You VS. Teenage You

[Crowley]

So someone at another message board told me about this whole "you and yourself as a teenager" meme going around... thought it might be fun to get that going here...

here's mine... I went a little conceptual with the theme:

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[Sally Sensational]

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Teenage Me - 1993
Was gonna marry the asshole that classring belonged to.
About to start college majoring in pre-med.
Almost completely lacking in any sense whatsoever!

VS.

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Me - 2008
Happily settled with a GIRL that I met in high school!
Two master's degrees, one child, and a mountain of student loan debt.
Like to think that I've gotten a bit of sense through the years - life will knock it into you.

[Crowley]

holy crap Sally... you need to send whatever Vampire bit you over to me... you don't age! You're a knockout!

[Sally Sensational]

holy crap Sally... you need to send whatever Vampire bit you over to me... you don't age! You're a knockout!

Thanks, Crowley. Here I was sitting here thinking I hadn't aged well at all!

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Knockout?

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Does that mean that Shel's........?

[Sally Sensational]

Knockout?

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Does that mean that Shel's........?

Nah. If Shel's anybody in the DCU, she's Huntress. She's even got the Sicilian roots and the bad attitude!

[Bo Bo]

Thanks, Crowley. Here I was sitting here thinking I hadn't aged well at all!

You're kidding right? I think it's more like you haven't aged at all!

[Bo Bo]

So someone at another message board told me about this whole "you and yourself as a teenager" meme going around... thought it might be fun to get that going here...

here's mine... I went a little conceptual with the theme:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/BCrowley/1998vs2008.png


That's a nice pic Crowley! Sorry to say I haven't checked out your stuff until now, but I'll definately take a look once I get home!

[Tages]

Teenage me ten years ago was preoccupied with quoting Nietzsche while committing shoplifting and petty vandalism (during the 2000 presidential campaign my friend Roderique and I went around the neighborhood and stole every single Bush and Gore lawn sign we could find, good times). I listened almost exclusively to classic rock, cultivated a number of from-afar crushes on girls in lieu of actually talking to them, and generally hated almost everyone outside my close friends and immediate family. I was a bitter, cynical misanthrope, kind of like Holden Caulfield except physically bigger and poorer.

Now-me has a larger circle of friends than I'd ever dreamed I would have, listens to all kinds of music, reads all varieties of books, is making movies, writing, learning to draw, and generally holds a positive attitude, though occasionally I lapse into that adolescent, narcotic surge of illusory power only directionless anger at a world that doesn't appreciate you can provide.

[Infra-Man]

1998
Living in San Jose, California

Height: 5'5"
Weight: 155

Music on Heavy Rotation
Smashing Pumpkins, Nine inch Nails, Matthew Sweet, Pixies, Soundgarden, Primus, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Marylin Manson, The Cure

What I Was Reading
Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Poppy Z. Brite, Anne Rice, Bentley Little and other splatterpunks (but strangely enough, not much Stephen King)

What I Was Writing
Horror and dark fantasy stories, most of which were poor copies of better horror stories

Wardrobe
Pseudo-goth (aka The Angry Young Existentialist): Lots of black to be upgraded into an year-long "all-black" phase, black boots that were two sizes too big

What I Wanted to Do
Make movies, write books, graduate

What He'd Say if He Met Me Now
"I can't believe you dress like that. Where'd you put your trenchcoat and boots?"



2008
Living in Brooklyn, New York

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 153

Music on Heavy Rotation
The Jam, The Dismemberment Plan, A Tribe Called Quest, My Bloody Valentine, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, David Bowie, Sam and Dave, George Gershwin

What I'm Reading
John Cheever, Italo Calvino, Michael Chabon, Eudora Welty, John Irving, O. Henry, Richard Yates, Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Jorge Luis Borges, Harlan Ellison, Ursula Le Guin, pretty much everything I can get my hands on

What I'm Writing
Literary fiction, whatever that means

Style
Geeky pseudo-hipster: Various sports jackets or blazers over t-shirts, jeans, lots of discount rack and thrift shop clothes, black-on-black Chucks, thick rectangular-rimmed glasses

What I Want to Do
Become an obscure writer, maybe start a band, run at least three miles every other day, read a lot, watch a lot of movies, listen to a lot of music, dance

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
"Lighten the fuck up. Here, listen to this. It's called Sound Affects. Listen to it and dance. Also listen to this. It's called Raw Power. Come back and I'll make you a mix."

[Cam63]

You buggers impress me greatly.

...As for me, I'd slap teenage Cam around for a day or so until he woke the fuck up to himself.

[Stressfactor]

Teenage Me c. 1991

Height: 5'3"
Weight: 117

Living in Edwardsville, IL.

Music -- can't remember, didn't care all that much, whatever was playing on the local radio stations.

Self-confidence = nil after getting picked on by (male) bullies for the past five years. Yes folks, I went to schools where the knuckle dragging neanderthals were so brave that they picked on a 5'3" 117 pound GIRL.

What I was Reading: a lot of Agatha Christie and Tom Clancy.

What I was Writing: Nothing, except angsty 'woe is me' crap in my diary.

Wardrobe: Preppy

What I wanted to do: Go to college and get a job as a historical researcher (you know, getting paid to do historical research for writers too lazy to do it for themselves -- yes, I was a history nerd. Still am.)

What she would say to me if she met me now: I can't believe I got to be that old without getting married!

Me Now: c. 2008

Living in Kansas City, MO.

Height: 5'4"
Weight: 125

Music: Lots and lots of stuff. Classical, Celtic, Rock, Hard Rock, Pop... etc.

Self Confidence: Tons of it, along with training in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, and Hapkido. I can kick ass and take names intellectually AND physically.

What I'm Reading: Unfortunately a lot of stuff for my classes, comic books, and whatever my mood strikes me when I have some free time.

What I'm writing: Articles and comic book reviews for the website Broken Frontier.

Wardrobe: Blue Jeans on the weekends, dressy casual for work. Stylish and the right balance of not-too-old, not-too-young.

What I Did: Got a Master's Degree, got a job as an archivist, recently went back to school to get a SECOND Master's degree.

What I would say to me if I met her now: Suck it up girl. You're going to kick ass and you're going to end up better off than half of these knuckle dragging neanderthals so take the high road, don't let them get to you and remember: Living well really IS the best revenge.

[Michael P]

Teenage me was an idiot who didn't know shit about women or writing, had no self-confidence, couldn't get a job to save his life, and had barely enough social skills to occasionally pretend to be comfortable around large groups of people.

I've got a beard now.

[Charles RB]

Teenage Me was only four years ago, so I haven't got much of a difference to report.

Unless you're desperate to hear about what I was doing aged 11 in 1998.

[cedardryad]

1998
Living in East Hartford, CT

Height: 4 foot something
Weight: Barely 100 lbs.

Music on Heavy Rotation
Well, Metallica, Duran Duran, Bryan Adams, Queen, Rod Stewart, Sting, Bone Thugs N'Harmony, Wu Tang, Weird Al, Nas, Cherry Poppin' Daddies and a bunch of other things.

What I Was Reading
School books, Edgar Alan Poe, Dark Knight Returns, and I can't remember the rest. I was poor dammit.

What I Was Writing
Erotic horror. I wanted to get into more horror, but then I ended up writing twisted sex stories that had incest, bestiality, and necrophilia. I was repressed.:frown:

Wardrobe
I was a Tomboy that was finally allowed to wear pants so I abused it. I wore baggy clothes to cover my physique. Later more punk clothes and black. No black make-up. I don't like make-up.

What I Wanted to Do
Be a forensic psychologist, mortician or a writer. Oh and save the environment.

What She'd Say if She Met Me Now.
"Eh, you haven't changed much. As long as you still want to write and you love animals I don't care."



2008
Living in Brooklyn, New York

Height: 4'11 and 3/4
Weight: 115

Music on Heavy Rotation
Duran Duran, Backstreet Boys, Weird Al, Bryan Adams, David Bowie, Queen, Rod Stewart, The Darkness, Gnarls Barkley, Seu Jorge, very very little rap, I prefer old school, the same music basically.

What I'm Reading
Hmmm, comics. Druid books, Marion Zimmer Bradley books, religious books in general. History books. Mostly comics though.

What I'm Writing
Comics, well trying. I'm still placing sexual deviants in my main story, but other than that less sex.:biggrin:

Style
More color. Comic book tees, and the occasional grown up person outfit.

What I Want to Do
Become a great comic book writer, and be a carpenter.

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
"Don't change. Unless you think you have to. And go with the flow, everything will turn out just right if you do."

In all honesty I've learned to mask myself pretty well. My old neighbor met Mpagar and she went and told him how crazy I used to be when she met me. She said I changed a lot. MPagar said I didn't. I'm just as crazy and opinionated, but I hide it better.
__________________

[NickThompson]

I could take him. I've got 6 years on him and I'm not as underweight now.

[JamesRitcheyIII]

So someone at another message board told me about this whole "you and yourself as a teenager" meme going around... thought it might be fun to get that going here...

here's mine... I went a little conceptual with the theme:





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I know Chan (always thought her name was spelled Shawn until a few years ago)/ Cat Power--she saw my old band a couple times, I think, plus from her palling around with my friend Debbie Richardson of Magic Bone (and most of the band), my pal Milo, and my evil arch-nemesis, Glen Thrasher (a joke--mutual apathy is more like it), back in the Destroy All Music Festival days and after.

I ran into her at the Star Bar in Atlanta in 2002--She said "Hello, Jim!", but didn't recognize her--since she'd apparently gone all so ten-freaking kinds of beyond hot after late teenagerhood/early twenties.

[Erik Burnham]

Hell, I think I regressed.

[PatrickG]

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1998:
Living in rural North Georgia

2008:
Living in rural North Georgia

1998:
Completed High School, Took Night School Classes to Meet College Requirements

2008:
3 Classes Shy of Completing College

1998:
185 pounds, 6'2"

2008:
220 pounds, 6'0"

1998:
Listened to Beatles, Beach Boys, The Platters and Herman's Hermits

2008:
Listened to Barenaked Ladies, Audioslave, Modest Mouse and the White Stripes

1998 Goals:
Become a famous writer. Ask out the girl I had a crush on in school. Join MENSA. Move to NYC or LA.

2008 Goals:
Make a bit of money doing writing or anything that doesn't involve food. Become a professor. Maybe date a bit. Hang out with my friends. Move to a college town. Build or steal a time machine.

1998 Reading material:
Star Trek novels. Ray Bradbury. Shakespeare.

2008 Reading material:
Pynchon, Vonnegut, Robbins, Bradbury.

1998 Wardrobe:
Skater-ish.

2008 Wardrobe:
Slacker-ish.

What I did:
Lived out my early 20s repeatedly in bizarre variations.

[MacQuarrie]

How are we defining "teenage"? Can I go with 19?

Okay, let's see.....

1978
Living in an abandoned car behind a chinese restaurant in West Covina, CA

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145

Music on Heavy Rotation
Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band, Frank Zappa, Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, Tim Weisberg, Jimmy Buffet's "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time", Beach Boys, Dr. Demento

What I Was Reading
Kurt Vonnegut, James P. Hogan, H. Beam Piper, Howard the Duck, X-Men, Teen Titans

What I Was Writing
Fiction in the form of job applications and apartment rental applications

Wardrobe
weird t-shirts, plaid flannel shirts, jeans from Funky & Damnear New in La Puente, red converse high tops, and a variety of strange hats

What I Wanted to Do
Act

What He'd Say if He Met Me Now
Something very obnoxious in a desperate and ill-thought attempt to be funny.


2008
Living in a 1907 house in Pasadena CA

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 205

Music on Heavy Rotation
Marina V, Eva Cassidy, Jonathan Coulton, Harry Chapin, Mary Black, whatever's on the Coverville podcast, and occasionally the Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band

What I'm Reading
"The Gifts of the Jews" by Thomas Cahill, "Sit, Ubu, Sit" by Gary David Goldberg, Gail Simone, woodworking magazines

What I'm Writing
CBR posts

Wardrobe
weird t-shirts, plaid flannel shirts, jeans from Target, black walking shoes from Big 5, and a boring hat from my employer's swag pile

What I Want to Do
Help my kids to become self-sufficient, happy, well-adjusted people who do better than me

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
"Stop being a spectator in your own life. If you want to do something, do it, don't sit around waiting for somebody else to ask you to do it. And if you get off your ass and get a college degree, you'll make twice as much money. You might also consider enlisting in the Air Force or Navy and letting them pay for your college, since you don't have a lot going on anyway. Oh, and Sue's not worth the drama."

[PatrickG]

...

Wait a sec. James Ritchey lives in Jasper, GA?

You want to go to Waffle House sometime, man? I'm up in Ellijay.

I go through Jasper probably three times a week.

[MacQuarrie]

1998:
185 pounds, 6'2"

2008:
220 pounds, 6'0"
How did you shrink two inches?

[MacQuarrie]

...

Wait a sec. James Ritchey lives in Jasper, GA?

You want to go to Waffle House sometime, man? I'm up in Ellijay.

I go through Jasper probably three times a week.

My late uncle lived in Ellijay. He passed away a couple of years ago. His wife still lives there. Do you know any MacQuarries?

[Gilda Dent]

Teenage me (1995)

Age: 18

Height: 5' 5"

Weight: 125 lbs.

Sex: Male.

Music: Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge, Gloria Esetefan, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams

Reading material: Heinlein, Asimov, Varley, Robert B. Parker, Stephen King

Comics: Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men

Style: Jeans, t-shirts, plain white tennies, close cropped hair.

Relationships: None.

Goals: Get the hell away from home as soon and as far as possible. Get good enough grades in college to keep parental contributions coming. Reinvent myself, make friends, avoid the bullies. Get help to accept myself as I am.

Confidence level: 2/10. Scared of the world, people, life.

Vehicle: 1962 Impala, red body, white top.

What he would say if he met me now: I can really have that life? I thought it was just a fantasy. Any you like girls? When did that happen?

Me now (2008)

Age: 31

Height: 5' 5"

Weight: 110 lbs.

Sex: Female

Music: Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky, Girlyman, Ani Difranco, Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge,

Reading material: Don DeLillo, Robert Coover, Paul Auster, E. Annie Proulx, Ian McEwan

Comics: Modesty Blaise, Walt and Skeezix, Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, Popeye

Style: Work--business casual to business professional, mostly skirt and blouse/sweater stylish comfortable shoes with a mid-heel, opaque tights in winter. Home/other--denim, khaki or light cotton skirt, above the knee, t-shirt, shell top, or spaghetti strap tank, bright colors in summer. Jeans and sweaters with matching tennies in winter. Long hair, makeup that goes for simple and subtle.

Relationships: Happily married, wonderful daughter, house full of kids. No friends I'm not related to.

Goals: Find a way to be happier with what a have rather than always focusing on what is missing. Do well at my job, love the people around me, be a good mommy and sister.

Confidence level: Hasn't changed much.

Vehicle: 2006 Acura RL, pearl white.

What I would say if I met him now: Don't wait for others to approve and support you before you start making the important changes. Do it now, don't pay so much attention to what others might think. It's hard, but it'll be worth the effort. It pays off.

[PatrickG]

How did you shrink two inches?

I'm not sure. I blame it on bad posture but I think it may be my scoliosis.

I didn't take the pain pills when I had my wisdom teeth out either. I probably wouldn't go to the doctor unless I lost my right hand or started swelling purple or something.

The last two times I went were when I nearly died of dehydration (food poisoning/accidentally eating bad meat after a year as a vegetarian) and when I got chemical burns in my eyes.


My late uncle lived in Ellijay. He passed away a couple of years ago. His wife still lives there. Do you know any MacQuarries?

Weird.

I don't but my parents might. They know everybody in town. I don't know many people over 50 or so unless they're regulars at my parents' business.

[Matt Algren]

Teenage me to old me: "When does the hurting stop?"

Old me to teenage me: "It doesn't. You don't get rich either. The good news is that it'll take forever to get through school because you're too stupid to get in now while you have no bills or responsibilities or anything, and hyou get to work in a menial job being other people's bitch, which isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds."

Teenage me to Old me: "But why do you thi..."

Old me to teenage me: "I want to kill you."

[scout1279]

Aside from wearing considerably less flannel now, I don't know that I've changed all that much. I was a complete insomniac through most of middle school and high school, so I suppose I'm more well rested too.

[Crowley]

I know Chan (always thought her name was spelled Shawn until a few years ago)/ Cat Power--she saw my old band a couple times, I think, plus from her palling around with my friend Debbie Richardson of Magic Bone (and most of the band), my pal Milo, and my evil arch-nemesis, Glen Thrasher (a joke--mutual apathy is more like it), back in the Destroy All Music Festival days and after.

I ran into her at the Star Bar in Atlanta in 2002--She said "Hello, Jim!", but didn't recognize her--since she'd apparently gone all so ten-freaking kinds of beyond hot after late teenagerhood/early twenties.

That's pretty cool... I love her music... and yeah she's beyond beautiful.

[Crowley]

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
"Stop being a spectator in your own life. If you want to do something, do it, don't sit around waiting for somebody else to ask you to do it. And if you get off your ass and get a college degree, you'll make twice as much money. You might also consider enlisting in the Air Force or Navy and letting them pay for your college, since you don't have a lot going on anyway. Oh, and Sue's not worth the drama."

I probably would have told myself "Stop being such a coward... a city is just a city, go to them, go find some adventures... stop playing it so goddamn safe! And don't waste your money on videotapes you watch them once and then they're worthless."

[JamesRitcheyIII]

...

Wait a sec. James Ritchey lives in Jasper, GA?

Not by choice, my friend, not by choice...:biggrin:

It's just what I get for pursuing comics for my mid-life crisis--only place I can afford to live is out here.

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY miss Little Five Points--I spent the better part of my adult life there. I seriously miss my friends, and running in to old friends...:frown:


You want to go to Waffle House sometime, man? I'm up in Ellijay.

I go through Jasper probably three times a week.

Buncha fine comic folk/talent in North GA. Sean Taylor and Steve Scott are both in Alpharetta, Bobby Nash is around somewhere, Blake Wilkie in Canton. I dunno where Jeff Austin is exactly these days, but I seem to remember him living in Tate, down the road.

We should definitely hang out, though, G--we're likely two of the most alike creatively on this board--besides those here supporting themselves with their writing and/or art. We should form a secret society!

Been wondering, if you'd consider full/partial collab on a submission (Earth Three), once I get a better/proven track record going...

Not (NEVER BEEN) a fan of Awful House, but mebbe there's a coffee shop somewhere in downtown Jasper? Haven't explored very much, except the 'Community Thrift' a few times...

[Infra-Man]

You know, I'd probably also tell my teenage self

"Okay, three important things in college: 1) Don't eat so much pizza and cheap Mexican food because you'll gain 20 pounds at the end of your freshman year and it will take you the rest of your collegiate career to work it off; 2) Camille -----n totally has the hots for you, so don't chicken out when she invites you into her room to 'look at her Julie Taymor book,' which is obviously a euphemism for something; 3) Even though you'll be busy atoning for being a slacker in high school by becoming a good student, be sure to have a good time in between studying, term papers, and working at the school paper."

[PatrickG]

Hm. I'd say:

"Forget about Amy. Don't sweat the small stuff. Get your degree. Stick with the English major but feel free to take six or so years because you'll miss meeting some cool people otherwise. Maybe double major in Comm. Maybe take a year off but no more than that. Get a job working for professors and keep it. Nag your mom about her health. Nag Jeffry about the girls he dates. Stay in touch with a girl named Jen. Spend as much time as you can visiting with Mrs. Miller. Say hi to Mrs. Mullins for me when you meet her and get as many stories out of her as you can. Treasure your grandparents. Get drunk but only once a week at most. Keep up the comics stuff and have something real and finished to show Eddie in 2001. Don't EVER look for a single direction to take your life in; people tell you that you don't have to choose NOW but I'm telling you that you'll NEVER have to choose JUST ONE so embrace everything you can do at the moment but don't be stupid and overload yourself. Oh... And remember this: I want you to do to Steak and Shake as much as you can up in Dalton and start hanging out with Bob and Jason and Sean. Bob will be murdered in 2007. Don't ever let him get into a situation where that could happen."

"Oh... And I want you to save a few hundred dollars and pick up the 2007 Botcon Transformers set. You'll make your money back and you'll be ticked if you don't."

[Tetsuo_man]

Ok if i chime in, i'm only 21 (soon to be 22) so i don't know if i qualifiy.

[PatrickG]

We should definitely hang out, though, G--we're likely two of the most alike creatively on this board--besides those here supporting themselves with their writing and/or art. We should form a secret society!

Been wondering, if you'd consider full/partial collab on a submission (Earth Three), once I get a better/proven track record going...

Not (NEVER BEEN) a fan of Awful House, but mebbe there's a coffee shop somewhere in downtown Jasper? Haven't explored very much, except the 'Community Thrift' a few times...

Not a LOT open late in that town and I get the vibe that we're both probably more second-to-third shift people.

If you want to hit up Applebee's or Starbuck's (or Courtyard, in the same shopping center) down in Canton, that's fine. (Canton's about ten miles down the four lane.)

Starbuck's up here is open until 10:30 on weekends. (Ellijay being fifteen miles up the four lane.)

I'll PM you my cell. I'd love to sit down and talk Earth Three. As I recall, your ideas are so far out that they may lend themselves to an original concept entirely. Or as an alternative, we could try to burn our way through what's left of my contacts. I've had some pretty interesting ideas for spins we could put on the concept.

[The Ray]

" Jesus Christ kid. You're life is going to turn into shit. "

[sk716]

I dunno. . . 1991 was a long time ago. . .

Living:
Jacksonville, AR

HT: 5'6"
WT: 160ish

Music: Everything

Reading: Douglas Adams, Tolkien, Stephen King, Dickens, Shakespeare, pretty much anything somebody handed me.

Writing: Little to nothing.

Wardrobe: Holey jeans, t-shirts, Reebok High tops.

Goals: Have a good time. At the time I was already enlisted in the Army which I had intended to use to put myself through college.

What Teenage Me would say to Grown Up Me: "Oh my God! Steph?!? Seriously! Bullshit, you made that up! What the fuck?!!? Excuse me, I'm gonna go get drunk now and pretend I never heard a word of this."


2008:
Living:
Hot Springs, AR

HT: 5'6"
WT: 145ish

Music: Mostly Classic Rock.

Reading: Christopher Moore and anything Gail writes.

Writing: Again, little to nothing.

Wardrobe: Jeans, funny/geeky t-shirts, Nikes.

Goals: Have a good time.

What grown up me would say to teenaged me: "You're such a smart-ass. That's not going to change, by the way."

[Crowley]

you guys should all post pictures!

[RachelEvil]

1998 (age 15/16)

Living in Berlin, CT, in the middle of high school.

Music: Sonic Youth, Ramones, KMFDM, Devo, Sponge, Tracy Bonham, Tori Amos, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Megadeth (shut up), Veruca Salt, Filter, The Breeders, L7, Primus, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nomeansno, Ministry.

Reading: Douglas Adams, Anthony Burgess, lots of bad sci-fi and fantasy.

Writing: Vaguely dadaist and/or surrealist short stories, poems, and one-act plays.

Favorite comics creators: Steve Gerber, Garth Ennis, Roman Dirge, Joe Kelly.

Favorite artist: Marcel Duchamp.

Goals: Writing career, alcoholism.

Vehicle: Bicycle.


2008 (age 25, going on 26)

Living in New Britain, CT, working in retail hell.

Music: The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, Polysics, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Epoxies, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth (some things never change), KMFDM (ditto), Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Minutemen, Peaches, Soviettes, Noisettes, Awesome Snakes, Northern State, Tegan and Sara, Portishead, eX-Girl.

Reading: Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler, Haruki Murakami, lots of non-fiction about comics and music (currently working through a stack of the 33 1/3 books).

Writing: Not enough. Working on comic scripts.

Favorite comics creators: Grant Morrison, Gail Simone, Warren Ellis, Brian K. Vaughan, Los Bros Hernandez, Alison Bechdel.

Favorite artist: Joe Coleman.

Goals: Writing career.

Vehicle: Sneakers and/or the city bus.


What I'd say to teenage me: You know who you are. Stop lying to yourself about it. Talk to someone about it. Do what you have to do to get where you need to be. It won't be easy, but waiting isn't fun, trust me. And hell, if you don't listen to me, and do everything just the same, at least listen to this: In 2002, do not get in that car.

[Tobias March]

1998
Dublin, Ireland

Height: 6'2"
Weight: ?

Music on Heavy Rotation
Smashing Pumpkins, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Radiohead

What I Was Reading
Albert Camus, Voltaire, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Nietzsche

What I Was Writing
Piss poor sf, long rambling poems

Wardrobe
Cast offs of cousins

What I Wanted to Do
Write novels

What He'd Say if He Met Me Now
You sold out to the government! Loser...


2008
Dublin (but I was in other places!!)

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 14 stone

Music on Heavy Rotation
Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Mos Def, The Roots, The Dresden Dolls, The Clash, Martha Wainwright

What I'm Reading
M. John Harrison, Will Self, Mikhail Bulgakov, Kelly Link, Michael Moorcock, Slavoj Zizek

What I'm Writing
Pisspoor 'real life dramas' shorter poems thankfully

Style
Slightly more expensive fabric in the shirts. Give the appearance of an accountant slacking off.

What I Want to Do
Write short fiction, maybe even work at screen writing, travel more

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
Try talking to girls, I think you'll find it works. That means also listening, not conducting an imaginary neurotic conversation in your head. You are not an ogre.

[Tetsuo_man]

well i guess i'll leave myself since i found my once huge crush morgan laders is going to marry hmm. (knida bit crying anyway).

when i was eighteen
http://a82.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/l_0fb9c71b83c979085d99368c03acbc71.jpg
in my alan moore stage (so much so that i once thought i might be mr. moore's illigetimate child).
anyway here i am a virgin never had a girlfriend. closest was when i was wiht a frind showed my love for her and pissed off her parents by leaving god only knows how many mounts of messages to her place. on top of that i had a good cheast. nice really it wasn't till years went by that i found out if you build up your chest remember please build it up every day or you'll have man boobs. i'm so too honest. anyway i don't think there is anything else i'lll have to show.

i may wnat to show myself as too cute but who cares every girl who has liked me has already got a boyfriend. who cares these are my recent pics witout fuzz and with.

http://a718.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/46/l_8cb435db5db1b7c6eac11b27d4a03af5.jpg
http://a742.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/l_2cb15798a35748c9487627cc00d28585.jpg
http://a949.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/28/l_1ea82eedad6c47aa4bc70ca48b0384ac.jpg

since then i have had one girlfriend who has lasted less than a week we made out but nothing came of it. she is still one of my best friends and she goes through boyfriends and girlfriends like i don't know but i respect and love her as a friend.i don'tr know what else to say. maybe i'll think of something.

[Tetsuo_man]

I swear i looked like a young alane moore. Anyway evenen tho i didn't hear from any of ya this is all my sort of weird mid life crissis to hearing morgan laders is off the market. seriously i so had a crush on her, tho still think she is one of the greatest female metal vocalist of alltime but stilll so attractive and so talented.

[section 8]

i'm going to use Sixteen/Seventeen me for this. that was the time in my life when i was truly gone.

Me @ Sixteen/Seventeen

Ht. 6'ft even

Wt. 275 lbs

vehicle: '85 Firebird,

(no license or even learners permit)

Education: High School drop out (to avoid being expelled)

Goals NFL, (after a knee injury took me out of football: Army Machine Gunner 82nd Airborne Division, (same injury f**ked that up too.) oh and KILL Leo Decaprio

present day ( age,24)

Ht 6'2

wt. 290 lbs

Vehicle: '95 Nissan Maxima
(Driver's lisence, clean record)

Education: college drop out, (ran out of money)

Goals: return to school, get my Criminal Justice degree. continue i n the foield of security Freelance for a while, then start my own firm. oh and NAIL Asslisa Milano

what adult me would say to teenage me :

"keep a lower profile.You know who can, and cannot trust, don't second guess this. quietly telling somone to 'kiss my ass' with a smile is better than yelling it at the top of your lungs.

what teenage me would say back: .

...(nothing he'd kick the shit out of me)

[Sabrinaset]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/5-23-200851810PM.jpg

Then: Short, skinny, and told myself I was worthless.

Didn't listen to music. Hid in books when I wasn't being kicked outta high school. Rebelled against what was popular by doing whatever everyone at school wasn't doing.

Now: Short, average weight, and have everyone on CBR to tell me I'm worthless!

Listen to music when Kris tells me to. Now I hide in comic books. Rebel against what is popular by ... well, nevermind!

What a teenaged me would say to the grown-up me: @#$!!! I'm still alive?

[Tetsuo_man]

eigherhter way your cut sab while me i aint eigther way.

[Ben Morgan]

eigherhter way your cut sab while me i aint eigther way.
Did Hybrid possess you?:confused:

[Sabrinaset]

eigherhter way your cut sab while me i aint eigther way.

I have no idea what this means!

[Bo Bo]

Then: Short, skinny, and told myself I was worthless.

Didn't listen to music. Hid in books when I wasn't being kicked outta high school. Rebelled against what was popular by doing whatever everyone at school wasn't doing.

Now: Short, average weight, and have everyone on CBR to tell me I'm worthless!

Listen to music when Kris tells me to. Now I hide in comic books. Rebel against what is popular by ... well, nevermind!

What a teenaged me would say to the grown-up me: @#$!!! I'm still alive?

That's not true! I don't tell you or even think for that matter that you're worthless at all!

[Sabrinaset]

That's not true! I don't tell you or even think for that matter that you're worthless at all!

Okay ... not EVERYONE then!

What about that drawing? I liked doing that drawing! I even had that exact mushroom cloud shirt when I was 14!

[Infra-Man]

you guys should all post pictures!

All my teenage photos are on the other side of the country, so here's a quick and dirty drawing done with markers:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3527/thenandnowxg9.jpg

[Ben Morgan]

Okay ... not EVERYONE then!

What about that drawing? I liked doing that drawing! I even had that exact mushroom cloud shirt when I was 14!
At first I thought you were holding a miniature atomic explosion in your hands

[Sabrinaset]

That's nice, Infra-Man!

[Bo Bo]

Okay ... not EVERYONE then!

What about that drawing? I liked doing that drawing! I even had that exact mushroom cloud shirt when I was 14!

hmm... dunno, never seen you when you were 14, but I'll take your word for it.

[Bo Bo]

All my teenage photos are on the other side of the country, so here's a quick and dirty drawing done with markers:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3527/thenandnowxg9.jpg

That a quick and dirty drawing :eek:


*jealous of all the artists at YABS*

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Me, Circa 1998-1999 (15 to 16 years of age):

Attending Sanderson High School, here in Raleigh.

Living with Ma and little sis.

Height: Probably about 6'6

Unemployed.

Transport: Ma's car (with her driving, as I never learned), own two legs

Reading: Superman & Batman comics with the occasional spin-off of these two, occasional x-over, whatever I was assigned in class at the moment.

Music: Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Korn, Limp Bizkit, occasionally Metallica

Style: dweeby-- usually non T-- shirts, jeans, velcro shoes (didn't conclusively learn how to tie them until I was 21; true story)

Goals: Fall in love (not just simply 'get a girlfriend'; had to be full blown LOVE), graduate, get my teeth fixed, write stuff professionally someday

Confidence level: Not even gonna try putting a number, but pretty fucking low.



Me today (25, going on 26):

Still living with Ma in Raleigh for now (albiet in a new place), but sis has moved on.

Height: 6'8

Working in kitchen at a restaurant in Brier Creek; worked-- indoors as well as out-- at a CostCo for a while (not where I pictured myself in either case, but not the worst future I could be facing by a longshot).

Transport: Bus system, (still) own two legs, occasional ride (usually when the buses aren't running)

Reading: Lots more comics in many more formats & styles than ever before (Top 10, Nextwave, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Planetary, Promethea, Love & Rockets, American Born Chinese, Fun Home), with the occasional classic prose or thriller novel.

Music: Pixies, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis

Style: Got looser/grungier as time went on (maybe even too much); we'll see if it stays this way as time goes further. The wild hair hasn't changed since then... too much (but then again, I've had it most of my whole life).

Goals: Get a much better paying job with a bit more hours, move out in the near-- as possible-- future, do what I can to maintain my dental-- and general-- health (got that stuff taken care of long ago, though I've had two extractions in the back and a couple porcelin crowns to show for it), we'll see about female companionship; and I think I've moved on from really desiring to write when I finally saw how much I, frankly, sucked a bowling ball through a straw.

Confidence level: I can certainly say it's improved.


As for what I'd say to my high-school doppleganger, I may have to think about that a spell.

[Tetsuo_man]

just wish i could draw like bree.

[section 8]

eigherhter way your cut sab while me i aint eigther way.

......Get R Done

[Ben Morgan]

what i meant was that eigther way sabs would be way more attractive than me. nayway eighter way congrats on the wedding!

I think he's saying Bree is more attractive than him, and congrats on her wedding? :confused:

[Hybrid2]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/5-23-200851810PM.jpg

Then: Short, skinny, and told myself I was worthless.

Didn't listen to music. Hid in books when I wasn't being kicked outta high school. Rebelled against what was popular by doing whatever everyone at school wasn't doing.

Now: Short, average weight, and have everyone on CBR to tell me I'm worthless!

Listen to music when Kris tells me to. Now I hide in comic books. Rebel against what is popular by ... well, nevermind!

What a teenaged me would say to the grown-up me: @#$!!! I'm still alive?

Who ever told you you where wortless in here?
LIES! all lies.

Great drawing as always.
I'm jealous.

[Tetsuo_man]

ben interpertaition is the correct one i think (sometimes i don't even understand myself), as messed up as my rambling has seemed.

[Ben Morgan]

Who ever told you you where wortless in here?
LIES! all lies.

Great drawing as always.
I'm jealous.You're jealous of her drawing abilities, or teenage fashion sense?

[MacQuarrie]

you guys should all post pictures!

I sincerely doubt that any exist from that era.

[Tetsuo_man]

i erased some rambling from ealier. anyway goodluck sabs for your wedding. man i wish i could draw like you. there that's the way.

[cedardryad]

you guys should all post pictures!

If only such things of me existed. I'm as camera friendly today as I was then.

[Crowley]

What I Want to Do
Help my kids to become self-sufficient, happy, well-adjusted people who do better than me

Just for the record Mac... I think you're at least at the 99.5% mark on this goal. I don't know your kids, but from what you've told us all I think you've done really good by them. When I have kids someday I hope I can do as good a job as you have.

[Crowley]

All my teenage photos are on the other side of the country, so here's a quick and dirty drawing done with markers:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3527/thenandnowxg9.jpg


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/5-23-200851810PM.jpg

Then: Short, skinny, and told myself I was worthless.

Didn't listen to music. Hid in books when I wasn't being kicked outta high school. Rebelled against what was popular by doing whatever everyone at school wasn't doing.

Now: Short, average weight, and have everyone on CBR to tell me I'm worthless!

Listen to music when Kris tells me to. Now I hide in comic books. Rebel against what is popular by ... well, nevermind!

What a teenaged me would say to the grown-up me: @#$!!! I'm still alive?

These are both awesome!

[a. non]

I never really felt like a teenager when was that age.

1998:

16, 5'11'', 200lb, ridiculously book-smart to he point of social ineptitude, ignorant of self and how i really feel, came out to self as bi

Music: Garbage, REM, Smashing Pumpkins, Sheryl Crow

Books: Douglas Adams, Asimov, Clarke,

Car: none

2008:

26, 6', 220lb, college grad lacking motivation, way too aware of what i'm feeling (both bi and asexual, both boy and girl inside)

Books: Stephen Baxter, Iain M. Banks, Neil Gaiman

Music: same

Car: 2001 Mercury Sable (got license at age 23)

To teenage self:

"Hey. You're a reeeeealy late bloomer. Things are going to change, and everything is going to hit you like a brick. You'll finally tell mom you're bi, but both times she won't believe you. You shouldn't have threatened to break that older girl's hand when she pinched your bottom in the stairwell. Girls found you attractive, but you finally learn that they're not jokes or traps. You really did miss out on a lot of things.

You'll hide your bipolar symtoms from everyone, and they'll become worse. You'll start viewing yourself through a new lense, and certain things will fall into place. And most importantly, you will not become your parents. You'll still feel shitty and want to act like them sometimes, but you are better able to manage it."


PS: you'll be jealous of your future friends' drawing ability

[Tetsuo_man]

These are both awesome!

yeah agreed.

[Crowley]

photo comparison:




April 2008:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/brianjcrowley/DSCN1409.jpg

1997-1998ish
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/brianjcrowley/1997_18yome.jpg
with my dad
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/brianjcrowley/meDad.jpg
with my sister
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/brianjcrowley/mindime.jpg

really would like to have my teenage body back...

[Kyuubi]

You've never not had that beard, have you?



I bet if you shaved that thing, you'd have some weird tan lines.

[DungeonmasterJim]

1987

http://members.aol.com/axel246/htm/jim.jpg
Living in Wilbraham, MA

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 135

Music on Heavy Rotation
Led Zeppelin - seriously, that really was it

What I Was Reading
Uncanny X-Men and a lot of other Marvel titles. DC? You mean that other comic book company?

What I Was Writing
A semi-autobiographical story about my high school days with later volumes that were all fiction.

Wardrobe
Led Zeppelin t-shirts (I literally had about 12 of them) and chords for school, lived in sweat pants at home. Usually I stuck to dark colors or white.

What I Wanted to Do
Be in a rock band or a pro wrestler or a comic book artist

What He'd Say if He Met Me Now
'I guess I haven't really changed much'



2008

http://www.comicspace.com/jamesroberts/uploaded/16318/1201785913_EorL8XYxqK.jpg

Living in Ludlow, MA (a town that borders Wilbraham)

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 168

Music on Heavy Rotation
Large variety on my mp3 players but heavily into classic rock guitar bands. Led Zeppelin is still my all-time favorite band.

What I'm Reading
comic books, Harry Potter, Anita Blake

What I'm Writing
stories of my comic characters both super-hero and horror

Style
t-shirts usually sports related and atheletic work out style pants

What I Want to Do
be in a rock band or write comics

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
'Work harder at your dreams so you don't end up in a decent but fairly un-interesting factory job.'

DM Jim

[RachelEvil]

Okay ... not EVERYONE then!

What about that drawing? I liked doing that drawing! I even had that exact mushroom cloud shirt when I was 14!

That shirt is pretty damn awesome.

You wear a labcoat and carry a handgun? Are you a player character? (Gah. Sorry. Showimg my rpg dork roots, there.)

Kickin' picture.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

To myself from today: "Where, oh where, to begin? I know some people your age trying to fit in may, shall we say, embellish the truth on occasion, but it just never helps. Just tell the truth: it can set you free. And I know you feel different because of your Asperger's... but just how much have you tried to find out about those differences and what they may mean for you? Sure, you had those hangout-groups on the weekends with the other kids like you, but there's still so much more you could do to learn about it*. Will, for an example, reading more about your condition make you feel less different? Maybe, maybe not. But it's a damn good place to start. Who knows, you may even start to appreciate things you even once took for granted; like the support you have (and had, in the past) around you. Folks like your Mom, Miss Keeling, Mr. Warner, and probably many others I'm forgetting can be a great help, but they can't fix everything for you; they-- to paraphrase a great comics character of around this time period-- give you the tools to understand so that you can change things. And they're only stuck here, hoping that you do.

That may be all I can say to you for now; I'm really not the best person in the world to say this kind of stuff. Just try and remember all this in the future, and maybe things won't be so bad, I guess is what I'm saying.

Oh, wait, there is something else: do something about your tastes in things, for fuck's sake. While some have done good things blending rap & rock (Chili Peppers, Rage, maybe the Beastie Boys), many others do not with a capital *DO*, capital *NOT.* And why are you wasting your time & money with middle of the road dreck like the current Superman: King Of The World nonsense? Look, you may be too young for, say, Preacher or the comic I paraphrased above (Transmetropolitan), but you're still in time for stuff like Supreme, Starman, and Hitman. Someday, those magic machines in the school library will lead you to a world where taste will-- especially-- be quite crucial."

*there may still be.

[PatrickG]

You've never not had that beard, have you?



I bet if you shaved that thing, you'd have some weird tan lines.

I bet if he'd shaved it, he'd find that there was nothing underneath it! No chin. No jaw. Just beard!

[Shisho]

I wouldn't mind weighing what I weighed back then, but that's about it. If I met teenage me, I'd smack her upside her head and told her lazy ass to get to work. Oh, and I'd tell her to be nicer to her mom (I can't believe she let me get away with that!), and to tell her older brothers that they're both acting like douchebags.

And I'd let her know it's okay to dye her hair purple if she really wanted to.

[Sabrinaset]

That shirt is pretty damn awesome.

You wear a labcoat and carry a handgun? Are you a player character? (Gah. Sorry. Showimg my rpg dork roots, there.)

Kickin' picture.

I'm a doctor with a gun collection!

And thanks!

[stealthwise]

1998 (16)
Living in Northern BC, Canada

Height: Just under 6 feet
Weight: 180 pounds

Music on Heavy Rotation
Metallica, Slayer, Pantera.

What I Was Reading
Not a whole hell of a lot, actually. Mostly magazines and whatever high school made me read. Occasional Stephen King novel.

What I Was Writing
Random short stories and ideas for larger projects that I would never get around to. I also finished my sentences with prepositions.

Wardrobe
Black band t-shirts. Jeans. Repeat.

What I Wanted to Do
Be a professional writer.

What He'd Say if He Met Me Now.
"SELL OUT!"



2008 (26)
Living in Northern BC, still. (Teen Me: "WTF?")

Height: About 6 feet
Weight: 240 pounds (sigh, I've become Homer Simpson)

Music on Heavy Rotation
Metallica, Foo Fighters, Sevendust, Modest Mouse, Alter Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Death Cab for Cutie, Testament, Machine Head... (Teen Me again: "RHCP? SELL OOOOUUUUUUTTTT!")

What I'm Reading
Mostly comics, the occasional business course text or academic article for my never-ending thesis.

What I'm Writing
Outlines for writing projects and thesis chapters that never get done. Reports for work.

Style
Long sleeve, button up shirts with collars. Dress pants. On weekends, black band t-shirts and jeans.

What I Want to Do
Keep my career going smoothly, perhaps get something published that I'm proud of. Stop finishing sentences with prepositions.

What I'd Say to My Teenage Self If I Met Him Now
"Wow, I kind of sucked."

When I think back, I've actually changed for the better in almost every way, except I'm fatter and slightly balder. Go me?

[Crowley]

You've never not had that beard, have you?



I bet if you shaved that thing, you'd have some weird tan lines.
born with it.

I tend to shave it off every once in while and then hate how my face looks without it.
The current beard I've had for year, if I still lived in Florida maybe if I shaved again I'd have tan lines...

[Gilda Dent]

you guys should all post pictures!

I don't do that.

[Sabrinaset]

I don't do that.

Gilda as a teenager:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/Shoesavatar-1.jpg

Gilda now!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f336/sabrinaset/Gilda_No_Glasses.jpg

[Tages]

Random short stories and ideas for larger projects that I would never get around to. I also finished my sentences with prepositions.

Keep my career going smoothly, perhaps get something published that I'm proud of. Stop finishing sentences with prepositions.

*deep breath*

The English language doesn't have declensions.

[Hybrid2]

You're jealous of her drawing abilities, or teenage fashion sense?

Bowt.

and the hair.

[hellokittykat]

Double post.

[Sabrinaset]

HelloKittyKat is a hottie, as you can see the the post below mine!

[Ben Morgan]

Bowt.

and the hair.
Bree needs to draw Hy with blue hair and eating Mr. Ed in garlic sauce.

[hellokittykat]

Almost 18:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/Scans006.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who only wore jeans, t-shirts & boots-all two sizes too big to hide my figure; dyed hair almost black
Music: Led Zeppelin, Tool, Aerosmith, NIN, Metallica (before they sold out), Guns & Roses (before the sucked), Live (I have no excuse for this :redface:), Rollings Stones, Beatles, Slayer
Weapons: Just started learning kickboxing and 'chucks.
Confidence: Can we do negative numbers? :redface:
Memory: I'm about to lose my memory and forget all of this stuff

VS.

30!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who likes pink, girly stuff too; hair nearly its natural color now, just with low lights intead of dying it
Music: My favorites are still for the most part Led Zeppelin, Tool, Perfect Circle, Aerosmith (yeah, yeah I gotta have one vice, don't I?), Rolling Stones, NIN, Slayer, Blur...but I listen to everything especially obscure metal bands
Weapons: I am a weapon >:-)
Confidence: Depends. Some things I kick ass at, and I know it, but other things, like my writing or having people's attention, I couldn't be more self-conscious
Memory: Still can't remember most of high school, but I've made twelve years of memories since then to make up for it

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Teen Me:

Perpetually angry or depressed, self distructive ball of fury.

Me now: Much more mellow.

I think teen me wins in a fight. What's what this tread is about right? Right??

[hellokittykat]

Bree needs to draw Hy with blue hair and eating Mr. Ed in garlic sauce.

I approve this.


HelloKittyKat is a hottie!

You're a hottie, Blondie Bear! :biggrin:

[Gilda Dent]

And in true Earth 2 fashion, I used to dye my hair black, too. I wanted to hide the white streak in my hair and wanted to look more like the other Asian kids at school with their shiny black hair.

[hellokittykat]

And in true Earth 2 fashion, I used to dye my hair black, too. I wanted to hide the white streak in my hair and wanted to look more like the other Asian kids at school with their shiny black hair.

I don't know why I died my hair that dark-probably because I was going through a dark time? :confused:

Oh yeah, and I'm not sure who would win in a fight...probably me now. Even with a bad back and twenty pounds lighter, I have much more martial arts training, and I know how to cheat better now. :evilsmile:

[Crowley]

Almost 18:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/Scans006.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who only wore jeans, t-shirts & boots-all two sizes too big to hide my figure; dyed hair almost black
Music: Led Zeppelin, Tool, Aerosmith, NIN, Metallica (before they sold out), Guns & Roses (before the sucked), Live (I have no excuse for this :redface:), Rollings Stones, Beatles, Slayer
Weapons: Just started learning kickboxing and 'chucks.
Confidence: Can we do negative numbers? :redface:
Memory: I'm about to lose my memory and forget all of this stuff

VS.

30!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who likes pink, girly stuff too; hair nearly its natural color now, just with low lights intead of dying it
Music: My favorites are still for the most part Led Zeppelin, Tool, Perfect Circle, Aerosmith (yeah, yeah I gotta have one vice, don't I?), Rolling Stones, NIN, Slayer, Blur...but I listen to everything especially obscure metal bands
Weapons: I am a weapon >:-)
Confidence: Depends. Some things I kick ass at, and I know it, but other things, like my writing or having people's attention, I couldn't be more self-conscious
Memory: Still can't remember most of high school, but I've made twelve years of memories since then to make up for it
I love that it's the same pose and the wallpaper is similar!
And wow... Like Sally you don't age either!

[Crowley]

I don't know why I died my hair that dark-probably because I was going through a dark time? :confused:

Oh yeah, and I'm not sure who would win in a fight...probably me now. Even with a bad back and twenty pounds lighter, I have much more martial arts training, and I know how to cheat better now. :evilsmile:

While I'm way out of shape and nowhere near the Tang Soo Do black belt shape I was at 18. I think I could still my 18yo self's ass... mostly psychologically, but I know the places to hit and how many minutes I have before I get tired out.

[Gilda Dent]

Teenage me would definitely kick current me's butt, especially with no prep time.

Fifteen pounds heavier, much stronger in the upper body, and not a pacifist.

[Sabrinaset]

Teenage me would definitely kick current me's butt, especially with no prep time.

Well, duh! Teenage Gilda was just a pair of feet!

Hmm ... teenage me fought a lot in high school, but then again, current me was trained by Kris, and is in the same shape as teen me. Also, current me is a better shot and has access to more weapons, so I'll go with current me for the win!

[hellokittykat]

I love that it's the same pose and the wallpaper is similar!
And wow... Like Sally you don't age either!

Thanks, Crow. :redface:

It was funny that I happened to do the same pose, probably since both dresses had a fancy back, and I'm that smiling in both pictures because usually I stick my tongue out or something.


While I'm way out of shape and nowhere near the Tang Soo Do black belt shape I was at 18. I think I could still my 18yo self's ass... mostly psychologically, but I know the places to hit and how many minutes I have before I get tired out.

Experience kicks youth's ass. :biggrin:


Teenage me would definitely kick current me's butt, especially with no prep time.

Fifteen pounds heavier, much stronger in the upper body, and not a pacifist.

Well, it is Earth 2, so there are bound to be some differences between us. :wink:


Well, duh! Teenage Gilda was just a pair of feet!

Hmm ... teenage me fought a lot in high school, but then again, current me was trained by Kris, and is in the same shape as teen me. Also, current me is a better shot and has access to more weapons, so I'll go with current me for the win!

I think current you would win, too. :wink:

[Hybrid2]

Almost 18:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/Scans006.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who only wore jeans, t-shirts & boots-all two sizes too big to hide my figure; dyed hair almost black
Music: Led Zeppelin, Tool, Aerosmith, NIN, Metallica (before they sold out), Guns & Roses (before the sucked), Live (I have no excuse for this :redface:), Rollings Stones, Beatles, Slayer
Weapons: Just started learning kickboxing and 'chucks.
Confidence: Can we do negative numbers? :redface:
Memory: I'm about to lose my memory and forget all of this stuff

VS.

30!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who likes pink, girly stuff too; hair nearly its natural color now, just with low lights intead of dying it
Music: My favorites are still for the most part Led Zeppelin, Tool, Perfect Circle, Aerosmith (yeah, yeah I gotta have one vice, don't I?), Rolling Stones, NIN, Slayer, Blur...but I listen to everything especially obscure metal bands
Weapons: I am a weapon >:-)
Confidence: Depends. Some things I kick ass at, and I know it, but other things, like my writing or having people's attention, I couldn't be more self-conscious
Memory: Still can't remember most of high school, but I've made twelve years of memories since then to make up for it

Said it before.i'll say it again.
YOU ARE HOT!!

[Crowley]

She is quite the stunner.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

She is quite the stunner.

This is true.

[Pink Bat Maxine]

This is true.

Motion 'HelloKittyKat Is A Pretty Lady' has been seconded, and is put to a vote.

All in favor, say 'aye'.

[Hybrid2]

aye

............

[Tetsuo_man]

Almost 18:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/Scans006.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who only wore jeans, t-shirts & boots-all two sizes too big to hide my figure; dyed hair almost black
Music: Led Zeppelin, Tool, Aerosmith, NIN, Metallica (before they sold out), Guns & Roses (before the sucked), Live (I have no excuse for this :redface:), Rollings Stones, Beatles, Slayer
Weapons: Just started learning kickboxing and 'chucks.
Confidence: Can we do negative numbers? :redface:
Memory: I'm about to lose my memory and forget all of this stuff

VS.

30!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 130
Style: Scuzzy tomboy who likes pink, girly stuff too; hair nearly its natural color now, just with low lights intead of dying it
Music: My favorites are still for the most part Led Zeppelin, Tool, Perfect Circle, Aerosmith (yeah, yeah I gotta have one vice, don't I?), Rolling Stones, NIN, Slayer, Blur...but I listen to everything especially obscure metal bands
Weapons: I am a weapon >:-)
Confidence: Depends. Some things I kick ass at, and I know it, but other things, like my writing or having people's attention, I couldn't be more self-conscious
Memory: Still can't remember most of high school, but I've made twelve years of memories since then to make up for it


man my jaw has dropped if i might say so you are super hawt. seriously wowza!

[a. non]

*passes out from nosebleed*

If i fought my teenage self, i'd bring a strobe light and cause him to have an occular migraine, complete with blindness and vomiting. Back then, i didn't know what was causing them, so my present self would have the advantage.

Sally and SK, can i call you Francine and Katchoo respectively? You remind me so much of the ladies from Strangers In Paradise.

[rick]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5863/1978on4.jpg
1978

Great hair
Bad boy attitude
Cool buckskin jacket with fringe
Serious asskicker


http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/36/2008xk2.jpg
2008

Older sure, wiser, maybe.
Nice enough guy
The daughter rescued the buckskin from the attic about 15 years ago
I'd eat 15 year old me for breakfast

[Crowley]

Nice Rick!

my dad had a Nehru jacket that's long lost.

[Pink Bat Maxine]

At one point, I inherited my parent's embroidered denim jacket from.... the sixties or early seventies?

Wish I still had it.

[rick]

The fringe was awsome, it's almost a two foot long on the sleeves and back and just made anyone wearing it look like a rock star.

The kid did a good job with the jacket too.

She cleaned it up, put on new buttons, and then she embroidered a rose on the back and wore it all through high school.

Jessie still has it, and I’m really sort of hoping that in another five or six years, the grandkid gets her hands on it and carries on the tradition.

[section 8]

While I'm way out of shape and nowhere near the Tang Soo Do black belt shape I was at 18. I think I could still my 18yo self's ass... mostly psychologically, but I know the places to hit and how many minutes I have before I get tired out.

at the risk of saying too much, and becoming even more of the social lepper of YABS, my teenage self would win hands down. sure i'm larger and would have a better reach, but disipline has become a large part of my life since then.

today i'd seek to restrain an opponant, then i would have sought to destroy

at that age i was "disturbed" to say the least. my main goal in life was to ...well destroy everything.there was no sense of hope, compassion, empathy or restraint in me. I was basicly a monster.

Luckily i turned out a productive member of society, and i can say i'm no longer ashamed of those years, they have granted me insight, in hindsight.

[WhiteRose]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/RedThorn/CCI00132wlinescolwordscopy.jpg

Teenage me was only 2 years ago, but a fair amount of 'younger' me applies right through to about 16.

1998
Age: 11
Style: Friggin' ridiculous. Horrible by even 11 year old standards. Bracers, glasses, bad hair. You name it.
Temperament: Quietly insufferable know-it-all tomboy. Retreated into books and videogames because the self-confidence was near non-existent, and man was I picked on for it. Hid out in 3 separate libraries for days on end. Always last picked for sports, but first picked for Academic Olympiads.
Weapons: A word-oriented brain and a hockey stick.
Goals: Get out of school as fast as possible and make money drawing. Be the top at everything academic while I could.
What 1998 me would say to 2008 me: You can't be me. No one would believe it. AND you like girls? That's normal? Wow...

2008
Age: 21
Style: Classy indie-type. Vests, chokers, form-fitting t-shirts and skirts, decent jeans. Styled hair and designer specs (not that we care, mind you. They're just pretty awesome glasses).
Temperament: Undeniably loud smart-ass. Confident and self-assured. This is a major change from even 4 years ago, let alone 10.
Weapons: A quick mouth, a huge imagination and a hockey stick with a more accurate hit.
Goals: Finally get this damn job finished and published and move onto the next gig. Travel, and eventually move overseas.
What 2008 me would say to 1998 me: Just get through the next 4 years kid. You'll find yourself around 15 and start working on being who you really are. I promise.

Older me would totally kick younger me's ass in a fight. Any younger me, because I'd probably have curled into a ball and given up. Up until about 18-19, then we might be going toe-to-toe because then we'd both be fighting dirty.

[DungeonmasterJim]

11 year old WhiteRose = Hermoine Granger?

:eek:


DM Jim :tongue:

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Oh, honey, at 11 people already knew you were gonna be a great big lesbian.

I think it's the sandals.

Cute pictures!

[saintsaucey]

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg


DAMN. I've asked this before but there is a mr hello kitty right?

[saintsaucey]

http://a663.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_eb4f5e1db4d983c3f401dd5a98872566.jpg Me at 23

Me at 28

http://a490.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/l_c29193f6fff09391a7314364cff92639.jpg

I'll see what I can do about getting a younger picture.

If the me at 18 (in 1998) met the me a 28 (in 2008)

He's say "Damn I'm going bald."

I'd say "Yeah stop dyeing your hair jack ass"

I'd say apologise to Kristen Bodine, stay away from the public library and a girl named Charity Spear, never ever sign a phone contract for a cute girl just because she smiles at you and has a nice rack. Don't sign up or a dating service when you are 25, be on the look out for horse trailers when you are 25. Don't move in with the guy you meet the second time in college when you are 27, he's a dick. I'm sure there is more I could warn me about but it would take too much time

[Crowley]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/RedThorn/CCI00132wlinescolwordscopy.jpg

Teenage me was only 2 years ago, but a fair amount of 'younger' me applies right through to about 16.

1998
Age: 11
Style: Friggin' ridiculous. Horrible by even 11 year old standards. Bracers, glasses, bad hair. You name it.
Temperament: Quietly insufferable know-it-all tomboy. Retreated into books and videogames because the self-confidence was near non-existent, and man was I picked on for it. Hid out in 3 separate libraries for days on end. Always last picked for sports, but first picked for Academic Olympiads.
Weapons: A word-oriented brain and a hockey stick.
Goals: Get out of school as fast as possible and make money drawing. Be the top at everything academic while I could.
What 1998 me would say to 2008 me: You can't be me. No one would believe it. AND you like girls? That's normal? Wow...

2008
Age: 21
Style: Classy indie-type. Vests, chokers, form-fitting t-shirts and skirts, decent jeans. Styled hair and designer specs (not that we care, mind you. They're just pretty awesome glasses).
Temperament: Undeniably loud smart-ass. Confident and self-assured. This is a major change from even 4 years ago, let alone 10.
Weapons: A quick mouth, a huge imagination and a hockey stick with a more accurate hit.
Goals: Finally get this damn job finished and published and move onto the next gig. Travel, and eventually move overseas.
What 2008 me would say to 1998 me: Just get through the next 4 years kid. You'll find yourself around 15 and start working on being who you really are. I promise.

Older me would totally kick younger me's ass in a fight. Any younger me, because I'd probably have curled into a ball and given up. Up until about 18-19, then we might be going toe-to-toe because then we'd both be fighting dirty.
I love your illustration! great job! You fucking rocked it!.
Cartoon Kid version is adorable and Adult Version is quite lovely.
Good use of body language as a means to express change in confidence too.

[Crowley]

by the way everybody... here's the origin point of the meme:

http://davario.livejournal.com/30861.html

lots interesting takes and tons of amazing art to check out!

[Sabrinaset]

Wow ... Whiterose is an awesome artist! That was great!

[Bo Bo]

Wow ... Whiterose is an awesome artist! That was great!

I agree! She should draw more teeny heroes to show off her skills!

[Sabrinaset]

I agree! She should draw more teeny heroes to show off her skills!

Waaaaait a minnit ... what happened to the starfish hands?

[hellokittykat]

Waaaaait a minnit ... what happened to the starfish hands?

I don't that little Rosie and Rosie are technically teeny heros.

They look awesome though, Rosie! :biggrin:


And wow, thanks for the nice words, ya'all. :redface:

[Froggy]

well seeing as i'm jstillt ehcnically a teen

me versus age fourteen m e would be pretty easy. I was hella skinny

now this eyars verison of me versus last year's would be a heckuva close fight......probably a double KO

[Froggy]

*passes out from nosebleed*

If i fought my teenage self, i'd bring a strobe light and cause him to have an occular migraine, complete with blindness and vomiting. Back then, i didn't know what was causing them, so my present self would have the advantage.

Sally and SK, can i call you Francine and Katchoo respectively? You remind me so much of the ladies from Strangers In Paradise.

and here i thought I was the only one

[Phil Hunn]

Teenage Me VS Today Me?

Teenage Me wins. At least back then I had some quantifiable ambition and wasn't so cripplingly bitter about a whole pile of things...

[Alex L]

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/lynxland/Old%20Crap/DSCF3053-1.jpg


DAMN. I've asked this before but there is a mr hello kitty right?

http://citygoat.com/images/Can_Of_Worms_Cover.jpg

[saintsaucey]

http://citygoat.com/images/Can_Of_Worms_Cover.jpg

What? A woman that beautiful needs to be appreciated daily. I'm not saying I should be the one to do it.

edit, I suppose since this is yabs I should have asked if there was a Mr or Mrs Hello Kitty.

Pictures one Mrs Hello Kitty appreciating the second Mrs Hello Kitty and passes out.

[Hybrid2]

What? A woman that beautiful needs to be appreciated daily. I'm not saying I should be the one to do it.
.

That's my job!

Ok,not realy but i like to think it is. http://www.raptureforums.com/forum/images/smilies/prayer.gif

[MacQuarrie]

What? A woman that beautiful needs to be appreciated daily. I'm not saying I should be the one to do it.

edit, I suppose since this is yabs I should have asked if there was a Mr or Mrs Hello Kitty.

Pictures one Mrs Hello Kitty appreciating the second Mrs Hello Kitty and passes out.

In one word: Research.

Kittykat has a blog. A link to it is in her sig. A quick read of it will tell you the current status of her life.

[saintsaucey]

In one word: Research.

Kittykat has a blog. A link to it is in her sig. A quick read of it will tell you the current status of her life.


Yeah I've been so informed in pm. I honestly wasn't trying to be rude or anything. Plus I don't read a person's blog unless they invite me to

[MacQuarrie]

Yeah I've been so informed in pm. I honestly wasn't trying to be rude or anything. Plus I don't read a person's blog unless they invite me to
I respect that. Me, I tend to consider a link in a sig file to be an invitation to read.

[Crowley]

What? A woman that beautiful needs to be appreciated daily. I'm not saying I should be the one to do it.

edit, I suppose since this is yabs I should have asked if there was a Mr or Mrs Hello Kitty.

Pictures one Mrs Hello Kitty appreciating the second Mrs Hello Kitty and passes out.

I think it would be really helpful for you to pause and really think before hitting the reply button from now on. If you have any doubts about replying you should PM one of us or the person in question to ask.

Okay?

enough said about that.

[Crowley]

Origin point of this meme:
http://davario.livejournal.com/30861.html

Everyone who's drawn something should post their images to it.

Flickr has some tags for it:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=meme+teenage&m=text
Some of these are just phenomenal:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2472790114_216450e8c1_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/2475039866_c1054c7153_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2229/2459932422_c943dc4c46_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2474480041_627142ef8a_o.jpg

[Crowley]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2508161110_ed2a251cb4_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2501450080_41f6caaf11_b.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x66/OnlyonRoyal/thennow.jpg

[shrike]

I don't need pictures to tell y'all I was a bitch in 1998 and little has changed in the 10 years since.















Shocking, I know.

[Dazzler]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2526642387_ecd4673b43_o.jpg

I just did the Teen Me before I got pooped.

I'll probably do the Now Me tomorrow.

--Dazz

[Crowley]

Great Job man!

[Crowley]

Another awesome one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/jonnystarlight/me-teen-then-now.jpg