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amw

20 year meme

Mar 28, 2021 12:26

So, a couple weeks ago a bunch of y'all did the 20 year meme and it was great to see your old photos and get an idea of where you came from. It's a bit late, but here's my contribution. Sadly, there aren't as many photos as i hoped. I thought i had more photos scanned from back in these pre-digital times, but i can't find them. I will do more ( Read more... )

looking back, raving, memes

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dadi March 28 2021, 19:55:32 UTC

You look SO German in those 2015 pics!

amw April 2 2021, 17:53:01 UTC

Haha! I think something happened to me in Germany where i became more comfortable with pulling strange faces on camera. Is it a cultural thing?

I suppose my bone structure is quite Germanic on my mom's side - she is Dutch and i think on my oma's side going back we have German heritage. But then when i was in UK i noticed that i have some kind of ethnic British traits too, like the fairly pale skin and circles under the eyes. I guess in Europe most of us are a big mixture.

carriea31 March 28 2021, 20:27:17 UTC

I love reading these and seeing the pictures. I find it fascinating how much a change in hairstyles and cuts can alter a person's appearance!

amw April 2 2021, 17:54:53 UTC

It's funny, i was looking back through these pics and thinking about how much i DIDN'T change! Like, i definitely gained weight over the years (i have some pictures of when i was early 20s and you can almost see the ribcage sticking out), but i don't feel like i've gotten "old old" yet. I suppose that's still to come. Or perhaps it just creeps up on you, because it's happening so slowly it never feels like much a difference from the previous year.

carriea31 April 5 2021, 15:33:17 UTC

Ha, yes, I feel like it creeps. I don't look in the mirror every day and think about how old I've gotten, but then sometimes I see a current picture of myself and I wonder where in the world all those gray hairs came from...

olamina March 28 2021, 20:40:27 UTC

You look so dramatically different depending on your hair color! I miss raving so much. I can't wait to get back to NYC.

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king_of_apathy March 29 2021, 03:30:54 UTC

Was fascinating to see where you were going back to way back when. Thanks for sharing. Now I feel very ready for 2.4 children and a white picket fence, but I think for a good chunk of my life I was like you are now, wanting nothing more than a backpack and a ticket to anywhere but here ( ... )

amw April 2 2021, 18:12:46 UTC

Thanks for sharing, even just the abridged version :)

It is interesting to look back and reflect on it given what you know now. I notice there are things that i experienced very differently in the time from how i remember them now. Especially when it comes to relationships, i do remember that in that moment i was madly in love, and i really believed that my life was all about being with that partner, they just made me so happy. Now i look back on some of those times and think i perhaps "wasted" a bit of those years, not because we weren't happy in the moment, but just because being with a partner did end up limiting the sorts of things i could've done on my own. Although, i suppose, they also broadened my mind in ways that i probably wouldn't have done on my own.

In the end, whatever the path you took, it still got you where you are now, so it's hard to imagine any of it being different. Change one thing, you wouldn't be the same person any more.

king_of_apathy April 3 2021, 13:08:01 UTC

I often wonder at just how the smallest events, job interviews, chance meetings, chance messaging someone, led me of on such massive life changes that saw me getting married, divorced, moving through all different jobs and all over the world and ultimately to where I am now. I wouldn't be the same person... though sadly I don't think that's always a good thing. A different set of decisions and I think I'd be in a better situation, and be a better person, than I am now ( ... )