variations of me

Back when I read at poetry readings and did featured readings, I did a featured reading at a place located in the museum at UC Berkeley. The poetry series was called Touch Of A Poet and it was supposed to be somewhat prestigious because of the University connection. Of course, it was pretty much just another poetry reading that got lucky in securing the place but I still felt honored to be a featured reader there, even though there were problems like a rescheduling for the day I was supposed to read while the flyers still indicated the old date and the fact that I wanted to use the podium but the host and cameraman decided they preferred the poets not to use the podium. Also, there were other situations that annoyed me about the poetry scene in general, especially how others seemed to like my words more than they liked me and I did not get popular socially like some of the other poets who read in the poetry scene. Anyway, here is a picture of how I looked like back then and my picture - a screencap of my featured reading - is as dorky as my life back then.

Later, I found a solution to bring more popularity to myself and that was when I did handshake pictures and other stuff that involved other people as well as myself. Handshake pictures consisted of a woman and I shaking hands and I included poetry with the pictures and put it all in various books. I also had a more "tough" appearance even though mentally I was the same type of guy I was during the Touch Of A Poet series. Anyway, here is a picture of me with a more "macho" appearance.

Finally, as of nowadays, I have a more contemporary "television dude" appearance. Here I am in jogger clothing and looking more spiffy.