Friday, October 24, 2008

If this doesn't give you nightmares.....


...nothing will.

This is one of those "Be Brave" things. While I know everyone's drivers license picture is horrible, most people don't look hung over.

(No, I wasn't! :)

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20 comments:

  1. Ruth Hull ChatlienOctober 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM

    My theory is that they recruit the department of motor vehicle photographers from the people who do mug shots. I don't think I've ever seen a good shot. (Although I don't think you look hungover. Just startled.)

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  2. ChristyOctober 24, 2008 at 4:45 PM

    That's not bad!

    I have to get mine soon.....gulp.

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  3. FranOctober 24, 2008 at 4:49 PM

    Thani it is you!!!

    The only good drivers license photo I ever had was the one I got when I lived in Cali!!

    You do look startled - not hungover!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    I've seen much worse...namely my passport photo. It looked like I was hung over and someone beat me with a baseball bat for a while.

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  5. OliviaOctober 24, 2008 at 5:14 PM

    Chani, You have a deer-in-the-headlights look, but you look great to me!! Hope you got some good reading in. Relaxing times, O xxoo

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  6. heartinsanfranciscoOctober 24, 2008 at 5:41 PM

    Not hung over, more like Little Orphan Annie. But young, and blond, so how bad could it be?

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  7. flutterOctober 24, 2008 at 6:21 PM

    bah, that's not bad. Remember Lilith? Frasier's wife on Cheers? My driver's license looks JUST like her. Now that is scary

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  8. CarolOctober 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    I've never seen a good driver's license photo. Yours is actually one of the better ones! I think that I look like I'm near death in my photo.

    This is actually the first photo of you that I've seen. Nice to meet you! It's good to know who's on the other end of the line, er, computer.

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  9. JenOctober 25, 2008 at 3:14 AM

    I look catatonic in mine. Or on many, many make-you-happy drugs.

    I think yours is fine. ;-) It's nice to put a face with the "Chani"!

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  10. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 4:14 AM

    I have by driver's license turned backward in my wallet so I never have to look at it.

    I had spent two hours standing in line at the DMV. There were no chairs, my back was killing me, and there was no air conditioning- Texas in July, and all they had was a ceiling fan turning far to slowly to do any good. The man behind me was bellowing into his cell phone, the woman in front of me was using white-out to paint her toenails with.

    I'm afraid the photo accurately represents my state of mind at the time!

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  11. Woman in a WindowOctober 25, 2008 at 6:35 AM

    I laugh when I look at mine. It was only two or three years ago and even though I thought I looked so old and bad when it was taken, it already looks like the younger me now. What's up with the march of time?

    And I'm wondering if as you move through the world down there if people you come into contact with know just how deep your reserves go?

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  12. GirlplustwoOctober 25, 2008 at 10:32 AM

    please....it's lovely.

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  13. DivaJoodOctober 25, 2008 at 11:00 AM

    Oh, hell, my passport photo looks like a mug shot.

    Hung over would be a step up.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 12:13 PM

    What are ya talking about, you look great!

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  15. LeannOctober 25, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    I concur with the masses. You look fine! It's nice to put a face with the insightfulness :-)

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  16. Billie GreenwoodOctober 25, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    I'm very happy to see your face, too--even if it is not you at your prettiest. (No one's at their prettiest on their license photo!)

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  17. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 6:26 PM

    I have the first decent driver's license pohto I've ever had now and I'm going to be reluctant to replace it in 4 more years. My passprt photo, on the other hand, is beyond dreadful.

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  18. painted maypoleOctober 25, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    i had one where I was too tall for how they had the camera set up, so I had to slouch, and the result was this weird shadow that made me look like the bearded lady. fun. Oh, and I was pregnant, so I was all bloated. yippee.

    oddly enough by best one was after I had played Queen Elizabeth in the morning (with full white face and hair up in a wig) and then got a flat tire on the Santa Monica freeway on the way to the DMV. But the picture was great. go figure.

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  19. niobeOctober 27, 2008 at 9:57 AM

    My license photo is far, far scarier. Trust me on this one.

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  20. RKKOctober 28, 2008 at 2:56 PM

    There is nothing wrong with that photo!

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