Set the Wayback Machine to 1998

[kybearfuzz]

A few weeks ago I was going through some boxes of photos, looking for a picture of a friend of mine who is retiring in July. I used the pic to draw his retirement cartoon. In the stack of photos, I found these little reminders of youth taken on the same roll of film. It was the summer of 1998 and I just got back from DC (where my friend worked).

It is amazing how much a person can change over the course of 12 years. back then I had that cheesy mustache and my hair was amazingly thick.



There are very few photos of me while I was in school and after really. It was only after I came out that I really didn't mind having my pic taken. I became a lot more open and thanks to the advancement in digital photography did it become so much more accessible to get pics.

And nowadays I can laugh at myself. Even at that cheesy mustache. Why I didn't grow my goatee or beard out back then is a mystery.

Comments

[whitmanschild.livejournal.com]

Awww... How adorable...

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

When I was the age you are in this photo, the style was a mustache only, too. I look back on the rare photos of that time period ... oh, my:) I was 175 lbs and thought I was fat! I find your observation about photos and coming out ... the correlation between being comfortable once you were out and allowing photos an interesting one ... Perhaps, our before selves were worried about revealing too much of our true selves in a photo ...

Have a wonderful day!

[prisoncitybear.livejournal.com]

Cute, cute, but I am still forwarding these pics on to Chris Hansen.
: )

[blockade-boy.livejournal.com]

Aw! That's like "dollhouse with kittens inside" cute! And re: the mustache/beard, sometimes you have to ease yourself into that kind of thing...

[dendren.livejournal.com]

definitely a cutie back then but you have definitely upped the hotness as you've gotten older.

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

Cute, but you're way hotter now.

[spatts5.livejournal.com]

When I was (much) younger, I grew just a mustache as well PLUS friends convinced me to perm my hair (it was the thing back then). Talk about cheese!!! And to make matters worse, I know I have a photo somewhere.

[mikiedoggie.livejournal.com]

I have never tried just a mustache.

Strangely enough you look younger now than you did then, in my mind. How weird is that?