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[juliet]

Some of my friends list may be interested in Warren Ellis asking for 200-word pieces of fiction from unpublished writers, which he will publish on his weblog tomorrow. See link for further details.

Cold is gradually disappearing, but being very *slow* about it. Growl. Back to cycling in this morning, though, as I'm not dizzy any more, but was much slower than normal (although it is entirely possible that I'm just lazy, rather than Still Ill). Had a nice quiet evening last night - drink with Elaine (friend from school who I don't see that often) after work, and discovered that things are going pretty well for her, which is good. Followed by an *enormous* bowl of pasta once I got home, sufficient knitting to cast off the top of my dress (need to do the straps now, then pick up round the bottom to knit a bit more cos it's not long enough), and a brief visit from the lovely kitty_goth on his way home from werk dinner. Then Pete woke me up around midnight coming in from poker, & we had a reasonably complicated & heated discussion about something that I no longer remember at all. I trust it wasn't that important.

Advantages to having blue hair #1: when going through the ticket barrier at Paddington for the second time in one day, the ticket inspector will ask for your YP card, then look up and say "Oh no, I remember you, that's fine".

Advantages to having blue hair #2: small children who go "Mummy Mummy, that person has blue hair! Blue hair, Mummy!" in overexcited tones and try to haul Mummy backwards to have another good look. (Mummy was, I think, quite embarrassed by this)

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[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Small children are fantastic like that, aren't they? I remember being on a last-minute booze-and-munchies run on the way to Slimelight a couple of years ago, glammed to the nines and tiara'd, and a little girl exclaiming "Look mummy! A princess!".

[just-mon.livejournal.com]

AWW. little children are so cute!

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

You should take some round to see your sister, get her used to them gradually. Dress them up as kittens, and so on.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

i still find it weird when small children refer to me as "the lady". i ain't no lady! :)

[juliet]

I always found that bizarre when I was working at the local library, aged 15-16, and parents would say to their kids "give your books to the nice lady". At least a couple of times I actually looked over my shoulder, expecting to see one of the proper librarians behind me...

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I still remember the small child walking open-mouthed (in awe or horror, I know not which) around the supermarket behind me, when I had emerald green hair (in a classic bob, which somehow makes it weirder). That was pretty cool (even my mother said it suited me and that if green was a 'real' hair colour I would look good with it). But it was 2 weeks before Christmas when the play for which I'd dyed it ended and I figured I should get rid of it before all my elderly relatives had conniptions over their dinner. Shame really. It really was my colour.

[juliet]

Ah, you should do it again :-)

I'm quite fond of the blue I have at the moment. Nice bright blue.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

That kid's mother is going to get so much hassle over the next week to let the kid have blue hair too.

There was such a cute baby on the train the other day! So cute! I wanted to steal it.

[j4.livejournal.com]

"Mummy Mummy, that person has blue hair!"

Bless. I love it when kids do that sort of thing. :)

Once when I was wearing combats and t-shirt, nothing spectacular, a small child pointed at me and said loudly "Look, pretty man!" The poor mother, sounding utterly mortified, quickly corrected the child -- "Pretty lady, honey". I really wanted to tell her that I wasn't at all offended, actually I was quite flattered either way... just kind of surprised on both counts as I wasn't looking particularly pretty or particularly butch!

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Better or worse than the kid being told "handsome man"?

[ottah.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how just having different coloured hair means that small kids (who are part of the family taking on new animals at work) will actually listen to what I'm saying. The power of silly hair :)

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Because it's generally rude to point at other people and loudly say things about them, mothers tend to assume that the target of their child's attention will be less than happy about it... but when it's things like Blue Hair, people are usually delighted!

[reddragdiva]

Corruption of the youth is vital and ongoing work.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

Saw Warren Ellis at a convention a few years back. He was chain drinking Red Bull :-)

This smacks of a writer trying to nick a few good ideas.... But I wouldn't think that of him, oh no.

[willjsm.livejournal.com]

Are we going to have photos of the blue hair for those who find you and themselves rather busy and non-pubable-with?

[juliet]

Er. Possibly. I'll let you know if they happen.