Knowing this – you can imagine my delight when I had to go and get a new driver's license yesterday. I spent all morning getting ready. I made sure that my hair and makeup were as perfect as they could be (keeping in mind that this is probably still below average, as I am not too skilled with a blush brush).
Here's the photo that I would have liked to have taken:
You just know that I would never, ever get another speeding ticket with that on my drivers license. However, when I got down on one knee they told me that I had to stand and that it was just a head shot. Holy picky.*I would have even been happy with something like this:
She looks normal and human (note: this isn't me). Is this too much to ask for?
Apparently - because this is what I ended up with:
Cute eh?
*I don't own anything remotely that slutty, which is probably why I'll never be one of those women that can get herself out of speeding tickets. Total amount of speeding tickets paid in 2005 = $567.00.
16 comments:
That is the funniest ever! You are da bomb!
Bwahaha, thanks for the laugh and I agree, there is a conspiracy!
You are too freakin much! I'm so pale that my college ID came out with my skin the same color as the backdrop, so all you see is reddish hair and blue eyes peering out. It always gets laughed it.
I look 10 in my drivers license pic', so I've decided to keep it!! ;)
You have seriously got to write a book..haven't we discussed this already...? GET ON IT!!!
lol - where did you find that pic?? I'm fairly certain there must be something similar in the DMV training manual under "how to properly take a photo".
(thx for the link!) :D
oh my... way to many speeding tickets girl! Speed demon! *tsk* *tsk*
My first DL made me look 12 and my shirt blended in with the backdrop so it looks like a floating head; kinda creepy actually but nonetheless amusing. My new one looks like I'm sucking on a lemon.
It's interesting that the picture you ended up with looks like a demonic cross between Ed the Sock and Godzilla, but I'm sure the lense was just slightly out of focus....:p
love the new layout too by the way :D
Oh you girls are making me blush!
Crazy Michelle - have I mentioned that I love you?? :p
Oh my god - it IS Ed the sock.... I didn't even notice that!
$@^&*$!@ Macs! I can't see the #^!@#$& pictures! Now I have to wait until I can get home and take a peek on my PC. I don't know why everybody loves Apple so much...
But anyway, I actually laughed out loud at "But seriously - are these people all in league with Satan?" You funny. Me likey.
Purl...a groin pull???
what exactly were you doing?
Ha ha ha ha ;)
Pfft! You can't drive in those shoes.
A little trick you can try next time is to turn your body just a little so your shoulders aren't square with the camera. They're not supposed to let you do that, but if you're sly, they don't always notice, and then you get to look like a real human for a few years until it's time for an update. I don't think this works for passports, where they're actually paying attention now.
The other thing you can do is try to wear colors that will force the camera to balance everything. My very first DL photo was actually one of the better photos of me I've ever seen. My face has a tendancy to go bright red, so I wore a blue shirt, turned my shoulders, and voila! Photographic masterpiece. (Now lost forever, confiscated by the gov't of ontario when I traded it in for a licence here.)
Well, I hope you don't mind Purl, but my husband has started reading your posts. He started reading over my shoulder and enjoyed the post so much that he took my laptop and read a bunch more of your posts. He's even going out to by the book you have listed. He laughed for a good 20 minutes.
You are adorable. I'm sure your picture was not that bad...Post it and we can vote on it.....I don't drive, I only have the horror of my passport photos (which has made babies cry).
Thanks for your comment on my blog the other day, made me feel much better and now new jeans have put the evil doubting monster to rest!
cross country skiing eh...so that's the new terminology you youngsters are using these day...I'll have to remember that. When Scott gets home in a week or so I'll set up some
"cross country skiing" yes yes...that's the ticket! ;)
Hilarious! I love it. The best is the expression on your face. And your handlebar fish mustache thing.
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