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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly November 1, 2012 - 2:26pm

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 2, 2012 - 6:42am

I meant to have a picture today, but I slept late and there was a whole thing, and I like to make excuses for myself.

Tonight maybe, next week for sure.  PICTURE FORTHCOMING! 

because I feel like everyone is waiting

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 5, 2012 - 12:11am

I have one forthcoming as well. For now this is the talking-about-having-a-picture thread.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 5, 2012 - 6:45am

Another one

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 5, 2012 - 7:26am

I want that puppy.  How much does he shed, Howie?  Not that I'm going to steal your dog...I'm just curious.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 5, 2012 - 8:04am

Not at all yet.  I figure he will after winter a tiny bit (that's what I was told, anyway).

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 5, 2012 - 8:08am

My pug shed like crazy, which is why I ask.  Love that dog, would never get another pug.  Some shedding, expected, it's a dog.  But you know. 

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 5, 2012 - 8:15am

If I pull on his fur right now, none comes out.  Don't know if that means anything, but there is that.

I knew you'd stalk me, Doll, but I never thought you'd be a puppy-napper.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 5, 2012 - 8:16am

Well, currently, my kid is really scared of dogs, but I'm hoping he'll get over that "soon" and we can get a pup.  I miss having a dog in the house. 

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks November 5, 2012 - 12:44pm

I dyed my hair blonde/stayed up all night last night and missed all three classes today. This is what that looks like.

My sister's shih tzu/weiner dog mix, Puppy-Wuppy. That is his name. He responds to anything if you say it in a high voice, though, so we just call him whatever we want.

@Avery -- These dogs are great around kids and are sweet and cute enough to make nearly any kid love them, but they need attention literally all the time. If you walk away for like, two seconds, they will whine until you pet them again. And again. And again.

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OtisTheBulldog from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz November 5, 2012 - 1:07pm

This little fella right here....

 

Turned into an 80 lb super shedding machine who's not supposed to be in my bed but that's where he was when I woke up and he had no intention on leaving.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 5, 2012 - 1:16pm

I dyed my hair blonde

Another one bites the dust.

Courtney - you don't look like what I thought you looked like, which isn't an insult at all, you're very pretty, I just thought you looked different.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 5, 2012 - 8:08pm

I met John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness and Official Hottest Person Alive) at a signing on Saturday. His MG fantasy book, written with his sister (who is terribly nice), is really fun. What follows are images of him signing my crap, and me alternately laughing and squirming awkwardly as he makes bawdy jokes about David Tennant's nob and speaks to me in Scottish.

Oh, yeah, and he's against our proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage:

 
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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 5, 2012 - 8:19pm

@Avery You got a problem with blondes? 

 
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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 5, 2012 - 8:25pm

Oh, yeah, and dogs...

Yuffie had an accident:

 
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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 5, 2012 - 8:26pm

@Otis Is that Karl? His baby pictures are too cute! He looks like a tiny pig! 

My dogs aren't supposed to go in the bed but I usually wake up under 130 lbs of Coonhound.

 
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OtisTheBulldog from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz November 5, 2012 - 8:28pm

The Cone of Shame!

Karl's never had to wear one. I've never seen a dog so pysched to be castrated. I kind of want to get one just to fuck with him though. He gets all bent out of shape just wearing a collar.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series November 5, 2012 - 8:41pm

That bulldog makes my insides jump up and down, flailing their limbs and squealing. In a good way. 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 5, 2012 - 9:53pm

AAAHHHH I LOVE JOHN BARROWMAN SO MUCH AND I AM SO FLIPPING JEALOUS.

 

I got to "meet" David Tennant 2 summers ago on my birthday. It was incredibly brief, but he signed my program (my inlaws took me to see him and Catherine Tate in Much Ado).

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks November 5, 2012 - 10:29pm

I originally went blonde to go red, but I kind of like it this way. I went temporary purple and it was awesome, but I'm not posting the picture here because the only ones taken were for my boyfriend's photography class and I'm not wearing a bra.

Avery - Thank you. Also, what did you think I'd look like? I'm not sure how to feel. Is it because I have a baby face? I swear I'm nineteen.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 6, 2012 - 12:06am

AAAAAAAHHHHHHH TENNANT! JEALOUSY RETURNED, AND MAGNIFIED. AND you got to see Much Ado live. *sigh* I just have the stupid digital copy.

I was in queue for about an hour but the hubble was about 2 feet away from him, holding my coat and waiting for me to be done, so he got to hear all the banter and stories and saw David change into the VOTE NO shirt and therefore, yes, got the pec view. He is incredibly funny and sweet. He doesn't hug at long signings like this (too many people), and no longer makes out with fans on request because he picked up swine flu last year doing just that.

He's touring for the book to only a few cities now, but they're adding more dates. And if you check his website he's doing a survey to plan for his next U.S. concert tour. He may be near you, so you should vote. His sister lives next door in Wisconsin but her son lives in Minneapolis, so I guess John is in my area pretty regularly when he's stateside.

AND starting this Wednesday he has a recurring role in the CW's "Arrow".

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 6, 2012 - 12:10am

@Courtney Watch the blonde-to-red. Red doesn't like to hold to porous hair (which is what super-blonde is) so you'll lose the true red or copper tones quickly. I used to manic panic my hair weekly to keep it super red, but it got both tedious and expensive. Now I do a vibrant copper red every 3-4 weeks, but the red tones still fade after about 2 weeks, so I try to wash my hair only once every 7-10 days. The bottom blonde photo of me was from last November and I am *still* fighting its ghost.

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Courtney from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooks November 6, 2012 - 2:06am

Emme - Fuck! I dyed it blonde because red would never hold in my brown hair. I love Manic Panic colors after one or two washes, but I hate dying my hair. That's why I decided not to go purple -- I couldn't find a permanent one that looked as good as the Manic did. Guess I'm screwed, then. I have to wash my hair at least every two days, otherwise it's an absolute rat's nest. Would dry shampoo work for day-to-day without erasing the color if I only washed it every week?

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 6, 2012 - 5:46am

Yup, love dry shampoo. You may want to colour it in stages: do a lighter red or dirty blonde to "fill in" (Revlon makes decent colour that's pretty cheap), then do the red you want over it a week or so later. You can add MP to boost the shade if you like (and are up to the work). Using heat while it sets can help, as well. Didn't mean to scare you, just be prepared for a challenge. I think it'll look really cute red.

When you wash, try to shampoo just the scalp, then condition the hell out of everything from your earlobes down; that will also help. Cold rinsing will close the cuticle and keep the colour in.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like November 6, 2012 - 7:14am

For a high school play, I dyed my hair black using shoe polish. I was playing one of those stache-twirling melodrama villains a la Snidely Whiplash. Kiwi pure black: color and slick-down in one easy step.

It feels to good to have a place online which speaks to my interests: books and hair care.

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GaryP from Denver is reading a bit of this and that November 6, 2012 - 9:05am

My grandpa, while alive, use to dye his hair using shoe polish. Now, not so much.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 6, 2012 - 9:19am

As a little kid, I was a towhead.  My hair was so white that I looked bald in the sunlight.  So my aunt put baking cocoa in my heir, because she didn't like the little bald chemo-looking nephew.

Jokes on her because I went bald when I was 33!

wait... that makes the joke on me.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 6, 2012 - 9:24am

AS a baby I was bald, until I was like...two.  Or the hair I did have was very light.  Anyway, my grandmother on my dad's side would stick bows onto my head with toothpaste.  I still take offense to this. 

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 6, 2012 - 9:34am

@Emma - no I don't have a problem with blondes.  I sometimes get bummed out that every brunette female goes through an "I need to be blond" phase, however. 

From Tina Fey's Bossypants:

Let’s talk about the hair. Why do I call it “yellow” hair and not “blond” hair? Because I’m pretty sure everybody calls my hair “brown.” When I read fairy tales to my daughter I always change the word “blond” to “yellow,” because I don’t want her to think blond hair is somehow better. My daughter has a reversible doll: Sleeping Beauty on one side and Snow White on the other. I would always set it on her bed with the Snow White side out and she would toddle up to it and flip the skirt over to Sleeping Beauty. I would flip it back to Snow White and say, “Snow White is so pretty.” She would yell, “No!” and flip it back. I did this experiment so frequently and consistently that I should have applied for government funding. The result was always the same. When I asked her why she didn’t like Snow White, she told me, “I don’t like her hair.” Not even three years old, she knew that yellow hair is king. And, let’s admit it, yellow hair does have magic powers. You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to fuck it. Snow White is better looking. I hate to stir up trouble among princesses, but take away the hair and Sleeping Beauty is actually a little beat.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres November 6, 2012 - 10:53am

A.D. I appreciate your T.F. quote. 

No offense L.E.N.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like November 6, 2012 - 10:57am

What is it with comedians always tricking their kids? What a bunch of freaks. Those people are so low. They know it, too. Half the comedy is about what shitheads they are and how they're so painfully aware of it. What a society. Watching people be more weird than you has replaced admiration; and then people admire those who can turn their rampant neuroses into money. What the flying squirrel-fuck is wrong with people?

[Too much? Just some playful hyperbole.]

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 6, 2012 - 12:22pm

@Avery My mum hates pink, so I was dressed in mostly blue as a baby and people thought I was a boy. She refused to put a bow on my head (and to this day can't stand bows on baby heads). She did love telling ignorant people off, though. Kinda makes me want kids.

I love blonde because it's the most versatile, clothing-wise (as is black). I can wear any colour I like and it looks good. The downside is if I don't wear makeup I look like Children of the Corn. With red, I have to watch what I wear; I can't wear red, orange or yellow. I just can't stand having the same colour for longer than a month or two. I hate commitment. Below: pillarbox, flame, black, vampire.

 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 6, 2012 - 12:57pm

I just have the stupid digital copy.

 

Uh...where does one acquire this?!!!! I wish I could see it again and again. They did such an awesome job with it.

 

 

Anyway here's my "I voted" picture.

 

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 6, 2012 - 1:51pm

Black hair is the hottest.  No contenst.  Brown and red are tied for second.  Bald is next.  Then white.  Blonde is last.  Fuck yellow hair.

 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 6, 2012 - 1:56pm

I can't see the picture you posted :(

But the portion of my hair that isn't green or blue is black. Yay me.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 6, 2012 - 2:32pm

It's the picture that goes:

You... You're too... FUCKING BLONDE! 

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 6, 2012 - 3:53pm
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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 6, 2012 - 3:58pm

Yes, I found it there, purchased it, downloaded it, and...

I'm currently awaiting a response to my help question. It won't play. Grrrr.

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies November 7, 2012 - 3:27pm

For Movember. Growing a mustache. Donate if you can, good cause.

http://mobro.co/richardgthomas3

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 7, 2012 - 4:31pm

Richard, you look quelle dignified. Usually moustaches look porny. Props to your good cause.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly November 7, 2012 - 5:03pm

Thanks to all of you for your support in your respective ways!

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres November 7, 2012 - 5:22pm

In response to all the Henry Rollins photos, here is me and two good friends meeting Mike Watt.  I don't have a lot of "heroes" in music, but this was a pretty big deal for me.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson November 7, 2012 - 6:27pm

Rad! Love Mike Watt!

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Boone Spaulding from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade November 7, 2012 - 8:58pm

I feel the way he looks so far this November.

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Boone Spaulding from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova Parade November 7, 2012 - 8:59pm

And, I stutter too...

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 7, 2012 - 10:53pm

Those are some crazy looking eyes.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 7, 2012 - 11:23pm

Those are some crazy looking double posts.

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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 7, 2012 - 11:33pm

OMFGITSMIKEWATT

that guy right there, a true mensch.

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 8, 2012 - 2:01pm

I'm in such a photo posting mood this morning.  Here are pictures I added words to.

 

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. November 8, 2012 - 8:13am

pastel chalk and charcoal, done in an art class in 2004ish

 

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GaryP from Denver is reading a bit of this and that November 8, 2012 - 9:10am

^^^ nice