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Realizations, and A Request
Jan. 14th, 2008 09:51 amI was poking through my journal while chatting with my husband a couple of days ago, when I realized just how old the picture in my user icon is. It was taken the summer after my sophomore year in vet school, which was almost a decade ago.
It's still a pretty accurate picture - my husband has started speculating about a portrait in our basement that may be aging for me - but it did help me recognize just how assiduously I've been avoiding having my picture taken. Aside from one or two costume photos and mandatory photo shoots for performance groups, I haven't really had a basic, random photo of myself since 1999.
Which leads me to my request. I try to avoid making New Year's Resolutions, but I do have a couple of goals for this year. The relevant goal, right now, is to try to get over my serious aversion to having my picture taken. And, given that I'm not likely to be taking my own picture, I'd ask those of you who do see me to help with this. I'm not asking y'all to go crazy snapping shots of me at all hours and opportunities, but.... if you want to take a picture, could you please ask instead of assuming I don't want it? And if I say no, could you please remind me of this post here, and ask again? This is one circumstance where I give permission to gently badger me. I won't get past this if I don't keep at it, and.... I guess I'd kinda like to have at least a couple of pictures of Just Plain Me.
For the record, my other goal this year is to work on my singing. Some of you may realize just how big a leap this is for me, others may not, but I think it's time to at least try. If I can get past my fear of public speaking and performance enough to actively enjoy teaching and performing dance, when it used to make me physically ill, I can at least take a stab at this, too.
I'm not sure where to start, but I'm willing to at least entertain the idea that singing can be taught and learned, and I'll figure out where to go from there. This is something else that all you singers out there can remind me of too, though I may be a bit more shy about this....
It's still a pretty accurate picture - my husband has started speculating about a portrait in our basement that may be aging for me - but it did help me recognize just how assiduously I've been avoiding having my picture taken. Aside from one or two costume photos and mandatory photo shoots for performance groups, I haven't really had a basic, random photo of myself since 1999.
Which leads me to my request. I try to avoid making New Year's Resolutions, but I do have a couple of goals for this year. The relevant goal, right now, is to try to get over my serious aversion to having my picture taken. And, given that I'm not likely to be taking my own picture, I'd ask those of you who do see me to help with this. I'm not asking y'all to go crazy snapping shots of me at all hours and opportunities, but.... if you want to take a picture, could you please ask instead of assuming I don't want it? And if I say no, could you please remind me of this post here, and ask again? This is one circumstance where I give permission to gently badger me. I won't get past this if I don't keep at it, and.... I guess I'd kinda like to have at least a couple of pictures of Just Plain Me.
For the record, my other goal this year is to work on my singing. Some of you may realize just how big a leap this is for me, others may not, but I think it's time to at least try. If I can get past my fear of public speaking and performance enough to actively enjoy teaching and performing dance, when it used to make me physically ill, I can at least take a stab at this, too.
I'm not sure where to start, but I'm willing to at least entertain the idea that singing can be taught and learned, and I'll figure out where to go from there. This is something else that all you singers out there can remind me of too, though I may be a bit more shy about this....
