Comments on: Snapshot

By: Theodore Velazquez

Theodore Velazquez — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:15:26 +0000

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By: tallglassofvino

tallglassofvino — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:54:00 +0000

another blogging friend of mine chastises me because I post, then spot grammatical errors and edit. And her feed indicates a new entry. Each time. When I’m just correcting their/they’re (my absolute pet peeve, and I still f it up sometimes, in a passionate post).

She thinks I should leave it ‘as is’ – that the POST button is an absolute – a time-capsule moment. And I suppose, to an extreme-bloggist, that might hold weight. But to me, I wield my sword of re-editing high, and cull out the ones that, just, well, don’t. Don’t sing, don’t work, don’t do. I’m sure I’m still too gentle, and there’s a lot more that should be excised like melanoma, and I’ll get to it, one of these days.

In the meantime, I call them freckles, and live with ‘em.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:56:00 +0000

You know what? It is okay to have pictures that are embarrassing–all of us do. I have one from college where I had all my hair curled (my hair is bone-straight) and I had AWFUL blonde highlights. Let’s not even start on the ex-boyfriend in that one. But you know what? That was a happy time for me in my life and I got to learn (before my adulthood) that curly hair plus highlights wasn’t really going to work. The company christmas party, for example, is the wrong time to learn that one. College? Meh.

By: Bridget Jones

Bridget Jones — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:55:00 +0000

p.s. forgot to add, please please don’t change!!!

By: Bridget Jones

Bridget Jones — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:53:00 +0000

have never thrown a snapshot away and I’m a camera freak too. Although folks complain at the time, they’re grateful later on. I’ve chronicled every part of life from the age of 12 on (when I got my first Kodak Brownie Starmite camera, later a Swinger, later a Canon Sureshot).

By: mysterygirl!

mysterygirl! — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0000

I think about deleting all the time (sometimes right after I publish!), but I leave it out there. And regardless of how embarrassing it is, there’s always someone who can relate. Because we’re all a mess. :) I mean, human! We’re all human!

By: Horrible Warning

Horrible Warning — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:20:00 +0000

Those unguarded, vulnerable moments are why people read. They make you real.

They make us think, wow, I'm glad I didn't do THAT.

Or they make us think that we wished we did do that.

It's all part of your charm, girl.

Seriously, leave every word and image.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:44:00 +0000

Don’t change a thing baby.

By: Paperback Writer

Paperback Writer — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:54:00 +0000

I wouldn’t delete those posts. It’ll eat you up later. I have every single damn journal I’ve written in since I was eight years old. I wouildn’t give them up. Yeah, they may be stupid but you’ll be glad you kept them.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:37:00 +0000

There is a period of “Matt” from early adolesence to college where he is photographed gazing into the distance, somewhere to the right of the camera in perfect three-quarters profile as everyone else stares straight ahead, cheesy grins countering his stoic stare.

Then there is the period that begins in college and extends to last month, where he is photographed not once without a beverage.

By: Serena

Serena — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:28:00 +0000

I definitely have a photo obsession…always have. There are things I can bring myself to purge from my life as I try to live more simply. Things that will never leave me are my books and my photo albums.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:58:00 +0000

My childhood forts were made of Carebear sheets.

I agree with Miss Scarlet, completely. Sometimes friends won't look through albums with me because I narrate too much.

This post also made me think of a question I often think to myself:

Would I rather have a bad picture taken by a friend's camera, or my own? Would I rather have the photo of me looking thin, beautiful and smiling naturally in my album and the one with my eyes closed, in someone elses?

I don't know. I just don't know.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:17:00 +0000

Can you delete your own hands?

Can you delete your own head?

Tron can.

But the rest of us can't.

So don't.

Because it doesn't make sense to take away parts of the structure that make up your life.

Because if you take those away, what's left will come crashing down.

By: Oh, The Joys

Oh, The Joys — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:26:00 +0000

Just like the school photos that chronicle your growth, so too do your posts.

By: ジェネヴィーヴ

ジェネヴィーヴ — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:16:00 +0000

I love to read introspective stuff.
I have all these LiveJournals that I’ve made at different points in my life and then abandon later to a new one just because I can’t push myself to delete those old entries. Lately I’ve read read them all & some are sad and depressing but some are really funny & it’s just great to see all the progress I’ve made not just in my life, but in myself over the past few years.

By: Anne Glamore

Anne Glamore — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:22:00 +0000

The stuff that seems so lame 2 years after the fact is priceless 15 years later. You just have to be patient and wait it out. I'm finally glad I saved the pix of me wearing full-on Madonna regalia in the mid 80's every damn day. Fingerless lace gloves. Curly hair with the big lace ribbon. Tons of black runner bracelets.

My boys think I'm a goob.

They're right.

OOPS. 20 years later.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:34:00 +0000

Hehehehe! You talked about 7th grade angst – Claire Danes style. You were also talking about blogging.

Heh, at one point you also ask “who has sex with them?” when talking about blog-haters.

Findings: funny now, funny then. Don’t change! and, please, don’t delete!

By: zandria

zandria — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:32:00 +0000

Yep, I’m there. Sometimes I want to go through and edit and delete my way through my archives, but so far I’ve stopped myself just in time. :)

By: Frankly, Scarlett

Frankly, Scarlett — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Oh Kris….even in your worst snapshot you are more verbally photogenic than I could ever hope to be!

Take a deep breath, doll. Sometimes looking back just reminds us of how far we’ve come! It’s those experiences chronicled in our scrapbooks that have made us who we are, for better or for worse.

And I’m sure I speak for many of your readers when i say – I wouldn’t have you any other way!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:25:00 +0000

Kristen! Don’t you DARE touch a thing in your archives. We thrives on your archives (when you’re AWOL).

There are so many advantages to having a blog, and one of the best is that we can go back a year, or two or three, and see how we were feeling – to the day! I’d like to know what you were thinking Feb 28′06. I’m gonna go check (wait for me here?)…

By: Lovely Lelaina

Lovely Lelaina — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:34:00 +0000

I love this post. I sometimes look through my old journal that I started when I was twelve or so, and I want to just laugh at myself. I remember how real those things felt to me at the time though, and it helps me to think how much wiser and stronger and smarter I am now. In turn, I realize that although my problems and issues may seem overwhelming at the moment, in years or months they will seem insignificant.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:32:00 +0000

I will always believe that Strawberry Shortcake sheets create a force-field around me, which no presence, supernatural or physical, can penetrate. Sometimes this is a good thing. Sometimes its not.

By: Ripe for Reading

Ripe for Reading — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:41:00 +0000

This post brings me back to so many of my childhood memories. The retainers, the bangs that were cut WAY too short….hmmm…let’s think about that time again…yikes.

I feel the same way about some of my earlier posts. But you can’t delete what’s you. You can’t take it back. And most probably wouldn’t want you to, either.

By: Firefly Girl

Firefly Girl — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:19:00 +0000

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know I've been reading for a couple of weeks, and I really enjoy your blog. You're an excellent writer, and your stories are great! Take care,

Christie

By: abbersnail

abbersnail — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:10:00 +0000

I think the scariest and best thing about the blog is the stark honesty with which we share ourselves with the void. Sometimes it’s not us at our prettiest, perkiest, or most optimistic. But it is true, at least in the moment. And I think that the reason so many people out there are reading is because there’s something about seeing your own humanity reflected in others. I guess what I mean is, please don’t be ashamed of anything you write. I look forward to reading what you write, to seeing the world through your eyes for a few moments. Ten points to you!