I called my dad. "Did you get the paper yet?"
"Yes! There's a color picture of you on the fr-"
"I know!!!! It's horrible! I can't believe how bad it is!"
He sighed. "I think you are too hard on yourself."
"That's true, but seriously, this is a bad picture. My friend Suebob said that I look as if I had a terrible accident involving my neck." I cackled. "But now no one is going to want to hire me because they'll think I have a disability that they'll have to accommodate! I'm screwed."
"Well, I'll always love you."
"Thanks, Dad."
And that is the last I will say about this awful picture. It is almost ironic that I am obsessed with how I look in a picture attached to an article about how terrible it is that young girls have to struggle with body image.
*Big nod to Grace Paley, whose essay of the same title we read in lit class last year. My lit prof thought it didn't work, but I adore anything Paley wrote. If she wrote a limerick on the back of a cocktail napkin, I'd find it brilliant.
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Aw Suzanne, it's cute. We're all self conscious about how we look, at any age. Even guys.
ReplyDeleteYou look like the chic from Law and Order SVU..Olivia. I can't think of her real name...ah the lack of sleep!
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Dana, you definitely need more sleep! But thanks for the compliment. I love Olivia (real name: Mariska Hargitay).
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks Matty for your kind words. Very true!
I showed it to my friend at work (proudly) and told her about my neck comment. She added "And her arm." OMG the amputation! No, really, again, you are MUCH better looking in person.
ReplyDeleteI was going to say that it was ironic that you were so concerned about the picture. I thought you looked nice.
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