{"id":1415,"date":"2008-09-06T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawrencem94.sg-host.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2008-09-06T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T20:32:32","slug":"through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plazajen.com\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"Through the Years&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had entirely too much fun on <a href=\"http:\/\/yearbookyourself.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">YearbookYourself<\/a>. People starting dropping these into their Facebook profile photos, and I didn&#8217;t take much notice until my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauragayle.com\/knittingcybrarian\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura<\/a> did hers, and I didn&#8217;t know who in the hell she was. So the other evening, I spent some time on the site, dropped my mug into all of the different options, and saved the best. I just put them all up on Flickr, and I&#8217;ll mirror my comments into the blog, because again, it all amused the hell out of me. And really, in the end, that&#8217;s all that matters, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1950<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1950 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2833292735\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3106\/2833292735_02cce993c3_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1950\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is where you see the resemblance to my great, great Aunt Bertha. Except for the fact she never smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1960<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1960 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2833292779\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3256\/2833292779_b1b55d7446_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1960\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">These were the addled years. A pair of ill-fitting cat-eye glasses contained the wrong prescription, and I quickly became addicted to numerous OTC headache remedies. A paper cut put me in the hospital, and back on the road to recovery. Sans glasses.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1966<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1966 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2833292877\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3124\/2833292877_33307f3f8f_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1966\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ambitious is the only word to capture 1966; I was the president of numerous social clubs, and had started my own sorority.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1970<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1970 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2834130824\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3221\/2834130824_55d7e0756d_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1970\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Really, my favorite one of the bunch. I was doing it all &#8211; running the local PTA, whipping up gourmet meals, and enjoying life as a sub in the steno pool. Tupperware parties on the weekends, and the hot rollers were always at the ready!<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1978<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1978 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2834130866\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3190\/2834130866_0eb6e19a1d_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1978\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo snapped in 1978; I was pretty much underground that year and don&#8217;t talk about those days.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1984<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1984 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2833293003\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3051\/2833293003_28d1731af8_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1984\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Greatest wish of 1984? Star in a heavy metal video that actually aired on..MTV.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1994<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"myYearbookPhoto1994 by plazajen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/plazajen\/2834130942\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3107\/2834130942_1bab5afa6e_o.jpg\" alt=\"myYearbookPhoto1994\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rockin&#8217; the Tonya Harding look, along with the &#8220;author pose&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nNow. Go do yours. Leave me a comment if you post any!<\/p>\n<p>\nETA: I&#8217;ve reworked the html NINEteen times and it still won&#8217;t center everything. giving up, with my apologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had entirely too much fun on YearbookYourself. 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