Attack of the Holiday Hair
I tried a little experiment with the curlers. Not only did it work, but the curlers, THEY TOOK OVER. Be very, very afraid.
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- RIP Louis Mortimer Armstrong: http://bit.ly/1R4tv6
- Hugs and kisses to you, too! RT: @Monkey_Tree: @dooce he probably committed suicide because he was tired of LISTENING TO YOU WHINE.
- Our fish just died. And I'm sitting here crying. And it wasn't even my fault!
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 Michael Jackson jackets from the Thriller album.
197. Kristine said:
you guys are killing me.
Scott...stop, i'm crying. I dated a guy that had one of those jackets.
i might have dated him just so i could WEAR the jacket!
198. Ev said:
Dooce, you look fabulous with curly hair.
199. Fish said:
CM: My mom's from LaCrosse, and believe, me, the people in Winona don't look much different than they do across the river. We're just one great big ole mess of hick midwesterners, ain't we, der hey?
(P.S. If only Hamm's was still around, I'd send you a case of Pabst in exchange for a case of Hamm's)
200. Scott said:
Metro - The North Cackalacky natives are huge fans of the rat tail. Nothing is better than a kid with a rat tail speaking with the southern twang.
At the State Fair they have exibits for largest hog and world's smallest horse, but the real show is out in the crowd. I have never seen so many airbrushed t-shirts, matching cowboy outfits and rat tails in my life. It's a close second to Wisc.
201. closet metrosexual said:
Fish - Summit, or Schell's. Skip the PBR, even if it is trendy. Try Schell's Schmalt Alt.
Yeah, we're all hicks. I just gotta give you a hard time after the Christmas present the Vikes gave to the Packers: their purple asses.
202. Fish said:
Scott: to dispel some myths, those Wisconsinites who retain their 80's-ness were not even cool in the 80's, and therefore did not have Michael Jackson jackets. They had zubas. However, everyone LOVED Don Majkowski, and some just haven't gotten over it yet, hence the commitment to football-helmet mullets.
203. Danielle said:
To contribute to the 'Back to the 80's" collection:
-bananna clips
-wings (another hair look)
-Coca-Cola shirts
-wearing 2 colors of T-shirts with the sleeves rolled up to show the one underneath (especially if they were pastel)
-and don't forget the matching socks.
-feather earrings (which Kristine shows off so nicely in her photo)
-many cheap bracelets (inspired by the bangles)
204. Scott said:
Fish - Don "The Majic Man" Majkowski. You have to love it. I am a huge Packers fan. You know what else I find is a hot item up there: tinted glasses. Not sunglasses, but seeing "I am almost blind" glasses. Tinted dark. I have yet to figure that one out.
I do enjoy going up there because it's my own private, real life screening of the movie Fargo. "Gramma, answer the phoooone. For cryin oowt loood."
205. Danielle said:
Fish:I'm from Green Bay and here its a hop, skip, and a jump away from Suamico, Pulaski, Denmark..now y'all we're takin' hicks!
Heather you look great and the picture of that sunset takes my breath away! You get to see mountains, I get coal piles. If you drink enough vodka they sorta look like beautiful mountains!
206. Fish said:
Danielle: My in-laws are in Manitowoc, but you haven't lived until you've spent a weekend in Antigo.
Scott: The other glasses that are so popular are the great big trucker glasses that get darker in the sunlight.
207. Danielle said:
Been there, done that. People have no idea how crazy Wisconsinites are! We are all some sort of a weird inbreed or something! Honestly, who else says "go get a drink from the bubbler" It's not a water fountain it's a god damn bubbler!
208. Rebecca said:
Fish, I've spent _weeks_ in Antigo. Well, just a little bit north of there. Deep Woods Lake, Bass Lake, Kettle Lake, Summit Lake. Elcho?
209. closet metrosexual said:
Sissy, Carol, Amanda, Kristine: You win.
210. Lisa said:
Fish, I don't know what you're talking about, we still have zubas.
211. Ron O said:
Scott & all, Forget the MJ jacket. You need to dust off the Members Only jacket. They may be extinct elsewhere, but you can still find them north of Green Bay. Hoist a Rhinelander to ring in the new year.
212. Scott said:
I am down with the bubbler. After I moved to Pittsburgh and asked where the bubbler was in school people looked at me like my head was on fire.
213. Amanda B. said:
Metro- say it ain't so!
We've had this conversation before, but I still say you can't out mullet MS.
214. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
I have a rat tail made from my chest hair. It has a little red rubber band at the end. And I twirl it when I listen to Mister Mister's Greatest Hits.
215. LadyBug said:
Dr. Fever: Now, THAT we need a picture of. Or maybe not, 'cause...ewww.
216. Scott said:
Amanda B - I am going to try to post a pic of my Mega-Mullet tonight. Tell all of MS to prepare to be shamed by a young boy from Pennsylvania. Yunz guys get ready for a straight up Pittsburgh mullet. I even had white walls. You know, the anti-sideburns. Then 90210 hit and I have never been the same.
217. Amanda B. said:
Metro that is the most awesome picture of all time. Ever. Thankyou.
Dr. Fever- that is the most disturbing image of all time. Ever. Thankyou.
218. Amanda B. said:
Sweet, Scott- i'll be looking for it. Will take me a while to dig up my pics of shame. They are at my mom's house. (yeah, that's it)
Hmmm...Seems like there's an awesome Dooce 80's hair pic in the archives somewhere...a dance or something...
219. closet metrosexual said:
Scott - You blame Jason Priestly too? I only watched that damn show once or twice, but haven't been able to shave near my ear ever since.
220. Caroline said:
You know what look I want back? 90's overalls. With condoms pinned to them, like TLC used to do. You know, the ghetto hick look. Oh, and I noticed that a lot of people were getting their names copied and whatnot, so if that happened with my name recently, I didn't write anything. What can I say, I'm paranoid.
Oh, and duh, GEORGE!
That is all.
221. Scott said:
Metro - Luke Perry forever changed my burns. I figure it worked for him, why not me? Sometimes I get an overzealous barber and they chop them and I go home and have to watch Lifetime while eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's to cope.
222. Amanda B. said:
Oh, Be. Gentle. Jesus.
I just realized that Dooce was still a toddler in the 80's.
I'm going to bed.
223. Danielle said:
Scott:I know right? No, I do not have a third eye growing on my face all I want is the damn bubbler!
224. Alan said:
Kristine wrote:
"It’s getting kinda creepy all these teeth I am collecting. What do parents to with these things? "
Simply really:
Phase One: Collect teeth
Phase Two: ????
Phase Three: Profit
225. Janis said:
Jelly shoes.
Plastic jackets in clear or assorted colors.
Jeans with spike heals.
Plastic bead necklaces that not only matched your outfit, but your earrings.
"Flashdance" sweatshirts, worn with the funky headband, peg legged jeans and legwarmers. Coup de grace - a pair of Candy spike heels.
The short lived plaid skirt paired with the button up shirt worn under a sweater.
Hair bands, MTV actually playing videos, and like oh my god, valley girls! So totally gnarly! Gag me with a spoon!
Girls dressing like Cyndi Lauper and Madonna, Guys dressing like Miami Vice.
Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. Remember the fat ones? All the cool girls had Bonne Bell. Us lame ones had Avon. The ones with the calendar on them.
Those were the days eh? *sigh*
226. Sarcomical said:
and oh do you ever look pissed.
but you're so cute though! ;) heh.
227. mihow said:
Speaking of the 80s, we just watched Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator. He was THE spokesperson for Vision back in the day. And HOLY SHIT was Vision ever (for lack of a better description totally and completely gay. The ads were painful to watch. I'm not sure how it became so huge. But they did just stink of the 80s.
228. Janis said:
Oh and Hello Kitty!
Sticker collections!
Back when SNL was still funny. "Oh no Mr. Bill!"
McDonalds Mc DLT's. (I think that's what they were called) Where the hot stays hot and the cold stays cold and then you put the burger together when you were ready to eat it.
Making out in the little wooden score shack above the bleachers at the football field. Smoking out behind the math building. Granger High school- they still have the same shack I think!
Vodka in the White Rain pump hairspray bottle. (after it had been emptied and washed well of course)
Luvs Baby Soft perfume.
I could go on and on but I think I have sufficiently proved my age.
229. mihow said:
Not that "gay" is painful to watch. That came out all wrong.
yeah, I'll be giving up for the rest of the day.
230. Girl.A said:
Formal Baby Teeth Storage
http://www.limogesfrance.com/produit.php?cla=28&prod=274&source=affiliat...
231. closet metrosexual said:
Janis - I am a slave to any woman (well, almost any woman) wearing Luvs Baby Soft.
Yay - Girl.A is here! (And I really was wondering what I should do with Dizzle's baby teeth.)
232. ab said:
Hot rollers: bad
Curling iron: good
Flat iron: even better
233. butt face said:
dooce-
you are pretty ugly when you don't smile. how hard is it to smile?
234. christine said:
Just to make things clear...post 186 is not me. There are a lot of Christines around here, but I would never post a comment like that...especially since you just told us why your cheeks were rosy.
I am thoroughly enjoying reading these comments. I wore just about every bad 80s clothing item mentioned here. I'll have to go find my senior picture where I was sporting the Farrah hair and a tuxedo shirt.
235. sarcastic journalist said:
i did that to my hair once. now it is known as that time i turned my straight hair into a fro at my sister's wedding.
unfortunately, we have too many pictures of it.
236. Girl.A said:
A photographer once told me to smile. I crapped on his shoe.
237. Janis said:
Closet-
There's a a relatively new scent out there by Juice Bar. It's called Cotton Candy.
Smells just like freshly made pink cotton candy. YUM
I may be old, but I still like to smell purty.
238. ab said:
Oh and Happy New Year to you Heather, Jon, Leta and Chuckles. And of course George!
239. different kim said:
i can no longer see boobah without thinking a) they look like penises (peni?) b) "Hey, Heather and Jon reconvene their procedure when this show is on!"
240. Kristine said:
Girl A-
YAY!
Hey, did you happen to check the prices on those 'tooth and curl' storage boxes?
DAMN, I will just stick to using the film container!!
241. Girl.A said:
Met,
They think *that* photo was cute. Tha's nuthin! But I'll nevah share. Prolly not anyway.
Me out. Back latah. Anyone seen The Life Aquatic yet?
242. Mrs.Stray said:
*Hold It*
Are we forgetting the birth of Hip Hop?? Helloooo.
What is more 80s than extremely large boom boxes on your shoulder, 3 inch thick gold rope chains, adidas sneakers and sweatsuits, leather pants, those mesh knuckle gloves, IceT, NWA, 2Live Crew.
243. Holy Schmidt said:
I had a hot roller leak all of it's hot wax out on me one day. Thank god it was on the very bottom layer of the back of my hair. I had to cut it off.
Coolness note: That was more than 10 years ago!
244. ab said:
Mrs. Stray,
Word up, homey!
245. Cate said:
Dooce is mentioned in Slate Magazines "The Year in Culture". Click on my name for the link. (Way, way down the page.) Yay Dooce!
246. maggie said:
Hi everyone--
As much as Heather's hair is really scary in that picture and deserves all the comments about it, there are other important issues that demand our attention.
I know you've probably already done so, but if not, please donate to the disaster relief in Sri Lanka or elsewhere in South Asia. Over a hundred thousand people are presumed dead, and disease is likely to spread quickly and with great devastation among the survivors due to poor sanitation conditions in the region. As a doctor, I cannot stand by helplessly while our brothers and sisters die. I urge you to send what you can--either a monetary donation or water/food/drugs. You can donate at the red cross, or find another nonprofit to help. I have donated my upcoming 2 weeks of vacation time to travel to Sri Lanka to help combat the spread of disease there.
Thanks for everyone's help, and if this is a repeat message, I'm sorry, but I could not remain silent.
-maggie
247. Holy Schmidt said:
Teething...
I got tired of paying for those damned teething rings that you're supposed to freeze because my son would popo them. We replaced them with dish rags. We would roll them up like a tortilla soak them in water and freeze them. My son loved them.
I'm a cheap ass!
248. Holy Schmidt said:
Dear Dr. Maggie --
Please stop bragging. Self promotion is so unbecoming and, frankly, it makes the rest of us just ill.
Thank you.
249. Janis said:
Screw the teething rings and such.. Heather get thy butt over to Smiths or Harmons or even, *shudder* WalMart and pick up some Hylands Teething Tablets.
All natural, and they will tame even the crankiest teething beast in minutes.
Okay, I really have to get going now. Must get showered and ready for my sister's farewell dinner.
No she isn't going on a mission... Much worse... She's enlisted in the Marines. My baby sister... A Marine..
ACK!
250. lulu cornichon said:
Now I feel heartless after the tsunami comment, but Girl.A--
The Life Aquatic was *awesome*.
I love Bill Murray. Love Love Love. I don't know what it is.
251. Holy Schmidt said:
wooah...I so did not write that above message Maggie. If you didn't know already, there is an imposter on this site. Please ignore that message at 4:54pm.
252. twisteduterus said:
wait-are we back in the 70's?
is that one of Charlies Angles?
Cover me Kelly, I'm goin in.
dag- pathetic attempt at funny and hoping it is not a repeat funny- I only skimmed the above posts
253. Janis said:
Oh yeah one last comment...
Maggie, for whatever reasons, some of us out here are trying to ignore this horrible disaster. Not because we don't care but because we cannot even begin to wrap our minds around the loss and devastation.
Just because we are posting here, being silly and making asinine comments about the importance of 80's fashion or the lack thereof, does not mean we have not already called our local Red Cross or other relief organization to do our little bit.
I understand you wanting to let others know what they can do to help, but I for one, am trying to not think about this for even a little bit... If that makes me a callous bitch, so be it. I've been called worse. But please don't assume those of us here haven't already done our little bit or don't know what is going on out in the real world.
~Stepping off my soapbox and going to shower like I said I was~
254. maggie said:
Janis -- No need to be rude. Some of us are just concerned about the rest of the world and their welfare rather than the meaningless details of a holiday hair style. Being a doctor, I see many tragedies every day. But this one, the one in Singapore, is just overwhelming. I guess I am just a "step above" everyone else comprehension of world-events. I'll take my leave now...
255. lulu cornichon said:
step above?
*step above?*
yikes, maggie. I already sent my money. I bet a lot of other Doocers have too.
256. sarah said:
that's just asanine
257. AM said:
Jeez, Maggie. I sent in my donation and I find the situation extremely upsetting. As the mother of small children, it is especially horrifying that so many of the victims were of such a young age.
That being said, I find your attitude condescending and snide.
Oh, and we KNOW you're a doctor. Alright already.
258. sarah said:
-- referring to maggies comment.
259. Liz said:
Scott, where are you from?
260. Liz said:
I just read Maggie's "step above" comment and ask that she get the fuck over herself.
261. twisteduterus said:
maggie,
that is great that you have vacation time you can donate so you can go help the people in Asia, and that you have skills as a doc that are needed.
however...i do not think it makes you a step above everyone else.
I would be willing to bet that many of us who read dooce are pretty good, compasionate people and have already donated money or are planning on donating money to help the people affected by the tsunami.
Yesterday I was rounding a corner on the way to see a sick goat when I came across one of our clients barns fully engulfed in flames. The fire trucks had not yet arrived. When I pulled into the driveway, they had just gotten the last cow and calf out of the barn. They lost everything else. Tragic. When I left and resumed my drive to see the sick goat, it was all I could do to keep from crying.
My point...Because the above 2 terrible events happened is it wrong for me to laugh or make others laugh?
Life goes on. (that was not at all ment to be insensitive but it does go on...after my sisters died...it still went on...after the hurricaines in Florida...it still went on)
dag-got my wonder woman wrist deflectors on
262. Buck said:
just becaus we dont do no commenting about the people across the big pond, dont mean we dont care i think my ansesters are from somewhere over there
263. Danielle said:
This is the first I've been on since I posted my "back to the 80's list at 2:00."
So, I don't know if all of those Danielle posts were someone trying to be an imposter of me... or just some person who didn't bother to come up with a different name.
Just wanted to clarify. Since there is usually no other Danielle on here, and I grew up in Indiana... not Wisconsin.
264. maggie said:
The comments like Buck's are exactly what I mean. You people in this country just think you don't have to think about other peoples' predicaments, or are just ignorant of the world around you. Turn on the news people and turn off Top Model, or whatever it is you are wasting your time on these days.
265. Liz said:
Maggie, I will totally go back to my tv but only if you get the pretentious stick out of your ass.
266. AM said:
Maggie, Dr. Maggie, what country are you from? As one of the "people" you've just referred to in your blanket statement, I'm curious.
267. Todd said:
Maybe Dr Maggie could do surgery on her own ass!
268. maggie said:
The United States. Maybe you've heard of it?
269. christine said:
ummm....wasn't this supposed to be about Heather's hair? I think things are getting a wee little serious around these parts
270. AM said:
Yes, obviously I've heard of it. Please. Since you were lumping all of us "people" in the US into one category, I assumed that your holier-than-thou attitude stemmed partly from the fact that you are not from the US.
271. Liz said:
Duh, um do they talk about the United States on America's top model? If not, then clearly I have not heard of it. It must just be on your level, Maggie.
272. Darcie said:
Heather, I think you look tres glamorous. But yofdffffu'd look cute with a mohawk, dreadlocks, whatever. B fd
273. christine said:
Maggie-most-darling
should you be so concerned about the welfare of others, I cannot imagine that you would have the time to comment on a board about someone's hair. If you would like to cavort with others that share your "step above" way of being, perhaps you could find a board where that is the main topic of conversation? Just because others don't make the entire world aware of their good deeds, does not make them a step below...perhaps it just makes them humble. Humble...perhaps you could look that up in a dictionary and take its meaning to heart.
274. maggie said:
Hey, enough about me being a physician. I wanted to see if anyone had any good cookie recipes? I have a party this weekend and I'm supposed to bring the cookies. If I can't get a good recipe, I'll just get some from the bakery around the corner. I'd like to bake them fresh though. So, does anyone know of any good cookie recipes? I'd prefer chocolate chip.
275. Danielle said:
I'm officially leaving for the night. I've read a bunch of comments that are clearly imposter comments by Debbie/Rey.
I would encourage everyone to be pretty skeptical of any nasty comment and assume it is her again.
276. Cookie Lover said:
I have your cookies right here.
277. maggie said:
I'll be making these cookies after I take the stick out of my ass.
278. Mari said:
Hey Maggie,
Aren't you contradicting yourself by spending so much time fighting with people on dooce's site? Why are you even concerning yourself with dooce.com when there is so much devastation to concern yourself with?
279. Liz said:
Maggie,
check out the one on the back of the tollhouse chips bags. they are great....make sure to mix well and use real butter of course
280. ksea said:
Kristine, that is a simply astounding quantity of hair. You must have had well toned neck muscles to carry it all around! I salute you.
Sam: Slouch socks!
281. maggie said:
Homemade, please!
282. maggie said:
I don't buy Tollhouse chocolate chips.
283. blondzila said:
ok boys and girls
1) There's an imposter on the site. We all agree on that. So let's all remember that what we read may not be actually written by who we think.
2) We all feel badly about the disaster and are doing what we can, even if it's just thanking our lucky stars.
3) Even if what we think is a bit of pretentious clap trap is really written by the person we think, if you scroll to her original message, she does give everyone the benefit of the doubt and says that she's sure we've already done what we can.
4) Heather's hair looks like horrible holiday hair, but even like that she looks better than I would after $100K of plastic surgery.
5) Party on, Wayne. Party on Garth.
284. blondzila said:
But if maggie really IS maggie, she can kiss my ass!
285. blondzila said:
Good job, imposter...what a knob. I was waiting for something that smart, you dickless wonder.
286. Janis said:
Okay, I'm back, showered, dressed and ready to go to dinner.
Maggie, you thought I was rude before? Hun, please, that was *nice*. Sorry you didn't see it that way.
Now I'll address this comment of yours: "The comments like Buck’s are exactly what I mean. You people in this country just think you don’t have to think about other peoples’ predicaments, or are just ignorant of the world around you. Turn on the news people and turn off Top Model, or whatever it is you are wasting your time on these days."
You have no idea what any of us here are like, what we are about or what we do in our every day lives.
Myself, I am active in several groups. One of them being Compassionate Friends, as a doctor, you may have heard of it. It is an international organization that aids parents who have lost children. I became active in it after losing my daughter to suicide 23 months ago.
I am the Chapter Co-Leader for my group.
I contact other parents who have lost children to suicide, to offer them support, give them information on what resources are available to them and other family members.
I am in the process of forming a support group for survivors of suicide.
I am active in other non-profit organizations as well.
I donate money monthly to NAMI and yearly to a few other groups that work with the mentally ill. I donate monthly to United Way, the Red Cross and Unicef.
I deal with death on a daily basis. The death of my beloved daughter as well as the death of others children. I hold those who sob as they make plans to bury their precious children. I help make funeral arrangements for those who don't have the strength or energy to do so.
Don't you dare assume that because I'm here trying to forget for just a little while that my daughter would have been 18 yesterday that I live my life with my head in the sand, ignorant of the world around me.
I am all too aware. I come here to forget for just a bit, the pain and horror that is in our world, and in my life.
So please, get off your moral high horse and quit being a pretentious bitch.
Now that, my dear, was rude. But no more rude than you have been nor than you deserved.
287. blondzila said:
You get her, Janice!
288. victoria said:
I'm not sure that Maggie is necessarily a bad person. Sometimes, in email and on the internet, people's tone gets lost and otherwise perfectly likable or reasonable people come across badly.
I think this problem is especially true on personal web sites.
That's because, on the one hand, dooce is an incredibly intimate web site (it sometimes feels like we're hanging out in Heather's living room, or even in her bathroom, with the coolest most interesting person we've ever met).
On the other hand, this site is SO hugely popular and so many people comment on it, it feels like a public forum -- almost like a newspaper -- where it wouldn't necessarily be wrong to post a controversial comment like Maggie's (many of us probably don't fault the UN for saying the US is, as a nation, stingy compared to some other nations).
In a public forum, making a confrontational or unpopular statement is often acceptable, and as a society, we've agreed that it's healthy (by enacting laws protecting free speech). But for those of us who are enjoying the cosy "we're part of dooce's life" feeling, editorializing comes across as just plain rude, like standing up in the middle of an intimate gathering of friends and starting to lecture them about their moral failures.
I think personal websites are such a new phenomenon that we just really haven't established cultural norms for acceptable behavior.
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290. closet metrosexual said:
I nominate Victoria as our Public Relations Director. Do I hear a second?
291. plk said:
My suspicion is that pretty much EVERYone here has done more volunteer work or given more of themselves for various causes, local, national, and international, than "maggie." I think that trying to make people feel guilty about spending a few minutes commenting on neat pics is pretty stupid. I am sure, though, that "maggie" will also remember to volunteer at her local women's shelter, find time to read to the elderly, foster unwanted children, and cure HIV before her next post. She's got the tsunami guilt trip down, but I'm sure she's not as narrow-minded as to think that's the only important thing going on in the world right now. Not our Maggie!
292. Carol said:
Was a Mommy today. Couldn't Dooce. I missed a lot, though.
Rock on, Janis!
Good God, there are so many subjects today, I can't quite keep them all in mind... but I'm laughing all the way to 288.
Dooce: Love the hair (well, not really), but love the expression on your face. And the fact that you have the ginormous balls to share : )
Kristine-your hair is classic!!
Donated to Unicef.
And WHAT is the deal with the imposter? Hate that! But we all know each others' tones by now.
Is that it? I can't remember.
293. maggie said:
You almost have me pinpointed exactly.
294. plk said:
Oh, and I'm a new poster.
Hey, y'all!
295. maggie said:
plk -- just plain ignorant
296. plk said:
Ignorant of what? I'm terribly curious.
297. Scott said:
Hey all. Looks like it got heavy in here again. Jeez. Everyone concentrate on Heather's hair and feel the good vibes flowing from them... Now breathe out... Good... Now everyone go get your curlers...
Liz - I'm from NC. Northerner for most of my life though.
298. Mila said:
I am just a bit confused about the tragedy doctor maggie saw in Singapore:
She wrote @ 05:07PM, 12.30.2004:
"Being a doctor, I see many tragedies every day. But this one, the one in Singapore, is just overwhelming. I guess I am just a “step above†everyone else
comprehension of world-events."
I hope she does not confuse the heart for the liver when doing operations.
see http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/2004/12/30/1104344898557.html
299. twisteduterus said:
scott-
i prefer the Olgevie Home perm
thank you very much
dag
300. Amy said:
WHAT in the holy hell ?!?
Put the curlers down and back away slowly.