You know? I’m a damn genius for having LilZ scan photos for me for money. I’ve always worried about my house burning down (seriously - it is a fear that has followed me from childhood) and losing all of the photos of LilZ’s childhood. But now - not only will we have digital backup on the computer and external hard drive that I can grab at a moment’s notice - but we’ll also have backup on flickr.
However, it has also been incredibly KRAZEE to look at all of these old photos again. I mean - I look like such a baby. I was such a baby! I was 18 when I got pregnant with him, so I must be 19 or 20 in this picture. It was over 10 years ago - that’s for sure. There are so many things I want to tell that girl. You know, important stuff to help her keep from making the huge mistakes that are looming in front of her. Like - Do NOT dye your hair black! It will fry it and you’ll have to chop it all off and you’ll cry over your short hair for at least two years.
I would also probably tell her not to wear those fishnets to college that one sunny day. She ends up sitting outside, smoking cigarettes and talking to friends for over an hour and ends up with a sunburn pattern under the fishnet hose. She had to wear pants for several days until it faded, making it a VERY uncomfortable week in the dead of summer.
Maybe I’d also try to keep her from going through the polyester-pants-from-goodwill phase. Those were definitely dark times for everyone involved.
I’ve been scanning old pictures into Flickr, too, but I don’t have anyone to pay to do it, so it’s taking forever! I love that picture, extra lil LilZ!
I’m always afraid that our house will burn down, too, and you know what ends up fueling that fear? A malfunctioning microwave that requires a call to the fire department to get the smoke out of your house. Now, every time I leave the house, a part of me is convinced that I’m going to come home to find a smoking crater in the ground.
I wish I had a scanner….can I send all my pics to you and pay lil z to scan em??? HA! I panicked a bit after Katrina thinking that all my pictures were gone (luckily we just got water in the basement) I did lose some pictures that were stored from High School, anything I saved from then and college is now gone. It is heartbreaking.
I did however recently saw a pic of myself and a friend from our senior year in college. I used to be cute and skinny. *sigh*
Zoot,
You have two amazingly beautiful kiddos! Lil Z is really a handsome young man (and obviously tremendously funny, talented, smart and well-bahaved too, not to mention overwhelmingly in love with NikkiZ, you and MrZ). NikkiZ is so pretty–like one of those little girls who takes your breath away when you see them–her beautiful red hair, gorgeous fair skin. Way to go gene pool!
must find someone to do that for me, too! i keep trying to get all the old family pictures scanned in because i have big ideas for using blurb (blurb.com) to make cutie little books out of them, one for every year. it’s just the getting them scanned in part that drives me nuts. too bad you don’t live in omaha, cuz i’d pay him, too.
ya know, i’ve always thought that would actually be a good side-business for someone. to offer services at a per-photo rate to scan people’s pictures and save them to cds for them. you should suggest that. it would be a GREAT money-maker for him!
When I saw that picture, the first thing I thought was, “WOW! She looks the same!” You haven’t aged a bit. Dang! You.go.girl!
Me too! Me too! Me too! I used to keep all my photo negatives (yes. Back in the day) in one GIANT trunk right by a first floor window in case my house burned down and I had to break that window and hurl the trunk outside.
I am still VERY stressed out about how in the world I can keep my photos safe forever. What if flickr crashes and loses them all? What if my computer dies before I can get them off and onto a CD? What if the only CD copy I have gets scratched and unusable?
Sorry. I hope I didn’t make your phobia worse. I’m just so glad to know I’m not alone in my irrational house-burning down fear!
Miss Zoot, I had no idea how close in age we are. Looking at this photo and seeing the hemp necklace your wearing, brought back memories of my own. I used to wear one of those, too. It still makes me laugh when I think about it!
You should start hiring him out. I’ve been trying to scan old photos forever and keep quitting.
Wow, what a great photo! Scanning them all is such a great idea. I need to do that with some of the old family photos.
And, yeah, I wish I could go back and warn myself of some things too. Although I do think you may have been able to pull off the fishnet suntan!
you inspired me- i’ve been scanning away. i am in awe of how young (and skinny! why didn’t i know i was skinny!) i looked plus the amount of flannel and hippie skirts in the photos.
TRUE to all of that!
BUT…….i love that girl! especially when her hair was black!