Through another long hair board I visit, I have met an interesting gentleman that is writing an e-novel about 2 teenagers during their highschool years in the 1970's.  Both happen to have long hair.  He also does the illustrations for his story.  This is an interesting story of friendship between the two girls and the typical and not so typical issues of being in high school.  

[Link to story removed until it can be re-verified]
New link to story:
Best Friends

I really enjoyed reading these stories,very interesting! :) And I love the  long-hair drawings :) :) :)

I just saw this post and went right over there. I haven't had time to read the 'tale' yet but I love the drawings of the girls and their beautiful long hair. I going to go back when I have time and read the whole thing.  :)

I've actually come across that site before but have never read it, mostly because I find it rather creepy that one of the main characters of the story has the exact same first & middle name as I do. :o

Hmmm, that is a little creepy!

Greetings:

Hi, Robin. Thanks for the plug for my novel and Anne and Autumn for the art compliments.

Cairn, I had to check your profile to see which character you refered, (fully expecting to see Kayla Christine, not that uncommon of a name).

I never expected to hear of another Kirby Ann (e)! Kirby is very uncommon name for a girl. I picked Ann for the middle name because it flowed well. Another intersting point is that my chacater lives in southern Illinois and your profile says 'Ill.'. My character has black hair (starting at slightly longer than classic length at first and ending knee length) parted down the middle. She writes and sings. She is shy at the beginning and comes around later due to Kayla.

She is a teen during this story as I see you are as well (just differrent time periods as my Kirby Ann would be 49 today). Much of my art is based on this charater as well, example:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/rodent/kbaodai2.jpg

I get search queries, as many as 5-7 a day with 'Kirby Ann' 'Kirby Ann Bauer' 'Kirby Ann hair' Kirby Ann Kayla' and others in the keywords. Many geneology sites come up with my novel but most are Ann Kirby. Never have I seen a Kirby Ann anything in these sites.

I find this fascinating! Please, come read the story!

Note: I have this novel at another server that doesn't have the popups.
http://chicsnet.freeweb-hosting.com/kka/index.htm

Hi rodent! :)
In all the baby name books and websites I've ever looked in, Kirby is actually listed as a boy's name. How did you come up with it for a female character?
Yes, I am a teenager, and currently have waist-length brown hair, though I wish it was black.  :)
I'm impressed with how extensive your story is. I'll try to read it if I can find the time.

KA, Hi. Kirby means 'from the church town', an old English name for a girl. I'm not real sure the exact circumstance when I chose Kayla and Kirby, but wanted an umcommon name starting with an uncommon letter. I think the names just came to me.

The lead for my other full length novel is Perla Dawn, probably even more uncommon.

So, what are your goals for hair length? I see you write as well. It's so fun and a great stress reliever!

Now to get to work on that last chapter........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/rodent/scoots-c2.jpg

PS, Robin - I finally got back on the bike. I rode two miles and got yet one more flat tire. UGHH!

SIR RAT!!!!  Welcome!  So glad to see you around these parts.  

Hey - when is the next chapter??  I'm waiting!    ;D

Glad to hear you got back on your bike (you must have some nasty roads around you to get ANOTHER flat!)  I'm afraid I've made my last outside ride for the year.  Back to the trainer :P

wrote on Nov 17^th, 2004 at 11:46pm:

So, what are your goals for hair length?

My current goal is classic length. I've also always wanted hair long enough to sit on, but I think with my current lifestyle it'd be too much of a hassle to care for. Maybe someday...:)

And yes, I love to write as well, though I've never finished anything as expansive as you have (mostly for lack of  time). I plan on majoring in either English or writing in college, though I'm not totally sure what I want to do from there; perhaps freelance writing. We'll see. :)

Robin, the last chapter of the Best Friends novel is finished. 8)

The plan is to present the senior year as a sequel to the novel, (that is time permitting).... If not, at least I bring closure to the story.

~Another hair tale~

On my way home from a long cold day trudging in the ice on the airfield between the runways at Bloomingtom-Normal Airport with my Ill. field rep, we stopped at an an eating establishment for a bite. There was this hostess there with longer than waist dark brown/black hair that flowed and shined. She was maybe 17,18,19, or 20.

As I sat eating the largest steak on the menu, I had this thought that if this gal had another foot of length, she would no doubt be a double for Kirby Ann Bauer. I bet she took very good care of her tresses.

Whoever she was, she was really pretty. I would have liked to have said something to her, but nothing a rodent could muster would describe her. (or probably scared her since I'm much older and she was pretty young). I ended up with  a 'nice hair' mumble on the way out.

Silly Rodent.....I BS'ed a bunch of engineers all day but couldn't say a thing to a pretty hostess.......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/rodent/design200-2.jpg
      Kirby Ann

Sir Rat;
I am happy and sad about this being the final chapter of Best Friends.  I will be sure to read it once January is over and I have a few minutes of my own time back.

As for the gal you couldn't come right out an say what you really wanted to say...... I believe that your warm, positive thoughts will somehow make their way to her.  Many of us receive few compliments on our hair in real life, but we KNOW our hair is being observed, appreciated, and even envied by the many who have no voice.  Your writing and artwork tells us how much you enjoy long hair - You do soooo much more than most in communicating.

Hey,I've been reading this story.I love it!I can relate to Kirby Ann(though I would never dare to sing in public,even if I like to sing).I will never have a hair color like Kirby Ann's mane has.Mine is a very dark brown.Well,it can look black in the right light.My own hair goal is knee length.

How cool is that.
I have an interesting story too(at least I hope you think it's interesting)
My boyfriend has an identical twin. He is getting married in about a month. His bride-to-be has butt length hair and it's brown. People think we are twins. This may be because our hair length or color or our smily personalities. I don't know. Mine is curly and her's is straight, but if you take the ends of both and mix them together in your hand, you can't tell which is which. Kind of fun. The fact that both our boys fell for girls like us is an interesting concept.  :)
Meg

As identical twins, it actually is not unusual that their interests are very similar.  There are many instances of twins marrying twins.

Hi, Zaphyre!

I am the author of this story. Thank you for reading. I invite you to read the sequel when you finish.

Part of the story is Kayla bringing the beautiful Kirby Ann out of her shell and shine. The fact that Kirby Ann sings before a crowd later in the novel is a success of Kayla helping her best friend. In the beginning of the novel, Kirby Ann didn't want to join the choir!

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Robin, on her side of the family, an identical twin cousin married an identical twin girl. Although it was wished (or cursed as some said) that it would serve them right to give birth to twins, they had three single births. As for the other half of the two twin sets, the boy is still single and last I heard, the girl was single, too. So......... (Actually, I think they tried and didn't hit it off too well.) The twin girls have mid back blonde hair and are in their mid 40's. Both boys went bald.

Think this could be another novel? "A Tale of Two Twin Couples"? Has possibilities.......... 8)

wrote on Jun 27^th, 2005 at 1:00am:

Robin, on her side of the family, an identical twin cousin married an identical twin girl. Although it was wished (or cursed as some said) that it would serve them right to give birth to twins, they had three single births. As for the other half of the two twin sets, the boy is still single and last I heard, the girl was single, too. So......... (Actually, I think they tried and didn't hit it off too well.) The twin girls have mid back blonde hair and are in their mid 40's. Both boys went bald. Think this could be another novel? "A Tale of Two Twin Couples"? Has possibilities.......... 8)

Yes!  Yes!  another novel!  
;D

Just tried to connect to it, and it's a set of 'hidden links' to extreme pornography sites now!

Oh, and it might be trying to drop malicious content onto the pc - good job I checked it in firefox first, I hope...

Thanks for the heads up.  I have replaced the link with a new one that works better.  

Best Friends

OK, that's better :-)

:o
Not again!!!!

This is the third time I've had that happen! The last time I had to get the server owner involved to get my space back!

Well, seems somebody wants that webspot pretty bad and don't like my novel being there. I guess they can have it. What I guess I need to do is find all links to it and change them..
???

Meanwhile, a buddy bought himself a recumbant training bike. It's like an excercise bike only you sit in the recumbant position. I tried it out and it's nice. He gave me his treadmill and old excercise bike.

Sorry to hear of your server problems, Sir Rat.  I hope the link I've used is OK - let me know if there is a better one I should use.

Recumbent riding can be addictive - but it looks like you'be benefited from your friends cast offs!  I've got to clear out the space in my "training room" so I can bring my bike back in for the season.  I just hate giving up my outside riding.  

That was quick! The link you used is the correct one.

Yes, I benefited from this. Walking and riding outside here will soon be tough. Actually, I get a better workout on the treadmill since it can be set to go uphill. I wish it was big enough to ride the bike on it......

The bike can be set to a heavy load and there is no coasting. Good training for the KATY trail for my next century ride when I turn 50.

I did one when I turned 40 and my wife wanted me committed. I did it again at 45 (113 mi.). Want to do it at 50.

I've never done a century ride.  The closest I've done was 85 miles (and it was the 3rd day of a 6 day ride!).  A century ride is an excellent goal for you.  Good luck on training for it.  

The KATY is a rail trail, right?  Minimal hills/inclines?

Yes, this is an old rail bed. Being there are no hills up, then there are none down! It's gravel so my thinner tires have trouble with steering and traction. At best, 13mph. average. You can't coast hardly at all.

The good part is there are no cars and traffic stops. Every year, property owners along the trail try to close it. I don't know how much longer the state can keep winning in court. There is one owner in Marthasville that forbids stopping in the trail. Her signs, "Maintain your pace."

I ride a lot of rail bed trails in MN and WI. They are a slower pace, but much more relaxing than in traffic!

We have a few trails that are dealing with the legalities of ownership as well..... a real bummer if the trails revert to private ownership - lots of great trails would be lost.