College ID
So I went in to get my new msu id card, mainly because it's much cheaper to use their gym than the "Y"...whose membership I had already cancelled. Anyhow, I went in...sat in the chair and had my picture taken...
The lady turns to me with a slight chuckle and says..."well you've got some options.." Now I knew she only took one picture so I figured...ok, different background choices or color schemes...you know something fun like that...
She spins the monitor around...and here kept on record, one of the many things I'd like time to fade away...was photographic evidence of how long my msu visit has been...
First was the hippie john, shaggy if you will (my old nickname)...long curly "locks"...hemp necklace I'm pretty sure I made and lost at a rave years later...and a look on my face that said..."If I'm not stoned now...I soon will be". Most shocking was of course just how damn young I looked...I mean...I looked all of maybe 16...
next was Raver john...well maybe post-raver...and well into "not so crazy, dancing guy"...not quite to my "too cool to show how much I'm enjoying this music guy"...I was wearing my grey (gray?) Triple-five soul hoodie, HUGE barbell earings and my favorite leather necklace. My hair looked matted from the "independant" hat that I had most likely been forced to take off. My look this time was "I know things" with a touch of "I'm WAY too cool, so i'm gonna look tough in this picture"....
then finally...current john...kinda embarrased at how old i am going back to school...wearing my trademark black t-shirt...and tired eyes...skin a tad "leathery" looking compared to the fresh-faced previous versions...simple plug earings...black hair, spikey and messed up...this time with a look of smug indifference...maybe a touch of my Posed-face-look that I always seem to end up with in pictures...either way, it was obvious I was in desperate need of an espresso.
The ID attendant knew my obvious choice...we exchanged a few sentences mainly consisting of different versions of "holy crap I've been coming here a long time" and "wow, my LOOK changed alot over said years"...then the extra fun "I should see all the ID's she's had!"...
I only hope my msu attendance is breif enough that I dont need to put any other versions "on record"....
The lady turns to me with a slight chuckle and says..."well you've got some options.." Now I knew she only took one picture so I figured...ok, different background choices or color schemes...you know something fun like that...
She spins the monitor around...and here kept on record, one of the many things I'd like time to fade away...was photographic evidence of how long my msu visit has been...
First was the hippie john, shaggy if you will (my old nickname)...long curly "locks"...hemp necklace I'm pretty sure I made and lost at a rave years later...and a look on my face that said..."If I'm not stoned now...I soon will be". Most shocking was of course just how damn young I looked...I mean...I looked all of maybe 16...
next was Raver john...well maybe post-raver...and well into "not so crazy, dancing guy"...not quite to my "too cool to show how much I'm enjoying this music guy"...I was wearing my grey (gray?) Triple-five soul hoodie, HUGE barbell earings and my favorite leather necklace. My hair looked matted from the "independant" hat that I had most likely been forced to take off. My look this time was "I know things" with a touch of "I'm WAY too cool, so i'm gonna look tough in this picture"....
then finally...current john...kinda embarrased at how old i am going back to school...wearing my trademark black t-shirt...and tired eyes...skin a tad "leathery" looking compared to the fresh-faced previous versions...simple plug earings...black hair, spikey and messed up...this time with a look of smug indifference...maybe a touch of my Posed-face-look that I always seem to end up with in pictures...either way, it was obvious I was in desperate need of an espresso.
The ID attendant knew my obvious choice...we exchanged a few sentences mainly consisting of different versions of "holy crap I've been coming here a long time" and "wow, my LOOK changed alot over said years"...then the extra fun "I should see all the ID's she's had!"...
I only hope my msu attendance is breif enough that I dont need to put any other versions "on record"....
posted by djmetronome at 7:33 PM
8 Comments:
I hate to sound like a total flake, but what's MSU?
Oh yeah...dont worry, good question. Michigan State University...a local college with around 45,000 students.
time travel with a click of the mouse! those id type photos are never glamourous, most of the time i just end up looking like a murderer, or like i just got out of bed. or a murderer who just got out of bed... i'm assuming that you stuck with "current john"? it sounds like the best of the 3 anyway.
Thanks for the MSU explaination :)
As for the change, at least you know it's for better not for worse :)
Oh jeesh, if I lined up my student ids, it would go from...
kind of long hair, big smile
longer hair, big smile,
longer hair with highlights, big smile...
at least you had interesting changes that are fun (albeit embarassing) to look back on. Mine are boring.
My favorite ID pic was the one I took after my original ID went missing. I was a year into college and looked so relaxed compared to the first one where I looked worried and harrassed.
Good luck with school. You'll take it more seriously this time and you'll probably even enjoy it for the classes.
frozen- oh yeah, current john was the only way to go
merili- better...I think
elaine- it just shows my indecisive stylings
smarty- I want to see the worried and harrased version of "smarty"
vigilante- so far I like all my classes but one...should be a fun year.
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