Dick Picks? Really?!

Garraty_47

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To my knowledge there's only ever been one pic of me nekkid.
USAF basic training; coming out of the shower a guy's standing there with a camera. I presumed he was trolling us so instead of shouting "Eek!" or diving for cover (as I figured he was hoping) I opened my towel and flashed him.

Sumbitch took a photo.
And then when he sent in the film to be processed (you have to remember this was way back in the early 1980s; digital cameras weren't really a thing yet) they printed it.

He gave it to me, I sent it (postal service) to a gal I knew back home...

...and as far as I know it got lost/tossed/whatever.

But maybe, just maybe, it's still floating around out there somewhere.
 

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What's the moral of that story? Were you ghosted after sending the pic 40 years ago?
I need closure...

I talked to her afterward but can't remember if I asked her about the pic or what she said if I did... which is why I feel it probably got lost/tossed/whatever and didn't matter anymore.
 

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Well, you remember it, so it mattered to you.

Make new memories!

You can do it!

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Well, you remember it, so it mattered to you.

Mostly I remember the moment the flash went off and I realized he wasn't just fucking about after all.

That kind of thing tends to stick in the ol' cranium.

"What a twat, he actually did it. Wait- I'M FUCKING NAKED!"

LoL
 

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umm, wasn't it Wait- I'M FUCKING NAKED who should I mail this pic to?
 

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lucky dame

We weren't seriously involved (I was getting ready to leave town for who knew how long) but we'd gotten together a couple times. I didn't know who else to send it to and thought she might even get a kick out of it.
 

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unrequited fun seems to be the moral of that story

I'm sure we spoke of it and she may have even sent a letter before that, I simply don't recall. Once the picture was taken, printed, and mailed out it wasn't my problem anymore and I couldn't be bothered to worry about it.

It's not that I'm a prude or anything of the sort; I'm just not naturally an exhibitionist.

If I woke up tomorrow and saw that photo on a billboard the only thing I'd feel is nostalgia for the level of fitness I had back then. A godsdamned machine, I was.

*sigh*
 

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okay 60, you need sweet talk, here it is
repeat after me
'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it...
 

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okay 60, you need sweet talk, here it is
repeat after me
'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it...

Currently I'm more suited to join the order of Mentats, provided they'll allow me to substitute the juice of sapho with coffee.

"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire jitters.
The jitters become a warning.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."