{"id":5746,"date":"2009-11-06T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:59:20","slug":"confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because my drivers license almost expired, I had to go to the<br \/>\nlocal government office to replace my old one for a new&#8230;<br \/>\nI postponed the trip a\u00a0few times but with only one week of validity left,<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t ignore it anymore &#8211;\u00a0so yesterday I hopped on my bike to get<br \/>\nan OFFICIAL PHOTO\u00a0taken.<\/p>\n<p>Eeeekkk, that &#8220;official photo&#8221; was\u00a0the reason to postpone the whole thing<br \/>\nin the first place &#8211;\u00a0and not just for any reason&#8230;<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know how it is in other countries, but in the Netherlands the photo<br \/>\non your passport or drivers licence has to\u00a0comply with\u00a0certain rules.<\/p>\n<p>So with fear in my heart I cycled to the &#8220;official photographer&#8221;<br \/>\n(my son offered to take my picture and I&#8217;m sure I would have loved<br \/>\nhis photo. But no way &#8211; it has to be &#8220;official&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>And yes, as if the angels were laughing with me, it started to rain<br \/>\non my way over there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See me coming into that store?<br \/>\nDripping all over the place, my hair all wet and messy, my nose red<br \/>\nfrom the cold and half blind &#8217;cause of my misty glasses&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8220;Uuuuhhhmmm, I need my picture taken for my drivers licence.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe guy offered me a mirror.<br \/>\nHe rather not&#8230; I looked worse then I thought!<br \/>\nI rearranged my hair a bit and sat down on a stool.<br \/>\nI decided to laugh about it and let this get over with&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8220;OK, what are the rules&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd then I had to stick to this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your ears must both be visible.<br \/>\n(I have BIG EARS! Especially the right one!<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why I always have a hairstyle that leaves<br \/>\nmy right ear\u00a0invisible&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t wear a hat or cap.<br \/>\n(are there people doing that on such a photo?)<\/li>\n<li>You have to face the camera.<br \/>\n(no &#8220;show your best side&#8221; possible here&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>You\u00a0are not allowed to\u00a0smile.<br \/>\n(the guy said &#8220;but it&#8217;s allowed to look friendly, ma&#8217;am&#8221; &#8211; uh-uh!)<\/li>\n<li>The flashlight may not show in your glasses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He took a photo. And another one. And another one. And another one&#8230;<br \/>\nThe flashlight kept reflecting in my glasses.<br \/>\nI moved a bit to the right, a bit to the left. Chin up a bit. Chin down a bit.<\/p>\n<p>And another photo. And another one&#8230;.<br \/>\nuntil I asked him: &#8220;is it allowed to put my glasses off for this photo?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes, it is&#8221; he said in a relieved tone.<br \/>\nSo I took my glasses off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_pasfoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5748\" title=\"01_pasfoto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_pasfoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI have to face it&#8230;<br \/>\nthis is me.<br \/>\nGreasy looking hair.<br \/>\n(it&#8217;s WET, not grease!)<br \/>\nBig ears.<br \/>\nHanging eyelids<br \/>\n(no glasses to<br \/>\ncamouflage it!)<br \/>\nBags under my eyes.<br \/>\nAll folded and wrinkled.<\/p>\n<p>I did my best though&#8230;<br \/>\nI even wear lipstick!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After this exercise, going to the governments office to replace my<br \/>\ndrivers license\u00a0was peanuts!<br \/>\nLets\u00a0just hope I won&#8217;t get pulled over in the next few years&#8230;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On to the new Lotus Paperie challenge now.\u00a0<br \/>\nThis week, we challenge you to use a coffee filter on your layout!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5749\" title=\"02_lotus149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_lotus149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Background paper: Junkitz<br \/>\nChristal swirl: Prima Marketing<br \/>\nEphemera&#8217;s: Graphic 45 (Fashionista line)<br \/>\nPiece of sheet music, some old &#8220;stamps stickers&#8221;,<br \/>\npiece of old lace and embroidery threat.<br \/>\nAnd, of course, a coffee filter\u00a0which I sprayed with ink.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(And see the photo I used? See\u00a0those lovely YOUNG eyes?<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s ten years ago&#8230;.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_lotus149_detail01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5750\" title=\"03_lotus149_detail01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_lotus149_detail01-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nI crocheted<br \/>\na little fringe\u00a0<br \/>\nat the edge of<br \/>\nthe coffee filter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_lotus149_detail02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5751\" title=\"04_lotus149_detail02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04_lotus149_detail02-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA cluster of<br \/>\n&#8220;little somethings&#8221;<br \/>\nin the corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I never would have thougt of using a coffee filter on a layout myself,<br \/>\nbut it was fun once I started to think about how to use it&#8230;<br \/>\nI could think of so many things! Let&#8217;s see what you come up with!<br \/>\nHop on over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lotuspaperie.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lotus Paperie blog<\/a>, see what all the other<br \/>\nDT-members did with it and start creating yourself!<\/p>\n<p>I have plans for the weekend&#8230; already printed some photo&#8217;s and I&#8217;m<br \/>\neager\u00a0to start on a layout for <a href=\"http:\/\/whatisyourfavething.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">T.A.A.F.O.M.F.T.<br \/>\n<\/a>Their challenge is to scrap your favourite vacation\/trip and I knew what<br \/>\nto use right away&#8230; in my head it&#8217;s a funny and gorgeous layout already<br \/>\n&#8211; I just have to make it! Hope it will\u00a0turn out the way I want!<\/p>\n<p>Wish you all a good weekend too!<\/p>\n<p>Je t&#8217;embrasse!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/\">back to homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because my drivers license almost expired, I had to go to the local government office to replace my old one for a new&#8230; I postponed the trip a\u00a0few times but with only one week of validity left, I couldn&#8217;t ignore it anymore &#8211;\u00a0so yesterday I hopped on my bike to get an OFFICIAL PHOTO\u00a0taken. 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