Tails!

[marcmagus]

I now own a "swallow-tail" coat, and all the rest of the stuff that goes along with. My mother took a couple of photos.

I hate it when my mother takes photographs of me. She insists that I "smile", and that I give a "real smile". By the latter she means an open mouth and lots of teeth. This invariably results in a photograph of me with a dorky grimace which looks nothing like me having a good time. If she'd take the photo while I'm actually smiling, I might not look ecstatic or like the expectations of someone in a photo—heck, I might not even look particularly happy—but at least I'd look like myself.

Anyway, here are the photos:

P.S. I built a good chunk of that deck.

Comments

[marcmagus]

Formal-wear, forced smile/stiff posture 'cause I'm taking a photo, outdoors in natural light? Seems similar enough.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it was the "goodness, he doesn't look like he's aged at all!" that got me. It has been almost 10 years, hasn't it?

[marcmagus]

*cough* I'm not as young as you think I am, either. ;)

I graduated in 1996.

[ladymedb.livejournal.com]

Can we all stop with the age thing here? Momma's a little sensitive as she enters the twilight of her twenties...

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Dearheart, you'll never be more than 24. ;)

(Kidding! There are days I would swear you are wiser than I.)

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

I knew it was around/about the 10 year line. Just couldn't recall the before/after of it. :)