Making of the diamond skull.

Hirst is one of those artists who believes the art is in the concept, and will get other people to do the gruntwork. I'm assuming he's paid his dues, but I'm still tempted to call him a designer.

I'd love to be able to get people to execute my ideas. I have a million clothes mostly-designed in my head, and a bunch of other crap I have neither the knowledge or the skill to make real.

ita, I'm not convinced two-tone hair is going to play as you imagine it.

I'm trying to think of an analogy and the only thing I can think of is the art-girl I dated who would wear odd combinations of vintage clothes that worked tonally, but clashed with each other as statements of style.

That is, the colors worked together but there was a meta-conversation in her fashion that she ignored that other people would not.

While you could visually marry the color in the fringe with your ensemble, for other people having two-toned hair is just going to register as something different than you intend.

for other people having two-toned hair is just going to register as something different than you intend.

If they're not my employer, I don't give a damn. And that's precisely the reason I haven't tried it.

I've been having my hair "interpreted" since I cut it off 20 years ago. It has no meaning beyond my amusement and laziness.

I'm jealous of dye jobs like Kat used to have, with the brightly coloured chunks. When your hair is mm long, it's gonna look like a mess. The fringe, or tips thereof, would be the only multi-colour option I'd consider.

Boss is the only thing keeping me from going bald too.

eta: Whoah. I didn't know what had happened to John 3:16 guy.

I've been having my hair "interpreted" since I cut it off 20 years ago. It has no meaning beyond my amusement and laziness.

Okay! Just stay away from the Floyd Patterson (guy on left) look.

Whoah. I didn't know what had happened to John 3:16 guy.

Me neither. Now I'm curious - was his taking a hostage and demanding a press conference part of a plan to spread the word of Christ? Or was it unrelated?

I'm feeling really discombobulated about reading at Comic Con, passing out postcards and such.

Like, full on nervous breakdown alert.

Just stay away from the Floyd Patterson (guy on left) look.

Oh, I wouldn't change the length from what it is now. At cutting time I leave a bit at the front about twice the length (a whopping 12mm) of the rest, and it's lighter for having been bleached more often than the rest too.

Speaking of cheating in sports and scandals thereof, I skimmed through SI's top 25 non-drug-related sports scandals, and am agog at Rosie Ruiz. Of all the cheaters, she's the one I'd most like to slap. That's just...wrong. And marathoning is nowhere dear to my heart.

Paperdol, the problem is you have a lower opinion of yourself than your public does. If you can pretend for an hour that we're not all terribly terribly misled about you (and that "we" includes Tim, natch), you'll get through it fine.

What's happening to you...what you earned is so damned cool. Breathe deeply, and even if you can't relax enough to enjoy it, don't let it distress you.

ita speaks true, paperdol. Aside from everything else trust this: what you wrote is very much your voice.

How people respond to that is an honest and fair appraisal.

So if it succeeds (as it is), then it is true and earned.

Rosie Ruiz. Of all the cheaters, she's the one I'd most like to slap. That's just...wrong. And marathoning is nowhere dear to my heart.

No shit. What a cooze.

What ita said, paperdol. Especially the fucking earned part.

Also, my parents finally got a copy. Dad left work early. I interrupted my mom's reading. She made a point of that. Mainly, you're in the acknowlegements! You called before I read more! Ah, parents.

Read the book, mom. And paperdol? Thank you. Really.

More hilariously, I had to explain EW to the 'rents.