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How I killed an entire morning

by Marilyn on August 25, 2008

So someone (like I can EVEN remember who!  puh-lease) twittered this link this morning and they really shouldn’t have because I had laundry I had to do and nothing got done because all I did was play with my picture, retro style!  Basically, you take a picture of yourself, upload it and then pick which “year” you want to see your yearbook photo.  Wanna see me, the year I graduated?

Hmm.  Not EXACTLY.  But mostly because that was the year I got one of those standardized senior portraits done.  I’ll have to dig it up and post it someday.  But in the meantime… I love the hair on this, plus the hint of flannel is SPOT ON.  Oh 90’s, how I miss you.

But how about ten years earlier?  What might I have looked like in 1984?

Oh my.  The puffy hair, the earring, (the off-center face)… what can I say?  Except RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. But I was on a roll at this point and had to see what I might have looked like in the 70’s.  1978 to be exact.  Oh yes.  I sure did.

Oh come on, you knew it was coming.  And now I know what I would look like with a ‘fro.  The answer is: not good.  Good to know.  Moving on…

I wanted to go REALLY old.  Try something really radical.  So I went back to 1960.

My favorite part is the glasses, don’t you think?  Yes, my face is a little off-center here too but we can forgive it because, OMG, would you look at those GLASSES?  I pretty much can’t see anything else in that picture.  And going back to 1960 was so much fun that I had to go back to 1950.

And now I kinda wish I hadn’t.  OY.  What is with the weird coloring going on here?  Though I kinda dig the curl in the hair there.  Very nice.  Classy.  *shudder*

You know, going back in time was so much fun, I started to wonder what I may have looked like had I graduated high school in 2000 instead of 1994.  Hmm…

Yeah, so I’m thinking it was a good thing I graduated when I did.  Though I have to say, I enjoy the bangs here.  OMG, what does that say about me?  I have mall hair, don’t I?  Go ahead… I can take it.  While we’re at it: Me as a blond.  Discuss.

Dang, that was all kinds of fun.  If you want to kill an afternoon, I suggest you find a recent picture of yourself and head on over to that site.  And then post the pictures on your blog so I can go see them and have a laugh.