Ever looked at photo's of yourself & said WTF was I thinking at the time?

@James72 (26790)
Australia
November 13, 2008 4:11am CST
You know the ones..... You're dressed like a complete tosser, or your hair looks like something out of a 1980's yearbook photo; or you are the only one in the picture that is making some stupid face, or your eyes are closed or something..... I have seen photgraphs of myself as a teenager for example wearing the most ridiculous outfits to the point where if I was able to go back in time and meet myself, I would have probably kicked my own backside! What about you? Ever seen a photo of yourself that makes you want to run and hide? I have one of me riding a mechanical bull while wearing a Superman cape and a padded bra but that's a different discussion altogether! (Well actually this is not true at all but I do have one of me and my dog and we are both wearing Batman capes)
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48 responses
13 Nov 08
I know what you mean I recently saw a photo of me back at my first school and thought what the hell was my mum thinking. If that wasn't bad enough it's on Facebook as well but lucky for me everyone else on there is commenting on their own appearance.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
That's the spirit graybilly, blame Mum! At least on Facebook everyone gets to share in your shame! Lucky for you people are self abosrbed as per usual and favouring their own pictures over your own; but laugh and the world laughs with you remember? This is a new interest categroy called panda spanking where the goal is to make fun of yourself and others so embrace situations like these I say! Thanks for the response and welcome to mylot too.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 Nov 08
Hahaha. Yes, I know the scene from Tropic Thunder you are referring to. Very funny movie! Thanks for the comments and welcome to mylot too!
• India
15 Nov 08
my mom was cleaning the colset look what se found my old school photo and then she tells me to recognize my self and i pointed out on someone else then my mom said no that not u . u r this guy here then i g like whaat i m that i go like no no thats not me yes u r i know who i am "i m a dude , playing a dude desguise as anothe dude"(TROPIC THUNDER FTW)
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@donna22 (1116)
13 Nov 08
Not so much in what I am weraing but I have lost a lot of weight lately and I look at some photos and think how fat I was. Its good in a way because it shows how much I have lost. When I compare photos of me now to a few years ago I look aneorexic lol.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Heya donna! This is one of those situations then where older photo's can be an absolute blessing! You are able to show others that you are but a shadow of your former self AND continue to inspire yourself to never get back to that weight again! Thanks for the response.
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
13 Nov 08
what on earth does this WTF mean????????dont tell me its something as panda spanking???? as for the answer to your question....here goes...........just yest i was looking at some of the snaps taken doring my teenage years,i could believe it was me.i looked so ugly,god only knows how hubby sam fell in love with this ugly person.?
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
13 Nov 08
you dumbo!!!!!!i am tempted to say WTF now????how come your are so insufferable you know now i am really sympathising with your wife.poor thing..
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
13 Nov 08
I was wondering how would James explain that innocent query of Riya!!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Oh goodness. I will tell you but be careful where you use it riyasam! It means "What the F***" to be honest. It is interesting that you were looking at photo's only yesterday! It seems then that you are one of these ugly duckling to swan transformation cases then if you feel that your past photgraphs are so unflattering! Thanks for the response. Now this is the panda spanking interest category so I am supposed to say something silly now. Hmmm...... Does your hubby ask you to keep all the lights off in the house all the time? If so, it may be time to take a recent photo then and compare it to the older ones!
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@cream97 (29086)
• United States
13 Nov 08
Yes, I have many photos of me that makes me feel depressed. I have school photos that don't even look nothing like me at all. They look like someone else. I even have photos of me now, that does not look anything like me at all. I hate for anyone to see these of me.. My worst hated was the ones where I used to wear those big old granny's glasses that looked like Coca Cola bottles caps.. they were so big.. They made me look older than I was..
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Don't feel depressed cream97! This is the all new panda spanking interest whose whole purpose is for us to make fun of ourselves and each other! Let it all out..... Now you gotta love the Coca Cola bottle Granny glasses yes? Some would call them classics! No, VINTAGE! lol. School photo's too can be very funny indeed; especially if they are from the 70' or 80's! I see myself in photo's during the 80's and I look like a "fashion cat" hocked up a furball! Thanks for the response.
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• Lubbock, Texas
13 Nov 08
Oh, you mean like the one where I was in my housecoat, hair not yet combed and my daughter comes into the room from behind me and says "Mom?" and I turned around and said "What" only to be blinded by the flash? Film was an expensive luxury when I was younger, so I don't have too many pictures that I wasn't dressed up and posed to suit my Mother, but my kids have taken some doozies of me.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
These are the ones! lol. Oh, what a priceless daughter you have then beaddoodler. Time for revenge though as you never know when you might need 'em to turn the tide in your favour! We now have the joys of Photoshop and other picture editing software so if we decide to create a picture of someone dressed as a gorilla while strapped to an inflatable llama then who are they to argue if it was a true event or not? Thanks for the response.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Gettin' ideas Bo? Revenge remember? Mwahahahahaha
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• United States
13 Nov 08
Heehee!
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• United States
13 Nov 08
This discussion caused me to get a box of pictures out and go through to find all the pictures of me. OMG! I have made some of the worst choices in hair cuts! I was going to take the worst one and scan it in and put it here, but I thought better of it*L* I had just had a haircut and perm. It was called a pyramid cut. I don't know WHAT I was thinking when I agreed to the cut or the perm. But, oh well. We live, we make mistakes and we learn from them.............most of the time. Right? I did find some great pictures of my kids that they are going to hate to see me pull out to show their kids, someday. So thanks for bringing up the subject.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
You're not?? My bad. Hey, I warned you that this was the place where you're gonna cop a text based spanking Bo! Hence the title of the group! You are heading down the right path for sure in biding your time with the photo's of your kids. Oh yes, revenge WILL be yours Bo! Mwahahahahaha I have to hand over the PC to the little lady in a minute but it's great to have you back!
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• United States
13 Nov 08
panda spanking????????
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• United States
13 Nov 08
I am NOT that much older than you, you brat! Of course we had colored film Both my kids are already past 21, but I am just waiting for the right time to get back at them for some of the ones they have taken of me...........like at a bridal shower, or a baby shower or something. And, thanks for the explanation on the panda spanking.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
8 Apr 09
Yes, I have seen such photos of myself..I don't know why I ever let people cut my hair..Seems it was short like a boys for a few years and it made me appear dog butt ugly...Those are not my favorite photos and I am surprised I haven't taken them and burned them yet..lol
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I swear if I wasn't such a good kid I would think it was a way to get back at us for being bad and so they can have many many laughs for years to come....especially when they take such pleasure at showing pictures to boyfriends....
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
There aren't many photo's og myself that I like at all to be honest. The bad haircut ones are classsic sthough, you've gotta admit! Especially the ones when we were very young and our Parents were the ones who instructed hairdressers what to do. Sopme of these haircuts are SO bad, it's as if our Parents arranged them like this purposely just for a laugh!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
You're lucky in my opinion, as I reckon the boys get it far worse than the girls do. We get the bowl cut for God's sake! if you're not familiar with this one, it's like the hairdresser has placed a bowl on our heads and then just cut around the base of it! lol. And then of course we get the overzealous Parents that choose to give us the buzz cut..... As for the girls, the worst you have to deal with are one of the two B's..... Bangs or a bob!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
13 Nov 08
LOL... What a way to keep the group alive! Bang on! Kudos... I just remembered one of the old photos that have our sisters, brothers ranging from 2 to 25, all perfectly decked up for a family heritage group photo on which we would take pride in to our grandchildren. And look there, who's that one little girl in pre teens who could be well mistaken as 10 11 year old in a short skirt, dab of mud on her face, hair most unorganized with a badminton racket in hand. Now that's me! But I could ever find the answer as to why I am dressed so shabbily and almost terrorised to stand right in the middle!! I still do not have any answer. My mom says, I was playing and completely oblivion of what's happening around some uncle lifted me from the ground and dropped me there in the middle!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
It is the streak of mud that represents your thirst for the achievement of individuality mimpi. And at such a young age too! Very impressive. The badminton racquet was more than likely a visual metaphor attesting to your ongoing quest to swat all of life's adversities back in the direction from whence they came! You should frame this photograph and hang it in a prominent position as a testament to your uniqueness in this world! Thanks for the response.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
So tell me mimpi..... The photo with the dogs..... Was there a steak tied around your neck too? Sometimes parents will do this just to get the dogs to play with their children?
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
13 Nov 08
I would have to wear my magic glasses to find out the invisible steak James. I am sure my parents wouldn't allow me out without it.
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
13 Nov 08
Hi there James ! I actually do have one such photo of me, that i never know when was took - i mean i know the day, but i don't remember posing like that to get my picture taken - sneaky friend taking my picture without my knowledge :D
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Hi elitess. I have many candid shots of me as well. I am one who never likes to have my picture taken so it is pretty much one of the only ways people can actually get one of me! Where are your silly comments by the way? This is the panda spanking section. You will never get into the top 5 and receive your diploma that you have wished for if you don't let the crazy elitess out for a bit of a run every now and then! Thanks for the response.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
He's all yours elitess so go for it! He's a Kung Fu Panda for God's sake! How could the thugs not know this??? Idiots. Well, they got what was coming to 'em it seems. Take good care of the Panda mate and make sure he gets to watch plenty of Bruce Lee movies too. He LOVES that stuff!
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
13 Nov 08
I was having an argument with the fellows that were supposed to beat the crap out of the panda you sent to bring me the basket promised: It seems that my thugs did not know that your panda was martial arts trained, so they are now in the hospital and are demanding for double payments from me and that will make me broke On another matter i would like to hire the panda you sent me as a personal bodyguard if you can spare him
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@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
13 Nov 08
Hey Yes, all the time LOL. I will think this ! Back in middle school I dressed way too mature . There is this one pic of me when i was 13 and starting a new school which was a public . I had my haair all curled bangs teased , puffy dress with tights , and slipper type school . Safe to say i was picked on and noone liked me . I was used to a prep school where ya had to dress up .
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
Hi metschica. Oh, so you were a fashionista then? lol. What a shame the other kids just didn't get it! Thanks for the response.
@rkrish (3003)
• India
13 Nov 08
]I just created a album in which i have made the entire photographs of mine from age 1 to till date, say one photo of every year to show to my wife and present her as a gift. When we were pulling the photos from the old album available with all my family members, my wife has [em]lol[/em laughed loud when she seen a photo of mine where i was not wearing anything down at age 3..I just pulled and kept it secretly as she started showing to every body jokingly
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
I hope she finds a difference too rkrish and I am sure she does! yes, if you ever wish to step outside the normalities of a serious life then this is where you do it! As long as no-one is offensive or curel then all are welcome. A little silliness every now and then is a nic escape for most of us, so I say embrace the opportunity!
@rkrish (3003)
• India
14 Nov 08
I am well being natural as what we are rather than thinking society as i am open and frank in most of the times to enjoy the life as it is, EMBRACE makes you hidden behind the screen always
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@rkrish (3003)
• India
13 Nov 08
Wow its nice to know an interest to share the crazy of living ... And ofcourse she wont have a chance to joke itself,hope she found the difference. [em]lol[/em}
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13 Nov 08
I have a photo of myself in with a bubble perm and and a very tight shirt right up to my thighs. It makes me cringe. What ever I was thinking of I do not know. I expect the dog looked OK in the cape James.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Ah, wanderer! We have interacted before so I may of course share with you the purpose of this new "panda spanking" interest category! This interest area is here for us to escape from the seriousness of life every now and then; and make fun of ourselves and each other. If you want to say something silly or just plain weird then here is the place to do it! No questions, no explnations required...... Just let it on out! A bubble perm sounds like an absolute delight I must admit! Did you have the flourescent socks on to match that skirt? The dog looked fantastic in the cape I might add; but I looked better. I don't care what anyone says because I was Batman and HE was Robin. It was NOT the other way around OK? Thanks for the response.
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16 Nov 08
Have just checked out the Panda spanking. What a great interest. Are you sure the animal rights people are not going to be after us? Everyone on there is crazy which suits me as I am too. Have added it to my interests and will be looking out for you on there.
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16 Nov 08
I forgot to add. I was wearing stockings with black and flourescent pink stripes. I looked lovely!!!!
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@SaintAnne (5453)
• United States
13 Nov 08
I once looked like a geisha... and it wasn't Halloween or World Day. And that's just for starters.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
Well I never figured you for someone that would go through a geisha phase SaintAnne! lol. Thanks for the response and go play us some music, dance and serve us some tea then!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
Ah, so that book was about YOU?? They managed to turn it into a good movie too by the way. Congratulations.
@SaintAnne (5453)
• United States
14 Nov 08
When did you have time to read my memoirs, James? I love love love love love cherry blossoms!
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@calyxus (825)
• Philippines
13 Nov 08
Haha! I remembered this one photograph where I was looking at the opposite direction where others were looking at the camera. It turned out I had this very funny look on my face! My eyes were bulging and my mouth appeared twisted. I looked horrible, and my family kept bullying me about it. If I were to go back in time, I would grab my neck and twist it to the direction of camera and cover my eyes with a pair of shades. LOL
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Heya calyxus! A word or warning..... This new interest category is for people to let loose with some silly and crazy comments every once in a while without having to explain themselves. No offensive or cruel stuff and just plain fun. We all need to let loose once in a while so if you are someone that enjoys the same every now and then, add the interest category and let it rip! I wonder what you were looking at during that picture then that no-one else seems to have noticed? They may be making lots of fun about it but at least you got to be the unique one in the photo! lol. I am supposed to make some silly comment now because this IS the panda spanking category...... Hmmmmm. OK. Thanks for the response and next time you get a photo taken, forget about the shades and I reckon you should go for a paper bag instead! It will cover your whole head and then no-one can ever complain.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
13 Nov 08
Great to hear calyxus. A sense of humour is a wonderful thing to have! A Mr Bean mask could definitely be interesting! lol. There would certainly be no questions regarding your desire for individuality of you were to manage this. I wonder if the family would let you keep it on though? You may have a fight on your hands but this could produce the greatest photo of all!
@calyxus (825)
• Philippines
13 Nov 08
I think they won't mind. What's with having to pose with a celebrity, right? LOL
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
22 Mar 09
HEY! I put a lot of effort into that 80's coupe and I love it! LOL! I know what you mean, there must be some silly photographs of me out there, I have to ponder for a while to think of the worst ones. I do remember a silly photoshoot with my neice, we acted silly on purpose and we made a picture of us throwing darts and mine ended up in the floor because I throw like a girl . Fortunatly I AM a girl so I didn't feel that bad, lol! Straight after that we made a pic where I threw my hand up in the air, tightly closed my eyes and smiled like a complete histerical person who had just won something huge (whilst my dart arrow was also photographed in the floor). I am not sure if that paints you a picture but it's really odd
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
22 Mar 09
Ah, you know James, those ordinary pictures are well hid from the world! LOL! Or actually, I do dust them of and use them for job interviews and such . I agree, we should be positive. There is a Dutch saying that 'we need to pretend someone to be someone". It's based on the psychological effect that we try to act like people who are superior to us in a certain way that we want to develop ourselves, so we pretend to know things or talk differently so that eventually we will become a part of this group. It's a pretty complicated theory, so I see why people would rather throw around the saying .
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
22 Mar 09
I was gonna say that I HOPE you throw like a girt, but you beat me to it! I was also getting quite afraid for a minute 'cos I thought there may have been a photo of you with ordinary jeans and a t-shirt on out there! I would expect nothing less than a recollection of an odd photo from you cyberfluf. Thanks for the response and I'm glad you at least pretended to have won something huge. I've always been a fan of positive visualization!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
22 Mar 09
Or we could take your Dutch saying and add a base level twist..... "Monkey see, monkey do!" Just keep those job interview pics away from me OK. The last thing I need is to develop this ideal that you may have mainstream potential!
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
15 Nov 08
There are many pictures from my childhood that I would just rather forget exist. I went through so many awkward and just plain ugly phases. Terrible glasses and awful hair. Ill-fitting clothes on a chubby pre-teen. I am not sure why my mom let me look like that in public.
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
16 Nov 08
Hey James! I know I haven't been as good about coming on every day as I used to be. For a while, I was frustrated trying to find discussions to respond to. It seems like some of my friends that had lots in common with me have disappeared. I would think of discussions to start and then forget to come on and start them. Also, I got addicted to a new game site and was spending time that would previously been spent here. I hereby promise to check in every other day, at least, and be a productive MyLot member!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 Nov 08
lol. Now THAT'S what I like to hear Trace! You are one of the very first members that I started interacting with when I first started over 2 years ago, so your absence is certainly noticed from my end! I have had a number of people that have gone that I miss too actually, but of course have made many new friends as well that I am very grateful for knowing! I shall see you around the traps no doubt then.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Mar 09
Image of me from 1973 - photo of me in my last year of high school
Heehee.....I have one rare photo of me taken around 1973....my last year at high school...I was still pretty much the Woodstock hippie type--uh guess which one is me as I have a photo here
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
22 Mar 09
Now that IS rare! lol. I'm guessing that you would be the one on the left with the stripy multi-coloured top! It's a shame you weren't able to get the rest of the cast of "Punky Brewster" into the picture, but never mind. Thanks for sharing this one Pye! Peace Man.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
22 Mar 09
A walking, talking rainbow you were! I had a 50-50 chance of choosing which one was you, but I have to admit that I cheated and checked your profile first. I did have a feeling it was you on the left prior to this though. I'm not sure exactly why. Maybe it was the colours!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Mar 09
Bingo..you win a prize..yup that's me with that funky multi-striped top.. and that was conservative by then....too bad I didn't have photos of me in my multi-colored nehru jacket, love beads and bells..OMG!!
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• Indonesia
14 Nov 08
hahahha..... my friend tag me on facebook last month for a picture when we're in high school. it's an outdoor picture (was hype at that time in my hometown). And when i look at myself, i really hope my face change much now. You know, so when people shown you the picture you can say, "that's not me! I look nothing like that person on the picture! See, she's practically blind w/out her glasses while i? I'm so okay!" things like that, you know. the description of the picture? now, do you really think i'll be willing to share that?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
18 Nov 08
Some of seem to have very limited lives outside of mylot so don't be surprised to see many of us here most days of the week! lol. I assure you that a time will come in the future when you will look back on these photo's of yourself in your jeans and platform shoes and God knows what else; and you will long for the past! Sure, you will be a tad embarrassed too but there will be very happy memories alongside the embarrassment believe me!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
I have tagged photo's of me on Facebook too and I didn't even know! lol. I know what you mean about seeing photo's and not believing it's yourself. The same goes for when you hear a recording of your own voice as what we hear on a recording just doesn't seem to be like the same thing we hear in our heads. I think you should share stuff like this goldflower, we will laugh WITH you and not AT you, promise! Thanks for the response.
• Indonesia
17 Nov 08
omg, i left for weekends and it's been this much already. You guys never leave mylot or what? lol. well, since you keep on insisting, james, what can i do but oblige?! okay, i lied, i love sharing weird moment. I wouldnt post here if i dont lol. Well, it's not half as embarrassing as the pictures people here had taken. It's just i cant understand why i thought that wearing high waisted jeans, with belt, with folded ends (becos it's to long and i got it folds like twice or thrice) and short t-shirt (it ends right where the jeans' belt start), and 8cm platform shoes give me the right to smile and look all smug, as if i'm the sexiest and hottest girl in town, tsk.... now, i can only hope, 10years from now, i can look at the pictures i took now and didnt cringe!!
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@alyssa_c (440)
• Philippines
14 Nov 08
The HAIR!!! ugh! oh, and the makeup! lol! It's kind of a nightmare for me to even look at a glimpse of my old pictures. I have this picture with my friends that I absolutely hate. I had this weird smile on,as if I ate something sour LOL and everone else's were beautiful. Imagine my embarassment! I also have a stolen picture where my face looked as if I'm about to cry... My friends never let me forget that one.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
As long as they are laughing with you and not at you alyssa then it's not such a bad thing! Consider it as one of your 15 minutes of fame!
@alyssa_c (440)
• Philippines
14 Nov 08
Did it already and it didn't work lol! Oh well, one more thing to laugh about when we get together, sadly at my expense thought. But it's all good fun =)
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• United States
14 Nov 08
Hahahaha! You are pretty funny. Somebody has a picture of me that I would not like to run from, I would like to tear it up. I am wearing a ponytail on top of my head that I have teased straight up in the air. I am also wearing a florescent purple zebra striped leotard, with a skin tight purple miniskirt. My boots have spike heels and one of them has black ink spots all over it but the other one does not. (There was a black marker on the floor of my closet once when I tossed my boots in and it made a big, perfect circle on the boot. I loved them sooo much I could not bring myself to throw them away, so I just made matching spots all over the boot, leaving the other one plain... just to be cute.) What fools we mortals be! LOL!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
14 Nov 08
lol. The ponytail picture reminds me of a 1980's pop singer called "Toyah". Her look was very similar to this! The outfits you have described sound very much like the going fashions of the 80's passingfancy! You could have worn all of that and more back then and no-one would have even blinked! hahahaha. Thanks for the response.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 Nov 08
lol. Here we go: http://www.toyahwillcox.com/1024.html This is her official fansite! Check out some of her hairstyles in the gallery!
• United States
14 Nov 08
I never heard of your pop singer. But you have correctly identified the era! Hahaha!
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