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pjthompson ([personal profile] pjthompson) wrote2012-01-09 04:21 pm
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You know, there’s a lot to be said for growing old gracefully. There’s also a lot to be said about people looking like people, not some over-idealized ancient supermodel. However, I’m not going to say it. Talk amongst yourselves.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

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[identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
::shudder:: Some of those photos are terrifying!

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously!

[identity profile] stillnotbored.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know what to say about those pictures. Just...wow. Freaky is not my idea of beautiful.

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I look at Jamie Lee Curtis who is letting herself age and I look at these women...Jamie Lee is so much more beautiful.

[identity profile] lizziebelle.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
O.M.G. Horrifying doesn't even begin to cover it. O_o

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I know!

[identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'll take my wrinkles and my blubber every day over that. Sometimes when I look at all the celebrity photos, it's almost a relief to see someone who is just a natural beauty, with all those small flaws that makes them even more beautiful.

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel the same.

[identity profile] safewrite.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always tried to look 10 years younger than my actual age. When I'm 70, hopefully I will still look 60. Nut there is only so much you can do before things devolve into parody.

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, and sometimes it's difficult to know when one has crossed that line. It's so easy to deceive oneself.

[identity profile] bogwitch64.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Egads. That's just insane. I really don't get how these women think they look BETTER. Yikes.

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The power of self-deception. And the limited field of vision the mirror gives.
Edited 2012-01-10 17:58 (UTC)

[identity profile] bummble.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that makes me feel so much better about the passport pictures I've just taken; my face (and shoulders) may be lopsided, my eyes baggy and my mouth tending to a tilted smirk when I'm trying to smile mildly (I'm not at all unhappy with my face, really; it's just that with the way stuff moves, it's difficult to photograph well), but at least I don't look like that!

*shudder*

[identity profile] pjthompson.livejournal.com 2012-01-10 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I think we can all be grateful for not traveling that path!
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