Tuesday, 5 January 2010

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(Pic; Diane Arbus) (I am not in this pic!)

It was cold today, and icy.
But I went on a journey.
With due care and attention to the conditions.
It was quite a long journey, and one I'd done many times before.

But today what I saw was not just a familiar place.
A very beautiful place.

No, today without realising it, I went to a Time!
And saw, in someone else, a reflection of myself.
From long ago.
I saw a person I had almost forgotten.
And it made me smile.
Was I really that shy skinny lad?
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22 comments:

  1. savannah5 January 2010 at 17:41

    isn't it a surprise, sugar, to come across you from so long ago and to realise, nothing ever really changes...
    xoxoxoxo

    (i had a conversation very similar to this with the MITM earlier today!)

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  2. Tiffin5 January 2010 at 17:47

    What a great photo...you both look terminally cool.
    T.

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  3. Ponita in Real Life5 January 2010 at 23:00

    A trip down Memory Lane... how cool is that! xoxoxo

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  4. Jimmy Bastard5 January 2010 at 23:20

    Mean... moody... sober. That wee lassie has the look of love about her. Little did she know that beside her sat a future star of stage and screen.

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  5. mapstew6 January 2010 at 02:18

    Sav; That's exactly how it was hon! :¬)

    xoxoxoxo

    Tiffin; As they say on all the best convenience food packs, "Picture for demonstration purposes only"! I found this 'out there'! It is a great pic though.
    If only I had been that cool back then!

    :¬)

    Pon; It was a long day, and I could have done without the snow, but it made a couple of youngsters happy for a few hours! And one oldie! :¬)

    xxx

    Jimmy; The fame can be a terrible burden!

    :¬)

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  6. mapstew6 January 2010 at 02:21

    Jimmy; Enjoy the golf pal, and mind them toes! :¬)

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  7. Scarlet Blue6 January 2010 at 03:40

    You don't look shy!
    Sx

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  8. the broken down barman6 January 2010 at 04:06

    you look like youve got a real attitude, my man. I love it.....

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  9. Leah6 January 2010 at 05:52

    Poignant, Map, very poignant. Perfect picture. I love Diane Arbus!

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  10. The Unbearable Banishment6 January 2010 at 06:15

    I initially got the cheap visceral thrill that you had actually had your pic snapped by Diane Arbus! Glad you straightened that out.

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  11. mapstew6 January 2010 at 07:34

    Scarlet; I was once crowned the 'Blush King Of D'island Field'! :¬)

    xxx

    bdb; I wish I had looked like that! (It's not me!) I do have real attitude now though! (Moody fucker I am!) :¬)

    UB; That would have been TOO cool pal! :¬)

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  12. mapstew6 January 2010 at 07:36

    Leah; Nearly missed ya hon! Thanks.

    (Came across Diane while looking for a pic for this piece, her stuff is magic!)

    xxx

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  13. St Jude6 January 2010 at 09:26

    I guess we have both been visiting past times hun!

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  14. Aunt Juicebox6 January 2010 at 10:40

    I wish I still looked like I did when I was 18. :)

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  15. Dan6 January 2010 at 11:15

    Hello!

    *Waves*

    Obviously new to your blog, but if that's the sort of thing that you will be posting often, then I'm glad I stuck around. I really liked it.

    Though the chap in the photo does seem to have a problem with his spuds being too big. He seems to be sitting rather gingerly.

    (Please say that isn't you and that I have just really offended you on my first comment?)

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  16. Charlie6 January 2010 at 12:00

    To answer your question, "Was I really that shy skinny lad?", I strongly suspect you were. And there was absolutely nothing wrong with it: the girls loved those of us who were shy and not spouting blarney.

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  17. Kate6 January 2010 at 13:02

    Thanking you once again for being our ever-consistent taxi driver :) Much love :D

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  18. Jimmy Bastard6 January 2010 at 13:06

    I happen to have a lot more pictures of Map when he was a wean. Feel free to email me for your own personal copies. Map, I shall send you what I have left.

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  19. mapstew6 January 2010 at 14:10

    St Jude; Yes, but your pictures are really you! :¬)

    xxx

    AJ; I don't, Jesus but I had a face like a bowl of Rice Krispies!! :¬)

    xxx

    Dan; Welcome!

    *Waves back*

    Thank you! That's not me, though I do remember having problems with the whole tight jeans/spuds/sitting positions back then! :¬)

    Charlie; Yes I was that shy skinny lad, complete with the good looking mouthy buddy!
    (Though we are still great pals all these years later!) :¬)

    Kate; You are welcome hon! :¬)

    xxx

    Jimmy; As long as it's not the series of me naked on the sheepskin rug!

    (I was young and trying to break into the business! Honest!)

    :¬)

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  20. hope8 January 2010 at 16:12

    Ah, I've done that and it's so odd! Makes you want to step forward and warn them about what might be coming, so they'll dodge danger yet not overlook something that will one day be important. But you stand still, knowing they have to find out for themselves.

    I belong in your Blush Court, you know. Still. Sigh.

    NOTE TO PONITA: please make contact with Jimmy, as we need to build up Map's picture portfolio for our P.R. firm. ;)

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  21. mapstew9 January 2010 at 19:12

    hope; you do make me smile! :¬)

    xxx

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  22. mapstew9 January 2010 at 19:14

    hope; And you DO NOT want to see the pictures in Jimmy's possession!! :¬)

    xxx

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