Photos Of Photos.

 Have you seen my last night's post Photo Albums?

I had soooooo much fun going over the old photo albums yesterday! It was almost like a time machine, so much nostalgic memories and here are a few more I wanted to remember. Above was my grade 12 school photo and I just LOVED that pretty pink blouse. I was 17 at the time but turned 18 by the time I graduated.

Someone on Twitter also said about the old photos that it made them sad to see how happy I used to be and they hope I can heal and be happy again and I wonder is it so obvious?  Maybe they could tell the smile in the old photos was actually real and not "forced?" As a teen I had only endured 2 of the 13 or so traumas that would eventually break me and before I was beaten down and destroyed by life I WAS happy.

I really miss the Old Me.

This is in 1985 and I'm with the guy I thought and was hoping I would marry. We were 18.

Of course with MY "luck" he ended up to be gay.

I can sure "pick" 'em,huh?

Me in 1983 at age 16.on a plane. People thought I was around 12.

My mother and I in Red Square In Moscow in 1985. Note she's wearing her fave. puffy brown coat!

Grade 9. My friends A, R, and A. We were at Toronto harbourfront.

Grade 11. My friend D and I in one of our classes. I still remember the funky overalls I got in L.A. You can't see the legs but there were pockets and zippers all over and it was one of my fave. articles of clothing for years.

Dedushka and Babushka and my dog Teeniea and I at Christmas when I was in grade 9, so 1981 or 82. You can see one of my old photo albums(I still have!) on the table and my Merlin hand-held electronic game in my hand I got for a gift which at the time was considered high-tech.

THIS is also one of the Satanic symbols at the Olympics I was referring to, and it's still sooooo cold out(our pipes have been frozen for the past 2 days and we can't do laundry or dishes as we have no water) a radio DJ mixed up and said it was nipple-y out instead of "nippy" and the 31 YR old said there's only 6 people left in his course now and my friend C( from the YMCA group in Ottawa) turned 65, and the youngest got his cell phone, a rite of passage, and I heard on the news psychosis, such as schizophrenia, has gone up some whopping 60% in young people lately as well, esp. between ages 14-20 when typically it doesn't appear until the early 20s and I bet I know why: the Covid "Clot-shots", also causing widespread infertility, heart issues, clotting issues, strokes, and death. That was the whole idea, afterall: population control. I also heard this 84 YR old woman was kidnapped and they're actually paying the 6 million $ ransom (my family would pay them to KEEP me!)even though you're not really supposed to give in to their demands, unless, of course it's really a "Sting" operation where they set the abductor up to capture them at the drop off/pick up point, but it also makes me wonder if the family itself  is even in on it to just collect the $$$, maybe even the old lady herself just set it all up to collect $$$....pensions aren't enough to live on these days....

All my life I've been searching for something Something never comes, never leads to nothing Nothing satisfies, but I'm getting close Closer to the prize at the end of the rope All night long I dream of the day When it comes around and it's taken away.-Foo Fighters