The Selfie

I should be 100% ashamed to admit that I cannot a) find the new blog I started or b) remember the info. And I wanted to start fresh which is why I started the last blog. And it's so fresh that now I can't find it. Argh!!! I digress. So I came back here until I finish the real site....Don't everyone hold your breath. I can't go to THAT many funerals.

Have you read those articles that say people who take selfies are raging narcissists? Aren't we kind of a narcissistic culture with an incessant need for validation and instant gratification? Confession time. I troll peeps on FB (those public folks) that post photos for the parched peeps (aka the "thirsties"  and need validation. I will see girls posting pics in their bathing suits....some look fab..some look good...some look more like me. And the comments!!! "Dizzam. You are sexy! Inbox me!" But what I am super impressed by are those women with total body confidence. They just look so comfortable with themselves. Whether they are tall, skinny, chubby, short....I really give it to those girls because that is NOT something I have. Oh I do about 8% of the time. It's like when I am having a good hair day. I have swag!!!! Look, we all like to feel good. And I love to give compliments. I am THAT person. I will stop someone and say, "you have beautiful hair!" or "that color looks awesome on you." Howevs, I am extremely uncomfortable receiving them. Google that. I know why that is but for the most part they make me feel weird.

However, I LOVE the selfie. Why? Because I always wonder what I look like. For example, I gave a presentation to about 20 peeps the other week and my pants were unzipped the entire time. That was not intentional. And then another day, I was out and had handprints on my butt. Again, I wasn't trying to make a fashion statement. And then there are all of the faces my dermatologist says I MUST stop making. After 40 plus years???? What are they expecting? I also embrace the selfie because I assume a few years I will look back and think sista didn't look so wretched. Just like I look back to my 20s when I thought I was fat (hahaha). Now granted, when I post selfies, some folks people may be thinking, "old girl needs to slow her roll" or "she looks like a bag of cotton candy (fluffy and why I don't do pastels!!!)". I finally realized a few years ago that people think what they think. So, I am going to post a bunch of selfies and why I took them. All are unfiltered except for one. Not because I don't need filters, but because I try to be authentic.

I like to capture sweet times. Here is me and the polar fleece dog.

I bought this dress several years ago for a meeting for $9. I tried it on a few weeks ago. It looks like a prom dress and we all know I did not go to prom.

I am weird about my curls. I hate frizz which I have about 90% of the time but I had a superb hair day the other day and shazzam was I capturing the side.

Wanna know what I look like while writing this blog? Yeah, I don't expect In Style to ask for my beauty secrets. I LOVE off the shoulder shirts. Girls just wanna have fun (I hate that song).

I had soooooo much fun with my bestie at ACDC. So I had to capture me waiting for her slow booty to get there.

I ran to sit in the hammock chair. Made it!! Why was this captured? Because I missed the time before and almost knocked myself unconscious. I crack myself up.

This photo has a filter but I didn't take it. If I was edgy, like that chick who was the lead singer of the Divinyls (may she RIP) I would want my album (yes, I am showing my vintage age) cover to look like this. Except, I kind of ended up looking cross eyed. I'm looking at you. No you. Not the other way.  Like one of those attractions at the Ripley's Believe it or Not attraction. So much for sultry.

I had a date. I needed approval for the outfit so I sent this to Momo. I loved that shirt. Too bad it got stuck in something and inadvertently went in the dryer. Now, it is like a crop top. All together now......NOPE!!!

And I cannot believe I am posting this but I would post on Amazon so I will post here. I read Amazon reviews and I love looking at the photos. So when I got my $12 swimsuit, then I was going to post a faceless photo to show peeps what a real person looked like in a retro swimsuit.

OMG. Sadly there is no filter. I cannot believe I am posting a swimsuit pic. Is there a skinny filter? Nope, I am only posting this because I am GREEN with envy with those women with body confidence. Whether they weigh 100 or 300, I love it when peeps feel good about the way they look. This is not the body of a woman who crossfits or trains for marathons. Oh I work out at least 4 times a week but I think we can unanimously agree that Kate Upton is not worried about me replacing her. This is the body of a middle aged woman who had 3 sections and ate 5 fun size almond Snickers bars today. This is the body of a woman who thought Skittles were considered fruit for years. I've totally matured. Now I think mimosas are fruit. This is the body of a woman who thought she was chubby at 108. Would you like to know the last time I saw 108? It was on my receipt at the grocery store. Oh weight wise? Eh, 22? I should not admit this but I learned the hand on hip pose from an interview I read about Paris Hilton. That may be the most shameful thing yet that I took advice from Paris Hilton. So, fat shame me. Old shame me. I have to learn to fully embrace me. Isn't that what living is?

Getting there......As my kids say, don't hate the player-hate the game. Might as well enjoy the game. Cheers!