End of Grey Games...kinda. Wasn't able to complete all grey pulling in one day. Will continue tomorrow for last section to be greyed out!

Too much cataloguing to try and post updates today so check back for a summary of the day.

A special thanks to (in order of appearance):
Michael Sider
Teresa Wigboldus
Charlene (Chuck) Heilman
Sandeep Johal
The Berti Family
Rajwant Minhas
The Sandhu Family
Teresa Wigboldus (who came back for more) and the Smith Boys
Makiko Hara and Randy Gledhill

Most repeated comments:
"Sorry."
"Wow there's a lot of them."
"Ooh that's a long one."

Check back soon for progress posts.

Part 2 of admornment series: Grey Games...Coming Soon

On Saturday, July 13th, Friends, family, and possibly strangers that sign up will be welcomed to my home to pull out all the greys (and half greys) on my head.

All pulled greys and part greys will be catalogued during the performance.

This series examines the ways to alter, adjust, and adapt appearances deemed necessary for aesthetics and/or acceptance.

Hair dying is a multi-billion dollar industry but then what cosmetics related product isn’t. Started maybe as long ago as the mid-1800’s, humans have been tailoring their hair (as well as their pets) with natural and chemical products.

Check back on July 13th for the process and progress.

Fasting for Fairness Experiment

Best to scroll down and start from the bottom to get the full gist of the experiment.

day after - OJ never tasted so good

Only lasted about 118 hours before I had to give in. My energy was too low and I was starting to fade.

currently

enjoying the energy! I know it's only OJ for now but my colours comin back and I love it. Over the next few days I'll ease back into real food.

before/after

Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 Friday, Dec 18, 2009

I don't think I'm any paler or more beautiful, unless tired looking eyes and dry skin = beautiful!

thanks everyone for your comments.

Day 5

1:27pm, 114 hours and 28 minutes since my Last Supper.

currently

wondering why people actually do this, fast, thinking a lot about anorexic people, their desire to be thin must be stronger than their desire to eat can't understand it. really tired and hungry! will have to end fast tomorrow morning, once I've completed my 5th day. can't do 7. I'm no fool, or least no greater fool than friends and family think I am.

latest cravings: for eggos w/ maple syrup and peanut butter cheesecake!

gotta see it's

homemade spoof, love the use of MJ music

others speak

BBC report

colourism, one more

finally if you've never seen it, rent Imitation of Life.

mug shots

Sunday night

Dec. 13, 2009

Monday Night

Dec. 14, 2009

24 hours after last meal

Tuesday Night

Dec. 15, 2009

50 hours after last meal

Wednesday Night

Dec 16, 2009

72 hours after last meal

thursday night

dec 17

96 hrs after

Day 4

8:45am, 85 hours and 45 minutes since my Last Supper.

currently

tired, barely sleeping, got up at 2:30am then 5:30am. my breathing is a little laboured and my arms are tired. this doesn't seem worth it, do women (or anyone) really fast to lighten their skin. don't know if I can do the max, I'll barely make it to the min 5 days.

progression/regression

same story, don't know how to post, but at this point not sure I'd the ability to do it anyway. barely remember the steps to signing onto blog

gotta see it's

We the People Indian talk show...gotta laugh at the comments of the "Advertising honcho"!

Garnier is getting on the money train too and they hired a big Indian actor to promote it...love when he says (in the 2nd link) Garnier picked him cause he's natural...sorry but if you're natural, you wouldn't need or use a skin whitening product. duh!

Now for the mug shots

Sunday night

Dec. 13, 2009

Monday Night

Dec. 14, 2009

24 hours after last meal

Tuesday Night

Dec. 15, 2009

50 hours after last meal

Wednesday Night

Dec 16, 2009

72 hours after last meal

Hey what do you know on my way to being more beautiful?

Day 3

white chocolate, barbara's baked white cheddar cheezies, falafel from Gorilla Food, big juicy veggie burger from Sweet Cheribum and mom's saag keep popping up in my head. Plus I think I'm smell peanuts every now n then.

4:40pm, 69 hours and 41 minutes since my Last Supper.

currently

it's been a slow day...slow as in I'm pretty sure a slug passed me going up Napier street. I had to return books at VPL and then pick up veggie broth, soup and juice for next week when I break the fast. Next Monday I get to drink herbal tea and juice, then Tuesday its soup and veggie broth. Wednesday = raw veggies and Thursday is beans, legumes and carbs.

But today it's water and more water. I'm a peeing machine!

not sleeping too much either. I get physically tired around 10pm but don't crash until after midnight...rise n' not so shiny at 5:45 this mornin.

progression/regression

still don't know how to post vids

gotta see it's

So I know yesterday's gotta see it's may have been a little difficult for the none Hindi speaking folks out there, but I figured you'd get the gist of it.

This time we look at Fair and Handsome...who says only the ladies want the fair skin.

FaH is a product of Emami...don't know much about them as their website doesn't have a lot of corporate yatta yatta. It does however boast that FaH is the "World's No. 1 Fairness cream for men"

Again only in hindi but worth a looksy.

watch me

then me...now this one I have to roughly translate the first two lines the announcer says:

"So you want to be a white man"

"taking the girls fairness cream hey"

the rest you should be able to get even without understanding the words.

Bonus...not an ad but a conversation among three men talking about skin preference.

Now for the mug shots

Sunday night

Dec. 13, 2009

Monday Night

Dec. 14, 2009

24 hours after last meal

Tuesday Night

Dec. 15, 2009

50 hours after last meal

til tomorrow.