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Day Twelve: At this rate, I'll be posting nude photos by the end of the month.

Three and a half years ago, I told you all about the incident during which part of my head was shaved.

Over the weekend, I found pictorial evidence.


(My roommate at the time was a bit of a Cure fan.)
((She had fun decorating me and my hairless temples.))
(((And because she was willing to buy my beer, I was willing to score face time at Shakespeare's looking Just Like Heaven.)))

Posted by: fluidpudding on 11/12/2007 8:48:29 PM , 39 comments
Submitted by Aimee Greeblemonkey at 11/12/2007 9:00:41 PM
    That is so seriously awesome I think my head is going to explode.
Submitted by tortoiseshelly at 11/12/2007 9:18:59 PM
    This made my day. Love IT!
Submitted by Valerie at 11/12/2007 9:37:54 PM
    Oh my goodness. You are my hero.
Submitted by Aunt Boog at 11/12/2007 9:43:15 PM
    You forgot to tell the part of the story where you were not allowed to go to the funeral of a relative because of this look. :)
Submitted by FP at 11/12/2007 9:47:32 PM
    Boog--Follow the link in the top line. It's all there, along with the biggest dirty family secret (aka Illegitimate Uncle Ray). And I still don't understand being banned from the funeral. I could have worn my red bandanna a la Little Steven!
Submitted by jon deal at 11/12/2007 10:04:24 PM
    Now i have a picture in my head of you, all dressed as Robert Smith, playing the french horn.

    Head exploding fun indeed.

    Seriously, that's what you need to do as a finale for NaBloPoMo, a nice vid of you, all dressed up like The Cure and jamming on the french horn.
Submitted by Jaynee at 11/12/2007 10:05:17 PM
    What year was this? Because at some point in my life (early 1992) I shaved the BACK of my head (basically from my ears down in solidarity with a boyfriend who broke up with me about 6 weeks later. I guess he didn't like dating a woman who looked like the little sister of Jay from "Clerks".
Submitted by FP at 11/12/2007 10:07:49 PM
    Jon Deal--I might just steal that idea!

    Jaynee--It was 1990. Such a fun and crazy year.
Submitted by kim at 11/12/2007 10:19:05 PM
    You went to school in Columbia?
Submitted by angstmama at 11/13/2007 12:14:20 AM
    You look adorable in the picture!

    I did something like that too. But I think it was 1985 or 1986.
Submitted by Sara at 11/13/2007 5:13:51 AM
    I am very jealous. Somewhere in my box of embarrassing photos is a picture of me with my hair cut very, very short and safety pins in my ears from art school, 1982, and you know what? I still look like a nice Jewish girl. No matter what I wore, from literally torn and decaying leather clothing to purple hair, I always looked like a nice Jewish girl, until I started thickening in my mid-30s, right on my schedule for my gene pool, and started looking like somebody's mother instead, even though the mere thought of my mothering anyone with fewer than four feet gives me hives.

    You, on the other hand, though innately sweet-looking (judging by other photos you've published here), look authentically gothy in this photo.

    So unfair. So very unfair. ;)
Submitted by Karaoke Diva at 11/13/2007 6:09:57 AM
    Wow. Just wow.

    Is that the same woman who sat on my couch in an argyle sweater, knitting on Saturday?
Submitted by aliceaustralia at 11/13/2007 6:10:22 AM
    Dude. Hot.
Submitted by Amy at 11/13/2007 6:30:53 AM
    When I first read that, I thought the pictures were from three and a half years ago, and I was bewildered.
Submitted by blackbird at 11/13/2007 7:06:33 AM
    I had that lipstick.
Submitted by Mutha at 11/13/2007 7:44:51 AM
    You look like all the girls I hung out with in college. And the guys. That photo makes me want to put on my black boots and dance to something by Ministry.
Submitted by amy at 11/13/2007 7:57:10 AM
    I am more in love with you than ever ")
Submitted by Em at 11/13/2007 8:08:08 AM
    I think you look beautiful. Probably not the look you want NOW but it is nice to have pictures of What You Did That One Time.
Submitted by gasoline hobo at 11/13/2007 8:23:53 AM
    so. awesome.

    let's make out. i'll wear my guyliner and pentagram necklace!
Submitted by You can call me, 'Sir' at 11/13/2007 8:27:36 AM
    Whoa. Missouri goth. 'Spoooo' and 'keeey'.
Submitted by Mizmell at 11/13/2007 8:39:35 AM
    I have always been envious of folks who can wear a very short haircut with sticking-up hair. It is very flattering on you.
    I think I'd by-pass the shaved part and change to a different shade of lipstick, though.
Submitted by Alesia at 11/13/2007 8:43:17 AM
    Makes me wish I had a picture of myself after I decided to dye my hair white blond a la Aimee Mann. I looked like a troll. You look like a rock star!
Submitted by FP at 11/13/2007 8:59:35 AM
    Kim--I did! I was there from 1988 through 1994. (I stayed a few extra years to bag up dead people in the hospital.) Were you there, too?

    Sara--I bet you're being too hard on yourself. I mean, come on! Safety pins in your ears? That would make DAKOTA FANNING look menacing!

    KD--We're one and the same. Just call me Sybil.

    Aliceaustralia--Too kind, you are.

    Amy--How weird would it be if I was looking like that while breastfeeding Meredith?

    Blackbird--It was eyeliner, and it was terrible. It looked especially bad after I downed the pizza (and beer).

    Mutha--If I had gone to Shattered looking like that, I probably would have gotten my ass kicked. A true badass can see through a faux.

    Amy--And I with you.

    Em--I seriously want you to move in with me.

    Hobo--I'll only make out with you if you have high heeled boots, and if you reek of clove cigarettes.

    Sir--Not as frightening as North Carolina's breed, right?

    Mizmell--Yeah, now I stick with a lipstick called Cupcake. It's a lot happier.

    Alesia--I will bet five dollars that you did NOT look like a troll.
Submitted by 2shews at 11/13/2007 9:48:22 AM
    I'm so conflicted, because I'm loving the picture right up until the little kitty cat behind you in the picture.

    Rock chalk!
Submitted by crooked halo at 11/13/2007 10:30:16 AM
    What I want to know is how this run-in with an electric razor occurred. Was it accidental or some lovely 80s rebellion?
Submitted by witchypoo at 11/13/2007 10:39:34 AM
    So not a mommy look, and so cute!
    Don't know why the rellies were offended. You didn't dye the shaved parts pink or nuffin.
Submitted by Sara at 11/13/2007 10:52:23 AM
    OMGAWESOME.
Submitted by Wendy at 11/13/2007 11:36:12 AM
    That is absolutely fantastic.
Submitted by Meg at 11/13/2007 1:31:02 PM
    Ok, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen in my life.

    Ever.

Submitted by Haus at 11/13/2007 1:55:01 PM
    1990... the year I toured Mizzou and decided to go to one of those small Iowa colleges instead

    I can see now that was a major mistake.

    Shaved heads! I missed out.
Submitted by kimblahg at 11/13/2007 2:21:58 PM
    FP- No, I was an hour and a half north of Columbia in Kirksville. We used to drive down 63 to go to the mall, Bread Company, The Blue Note or "Cool Stuff" though. I've been to Shakespeares a few times and even threw up in their bathroom once (thus began my hatred of Jagermeister).
Submitted by Susanna a.k.a. Cheap Like Me at 11/13/2007 4:29:54 PM
    ooh, I had the shaved in back look too. It was ca. 1988-1990 here in Denver. I still had it when I went to college and my friends had various shaved head-parts and we all stole some guy's electric razor to touch things up in the dorm bathroom. Good times!

    And I have seen parents who look like that ... haven't seen them while they were breastfeeding, but they probably were. The best part is when the parents are all eye/guyliner-and-pentagrams, and the kids are dressed in pink-and-lime green Baby Gap.
Submitted by Kathy at 11/13/2007 6:05:46 PM
    Oh my god, you are so awesome.

    (Not posting my own "goth" pictures. No siree. Too chicken.)
Submitted by barbara at 11/13/2007 6:15:18 PM
    Wow. Just wow.

    Don't hate me for saying this, but take away the hair and makeup and I totally see a college Meredith. The resemblance is amazing.
Submitted by FP at 11/13/2007 8:15:06 PM
    Barbara--I've always said that I'll never care what my kids do with their hair and makeup. But I must admit, your comment made me shiver a bit.
Submitted by dr. dave at 11/14/2007 7:35:14 AM
    wow. just... wow.

    This may inspire me to go dig out one of the few pieces of visual documentation I have of myself during the 1980's... a video of my band from 1988. Not quite the same fashion sense... more the ripped-jeans-over-spandex + John Taylor "alterna-mullet" look.

Submitted by Robin at 11/14/2007 9:49:10 AM
    No wonder we never met when we were both at MU. If I'd crossed paths with you, I'm pretty sure I would have been too terrified to make eye contact.

    Now, however, I love it and would not be adverse to you returning to this look.
Submitted by Pammer at 11/14/2007 11:18:00 AM
    I love the random Shakespeare's reference on a Tuesday. Our fav that we came up with? The Tough Guy Pie. A bunch of stuff and pepperjack cheese. With lots o' beer.

    I kinda miss that.
Submitted by lynne at 11/18/2007 1:07:52 PM
    As a former goth I love these photos of you!
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