From the depths, I emerge
It is true. From the depths of holiday and birthday madness, I emerge. Three separate birhtday celebrations, four separate Christmas celebrations, travel to from Philly to (near) Chapel Hill, NC and back, I have survived and am happy that I got to spend it all with loved ones.
EXCEPT…… my dear blogging friends…… dear, dear blogging friends…….have tagged me. Oh, yes. I came home and logged on to see what I had been missing in my travels, and both Seriously Mama, and Daddy Joe both tagged me for a meme of the worst kind. One where my unedited photo must appear on the web. My unedited photo, as I existed at the moment photo, 8:30 in the morning Christmas eve. 9:30 AM the day after we had spent between 6:30 and 9:30 pm. at RDU. The day after we arrived at PHL at around 10:45p.m., kids still awake. The day after we spent between 10:45 pm and 12:15 am waiting for our bags so we could get the hell home already. The day after we arrived on our front steps, covered in ice, at 12:55 am.
Oh, these are cruel, dear blogging friends of mine.
I am lucky, in that before I actually received the email, I did begin to get ready for the busy day ahead…. so I don’t look completely terrible.
In all fairness, I must disclose the following. This is not the first photo I took. The first photo I took was similar, but I was blurry because a child came up behind me and startled me when I took the photo. The second is that this photo is not completely unedited. I did not change my image in any way (which is what I think of when the rules say “unedited). I did change the white balance of the photo as I forgot to check the setting when I took the photo (and as a photographer I simply cannot have a photo where the white balance is COMPLETELY off), and I did change the file size. Otherwise, the photo is not retouched. The photo is still a little out of focus, but here you go.
Here are the rules….
1) Take a picture of yourself right NOW!
2) DON’T change your clothes, DON’T fix your hair… Just take a picture.
3) Post that picture with NO editing.
4) Post these instruction with your picture.
5)Tag 10 people to do this..
10 is too many for me to tag. So, I am picking a handful….. again…. rebel that I am.
I have noticed something about all my self portraits. I often appear to look up and to the right. Neuro-linguistic theory suggests that means I am trying to visually remember something….. “like did I remember in my exhaustion to bring the kids home from the airport?” Oh, and just so you know, I often dress to match my shower curtain.
On to the tags…. sorry friends….. don’t hate me…. (Oh, and if you are not these people, you should at least read them. They have interesting things to say. They are all beautiful people too. )
1.) Bennie at A Work of Art: Raising our Exceptional Son
2.) Astrogirl at Notes from the Bunker
3.) SugarJones at Living-In Theory
4.) FireMom at Stop, Drop, and Blog
5.) Elliott at 21st Century Dad : and please give him support right now…. he needs it.
6.) Caroline at Morningside Mom
7.) SciFi Dad at Tales from The Dad Side
Seven. There. Close-enough. And I mixed up the men and the women, so hope you all enjoy! Will write soon!
12 Responses to “From the depths, I emerge”
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Oh God! I used to like you Corina. And the dressing like the shower curtain comment almost got Coke on my computer.
Bennie’s last blog post..
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Photo was just taken. On the blog later. I can’t believe I’m gonna do this…
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Well I think it’s a stunning pic!
Jeanette’s last blog post..Fun with friends
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Corina! Glad to hear that your survived your travels. Sorry to lay this meme upon you.. well, not really.
Joe’s last blog post..Giveaway: Jam with The Jimmies
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Bennie: sorry to have done that to you. Blame Joe and Brenda. Can’t wait to see the pic.
Jeanette: Thanks for saying “stunning”. I am now blushing. Maybe I can trick my hubby into calling me that sometime soon. Reserved the man is. Why am I talking like Yoda?
Joe: That is alright. Actually, it was nice to finally put a face to your name. After all this time and bull that we have given each other, I realized when I saw your photo, it was the first time I had seen one of you. I was beginning to think you were a husky.
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Congrats of surviving the holidays. I’m finally getting out of the too much family time fog!
I know the meme was harsh but you are awesome for playing along. Hope we can tweet soon!
Brenda-SeriouslyMama’s last blog post..Over the hills and through the woods…
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The shower curtain comment was very funny. When I first made videos on my web cam, I found myself looking off to the side and not directly at the little camera. Like I was embarrassed because I was talking to a real audience…I’m weird sometimes. The more videos I did, the more I looked directly at the camera (but then I found myself licking my lips a lot).
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If I took a pic of me right now, internet censors (who allow porn and hideous gore of all kinds) would shut me down for inappropriate levels of grostesqueness.
Domestic Goddess (in training)’s last blog post..And then the phone rang…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
kompostela’s last blog post..Merry Christmas To All Toddler Lovers
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The beauty you have would come across even if you were covered in poop. Forgive me, that’s just a Macedonian saying that best expresses my feelings.
xxxo
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Wow – what an amazing self-portrait! Happy New Year!!
Michele @ The Integrated Mother’s last blog post..Office Organization Project 2008
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You still look great
I am so glad that nobody tagged me. That would be a tough one…..no editing? I don’t know if I could control myself.
Kerry’s last blog post..Family Photos
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