ID Cards

   Getting photo ID cards is a hassle not only in that the process is usually gruelling, but almost more so is the stress of the actual photo part once you get the ID. Passports in particular are the worst. Every time you look at it you are reminded of how unfortunate it is (not that you could ever forget really). Then to add insult to injury, you have to show it to people. There is no "untag" button.
   I don't know why passport photos are the worst of all. Its like they use a special ugly lens. I have looked like a juvenile delinquent consistently for every passport I have ever had. My mother usually looks like her face is melting off in them. And my dad tends to look ill in his. Needless to say, when I used to travel with my folks, we looked like quite the handsome family.
   In general, I feel like each different card shows a different look. Like how the passport is always delinguent-y for me. I look like an ingenue in every school ID card, and I usually look like a foxy mama in my health card. The irony, of course, of the beautiful health card is that in any given situation where I am showing my health card, I will probably sick or some state of physical discomfort. I can see myself in a clinic sitting opposite some sexy doctor in his office, showing him my foxy card, and then having him be like, "so your chart indicates that you have worms, tell me more about that". Seems like something that would be accurate.