I no longer look like a terrorist in my passport picture!

I renewed my passport and got it in the mail today. My previous passport hadn't expired yet. I had three years left before I had to get a new one...but I had to get a new one for different reasons. I totally looked like a terrorist in my passport picture from 2003. I was having an awful day when my mom dragged me to take that picture. I didn't even try to look half-decent. It was a disgusting picture. I was so embarrassed of it every time I went through customs. I had to hide it from my friends when we traveled together. Nick asked me to post it on my blog. I would never ever do something like that. Plus, I had to send it in to get my new one! Hopefully the government burned it.



You know when you see people missing or dead and on the news? Sometimes the most unflattering pictures are used. Your passport picture is semi...the most official picture the government has of you. So if I were to commit a crime while my old passport was in effect...or if I was abducted by the North Koreans, people would so use that terrorist-looking picture of mine. If I died...it would be that picture too. I know this is ridiculous but for some reason, that is not how I want to be remembered or talked about. It's not quite vanity. It's just that...that picture was extremely ridiculously unflattering. So yay! New picture. I look mad chubs and snippy in it but I don't look like a terrorist!!