Iron Fist

I’ve been trying to come up with a suitably embarrassing story, which should be easier considering that my life frequently seems to be non-stop embarrassment, but here we are on Friday and find I’m drawing a blank. So I started looking through my old archived photos for inspiration, hoping that I’d had the foresight to record some of my more embarrassing moments in life, and still wasn’t getting any inspiration until I came across a folder with photos from the last Halloween party I’d thrown.

I remember it well: I’d convinced my roommate that we’d both grow our beards in so we could both be really homely women for the party. I tasked my girlfriend at the time with finding me appropriate garb, but asked her to find something that wasn’t too expensive — after all, how often would I wear a dress?

The local Goodwill didn’t turn up anything slinky that would fit me, but she did come back with a house dress that was about the right size. I decided against a wig, instead opting for a few pink curlers clipped randomly in my hair, and some costume jewelry. Oh, and I had some really messily-applied makeup as well, but that wasn’t until right after I snapped this self-portrait:

The rest is history.

(This is my submission for Phone It In Friday, run by my friends over at The Collective. Got an embarrassing tale? Go dish over in their comments, or link to a post of your own.)

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I was real close to writing a post today, this close, but you know what? It’s HOT out. And I don’t have AC, and my room is freaky and science-defying, it’s consistently colder than the outdoors in the winter and warmer in the summer.

Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe I’ll come up with something suitably embarrassing for Friday. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, for no particular reason, Mr Spock singing about hobbits:

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One during the day:

and one at night:

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Yet Another Marginally Interesting Recap of Events Over a Week Old

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A Bunch of My Pictures Because It’s Easier than Writing

You would have seen the Hulk!

Or Jabba the Hut!

Or giant bugs promising prizes!

Or life-sized props from upcoming movies!

Or renowned comic book artists!

But mostly you would have seen a lot of dudes who were into comic books wearing deliriously happy smiles, for one reason or another.

You can see all the rest of my Comic-Con photos on Flickr.

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Today The Collective, of whom I am a huge fan, is giving me an award! Feel free to click through and shower me with adulation. Also, if you don’t already have the Collective in your feedreader, take a moment to examine what it is you’ve been doing with your life all this time, and then subscribe to their site.

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