When I was a little girl, I remember that picture day was very serious in our house. My mother would be sure that we were well-groomed and that our clothes matched. We got our pictures taken against the same blue background every year and then my mother would send wallet-sized prints to our family members. My school pictures are horribly, horribly uninteresting.
This is why I am thrilled to have found a site that pays tribute to all of the children talented enough to talk their mothers into letting them get the laser background in their school pictures.
Por ejemplo:
Figure 1: The sites caption reads: "Lasers + Calculator watch + cheesy sweater/collar combo = more awesomeness than one photo can contain..." I agree. It's really the calculator watch that melts my heart. That would have made him a studly, studly dude back in Isis's day and a real catch.
So, go check out We Have Lasers. I have to imagine that even though my parents were totally lame, there is at least one of you with a laser portrait hanging around.....
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I am old enough that we didn't have an option for the background in our school pictures; it was whatever screen the photographer showed up with.
When I first read the tweet about this post, I thought you and PhysioProf had been up all night fitting sharks with lazer beams, a la Dr. Evil. Needless to say, I am a bit disappointed.
Posted by: Pascale | July 20, 2009 10:17 AM
I think you're going to find that what we have planned is much, much better than sharks with lasers...provided our third party comes through...
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | July 20, 2009 10:25 AM
Ah, the coveted laser background for school pictures. I never had one, though I think that at least one of my brothers did. I did actually have a calculator watch at one point, though.
Posted by: Paul | July 20, 2009 11:09 AM
I'll have the zeppelin cannons prepped and shipped by the end of the week, Dr. Isis. Could I possibly get some peanut butter fudge cookies in with the rest of the oatmeal berry cookie payment?
Posted by: Toaster | July 20, 2009 11:10 AM
I was so fucking geeked to have a calculator watch, that it took me far longer to lose than any other watch I owned - meaning it lasted nearly a month...Mine also doubled as a communications device and tracking the evil extraterrestrials device...
Posted by: DuWayne | July 20, 2009 11:22 AM
Laser background! I had the neon laser background for my class pictures in Grades 1, 2, and 3 (and no, not an option). I believe this was right around the time that I was rocking neon socks. And my neon Ninja Turtles t-shirt. With neon rubber bracelets.
I miss the early 90s.
Posted by: x-ine | July 20, 2009 1:52 PM
hah, i married such a laser-background and calculator-watch geek. but that's not him in figure 1. srsly.
Posted by: leigh | July 20, 2009 5:14 PM
It's true, it IS Monday, and I'm sitting here in my office NOT working... You are indeed a wise goddess.
Posted by: Moodygal | July 20, 2009 6:12 PM
Wait, that's PhysioProf right?
Posted by: Sheril R. Kirshenbaum | July 20, 2009 7:20 PM
OMG. I totally have a school picture with that background!! And no, I'm not posting it. LOL.
My parents always let me choose my own background, so I even have one against faux marble with me leaning on a pillar.
Posted by: JLK | July 21, 2009 11:01 AM
That website is hysterical! The hair... OMG, the hair.
Posted by: Kalieris | July 21, 2009 5:56 PM
The example looks unsettlingly like a tiny version of my friend Tom...
Posted by: Avery | July 22, 2009 3:27 PM