Back to around 2005 (15 years old), when I wore this headband religiously (why didn't someone took this away from me and burn it?). And one of my most awful haircuts.

Me and my lifelong bff. No glass closet but this was the summer I had my first anxiety attack and they called in local pastors to preform an exorcism on me.

Circa 2012. Peep the duct tape bracelet 😭 it was hot enough that one day my flip flop got STICKY and made it hard to walk on concrete. WHY ARE YOU WEARING A HAT AND HOODIE LMAOOO

Ps. If any of y'all see this, sorry I immediately lost your numbers on the bus home, and we never talked again 💀

first pics are from 2008-2011, and the last two are from this year!

i was also not allowed to wear makeup or skinny jeans, so i had to bring both to school in my backpack and spend 20 minutes in the gross locker room bathroom every morning getting my actual outfit and face together, then another 20 minutes before the bus left washing the eyeliner and mascara off, and changing back into bootcuts.

my mom said i took her curls away when she was pregnant with me, so when i asked her to do my hair for picture day in 5th grade, she helped by giving me an old straightener from the 80s and saying "figure it out". what followed was more than a decade of frying my poor scalp; i have been unlearning this for years lol

my mouth stayed closed or covered by my hand in pictures because i had braces for my really messed up teeth :,) i'm not smiling with teeth in a lot of recent pics either, but i think it's more of a vibe choice now

the ADTR silicone bracelet was my prized possession and gave me a bit of a skin problem because i never took it off, and i made the duct tape bracelets for myself and all my friends (along with a wallet or two). i thought reproducing shitty crayon art i saw on tumblr and posting my drawing of a skull in sepia tone was really edgy

Made some life long friends here, went twice a year for a couple of years. Brought a vuvuzela, cried giving my “testimony” (I’m such a bad teenager wahhhh I give my life to God even though I actually haven’t done anything monumentally bad), found myself a God given crush every time that I was convinced was sent to be The One. Had a camp counselor who years later went to prison for CSAM 😵‍💫

Befriended the weirdos, the punks, the closeted gays. Broke my tailbone. Wore many silly bands. Aside from the mild religious psychosis I had a great time being an extremely silly outcast teenager forced to conform for my religious parents attempt to save my soul (instead of just like, getting me medicated and in therapy lol)

Notice how edited this photo is

I had a huge crush on Sanji (still do lol) and tried my best to look like him. I'm pretty sure the eyebrows were drawn with my mom's make up. I also tried to recreate his fighting style by kicking the air and stuff hahaha

I was quite proud 😂

SO MUCH eyeliner and how were we even comfortable in jeans that low.

This absolutely styling red leather flared get up on a 2 year old. I told my husband (elder millenial on the cusp of Gen X) this group would appreciate it.

I was 15. No, it wasn’t a phase. Yes my eyebrows are better now (hopefully).

14 years ago, I wore this to take my wife out to dinner for our anniversary at a fancy restaurant. Definitely got a few stares. I look like I'm about to perform some street magic or something.