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>> o, woe is me,
to have seen what i have seen,
see what i see! |
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>> o, woe is me,
to have seen what i have seen,
see what i see! |
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| the jew-fro years... L-R :: - 4 in montessori school (early rainbow clue, no?) - on m'sister jessica who was on the playroom swing (how i miss it!) - jess manhandling me at the beach - jess & me on curiculum night of 2nd grade (a native american history unit costume/presentation night! i had my first cast on my left arm) | |||
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| lower schoo' L-R :: - 1994, 3rd grade class trip to a classmate's revolutionary war era farmland w/ pool (yep. private school much?) - my 3rd grade class picture (so much hair i had to wear a ponytail AND a headband. and boy did i get made fun of) - my 4th grade class picture (i always wore classical music/concert-related shirts from my dad) - me age 10, my first sleepaway camp adventure. 1 week session at camp friendship. where i would continue to go for a few more years. | |||
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| middling school L-R :: - probably 7thgradeish, at the aeroport, using the infamous inherited from jess army bag purse i still use - my 13th birthday party, i was a recovering fake teenybopper desperate for the BSB crowd & alterna crowds both to accept me. *doh* - me, early summer 99, age 14, looking like a 'cool' american girl... - and me a few weeks later, gone 'totally retro' (& purple streaked) courtesy of (s)'explo-ration summer program @wellesley college - and, later still that summer during my photo-class in DC - being a meat-hating greenie. the summer i stopped brushing my hair. | ||||
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| fresh >> jun-yarrr years of high schoo' (here enter the dreadful locks) L-R :: - the epitome of freshman!joanna, here shown on - freshman orientation day, aug. 99 (i still wear that bandana, & those love beads are quite broked from over-wear now) - me, summer '01, post-sophomore year & after my euro-travel trip. ...papi-cat and i are posing shamelessly alike. and yes, behold my baby dreads all crunchy from the mediterranean. picture by kell. - junior year. wing-ed & baubled... - and pigtailed and peeking. | |||
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| looking as i often did, like a rainbow threw up on me >> senior year. mostly for the benefit of my college fiends who don't seem to realize... as neat looking as they think i am...i used to look like even more of a circus attraction! (not that i don't play dressup daily anymore. just, different-like-ly.) - the first picture is of me, and my clone at the time, miss LUX! my fellow domainsharing wenchlove. | |||||
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| the always tongue in cheek...prom(enade) escapades. three times is, kinda charming? idunno. my upperclass fiends always dragged me, and then i did the same. never with a serious date. it was always one big collective orgy. without the 'orgy' persay. L-R :: - sophomore prom, posing w/ alice (i wore a corset & red pop-out platform rollerskates & wristguards) - junior prom, posing punks. with emma. - senior prom - senior prom again... in my mum's 70's faerie-ful bridesmaid dress i altered, and cabaret girl headpiece i sewed. here featured going to the prom glamorously on the DC metro w/ isabel & merper. - afterprom silly | ||||
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| other highly, equally pertinent e-vents of senior year... L-R :: - i dress as a wonky(bowie)(sex)kitten for halloween - oh yeah, i gradu-ma-nate. ha. after 13 years at georgetown day school. it was about time i got out. i am the luckiest girl to have this ungod(ess)ly lovely gaggle of friends hugging me in congratulations. this picture is one of my favourites from my high school experience. | |
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