I remember getting this picture taken like it was yesterday. This is the only school picture I have in which I’m wearing my glasses. I liked my glasses, but I feel like other people didn’t like them, so I would only wear them at home or when I absolutely needed to at school. I was […]
I was SO proud of my purple Saturn planet shirt! (you can’t really tell they are Saturns in this photo here.) I was a socially awkward, weird, nerd girl who was poor and from a recently divorced home. I felt bad and shy for a while- but ultimately decided to retreat into my art and […]
Hi, I‘m Kaori. As you see in the picture, I hated my smile. When I was very young, my top teeth were behind my bottom teeth when I close them. (anterior crossbite?) So, my parents took me to the dentist (There weren’t orthodontists back then.) and I got a retainer like brace. After a while, my […]
My name is Athena and I was raised on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The little photo tainting my hand was taken around 2006 or 2007 when I graduated from the 6th grade. It was an awkward year full of experimental music and lingo. I would like to say I broke away from those dark […]
It started simply enough. I hadn’t gotten my haircut after about two months and it was getting longer than it had been in quite some time. A girl I thought was cute took note and commented that I should grow out my hair for our junior prom. Not having anything better to do with my life […]