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Dan Carlson
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I'm a twentysomething white male with ambitions to be a professional film critic and generally spend my days getting paid to watch movies and write about it. A compulsive reader and stubborn cineaste, I take an often contrary stance to my more fundamentalist peers and upbringing by celebrating the pursuit of the good, and the Good, in life, love, art and film. If you watched enough episodes of certain TV shows — for starters, "The Hungry and the Hunted," "The Cut Man Cometh," "The Body," "The Zeppo," "Waiting in the Wings," "Out of Gas," "April Is the Cruelest Month," "20 Hours in America," "Colonial Day," "An Echolls Family Christmas," "Look Who's Stalking," "The Garage Door," "Charlie Gets Crippled," "Wind Sprints," and "Corner Boys" — you would understand me completely, and you'd also realize that much of my worldview and philosophical insights are heavily influenced by fictional works/programs, and many of the good things I've said in my life are just a regurgitation of someone else's imaginings, or at any rate a heartfelt attempt to interpret them. I guess I was made to be a film critic.

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December 10, 2008

She Asks Me Why, I'm Just A Hairy Guy

By Dan Carlson

"If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man."

The fro last Christmas, approximately six weeks after being cut:

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The fro this Christmas, approximately 13 months after being cut:

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Feel free to weigh in.

Comments: 11

brady Lane

Few white boys can fro. I'm jealous.

Dec 11, 2008 6:02 AM

brady lane

Few white boys can fro. I'm jealous.

Dec 11, 2008 6:03 AM

brady lane

Double the pleasure, double the fun. (sorry about the double, well, now triple post)

Dec 11, 2008 6:04 AM

Julie

I like the fro. It's whimsical.

Dec 11, 2008 10:24 AM

Drake

Stick to the big fro, definitely!

Dec 11, 2008 12:29 PM

Sis

You know who else's hair looks awesome in that top picture? Mine.

Dec 11, 2008 1:00 PM

Karen

I want to french braid it. I'll check back with you first of the year.

Dec 11, 2008 4:44 PM

Karen

I want to french braid it. I'll check back in with you first of the year.

Dec 11, 2008 4:58 PM

Brian

Cool - you're nearly rocking a Jewfro. Trim the beard though

Dec 12, 2008 10:17 AM

JMW

It's hard to be objective, because in the top picture you look so warm and loving. In the bottom picture, you look possessed and possibly dangerous.

Your sister does have very nice hair.

Dec 12, 2008 3:21 PM

Melanie L

1. Sarah's hair does look pretty great. I was totally admiring it.

2. Some of us straight-haired girls would kill for curls like that.

Dec 13, 2008 2:11 PM

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