awkward family photos

i am currently obsessed with the website www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com if you haven't seen it i highly reccomend that you visit it. this site contains page after page of the funniest most awkward photos you have ever seen. people with horrible hair, bad outfits, contorted positions, etc. while all the photos are hysterical, the also serve a greater purpose. you see, they make you feel better about all the awkward photos you have of yourself. you think, thank god i wasn't the only one who had terrible pictures taken of me while i was growing up! my family decided to take the most pictures of me when i was going through my supreme awkward stage. you know, the chubby face, the bowl haircut, the bad teeth followed by the braces. the bad haircuts, the mismatched ill-fitting outfits. i think the best awkward photo of me was taken at my dad's wedding. my father got remarried when i was 10. my sister and i are standing in front of the church steps in matching outfits. we are basically wearing tux jackets, tux shirts, long pleated black skirts, eggplant cumberbunds, and if i remember correctly eggplant bowties. we looked like a cross between a waiter at some cheap chain restaurant and the amish. my hair is done up in these long sausage ringlets, and they are sprayed with hairspray so they are basically immobile. half of it is up, and for some reason i have the equivalent of a gold pipecleaner wrapped around the half ponytail. i am also chubby having just crash-landed into puberty. and, for some reason, i am holding my french horn. i do not recall having even played said french horn at my father's wedding (yes i played the french horn, no i don't want to talk about it) so i have no idea why i even have it with me. my sister looks way better by comparison with her hair in a more suitable style, and coming into her own just out of puberty. so she makes me look even more awkward. thanks a lot. she is holding her trumpet, which she at least played at the wedding so it makes some sort of sense for her to be holding it. the best part about this photo is, my dad decided he liked it. so he sent it to all our relatives. we have a big family, so this is a lot of people. great. thanks dad. this is how i really would love to be remembered. so. i urge you all. visit www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com. no matter how many awkward photos you have of yourself, there is always one (or more) photo on the site that will make you think phew. at least i wasn't THIS awkward!