Just returned from doing something I pretty much had to do or I wouldn’t have done it… no not the dentist. A photo shoot. With the kids. Well, even if the kids weren’t there… I still wouldn’t have wanted to do a photo shoot.
Ask me to help grout a bathroom and I’d roll up my sleeves. Tell me I need a professional photo for the back cover of my book and I literally stall and put it off until I absolutely have no choice but to take the picture.
I emailed a photographer I met a year ago at a party who I honestly have tried to take a photo with several times since I met her but one thing or another has happened. So off Natalie and I went with Luke and Nana (who would be assuming the role of child wrangler at the shoot) to get professional photos of me with the kids in really casual clothing. I really hope one of those photos come out nicely.
And then came the time for me to take my headshot so when I’m asked for an author’s bio picture I can actually have a nice one to give them. I should probably explain. I don’t have a professional headshot because I am never pleased with how they turn out. The photo on my “About Savvy Mommy” page wasn’t taken by a professional photographer. It was a fluke that the photo came out nice and decent enough to put up on the site. The rest of the photos on the website of me by myself or with the children are clearly taken by someone other than a professional photographer. And I’ve chosen to not stress about it because photos are just not my thing.
So here I am alone (kids are in the other part of the studio playing with cars with Nana), leaning on a couch about to take my headshot and all I could think of was my huge forehead and the fact that I do have “runaway bride” eyes when I take photos. Lovely, huh. So who knows how that photo will turn out. I honestly think I’ll end up forever giving anyone who requests it a photo of me with my children. I can hear it now “Um… but we only wanted your headshot..”
Fingers crossed everyone. Maybe the extremely patient photographer we worked with was able to perform a miracle and catch me when I wasn’t stressing out over things. *sigh*
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So sad that first Anna Nicole Smith loses her son days after her daughter Danilynn is born. Then strange and irratic behavior is witness by all in the form of photos and interviews. And now she has died leaving that little girl with no one. Awful. It’s just so sad.
I could care less if she married an 85 year old man for his money, lived in a home in the Bahamas which wasn’t really hers or if she posed for Playboy. A little baby is now without a mom. So incredibly sad.
Does anyone actually think something awful wasn’t going to happen eventually? Everytime she was in the news recently it was just something so bizarre. Wasn’t anyone able to step in and help her. Was there someone who couldn’t have prevented her in the end being found unconscious in a hotel room in Florida.
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Got this email a few minutes ago. Figured, what the heck, I haven’t blogged anything today. (Although I should have blogged about my grandmother’s 82nd birthday being today and the 12 degree weather ruining all plans I had.)
So I may as well share my wacky responses on my blog, Single Mom Talking –
1. What time is it? 3:55 pm EST
2. Full Name Victoria Pericon
3. What do you fear most? Something happening to one of my kiddos
4. What do you drive? A car.
5. Have you ever seen a ghost? Nope. Probably would have had a heart attack right after
6. Where were you born ? New York, New York
7. Ever been to Alaska ? Nope. I wonder if someone at Good Morning Alaska reads my blog. Hint Hint.
8. Ever been toilet papering? Is that the thing you do in high school if you are incredibly immature? Nope. Missed the urge to do that.
9. Croutons or Bacon bits? Depends on the day. Depends on the salad. 10. Favorite day of the week? Friday.
11. Favorite restaurant: Tribeca Grill, Le Zinc (sadly, it’s now closed), Zocalo
12. Favorite Flower: Red Gerbera Daisies
13. Favorite sports to watch: um… none. I’ll start watching soccer when my kids join a team otherwise I haven’t been to a hockey or baseball game in four years.
14. Favorite Drink: Here’s a very dated response: Malibu Bay Breeze. Not to worry though, my even more grown up drink for when I’m at social events usually has something to do with vodka though.
15. Favorite Ice cream Vanilla Haagan Dazs but lately it’s been Haagan Dazs mango sorbet
16. Disney or Warner Brothers: Is this a trick question people? WB of course.
17. Favorite fast food restaurant: Wendy’s … can’t go wrong with a fry or two from there.
18. What color is your bedroom carpet? Hardwood floors
19. How many times you failed your driver’s test? Once and I cried like a baby. It was an honest mistake though. No really it was. I took the test where there were different traffic rules than in Manhattan. And then when I went to retake the test again, the testing guy was the same one who failed me the first time and he remembered me!
20. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail from? Megan Ferrington of American Greetings … she’s telling everyone about their cool Anti Valentine’s Day cards. (And yes, my grandmother’s birthday card as well as her card from my mom and kiddos to her were all from American Greetings.. bought them all at the original Duane Reade in Manhattan.)
21. What do you do most often when you are bored? Bored? Never. Too much going on around me.
22. Who will respond to this email the quickest? No one. Thankfully.
23. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Not sure
24. Where would you like to go visit? Monaco. But I have to wait until the kiddos can do tons of walking on their own.
25. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their responses? No one
26. Favorite TV show? Quite a few… Monk, Take Home Chef, Gilmore Girls, Greys Anatomy
27. Ford or Chevy: Ford Explorer was the first car I ever bought myself. So I’ll go with Ford.
28. What are you listening to right now? Tonight Show with Jay Leno from TiVo
29. What are your favorite colors? Blue.
30. How many tattoos do you have? Not a one.
31. Do you have any pets? Fish tank and turtle
32. Which came first the chicken or the egg? Chicken
33. What would you like to accomplish before you die: Wow… Maybe finish this list of questions?
34. How many people are you sending this to? Posting it on my blog so I don’t have to email it.
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