The good folks over at Buzzfeed dug up the above photo of Zooey Deschanel (left) and Rashida Jones (right) during their teenage years.
I love it for all the right reasons: Because any teenager going through their awkward, zit-and-braces phase right now could look to this image and compare it to this and this and delude themselves into believing that they, too, could grow up to be totally hot, famous television actresses. (Having famous parents — Rashida Jones’ Dad is Quincy Jones and Zooey’s Mom is “Twin Peaks’ Mary Joe Weird — doesn’t hurt.)
So, pimply girl with the flat-chest, oily skin, and mouthful of orthodontics, hang this picture up on your mirror and take solace in the fact that, though you’ll probably never look as pretty as they do now, at least you probably don’t look a bad as they did then.
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Left is the new right.
Are we sure Zooey Deschanel’s awkward phase is over? I mean, sure she looks better than that now, but she’s still a clumsy doofus.
Man, I’m glad that nobody is trying to dig up my old middle school and high school photos. One of the few perks of being non-famous.
These aren’t particularly bad, though. Maybe you wouldn’t look at them and think they’d grow up to be pretty and famous, but they’re not totally mortifying.
Completely agreed. They’re basically normal looking, Zooey looks pretty plain and Rashida looks like she’s mid-fart. Neither look like they know what a hair brush is.
Rashida Jones’ mother was also in Twin Peaks as Norma Jennings
*pushes up glasses*
And the adorkable one’s father is 5-time Oscar nominated cinematographer/director Caleb Deschanel.
* adjusts monocle, tamps down pipe *
GILLLLLLLYYYYY
sorry
I wish her mom’s name really were Mary Joe Weird instead of Mary Jo Weir. It would explain so much.
NEPOTISM!
Rashida. Dream woman. *Dream Weaver plays in background*
These two appear to have turned out fine but, what about “first place mullet?”
These broads would’ve been right up my alley in high school.
Zooey looks hungry.
Right now there is an oily, pimple faced, early 30′s year old guy bragging to his friends about how he finger banged Rashida Jones in junior high.
Don’t act like you wouldn’t. I would start a website called iFingeredRashidaJones16yearsAgo.com
Zooey looks a lot like Zooey, Rashida looks very much unlike Rashida.
I guess Zooey’s eyes have always been freakishly bright, in a good way.
So what you’re saying is that people can grow…OUT of their awkwardness?
::turns off engine, raises garage door::
Wait a minute… I’ve seen this movie! LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY!!!
I think these pictures speak to the power of cosmetics, hair stylists and personal trainers.