Say click, take a pic
on Jan 08 in General by DanI’ve been tagged by Raging Dad to do the self portrait meme. 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.
Now usually I wouldn’t think of plastering photos of myself all over my blog. I find those self obsessed narcissists who bombard people with pictures of themselves pulling funny faces or with stupid hairstyles both crass and offensive. I like to think that All That Comes With It is a haven of elegant prose and serene reflection; not a opportunity for some grinning idiot to try and scrape up cheap laughs by gurning at the camera.
Still, I really like Raging Dad and so I thought I’d make an exception just this once.
When I got the email telling me I’d been tagged I was in the middle of making soil mold chili for dinner (What, doesn’t everyone check their email while they cook? What if you get a comment on your blog or something?). So here is a photo of me stirring the foul concoction.
I apologize for the low lighting levels, but three of the lights in the kitchen have stopped working for some reason and I lack the masculine skillset to fix them. What’s worse is the light in the bathroom has gone too, which makes midnight visits to the toilet an exercise in guesswork and skill. I’m going to have to do something about fixing them at some point as the situation really isn’t tolerable; especially as it tends to get dark about an hour after sunrise these days.
I’ve got a day off on Friday and so plan on squirting the light fittings with water and then giving them a good bashing with a copper rod that I’ve got hanging round the house. That should get them working I should think.
Anyhow I’m going to tag some people to do this meme, but being the rebel that I am I’m going to twist it slightly.
Instead of tagging people with blogs I want to see pictures of the people without blogs that are reading this. I know there are some of them out there – My parents, Kerry’s parents, Helen, Oli, Craig, Neil, my sister, Prince Charles, Stephen Hawkins, Lenny Henry, the list goes on and on.
So go on, take a photo of yourself now and then email it me (dghughes28@yahoo.co.uk). I will then post it on the blog and make appropriate complementary gushings about how devastatingly attractive you are. I promise not to photshop anyone (well, aside from Oli that is. But I’ll only alter him enough to make him fit for human consumption).
Go on, you know you want to. Internet fame beckons.
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What, you’re still eating quorn and have not yet lost the will to live?
That meme must have taken the slow boat across the pond. Nice cooking shot though.
Jamess last blog post..On the (Up)Take
You’re like the naked chef, but with clothes on. Thankfully.
Whits last blog post..A Day on the Rock
you’d think with your not pink ukelele you’d have the masculinity to fix some lamps..
Arjans last blog post..Bouncing across the world
I’m at work and not allowed cameras under any circumstances under threat of being tried for Treason. (Or possibly given a bit of a ticking off.)
Not that us bloggers are tagged anyway. Hmph! Consider the following blank space as not-a-picture-of-me.
There you go.
Steves last blog post..Teeny guitar
Thanks for not tagging me. At least not until I’ve had my hair cut.
Rols last blog post..Bloggembarrassment
hehe us bloggers get spared..when I read the post this morning I was still in my pyama’s, hair all fuzzy, eyes half closed, and wearing a way to old crooked pair of glasses.
Arjans last blog post..Bouncing across the world
Thanks to the wonder of my iPhone I check my email ALL the time and not just when I cook – you’d be horrified if I went on with this train of thought ;o)
Penelopes last blog post..Properly blonde!
I’ve just realised who it is you remind me of – Randy from My Name Is Earl.
I’ve just taken a picture on my phone, but as I’m at work I’ll have to send it to you later… I’m a little behind the times when it comes to phone technology.
JJ Daddy O – Not yet, although I think I may have lost my sense of taste.
James – I’m always the last to be tagged
Whit – And a lot less money
Arjan – Just think how low my masculinity would be if I had got that pink uke.
Steve – They call him Bond. Steve Bond.
Rol – I know better than to tag you.
Arjan – I only have one pair of glasses and theyu are permanently crooked due to an unfortunate encounter with my bottom.
Penelope – I thought I could smell something.
Morticia – You are the second person to say that. I’m not amused.
Helen – Hurrah! That means I have two photos. Two more than I was anticipating. i’ll debut them on monday.