Well, I generally don't get involved in these pic threads, but I haven't posted a pic in about 4 years, so I figured what the hey. I am
very self-conscious, so I rarely take pics (I've taken perhaps five pictures in the past 8 years; I allow my relatives to take pics of me, though, mostly my grandmother since she's always begging me to take them

), so please keep the laughter to a dull roar.
This first pic was taken by my grandmother last Christmas eve (not this past one, the year prior) after I came home from work (yes, working on holidays sucks

), hence the white shirt (I was waiting tables at the time). I had my usual "winter 25-30" on at the time (meaning pounds) so my face is a bit pudgier than usual, and I was sporting my usual ghastly pale winter skin tone as well

-- okay, okay, enough excuses, I know (told you I was self-conscious

):
This next one is my most recent driver's license pic, which was taken this past March; I'm still about 20-25 pounds overweight in this pic (225-230 pounds as compared to my usual 200 or so; keep in mind that I'm 6'1" and very broad-shouldered), since I usually lose my weight from around May onward (due to activity in the summer) and tend to keep it off until about November/December. Sorry about the "grain" on the pic, but that's the texture on the license pic once I enlarge it enough so that people can see it. This pic was taken the day after I had gotten a particularly wretched haircut, and I was
very tired at the time (I usually don't have the blank/sleepy expression seen in the pic). By the way, the black outline seen behind my neck and lower jaw is a shadow cast on the background, not a mullet of any kind-- my sides and back are always trimmed.
Well, that should just about do it for another several years.

The weight mainly affects my cheeks, so for about half the year my cheekbones are a lot more "chiseled" (i.e., hollowed out) than you see in these pics, and for about half the year it's pretty much like this give or take 5 pounds.

Again, sorry about the quality, but I do
not take pictures, so the selection is limited (my grandma doesn't have a digital camera, or even a camera made after 1995, for that matter

). It'll have to do.
