self portrait tuesday (on a friday)

i'm going to start doing this. i'm starting on a friday, which is slightly against the rules....

i stuck my tongue out in this picture because i hate the way my smile looks. i also figured my nose wouldn't look as big if i didn't smile all of the way. i don't know when i started hating my smile, but i prefer my face from the nose up. maybe it's because my top lip is so thin, or because i have freckles between my nose and my mouth, and they look like a moustache sometimes in pictures. maybe it's because i'm my worst critic or because i just can't be happy with the whole picture.

i never used to hate my nose. my mom has always hated hers and has talked for years about getting a nose job. she won't smile in pictures because she thinks it spreads too wide and looks too huge. no question about it -- i got her nose. i used to like my nose until i realized she hated it.