Hey, Look at Me!

[rejectomorph]

So, I got some of the old pictures digitized and put on a CD. (Maybe more about that later.) These are snapshots taken in Los Angeles in the summer of 1986, just before I left. Among them was one I had forgotten. When I first bought my old (now defunct) Olympus point-and-shoot camera, I decided to test the timer-delay feature on the most likely available subject, which turned out to be me!

I suppose everybody knows that I've never posted a picture of myself here, and don't even have a user icon with my mug on it. Partly it is because I have no scanner or digital camera, but it is also because there are very few pictures of me in existence. I always have thought of that as the wrong end of the camera for me to be on. But now, here is this newly digitized picture which is not entirely horrid, and, well, I guess I just don't have any more excuses.

Keep in mind that this picture is almost sixteen years old, and I am now far, far better looking! (heh, think thy're buying it?) At any rate, thanks to Picture Trail,your long wait is over. But, first, to pleasurably extend the delicious anticipation you are undoubtedly experiencing, here is an enjoyable poll.

[Poll #33495]




And now...

BEHOLD!



REJECTOMORPH
also known varously as Joe, Joey, J.W., Jaydub, J-dawg, "Hey, you!" "Hello, sailor!" "May I see some ID, please?" and "Duuuude!"

As I said, the picture dates to 1986, so you have to use a bit of imagination to have an idea of how I look now. The beard is still there, though not as dark, the hair is shorter, starts a bit farther back, and is sometimes a bit spikey (I've discovered mousse,) a noticible bit of grey is on my temples, and there are a few lines here and there.

Oh, yeah. I wear glasses. Actually, I wore them even then (since I was about eleven, in fact,) but I didn't wear them when I took the picture because I was using the flash and I don't like the way flash reflects off of glasses. (hey, if they bought the bit about me being better looking now, they'll buy this too,)

So, was it worth the wait?

Comments

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hi! nice to place a face to the words! :) I was way off in my guess!

[rejectomorph]

I actually expected more people to choose Kelsey Grammar, (considering the general tone of my writing style,) but you were alone in that. The odd thing is that four people chose Charles Bronson, but I suspect that they were just indulging in the opportunity to be ironic.

Re:

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Could be! you've got it all over Chuck. :)

[blue-by-you.livejournal.com]

This was pretty close to how I imagined you, Joe. You're very handsome (and I'm sure that holds to now, as well).

P.S. I wasn't really that far off on the Leonardo DeCaprio guess. So there.

[rejectomorph]

::blush::
Aw, shucks.

What is really odd is that, when I was about ten years old, I really did look like Leonardo DiCaprio at about the same age.

but I'm pretty sure I never even met his mom!

honest!

he isn't my kid, I tell you!

[elmoosh.livejournal.com]

Yes! And now, a face to put with the name. Quelle relief.

:)

[rejectomorph]

elmoosh? elmoosh?

Who is this elmoosh person?

I know of no elmoosh!

frank the goat playing tricks on me again, most likely.

[hyperina.livejournal.com]

"it's Sean Connery's little brother!" Prince Tiny just said.

[rejectomorph]

What?

Sean Connery is my older brother?

Why did he never tell me?

[bayeux.livejournal.com]

If I were to post to post a picture of me taken in 1986, I surely would not look the same now as I did then *g*

Thus...we need a more current picture, I'm afraid.

*chants "picture, picture, picture, picture"*

[rejectomorph]

Let's see... by my calculations, you would have been two years old in 1986!

::pictures a two-year-old Liam, flinging a Dr. Seuss book away and exclaiming: "This is juvenile and foolish! Have we nothing worth reading in this house?"::

Naturally, you have changed a lot. But I was already of legal drinking age in 1986. I haven't changed that much- well, except for this massive red nose, these bloodshot eyes and, of course, the horns sprouting out of my head.

Yet, curb your youthful impatience. In the fullness of time, there will indeed be a more recent picture of me. (After the cosmetic surgery, of course!)

[bayeux.livejournal.com]

Fool!

I was three.

Get it right, J-dawg. *g*

[rejectomorph]

Heh heh.

Well, in that case, it was probably a book of Keats you flung away.

i've always wondered what you looked like

[aurora-adora.livejournal.com]

i used to have user pictures that were actually me, and they were really old. i think it is easier to start off that way. it's sort of like this is what i used to look like. not that it's ever sooooooo far off...

but it seemed easier to me.

Re: i've always wondered what you looked like

[rejectomorph]

Even though my main reason for not posting a picture of myself was the fact that I didn't have any that were uploadable, I can understand your reluctance to display your current appearance on the internet. I was a bit paranoid about it, myself. I kept thinking; What if the FBI sees me? What if the mob finds out where I am? What if my ex-wife tracks me down? Then I remembered that the FBI doesn't want me, the mob doesn't know who I am, let alone care about where I am, and I have no ex-wife. (well, actually, she's buried in the basement of my old house, but same diference.) But, seriously, thereis something a bit creepy about knowing that your picture is out there, available to just anyone who comes along. I'll probably never get entirely used to it, but I've decided to just not worry about it.

yeah

[aurora-adora.livejournal.com]

i'm real funny about people recognizing me or knowing me.

in an unrelated note my mother posted something i wrote. she didn't really post it...she asked me to write something abou 9-11 months ago for the church newsletter. i did it. i hated it, but i did for her, unknowing that she would write an introduction. a horrible introduction, that made me sad that she's my mom in a way. (i'm being dramatic, but it was hard.) my pastor back home sent it to the conference journal, and now when i search my name on google, there is something there that is actually me. not a linda weal from maryland. but me. it is page 25 from a 28 page pdf, so i figure it will remain unfound, but it worries me. it is worse somehow than my picture. i am a little neurotic, exuse me.

anyway, i didn't tell you before that you are almost exactly how i pictured you. you have been my live journal friend since my first month on this thing, my second to be precise; and i almost had you pegged, visually. i had doubts, but i pictured you much as you are. i'm a little shocked that you broke your no visual protocol, but in a way i am glad. it's hard being less anonymous, but you must know that it is reassuring for people like me. related in such a weird fringe way.

also, unrelated, you write beautifully. i'm very jealous of your thoughts on nature. do you ever read richard brautigan?