Yesterday and Today

Post the best picture of yourself from the past. Something that shows you as your mind's eye sees you at your best. Then post a picture of yourself today.

then we'll make fun of how bad you look now, but we'll fawn over how good you used to look, and tell you that you could get back there. Or we'll make fun of how you used to look, AND how you look now. In any event, you can be assured of a lot of abuse and embarrasment. Sound good?

You first dude

Yeah, really, you go first

Oh, great. Another topic to remind me of impending death. Why don't I just get the bottle of poison out right now and save myself some time? :greenface

ok, but i gotta scan a pic tonight.

Elspode wrote:

Oh, great. Another topic to remind me of impending death. Why don't I just get the bottle of poison out right now and save myself some time? :greenface

cheer up you!! look what you have to look forward to: clicky http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48460&rss=1

my first day of Kinderarten


i've already posted a "present day" image. . .. somewhere around here. :blush:

Well, yes, its fine for you...you are perky. I'm just grizzled. :D

perky?


arrgggghhhhhhh. i was going for something more dark/mysterious.

grizzled is good.

besides. . . i'm probably older than you.:p

Damnit Thrillhouse, how can I sleep with "On the good ship lollipop...." going around in my head. :lol:

:p

cool dress. very cool picture to have, your mum took a lot of time doing your hair that day!

thank you

:all embarrassed and stuff:

Sun_Sparkz, you should have seen my jr.high grad pic. mom's "hairdresser" gave me a flip-up do and pronounced me "handsome as lauren bacall." :3_eyes:

I have two photos that depict my mind's eye view of myself at my best.

age three and age 27.

This is one that just depicts me recently speaking at my dad's memorial.

Older, puffier, not a heck of a lot wiser.

kid on chair is cuute!! hehe

man foot the buttons on that jacket are going everywhere!

yeah, what about the lapels? I'm a horrible judge of fashion, I figured YSL I can't go wrong. One of the three buttons is actually the microphone

footfootfoot.

thank you for posting your pics. i also love the b/w retro pic.

thrillhouse wrote:

perky?
besides. . . i'm probably older than you.:p

Women don't get grizzled. Its a male thing, partially due to having whiskers. Having seen your more recent photo, I know you have no whiskers, and therefore cannot be grizzled.

I'm going to be 50 in September. Do I win? :)

Are you one of the Children of the Corn? :unsure:

Elspode wrote:

I'm going to be 50 in September. Do I win? :)

Win what? I'll be 54 on the 29th.

And I'll be 62.;)

MaggieL wrote:

Win what? I'll be 54 on the 29th.

I was 30 on the 30th (once upon a time) but you'll never be 29 on the 54th. Or something like that. But that shouldn't stop you from whining. I meant winning. sorry.:blush:

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Are you one of the Children of the Corn? :unsure:

Actually, I inadvertantly wished myself into the cornfield. It was A Good Life, sigh...

Elspode wrote:

I'm going to be 50 in September. Do I win? :)

nope. i win.

*puts in her dentures*

ok I'm game. The pictures span four years. I started the internet in 02 look how happy I was in the beginning :P

just kidding..... I got a mom who has beginning alzheimers. She calls it 'somtime-erz' She remembers 'sometimes' :)

I also am dealing with a physical health issue so please be kind, or atleast neutral.




This is me right after I bought my first computer in '02. How young and niave` I think.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/550572557/2698665310043811793suFyoq




Picture of what I look like when I look in the mirror.

This is me feeling good. I took it last July. http://community.webshots.com/photo/550572557/2804664540043811793Ttuvbf

much cuter, if not older and wiser, in the modern picture.
:)

footfootfoot wrote:

This is one that just depicts me recently speaking at my dad's memorial.

Older, puffier, not a heck of a lot wiser.

I sympathize with you. This picture shows alot of emotion. :sniff:

You don't look puffy. I think you are quite handsome which I don't say very often. I don't usually see someones outer appearance first. You must be as handsome on the inside and on the out.

Then and now .

skysidhe wrote:

I sympathize with you. This picture shows alot of emotion. :sniff:

You don't look puffy. I think you are quite handsome which I don't say very often. I don't usually see someones outer appearance first. You must be as handsome on the inside and on the out.

Gee whillikers and shucks.:blush: That's sweet of you.

Zippy hasn't aged a bit.

...Mentally, that is.

/cheapshot

:D

Ibram wrote:

Zippy hasn't aged a bit.

...Mentally, that is.

/cheapshot

again, funny as hell

zippyt wrote:

Then and now .

Note that zippy is wrestling a bear on wheels, not a bull, and he is not wearing pink socks. (the recent picture doesn't show his socks tho)

Nice smile zippyt

he is not wearing pink socks. (the recent picture doesn't show his socks tho)

Homie don't wear ANY thing pink!!!!
I only wear socks when I HAVE to !!
I am more of a shorts and teva kind of guy .

it's a damn shame, i tell ya. i used to be so pretty. my hair was gay, but, hey.....it was the 80's

Approx what year was the gay hair pic taken ???

no i wasnt a space baby but that is me in the suit. Photo shopped of course.


my my how things change


ok that wasnt me but this one is. sorry girls but i cut my hair. it was pissing me off.

zippyt wrote:

Approx what year was the gay hair pic taken ???

that would be prom night..May or June....either 88 or 90.

.....it was 90. In 88, i had Terminator sunglassses on in the photos.....tee hee..... that's the night i decided i was going to dump my date for jinx. her friend Jen had invited me, and jinx went with our friend, Rob. we spent the night hanging out together during and after.....although plutonic, it was the beginning of our odd courtship........it wasn't until August that we actually hooked up, i think.

hey lumberjim, i was watching this bon jovi video clip and....

Me around 60 years ago. Sorry can't find the photo of Sis made same time. Last one was made xmas last year.

You were doing a pretty good impression of one of the Dead End Kids, there, Buster.

You and your sis look like good folk.

LJ... LOVING the hair, maaan...

Ibram wrote:

LJ... LOVING the hair, maaan...

kagen wrote:

hey lumberjim, i was watching this bon jovi video clip and....

you want me

admit it

buster, you look like buddy ryan, dude.

Without the money. Huh?

LJ was the bad guy in several John Hughes movies.

this guy?

or this guy?

LJ... I just have to ask... how long did it take you to get your hair like that every morning? Or was it just a one-time thing?

THIS guy

Me when I was 'bout nine (I'm the kid in the awful red sweater:



Me a couple weeks ago:

Undertoad wrote:

THIS guy

ohdeargod. i haaate that guy.


ibram, it was a 3 minute blowdrying technique, but it took my barber hours to get it just right. i used to actually get compliments. looked like hell when i grew it out from there, though. oh, and do you always suck in your lips when you're rockin'?

rage, cool pics, ya poser.

Not always, just sometimes. Depends if I'm singing, mostly.

lumberjim wrote:

rage, cool pics, ya poser.

Modeling was very short lived... not my thing at all.

Kagen, I don't care if you cut your hair. It's your EYES that I'm in love with--and the fact that you're a very naughty boy. :heartpump

LJ--You are still pretty and once you lose a few pounds you'll look like Mr. 1989 again. And, UT is right--you DO look like 'that' guy. :D

I think my sister can scan photos--i'll ask her to scan some of moi next weekend when I go down to see her. That should scare you.

yeah, but my beauty is all on the inside now.. what fun is that?

but it will be on the OUTSIDE soon enough as you melt away a few pounds! That's why we're dieting, because we are shallow and want others to look upon us with envy! Right? ;)


Do you think Kagen read all those books?

rk, I like your style.( of the present)

Ibram, You have a myspace page? I have a kid or two about your age. Guitar players.

No, I completely refuse to get a myspace, but if they use AIM then they can feel free to IM me on 'steve 0 vai' or 'cadiancommander'

Undertoad wrote:

[actor photo]

lumberjim wrote:

ohdeargod. i haaate that guy.

Ah, James Spader. I first saw him in Stargate, and had various nightmares about him for years. He's creepy as all getout.

it's funny -- we played somewhere a few weeks ago, and some kid came up and was all "blahblahblah i like your band". I directed him to our myspace page, and got the most priceless look of scorn and teen disdain in return.

"I don't do myspace."

it was awesome. I kind of wanted to erase my account to show solidarity.

People! Spader is awesome. See "Sex Lies and Videotape" or "Bad Influence" or "Secretary". Dude is a genius.

Myspace is so emo! :greenface

Undertoad wrote:

Dude is a genius.

Sure, a genius at being really freaking creepy. Vincent D'Onofrio is pretty good at it too.

Spader has to be a freak in real life.
You can't fake that. Not like he does.
Man, those creepy eyeballs . . . wow.

Just watched Pretty In Pink the other day, was laughing at
Spader's superhuman asshole-ishness - genius! Love him.

@mrnoodle @ RK, I know. Myspace is emo. I like looking for bands, once in awhile. You guys emo? :)

I wouldn't say someone HAS to be freaky in real life without having actually met them Flint. BUT I barley notice spader. I even like that movie Pretty in Pink but can't place him.

Cillian Spader the guy who played villians in Batman Begins and Red Eye is really scary to me. He might be a nice person in real life. * shrug*

[edit] sorry flint. I don't want to be your mom. You are nothing like what I remember you. Who are you anyway? Remember you once told a story about how the kids in class started calling you flint ? How did that go?

Cillian Murphy is the creepy guy from Batman Begins. And 28 Days Later.

Happy Monkey wrote:

Cillian Murphy is the creepy guy from Batman Begins. And 28 Days Later.

I think Batman Begins was so great. Nice & Dark.


28 Days later? I don't remember that movie. Was it good?

skysidhe wrote:

I think Batman Begins was so great. Nice & Dark.


28 Days later? I don't remember that movie. Was it good?

guy wakes up in hospital to find everyone is a zombie, that same guy played scarecrow in BB

bri wrote:

Kagen, I don't care if you cut your hair. It's your EYES that I'm in love with--and the fact that you're a very naughty boy.

Do you think Kagen read all those books?

:eek: weird thing about my eyes. someone was mucking around in photoshop with one of my school photos and only inverted the colours. look closely at the eyes


and i think ive read about 10 of those books. i dont read much these days

kagen404 wrote:

weird thing about my eyes. look closely at the eyes...

the above is a link, but it doesn't show up. it's live though.

huh?

Undertoad wrote:

People! Spader is awesome. See "Sex Lies and Videotape" or "Bad Influence" or "Secretary". Dude is a genius.

Yes, definitely! James Spader and Jeff Goldblume were my ideal men during the '80s. Why watch the Brat Pack trying to look like they were angst-ridden every-kids when you can have the ones who were already totally over the edge and had the talent to exploit it :cool:

The "quote:" and the box below it is the link.

i love little britain.

skysidhe wrote:

rk, I like your style.( of the present)

Ibram, You have a myspace page? I have a kid or two about your age. Guitar players.

I have a style?
I have a style!!!:D

rkzenrage wrote:

I have a style?
I have a style!!!:D

Yes, You have a style. In fact I am not attracted to model photos at all. ;)[edit- That means I think you are much more attractive than your model picks which would have sounded better in person matched with the meaningful look I would have given you.]


:blush:

Anti-catchlights. Droplights?

I realize Myspace is the new AOL/Microsoft, as in it's cool to poop on. But, there is still some cool shit there.....it's just a lot harder to find. :(

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

I realize Myspace is the new AOL/Microsoft, as in it's cool to poop on. But, there is still some cool shit there.....it's just a lot harder to find. :(

Yeah I've found some great unsigned bands in there.. kinda like digging through the sewer to find diamond rings people drop down the drain.

This was then...

This is now.

Nice wallpaper.

Edit: Shower curtain! I meant shower curtain! I can clearly see the rings in the first picture, I'm not blind I swear...

Shower curtain. Cut hair falls in tub to facillitate cleanup.


Edit: I knew you knew that! I knew it! I would never poke fun at a pregnant lady, I swear...

If she's pregnant she's already had her fun poked.;)

Nah, that's not what bigV looks like. Can't quite get used to that, you look just like my friend Nick.

:waves: Hi Nick!

BigV you look just like one of my ex'es. man was he an evil, nasty mother fooker.

cant you post one of you like with a daisy or a kitten or something??? soften it up man!!!

and what is that thing in front in pic 2? at first i thought it was the camera.. but no the camera is taking the shot.. duh,

is it a shaver or something?

My guess is it's the camera. He's taking a picture of himself in the bathroom mirror.

Nice to see you BigV. I don't know what I thought you looked like, but it wasn't that. Now I need to adjust my mental image of you.

Sun_Sparkz wrote:

BigV you look just like one of my ex'es. man was he an evil, nasty mother fooker.

cant you post one of you like with a daisy or a kitten or something??? soften it up man!!!

Yep. That's me alright.

...evil nasty mother f**cker... You'd be surprised--I get that a lot. I did try smiling though. Guess it didn't have the desired effect. 's alright. I don't have to look at that mug, y'all do, and you have my pity.

Yes, it's the camera in the bottom of the shot. I took about 8 pictures to get the effect. I wasn't able to duplicate the placement of the bankshot exactly, so the camera wound up in the frame (which I could not see since I'm looking in the lens) on the second shot. It was hard enough to get all that damned hair in the picture in the first place.

So V, why did you cut your hair in the first place? Can't be hot in Seattle, yet.

Yes, [COLOR="Red"]hot[/COLOR]. It was like 79 freakin degrees last week! I almost sweated. I like the short hair much better. Less maintenance, less heat retention, less wind resistance, less to grab (less important now that the youngest doesn't ride on my shoulders much anymore). I delayed the haircut longer than I wanted too because I lost the clippers. So I bought a new set and bzzzzzzt. Instant cool.

I actually cut it *long* since the people in the office have never seen me with hair this short. I won't let it get so long next time and I'll cut it shorter, maybe a number two guard (3/8"). Cutting it ALL off has its appeal too, but it's not the low maintenance haircut it appears to be. A couple of days later and I can't put on a t shirt without having it velcroed to my head on the way over. Anyway, there's more where that came from and the gray ones are a lot harder to see.

BigV wrote:

Yep. That's me alright....evil nasty mother f**cker... You'd be surprised--I get that a lot.

So that's how you keep those Brown Shirts in line. :eyebrow:

You would laugh to learn the nickname the brown shirts call me behind my back. I know I did.

Don't be a dick....you've got to tell us now.:comfort:

LJ....and I ran, I ran so far away....I just raaaaaaaan, I ran all night and day...

You were a Flock of Seagulls

Murphonian Logic wrote:

LJ....and I ran, I ran so far away....I just raaaaaaaan, I ran all night and day...

You were a Flock of Seagulls

Keep in mind that I have in my posession one Senior year yearbook, in which thou art a sophmore. I could, if i so chose, sponsor a yesterday and today set on your behalf.

do it ,
I dare Ya ,
hell I Double Dog Dare YA !!!!!!!

ohhh a double dog dare....how excitement.

i triple dog dare ya.

He won't do it. He's too afraid.

What a wuss !!!!!

Ooooh BigV - I like the before and the after!
Now if only xoB would put his *real* pic on here.....

Gawd - when it comes to before and after pics, I just found a really old photo album that has a picture of me from when I was probably 23. Ouch.
I wanted to show my husband and say "see!!! I used to look like this!!", then I realized that what I would be telling him was "see!! I don't look like this anymore!!".
I put it back where I found it.

no...lazy. i have no idea where that yearbook is.....besides, i wouldnt do that to a friend....or an enemy even. posting pics of someone else w/out permission is ghey.

this is LJ after a shower

Kagen, did you have lj's permission ot post that?

i think so, i couldnt understand a word he was saying though