So now that I've got the depressing news out of the way (see below) it's time for some fun. I started reading a book with Paul called Uglies. We're not very far into it, yet. The basic idea is that there is a society that makes everyone "pretty" when they turn 16, and this involves a surgery that makes the face symmetrical, among other changes. The girls in the book spend some time playing with software that will show them possibilities of what they might look like once they're made pretty. It starts by scanning their faces, taking each half and using symmetry to show them two possible faces they could have. Then they can tweak the images to look more "pretty."
Paul found a picture of me (in which I'm not even looking straight at the camera), and tried to do the same thing. The result was freakin' hilarious! I look like I weight 400 pounds! Not to mention that I somehow I have two necks...!!! Here it is... Obviously, he didn't edit it very well.
Here's another that Paul did of his face, and it's mostly silly because of his hair. This one actually manages to look like him.
Now, below is a picture of Paul from before I knew him. He has a pleasant face that isn't very symmetrical.
And below are the two halves of his face made symmetrical. In the first he looks overly-eager and sort of innocent.
In the second, he's a sort of quasi-Gaston brute. The military cut he had at the time doesn't help.
And here I am on our wedding day... Chubby, lovely, and not very symmetrical.
First, we have the right side. This is definitely my skinnier half. I'm not sure what nationality I become. It makes my face look kind of long...
And the left side. This is the fat side, and making it symmetrical makes my face almost square. I think my arched eyebrows also make me slightly evil-looking.
I've seriously been trying not to laugh my head off while I've been posting these pictures. I don't know if anyone else will think they're as funny as I do... I think I prefer us just the way we are.
