User: steerpikelet Date: 6.42 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Is that you in that picture?

User: weaselspoon Date: 6.50 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Qui-Gon Jinn

It is. I think I'm 19 in that picture. Taken by the badger in a cafe just off the royal mile. I had long hair until June '02.

User: steerpikelet Date: 7.21 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

You look like some sort of sardonic rock Jesus. Pretty! Why on earth did you cut it?

User: weaselspoon Date: 10.42 am, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Qui-Gon Jinn

Because by the time I cut it, I looked like the man your mother warned you not to get into cars with.

I did cry when it came off. I have nobody to dance with anymore.

User: mirabehn Date: 1.03 pm, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Gentleman (Ixwin)

Have you considered growing it back?

I have nobody to dance with anymore.

Sir, you lie like a cheap watch! When are you next going dancing? I bet you could rustle up several people to join you at a shot. *And* Nick and I are hoping that you'll come ceilidh dancing with us on a Friday evening sometime in the next few weeks. Not quite rock Jesus dancing though. *grins*

Unless you are counting your long hair as a "body" in this case, of course. In which case you are indeed bereft. Alas.

User: dragophelion Date: 8.35 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: hurtydragon

2002 ?! Good god! Surely Not!?

That means I've not seen you in person for *at least* 4.5 years! :o/

On the subject of DM's..

I remember my first pair..they took *years* and many pairs of shoulderpads before they were even remotely confortable, and then there was a hole and I had to start all over again! :o(

User: weaselspoon Date: 10.50 am, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Qui-Gon Jinn

Hair came off on the afternoon of 15th June 2002. Surely I must have seen you since then?

...they took *years* ... before they were even remotely confortable, and then there was a hole...
Perhaps that is why the comfy pair of docs is such a legendary item.

User: dragophelion Date: 11.57 pm, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: waggle

No, I have not seen you since you cut your hair! I do believe it was at Intrusion in February 2002 that I last time saw you!

But hair cutting! BAD BAD BAD!!! ;opp *waggles finger*

You should grow it back! It was pretty! ;o)

User: weaselspoon Date: 6.57 pm, Wednesday 31st January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Andrew Jarvis

Every time I try it is in such bad nick I give up very quickly. And I've receded.

User: weaselspoon Date: 4.36 pm, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Andrew Jarvis

(Woke up this morning with a full Widow's peak)

Man, that sounds like the beginning of a blues song

User: weaselspoon Date: 6.08 pm, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: Don't start me off... Keyword: Jazz Noise

Oh Yeah I woke up this morning, with a full widows peak,
I saw my hairline in the mirror, I was so shocked I couldn't speak.

My hair is getting thin, and I ain't got that much to lose,
I say my hair is coming out in bunches, and I ain't got much to lose,
Gonna have to face the truth, I got those Male-Pattern Baldness Blues.

User: mirabehn Date: 11.29 pm, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: Re: Don't start me off... Keyword: Bagpuss

Damn you. My brain is making up a (free, bluesy) tune to this. I don't seem to be able to stop it. I'll be composing in my sleep now.

The voice I envisage for it is a slightly mellower Otis Lee Crenshaw.

User: pozorvlak Date: 7.02 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Ah yes - you've only known him with short hair. His long hair was perfect for Leonard of Quirm.

My DMs are about two years old, and already have huge holes in that let water through. They're very comfortable, though (and I, too, remember a few weeks at the beginning when they rubbed all the skin off the back of my ankles).

User: mirabehn Date: 10.38 am, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Ack-ting (libellum - midwinter)

His long hair was perfect for Leonard of Quirm.

Ah, I wish I'd seen that...

User: weaselspoon Date: 10.53 am, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Qui-Gon Jinn

I find it odd that anyone remembers me with long hair. I do miss it though.

The old pair never let water in (well, they weren't particularly waterproof, but they didn't have holes). The heels disintegrated from the inside.

User: mirabehn Date: 7.10 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Mirabehndoll

You make me all nostalgic for my old DMs. I had to stop wearing them remarkably early on, because I bought them (aged 16) just before my feet stopped growing. And then my feet, erm, shrunk (still don't know what happened there).

Between buying them and now my feet went down from a big size 7 to a 6 1/2. So size 8 DMs were just useless, even with 2 pairs of thick socks in.

They were lovely though. The dark red type, you know? I loved them.

User: steerpikelet Date: 7.22 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Okay, who *are* you? Are you Lily I keep hearing about? :)

User: mirabehn Date: 7.24 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Snow White

Nooo, I'm Elly.

Lily is lovely, but she isn't on LJ.

User: steerpikelet Date: 7.32 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

Oh, hello! *waves*. You are nice.

User: mirabehn Date: 10.02 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Palantir!

So are you. :-)

User: ishkhara Date: 7.30 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Whip

Ah, the joys of breaking in a new pair of DMs! I bought a new pair three years ago and am still going through the agonies of getting them Just How I Like Them. I can only wear them for a few days at a time before my ankles start to bleed, thus I tend to wear them in short bursts followed by a long recovery period.

Lately I bought a pair of knee-high, lace-up, Spanish leather boots. And they're even worse than the DMs. :(

Perseverance is the key! Never surrender! *lol*

User: xenarachne Date: 8.22 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

You ain't wore your boots enough until after you have a thick scab on your heel...I think DM's have a strategically stitched piece of leather crafted to inflict that particular injury...

User: mirabehn Date: 10.01 pm, Monday 29th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Photo

Tip: surgical spirit on the backs of your heels/achilles tendon, to toughen up the skin and keep off the blisters.

(I'm sure you already know that one, but I was trying to remember why my feet didn't die when I first got my DMs all those years ago, and ISTR that was why!)

User: pozorvlak Date: 10.35 am, Tuesday 30th January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

The other trick, so I'm told, is to wear them in a hot shower, as this helps to break the leather in. But this is hearsay...

User: weaselspoon Date: 6.59 pm, Wednesday 31st January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Conscienter Affirmo

Which should make them fit your feet well, but will make the leather more rigid on drying, if my limited experience of working with leather is anything to go by.

User: weaselspoon Date: 7.00 pm, Wednesday 31st January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Smug Moustache

I just found a good brand of blister plaster.

Mmmmm blister plaster. I don't get it folks, why go through so much agony? What's so special about DMs to justify such suffering? Or maybe that's all part of the fun. Mind you I've only ever had two pairs, 10-hole blacks and 12-hole cherry reds. I don't recall any lengthy breaking-in periods, only that the latter quietly rotted away after i waded through a river in them, while the former lasted a fair while but eventually lost out to the infinitely more comfortable Sketchers two stripe...

Incidentally I think he looks much better with short hair. Which is not to say he wasn't previously gorgeous, but...oh you know what ah mean :-)

User: longbird Date: 11.40 pm, Wednesday 31st January, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

D'oh! That was me btw.

xxx

User: weaselspoon Date: 5.20 pm, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: Lengthy rambling Keyword: Smug Moustache

My pair of black 10-holes lasted me through school and I loved them because it felt rebellious wearing them with my uniform, but they died quite quickly.

The 14-hole Cherry Reds, which I resisted, are a design classic. Asking why you would go through the suffering for them is like asking why women wear high heels or people squeeze into skin tight jeans.

The reason these particular boots are special to me is because they have come as close to the idea of the Universal Shoe as anything I've ever found. I once read a book on menswear which recommended a certain tie as the Universal Tie, in that you could wear it for a business meeting or a wedding or a funeral, possibly even with the same suit, and you wouldn't look out of place. In a weeks time, when these have been convinced that they want to fit my feet, and when I've dulled the stitching and put in a fresh pair of laces, I'll be able to wear these with anything. I can wear them with a suit and make it past the desk at the Saville and I'll be able to squelch home through the park afterwards. And they will always be sitting in the wardrobe waiting for me.

When I gave up on docs as a habitual best shoe, it was to be replaced by the more comfortable Hitec Magnums. However, after a week they start looking shoddy and after a couple of months you need a new pair. Great for dancing though. Maybe I should get a new pair...

Incidentally I think he looks much better with short hair. Which is not to say he wasn't previously gorgeous
I must start debates like this on a regular basis...

User: longbird Date: 1.38 pm, Friday 2nd February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: Re: Lengthy rambling

But that's just it, I DO ask why women wear shoes that deform and cripple them (outside the bedroom anyway) and especially why 99% of the people who squeeze into skin-tight jeans bother, but then I'm already tall, allergic to tottering, and much prefer to have some things left to my own rabidly fertile imagination. Aargh! Unoriginal rant over. Hmmm, wish I could splooge properly.

I get you on the Universal Insert Thing thing though. I've got a Universal Hoodie and some Universal Neckerchiefs.

Love that you've read a book on menswear ;-)

User: weaselspoon Date: 3.27 pm, Friday 2nd February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: Re: Lengthy rambling Keyword: Mirror Squiffed

You know why people wear those things. It's the same reason that I almost bought the cherry reds and it came from your own lips...

I have a shelf of books on menswear (which mostly say suits are good) Mens style (which mostly say looking good is good) and etiquette (which mostly say wear this suit then), although I need a new copy of Debrett's.

Oh, and someone was linking to this, if that's of any interest.

User: mirabehn Date: 10.48 am, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Scruffy (Cheesygirl)

Aw, he looks gorgeous whichever.

Mind you, I never met him with long hair, so I can only compare through photos...

User: mirabehn Date: 11.33 pm, Thursday 1st February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Smiling

Thing about the surgical spirit though is that you're less likely to blister again, as the skin toughens and hardens up.

Or you can just keep changing the blister plaster, if you want to bring logic into it. ;-)

My DMs were cherry red. I think they were 14 hole. 14 or 12. They were beautiful.

User: missbunnypants Date: 10.09 pm, Friday 16th February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject)

I had like 10 pairs of dm's but only one pair of new rocks. Where DM's eventually mold to your feet, with New Rocks its your feet that mold to the boots. I am also a wearer of stupidly high heels and crippling shoes - however, i love them, and just like New Rocks my feet have gotten used to them. The only down point being i now have ugly feet.

And, being a long hair lover - I loved pre-2002 Robert. The hair was hott. Although the current styling is also hot.

User: mirabehn Date: 10.30 pm, Friday 16th February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Flapper Girl

The hair was hott.

I can believe it! Wish i'd seen it.

I'm pretty much evenly balanced on the long hair/short hair thing.

Although the current styling is also hot.

*hasn't seen Robert since December*

What's he got? What's he got?

I knew him BEFORE he grew his hair. Do I win a prize?

Badger

User: weaselspoon Date: 9.05 pm, Monday 19th February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: Eye

Would some kind of small furry bunny be appropriate?

And how could that EVER be inappropriate?

User: mirabehn Date: 12.46 pm, Tuesday 20th February, 2007 (UTC) Subject: (no subject) Keyword: OTP!

From this, and things that Mr W has told me, I believe that you, my dear, need to get to know my friend medieval_bunny...

*grins*