Slog - Comments on Fearless Leader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader If he wasn't already, Dan is now an honorary Jew. I mean, look at that 'fro! High school is hard on all of us. Via Seattle Times... Copyright 2008 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:45:34 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:42:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by gforce oh damn. dan looked kinda hot in high school, if a little crabby. in a sort of '70s-disco-italian-i-am-hiding-my-lunch-in-my-hair kind of way.

]]> gforce http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733587 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:30:25 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC This explains the big hair fetish.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733589 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733589 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:38:30 -0800 Comment by Cook Did you see how HOT christine gregoire was? It still shows, but wow. and tim eyman looked (looks) like a fool.

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733591 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:39:25 -0800 Comment by Prospero What does the button say that he's wearing?

]]> Prospero http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733601 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:49:40 -0800 Comment by brandon h So i know this is an obvious question, but uhhh what were you thinking?!

]]> brandon h http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733617 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:16:37 -0800 Comment by raindrop Why was there ever an afro fad?

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733624 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:25:34 -0800 Comment by Do as I don't This wouldn't have happened if he had attended a public school.

]]> Do as I don't http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733630 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:56:55 -0800 Comment by Jay "Why was there ever an afro fad?"

Well it looked alright on black guys. And you can't knock the Jew Fro.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733654 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:46:23 -0800 Comment by Jay The rise of conditioners probably didn't help the white man's fro movement.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733655 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:48:50 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage What was I thinking? "I don't look gay with my hair like this."

What does the button say? "You are cordially invited to go fuck yourself." My mother wasn't happy.

And... sorry, Do As I Don't, but I went to a public school -- Metro High -- for my junior and senior years of high school. I picked it over my parent's objections.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733661 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:05:47 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA This of course begs the question...

What would Dan have looked like with a Ponyhawk?

(Oh, and I looked just as dorky and had even longer hair in high school. At the time, very few guys had hair shorter than shoulder length. Yay 1980!)

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733673 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:25:23 -0800 Comment by Doctor Memory Me: guess who this picture is of?

Girlfriend: Sammy Hagar

Me: actually it's Dan Savage in high school

Girlfriend: I swear Sammy Hagar had that exact same hair.

]]> Doctor Memory http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733687 Life Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:55:24 -0800 Comment by Mark Now we know why he was such a fan of Sanjaya.

]]> Mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c733759 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:37:53 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Frampton Comes Alive!

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734010 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:46:57 -0800 Comment by Judah I think it's telling that Tim Eyman had fangs in high school.

As far as Dan's hair-- I had a mullet my last two years of high school, so I can't exactly go casting stones.

Seriously though Dan, you've clearly got a MOT in the woodpile, brah.

]]> Judah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734045 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:51:16 -0800 Comment by Jamey "You are cordially invited to go fuck yourself"
LOL
I love the stupid stuff we do in high school! Always a rebel, Dan. I like it.

]]> Jamey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734049 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:00:22 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV If that's his high-school photo, there's no use in Dan telling *anyone* that he's less than 50.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734064 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:16:06 -0800 Comment by elswinger In 82 I got a perm in hopes of having a fro like Dan's and two weeks later most of my hair fell out. I've been pretty bald ever since.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734085 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:41:25 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @ 17: The article says he graduated in 1982, or 25 years ago. Most kids are 18 when they graduate, placing him at roughly 43. I'm sure his real age is readily available to anyone that cares - why would he have to tell someone he was under 50?

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734152 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:48:13 -0800 Comment by Me Were this photo not taken 6 years before my birth, I'd totally have hit on you Dan. ;)

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734288 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734288 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:31:32 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV #19: The graduation date may be 1982, but the fashion sense screams 1973.

Just sayin'

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734349 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:17:39 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage In the late 1970s they brought back Selective Service registration -- they being Jimmy Carter. Some of us went all retro-hippy in protest.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734372 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:30:46 -0800 Comment by K X One

That is cold, I'd so be pissed if someone dug up my yearbook photos and put them on the internet.
Better than one of my mug shots though! LOL

]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734417 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:57:01 -0800 Comment by litlnemo I graduated in 1983, and there were definitely people in my high school who looked like this.

]]> litlnemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c734687 Life Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:11:09 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways as a fellow 1982 high school grad I can attest that the fro was a popular hair choice in the Midwest...you have to remember that 'flyover' country is 3 to 5 years behind the coasts...these were leftover Brady Bunch guy perm styles...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c735406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c735406 Life Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:48:48 -0800 Comment by JessB /boggle I thought Dan was like 30-ish?

]]> JessB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c736376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c736376 Life Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:21:15 -0800 Comment by xqtb oucdxtn bixydgvea vdnomakhq hpdweigo vofmset dirpyxgj sfkaw qcsiheu

]]> xqtb oucdxtn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739803 Life Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:25:38 -0800 Comment by xqtb oucdxtn bixydgvea vdnomakhq hpdweigo vofmset dirpyxgj sfkaw qcsiheu

]]> xqtb oucdxtn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739807 Life Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:26:37 -0800 Comment by xqtb oucdxtn bixydgvea vdnomakhq hpdweigo vofmset dirpyxgj sfkaw qcsiheu

]]> xqtb oucdxtn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c739816 Life Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:27:58 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
MSN

]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c740918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/fearless_leader#c740918 Life Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:42:19 -0800