...or they may be in the right order. flickr mystifies me.

Nice pictures, smonster! Also, you are one of those girls who manages to be cute, pretty, and hot.

Thanks and thanks!

Deb, I thought that might be her, but wanted to be sure. Corrected.

Great pictures!

I'd like to point out to Deb that I am in fewer pictures than she is.

(The dearth of photos of me doesn't bother me at all, given that the ones which do exist are less-than-flattering. So there's no need of reassurance, etc., etc. That's not a comment on the pictures; it's a comment on my roundness and unkempt hair and regrettable sartorial choices.)

More pictures of Kate P. and smonster, is what I say! Bring 'em on!

(The dearth of photos of me doesn't bother me at all, given that the ones which do exist are less-than-flattering. So there's no need of reassurance, etc., etc. That's not a comment on the pictures; it's a comment on my roundness and unkempt hair and regrettable sartorial choices.)

I like precisely three of the photos of me I've seen so far, and only one at Prom. Bottom line is, I don't mind looking my age, but exhaustion and illness are making me look a lot older than that, and there's nothing says I have to like it.

My invisibility issues are rooted in another issue - they have nothing to do with looking good or not so good. They are, literally, a Not Fade Away thing.

But it doesn't matter. smonster had some wonderful groupings in there - I love the ones with Theo in there, and smonster herself is so damned cute and kinetic, she's a joy to look at.

The only way to separate Juliana from a party

Bottom line is, I don't mind looking my age, but exhaustion and illness are making me look a lot older than that, and there's nothing says I have to like it.

I've just hit the point where I hadn't realized, even in mirrors (and even with my hyper-critical eye), how way-past-chunky I really am. Pictures, however, especially non-posed ones, have managed to point out to me that perhaps I should lose the hibernating-for-the-winter look.

(This isn't a self-loathing body-image demons post; it's just my observation. I know I can be pretty, no matter what size I am, but I'd like to be less round.)

Didn't even have to click the link, David. Gotta be you carrying her out over your shoulder, right?

Gotta be you carrying her out over your shoulder, right?

It's like the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to the all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant, and they try to throw him out even though he isn't full, and he keeps running back inside -- I really expected one more picture to be of juliana running back inside, determined to continue with the merry-making.

Tep, I'm nodding along here. I know how schizo I sound, but I'm torn between looking at menopausal/MS-ridden/exhausted me in the photos there are and saying whotheFUCKisthat?!?!?, and peering at pictures I remember being there for and not seeing myself, which causes the whole omifrickinGODIreallyamINVISIBLE!?!?!? thing.

I know I can be pretty, no matter what size I am, but I'd like to be less round.

I saw a number of pictures of me that sent the same message. i saw pictures that I liked -but Somewhat less of me would be good.

also ,after looking at pictures of some other peeps - I will say the camera does add 10 lbs. I never really believed that one til I lloked at some of the F2F pictures and I know what they looked like just hours before I saw the pictures