I'm very shy about showing pictures of myself, but I figured these were relatively ok since they’re five or six years old…. and at the end of a long thread.

I look very different now. For one, my hair is half natural/half red or purple depending on my mood. >< ‘Course, once I started picking out pictures, I couldn’t stop. Beware!
I just rediscovered the first pic on my computer and think it's so adorable. It was taken my junior year of high school. My friends used to tease me by calling me psycho babydoll…. I had this sweet face and disposition but would wear pastel pink shirts with dog collars and try to eat my friends. Literally. I would tenderize the meat a bit first by massaging their arm or finger and then start gnawing. Ah, the dog collared days of youth. (How full of shit am I? I’m only 24 now. ><)
I included the second pic as a nice comparison between my senior year of high school and my junior one. This is from my prom. I guess the dog collar side of me took over.

I really began thinking for myself that year and trying to fight my fear of conflict. I also started skipping class a lot more.

My mother actually helped me make my outfit… it’s so expensive to buy a vinyl dress…. I still have it somewhere. I thought the red fishnets were a nice touch. Hah! Our bargain for this dress was that I would take a female friend to the prom. Ah, the naïveté.
And last, a strip of photos taken with my then-and-now closest friend. Ah, the silliness. Taken around the same time as the pic with Mr. Bear. Yes, that is his name. Mr. Bear. I have a thing for plushies

and for teddy bears specifically. Not fanatically so…. I don’t buy them anymore, but I treasure the ones that have found their way into my heart.
::cue violin music, zoom in to close up of first picture::