My daughter and I spent the day at the zoo and took a couple of pictures....sometimes it takes a picture to really see the difference....for good or for bad!

The first on is me, last May, with Jake Shimabukuro....one of my favorite musicians.....

This one is today, with my daughter.....I'm down a total of 50 pounds since the pic last May!

But, if I were you, I'd have photoshopped out my bellybutton lint for that last image...

Ha ha Fenton. Don't make me call you an old geezer who doesn't understand young people these days. Then again, that's pretty presumptuous considering I don't even know how old you are.

If you look carefully in the belly photo, you'll even see one of my tattoos poking out! She's a scary subculture member, quick, light the flaming torches!

Seriously guys, thankyou. It's good to know that someone else can notice the difference.

Annie x

Annie, you look amazing!

Christine

wow annie, you look fabulous! Congratulations:)

Sweet Jesus, A-dub! I was pierced and tattooed before you were even CONCEIVED!

Jonathan Ok to much information!!!! Please nobody ask him where.

OMG, Anniedub, you look GREAT! I don't know why you think the Lycra is unflattering though..

And Amanda, you put thoughts in my head I didn't have on my own... so now I'm forced to ask:

Fenton, where and what? And will we see photographic evidence???

My ink is private - although I'll certainly share my reward tattoos.

As far as piercings go, I had my ears pierced back when I was 17, when I personally invented subculture. It was important to me to be a role model for future young whippersnappers like A-Dub, who would be too feeble to have the first idea of how to rebel appropriately. My other parts are, of course, far too fine to stick bits of metal into.

Edited June 11, 200818 yr by Fenton

My ink is private - although I'll certainly share my reward tattoos.

As far as piercings go, I had my ears pierced back when I was 17, when I personally invented subculture. It was important to me to be a role model for future young whippersnappers like A-Dub, who would be too feeble to have the first idea of how to rebel appropriately. My other parts are, of course, far too fine to stick bits of metal into.

Wow, he's added the age to the sidebar! Confidence is growing! Well, I suppose you did grow up in England at the right time for the punk movement. I'll give you credit for that.

I also have reward tattoos planned -- well, reward extensions. I have a significant portion of my lower back inked at the moment, in two parts, and I think i'm going to get them merged and extend upwards. I haven't really planned it out in full yet, so we'll just see how it goes.

Anyhoo, thankyou again for all your comments and support, now lets get some other people's progress pics up!

And Fenton, I'm about to leave to submit a paper at uni, then straight afterwards I'm heading to the fancy-schmancy bookstore, where there's a little paperback (i'm assuming) with YOUR name on it, that has MY name on it! Then I will also finally put a face to the name!

And thus the eternal question.... do I scan the author's photo and add it to LBT because you have so far refused to put up a picture? :thumbs_up:

Edited June 12, 200818 yr by anniedub

Great Thread!!

I think I lost a chin or two!! :thumbs_up:

Down now from a size 30 to size 24-26!!!!

You guys all look great!!!!

Tess

I realize now that you'll probably get the trade paperback, which was, I think, the Australian release. It comes with the grisly British cover, but I don't think there's a photo.

D'oh! Clearly the only way to get my picture is to order the book from amazon.com in the US!

Sometimes it just sucks to be Australian!

But here, let me make it up to you: if you go here, and scroll down to Radio, you can hear me being interviewed or doing a radio piece:

Jonathan Hayes: What I Write

Or here's a podcast I did to introduce my book:

http://www.jonathanhayes.com/books/precious/pb_intro.mp3

You see how I spoil you?

Tess! What a transformation. You look fabulous!

Christine

Wow, Tess! Looking fabulous! You can see a huge difference in your face! You look 10 years younger.. Loving the new hair too:)

Keep up the good work!

I ordered my copy from amazon today. I can't wait to read it.

Tess you look great! Down 3 sizes, thats super!!

Tess, you didn't just lose a chin or two, you lost a DECADE or two!!!