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Thirteen ages of me
An Exercise in Egocentrism
Thirteen photos below the cut, all of ’em about ME.
1. This kid drips with personality. Get him a new diaper.
2. Me, my sis, and my bro. Last time you’ll ever see me in a bow tie. (Tucker Carlson, eat your heart out.)
3. Chicks dig me.
4. Bar mitzvah photo. My pal Mike will remember these handsome dudes.
5. Junior year of high school. Look at all that hair! Note body shirt.
6. Berkeley, courtship, Karen. I love this photo.
7. My graduation from Berkeley (Karen graduated the following year).
8. Med school. This is me and Karen during the rough years.
9. Stanford was always so proud of us med student-grad student hybrids. “From the bedside to the bench,” that was our mantra. Note stethoscope around my neck.
10. By the early 90s, things were looking up for us. Here we are in Maui — kind of a second honeymoon.
11. And by the mid-90s, Jake came along. So teeny.
12. I don’t drink . . . apple juice. (Me at my fattest, by the way.)
13. Jake and I at the Newport Aquarium (Newport, Oregon).
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Other Thirteens (leave a comment, and I’ll add yours):
Pat proves he’s not such a tough guy after all.
J.M. Carr has a wonderful to-do list. I hope she gets to do them all.
Jane’s got stuff on her mind
Mega Mom tells us what she signed on for.
Reverberate gives us a few of her favorite things. 13, to be exact.
Pam tells us about Pam (yeah, I know, that’s what this is all about!)
Jeni (who has a great blog name — Volcanic Sacrifices!) tells us about her youngest (a real cutie).
Mama Kelly tells us how much she loves her job (not!)
Sam Winston has a love-hate relationship with herself (as do we all).
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Do you ever look back at those photos and wonder how the hell you got so old? This happens to me all the time. Not that you’re especially old-looking, it’s just that with the thirteen laid out like this you can really see the progression.
It’s like when I go through my photos. I start out as me and I turn into this old guy. This old guy who’s reading blogs instead of writing.
(Jake is a hella cute kid, btw.)
Jake looks cute as hell. Love the python (as my favorite kid-cousin calls it) in #3 — is any of it actual muscle or was it all sweater?
My 13 are up — things I want to do someday.
Well, I finally broke down and did a Thursday Thirteen. Here it is — http://www.patrickjohanneson.com/deardiary/2006/03/23/thirteen-tears/.
Some of those photos look eerily like ones from my family’s albums. Must be the glasses. I’ve had glasses since grade 2.
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane…especially that horrid photo of the three of us. Arrrrrrrrgh.
And just to piggyback on what Dean said…indeed, how did I get so old so fast?
Hadn’t seen Jake as Dracula…too cute, and I like the one of Karen shortly after Jake was born.
Nice 13 Doug!
Oh, and one more comment…you were such a cocky little bastard at your Bar Mitzvah.
Now don’t think I’m hitting on you, but like most men, you get better looking with age. Lucky bastards.
What is it about scrawny boys that makes you want to flex your teeny little muscles? Cute, cute, cute.
Dean, I don’t know . . . some days I feel ancient, but most days I feel good. Helps that I’m working out three times a week. I’m probably in better shape now than I’ve ever been.
JMC, I really wasn’t that muscular back then. I was always the last kid picked for kick ball. By high school, I’d bulked up a bit, but at 140 lbs, “scrawny” was an apt description. Now I’m 30 lbs heavier, most of it muscle (I’m not kidding. The bitch of it is, if I stop working out, that 30 lbs immediately starts converting over to fat.)
Pat, JMC, I’ll get your links up ASAP. I’m dashing this off between patients.
Hi, Sis. Remember that asshole rabbi?
Maureen, XXXX0.
What a great way to get to know a new visitor to my blog. Loved the trip down your memory lane.
Your son is adorable.
Thanks for visiting my blog, drop by anytime.
That was fun.
Those were SOME pictures. You are a brave man. I don’t know if I’d have the guts to post pictures of myself in the big hair 80’s 🙂
Doug, these are wonderful! Thank you, I needed a lift, and you’ve made me smile :o)
Wow cool list using pictures. Not so sure I could be so brave! I think I like #12 the best. Not because you are at your, but bacause Jake is so cute!!
My TT is up.
Thanks for sharing and stopping by over at my 13 also! I’ll have to copy-cat your idea on a future Thursday Thirteen (if you don’t mind).
what a lovely way to mark a TT! 🙂 i’d say you were more proud than brave! 🙂
and btw….must be something about the name jake. that’s one wicked cute kid.
have a lovely TT!:)
Those were so awesome – really – ENJOYED getting a view of the family and how someone whose blog is BALLS & WALNUTS evolved. (grin)
hugs…
I agree with Jeni, there must be something about the name Jake. I have one too and yours is almost as cute as mine. *g* An impartial judge would probably call it a tie.
BTW #4 is my favorite. My sister used to always ham it up like that for the camera when we were kids. She is the baby of the family too, which probably has something to do with it.
I meant to say photo #3, but #4 works almnost as well.
Actually, no, I don’t remember much about that Rabbi. You’ll have to fill me in one of these days.
i love thursday 13’s with photos
my 13 are up — sans photos sadly
http://mamakellysmusings.blogspot.com/
Wow! I’m overwhelmed. Thanks, everyone. This has to be my most popular 13 yet, even though it gave Karen yet another opportunity to tell me that I have no shame (#3 and #4).
Jona, I sure hope you feel better soon.
Sis, if you’ve forgotten, I’m not going to remind you of that guy’s general assholishness. Some things just aren’t worth it.
I’m late, as usual. And as I suspected, George Clooney will have to play you in the Hoffman lifestory movie.
Your lady is lovely, and so are your kid and you, Doc. 🙂
Well, George does have the right politics, so I guess he can play me 😉 Thanks, Sheila.
LOVE this post!!!!!
What a great family!!!
Just makes me want to hug y’all.
*sniff*
Thanks!
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