Those Were The Days!

This is me at age 15? 16? sitting in my room. Nice necklace dork girl!

Man! I loved being a teenager -- so full of angst, awkwardness and experimentation to figure out who the hell you were as a person. I never tried to fit in, nor did I ever feel it was necessary to look "normal". Ha ha! I remember when I dyed my hair turquoise/baby blue and my mother was so embarrassed to be seen with me in public. But what was cool about my parents? Even though they didn't like what I was doing to my hair or wearing weird loud clothes - they knew it was pointless trying to tell me what to do. I got good grades and for the most part, was a good kid (yes, I got into trouble) -- so as long as they didn't get a phone call from the cops or the school, I was able to pretty much do whatever I wanted. Boy, do I miss those carefree adolescent days with no serious job, no rent or bills!

This is me age 17, when I was super into punk rock & industrial music.