20s

1990 (20 years old) My mom took this picture in my house. We just got Condorito, the bird on my shoulder.

1990 (20 years old)

My mom took this picture in my house. We just got Condorito, the bird on my shoulder.

Aug 30, 1989 (I'm 19 years old) Sitting in the kitchen with Condorito.

Aug 30, 1989 (I'm 19 years old)

Sitting in the kitchen with Condorito.

April 3, 2007 (I'm 37 years old) Sitting in the same kitchen with the same bird, Condorito, Why do I look different? I'm 18 years older than the picture above! Notice that I have a lot less hair, but Condorito has kept all her feathers! Lucky bird! It looks the same after 20 years!

April 3, 2007 (I'm 37 years old)

Sitting in the same kitchen with the same bird, Condorito, Why do I look different? I'm 18 years older than the picture above! Notice that I have a lot less hair, but Condorito has kept all her feathers! Lucky bird! It looks the same after 20 years!

TOP: Aug 1989. This was taken in Great America, an amusement park. BOTTOM: 1991. This was taken in Amherst College at Newport Dorm.

TOP: Aug 1989

This was taken in Great America, an amusement park.

BOTTOM: 1991

This was taken in Amherst College at Newport Dorm.

Summer of 1991

Hot day in some California town. I'm 21 years old here.

Summer of 1994 My brother Philippe (26 years old), Francis (24), and my dad (64). Mom was in the picture, but she didn't like her picture, so she cut herself out!

Summer of 1994

My brother Philippe (26 years old), Francis (24), and my dad (64). Mom was in the picture, but she didn't like her picture, so she cut herself out!

August 1997 I am 27 years old here. A few more wrinkles!

August 1997

I am 27 years old here. A few more wrinkles!

Summer of 1998: My pool. (Yeah, right).

Summer of 1998

My pool at Hearst Castle. :)

Nov 98: I like this picture because it contrasts the luxury and decadence of lying in a jacuzzi with the worried expression on my face. Here is a setting where people should relax and I look like I am thinking about work. I am probably thinking about all the things I have to do.

Nov 1998

I am probably thinking about all the things I have to do.

OK folks, let us all understand one thing: this was a joke. I do not put mud masks on a regular basis! In fact, this was my first mud mask in my life!

This picture was taken in November 1998 in Bolinas, a beautiful hidden town north of San Francisco, California. That's the Pacific Ocean in the background.

Unfortunately, it's hard to smile when you have all that mud on your face.I was probably think, "What the hell am I doing? This is crazy!"

Believe it or not, I was working on the beach. But that surfer and that dog were having a lot more fun than I was.

Believe it or not, I was working on the beach.

But that surfer and that dog were having a lot more fun than I was.

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