Who even has a good passport photo...

If you do have one, I don't want to know. Because the only thing that can get me through the fact that my new passport photo is absolutely hideous is that everyone has bad passport photos.

Today I needed to take my passport photos, thought to myself  "Yup! Early finish from work today, I'll just and get them done". It wasn't until the little old sweet lady handed my photos to me that I thought to myself "oh crap! Why! OH WHY!" Didn't think she was so sweet after that. (Not that she was at fault at all lol)

But that's just it. Why do passport photos have to be so serious and dull? I always get awkward doing mine. How could you not? First of all your facing a cue of people who are trying to post or pay bills (this at the local post shop) staring at you, when you sit in that ugly wooden stool as they pull down that white sheet thingy ma bob(yes, thingy ma bob). I can't help but automatically smile when she holds that camera up, then get constantly told "Darl, no smiling please." Then instinctively I want to turn and angle my face, ladies you know what I'm talking about. For some of those aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, almost every girl knows their angles. You learn from all those "selfies" you take when your bored at home and upload on to your facebook.Don't pretend you haven't seen them on your newsfeed. The lady then says "No turning please, face straight on." Here I am thinking to myself dammit. I'm going to try one more thing to at least make this picture an improvement from my last passport "mug" shot. I'm going to try and smize aka smiling with your eyes. This technique I had adopted from the many seasons of ANTM (America's next top model) I watched. Tyra Banks would continuously go on about "smile with your eyes."  

The first flash goes, I can feel I eyes automatically close. Dam. "Oh eyes closed in that one, just remember keep ya eyes open" the lady said with a hint of annoyance.

Thinking to myself : okay,okay smize Joy just smize

The second flash comes , all I see is the lady look at the lcd screen on the camera and let out a quiet giggle. "oh we'll take one more" with a small smirk behind the camera.

 Suddenly I realize during all this time I have all these faces staring straight at me. How embarrassing.


Stuff it just look straight at the camera.

And that is why I hate passport photos, and to top it off  they were just equally as bad as my last mug passport photo. Such a let down.

But ending on that note, who really does have a good passport photo? I was going to upload mine, but came across this on google.

Until next time. Always be yourself. Unless you can be Beyonce. Always be Beyonce.

Joyous