Reelin’ In the Years

You’ll have to pardon what some might consider a bit of narcissism here, but this project is a bit fascinating. When I started loading up old photos into a new gallery, I was struck by the thought of trying to find a picture of myself from each year – just to get a quick snapshot of what time seems to be doing to me…and to perhaps see what’s to come.

Granted, I’m not one of those clever people who planned this out and took the exact same picture at the exact same time each year. That seems a bit…obsessive. This just seems a bit silly. It’s also getting tougher pre-1999, as I don’t think I had too many pictures taken between 1993 and 1998.

…and that’s the thing. This is almost a scavenger hunt. All these (ahem) kids nowadays have hundreds of pictures floating around on Facebook and MySpace because everyone is carrying around some sort of camera nowadays. The rest of us are stuck looking through these things called “photo albums” for pictures.

So, anyway – enjoy watching me age. Oh, and keep an eye out for my hair. It keeps sneaking off my head when I’m not looking…