response 128 of 200:

Jan 23 12:11 UTC 1998

Re #126:  Has it become a lot easier, in recent years, to die your hair?  It's
been a fantasy of mine for a few years to dress up as an 80s punk for
Halloween, but I'm kind of chicken.

response 130 of 200:

Jan 23 22:03 UTC 1998

I have a friend who looks great in any shade of blonde or red, so she dyes
her hair frequently "just for kicks".

Aruba - it would be very easy for you to dye your hair for Halloween,
especially since you have light hair.  (Any color will show up as its color).
I've been thinking of doing 80's punk for next Halloween also, but my hair
is really dark.  I was going to do a hot pink streak, so I laughed when
Valerie mentioned she used to have one.  =)

response 132 of 200:

Jan 24 16:32 UTC 1998

RE Way back there:   I do not go in the sun. I've had too many sunburns in my
life. Last AUgust, even though I used 30 SPF all day, I fried. So much so that
I got sun poisoning and was throwing up. I was in agony for days and eventually
needed steroids to bring it down. 

I like my  paleness... everyone assumes I hate it. Why? It sets me apart and I
get compliments on my skin, albeit from people older than me. I can't wear 
light colors much though, because they drain whatever color's left. I do not
trust tanning beds and will never set my little toe in one. Laying there in the
sun, smelling like a coconut and attracting bugs is not my version of fun.
Neither are wrinkles, crow's feet or skin cancer. My mom is 54 and could pass
for 47. I know I'll age, but why accelerate the process? 

SUN=EVIL :)

response 134 of 200:

Jan 25 04:04 UTC 1998

I like being in the sun if it isn't ninety degrees out.  I'm going into
withdrawal right now because I haven't seen the sun in about three weeks. 
=(

Mark - didn't you graduate in the late eighties?  You should know how to do
it!  I have some cool ideas for you, though.  =)  

response 136 of 200:

Jan 25 13:23 UTC 1998

Well I do freak out if I don't see the sun in a week or so. And it is so cute
to see my kitty cat curled up within a sunbeam. I take multivitamins, but since
the body cannot store Vitamin D and needs sunshine to make it... I must be
deficient. 

Ah the 80s. I recall wearing neon and other horrible things. Don't you hate
when you think back on what you wore and it makes you ill? Like you actually
went out in public wearing these things? In high school (1988 or so), I went to
the mall one day wearing a denim skirt that flared out, a pink T-shirt with
black bows glued to it, and a black felt hat (kinda like Bono). It wasn't out
of style at the time. That same day there just happened to be a Debbie Gibson
Look-Alike Contest in the mall. In passing I overheard someone say, "oh look!
She's in that Debbie Gibson contest!". I wasn't sure whether to kill the person
who said that, or myself.

Freshman year in college (1990) I decided that a baggy shirt, jeans with holes,
and black tights underneath those were cool. I'd go to the mall and old people
would look at me like I was brandishing a weapon. I looked horrible, but I was
also pretty depressed at the time, so it fit the mood. After the bout of
depression ended I discovered the Lerner stores. I wore that for a semester or
so and was like "What am I wearing? Aaaagh!". From then on it was long sleeve
T-shirts and such. And I still did black tights under shorts. I'm not sure why.
But then no one cares what you wear in college. It wasn't until after I started
working full time that I really started paying attention.

response 138 of 200:

Jan 25 19:04 UTC 1998

I think vitamin D has less to do with it than the good mood sun tends to
inspire.

response 140 of 200:

Jan 26 04:29 UTC 1998

Re #137:  I didn't mean that the safety pin would be easy to put on, I just 
meant that it was a necessity.  No, I 'm not sure how I'd put it on; glue,
maybe?

response 142 of 200:

Jan 26 18:29 UTC 1998

I remember the first time I met someone wearing mousse, when it was a new
thing.  Her hair looked like she just got out of the shower, but she let me
touch it and it was completely dry.

response 144 of 200:

Jan 28 06:04 UTC 1998

Mousse is odd indeed, though I liked watching the stuff pouf up in my hand. It
works by leaving this web-like stuff in your hair. I had to quit using it
because the old formulas had alcohol in them, and it dried out my hair.
Nowadays I use some gel on the roots to give it a bit of a lift, but it's not
stiff, sticky or weird. It's Dep and smells like oranges. I hate big hair, but
I also hate it when my hair just sticks to my head and does nothing. 

response 146 of 200:

Jan 29 05:48 UTC 1998

I wash my hair everyday as it is. Tends to get oily if I skip a day, which
grosses me the hell out.

response 148 of 200:

Jan 29 17:40 UTC 1998

<remmers makes a note to wear a business suit to all future
 social and business occasions>

(think I'll skip the makeup though...)

I think your observation may be quite valid, actually.