The last month in pictures
November 3rd, 2009 | by TJ |I don’t own a real camera, and that’s ok, because I’m pretty terrible at taking pictures, anyway. Phil and I don’t even have a single picture of us together, because we are (or maybe more me) just not picture people.
So, of course, this blog does not usually feature too many pictures.
However, I do occasionally demand Phil’s phone to take some terrible pictures, which, for some reason, I only share on Twitter.
Is that fair to you, non-Twittering Internet? Is that even a little bit fair?
Probably not, but that’s not likely to stop me.
However, I can update you on the last month or so in pictures.
I ate this.
It was delicious, but I had a hard time finding my way IN.
I screamed at this.
To be fair, you have NO IDEA how realistic it looks when you’re not expecting it.
I tried to open this.
This Snack Pack did not want to be eaten. Also? It was a Brownie Batter flavored Snack Pack, so I was really excited to eat it. When I finally got in it, it was pretty disappointing. I am pretty sure that is a metaphor of some sort for life in general.
I look just like this.
If we’ve never met, you probably don’t see it. If we have met, you know exactly which one of those women is my grandmother, and you’re wondering how she got a hold of my face. In 1946, no less.
I cursed at this.
Do you understand the grave injustice committed when those eyelashes belong to a man? And I’m not even allowed to put mascara on them JUST TO SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK.
I finally managed this.
Did you know you can finally get a halfway decent picture of your ring if you actually take it off? Imagine that!
I failed at this.
Turns out I’m really bad at Halloween.
I totally won at this.
Fry’s Supermarket TOTALLY FELL VICTIM TO ME.
I keep saying I need a camera, but looking over these pictures and what I’d actually use a camera FOR? I am pretty sure I cannot justify the expense.
By Adlib on Nov 3, 2009
Wow…you weren’t kidding about the coupons!
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
It was definitely a banner shopping day!
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By Awlbiste on Nov 3, 2009
I bought myself a pretty nice digital camera 2 Christmases ago and I almost never use it, it sits in a box. I already have an okay camera on my phone which I have with me at all times anyway.
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
It just never really occurs to me to take pictures in general, and he and I aren’t even picture people in the sense that we enjoy HAVING pictures. I still feel like I SHOULD have one though.
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Awlbiste Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I do not allow people to take pictures of me. Not even so much as that I think I’m not nice looking, but EXTREMELY UNPHOTOGENIC describes it.
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Katie Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
My husband loves cameras. We own a few, they almost always end up in his hands. I tend to shake the camera when I try to take pictures, mine tend to turn out fuzzy. He tends to play amateur photographer at weddings.
I hate almost every picture taken of me in recent years. Probably says more about my body image than anything else. I’ve come to accept that I think I look like crap in most of them, and there is no way I can delete them all (I’ve tried before).
TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
EXTREMELY UNPHOTOGENIC sums up my problem exactly.
By Delicia on Nov 3, 2009
Oh great, now I really want cake.. and all we have is halloween candy rejects (stuff the kids don’t like). Or icecream. Or cake covered with icecream. And smothered with Hot Fudge.
Store time!
-Del
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By Katie on Nov 3, 2009
We avoided the whole candy issue. Didn’t buy Halloween candy, didn’t even turn on the light. So, at least you tried.
Very pretty ring.
Want to be truly jealous, look at any young boy’s eyelashes. My four year old nephews make me want to cry, they have such gorgeous eyelashes. Seems to hold true for most of the male species. They don’t appreciate their good fortune in regards to lashes.
Why is it that long lashes are so desirable for women?
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john the diver Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Hate to burst your bubble. I’m pretty sure the only people that desire long lashes are women. I can tell you right now I have never looked at a woman (or man) and said nice lashes. On the really rare occasion that I notice lashes is if someone is wearing a lot of makeup on them or false ones…then I see them and my eyes start to water.
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
That’s exactly the issue. It’s not fair that men HAVE them when they don’t even APPRECIATE them.
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I think I want longer eyelashes so badly because of what a huge difference mascara makes on the way I look. It’s part of my bare minimum make up routine. If I had longer eyelashes, maybe I wouldn’t need it!
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By Bellwether on Nov 3, 2009
I have a camera phone, but no idea how to get the pictures off the phone onto the internet without incurring the wrath of the phone internet bill.
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By Shin Ae on Nov 3, 2009
That cake! And, Brownie Batter?! Thank you for going there, for all of us. Had I known that existed I would have been all over it and probably disappointed as well.
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
The pudding wasn’t BAD. It just tasted like chocolate pudding. So, you know, it’s not HORRIBLE because hey, it’s still pudding, you know?
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By Mel on Nov 3, 2009
I understand wanting to try the mascara “just to see how it looks.” When my nephew was a baby I used to beg my sister to let me put him in a dress just once because girls are so much cuter to dress. She didn’t give in, which I guess is a good thing.
And your ring is gorgeous! I’m not much of a girly girl and I don’t wear a lot of jewelry, but I would LOVE a ring like that.
How am I doing on commenting? Good?
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Ok, if I do indeed have my hypothetical future child(ren), I want a boy, but I would totally go along with putting him in a dress, just once, to see.
As long as Phil isn’t a PARTY POOPER, like he is with sharing his eyelashes.
AND THANK YOU. Is it really lame if I say I also think my ring is totally awesome?
You’re doing excellently on your comments. Gold star.*
(*actual gold star not included)
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By Bernie on Nov 4, 2009
@ last photo. 55 items! Shopping for a party or did you buy 55 candy bars for Halloween?
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
That is actually 2 weeks worth of groceries for Phil and I!
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By Dulcea on Nov 4, 2009
That cake…is making me hungry. Damn just having gotten to work!
>.> And that bear looks cuddly. I’ll totally believe you on the realism, but right now he just looks like he needs a hug.
*eyes the receipt again* As my uncle is getting an enforced one day a week furlough for the forseeable future (Holiday conspiracy I tell you!), coupon clipping is sounding more and more appealing. Its not time as much as patience though. Whereall do you gather from? Just the Sunday paper?
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Pretty much exclusively from the Sunday paper (and from packaging of products we already bought – there’s really good ones inside boxes and such).
Mainly you need to remember to not get the Sunday paper and use all the coupons on Monday. Basically, stockpile and use them as they match with a really good sale.
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By Susie on Nov 4, 2009
Um… will you teach me how to grocery shop? I clearly am doing it wrong.
Also, the brownie batter wasn’t great? Did it just taste like chocolate pudding? Bummer…
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
It did taste like chocolate pudding, which totally isn’t a BAD thing, but, well, you know. I had high hopes.
Also? With shopping? It’s about matching coupons to sales. Couponmom.com and hotcouponworld.com and The Grocery Game can all be really helpful until you get the hang of doing it on your own.
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