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[pez]

Hmmm. My hair shouldn't have turned out this dark. This is now darker than my natural colour...

Random: I don't like having a tan. I like being a pasty bastard. Damn, what's the quickest way to get rid of a tan?

Attempt to salvage writing by adding kinkyness to provide distraction from the fail = failure. Woe. (Fic is now called "Viking Cheese" on Google Docs, Sarah.)

Work and internet are both very quiet today...

Comments

[solaas.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, some people take it to extremes. *coughBarryManilowcough* I can't say I'm too fond of that perpetual, waxy tan studio look -- it's creepy. >>; I suspect a healthy tan is something you get from normal exposure to the outdoors, not necessarily full-on sunshine and definitely not the spit and roast method. XD

Yeah, that was the ideal here, too, back in the olden days. Especially for women. Only farmers and poor folks worked outdoors, so they would be the ones with the tans. The rich and privileged women had lily white skin, soft hands and frilly parasols. I suspect that particular ideal has been seen all over the world, more or less. And the jaundice look, yeah, that one I can understand. :-/

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

You should see the article I linked to in the comment above. It's from 2 year ago, but it's scary the lengths people go to and the way they think.

[solaas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just read it. Dear lord, people are nuts! At least the frilly, black anti-sun umbrellas of Japan aren't harmful, just cute. DX

And that woman on the first portrait photo, she was 34 when the article was written. I'm 33 now. I think she looks rather older than 34.... >_>