The Challenge

[In Dust and Ashes]

Sometime in mid/late Summer, I was challenged by my two adorable roomates to achieve my dream! That dream was to let my leg hair grow out and shave it into cool swirly designs (also, to die it purple, but that seems to be unrealisticly impossible). The Challenge was put off for several months, but now....it is underway. Today marks the 5th day I have gone without shaving (my legs) and I have taken an oath to let it grow out until the 15th of December when finals are officially over. around the 12th I'll shave the swirly design into it, though it may prove to be difficult.
Wish me Luck! already my legs are gettting rather pokey. I precieve that sleep within the next few days will be difficult at best, but I'll wade through it.

I think it's time for a sociological proposition:
Will this lower my self-esteem and/or sense of self beauty? Our society tells me that this is ugly. Do other peoples subjective thoughts and opinions influence my feelings of self worth?
Ultimately.....will I have the guts to wear a short skirt and show off my legs on the 15th?

[i]

pics!

[Kelly Kapowski]

You must have some pretty hairy-ass legs to shave a visible swirl into them.

I don't see what your big deal is with growing your leg hair in. Maybe it's because you live in NC, but not many people really care about leg hair anymore. Not saying that the general public loves a hairy woman leg, but it's not really all that taboo anymore. I haven't shaved my legs in months, mostly because i can't be arsed to, but in no way does it make me feel poor about myself.

Sure, wearing a short skirt with hairy legs takes some balls, but you gotta get a backbone if you care what people think of your hairy legs.

[Static Split Screen]

I am disturbed.

[kendra]

I hate going more than a day without shaving; catches on my clothes n stuff. best of luck

[cigar store indian]

Not shaving my legs makes me feel like a dirty lesbian (not that theres anything wrong with that.) If I didn't shave and wore earings i might as well have a girlfriend!

[wasp in a jar]

i tend to leave my legs a couple of weeks between shaves in winter, but the hair grows so slowly that it's still invisible and if i'm not seeing anyone, the only person it bothers is me.

i want to see photos of the swirly leg hair patterns!

[In Dust and Ashes]

I'll try to remember to take pictures as soon as I shave the swirlies into it.

[Drunkenmaster]

You must have some pretty hairy-ass legs to shave a visible swirl into them.

I don't see what your big deal is with growing your leg hair in. Maybe it's because you live in NC, but not many people really care about leg hair anymore. Not saying that the general public loves a hairy woman leg, but it's not really all that taboo anymore. I haven't shaved my legs in months, mostly because i can't be arsed to, but in no way does it make me feel poor about myself.

Sure, wearing a short skirt with hairy legs takes some balls, but you gotta get a backbone if you care what people think of your hairy legs. All I can say to that is, EW! :eek:

[Drunkenmaster]

Not shaving my legs makes me feel like a dirty lesbian (not that theres anything wrong with that.) Yes, however a woman chooses to live her life is no one's business but her own.

[Jackal]

I let my underarm hair grow out once, people were disgusted! I thought the reactions were funny. I liked the hair and didn't want to shave it.

[Cheryl K]

I guess I'm lucky that my leg and arm hair is practically invisible. I really don't like shaving my legs unless I'm going out in public with bare legs (which is like, 5 times a year). And no one really seems to mind that I don't shave everyday, the reaction that I've gotten every time (from multiple people even) has been something like, "that's not a hairy leg! Look at my man leg hair!"

Underarms are a different story. More likely to be seen than my legs so they get shaved every other day.

Ew, can't believe I'm actually posting all of this. D:

[Kelly Kapowski]

All I can say to that is, EW! :eek:
irish john licks my hairy legs!!!!!!!!!!


just kidding, i shave my legs most the time i'm with him, but when i don't...HE LICKS THEM!!!!!!!1

no, he just...PETS THEM!!!!!!!!

[rogaine]

i rarely shave my legs. and when i do, it's even more rare that i shave my thighs. it's boring and wastes like 5 minutes of my shower time. plus my legs are fat so there's a lot of surface area. my ex never really cared, although when i DID shave he was all happy about it.

i shave my armpits every day tho.

but more on topic - how are you gonna shave designs into leg hair?? my leg hair isn't even close to being that thick. are you really a man? :O

[In Dust and Ashes]

well, I'm working off of an ideal that may or may not happen (I mean, seriously, I really wanted to die my leg hair purple), but I'm kind'a hoping that my a)spanish genes and b)abnormally high levels of testosterone will honor me with something interesting.

[Drunkenmaster]

irish john licks my hairy legs!!!!!!!!!!


just kidding, i shave my legs most the time i'm with him, but when i don't...HE LICKS THEM!!!!!!!1

no, he just...PETS THEM!!!!!!!! Does he braid your nasty 70's porno pubic hair, too?

[i]

lol

[Leela]

I don't really bother in the winter. I'll shave it off every once in a while because to me, there's nothing better than smooth, freshly-shaven legs. That and my hair starts to really bother me and I shave it off cause I can't stand to look at it anymore.

ANYWHO, I haven't shaved in at least 2 weeks, and it's kinda starting to bother me. But I just don't have time to shave it off.

[Drunkenmaster]

Well, how long does it take?

[Leela]

A good solid 3 minutes...I guess it's more so that our hot water heater is not very efficient and we have a very small window of warm water, and in the winter those three minutes can be very valuable.

[Kelly Kapowski]

Does he braid your nasty 70's porno pubic hair, too?
right after he eats my farts!

yesterday i contemplated shaving my legs, and then i half-forgot. More like I remembered and then i was like, ": / boring"

[rogaine]

sometimes i start shaving my legs and then in the middle of it i'll get so bored that i quit. then i have either one hairy leg and one not hairy leg, or a half hairy leg and a hairy leg.

[In Dust and Ashes]

well at least I'm not alone in my hairiness. most people I've met freak out when I tell them that I only shave once or twice a week.

[Leela]

Man in the winter I don't even bother for the most part. It's just stupid for me, no one's going to see them that I would care about, so whatevs.

[Intern Kate]

i haven't shaved the legs in weeks, months, who knows etc. summer was awhile ago folks. and i have no one to impress these days. or ever. but i was at a yoga class with my legs up in the air, my spandexy pants fell from the ankles down to my knees--thus exposing leg hair from knee to ankle, and the instructor straightened out my positioning by grabbing my hairy legs! i was kind of too lazy to be embarassed, then thought hey dewdie she's a YOGA INSTRUCTOR anyway.

but yeah i don't know how you'll get visible swirly patterns, or really any, by shaving. i mean, i have my share of hairy European ancestors, but even if i so desired to make depictions in my leg hair i'd fail from the sparseness.

[wasp in a jar]

ugh, you guys, i had a terrible dream last night. that my boycrush came over and we started doing stuffs, and then i was like "oh no! i'm all hairy! go away!" and he wouldn't and i had to reveal myself to him, hairy legs and all.

actually, i think that was a nightmare.

[In Dust and Ashes]

the dare is over!

3 weeks without shaving my legs and they were hairy enough to see designs in. Unfortunately they weren't as hair as man legs, so... I would have kept growing it out, but I had a court date that I wanted to be at my best for....

so for the last day, I went around showing everyone my legs. Guys actually got less grossed out than girls did. The guys were all like, "woah, cool, I've never seen a girl's legs that hairy. can I pet it?" The girls looked only from a distance.

It was a fun experience. the pictures I took, didn't turn out, though. sorry about that.

[homer j. simpson]

:O i hate having hairy legs, i hate how prickly and silly they get. and i wear shorts/skirts year round due to my warmish winters, and i just do not like the look of bare hairy girl legs.

in fact i hate having hairy anything, someday i want to get laser hair removal from the neck down.

interesting experiment, sucks that the pictures didn't come out.

[The Tourist]

what a bizarre and mildly skanky thing to do! No offence. One of my sister's friends was a bit of a crusty and didn't shave her legs. She's been in a cult for the last ten years and hardly anyone's seen her. I wonder if she still has mammoth legs?
Also, why would you want swirly leg hair designs? Is it big in da ghetto?
Also, any visiting lady blamovians (you know who you are) let me remind you that leg shaving is crucial to getting into the country, kind of like a physical passport. Please don't expose me to lazy ladyitis. haha, muah.

On another note, I find it really difficult to use roll on deodorant cos the ball just gets stuck in my underarm hair. I have to move the ball with my fingers and then dab it onto my luscious underarm pubes. :O Any tips for this problem?

[Fab]

Use a spray? Trim your armpit hairs?

[The Tourist]

I prefer roll on, it smells nicer in general, not too overpowering. I didn't use to have problems with it, but this last one I got just doesn't roll. I don't know if it's a change in my pits or a fault with the bottle?!

[i]

Tip: begin the rolling-on process on a bare skinned part of your underarm (or near your underarm) to get the ball rolling (lolz) and then roll it onto the requisite target.

also try shaking the thing a bit beforehand.

[In Dust and Ashes]

Also, why would you want swirly leg hair designs? Is it big in da ghetto?

ghetto? uh, I wouldn't know.
the idea was born out of my jealousy of guy's being able to do cool things with their facial hair. I can't really do cool things with facial hair, but I do have the ability to do cool things with my leg hair, so I thought I'd start there.
If I ever decided to become a body builder, I'll do something radical with my facial hair.

[Daysleeper]

I prefer roll on, it smells nicer in general, not too overpowering. I didn't use to have problems with it, but this last one I got just doesn't roll. I don't know if it's a change in my pits or a fault with the bottle?!

I can't use roll-on as it makes my armpits feel sticky like they've been spunked on D: And I don't like to see my hairs stuck on the roller ball.

Lynx 4 lief :D

[The Tourist]

ok, if the desired swirls were born from jealousy then that's alright. ;)

And yes, it ain't lovely picking out hair from the rollerball. Lynx reminds me of being 14 and surrounded by dickheads who stank of sweaty 14 year old boys (cos they were!) so covered themselves with lynx.. also CK1, crappy fragrances. No offence!

[Jackal]

the dare is over!

so... I would have kept growing it out, but I had a court date that I wanted to be at my best for....



Forget the legs, I wanna hear more about the court date.

[In Dust and Ashes]

a cop pulled me over for a burnt out headlight. I went to court to tell them that it was fixed so they'd drop the charges. it took me 20 minutes. After that I bought breakfast for my roomates. that's pretty much it.

[Static Split Screen]

I've been driving around with a broken blinker for I don't even know how long. I only just noticed a week or two ago in the reflection of a car in front of me and couldn't be bothered fixing it before I go.

[Barbara]

damn, they wrote you a ticket for a broken headlight?? they must be trying to meet their end-of-year quota... every time I've had a light out and got pulled over, the cops always just told me to get it fixed and went on their way.

[Jackal]

Hmm, it seems like a ticket would do the trick not a court visit, odd.

[The Tourist]

yeah, why the fuck is that a court appearance dealy? What a waste of time and money for everyone involved.

[In Dust and Ashes]

damn, they wrote you a ticket for a broken headlight?? they must be trying to meet their end-of-year quota... every time I've had a light out and got pulled over, the cops always just told me to get it fixed and went on their way.

well the police officer was acting really strangely and I think he was looking for a stolen vehicle. before he got out of his car, he had called for backup, and before I knew it there were 5 cars surrounding me, which I think was a good thing, because the way this officer was acting, I wouldn't have thought he was a real cop. It was a real unnerving hour and a half of my life.

[The Tourist]

maybe he had an unspoken love for hairy, swirly, purple legs and was trying to spend more time with you!?

[Daysleeper]

ok, if the desired swirls were born from jealousy then that's alright. ;)

And yes, it ain't lovely picking out hair from the rollerball. Lynx reminds me of being 14 and surrounded by dickheads who stank of sweaty 14 year old boys (cos they were!) so covered themselves with lynx.. also CK1, crappy fragrances. No offence!


Yes, I also wore it when I was 14...

Have you ever used after shave under your arms when you have nothing else? I have :cry:

[The Tourist]

I have never used aftershave under my arms. Is it that bad? I'd imagine it hurt the same way Kevin McCallister had fake facial anguish from shaving and dowsing himself with Brut? Please, stop using Lynx. haha.

[Daysleeper]

No, it doesn't sting. Maybe because I don't shame my armpits D:

I only do it when I'm off out and have no lynx. I don't have bad BO or anything but I'm super paranoid...:hide: