Attack of the Holiday Hair
Thursday, December 30 2004
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I tried a little experiment with the curlers. Not only did it work, but the curlers, THEY TOOK OVER. Be very, very afraid.
1. Stacy said:
Good God woman!
2. Julia said:
First?
3. Julia said:
Ok, second. And wow, that's CURLY HAIR!
4. stacy said:
Gotcha!!!!
5. Kev said:
You should have seen my hair this morning... Great picture!
FIRST?!?!?!
6. libbiegrrl said:
MY GAWD!! Shirley Temple, reincarnated!
7. eb said:
two times the heather.
happy new year!
8. Mary said:
Oh, so very funny! My hair does that same thing when I try to use curlers. This is why they've been sitting on the closet shelf, lonely, for quite some time now.
9. Whitters said:
I'm just jealous that curlers actually WORK on your hair. I can leave my hair in curlers for hours and, when I take them out, VOILA...completely straight, limp hair. Bah!
10. Chiara said:
woowoo! happy, healthy 2005 to dooce and friends! my good friend orit turned me on to dooce.com and now i am a huge fan. Love the Leta, Chuck, George, Jon and Heather stories--not sure about the curls but way to try new things....
11. trisha said:
Ah, Heather, you are always ALWAYS beautiful.
12. LadyBug said:
Oh, dear.
Was it hot rollers? 'Cause that's pretty much what my hair looks like _every time_ I decide to re-try the hot rollers. I'll have this image in my head of what my hair will look like...you know, those soft, fluffy curls, like in the Pantene commercials...I take the curlers out and...sigh...it looks like...well, it looks just like yours, there. Such a disappointment...
Oh, and if ever you had a reason to look pissed off in a picture, THAT'S it.
13. pismire said:
Um, yeah. When I use curlers, the front of my hair looks like that, and the back of my hair is flat, with maybe a slight kink or two. I get lazy.
14. sporty said:
That looks like the same hairstyle as the mom in That 70's show. You need to go in the kitchen and start baking.
15. Fish said:
hee hee hee. Guess you oughta put those curlers back in the box marked "1986."
16. Danielle said:
Yep, that would be a "head for the sink and try again" moment.
17. steph said:
hot hair, dooce. HOT.
18. Lauren said:
Dude, it takes me 4 hours to make my hair curl. Yours looks great! Happy holidays. :o)
19. red said:
WOW. that is some curly hair, woman!
20. Fish said:
By the way, my ...er... wife was asking, isn't it about time for another update to the continuing saga of Heather's Hair?
21. al said:
Curls, ah, no be very afraid
22. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Sassy!
23. LadyBug said:
Fish said at 07:39AM, 12.30.2004:
By the way, my …er… wife was asking, isn’t it about time for another update to the continuing saga of Heather’s Hair?
Your "...er...wife"? What, has she disowned you? Have you been a naughty Fish?
24. Liz said:
Oh dear God. What on earth were you thinking, Dooce? Are you entering a pageant? Run to the shower immediately.
25. kat said:
Curls are IN...Fun and Festive, all you need is a bow and some mistletoe. Happy 2005!
26. jennifer said:
sweet sassy molassey!
27. Jenie said:
I'm hearing Good Ship Lollipop in my head....wonder why...
28. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
If that supermodel with the shattered pelvis never walks again, I think we've found our new Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model. Time to dust off that sequined bikini, Heather.
29. chickenflicken said:
quote: are you entering a pageant?
BAW-HAW-HAW-HAW!!!
The furtive lurking is the funniest part for me.
30. Heather said:
I like it. :)
31. Bean said:
You might now be satisfied with the results the first time, but you need to stick with it for a week or two and keep trying. You're trying something new and it takes time to work it out.
Most innovations start out by being worse than the thing they set out to replace.
32. George Lover said:
Now, I think it's a smashing look. Kind of 20s or 40s retro. Not an everyday look, but very cool. Did Leta have a reaction?
33. closet metrosexual said:
To murder Billy Joel:
She can curl if she wants
But she's always a hottie to me
34. Jess from B-lo said:
That is so totally NOT punk rock.
I still think you rock tho :)
35. blondzila said:
My hair is blonde and very very thick. When I was a kid, perms were all the rage. My mom made me get a "body perm" at the age of 12. It was awful. I looked like a blonde Darth Vader - my hair just angled out from my head at the proper angle and the edges seemed sharp enough to snap in two any brush stupid enough to come that close.
I will never ever curl my hair again. The years of therapy just aren't worth it.
36. psyche said:
I should try that one time =p
37. jennay said:
i'm scared. mom hair.
38. tone said:
To quote "Ghost":
"Damn baby, what'd you do to yo hair?"
39. Scott said:
Throw on some moon boots and you can go to your New Years party as Napoleon Dynamite.
Funky!
40. the husband said:
Leta didn't react, but I did. ROWWR.
41. Janie said:
You do not look happy about your hair.
42. becaru said:
Heather, you know that we're laughing with you rather than laughing at you because we have ALL HAD OUR HAIR LOOK LIKE THAT AT SOME POINT!! I admire your courage at actually photographing yourself in this state.
May your 2005 be 365 good hair days.
43. Fish said:
Jon, you are funny.
44. gardens grey said:
I think it looks great!
45. August95 said:
You didn't show that hair to the baby I hope. You still look great in any case.
46. Library Girl said:
Wow. That is some hair! Like a poodle that licked a toaster, but if anyone could pull it off it's you Heather. Work it Girlfriend!
47. Chessy said:
Oh my goodness! That is some hair you got there, girl. (How Southern was *that*?)
It is a sad world we live in when we are forced to be scared of our curlers, and what the curlers will *do* to you. :)
Thanks for sharing.
48. jennay said:
My Halloween cotume this year was Like A Virgin Madonna, so I pulled out the pink sponge rollers and had a hell of a time trying to recreate her curls. My hair is STRAIGHT and it throws a fit when I try to give it some wave.
49. Library Girl said:
Jon, it must be so hard to control yourself when your wife is sporting such sexy hair. Down Boy!
50. Mrs.Stray said:
Good LORD woman!! I think they are attacking your head!! But hey, your hair could like like ANY of these...
http://tinyurl.com/4d87y
Your broken foot post was quite amusing I have to say. I doubt you found it as funny, but I am sure Jon laughed when you missed him and hit the metal box. Heh, box.
Boxes will NEVER ever ever be right again in my mind. I just want to give everyone a gift in a box, a really nice box so they will comment on how nice the box really is. OOh, it's all about the box.
51. Amanda B. said:
Dooce- your features are really striking. The hair...well apparently you have fulfilled Jon's life long Princess Leia fantasy.
Fish- Gilmore Girl's and now Dooce's hair. Poor DL, she has no idea how metro you are does she? :)
52. Moxie said:
Very Marlene Dietrich.
53. Mrs.Stray said:
LMAO @@ The Husband.
Curler Hair = Boohbah
54. Michelle said:
HEE! I chi-ironed my honey's shoulder length curls and came out with mid-back length 1980's ROCKER hair. HE HATED IT, but it let me trim it straight. It was the first time I hed been able to run my hands through his hair, and umm...yummy!! Flowing Vince Neil hair...Then we....
55. Marie said:
That hair-do reminds me of mine in the mid-70's. My mom would put the pink sponge-rollers in at night, and the next morning, VOILA! Anyway, that's the image that came to mind when I saw your hair. And Jon, you ARE funny! :)
Glad that Leta didn't freak out like she did on Santa's lap!
56. Kieran said:
I am having flash backs of Medusa from Clash of the Titans
57. Stephanie said:
That is lovely. I have those bright ideas sometimes too and they never work out for me. I look like I stuck my finger in an electric socket.
58. lulu cornichon said:
You know, if you had pink and orange eyeshadow up to your eyebrows and a little red-lipsticked geisha mouth, I bet that look would be totally Fashion Forward.
And by Fashion Forward, yes, I mean scary.
59. Zach said:
Ha ha ah aha! I'm sorry, but dem curls be outta hand.
60. Kimberly said:
Sorry for breaking lockstep here, but I think it has the potential to look pretty cute. Sorry...I came of age in the big hair era, and every day when I pull my hair straight, I miss the bigness of days gone by.
(Who else used to keep a big can of hairspray in their high school locker? ;) )
61. Laura said:
I, too, have learned to fear the power of the curlers. When I got married (Jan. 2001) I somehow decided I might want to hot-roller my hair (shoulder-blade-length, basically straight) for "a different look" at the rehearsal/rehearsal dinner. Thank $DEITY I test-drove it first. My hair sproinged up to just above my shoulders. It looked like I was wearing a poodle as a hood. Just Say No!
62. Scott said:
You look totally ready for a vicious cat fat at the local WalMart for the last blue Boobah. "Honey, if'n ya'll dun drop dat der Boobuh I'm fixin to make ya'll feel like ya'll got the vapors!" Reeeeeow! Pfffsssst!
63. Scott said:
cat fight. not cat fat. although Grafield is sort of cool.
64. Drama Queen said:
My mother used to make my hair look like that on purpose for my gradeschool/dance pictures. It drives me nuts now because now my kids will think I looked like a poodle.
Portraits are supposed to capture how you actually looked at the time, not how your mother dolled you up to look like a freak. They should capture the real you, not the real you with a poodle on your head.
Sorry about that. I'm still bitter.
65. Scott said:
I'll stop trying to type now. Damn Nyquil.
66. Amanda B. said:
Kimberly- do you remember the days when we all teased and curled our bangs into this insidious claw thing? That was awesome.
67. Drama Queen said:
OMG, the claw bang thing. I had a friend who used to tease hers so they stood up straight. We measured the claw once and it stood 5 inches high.
I so do NOT miss the 80's.
68. lulu cornichon said:
Yeah, Amanda, but did you guys do the advanced, *two-layer* claw of bangs? Where there's the vertical claw _and_ the horizontal claw?
Now there's a hairstyle. I still see it occasionally.
69. Amanda B. said:
Yes lulu, exactly! I'm amazed that I have any hair in the front of my head after all of that abuse. Who came up with that crap in the first place?
Scott- twelve steps bebe, twelve steps...
70. Kimberly said:
lol! You know a hairstyle has gone wrong when you find yourself hairspraying the backside of your bangs.
Mine never reached 5 inches, but it did used to brush the roof of compact cars.
71. Beth said:
That hair TOTALLY reminds me of a church choir concert I sang in (well, lip synced in - they wouldn't actually ALLOW ME TO SING) in 1987. I have naturally curly hair, and Mom (of 1960's Southern Big Hair Heritage) decided I needed it rolled as well. Hide the Aqua Net! Dooce is curled!
72. trucmuche said:
Hu-ho... Watch out 2005!
73. amelia said:
You look like one of the original Charlie's Angels... You are so retro!
74. Dee said:
And make-up too...wow!
Try the larger Velcro rollers Heather.
Personally, I like the messed up big curl look!
75. Dyanna said:
I dont see what's wrong with Heather's hair in that picture... my hair looks like that every day, except its natural. :-P Okay, I'm kidding, the hair looks almost 'flock of seagull-y'!
And Jon, you would GRR if Heather was BALD - and that's why we all love you so much!
76. Scott said:
Amanda B - I'd be lucky if I could make it two steps without face-planting with all the Willy Wonka candies and elephant tranquilizers running through my system.
"The Claw" is rad! My yearbooks are nothing but various studies of abstract claw hair art. Just don't get me started on my bleached skater bangs at the time. WTF?
77. beachgal said:
I like the picture, whether you like the hair or not. My hair is in an uproar now, too. I just got my shoulder length, curly permed hair cut in layers, and I must blow dry it every day. I haven't had to use a dryer on my hair in forever, so it's taking some time to get used to doing it. And um..it SUCKS!
78. closet metrosexual said:
Amanda/Lulu - I remember those days too. Windproof tunnel tested, bulletproof hair. Hair so damn big you couldn't get a sweater on over it. But it wasn't manly to use a curling iron, so I'd have to blow dry it while twisting the brush through it, slooooowly. I miss those days.
79. Robyn said:
Well, if "the husband" thinks it's sexy, then I say go for it! If it will make you feel better, just throw black cloths over all the mirrors in your house like they do for a Jewish wake.
80. amelia said:
With that hair I expect to hear a big southern accent. Come on dooce, let us hear it...
81. Melanie S said:
I can totally see you dressed up like two things:
First a flapper from "Throughly Modern Millie"
Second, Shirley Temple singing On the GooD Ship Lolly Pop twisting your index finger into your dimples!
Rock the fro, Dooce!
82. Evil Stepmother said:
Um, wow. It's...different. Very brave, but curlers are evil and must be destroyed.
83. paige said:
Now how can you not crack a smile with that 'do? :P
84. Dazed & Confuzed said:
Ya gotta love hair that's a-bouncin' and behavin'. Nice job, Heather! I hope 2005 finds you, Jon and Leta healthy, happy and full of the same incredible wonderfulness that is Dooce.
85. Julie said:
Holy shit.
86. JulieT said:
The only way to go with those things is to take them out one millisecond after you put them in. Then it's only a little curly and it doesn't have the chance to go all Shirley Temple on you.
87. Amanda B. said:
My fav guy look was the Feather...and Spray. Now Feather...and quickly...Spray.
Julie- howdy!
88. patti said:
Funny how straight-haired girls curl their hair for the holiday and curly-haired girls straighten theirs.
89. Katie said:
I actually think it looks really cool, sorta punk-rock 1920s screen siren.
90. GEORGE! said:
it's kinda cute.
91. JulieT said:
Hey there! Last night in cruising your site I found that you live in Mississippi!!! I spent high school in Memphis. I'm glad there are some former southerners here.
Beachgal, I feel for you... there's nothing worse than inadvertently doing something to your hair that triples your getting-ready time. You'll get used to it. Thank God it grows, right?
92. Jess said:
Long time listener, first time caller...
I especially like how we get the view from both sides. The left side of your hair looks like it has potential, but lordy...the right side almost appears to be 80s feathered in a very sticky-outy way. It's kind of a gravity-defying feat, really. I try this about once every 18 months thinking that perhaps - PERHAPS - this time I'll get it right and it will look fabulous, forgetting that my hair wouldn't even take the perms that my mom favored in the 80s. And alas, I haven't gotten it right yet, but as luck would have it, I'm late for work already and time is too short for a do-over. The upside to this look, however, is that you could've thrown on an ornament or two, and really captured some holiday spirit.
93. LadyBug said:
I just noticed both Google ads are for Hot Curlers. Teehee
94. christy said:
Whoa! That's flippy!
95. melanie said:
What is it about curlers that make hair go all horizontal like that?? They never work for me and are just a great big pain in the ass I tell ya. I say go spiky for the New Year.
96. Cristin said:
As a child, my hair was very straight, even resisting curlers. My mom would try with those pink foam curlers too, and every time we would pull them out in the morning, and as soon as a comb went anywhere NEAR my head - straight hair returned.
Now, tho, my lurking curly hair gene has made itself known. My mom and sis always had gorgeous ringlets. With each of my two kids, my hair took on more curl (the wonder of hormones!) At first I was straightening it daily, because it took a while for the hormoned hair to stop looking like a grown out perm.
The first day I actually went to work without straightening my hair, my eldest girl, then 4 pointed at me and laughed. I asked her what was so funny and she giggled and said...
"Mom, you forgot to make the curls go away today!"
97. The Mighty Jimbo said:
i would sell a kidney to be able to "experiment" with my hair with anything more than a new brand of shaving cream or a freshly lubricated clipper.
98. Big Gay Sam said:
Mein Gott im Himmel!
There be HAIR HERE!!!
That looks like that sexy bed hair that straight guys are so into.
You go grrrl! :op
99. Jess again... said:
And also, meant to wish you, Jon, Leta and of course Chuck the best of the new year.
100. sab said:
I think it looks great! Happy New Year Armstrongs!
101. Gretchen C. said:
Now, that is some LARGE hair. You don't look any too happy about it. Might be fun to put on some leg warmers, shoulder pads, acid-washed denim and a DeBarge record, though, just to complete the mood.
102. victoria said:
Taking a break from my vow to abstain from leaving pervy & stalkerish comments:
I think her hair looks really cute.
Also I join those voting for another photo-essay on the life of Heather's hair.
103. sam said:
Personally, I can't WAIT until tight-rolling jeans comes back. THAT was a look that was flattering on everyone!
104. sam said:
OH BABY! I just did it and IT LOOKS AWESOME!!
105. Colleen from NJ said:
Wow... Nellie Olsen hair ROCKS.
To tell the truth, that's what my hair looked like on my wedding day. No shit! My husband hated it. I hated it. That's what happens when you get your hair done in NJ.
106. becca said:
I was totally going to curl my hair this morning, but I think it's shorter than yours & would even be more afro-y. Plus I realized I didn't have a curler. Hmm.
107. Colleen from NJ said:
Dooce, I read that, and I hope I didn't offend. You should see how crappy I look right now. My hair hasn't been combed or cleaned in many moons. At least your hair is clean.
108. LadyBug said:
Dooce, I _hate_ when people suggest putting the baby to bed later to make him/her sleep later. That is total and complete crap. It never, ever works. My girls are 7 1/2 and 6, and they STILL won't sleep in, no matter WHAT time they go to bed.
Okay, so I'm a little bitter.
109. JulieT said:
BTW, just so you know, I was talking to Amanda before... not Dooce. How stupid would you people think I was posting something like that only a day after the "Great Salt Lake" photo.
110. LadyBug said:
Oh, and on the topic of hair...
The internet mourns as the days of _Fussy_ growing out her hair come to an end:
http://www.fussy.org/hair/day96.html
111. stacy said:
Dooce, you had the southern hair thing happnin' on you wedding day, too. I ain't hatin'; I'm sure I'll have some god awful updo seeing as how I live in Texas. How'd you get the ringlets under control on that day? Have you lost all authority over you hair since Leta? Damn kids, they have power over everything.
112. Amanda B. said:
Poor tired parents. Maybe we'll stick with our pets for a bit longer...they let us sleep in. :)
113. John Sloas said:
I haven't slept well in 6 years. Damn kids.
114. Library Girl said:
Not to get all Librarian on your ass but the book your referring too is: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
Very rad book, btw.
115. Scott said:
BigGay- I'm not sure that is "exactly" the bed head look all us stright guys like. I really can't say anything as a former mullet wearer and skater bangs bleached orange. Oh yeah. I rocked. Everyone bust out the Member's Only jackets now.
JulieT - Good Morning!
116. amelia said:
Just wait until Leta has a bed and can get in and out at her pleasure. That is a whole new set of issues to ponder on....
117. jill said:
GLAM~ seriously... love it!
118. Jess said:
Speaking of mullets, have you ever visited mullet.com? And did any male here ever perm the back of the mullet so as to accomplish "power curls"? My brother-in-law had that style in the 80s, and I'll tell you what...it's something to see. He was the Big Man on Campus in so many ways.
119. Sissychong said:
Red Bull give you WINGS!!
120. Cristin said:
oh man, remeber that particularly annoying noise of parachute pants-wearing legs rubbing together? EEEEEEK !
121. Drama Queen said:
My youngest ATE THREW the board book copy of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. There are bites taken out of the pages and the binding is completely gone because she ate it.
Very hungry indeed!
122. Drama Queen said:
ATE THROUGH even. If I'm gonna use caps, I should at least spell the damn thing right.
Oh for the love of G-d I can't freaking spell. Sorry about that.
Damn it. I was an English major once. Unfortunately, they don't require you to take spelling tests in college.
123. Kristine said:
Christin-
The official name were 'Worley Wraps'
Dear god, why do I know this?
I don't care I kick ass at "The 80's Game"
I think it's because I still have feathered hair. no. kidding. sort of. it's still to big for 2004. I swear i blow dry my hair and i start channeling farrah facet or something.
124. This might not be Amanda but rather Wayne Newton said:
Scott- exmulleters are awesome.
Does anyone remember those shirts that would change color with body heat? What about Z. Cavaricci pants that came up to teet level. Ahhh...those were the days.
Although I have to admit...i like teet level pants better than the ass crack pants of today.
125. Amanda B. said:
Whoops, forgot to change my name back from yesterday. blush.
126. George Lover said:
anyone else worried about the Google ad "Escape the Planet Urine"?
Good luck with the teething.
127. Kristine said:
Wayne er..Amanda!
OMG, I had BOTH of those articles of clothing!! I had black and acid washed Z cavs!! Ohhhh bring back the 80's!!!!
128. George Lover said:
My big memory of the 80s is putting eyeliner on the inside of my eyes. Y'know, the space between the lower lashes and your EYEBALL. Really hygienic, and oh so fetching.
129. Kristine said:
GL:
Doing that with teal eyeliner.
yeah.
130. Cristin said:
eeeeeew yes! and it was LIQUID eyeliner!
131. TracyDee said:
so did you go with it or did you wash it out and start over?
132. Jess said:
What about colored mascara? Hot.
133. Kahli said:
On the hypercolor shirts:
I was just starting to get little boobs when the hot shirt revolutionary technology came out and my lavendar shirt turned hot pink on my shoulders and in two very uncool circles on my chest.
Lame, lame, lame. But I so wish I had one now because I would find it funny and not mortifying.
Hi everybody!
Heather, I kinda think it looks verrah sassy and sexy and well, I'm with The Husband on this one.
134. Kristine said:
That's it, i'm digging out the old pictures. I don't think ANYONE here can beat my 80's hair pictures.
If I can find one where I am wearing the z's and the blue mascara, i get bonus points!
135. Ali said:
Mirrorproject.com what?
Happy (Almost) New Year Dooce!
136. LadyBug said:
I remember blue mascara! And CLEAR mascara. And leg warmers. And Olivia-Newton-John-Let's-Get-Physical sweatbands. And acid-washed jeans. (And sam, if you really did tight-roll your jeans this morning, I think I love you a little. You know, in a platonic, internet-y sort of way.) And Oscar de la Renta skirt sets with the inside-out seams. And blue eye shadow. And huge, I-stood-against-a-wall-and-sprayed my-bangs-in-this-position, feathered hair. And...
Sigh. Good times, good times...
Uh-oh. Does all this nostalgia mean I'm getting (gasp) old??
137. Amanda B. said:
Bolo ties. KSwiss. Mood lipstick. Swatch. AAAAAAAAAgh.
Poor Dooce, she's probably all "hey, my hair's not that gd bad!!" snort.
Our aquatic friend is feeling blue. :( Give him some lovin' please.
138. butterstar said:
crazy hair...scared...
If anyone's looking for pantene curls, try a light app of spray gel and a big curling iron. I got some wonderful Charlie's Angels curls out of my difficult, often-frizzy, sometimes-flat, typically-wavy, waist-length long hair doing that.
And I thank GOD I never got into the claw bangs thing. Yes, I might have been a social outcast b/c of it at the time, but all MY high school pics look normal. ha!
I do admit to having used green mascara though. And liquid eyeliner. I was the liquid eyeliner pro...could put it on in the back of a school bus! Ahh, the good ol' days. not!
139. Paula said:
the hair doesn't look that bad actually, but what is up with the bright pink blush? yeow!
140. Emily said:
SWEET LORD!!!!!
141. victoria said:
Princess Diana had the inner-eye-edge eyeliner thing going on until she died in the mid '90's . . . .
IN FRANCE!
142. AyEnDeeAreEeAyAitch said:
Dooce said, "naughty Boohbah things to the tools of his proceduring."
Gah! I can't stop sickering.
P.S. you're purty
143. AyEnDeeAreEeAyAitch said:
and when I say sickering I mean sNickering.
144. George Lover said:
Dooce, I think the holiday make-up goes with the holiday 'do. For a gal who doesn't often wear much/any make-up, it looks very festive on you. (And Jon, is it the hair/make-up combo that has you, er, reacting?) Was there a holiday outfit too? I think it's a fun look.
145. Kristine said:
Okay, click my name, it will take you to my blog where I have posted....the freshman year picture. Let the teasing begin!!
lol. I think I was wearing liquid eyeliner...ALL OVER THE PLACE!
146. George Lover said:
OMG, Kristine, that is hysterical! Thanks for posting it!!
147. LadyBug said:
Dooce, I think it's so funny and sweet that Jon's geekocity (geekery? geekness?) is such an aphrodisiac to you. You two make such a sweet couple.
148. Kristine said:
the sad thing is...that's ME. That's not some f*ed up picture I found after googling for "Serious 80's hair"!!!
149. carson said:
Not about the hair, about the early waking: Put her to bed earlier. Defies logic, but so much of this parenting stuff does. May not work for you, but you might get a chance to boobah in the evening, and then get to boobah in the morning. After you pee of course.
150. susan said:
you never smile in the photos you take...?
151. Shiz said:
Neather, that photograph rocks!
152. dooce said:
My face was particularly red that day because I used St. Ives exfoliating scrub in the shower. Wasn't just the blush.
Okay. Who sent me the onesie that says, "my mom says it's okay if i'm gay" ?? because that just totally made my day and I've been awake FOR A LONG TIME ALREADY. we're going to see grandmommie this afternoon and when grandmommie sees that onesie she is going to crap her Avon World Sales Leading pantsuit.
Closet Metro: thank you for the CD and the Clorox Disinfecting wipes. you're hoping that I use those on Leta's ass and come back with a story about how I burned her buns off, aren't you?
153. LadyBug said:
Hey Dooce, think you can snap a pic of Grandmommie's reaction to Leta's new onesie? (And post it here, of course)
154. Mrs.Stray said:
Usually if a baby is kept up later they are just tired the next day and pissed as all hell.
My baby has no teeth waaaaah. She does however have funky eye goobers because her tear ducts are malfunctioning.
Know what's fun? Fun is having to wipe a pissed of 9 month old's eyes and runny nose every 15 minutes. Yeah boy.
155. Amanda B. said:
And maybe a pic of FarmerJon's underroos? ;)
156. Kristine said:
Ohhh the teething phase.
My babies are 6 and 7 now so all those teeth that kept them up at night are falling out. [in Shea's case-being knocked out]
In the last two weeks I have had to be the tooth fairy THREE times!
2 from Shea and 1 from Alyx last night.
It's getting kinda creepy all these teeth I am collecting. What do parents to with these things?
I'm starting to feel like the guy in Jeeper's Creepers!!
157. girl said:
bbbzzztttt!
158. Smark! said:
hum...
How come you look ticked off all the time? How can you not be happy with a camera like that?? (besides the hair)
159. Cristin said:
Kristine- *love* the pic, you totally rocked in freshman year.
heh heh, Jeepers Creepers, love to hate that movie, gave me the creeps, but soooooooo many laughs
160. Becky said:
Heather, you're a beautiful woman, who probably couldn't look otherwise if you tried. I find it fascinating how so many people get some kind of kick out of making critical comments. It's a wonder you don't close comments just to give yourself a break from that. So generous of you to let people 'have their say,' even if sometimes what's said is downright unkind.
Wishing your family a HAPPY and HEALTHY year to come. God bless you all!
161. Kristine said:
Cristin-
Thank you! I remember being all put out that I didn't win 'best hair' in my eighth grade year book. I got best legs though.
yeah...it was a small school.
162. closet metrosexual said:
Dooce - the disenfecting wipes are for cleaning the shitmist off of your phone.
I just got home from lunch at a Chinese Buffet and thought of you; in their bathroom they had a hideous painting titled "Graceful Moment"
163. stacy said:
Kimberly said at 08:43AM, 12.30.2004:
lol! You know a hairstyle has gone wrong when you find yourself hairspraying the backside of your bangs.
So funny! And true! And Becky...I'm pretty sure she knows her hairstyle was whack.
164. Taylor said:
So cute!
165. Sarah said:
I haven't read any of the other comments, so perhaps someone has already said this. You look like a kabuki doll.
166. chickenflicken said:
We called the Impenetrable Wall of Bangs "Camaro Hair".
hee hee hee!
167. MetroFish said:
Amanda B.: Yes, she does, and that's why she thought I was gay when we met :)
Dooce: speak thee not of the Burned Buns, lest my son's cherubian bottom heed your call and flare up like Dante's inferno!
CM: re: "graceful moment." Too Funny.
168. Kristine said:
ChickenFlicken- OMG, that is SOOO funny!
Remember the 'mini trucks'???
169. Amanda B. said:
Actually, I daydream about my husband being gay. Not in the sexual area, but that he would go clothes shopping with me, and let me do his hair.
Gasp! We could watch What Not to Wear and he would sooooo get it when I say, "why is my ass so huge today??".
170. Kristine said:
The 80's hair picture:
No, I'm not from Texas, but I swear I would have fit in huh?
I was actually wearing TWO sets of, oh god, should I admit this? Turquoise earrings.
AquaNet? ARE YOU SERIOUS? no way. My sister was a hair stylist. I wasn't never allowed to wear that OR the most popular, "Aussie Scrunch spray".
I didn't really have to use that much hairspray...I hung out with Jenny Marmie and I could actually just stand next to her "Camero Bangs" and mine would stand up just so they wouldn't be shamed!!
171. Trance said:
Elephant tusks. Heheheh.
172. Scott said:
Kristine - That hairdo rocks.
I can't wait to go get a hold of my yearbooks tonight. Luckily I was heading out to the parents anyways. Get ready for a horrible hair collage tonight.
For my contributions to 80's clothes: checkerboard Vans, Jams shorts, Polo/Izod with the collar up, Kangaroos, neon anything, Stetson cologne, breakdance clothing (Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo!) and Sergio Valente jeans. I loved that commercial!
173. Kristine said:
Someone mentioned "Swatches"
The more swatches on your wrist, the better!
And yes, the Motley Crue glove (no, not me, the guys)
174. Scott said:
Metro - You are from Cheeseland, right? Everytime I go up there to visit relatives I still see hair like Kristines. Parts of Wisconsin are stuck in an alternate reality where it stays 1985 forever. BTW - I lived in New Berlin, a subby of Milwaukee. Were you alive for the five feet of snow around 1978? God, I feel old.
175. Kristine said:
Hee Hee, I just thought about this: I passed that geeky chin dimple down to EVERY one of my three girls. They are going to look just like me in 8th grade, and thanks to Photoshop, I'm going to put MY hair on ALL of them when they are that age just to mess with them.
176. Amanda B. said:
We *are* old, Scott. :)
177. Kristine said:
CLOSET METRO:
OMG...I swear to GOD, I am SO in love with you right now!
you send me one more of those and I am moving cross state to stalk you and your big ass hair!
178. closet metrosexual said:
Scott - MetroFish is from 'Scahnie.
I'm from God's Country, The Land of Sky Blue Waters, Minnesota.
179. jelene said:
why do you always look so pissed off? i do the same thing when i take a picture of myself. it's like a rule, that when you take a picture of yourself, you don't smile, because if you smile, then everyone will think you are retarded for smiling at yourself whilst taking a picture. i can't believe i just typed the word "whilst".
180. Amanda B. said:
Ah, Lake Woebegone.
181. closet metrosexual said:
Sorry Kristine, the mane of beauty has been gone since 1992. But I'll do what I can to keep the love alive.
182. Kristine said:
For a good laugh, if you have any 80's hair pictures of yourself, you need to post them! I haven't laughed so hard as I have today!!
I use flickr to post my pictures and blog. I didn't think about all the people on Flickr that was going to see the picture and comment!
Here's a comment that has me laughing so hard I almost peed myself:
"I had to adjust my settings to get all that hair on my monitor..."
HAHAHAHAHA.
183. sam said:
LadyBug - I so DID tightroll my pants today in honor of the many cool topics being discussed. I was never cool enough to have the claw bangs, but I certainly wasn't going to miss out on tightrolling. How else was I supposed to show off my multiple pairs of brightly colored slouch socks?!
184. Kristine said:
Sam- You 'pegged' your pants?
I love this place.
and yes, I had the yellow and kelly green tube socks for Friday's spirit days!!
185. sam said:
Blue and gold! Go Wildcats!
186. Christine said:
holy wow, that's some shit there....I usually think you're quite cute, but the hair disturbs me less than the fifty-four brushstrokes of blush....YIKES
187. Fish said:
Okay, its getting suspiciously like VH1 in here. You guys are killing me.
CM: You know, I though it was Hamm's that came from the land of sky blue waters.
And, yes, Wisconsin is one of the last bastions of mullet-dom, Zubas, Jordache Jeans and hair-band fans.
188. Gordon said:
MY GOD!!! SOMEBODY SHOOT IT!!!
189. Scott said:
At least I feel honorable about never, ever having a rat tail or Vanilla Ice stripes cut into the side of my head. I am totally down with the white man's afro though.
"If there's a problem, yo I'll solve it... Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it." Word to yo mutha.
190. Kristine said:
LOL!!
as you can see from my 'profile' picture that the hair is not that big anymore. It does have it's days if I don't straighten it.
Oh god, I'M LIEING TO YOU!
I have a picture from like 4 years ago and my hair...WAS HUGE.
I need better friends that will tell me these things! OR SHOOT MY HAIR!
191. closet metrosexual said:
Fish - Hamm's was bottled in St. Paul. We still have plenty of mullet's here, too; mostly Wisconsin refugees.
192. Library Girl said:
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Jordache /or/ Chic Jeans? Acid wash baby and french rolled.
193. Karen Rani said:
BooooooooooBahhhhhh
BooooooooooBahhhhhh
BooooooooooBahhhhhh
BOO!
194. honestyrain said:
i know i am not the first to say it and am therefore tres unoriginal but holy crap sandwiches that is some hairdo!
loverly.
i'm planning to go for a farrah fawcet looks by summer. whadda you think>
195. closet metrosexual said:
Scott - I saw a foot long rat tail last week. No lie. Probably another Wisconsin refugee.
196. Scott said:
Yeah, if you really, really love the 80's you owe it to yourself to visit Wisconsin. It's a freakin time warp. On the plane there my jeans mysteriously become tighter, a comb appears in my back pocket and I am overcome with an unholy desire to get one of those red Michae