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Shaving my head was a millennium ritual, to not let it pass as just another New Year's Eve. A lot has happened to me in the last couple of years, personally and spiritually. I wanted to mark it for myself.

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.
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