Ask me anything: Here's to youth, and may we never suffer a relapse

[slipjig3]

Look at the clock calendar! It's time to start answering questions from the "ask me anything" post of two weeks ago! meowmensteen asked me this:

Do you have any awkward childhood photos you can share?

Hoo boy. Okay, first of all, by "awkward childhood photos," you mean "childhood photos," because I was a goober of epic proportions for a desperately long time. And yes, of course there are photos out there, but nothing in digital format; I do have a few photo albums that go all the way back, but they're packed up and not easily accessible at the moment. So I'm left with Facebook photos posted by others, which only go back to high school but which, I think, illustrate the problem a little too well:



This was taken at the wedding of my friend Tanya, seen here with me and our pal Aaron. I'm the middle school LINUX programmer/serial killer on the left, the one with the half-assed Ohio Congressman hair part, the waffle-sized glasses and that borrowed freedom-of-speech test case of a tie. I was 19, people. I was nineteen years old when this picture was taken, an age when I was a legal adult and really should have known better. The fact that I had any friends at all to take the photo with in the first place is a testament to the eternal human something or other, because my first reaction on seeing me back this is always "...oh, you poor thing...."

So, there you have it. I like to think I do a little better nowadays. Perhaps not better enough.

More answers to follow. Also, I'm still taking questions! Hit me up!

Comments

[magnifelyn.livejournal.com]

Adam, you are way too hard on your young self. You were a cute young man, and your hair actually looked good. The glasses were big, but no bigger than lots of folks were wearing at the time.

The shirt & tie in this pic were poorly chosen, but remember this was a rare occasion of dressing for a wedding, so your casual clothes probably looked more normal.

When I look at this photo, I think I probably would've been your friend at that age. <3

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Honestly not finding this awkward at all. For the early 90s that's the look. For a highscooler...well, other than the tie being a bit wide and loud, can't fault a thing...

(But then, all my high school photos look a LOT like that.)

[meowmensteen]

That is a great shot. I love it!

[colesdragon.livejournal.com]

Holy crap you don't even look 19. You look like you're maybe 15. And yeah, we ALL probably have similarly awkward photos from childhood. ESPECIALLY if we grew up in the 90's ;)