We had to get ID cards last week.
For those who don't know, you need an ID card to get on a military base.
It looks like this: (Well, mine does. Tom has a white one since he's the Active Duty member.)
If you don't have one, you don't get on base.
You'll be asked to leave.
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Tom made an appointment for us at 8. You want an appointment. Otherwise you could be waiting a long time.
When you get new ID cards, you have to take new photos. You all know I'm not a morning person, so I looked frightening.
Tom always looks like he's about to kill someone in his photos.
He's like, "In military photos, you can't SMILE."
I know. But don't look like you're a follower of Jeffrey Dahmer. I mean, geez.
I probably should have put on makeup for my photo, but I was like, "Too tired. Cannot lift hand to put on eyeliner."
The ID lady was nice though. She was like, "Um. Your hair is sticking up." And she waved a hand over the entire general area on top of her head.
Meaning my hair probably looked like this:
I flattened it down and smiled.
So how did my picture come out?
Oh, let me show you:
Next time?
I should put on makeup.
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This is great!! I always try to sneak a smile in, but it causes me to look crazy. I did make up and hair last time, but it didn't help since it's a shitty black and white photo.
ReplyDeleteI hate the way I look on photos and have to make a conscious effort to smile. Usually I am not in the mood to smile for official photographs. And I entered military base once with my passport as my mother-in-laws +1. They usually do all the grocery shopping there.
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA HA!! Cracking up at the final picture reveal! ;)-The Dose Girls
ReplyDeleteHaHa - did the ID lady really do the hair thing?!
ReplyDeleteIt is so much easier to get our IDs at the base here (Guard is much more relaxed!!!).
I despise getting a new ID! I always think I'm smiling, but I inevitably look like I'm smirking & sniffling at the same time. Plus, the camera always adds at least 20 pounds on me. Needless to say, not photogenic. No wonder the gate guards always do a double take; I think they think I must've stolen someone else's ID.
ReplyDeletehaha! You tease. I thought you'd really show us. This is hilarious. I looked like a criminal in my driver's license for years.
ReplyDeleteFinally I just smiled.
Hahaha! Great pic! I hate getting my ID pic taken. And now they have this new rule in my state that you can't smile with teeth- so ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAH!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! I hear you on this!I just took my drivers license photo and it looks more like a mug shot than an id.
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ReplyDeleteHAHAHA when I had mine done my husband had been gone for about a month to BMT. This was my first experience on a base and it was just too much! I saw a young man in uniform that looked like him and just started bawling.. then the man took my picture. And, I looked like a puffer fish. All in a day's work!
ReplyDeleteHee hee - sounds like my driver's license photo. My husband always looks scary in his pictures too - and he's not in the military! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletehahhaaa! I am definitely enjoying the portrayal of how you looked in your new photo. Then if it's a photo that looks good there is some reason a new one needs to replace it.... which ends up being not so hot.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA oh my gosh I laughed so hard. This is awesome. Thank you for stopping by my blog. So glad to find yours! Look forward to reading more. - Heather, Life of a Traveling Navy Wife
ReplyDeleteHaha! For some reason all my "serious" papers have extremely unserious pictures. I either smile too much and lean my head like i am seeing a baby kitten or look like i am part of a terrorist cell! In my id i am 14! Really!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAH HATE ID card picture time. My active duty pictures looked like yes, I was about to slay someone. And then when I became a dependent and left AD, my dependent IDs looked like I had no business being on a military post. Ever.
ReplyDeleteThis is too funny! I have one ID picture in particular that looks like a mugshot.
ReplyDeleteI hate how I look in 90% of ALL photos... but IDs are definitely the worst - what's up with that?!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much!! I have one ID where I look like a Russian bodybuilder, and my most current is zoomed in so close to my face it's a freaking joke.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, my Id is terrible. Every one I have ever had was just wrong... One I was laughing and it looked like my face was deformed!
ReplyDeleteI always look absolutely horrendous in my id card picture. I'm okay with that. I take pride in my horrible photo :)
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious!! I'm sure you don't look as bad as you think you do! They need to start investing some money on photoshopping on these ID's : )
ReplyDeleteI hate not being able to smile in pictures! I am almost always smiling in real life, so why can't I look happy in a photo!?
ReplyDeleteHaha! That's like your drivers license photos too. You get one chance to take a picture that you're stuck with for 8 years. One year I had a decent picture and I was so bummed when it expired and I had to get another one. The next one looked terrible.
ReplyDeleteNo one ever manages to look good in those ID cards. I can't even recognize myself in the ones I had.
ReplyDeleteexcept the one I had for my college dorm. I was totally and miserably hung over and stood in line forever - and I swear it's the best picture I've ever taken. I kept it.
I went to get my driver's license renewed this month for the first time in years. Here, we have to prove citizenship now (don't know if everybody does?) So I couldn't renew online and had to show utility bills and stuff like that to prove that I am allowed to be here. It took forever but I was so glad to be done. Then I got a letter saying that my hair is overy eye in my picture and I have to retake it! Ugh. I'll go back next week but I don't waaaaannnna!
ReplyDeleteThat would be nuts! I've never had a prove citizenship--I guess that's new.
DeleteOh man!!! Just got mine renewed.......I look SO different they actually look at it, look at me, look at it again......one time I said “Listen SGT if I was going to try and use someone’s card to get on base- I think I would’ve chosen someone else”
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