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I remember when I was 13 years old, I would watch rock stars on the Music Television, and they had outrageous hair. Mohawks, zany colours, and crazy styles. I was just a kid back then, deeply entrenched within society’s norms, so I did not have the opportunity to express myself [via h8 u m0m].
Sometimes I see people who have made outrageous personal branding choices and wonder about their context. Do they contribute to society/the economy? Are they in a field where they express themselves? Do they just float around from weekend to weekend, working menial jobs in between? Are they important consultants to people within artistic industries? I just want to know what context/career I need 2 be in to make outrageous personal branding choices without looking like “I’m trying 2 hard.”
Should I colour my hair blue/pink and get a mediocre office job?
Is it safe 2 assume that tweens with coloured hair are destined to be failed purgatory alts who never leave their suburban community?
Should there be a legal age limit for ‘colouring ur hair a bright colour’?
Should I move to Australia since it is warm there, and use SUN IN in my hair?
Should I frost my tips?
Kinda excited abt Christmas. Might start the excessive ’should I buy ____ for Xmas’ posts gimmick.
Do any Jews read this blog? Or is it mainly just WASPS, Mexicalts, and blipsters and AZNs?
What are yall getting 4 Christmas/Jewsmas/Kwanzmas/AZNmas?
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1 Jew in Snow
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//////////Reply by Alex K
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 10:37 am
@Abby, make that two joos in the snow
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//////////Reply by em
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 10:41 am
@Alex K,
three joos.
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//////////Reply by santa
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 11:38 am
@em, 4 but like not rlly a jewish jew
//////////Reply by hmm
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
@Abby, 5th joo but not rlly either, just bcuz of parents (h8 u mom n dad)
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//////////Reply by Andrea
//////////Posted December 11th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
6 jews! happy chanukah yall
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//////////Reply by alt(alt)
//////////Posted December 12th, 2008 at 6:46 am
@Andrea, also a joo
but in sun
socal
frost yr tip krleez
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floss your tips
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oh shidazzle, i was just thinking about colouring my hair a zany colour like pink or purple. i cant do it anymore now that you have blogged about it.. see how you run people’s lives now???
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kinda weak post carles. <3ing idea of “should i buy ____ for christmas” gimmick though
<3 U <3 <3hro gimmicks<3
NEED HRO GIMMICKS
should i buy
a) justice leather jacket?
b) blow for macbook?
c) unreleased panda bear l.p. ?
d) am appy hoodie?
e) heath ledger poster/playactiondoll/memorial (RIP MISS U HEATHIE !!!!!! – 1st xmas w/o heath makes me cry)
f) you.are.the.best.blogger.you’ll.have.much.funnier.gimmicks.than.my.crap.
<3 U crls.
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//////////Reply by pete
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
@DFA, u forgot Chilli gift vouchers
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hottest mash up eva.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcrFb_cYxHA
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//////////Reply by panchizzy
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
@anon, this one is way more awesome/authentic…
http://cakatat.ytmnd.com/
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//////////Reply by dankface
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
@anon, girl talk take notes
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<3 sun
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i’m jewish, carles.
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middle-class, white, educated, twenty-something female.
i’m getting creme brulee, olive garden/red lobster gift cards (for realz (step-grandma)), sex, tights and soy eggnog for santa’s day.
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Purgatory alts can transcend but only if they really want 2/have a strong circle of meaningful friends to help them. but yeah, I once got some purp hair dye for xmas in likke 9th grade *sigh. But it’s totally funnie now becus I can look back at that time in my life and laugh…..kinda how I laugh at sitcoms about disfunctional families staring characters w/quirky personalities. WOW….life is crazy yall.
I’ve also got a funny story about being ALTino (<3 that term) and trying to frost my tips [via sun in]. LOL
<3 ya crls!
KEEP BLOGGING/PPPPARTTTYYYING
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One Mexialt with meaningful job.
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also, well connected.
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I too am a mexi alt, from Chile…. kinda wish i had my own label, but then i guess i alwayz have. i was born during the post-pinochet revolution. almost got molotov cocktailed. how authentic is that?
all i want for xmas is meaning n authenticity. mayb some cut copy tix n some clothes. thx mom n dad. see u next summer.
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//////////Reply by jef
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
@panchizzy, like me, you are a LatinAlt. and yea wow, molotov cocktails are pretty authentic. h8 crazy ass latin american dictators not looking out for their countries
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//////////Reply by DFA
//////////Posted December 11th, 2008 at 9:05 am
@jef, LOL @ both of y’all thinking molotov cocktails are authentic.
LOL @ U losers. U don’t even know what it is to b authenticalt.
sorta miss yer naive views on the world. wish i had them.
p.s. pisco sours are peruvian – stop biting their drinks. LOL.
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Z0MGZ SUN IN nvr rlly worked tho, always looked orange..
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just trying to spread some alt cheer this holiday season by givin ever1 some blow for their ipod!
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this is the epitome of androgynalt
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color it blue w/ yello/silver tips for hannukah
but not rlly. bloggrs w ghey hair color is pretty perez-H, but in a bad way
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im not jewish but i celebrate hanukkah and can speak fluent russian
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i am jewish and celebrate chanukkah and speak hebrew, and portuguese
i will be heading down to my local alt craft fairs and buying alt presents for my mainstream family.
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wutz w/ all the selfh8ing j00z?
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//////////Reply by CogInSystem
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
@panchizzy, That’s been the Hebrew brand since 2.4k BC
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I’m just visiting cause I have the hots for a girl who likes this site. I’m trying to tell if this site makes me more/less/equally into her, not sure yet. Will keep yu updated 4 surez.
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//////////Reply by Jah
//////////Posted December 10th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
@c0ncerned hater 6000, i wish i knew slfaware altbreasts. <3 u altbreasts. call me
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competitive gymnast = alt athlet?
I get to wear am appy leotards and do fun things with stretching.
Anyways, my xmas gift is just pay for gym[naseum] membership
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ummm is there such thing as english-alts?
the maltstream population is overflowing in england i dont know what to do…. they dress alt but still act all mainstream
so cnfzed
need gidnce
xx
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//////////Reply by PaNdA BaRe
//////////Posted December 11th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
@chalay, know what you mean, fuck topshop
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//////////Reply by chalay
//////////Posted January 4th, 2009 at 9:23 am
@PaNdA BaRe, you know somethings gone wrong when crombies are wearing cheapmondays
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only jews read you shit mang
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Nigga needs a roundhouse to the throat.
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