My Life in Pictures

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My Life in Pictures
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My Beginnings

• My maternal grandparents

• Shown here on a trip to Vancouver I love how
  tough my gran looks

• And them in the late 60s

• And check out gramps moustache!

• And heres four generations of women

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My Beginnings
My Mom
Check out that bad 80s couch!
Check out that beehive!
Check out that waist!
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My Beginnings
Wah hoo!
My Dad
Eat your heart out Burt Bacharach!
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My Beginnings
The Folks
The 60s
The (unfortunate) 70s
Their Wedding
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My Brother
Check out my cute nieces
Shown here with my mom what a cute kid.
Hard to believe he became this in his teens
and recently
Hes definitely made some interesting hair
decisions in his life.
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My Brother
From a young age, Pete was a goalie
And ended up playing professional hockey in
Switzerland for 20 years.
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My X-Dressing Family

• Going through the old family photos, I discovered
  a familial penchant for cross dressing.

My crazy (and drunk oh wait, is this
redundant?) uncles at a family reunion.
My mom and dad (who definitely makes the ugliest
woman ever!)
Gramps
Youre just lucky the photo wasnt full frontal!
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My X-Dressing Family

• Going through the old family photos, I discovered
  a familial penchant for cross dressing.

My crazy (and drunk oh wait, is this
redundant?) uncles at a family reunion.
My mom and dad (who definitely makes the ugliest
woman ever!)
Gramps
Youre just lucky the photo wasnt full frontal!
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Me - The Cute Years

• I started out as a cute child. If you dont
  believe me, check it

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Me - The Cute Years

• I even did some ads

Check out the price of the car
Laundry soap ad
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Me - The Not-So-Cute Years

• And then something happened

Was it the hair?
Maybe it was the glasses
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Me - The Not-So-Cute Years

• Whatever it was, I definitely have a number of
  embarrassing years that involved

• Bad Hair (Yes, I believe that is a mullet)

• Bad Make-up

• An unfortunate combination of Bad Hair AND Bad
  Make-up

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Me - The Not-So-Cute Years

• And then some fashion craziness for which there
  really is no excuse

Hello, its MC Hammer calling. I want my pants
back.
Oh yeah, acid-wash
Okay, compared to my best friend, Im pretty
tame. Rock On!
This little number was a one-piece culotte pant
suit.
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Me - The Not-So-Cute Years

• And then some fashion craziness for which there
  really is no excuse

Hello, its MC Hammer calling. I want my pants
back.
Oh yeah, acid-wash
Okay, compared to my best friend, Im pretty
tame. Rock On!
This little number was a one-piece culotte pant
suit.
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Me - The Gettin Better Years

• Thankfully, I moved to Vancouver, and my hair and
  clothes became a little more funky

Can you spot the piercings?
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And to Sum Up the Transitions
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Well Thanks for Bearing With Me!

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