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Locks of Love

I assume you all know I have long hair. I say that I ‘assume’, because, seeing as you’re all able to read this, you all must have eyes, thus you must have seen at least one of the pictures I’ve had as my avi over the last year or so. Anyway. Some time ago, when I was off in that mythical land of Reality I seem to get chucked in so often, I decided, on little more than a whim, that I would donate my hair to Locks of Love. For those who don’t know, Locks of Love is an organization that makes wigs for kids with cancer. Sure, I could sell my hair and make a nice chunk of change, but I put myself in the position of some kid who had long hair, got cancer, and then lost it all to chemotherapy, and I know they’d get more value out of it than I would, and they deserve it a hell of a lot more than I do. I know it’s not a cure or anything, but it’s something I can do, so why shouldn’t I? Yes, I know I’ll miss it, but mine will grow back, and even if it takes another two years to get it back to this length, I’d do it all again, just to help someone else.

Maybe I’m crazy, I don’t know… but I’m going to do it soon, lest the Arizona Summer Dayball of Doom burn it all off my head on my way in to work tomorrow. Either way, I’ll be posting links to before and after pictures so you can all either:

A. Point and laugh at the bald dragon,
B. Pretend to think I’m doing something good, whilst laughing at the bald dragon, or
C. Help me figure out what to do with any remaining hair I wind up with.

(Please note that choices A and B come with a side helping of crispy, torturous destruction at the hands of said dragon.)

Yours, as always,
A soon-to-be-less-adorable, yet far more (insert term here) Xeno Dragon

(Oh, well. It would all be vaporized in Hell when I get there anyway…)

And it’s done. Has been for a while, but I haven’t had time to be on. I’ll still be in and out, but this is for those who still care about this post.

(The delay from the time of posting until now is because they want you to donate 10 inches, and my hair grows slowly.)

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More pictures later… and maybe even a video if you’re really really good.

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Chameleon offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (5 minutes after post)

Big Respect points from me :D
What you’re doing is beautiful. More beautiful even than that hair atop your dome.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (9 minutes after post)

I think it is a good idea, I don’t know what exactly you need help with as you seem to have already made your mind up to do this.
You have a wide range of hairstyles to choose from all depending how much hair you donate.

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melt offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (9 minutes after post)

good for the kids. when i was 9 i cut like 18″ off my hair and my mom plaited and saved it. when i turned 30, i cut off about 14″ and my mom sent me the original 18 (the weirdo!) so i sent both clumps to locks of love and it made me feel really good. anyway, when you look in the mirror and freak out, just remember the importance of what you’re doing & the difference it will make in someone’s life. and, like you said, you can always grow it back… something one of the kids may not be able to do :[

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (13 minutes after post)

im already laughing at you man, im already laughing. oh, good decision btw.

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jezzy9 offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (32 minutes after post)

yeh-that’s awesome. i grow my hair really long, then i cut down really short. i do this constantly. idk-i hate keeping my hair in the same style too long! anyway i always donate my hair, it seems like only a small gesture. but ya know-it makes you feel really good.and it’s not a small gesture because what else could you do for those children, if you don’t have money to donate, you don’t have time(or don’t live close enough) to actually visit the children’s hospitals to try and cheer them up, what else could you do? donate your hair! so that’s cool of you-but…i think you should not go bald, leave some hair to style some way!

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tricky offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 28 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (40 minutes after post)

my respects to the xeno , am amazed by ur sacrifice , i know how much , long hair sometime mean to ppl , am so happy that you are making this donation and so happy to see you do the right things and stuff , sometimes we know what is the right thing but we are afraid to act upon it ,fear of many things… so you ask if you are crazy , no ur not , the world is crazy , you are the normal one , most ppl are wrong…
about ur choices well this is my quote and this is what i think “If my face represents me than it’s a bad representation,, my words are who i would be , my work is who I’m …”…
well am sorry to tell ya if you have hopes in going to hell , u are clearly arent going to hell , God looks to the heart of the person , and ur heart is gold…
my best wishes
~Serge

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Left offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

I think that a wonderful idea. BALDY. {=0)

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Max offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 138 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 25 minutes after post)

good deed my friend:)

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 44 minutes after post)

Very food of you :) I’m considering cutting my hair REALLY short too… maybe only 3-4″ long. My hair is almost at my butt. We’ll see; I’m too chicken to do it in the near future.

I think the best part of shaving your head would be that you get to see your scalp in it’s pale entirety. It’s the only part of the outside of my body that I’ve never seen. Good luck and post those pics!

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Kuvri (yodaluv12) offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 hour, 44 minutes after post)

*good of you, lol. I don’t the kids will be eating your hair.

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PersonalPandaParty offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Titusville, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (3 hours, 22 minutes after post)

Grrr…

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quizzie offline Verified User (2 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Longwood, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (4 hours, 7 minutes after post)

good idea. i was going to do the same thing. if anyone tries to make fun of you, the jokes on them. especially when they get the cancer.

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Middleton, K1, GB | 1 year, 4 months ago (5 hours, 12 minutes after post)

Thats a really good idea Xeno :)

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Mr Foot offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (5 hours, 14 minutes after post)

it’s genius

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Tiffin, OH, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (7 hours, 12 minutes after post)

love the idea xeno, Im sure you’ll come up with something good to do with your hair, youre cute anyways so It’ll still look good.

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Seraph offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (7 hours, 24 minutes after post)

Glad to hear you’re following in my footsteps. :-P

Well, to be honest, as a person who doesn’t have a whole lot of hair left after donating it there’s not terribly much you can do with it. If you do have any hair left you can always do what I went for which was just a buzz cut with a pair of clippers to even everything out.

It’ll be easy and low maintenance.

-Seraph-

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (7 hours, 25 minutes after post)

Impressive and very brave of you. I actually think you will look good with shorter hair, it will show off that hansome face of yours, but finding it really difficult to picture you with anything like a flat-top.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (7 hours, 38 minutes after post)

I think its a good idea, I did that when I was younger and at first I was scared then I felt really good after I did it.
They even send you a little pink post card type certificate saying you donated your hair.

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Ditzy offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 40 #
Ventura, CA, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (8 hours, 27 minutes after post)

think its an awesome idea to donate your hair to the kiddies who dont have this luxury :) I dont think I will laugh coz you are doing some thing really cool and very honorable :)

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Den Haag, 11, NL | 1 year, 4 months ago (9 hours, 15 minutes after post)

You could go completely bald - it’s just about the only way you can still get people to look at you and think you are a satanist or worse, without having long hair. You could make some evangelising christians feel really foolish when they ask you why you’d choose to look like that.. little to feel righteously shocked over in this story!

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Luton, I1, GB | 1 year, 4 months ago (11 hours, 13 minutes after post)

awww

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (16 hours, 8 minutes after post)

Wow. I didn’t expect so many people to care so much. Thanks for supporting this.

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I left offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 491 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (23 hours, 55 minutes after post)

Thought about this post while doing something I needed to fix. Whatever you chose, I will stand by you along with the rest of us. Just be sure it is what you really want. Pheonix can be horridly hot, been there twice, but I will trust you to do as you have always done - think.

Just do not do it for the wrongs reasons, like trying to “punish” yourself. You have been through a lot and your empathy runs high, likely now. =will never laugh either way.
-me

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I left offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 491 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

WOw, and I’m sorry for the spelling BS. I’m in a hardcore mess.

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kemmy offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 day, 17 hours after post)

I think its a great idea, and you have a great attitide about it!

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hotdog321 offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 days, 8 hours after post)

ALL HAIL THE DRAGON!!! If cutting your hair will make you more comfortable in the Arizona sun, who are we to say no?

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Seraph offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 days, 8 hours after post)

oh, and if you get it like shaved off, remember to sunscreen your head. TRUST ME.

-Seraph-

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nextstar offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (2 days, 10 hours after post)

Great idea . Just show us your picture with the new look :)

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Sully offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (3 days, 22 hours after post)

Sweet! Thats awesome! I did this a few years back too, ya know… Take it from a guy with experience! Leave an inch of hair or even 2! We long hairs burn rather easily up there…

And you MUST tell us the donate-able length! Can you beat mine!? That would be impressive…

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PersonalPandaParty offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Titusville, FL, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (4 days, 3 hours after post)

This is why I cut mine. I think I donated some odd amount of inches, but I have no clue. It was just too **** hot….

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hotdog321 offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (4 days, 3 hours after post)

DRAGON:

As a Cancer patient, I came up with a thought for yu….if you are going to cut your hair, why not donate it to tha American Cancer Society? They will use it to create wigs/hairpieces for people in chemo and not charge the patients who otherwise could not afford such luxuries.

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Eric. offline Verified User (1 year, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 19 #
Los Angeles, CA, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (4 days, 17 hours after post)

Wear a Guy Fawkes mask ALL THE TIME. The hair on those is kinda like your pre-donation hair, nobody will notice.

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (5 days, 22 hours after post)

Hotdog, that’s what I’m planning. I don’t want anyone to have to pay for my hair, I see it as a gift to someone who really needs it.

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hotdog321 offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (6 days, 7 hours after post)

Believe me, cancer patients will appreciate your donation. When I went through chemo and lost my hair, I was fortunate to have the resources to “buy” hair but many can’t afford to do that. I donated my hair piece to the American Cancer Society as it will do for others what it did for me.

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I left offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 491 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (6 days, 7 hours after post)

I suspect what so many of us are saying is that we like Xeno the person, not his hair. I merely wonder what prompted this and I am concerned.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (6 days, 8 hours after post)

You and Snow still coming down to LA this wee while I am here?
I brought you a present…

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (6 days, 23 hours after post)

I wish we could, Sully, but I don’t think we’re going to have the funds. Money is tight, as rent, utilities, groceries, and gas have just been paid all at the same time, and I don’t get paid until the end of this week so I just don’t see how it could work. I’m talking to Snow right now, and we both agree that there’s nothing we’d rather do, but we just can’t. I hope we can try this again in a few months, once everything is a bit more stable.

Nikko, nothing really prompted it, I just thought of it one day, and realized that I had something to give, so I decided to give it.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 week after post)

If things go well, I will not be around here for a very long time… Unfortunately, things are not going well currently at all. I will know more later today. I will have to show you a pic of the knife I was going to give you… It may go to someone else now. I do not want to take it to China.

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 week after post)

We can pay shipping, I know that much. If you can ever come out here, we’d love to hang out, it’s just getting there, you understand.

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Sully offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Help.com Volunteer Moderator Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 week, 1 day after post)

Ya I know… Because yo where not coming and Blake is hosting me here, I gave him first pick of the gifts I brought every one. He chose the Dragon’s Fang. A hand forged knife with an elk antler handle and a mettle cast medallion of a Dragon’s profile embedded in the pommel. Email me and give me a Skype ID or an MSN account and we can have a video call with you guys! Then I can also show you the knife you almost got…

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My mail is ink-dragon at hotmail, I don’t have my webcam fixed yet.

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anneliesehuss offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Tiffin, OH, US | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

hotdog321 wrote:
DRAGON:

As a Cancer patient, I came up with a thought for yu….if you are going to cut your hair, why not donate it to tha American Cancer Society? They will use it to create wigs/hairpieces for people in chemo and not charge the patients who otherwise could not afford such luxuries.

actualy locks of luv is a charity for chilren with cancer, so they can get wigs too.

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Plover, WI, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 month after post)

Wow… I didn’t expect you to do this man! Good for you! :D
Though this isn’t much of a question, I think it’s great that you would give your hair away so cancer people could have hair… and stuff.

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Xeno Dragon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 month after post)

Just out of curiosity, what gave you the idea that I wouldn’t do something like this?

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Xeno Dragon edited this post 10 months, 2 weeks ago. Read the previous text »

Locks of Love

I assume you all know I have long hair. I say that I ‘assume’, because, seeing as you’re all able to read this, you all must have eyes, thus you must have seen at least one of the pictures I’ve had as my avi over the last year or so. Anyway. Some time ago, when I was off in that mythical land of Reality I seem to get chucked in so often, I decided, on little more than a whim, that I would donate my hair to Locks of Love. For those who don’t know, Locks of Love is an organization that makes wigs for kids with cancer. Sure, I could sell my hair and make a nice chunk of change, but I put myself in the position of some kid who had long hair, got cancer, and then lost it all to chemotherapy, and I know they’d get more value out of it than I would, and they deserve it a hell of a lot more than I do. I know it’s not a cure or anything, but it’s something I can do, so why shouldn’t I? Yes, I know I’ll miss it, but mine will grow back, and even if it takes another two years to get it back to this length, I’d do it all again, just to help someone else.

Maybe I’m crazy, I don’t know… but I’m going to do it soon, lest the Arizona Summer Dayball of Doom burn it all off my head on my way in to work tomorrow. Either way, I’ll be posting links to before and after pictures so you can all either:

A. Point and laugh at the bald dragon,
B. Pretend to think I’m doing something good, whilst laughing at the bald dragon, or
C. Help me figure out what to do with any remaining hair I wind up with.

(Please note that choices A and B come with a side helping of crispy, torturous destruction at the hands of said dragon.)

Yours, as always,
A soon-to-be-less-adorable, yet far more (insert term here) Xeno Dragon

(Oh, well. It would all be vaporized in Hell when I get there anyway…)

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