will Smith will probably
make a sequel to "I, Robot" just so he can yell that. Sigh. I just
can't help giving Hollywood ideas for ways to make bad movies worse.
-- K.
"I know you've suffered a loss
recently but this relationship
isn't going to work out. You're
a cat, and I'm black. And I just
can't handle being hurt again."
-- actual Will Smith dialogue
from "I, Robot", possibly
written by the robot from
Asimov's "Cal"
Mark Edwards
wrote:
[snip hair-coloring tips]
> -- K.
>
> I am the new
> weird.
You are the old and continuously weird. People who think they can be
like you is the new weird.
Mark Edwards
--
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rone
Well, he's not allowed to play with his food...
rone
--
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TeaLady (Mari C.)
> TeaLady (Mari C.) (spres...@yahoo.com) wrote:
>>
>> Black Cherry. It makes my hair nice and dark, with
>> brilliant red lights - and going from shade to sunlight
>> is fun, as the POW of the red lighting up freaks some
>> folks out.
>
> What brand is that? I'm always looking for very deep pure
> reds (i.e. stuff tending towards maroon) and I'd love
> something actually cherry-colored. Special Effects has a
> "Cherry Bomb" color, which gave me more of a bright clown
> red, and Manic Panic's "Vampire Red" tends towards the
> purple a little. (That's a problem with dark reds -- often
> when you add a tiny amount of black to your red, it starts
> looking purple.) I want a nice cinnabar, but without the
> incredible toxicity.
>
Hmm, must google, haven't used it in a while...
Well, Wella has a gel, but that isn't what I used - it was a
powder, like henna, but has more staying power.
Water Works (a powder) is what I used - but I started with
medium reddish-brown.
http://www.paperpuppet.com/Accessories___Hair_Color_/
_Hair_Care.html
has some interesting descriptions - haven't used any of their
stuff though
>> I'm, unfortunately, too fair to pull off dark colors very
>> well. I also work for a place that would frown on
>> extreme colors, like bright orange or true red. I barely
>> pulled off the black cherry - that it didn't look so
>> extreme indoors is what saved me.
>
> "I'LL PULL OFF *YOUR* BLACK CHERRY!"
>
> Sorry, I don't even know what that might mean, but it
> seemed like a catchphrase that obviously needed to exist.
I don't know - could be hair pr0n, a promise to a black
virgin, or a threat to remove a clown's nose. In the bed.
Not on fire.
>
> Unfortunately, now that I've brought it up, Will Smith will
> probably make a sequel to "I, Robot" just so he can yell
> that. Sigh. I just can't help giving Hollywood ideas for
> ways to make bad movies worse.
>
>
Don't take it to heart. If it wasn't you, it would be someone
else - maybe someone with even worse ideas.
-- K.
>
> "I know you've suffered a loss
> recently but this relationship
> isn't going to work out. You're
> a cat, and I'm black. And I just
> can't handle being hurt again."
>
Poor Will - he so misunderstood that cat. It didn't want a
relationship, it wanted dinner. Us weak and stoopid humins
are only good for opening cans.
David DeLaney
>Expect some staining of your pillowcase the first night after you dye.
>The next day, when you take your second shower, any remaining dye that's
>going to come out should come out, so staining your pillow or hat is
>only really a problem during that first day.
At this point, I'm forced to interrupt and say that "The Man Who Mistook His
Stained Pillow For A Hat" was the _worst_ hat p0rn EVER.
That is all, unfortunately.
>Of course, if you have help, you can avoid getting any of it on your
>scalp in the first place (in theory)
"With proper assistance, you could have left off at seven."
>but it's easy enough to just put
>on rubber gloves and massage it into your hair by yourself if you
>don't mind taking a couple of long, thorough showers to scrub away
>the dye that sticks to your scalp.
Kontext-Away's AIM chimes, displaying the message "IN BUBBLE BATH. DO NOT
DISTURB MORE."
>(it stains more, and as I've said, the color in the bottle may not
>look exactly like what you ultimately get)
COLOR ON BOX MAY NOT MATCH COLOR IN HAIR OR COLOR IN OTHER DIMENSIONS
HAIR DOES NOT FLY BUT WITH ENOUGH GEL IT CAN MIMIC THE APPEARANCE OF IT
>Weird hair colors are rapidly becoming more socially acceptable, so
>hurry up and make your hair weird before weird becomes the new normal.
I blame animenga.
> -- K.
> I am the new weird.
Dave "same as the old weird" DeLaney
Theresa Willis
Ninja) wrote:
> Some shade of pink is probably the color I want to go, but it's so two
>years ago I'm afraid I'll look like Mega Dork! From! Outer! Space!
>
I heard that Mega Dork! From! Outer! Space! was the new black.
madge
I wonder if KevinS has any input on that. Then again he's probably out
looking for a new Job or Somesuch!
TMG
I certainly hope so...Now I just need to incorporate the Outer Space part.
Glitter Ninja
>Pink and magenta are easy colors to get your hair to be. The only
>drawbacks are that those dyes tend to stain the skin more easily than
>some other colors (so you have to be careful when putting them in)
See? I did not know that. The red highlights I did way back when
stained pretty much everything, even stuff it didn't touch, and I
assumed pink would be less stainey.
I'll coat my head in Vasoline to keep the dye from staining as much.
>Expect some staining of your pillowcase the first night after you dye.
Crap. I should have saved one of the 3 dozen old pillows I found a
mom's house yesterday.
>> red, and so we got to pair red with grey all the time. The prom colors
>> were a deep blood red and black, which looked fabulous. OK, as fabulous
>> as streamers hung in the senior citizen's center can look.
>This was also the main appeal of Soviet Communism -- the October revolution
>encouraged people to pair dark red with black.
It's funny that you compared my high school prom with Soviet
Communism...
>full range.) Cotton Candy Pink is a light bubblegum pink, but you'd
>probably have more fun with Hot Hot Pink (a deeper magenta.) If you
>want a really deep purplish magenta, see if you can get Divine Wine
>somewhere (Sally doesn't carry it.)
They had one mauve when I was there, about a year ago, but I forgot
the name of it. I was amused to find Zombie White or whatever it's
called.
>use the bleach kits from the drugstore (those are overpriced and tend
>to sneak in some yellow dye.)
Again, I did not know that.
>> I'm also a little concerned that I'm too damned old to be doing this
>> to my hair.
>You're never too old to dye your hair.
I just don't know what to expect from people when they see a
30-something fat chick with pink hair. Er, I don't know what to expect
from *small-town Kansas* people. And sometimes, they scare me. A
confused redneck is a fuck of a lot scarier than almost anything else I
can think of.
Stacia
cl
"Kevin S. Wilson" wrote:
>
> On 12 Aug 2005 11:27:18 -0700, "Leo" <laza...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
> >> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:11:20 -0400, ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo"
> >> Parry) wrote:
> >>
> >> > I like fluorescent lasers
> >> > better than regular ones.
> >>
> >> If I were creating the world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies
> >> and daffodils. I would've started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one.
> >
> >Why would you create Daylight Savings Time before lasers?
>
> Ask whoever wrote the screenplay for "Time Bandits."
Would he happen to have a bunch of free time on his hands now? If so
KevinZ, the bestest sequel EVAR is callin' you're name!
cl
Mark Edwards wrote:
>
> No cluons were harmed when ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
> wrote:
>
> [snip hair-coloring tips]
>
> > -- K.
> >
> > I am the new
> > weird.
>
> You are the old and continuously weird. People who think they can be
> like you is the new weird.
Stop diluting this post.I wanna hear about getting fuschia highlights
and green roots.
-CAL
Kevin S. Wilson
Not yet. Most days I think about beginning a job search and I just
can't motivate myself to do so. I think, "What good would it do?"
Sometimes I just think, "Why bother?"
I know, I know . . . I'm in denial.
cl
so your gay?
-CAL
I thought you might want to feel like a teacher again so redline away!
Glenn Knickerbocker
> Was: Three shades of violet. Is: Ultramarine blue. Mess made: Yes.
I think you need to take a break from electric colors and try your hand
at duplicating the M&M's "Dark Side" colors: black-brown, navy blue,
maroon, silver-grey, and dull lilac. That's what my officemate has in
his candy jar right now, and it's quite mesmerizing. Excuse me while I
get up and get some more.
¬R
Kevin S. Wilson
You do and I'm telling!
Glenn Knickerbocker
> This was also the main appeal of Soviet Communism -- the October revolution
> encouraged people to pair dark red with black.
So THAT'S why the Rose Revolutionaires were so insistent on going back to
the old Saint George's flag. I never realized Mean Joe Steele had
transferred the colors of his people's flag to his fashion revolution.
ŹR
madge
wrote:
Er. A confused redneck with a rifle, would do it for me!!!
Matthew L. Martin
The Department of Redundancy Department has been notified, informed and
told.
Matthew
Otto Bahn
> >> You're never too old to dye your hair.
> >
> > I just don't know what to expect from people when they see a
> > 30-something fat chick with pink hair. Er, I don't know what to expect
> > from *small-town Kansas* people. And sometimes, they scare me. A
> > confused redneck is a fuck of a lot scarier than almost anything else I
> > can think of.
A drunk redneck. I think the confused part generally comes
with the territory.
[Scene: A nondescript, rundown, small town bar. It could be
a bar in rural Kansas or upstate New York or northern Idaho.
It's that quitessential smokey redneck bar you've seen in
movies. You'd recognize it if you've never been there. The
mounted fish and deer antlers have a dusty coat of tar and
nicotine. The guys who don't smoke are chewing instead.
Everyone's drinking bud. It could be anywhere. It could be...
The *Twilight Zone*!]
Redneck: I'm gonna bash yer head in.
Dingbat: HAH! [Removes imaginary sword from imaginary
hilt] You're no match for my rapier wit!
Redneck: Duh...that's not a shword.
Dingbat: [Stops brandishing imaginary sword and inspects
it closely] You're right, this is just my rapier.
[Places imaginary rapier back in its hilt.]
Redneck: Wha...?
Dingbat: [Brandishes sword from other hilt a la Zorro] Now
this, *this* is a sword.
If, at this point in our little drama, you do not hear lots
of laughter, it is probably a good time to contemplate the
fight or flight response, the geometry of the situation, and
how badly you are outnumbered.
> Er. A confused redneck with a rifle, would do it for me!!!
Timothy McVeigh's dead!
--oTTo--
Edward Cherlin
>> I just don't know what to expect from people when they see a
>> 30-something fat chick with pink hair.
Ah, you haven't met Cindy Somebody of BayCon in San Jose. She was our
extravaganzas person this year. Our Artist GoH, Frank Wu, turned up with
hair dyed bright red. Not bright red-hair color red, actual bright red.
>> Er, I don't know what to expect
>> from *small-town Kansas* people. And sometimes, they scare me. A
>> confused redneck is a fuck of a lot scarier than almost anything else I
>> can think of.
>>
>> Stacia
>>
> Er. A confused redneck with a rifle, would do it for me!!!
Like Bush's nextdoor neighbor, who apparently fired off his gun within 50
meters of the demonstrators yesterday? No information yet on which way it
was pointing.
Kevin S. Wilson
<edward....@etssg.com> wrote:
>Like Bush's nextdoor neighbor, who apparently fired off his gun within 50
>meters of the demonstrators yesterday? No information yet on which way it
>was pointing.
Up.
CNN reported that the gun was "harmlessly discharged into the air." I
dunno how many people are killed each year by guns discharged
harmlesslly into the air, but it isn't a trivial number.
This was a shotgun, though, so somewhat safer.
Also, aren't there laws against brandishing weapons in order to
threaten or intimidate, even if done in a subtle fashion.
Matthew L. Martin
We're talking Texas, here. It may well be against the law not to be
carrying a gun. New Hampster had a law on the books into the mid 20th
century requiring able bodied men to bring a loaded gun to church on Sunday.
Matthew
--
Matthew
I'm a contractor. If you want an opinion, I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?
Kevin S. Wilson
>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:22:06 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson <res...@spro.net>
>wrote:
>
>>CNN reported that the gun was "harmlessly discharged into the air." I
>>dunno how many people are killed each year by guns discharged
>>harmlessly into the air
>
>I do.
>
Check out the big brane on Barbara!
Otto Bahn
> > Also, aren't there laws against brandishing weapons in order to
> > threaten or intimidate, even if done in a subtle fashion.
Usually. In the absence of legislation, this
would be a close call in Common Law that depends
on the situation. Or not, but since the jury
would be, well, Texans, I don't think there is
much chance the shooter would be found guilty.
> We're talking Texas, here. It may well be against the law not to be
> carrying a gun.
Yeah, well, it is illegal to shoot buffalo from
the second story of a hotel. It's not like they
are gun nuts, or anything.
> New Hampster had a law on the books into the mid 20th
> century requiring able bodied men to bring a loaded gun to church on Sunday.
An armed congregation is a polite congregation!
Something tells me required church attendance
would not hold up under Constitutional scrutiny,
but that never stopped anyone from passing dumb
laws.
There are all sorts of stupid laws still on the
books; there's even more than one book about them.
Things like having to fire a shotgun into the air
before crossing a major intersection...
Googling "stupid laws" has no shortage of links,
I liked this one:
http://www.ahajokes.com/stupid_laws.html
--oTTo--
Matthew L. Martin
> "Matthew L. Martin" <not...@notnow.never> wrote
>
>
>>>Also, aren't there laws against brandishing weapons in order to
>>>threaten or intimidate, even if done in a subtle fashion.
>
>
> Usually. In the absence of legislation, this
> would be a close call in Common Law that depends
> on the situation. Or not, but since the jury
> would be, well, Texans, I don't think there is
> much chance the shooter would be found guilty.
>
>
>>We're talking Texas, here. It may well be against the law not to be
>>carrying a gun.
>
>
> Yeah, well, it is illegal to shoot buffalo from
> the second story of a hotel. It's not like they
> are gun nuts, or anything.
>
>
>>New Hampster had a law on the books into the mid 20th
>>century requiring able bodied men to bring a loaded gun to church on Sunday.
>
>
> An armed congregation is a polite congregation!
> Something tells me required church attendance
> would not hold up under Constitutional scrutiny,
> but that never stopped anyone from passing dumb
> laws.
The law didn't require church attendance. If you went you had to be
armed and ready to fight the Indians, should they decide to attack that day.
> There are all sorts of stupid laws still on the
> books; there's even more than one book about them.
> Things like having to fire a shotgun into the air
> before crossing a major intersection...
Or requiring Massachusetts residents to shoot anyone coming into the
commonwealth from Rhode Island.
> Googling "stupid laws" has no shortage of links,
> I liked this one:
>
> http://www.ahajokes.com/stupid_laws.html
--
Otto Bahn
> >>New Hampster had a law on the books into the mid 20th
> >>century requiring able bodied men to bring a loaded gun to church on Sunday.
> >
> > An armed congregation is a polite congregation!
> > Something tells me required church attendance
> > would not hold up under Constitutional scrutiny,
> > but that never stopped anyone from passing dumb
> > laws.
>
> The law didn't require church attendance. If you went you had to be
> armed and ready to fight the Indians, should they decide to attack that day.
I know -- I was just pulling a Swilson. I probably
ought to FNARR that last sentence.
--oTTo--
Kevin S. Wilson
And the meaning of "pulling a Swilson" would be what, exactly?
>I probably
>ought to FNARR that last sentence.
>
In your dreams. Well, in Lots42's dreams, too, but you get my point.
Otto Bahn
> >> >>New Hampster had a law on the books into the mid 20th
> >> >>century requiring able bodied men to bring a loaded gun to church on Sunday.
> >> >
> >> > An armed congregation is a polite congregation!
> >> > Something tells me required church attendance
> >> > would not hold up under Constitutional scrutiny,
> >> > but that never stopped anyone from passing dumb
> >> > laws.
> >>
> >> The law didn't require church attendance. If you went you had to be
> >> armed and ready to fight the Indians, should they decide to attack that day.
> >
> >I know -- I was just pulling a Swilson.
>
> And the meaning of "pulling a Swilson" would be what, exactly?
Making fun of how he wrote what he intended to say.
> >I probably
> >ought to FNARR that last sentence.
> >
> In your dreams. Well, in Lots42's dreams, too, but you get my point.
You don't want to know what is in other people's dreams.
--oTTo--
David DeLaney
>madge wrote:
>>> I just don't know what to expect from people when they see a
>>> 30-something fat chick with pink hair.
>
>Ah, you haven't met Cindy Somebody of BayCon in San Jose. She was our
>extravaganzas person this year. Our Artist GoH, Frank Wu, turned up with
>hair dyed bright red. Not bright red-hair color red, actual bright red.
One of the webcomics I read had a link recently to a Japanese comic convention
the artist had been to, which was apparently being infiltrated by anime
characters. Granted none of them APPEAR to be 30-something, and the ones
in the pictures weren't fat, but it could have been a good makeup job: ...and
now I can't find the link. It appears not to have been Ghastly's, or something
positive... can't find it now, bah, and am NOT going to go slogging through
Google Images with just "comics convention pink hair" to work with. Sorry.
Dave
--
\/David DeLaney posting from d...@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
kerri9494
Also, did you happen to go to the Darkmoon Faire, and run into the NPC
with a FAMILIAR NAME? She's very strong, and will tell you what to do
if you're a blacksmith.
HAW HAW TEE HEE.
--k
Marc Goodman
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:04:00 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson <res...@spro.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:00:23 -0400, bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:22:06 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson <res...@spro.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>CNN reported that the gun was "harmlessly discharged into the air." I
>>>>dunno how many people are killed each year by guns discharged
>>>>harmlessly into the air
>>>
>>>I do.
>>>
>>
>>Check out the big brane on Barbara!
>
>
>
> BW
*talking*
Oh my god
Becky, look at her brain
Its so big
She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends
Who understands those rap guys
They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute
I mean her brain
It's just so big
I can't believe it's so round
It's just out there
I mean, it's gross
Look, she's just so black
*rap*
I like big brains and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Wanna pull up tough
Cuz you notice that brain was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she's wearing
I'm hooked and I can't stop staring
Oh, baby I wanna get with ya
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But that brain you got
Make Me so horney
Ooh, rump of smooth skin
You say you wanna get in my benz
Well use me use me cuz you aint that average groupy
I've seen them dancin'
To hell with romancin'
She's Sweat,Wet, got it goin like a turbo vette
I'm tired of magazines
Saying flat brains are the thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back
So Fellas (yeah) Fellas(yeah)
Has your girlfriend got the brain (hell yeah)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake that healthy brain
Baby got back
(LA face with Oakland booty)
I like'em round and big
And when I'm throwin a gig
I just can't help myself
I'm actin like an animal
Now here's my scandal
I wanna get you home
And UH, double up UH UH
I aint talkin bout playboy
Cuz silicone parts were made for toys
I wannem real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mixalot's in trouble
Beggin for a piece of that bubble
So I'm lookin' at rock videos
Knockin these bimbos walkin like hoes
You can have them bimbos
I'll keep my women like Flo Jo
A word to the thick soul sistas
I wanna get with ya
I won't cus or hit ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna --
Til the break of dawn
Baby Got it goin on
Alot of pimps won't like this song
Cuz them punks lie to hit it and quit it
But I'd rather stay and play
Cuz I'm long and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on
So ladies (yeah), Ladies (yeah)
Do you wanna roll in my Mercedes (yeah)
Then turn around
Stick it out
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back
(LA face with the Oakland booty)
Yeah baby
When it comes to females
Cosmo ain't got nothin to do with my selection
36-24-36
Only if she's 5'3"
So your girlfriend throws a Honda
Playin workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns hun
You can do side bends or sit-ups, but please don't lose that brain
Some brothers wanna play that hard role
And tell you that the brain ain't gold
So they toss it and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it
So cosmo says you're fat
Well I ain't down with that
Cuz your waste is small and your curves are kickin
And I'm thinkin bout stickin
To the beanpole dames in the magazines
You aint it miss thing
Give me a sista I can't resist her
Red beans and rice did miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
Cuz his girls were on my list
He had game but he chose to hit 'em
And pulled up quick to get with 'em
So ladies if the brain is round
And you wanna triple X throw down
Dial 1-900-MIXALOT and kick them nasty thoughts
Baby got back
Baby got back
Little in tha middle but she got much back x4
Marc Goodman
>>I know -- I was just pulling a Swilson.
>
>
> And the meaning of "pulling a Swilson" would be what, exactly?
I don't know either, but I expect pre-moistened towelettes would
feature somewhere in the process.
Matthew L. Martin
A horrible image of an anatomical yank flitted into my head. I hope to
GUV that it flits out soon.
Matthew
Glitter Ninja
>>Like Bush's nextdoor neighbor, who apparently fired off his gun within 50
>>meters of the demonstrators yesterday? No information yet on which way it
>>was pointing.
>Up.
>CNN reported that the gun was "harmlessly discharged into the air." I
>dunno how many people are killed each year by guns discharged
>harmlesslly into the air, but it isn't a trivial number.
You do realize that the media are, and have been for quite some time,
the unpaid public servants of the United States government? Of *course*
it was harmless.
>Also, aren't there laws against brandishing weapons in order to
>threaten or intimidate, even if done in a subtle fashion.
Not that apply to Bush's friends or those who support him, no.
Stacia
do try and keep up
Glenn Knickerbocker
><No...@bestweb.net> wrote:
>>maroon, silver-grey, and dull lilac. That's what my officemate has in
>>his candy jar right now, and it's quite mesmerizing. Excuse me while I
>>get up and get some more.
>You do and I'm telling!
Who do you think he puts them there for? Skinny guy like him, you don't
think he actually eats them himself, do you?
ŹR - At Ebay you'll find a great range of Doom
<http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/bluemoon.html>
shelly
wrote:
>but you get my point.
is this where someone tells y'all to get a room?
--
shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
-- A.A. Milne
Otto Bahn
> >but you get my point.
>
> is this where someone tells y'all to get a room?
Too late.
--oTTo--
shelly
they have drugs for that now-a-days.
--
shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com
T is for Titus who flew into bits.
-- Edward Gorey, The Gashlycrumb Tinies
Kevin S. Wilson
wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:42:43 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson <res...@spro.net>
>wrote:
>
>>but you get my point.
>
>is this where someone tells y'all to get a room?
I was expecting a FNARRR, but your response will do.