Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Okay so here I go:

[Edited 3/19/12 13:45pm]

I've seen the first on here before. I remember admiring it. That's your niece with you, right? Is the second one of her all grown up now?

[Edited 3/19/12 15:01pm]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Age 31-40:

[Edited 3/19/12 13:45pm]

That is an awesome room! I had an Aunt that would have gone completely apeshit over that room because she loved herself some zebra print and the color purple. Thanks for posting and making me think of her. I haven't done that in a very long time.

i was admiring that room too. cool zebra-giraffe, and i like how the outside looks so blue. where are the tropical-looking photos taken? very pretty all.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Age 31-40:

[Edited 3/19/12 13:45pm]

That is an awesome room! I had an Aunt that would have gone completely apeshit over that room because she loved herself some zebra print and the color purple. Thanks for posting and making me think of her. I haven't done that in a very long time.

Awwww thank you, I am happy I made you think of her .

I love your pics too and also how you presented them !

I very much like that room because it is so very much me and individual and I and I like the "shock effect" it has one some people (both good and bad, depending on the person ) who see it for the first time . Just recently a guest of mine came into it and I was on the computer when he came in and I suddenly heard him say "Wow" and at first I had no idea what he meant until I realized he was overwhelmed with the room .

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Serious said:

April, you look like a rockstar of the 80s on some of the pics ! Lovely photos!

Oh I didn't post the ones with BIG HAIR.

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

That is an awesome room! I had an Aunt that would have gone completely apeshit over that room because she loved herself some zebra print and the color purple. Thanks for posting and making me think of her. I haven't done that in a very long time.

i was admiring that room too. cool zebra-giraffe, and i like how the outside looks so blue. where are the tropical-looking photos taken? very pretty all.

Thank you ! People told me I woud get sick of it quickly and that the dark walls make it look to dark, but I love it more the longer I have it like that .

The tropical looking pics are from Trinidad/Tobago where my boyfriend lives. The contrast to my living room could not be much bigger as I was staying there in his little half finished house in the middle of the tropical rain forrest (the next house being nearly half an hour away by car) without water or electricity and with bats hanging down from the bedroom walls .

noimageatall said:

Serious said:

April, you look like a rockstar of the 80s on some of the pics ! Lovely photos!

Oh I didn't post the ones with BIG HAIR.

I want to see them !

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Okay so here I go:

Age 21-30:

WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT???

This photo is from my mid/late 30s and not my 20s, but it perfectly represents my belly-showing style of my 20s and 30s :

GORGEOUS--LOVE THE RED!!!!!

AND WHOOOOOOO IS THIS???????

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Okay so here I go:

[Edited 3/19/12 13:45pm]

I've seen the first on here before. I remember admiring it. That's your niece with you, right? Is the second one of her all grown up now?

[Edited 3/19/12 15:01pm]

Thank you. Yeah that's indeed my niece on the first one, but it's not her on the second one, that's a good friend of mine. But my niece is also a lot taller now than I am, just like my friend . This here is my niece now grown up :

[Edited 3/19/12 15:17pm]

[Edited 3/19/12 15:38pm]

noimageatall said:

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Okay so here I go:

Age 21-30:

WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT???

This photo is from my mid/late 30s and not my 20s, but it perfectly represents my belly-showing style of my 20s and 30s :

GORGEOUS--LOVE THE RED!!!!!

AND WHOOOOOOO IS THIS???????

The graves represent my aunt who raised me and my dad. They died when I was in my mid 20s, both after many years of suffering .

Thank you . I need to dye my hair again to make it look a bit like that again !

That guy in that picture represents the crazy times I had when my boyfriend at that time took photos for him and we travelled to so many of his concerts together back then. Loads of memories from that time and I met some amazing people and some of them are still friends of mine all these years later . BTW the 2 necklaces I am wearing on that one photo used to belong to the "and who is this guy" .

^^^And just to clarify: the guy standing next to me on that concert pic is not my boyfriend at that time, but just a guy who happened to stand next to me

Great pictures, Martina!

I absolutely love the eye with the "tears"... but I'm sorry you ever had to cry like that.

chocolate1 said:

Great pictures, Martina!

I absolutely love the eye with the "tears"... but I'm sorry you ever had to cry like that.

Awww thank you Lynn !

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Love your pics . What does this one stand for?

And why is the org fucking up my quote, but that question is not for you

Serious said:

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Love your pics . What does this one stand for?

And why is the org fucking up my quote, but that question is not for you

hehe, that quote thing happens to me all the time.

that photo sums up all the farming i did in my 20s-- i like the life without electric and water lines, sometimes i don't even know where this is -- don't have many personal photos online

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PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Serious said:

hehe, that quote thing happens to me all the time.

that photo sums up all the farming i did in my 20s-- i like the life without electric and water lines, sometimes i don't even know where this is -- don't have many personal photos online

[Edited 3/19/12 16:24pm]

Ah I see, cool.

Living without electric and water lines is a lot easier than most people think it is .

My life:

(I didn't wear glasses but this just about sums it up anyway )

Childhood = NERD!!!!

[img:$uid]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJZccMlhgYh7HQyDWpeLTtCfln3fqWWFpMgWNXK2whsjtakSmR[/img:$uid]

Teens (imagine Prince wallpaper)

20s - a latecomer to alcohol

30s Lost myself

40s hoping to find myself

Serious said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I've seen the first on here before. I remember admiring it. That's your niece with you, right? Is the second one of her all grown up now?

[Edited 3/19/12 15:01pm]

Thank you. Yeah that's indeed my niece on the first one, but it's not her on the second one, that's a good friend of mine. But my niece is also a lot taller now than I am, just like my friend . This here is my niece now grown up :

[Edited 3/19/12 15:17pm]

[Edited 3/19/12 15:38pm]

Awwwwww!!! They grow up so fast, don't they?

Deadcake said:

40s hoping to find myself

awesome photos now i want to make a hat like that!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Serious said:

Thank you. Yeah that's indeed my niece on the first one, but it's not her on the second one, that's a good friend of mine. But my niece is also a lot taller now than I am, just like my friend . This here is my niece now grown up :

[Edited 3/19/12 15:17pm]

[Edited 3/19/12 15:38pm]

Awwwwww!!! They grow up so fast, don't they?

She's 18 now and at university, I cannot believe it

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

Deadcake said:

40s hoping to find myself

awesome photos now i want to make a hat like that!

me too! lets learn knitting

Serious said:

noimageatall said:

The graves represent my aunt who raised me and my dad. They died when I was in my mid 20s, both after many years of suffering .

Thank you . I need to dye my hair again to make it look a bit like that again !

That guy in that picture represents the crazy times I had when my boyfriend at that time took photos for him and we travelled to so many of his concerts together back then. Loads of memories from that time and I met some amazing people and some of them are still friends of mine all these years later . BTW the 2 necklaces I am wearing on that one photo used to belong to the "and who is this guy" .

Oh I'm sorry. That must have been hard for you. To lose two?

And I meant the guy on stage! I thought it was Sananda.

noimageatall said:

Serious said:

The graves represent my aunt who raised me and my dad. They died when I was in my mid 20s, both after many years of suffering .

Thank you . I need to dye my hair again to make it look a bit like that again !

That guy in that picture represents the crazy times I had when my boyfriend at that time took photos for him and we travelled to so many of his concerts together back then. Loads of memories from that time and I met some amazing people and some of them are still friends of mine all these years later . BTW the 2 necklaces I am wearing on that one photo used to belong to the "and who is this guy" .

Oh I'm sorry. That must have been hard for you. To lose two?

And I meant the guy on stage! I thought it was Sananda.

It was very hard. My aunt was very depressive since she had a heart attack 4 years before she passed and my dad died 3 years after her. He was bedridden for these 3 years since her death and in constant pain and many times before I went into his room I listened from outside the door if I could still here him breathe so that I knew he was still alive . My mom (who co-raised me with my aunt, but I was always a lot closer to my aunt than to her) and my sister were not very supportive back then (I am a little closer to them now again ), but I was lucky I had friends and especially my boyfriend at that time who helped to to pull through all the pain.

I know that you meant him and of course it is Sananda . I just added that remark in the next post about the other guy to make sure nobody thinks I had any connection to that person .

Serious said:

April, you look like a rockstar of the 80s on some of the pics ! Lovely photos!

and you my love look MARVELOUS!!!

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

The org is blessed to have you here

:hiss2:

Thank you!

...and you as well.

p.s. - the Org is a thousandfold MORE colorful than the cast of characters at Disneyland.

[ New thread inspiration!!!! ]

smoothcriminal12 said:

Age 0-10

10 -

Serious said:

OMG what a great thread . I LOVE all of your pics, so I will try to go for it myself too, but it

is a lot of work and kinda hard as I don't have any old pics of myself on my computer . I need to get some on it sometine for sure .

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your life so vividly!

I especially LOVE that pic above...

Deadcake said:

My life:

(I didn't wear glasses but this just about sums it up anyway )

Childhood = NERD!!!!

[img:$uid]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJZccMlhgYh7HQyDWpeLTtCfln3fqWWFpMgWNXK2whsjtakSmR[/img:$uid]

Teens (imagine Prince wallpaper)

20s - a latecomer to alcohol

30s Lost myself

40s hoping to find myself

I can relate with just about everything (except the Prince poster walls).

Serious said:

noimageatall said:

Oh I'm sorry. That must have been hard for you. To lose two?

And I meant the guy on stage! I thought it was Sananda.

It was very hard. My aunt was very depressive since she had a heart attack 4 years before she passed and my dad died 3 years after her. He was bedridden for these 3 years since her death and in constant pain and many times before I went into his room I listened from outside the door if I could still here him breathe so that I knew he was still alive . My mom (who co-raised me with my aunt, but I was always a lot closer to my aunt than to her) and my sister were not very supportive back then (I am a little closer to them now again ), but I was lucky I had friends and especially my boyfriend at that time who helped to to pull through all the pain.

I know that you meant him and of course it is Sananda . I just added that remark in the next post about the other guy to make sure nobody thinks I had any connection to that person .

Oh wow, Martina. I'm so sorry.

noimageatall said:

Serious said:

It was very hard. My aunt was very depressive since she had a heart attack 4 years before she passed and my dad died 3 years after her. He was bedridden for these 3 years since her death and in constant pain and many times before I went into his room I listened from outside the door if I could still here him breathe so that I knew he was still alive . My mom (who co-raised me with my aunt, but I was always a lot closer to my aunt than to her) and my sister were not very supportive back then (I am a little closer to them now again ), but I was lucky I had friends and especially my boyfriend at that time who helped to to pull through all the pain.

I know that you meant him and of course it is Sananda . I just added that remark in the next post about the other guy to make sure nobody thinks I had any connection to that person .

Oh wow, Martina. I'm so sorry.

Thank you April

KingBAD said:

Serious said:

April, you look like a rockstar of the 80s on some of the pics ! Lovely photos!

and you my love look MARVELOUS!!!

Thanks