Wednesday
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Today is all about my nephews take 2
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 2:53PM | Mr Lady
My sister in law called last Thursday to tell me that my nephew had been voted Sophomore Homecoming King at his high school. I got on the phone with him and said, "Great. You're now officially that kid I hated in high school."
He giggled. He doesn't believe that I was unpopular in high school. I was unpopular. Very. To prove it, I offer you this nugget:
I went to my senior Homecoming dance (first dance I ever went to) because I was the photographer. And in the spirit of that, and my nephew's triumphant conquest of the hearts of a couple hundred 15 year olds, this weeks' picture is of me on my way to the senior Homecoming dance.
Please note the major blunder here: My family is Irish. The parts of us that aren't Irish are Scottish and Ukrainian. We have absolutely NO pigment in our skin. I also weighed, perhaps, 90 pounds in this picture. If I was turned slightly more to the right, you wouldn't even be able to see me. So what did I do? I pulled my blond hair up, put on some white hose, added a white dress to that, and hopped in a white car.
This picture is a lot like a picture of a blizzard. Ready?
Thank god the building behind me is green. The front of that dress actually has a sheer little panel with some lovely trim stitched into it, but you can't see it because I'm a freaking albino.
I truly hope you all are enjoying my Wednesday rounds of self-humiliation. I don't know how much longer I can keep doing this to myself.
Reader Comments (6)
i was just looking at prom pix today and think I could post..
I never went to a single dance in high school. Not even as the photographer. Man, we SO should have been hanging out.
Damn fine. Like a Rodger the Rabbit toon... Not Jessica. heh
I would've asked you to the prom!
Also, I was prom king. I think I may have also been homecoming king, but I can't remember.
Where was I for that Homecoming? Junior year was the fun year, why don't I remember anything?
Don't be so hard on your high school self. My high school self would have totally taken you to the prom.