Today I went out and got a passport photo. This is the result:
Potential terrorist or bad yearbook photo? You decide!
Yeah… There’s a few things off with that photo. First of all, you might note the lack of glasses. Kind of weird, huh? Apparently you can’t wear photo-gray lenses in a passport photo. So I had to take them off. No biggie. Except for the fact that I have no idea what to do with my face with no glasses. I can’t see, see? Do you squint? No, that would look stupid. So you try to simulate with your face what you think a normal 20/20 person who doesn’t need glasses to see would look like. Uh…yeah. I’m that weird kid staring unblinkingly at the cute girl across the dancefloor.
So then I go to smile. Nope, can’t do that. You must have an emotionally neutral face for a passport photo. OK. My smile is my best feature. Crap! What the hell does your face look like when you can see without glasses and you don’t smile when someone says cheese? Apparently you try your best to look like the Unabomber.
Finally, my picture could only be helped more by the rushing wind through the open window of my car on my drive over. Slightly disheveled terrorist hair? Check!
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I see you’re also sporting the always-chic Superman spit curl. Nice.
-mmjr
Didn’t you look like Sara before? Or am I just imagining things…
Must be my Superman X-Ray vision.
Wha?
Oh, I see. Was he signed in as me?
That naughty boy was signed in as you and managed to delete his message and post a new one before anyone else noticed. Bastard.
I like it. Now you have to change your icon. It’s time, I think.
Are you going somewhere that I overlooked in your LJ? I love it that you are getting a passport. I love mine. I am one my second one.
My voyage in September is to Seattle, which I do realize does not need a passport. But Vancouver is so close, so if I’m feeling ambitious that might be another stop on my trip.
Anyway, I figured it might be just as well to get it now, so I don’t have to worry about it later. It’s one of the main reasons I never plan any trips for myself. “Man, I’m broke…and I have no passport.” Once I get one all I’ll have to say is, “Man, I’m broke.” Stop buying DVDs = a wall of cash.
Maybe if I can paste some badass Morpheus shades on that photo, then I’ll use it for a LJ icon…
Vancouver is amazing, and no passport needed there either, but I do get why it’s important to have one. Some day a trip will pop up. That’s how it happened to me. And I had to wait to get my passport! Or pay 100 bucks to have it expedited.
I say change the icon because I have never met you, so I thought for all these time, that you were African American. Seriously, I did. I think you are more Neo anyway. Morpheus is amazing, but Neo is the ONE. While I am a huge fan of the Matrix, the last one made me angry…it didn’t logically make sense on some levels. I had questions, and I never got answers to them. I got the virus program stuff, but still, it was fuzzy. The first one is the best, for me. And always will be.
Have you seen Il Postino? Or Europa Europa? Or Cinema Paradiso? All great films. I took many film classes in college, and I was wondering if you have ever seen any of the films I saw. To Raise the Red Lantern, Ran, Dangerous Beauty, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, and so on…my god, I do love movies.
I just bought the Italian ones for Bob. He needs to get prepared for the culture in Italy. And these movies express it pretty well. Plus Pablo Neruda is in one of them…well the character is. I love his poetry. Sexy.
Okay, I am done now. lol too much coffee already I think.
For my views on the two Matrix sequels you need only to look in the history section of this blog, find the day after when those two movies opened, and read about a 1,000 pages worth of crap. Can I say that I was obsessed? I put way too much energy into those movies. Hence the Morpheus LJ icon.
(Quick trivia question: What was the first DVD I ever bought? Answer: The Matrix! And this was like 8 months before I even owned a DVD player! My roommate’s laptop had a DVD drive, in case you were wondering what the hell I did with it once I had it.)
It’s very nice that you think I am the ONE, but still, Morpheus is way more badass. I mean, come on, Lawrence Fishburn or Keanu Reeves? I’ve even got a super badass Morpheus action figure in my room. Looking all cool and stuff. I love it.
I do find it hilarious that you thought I was African American, though. That’s so funny. I never put two and two together that someone might think that. I mean, come on, if you want to find a more cracker white guy, look no further. My skin hasn’t seen the sun in years.
I actually haven’t seen any of those Italian films. It’s weird how you devote your energies to some countries more than others in world cinema. Like I think you’d be hard pressed to find a great Asian movie I haven’t seen. Italy I’ve barely broken the surface on though. Oh well. Tonight I just saw The Barbarian Invasions. French Canadian. Was nothing like what I thought it was going to be. I loved it. Totally recommend it.
and you are a really CUTE guy. Seriously. And Don’t take Cute and make it bad. I am sure you could be really hot if wearing a suit and tie or some silk shirt, but in this photo, you are really cute.
Hey, don’t get me wrong. I know I am one dashingly handsome son-of-a-bitch (insert forced modesty here). There is just something unsettlingly off about this photo. If you were to look at this passport and then look at me, you might think a second before letting me on the plane.
Thank you for the compliment though. I love it.
well after staring at it, I guess you could creep someone out with that photo. Just be ready to be pull from lines to be searched. 😀
Hey, no, wait. Go back to the cute guy thing….