College- Self Portraits Over the Past 5 Years

I've always had a minor (major) obsession with taking pictures of myself.  I don't know why... I'm a freak.  My habit of taking mirror pics started Senior year of high school, and once I got my (at that time) brand new Mac, the built in camera made self-portraiture extra convenient.  Whenever I was bored with homework and at my desk at FIT, I would do the best thing I could think of.... take a picture of myself.  They're all in my computer now, and looking through all of them the other night made me think about how much I've grown and changed, and how different the 'real world' seems to me, 5 years after graduating high school.  Below are the pictures in reverse-chronological order (newest to oldest).

For the first time since the age of like 8 (don't ask... I did Acro), I'm getting abs... I don't even know how... I am seriously lazy... I don't deserve to have them.  I have been walking a lot and eating like, no sugar- but still.

I was waiting to go out to one of the seediest local bars... you can't tell but I'm wearing harness boots and a GD moomoo... I like to dress as asexually as possible when going out to the local watering holes so as to deflect predators. 

My friend's Bday party:  I sent my bf a pic of myself before I got too trashed since he couldn't be there.  This is my fave sexy dress ever, and before I let my ears close up (for the third time...I'm giving up piercing them).  It was a fun night.

The sick Halloween costume I never got to wear.  I made this baby from scratch (minus the corset).  This was right after my gma passed away and I spent an entire weekend sewing to distract myself from my thoughts.  I'd also dropped a shite ton of weight because I was too sad to care about food. 

I couldn't believe that they were peddling this slutty playboy set at Claires (a store targeted to little girls and teens).  Naturally I had to scoop one up for myself.  

Right before Christmas, 2009... I was so innocent.

A boy who, for the purposes of privacy remain nameless, had just broken my heart.  He invited me on a date, got me super high and drunk, attempted to take advantage of me... and when I resisted called me a bitch.  I never heard from him after that day (which I realized a year later was for the best), but nonetheless, I was sad.  I even made him some sick cookies.  I was probs day drinking and wearing heels to make myself feel better when I snapped this little pic.  My chest also looks huge here... why would he ever mistreat this? lol

Looking alien. 

This is a real freaky deaky picture as well.  I had just transferred from FIT to SUNY Oneonta and it was a major life change.  I am pretty sure this was the first day of classes and I came home and changed into comfies, consisting of the red dragon tshirt I mutilated to fit my style.  My skin was luminous and the only make up I was wearing was mascara (otherwise I'd look like an egg). 

2007:  Emma was still nice to me.

I look like a baby here.  I can't believe I was ever that young. 

What a sexy lion's mane I had going on.

Fall, 2006:  One of the very first pictures I took with my Macbook.  School had just started and I was home on a weekend break from FIT.  Dustin and I were both ickle freshies.