Blurf.
Sat on the fast train to work for The Man.
Eating fruit, going for a run later and walking the pup when I get home.
Life is good.
This past weekend, my sister hosted her sorta-annual pool party at our mother’s place. I think it’s safe for me to say that the most memorable part of the event was my sister’s hair - bright neon pink!! It’s her fourth color this year - starting with fire-engine red, then neon green, then neon yellow, and now pink. But that’s beside the point.
Assuming no issue with expense or consequences, what would you do to change your look? Is there something you won’t try because of what others might think or because your employer would toss you to the curb or because your mother wouldn’t give it a rest?
I need to think about this myself - back in a bit.
Happy Moanday!!
First!
One must be juvenile above all! 
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 73 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 85 for the day and rain. I say come on rain!
Don’t think I would ever dye my hair. I tried that Just For Men stuff once but didn’t like it. Heck I can live with goin’ gray. I earned it after all.
Ok, that’s all I got for now. I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. After irk I must head over to the church house to feed rugrats. Taco night tonight.
Happy Moanday Y’all!
I don’t have any hair to dye. But I have lost 25+ pounds over the last 6 weeks on a very rough diet.
I managed to walk up a flight of steps this morning. Problem is, it takes two to get to my orifice.
I dyed my hair light auburn some years back. It worked because it’s not too radically different from my boring light brown. But these days, I just can’t be bothered.
I really can’t think of any change I’d want to make to my appearance. Oh, I wouldn’t mind magically being thin, but I’m not allowing magic in this MMP. So that leaves hair, makeup, clothing, accessories, body art. A good haircut is doable, but I’m not sure it’s worth the cost to me. I don’t do makeup. I don’t much care about clothing beyond comfort and covering what is required by society and environmental factors. Accessories - I like hats and scarves - I supposed I could find a proper chapeau and a few silky little things to jazz up my look. Body art? Nope. No tats. No piercings.
Maybe it’s time to go hat shopping.
Morning all,
I already dye my hair a bright auburn but I definately would do more if not for working for the guberment. I probably would do the radical colors and such, purple streaks, dye the ends black, etc. I have a nose piercing but don’t wear it very often, see above guberment job.
Lazy weekend here, saw a move (Malificent), it was ok. One week from tomorrow = vacation time! Headed off to Maine to hang out with my Mother and cousins. Weee!
I don’t need to change. I’m awesome as is.
**doggio **- this isn’t about a *need *to change. My sister didn’t *need *pink hair, as far as I know, but she wanted it. So you’re saying there’s nothing you’d want to do to make a statement? A perm? Perhaps a walking stick that looks like a hockey stick? A fedora made from Gordie’s sheddings??
Incidentally, hereis the pink hair. I cropped the photo closely because I’m not inclined to share family photos unless they know they’re being shared, so 
I could make a nice Gordie fur suit with his sheddings. And if I want to make a statement, I wear a Hawaiian shirt.
Mostly this. I’ve got a little bit of grey in my hair (okay, a lot of grey, but so what?), some wrinkles, and a few stretch marks. I wouldn’t mind a few tweaks here and there but probably not so much that anyone but me would notice, so I’m not going to bother.
True story: I went to see a plastic surgeon at the VA to discuss skin removal after significant weight loss. She explained the procedure, then sent me home to think about it. I said “Thanks but no. I’m 41. I’ve been pregnant, I’ve got stretch marks, wrinkles, and my bikini days are far behind me. I think I can deal with this excess skin.” The surgeon said the surgery would still be available to me if I wanted it. Since then, I’ve gained 30 pounds of that back, but my friends assure me I still look good. So I guess the one thing I’d change would be to lose that weight again.
Bethany comes home today! I changed the litter in Target’s cat box this morning, so that’s nice and fresh. (It’s going in the hallway so she will have a reason to go near the bathroom so she gets used to Bethany, hence the need to freshen it up.) I need to wash the kitchen and dining room floors at some point today, or at least give them a running head start.
So that’s my day.
I do use the Just For Men for my beard at times. There is just too much lopsided grey there, and I only use enough to even things out.
That’s about it. Anything else I’d want to change shouldn’t be posted on a public message board, one that children and people of delicate sensibilities have unfettered access to.
I used to dye my hair red. I quit after about ten years because I was concerned about what the long-term effects of chemical exposure on my head would be. I’m crazy enough as it is.
It is pouring down rain right now. Today I need to do laundry. :smack:
I think Garfieldis trying to be the official comic of the MMP.
We could do worse than Garfield as an official comic strip, I suppose.
I do not want any medical type procedure unless really necessary. Thus this rules out plastic surgery and the like. I look like a grumpy old man which is fine by me because that’s what I aspire to be.
Went to the Monday meeting at the Navy base, one that I haven’t beeen to since the Monday before Father’s Day. Quite a few people stopped me and commented that I lost weight.
I most certainly have. From ballooning up to almost my pre weight loss surgery level (fluid retention) down to where I am now, it’s been a hell of a ride.
I’ve submitted a merge request. We like to use “MMP” in the thread title so it’s easier to spot. Changing your look for the MMP - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board
Pies[sup]2[/sup] started an MMP, but spelled it out because he didn’t know our tradition. I submitted a merge request.
Things I would change about my look (other than losing bunches of weight)
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[li]Straighten and whiten my teeth[/li][li]add lots more hair to my head[/li][li]have “the girls” reduced* and put back where they belong[/li][/ul]
- Don’t worry, boys. There’ll still be plenty left to admire.
eta: BLURF!
Hmm. I guess I’m kind of boring, because I don’t have any particular urge to dye my hair or change anything else - plus, my hair is really dark, which makes it hard to dye (bleach turns it orange). If magic was allowed, I’d get rid of my glasses (LASIK is possible, but terrifies me, and I’m too lazy for contacts).
I used to wear my hair conservatively but about a year ago I decided to see how long I could get it to grow and see what that looked like. I have to use more conditioner and even a gel on it now to keep it in check but I like the look and cutting my time at the stylist by 3/4 has been wonderful. I hate having to sit through cuts.
Combined with when I go on vacation and quit shaving for two weeks, I can look positively mountain man-like at times. The only downside? No Sampson-like strength suddenly materialized.
And here I was hoping for rhyming-slang. <snaps fingers> Darn.
The things I would like to change are just not possible. But in terms of “looks” ------ anything has gone and will continue to go.
For several months back in the late 70s I shaved off the left side of my 'stache and the right side of my beard. I had my beard down to my belt buckle for a couple years.
And not that long ago, for the Battle of Kittanning, I shaved everything from my toes up and went Native. You have got to understand just how round my head is without hair. Think a cross between Charlie Brown and Uncle Fester. It was NOT pretty. My wife laughed, the neighborhood kids were scared shitless and the family across the street called the cops to report I was breaking into my own house. But ------- because of the way I am balding -------- I am thinking of trying a reverse mohawk. Shave a rectangular strip front to back and just leaving hair on the sides. I have a fear it may look like a bad bearded version of Princess Leia (the menopause years) but I’m still considering it.