{"id":1060,"date":"2015-05-05T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T16:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2015-05-05T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T16:06:36","slug":"nablopomo-day-5-your-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/05\/nablopomo-day-5-your-style\/","title":{"rendered":"NaBloPoMo Day 5: Your Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s NaBloPoMo Prompt:<\/strong> What is your favourite angle for being photographed? Head-on? Slightly above, below, to the side?<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like being photographed. Hate the way I look when I smile. See photos of myself and think, good God, is that what I look like? How come no one told me? How are people not falling down in hysterical, terrified laughter every time they see me?<\/p>\n

Very arrogant.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure, 90% of the time, no one notices me at all. That\u2019s not self-deprecation, that\u2019s just logic. Heck, it\u2019s probably more like 99%. And that other 1%, I can\u2019t possibly know what standards are in any other mind. It\u2019s silly to assume I can understand an entire lifetime of context that a person brings to whatever they view.<\/p>\n

That said, I still don\u2019t like being photographed. So I have no real answer for what my favorite angle is, although: I do like a good selfie. And for those, in the mirror, I\u2019m usually going head on.<\/p>\n

My wife tells me that people should always be photographed from slightly above, to hide multiple chins. Ariana Grand, I\u2019m told, always demands being photographed from only the left. Old west cowboys (the actors who portrayed them, at least) were always photographed from below to show how huge and manly they were.<\/p>\n

So you can see my dilemma. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m photogenic, I want to hide my chins, maintain my pop starlet style, and show off my machismo. Talk about existential angst, sheesh!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s NaBloPoMo Photo Prompt:<\/strong> Your Style<\/em><\/p>\n

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Took a WFH day. Getting chores done too. Shame is for sissies.<\/a><\/p>\n

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