Remember when we had to send film off and wait to see if they turned out?..lol.argh! Randy and I went to Disney (back in 1993) barely 6 months before he passed away. I took 5 rolls of pictures and not a one of them (!!!!!) came out. I have those pictures in my memories but sure wish I had the printed versions.
I don't think I have pix prior to infection on digital or even scanned in. I'll have to scan one. Remember when we had to send film off and wait to see if they turned out?..lol. I'll be interested to see the pix people post.
This one is of my mom and me (taken at my brother's wedding reception).
(http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz117/jj727802/momjames.jpg)
Is HIV what separates you from that old you? Not age as well, or maturity and life's misc. compromises?
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Is HIV what separates you from that old you?actually my life has been very nearly dichotomous since I'm coming up on 49 in about a month
Wow Teddy, seroconversion must of been rough. You look a lot older in the pic above.poor, poor Teddy ROFLMAO :D that was a great one Skee!
This one is recent from my birthday in January when I turned 35...I treated myself to a new haircut.was that just last month?! I do like the new shorter do, and you really haven't changed much at all over the last decade or so. ;)
was that just last month?! I do like the new shorter do, and you really haven't changed much at all over the last decade or so. ;)
Very nice pics HippieLady, you look so happy.
I have not changed much visibly since my diagnosis. I'll put up a few pictures of before and after, maybe I'll throw in a very old one just for fun.
Love from Hippie :-*
Aged 16, post exams
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=377331&id=850200542&l=992ecd3aba
- matt
poor, poor Teddy ROFLMAO :D that was a great one Skee!
was that just last month?! I do like the new shorter do, and you really haven't changed much at all over the last decade or so. ;)
I dunno --- you all look cute before - and of course you are young in those pics so.
Is HIV what separates you from that old you? Not age as well, or maturity and life's misc. compromises?
wolfter - Great thread here! Its great to see the pictures of the forum members who have participated and I hope others will put theirs up as well.
Matty - you look almost exactly like a buddy of mine from college. You may have a long lost twin somewhere in Charleston.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/58898262@N08/5417758769/in/photostream/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/58898262@N08/5417765321/in/photostream/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/58898262@N08/5418371194/in/photostream/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/58898262@N08/5418370488/in/photostream/)
edited. scratches head. can't figure out why i can't see my new avatar or the flickr images i uploaded/linked to
II checked in your profile to see if you've entered the URL correctly and you have.Flicker photos can't be individually posted here from what I'm reading over in their help section. They only allow you to embed HTML or link to the page with your photo embedded in it.
(http://reigningpages.com/leatherman/2011/january/oldies/mcb02b.jpg)
I have been through your Chuck-town onceAfter my first visit/vacation to Ohio (before we moved up there) Randy and I got incredibly drunk at some gay bar in downtown Charleston (July 1985). Afterwards we drove the night on the turnpike and OLD highway twisting through the W VA mtns (before I-77 was completed that was a god-awful, miserable experience driving between here and there!) headed back down to Charlotte. What a night that was! Round and round all those curves, and every couple miles, we stopped. Randy would go to the back of the car and puke; and I would go to the front of the car and take a whizz. Somehow by the time we finally hit the last toll booth, Randy was passed out in the backseat and I had stripped down to the nothing but my jockstrap. The lady at the toll booth was very surprised to say the least. Hell I was surprised too. ROFLMAO
such an innocent young man in this pic and in your avatar!I really WAS innocent in the avatar back in the early 80s while I was at the Christian/Baptist college. Heck I didn't drink, try drugs, or even have sex until I was 21! But in the late 80s in that picture, boy howdy! Innocent, I was not. Experienced is the more appropriate word. LOL The after-the-bar party usually ended up at our house, with broken coffee tables, booze spilling onto the floor and a lot of sex. Ahhh, good times LOL ;)
I have got to figure out how to hook this scanner up to my new computer. I have some really awesome pictures of myself taken minutes before a crack run back in 87. I'm 18 in one of the pictures and look like I'm about 30 years old. Then I have pictures taken in 91, at about 2 years clean, posing after working out at the gym. The difference is like night and day.
This picture is me 27 years old the day after being diagnosed (Xmas 2009)what is the deal with so many of us being dx'ed around Christmastime? ::) I read that from a ton of people here and I've met a ton at my ASO who got the news around Xmas too. Definitely not the best present under the tree for any of us. You don't look any too happy with Santa. LOL
Sweet Ann, that sweet 16 photo might cause me to question myself. I found that kinda HOT. Awesome pics.
SHIT, now I am going to start getting turned on when you give me those warnings.
(http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad174/dash1293_2010/OldPics/Jan2011-1.jpg)
OK, let's see if I can do this correctly.
The first photo is me in 1981 while living in Los Angeles.
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WOW!
Excellent photos everyone! Everytime this thread pops up on my unread list, I click here first to see who else has joined in. I have enjoyed this thread very much. Seeing the selection of pictures from each of you has really made y'all feel more "real" to me.
Thanks so much for sharing so much of yourselves then and now.
so it's amazing that I ended up a poster girl for an HIV campaign!What a beautiful poster girl you are too! :-*
What a beautiful poster girl you are too! :-*
and just look at that big smile in all those pix! ;D