To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
December 18, 2007 9:52 AM Subscribe
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
This is a slideshow of celebrity photographs comparing their current and younger selves.
I just found it interesting to see how many of these faces had been burned into my memory, and to have those memories disrupted by the realities of age (and plastic surgery). Despite their fame and wealth, many of the subjects come across as victims of a sort. Perhaps they undergo the knife so as to not betray our memories of them.
Here is the full Robert Herrick poem:
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.
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This is a slideshow of celebrity photographs comparing their current and younger selves.
I just found it interesting to see how many of these faces had been burned into my memory, and to have those memories disrupted by the realities of age (and plastic surgery). Despite their fame and wealth, many of the subjects come across as victims of a sort. Perhaps they undergo the knife so as to not betray our memories of them.
Here is the full Robert Herrick poem:
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.
disclaimer:
Please conduct all snarking here. It will be read and evaluated at a later date for possible inclusion in the thread.
This post was deleted for the following reason: The content here -- celebrity's age, get surgery -- isn't exactly new stuff, the presentation of the photos kind of sucks at that, and you've bizarrely pushing people toward some other bulletin board. This is a pretty strange post. -- cortex
That spread should be called "plastic surgery disasters".
posted by psmealey at 9:59 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by psmealey at 9:59 AM on December 18, 2007
I'm heartbroken to see Faye Dunaway's shiny new veneers. Her rotting, coffee and cigarette colored teeth were part of her down home charm.
posted by psmealey at 10:01 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by psmealey at 10:01 AM on December 18, 2007
I think these celebrities have already gathered lots of rosebuds, particularly in the sense this poem means.
Also, kudos to the Chicago Tribune for not putting these photos side by side. Who knows what horrors might visit upon us if it were at all easy to compare the before and afters!
posted by DU at 10:05 AM on December 18, 2007
Also, kudos to the Chicago Tribune for not putting these photos side by side. Who knows what horrors might visit upon us if it were at all easy to compare the before and afters!
posted by DU at 10:05 AM on December 18, 2007
It should be subtitled "too much mascara"
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 10:06 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 10:06 AM on December 18, 2007
What a freaking bizarre post.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:06 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by shakespeherian at 10:06 AM on December 18, 2007
All of those people in their "now" photos have the Crazy Eye.
posted by backseatpilot at 10:07 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by backseatpilot at 10:07 AM on December 18, 2007
Faye Dunaway before/after
Those are definitely robo-teeth, now that I look at them.
posted by craniac at 10:09 AM on December 18, 2007
Those are definitely robo-teeth, now that I look at them.
posted by craniac at 10:09 AM on December 18, 2007
So the Chicago Tribune has been reduced to US Weekly level photo spreads?
posted by gwint at 10:10 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by gwint at 10:10 AM on December 18, 2007
What a freaking bizarre post.
posted by shakespeherian at 5:06 PM on December 18 [+] [!]
Thank you for using the snark forum.
posted by craniac at 10:12 AM on December 18, 2007
posted by shakespeherian at 5:06 PM on December 18 [+] [!]
Thank you for using the snark forum.
posted by craniac at 10:12 AM on December 18, 2007
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