The Awkward Years
Seeing this picture reminds me why I found the act of smiling so embarrassing. I hated all those gaps in my teeth. I always smiled with my mouth closed, if at all. I decided that if I wanted more friends, I would need to smile more and ultimately had some cosmetic dentistry done to fix the gaps. The inventory of friends did not expand, but the self esteem improved.
You've gotta check out Foo's entry also. Hilarious! His 6th grade look is not entirely unfamiliar though...I was a few years older when I looked like this (it was Halloween, okay? And yes, I was old enough to be drinking legally):
Accountant This picture reminds me that it's always best to stay on the other side of the camera.
Labels: Quizzes and Memes
posted by Gwynne @ 9:36 PM
7 Comments:
Brave, brave woman. (And Foo is a brave, brave man.) I relate more to Foo's comment about the awkward decades...one could posit that they're actually not yet over for me. :)
(Note: this may be posted twice; some blogger error messaging stuff is going on today)
Your Casual Dress-Up Fridays are much more relaxed than ours. We don;t allow white sox...or flood pants...or hand-toted beer. Bow ties are o.k., if you've got the chutzpah to wear 'em.
Truth is, there is one certian dept. whose denizens have a proclivity for the flood pants. Must be they want to show off their sexy ankles.
oh yes....awkward in deed..i'm trying to play this game, but when i went downstairs to find the picture..in order to get to it, i had to clean up a bunch of stuff..i'm still not there!
Beth, the span of those two pictures did in fact cross the decades mark, so I too can relate to the "awkward decades." They're never really over, are they?
Darko, they finally had to outlaw the flood pants in our office too. Some people took them to extremes and wore them without the white sox, with sandals...oh, the indecency! But I always wear the bowtie because it makes me look more professional. Without it, people just don't take me seriously. The beer is just a prop to make me look cool and professional.
Susie, I can't wait for yours. I was not willing to go to the lengths that I'm sure you will, to get to the really good stuff. ;-)
Gwynne, the first picture looks just like my parents' best friends' daughter when she was that age. The second one looks like a casting call for Revenge of the Nerds.
I feel free in saying that because it was only a costume, after all.
Since we don't celebrate halloween, perhaps a photo of cute me in ballet outfit would suffice hehe?
These pics are great!
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