[Public] Journal Entry: John Allerdyce

[om_pyro]

Right, my lovely classmates. I need some help picking my Official Author Photo. Soon I will begin submitting manuscripts, so I will need a website. Interestingly enough, just this afternoon my oh-so-talented roommate Anders Johnson took a load of snaps for some project of his, and some of them could come in useful to me too. Or just one. So pick one!



PHOTO #1

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Okay now, I like this one. I look dead cool, and a bit hyper-serious, which really an author ought to be, in some ways. About authoring, anyhow.

PHOTO #2

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This one's fair serious, like I've got the weight of the world on here. But I like it because my hair is banging.

PHOTO #3

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I don't actually remember what I was thinking here, but I reckon it was pretty deep, don't you? Also, that's a great shirt.

PHOTO #4

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I dunno, this one just seems spontaneous. It says: "Look at me, I was in the act of stripping off but I got distracted by asking a question." Which is a pretty good description of me, I think?

Anyhow let me know which one is your favorite and I'll decide based on votes. Pick us a good one. Oh, and thanks Bragi, well done, mate.

Comments

[om_phantazia]

I just--

I don't--

What even is this? You want to write as your job and be taken seriously at it, and you give us
NAMBLA glamour shots. Jesus.

I'm going to have to think about this for a minute.

[om_phantazia]

Okay. After much consideration, I guess the first one is least likely to give me dry heaves. Or make me think I've stumbled upon some horny twelve-year-old's porn fanfiction site.

But not by a lot.

[om_pyro]

Now Eileen, that's a bit melodramatic isn't it. I write romance, I've got to be able to bare my soul to people, and the photograph should reflect that. No one's wanking to any of these!

Well maybe that last one but only if they've got very odd taste.

Thank you though, I like the first one too!

[om_phantazia]

You soul, Johnny. Your soul, not your chest.

Anyway, don't mention it. Ever. I'll deny it, if you do.

[om_pyro]

It's a metaphor!

Then again, I suppose if some idiot took it literally they'd think I was trying to say the navel is the window to a man's soul or something and that's just hideous. So maybe I should stay away from it altogether after all.

But right, got it, no mentioning it. All these rules you have!

[om_bragi]

You do remember that conversation about how these weren't photos for the journals, don't you? Fucks sake John

[om_pyro]

You said you didn't want to put them on your journal.

Anders, this is my future we're talking about here!

[om_bragi]

I thought it was implied.

[om_pyro]

Well I'm not a telepath!

[om_ghost]

Do you know there are people who look on the internet for pictures like these. :( Please do not put them outside of the journals! Tessa can protect you here but there is a lot more internet.

[om_pyro]

Right so back to the drawing board for one that goes elsewhere, you're saying.

Hmm.

[om_ghost]

I think wearing a shirt and trying not to look sexy would be a good idea.

[om_bragi]

I tried to get him to keep his shirt on, it's a surprisingly difficult feat...

[om_pyro]

We've lived together for a month and a half, yet the sight of my torso still appalls you. You're going to give me a complex, Anders.

[om_pyro]

Well that is definitely the first time any one said that was an effect I'd have to try for, anyhow.

Thanks, friend, I will take it under advisement!

[om_ghost]

I know it must be terribly difficult! Especially as a redhead. We have a great deal of trouble not being fantastic all of the time. So trying!

[om_pyro]

You know, I think you've got something there. No matter what I do, I'm a ginger. It's a blessing and a curse, being this fabulous.

Hard life we have, but someone's got to do it!

[om_malice]

Definitely 1 or 2. I have a preference for 2 on account of your hair being banging, ngl.