That's when I will need to renew my passport. I'm even thinking of renewing it earlier just to replace the photo. I'm not THAT vain, but I took the old passport photo at some cheap campus photo / printing place with my hair wet, in a hurry to get my photo and take it to the Passport Office to get my passport renewed for a Junior year spring break trip to Barcelona.
I don't know what I was thinking. I was probably too rushed or too cheap to retake the photo. I look terrible. My parents, my sister, my friends, and even the immigration officers have affirmed this. They usually don't say very much, but they have taken second glances at the photo and my face many-a-times.
The worst.... this winter, an immigration officer looked at the photo, then at me, then back at the photo, and said, "You look much better in person."
"Uh... thanks???"
I thought briefly about getting rid of any evidence of this photo. But the stamps, the visas, the proof I traveled is documented in that little book, and I think I'll want to keep it forever. Who cares if I look like a mad monkey.
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