Day Eleven: A Photo Of You Taken Recently:

This craptastic photo was taken a couple days ago, when my tips were purple and adorable. It often occurs to me that I still look like a five year old.

Day Ten: A Photo Of You Taken Over Ten Years Ago:

Me with my two cousins. Left to right: Me, Cede, Bretta. We're cute and young, and dressed in horrid 90's clothing. The decade before Hannah Montana and trashy kids. Those were the days.

Day Nine: A Photo That You Took

I decided to do something really fun with this one. Looking through my photos, I realize I have 37 consecutive months of photography. Each month has a photo of myself, so I went through and put them all in. You'll notice February is missing. I did that on purpose. And to go with the "theme" of the day, all except approximately six of these were taken by me. Here we go:

#1 - January 2007:

#2 - February 2007:

#3 - March 2007:

#4 - April 2007:

#5 - May 2007:

#6 - June 2007:

#7 - July 2007:

#8 - August 2007:

#9 - September 2007:

#10 - October 2007:

#11 - November 2007:

#12 - December 2007:

#13 - January 2008:

#14 - February 2008:

#15 - March 2008

#16 - April 2008

#17 - May 2008:

#18 - June 2008:

#19 - July 2008:

#20 - August 2008:

#21 - September 2008:

#22 - October 2008:

#23 - November 2008:

#24 - December 2008:

#25 - January 2009:

#26 - February 2009:

#27 - March 2009:

#28 - April 2009:

#29 - May 2009:

#30 - June 2009:

#31 - July 2009:

#32 - August 2009:

#33 - September 2009:

#34 - October 2009:

#35 - November 2009:

#36 - December 2009:

#37 - January 2010

Day Eight: A Photo That Makes You Angry/Sad.

I had a lot of trouble with this one. I didn't really know what to pick as a photo that made me angry. Lots of things make me angry. But I wanted this to be entirely personal, a photo from my own collection. I went with something that made me sad. This photo in itself doesn't make me sad, but the memory that goes along with it does.

I don't have a lot of photos from that summer, something I'm exceptionally thankful for. I have photos of them, but very few of myself. I don't want to see photos of me. I don't want to see how miserable I had to have been. But this photo makes me sad thinking about what led up to this event. Weeks of sadness. Cuts on my arms. Years of feeling on and off sad. Despair.

Depression is scary stuff. But I finally got help. But this photo represents that summer. And it makes me so, so sad.

Day Seven: A Photo That Makes You Happy

This is my best friend. Honestly and truly. I've known her for so much of my life, I don't remember when she wasn't there. We haven't been consistent friends. But I know that no matter what, she's always a phone call away.

Day Six: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

There are few things I miss about being home. I don't miss High School or working at Cassanos. But I do miss being with my family. I miss my mother. I really miss what I did today, which was spending the day with my Great-Grandma. When I'm home, I'm there every single Saturday. I love it. I don't mind that I might miss "normal" teenage activities in the process. I always remember that I won't always have my Great-Grandma around. So I remember to soak it up while I can.

Day Five: Your Favorite Quote

I discovered this quote on Tumblr, I think. Maybe before that. But my first memory of it was when I was on Tumblr one night this summer, sad as could be. And someone had reblogged this quote and it was exactly what I needed to hear. Exactly what a lot of people need to hear.

"Sometimes your circumstances suck, but life doesn't." - Andrew McMahon