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Now I have a minor mystery in hand. I've seen you - not to know who you were, but to notice in passing. Now I get to figure out where. :)

Now, how do you take a self-portrait with both your hands busy? Tripod and timer?

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That is interesting. The options are, Somewhere in Los Angeles. Somewhere in N. Cal, at Renaissance Faires.

Photos elsewhere on the web.

I took the photos with tripod (my mini), resting on a stool, and taking advantage of the "interval shooting" option of my camera.

So it took a photo every 5 seconds. I let it run for about a minute and a half.

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Hmm. Any mid-western ren faires or cons?

I guess I'll have to invest in a tripod. :)

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No Faires, and the last mid-western con I did was a long time ago (I want to say, 1982).

A tripod is one of the two best things to improve photographs.

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Hmm, 1982 is possible. I was certainly going to cons then; it was how I stayed (sort of) sane during law school. I was last in California in 1988.

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In '82 I would have looked a fair bit younger. That was Chi-con.

Did you go to Faire in LA, in '86-'88?

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No, I've never been to an L.A. Faire. I was at Chi-con, though. Also looking considerably younger. Funny how that works. *grin* Looking at you now, though, I'm guessing you don't look near your age.

The icon is me as I am now, but it's a solid 80 pounds heavier than I was in '82. My hair was down to my waist then, into the bargain, but's what I have on this computer.

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Of course, there's also the possibility that I'm simply mistaken.

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dianyla.livejournal.com

The difference between these images and the video of you with facial hair and BCGs is startling. You look significantly better here. (Sorry if that sounds rude, and I know you're not here to decorate my world, but... That's my unsolicited opinion.)

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You are the first person to comment on the lack of mustache (which was the reason for the demand to have photos).

I need to get a current prescription for contacts (I was blind when I did this). Because my eyes aren't straight in my head, I need the larger lenses (the axis of my eyes is about 8° outwards from center).

Edited Date: 2009-07-11 01:17 am (UTC)

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dianyla.livejournal.com

Well, you may have noticed that I'm particularly attuned to details involving hair. Your facial structure is somewhat similar to a friend of mine who also recently returned to shaving after a foray into beardland. The facial hair made him look considerably older, mostly because his head hair is maybe 10% gray but his facial hair was more like 60% gray. Anyways, I think the finer "elfin" bone structure works better with no facial hair, but do what makes you and yours happy. :)

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I can't grow a beard. The mustache comes and goes. I don't think I am going to be allowed to regrow it for awhile. I might make a stab at it for Dickens, but it takes about 3 months to grow in, and more time to really behave.

So, it's back to the easier shaving of the whole face.

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I did a poor job... I need larger lensed glasses, because of the way my eyes point.

Small frames are always in my line of sight.

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I forgot to mention that I am perfectly happy to decorate your world.

It's why I sell photos. :)

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dianyla.livejournal.com

Ha!

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harimad.livejournal.com

Interesting. The two icons you use most, plus the military career, gave me the impression you were larger of frame than you are. One mental image updated - check!

You've got some lovely photos online.

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I am all whipcord and sinew.

5'9", and about 120lbs.

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*snort* 120 with your boots on, maybe. You wee, waiflike, winsome thing, you.

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starcat-jewel.livejournal.com

Nice shots! Previously-stated opinions reiterated, and reinforced.

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georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com

How many marriage proposals have you gotten since posting these?

*grins*

It should be more...

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I think this is the first.

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I very much like the longer hair. It suits you well. Slight Jackson Browne/Tom Petty overtones, perhaps (mental images from thirty years ago).

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Hrmn... you are not the only person to make the Jackson Browne reference.

The hair may get trimmed, to get a job, but it will get longer. I miss hair down to my ass.

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I wish *I* could grow hair down to my ass! It's just past my shoulders now, and I'm pampering it with lots of conditioners and no color processing for the moment, so maybe I'll be able to coax it to mid-back.

Well, it's mid-back NOW, when it's wet and the curl's pulled out. I want it to be mid-back when it's DRY.

The no color procesing was in service of the search for employment, and the current lack is more about a lack of funds, because the purple streaks don't come out right unless I get a pro to do the preliminary bleaching, and that's pricey. If I can stand to leave it my natural color for a while, maybe it'll get longer.

The Jackson Browne reference is intended to be complimentary, btw. So's the Tom Petty one, even if he's considered something of a joli laid. Old-school Jackson Browne is a little soft and unfinished for my tastes, but when combined with the Petty angularity, well. I like those pictures of you.

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I saw Jackson Browne Friday night at Bluesfest. He's cragged up slightly and is in fact One Hotass Old Man. ;-)

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Oooh, Jackson Browne gone craggy is RIGHT up my alley. Yum!

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Current photo: http://www.barreoperahouse.org/magick-event.php/jackson%20browne%20headshot.jpg

You don't really see the cragginess unless his face is in motion, but it's thre. Subtle, but there.

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The resemblance is pronounced! Terry's nose is thinner, though.

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And crookeder. :-)

Adds to his charm, I tend to feel. Jackson Browne came out in sunglasses, because it was still sunset and they had the FOH on high, and the resemblance was REALLY pronounced.

Have some not-so-hot video :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtVz0TigPhw

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I believe I am being objectified.

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No, No, I love you for your mind. Your corporeal form is of no importance to me whatsoever; I never even notice it. Ever.

*ispureofheart*

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*eyes you*

Twice

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*is eyed*

Twice would be a good start...

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Unh hunh... my mind.

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Absolutely!

(it's such a lovely, twisted, filthy, creative one)

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I figured. Most people don't compare people to those they find unnatractive.

My hair was, actually, down to the small of my back. If I tilted my head it would drag across the top of my ass, which felt really nice.

So, given past performance, in about two years it will be there again. With luck that's not it's limit (this length is 13 months since it was 1/16" long), and it will go all the way to my butt.

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Woe. It takes two years for my hair to get from the point of my jaw to my shoulders! I really do intend to find out where "down to where it stops by itself" is on me, but I have to be vigilant about preventing split ends -- I lost three inches or so, a few years back, by not realizing that standing 18" from two 375 degree deck ovens all day was the equivalent of all the blow-drying, hot-rollering, and other assorted heat processes I DIDN'T do on my hair.

The prep room I work in now doesn't have ovens or other heat sources beyond what the ice machine throws off as waste, so it ought to be an improvement.

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I miss hair down to my ass.

Here, darling, let me drape mine over it. :-)

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