Caption: It’s Wednesday and I am Tired
April 14, 2010
I was talking to a friend yesterday about the amount of photos that I take. I think if you are not a compulsive photographer it is difficult to grasp the idea of taking thousands of photos a year. I mean, who has a life that is THAT interesting.
I take a lot of throw away photos, especially with my iPhone. Sometimes I take a picture in a dressing room and send it to Susan for her approval. Many times I take a picture and post it on twitter because it isn’t something worthy of a full post. Truth be told it often isn’t even worth 140 characters, not that I let that stop me.
Last night I took this photo:
The caption in my head: My time at the baseball field is equally divided between the bleachers, the snack bar, and here. Here being the restroom.
Sometimes I take a photo because it makes me laugh. In my head I captioned this one, Where the dumb blondes from highschool end up working.
This one I took at the baseball field at 7am last Saturday. See the hot air balloons in the distance? I really want to go on a ride in one of them. It is captioned in my head: Adding this to the life list.
My child walking down the sidewalk wrapped in his monkey towel. This one is captioned: You just don’t see that everyday.
I even take pictures of people taking pictures of my kid. Caption: I have a sickness.
The man with the tattoo spelled wrong. I felt like I had walked into the People of Walmart website. Word of unsolicited advice, if you are going to have something permanently put on your body you might want to make sure it is spelled correctly. Those silent letters can be tricky! On his other arm he had tattooed “ENVY” I don’t pretend to understand. Caption in my head said in my Barbie voice: Spelling is hard.
How we kill time at the Nike Outlet store while waiting for my 15 yr old to pick out clothes. Caption: I think we might die here. Please send snacks.
I’m not sure what this photo was about. Caption: My son knew how to tie his shoes at 15
The grocery list my daughter made for me last week. The phoenetic spelling KILLS me. Not to mention the things she put on the grocery list where actual items we needed. Caption: Yes, we NEED donuts.
Speaking of my daughter, isn’t this exactly how you come downstairs at 6am?
Caption: Hey I am barely awake so I think I shall slide down the stairs head first on my stomach!
Moral of the story. If I am around you I can not promise that I won’t photograph you, your shoes, your lunch, the view out your car window… Or my favorite, make you pose so that I can surreptitiously photograph a stranger behind you.
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What is the guy’s tattoo supposed to say? I can’t tell from the picture!
Chris says: “RATH”
April 14th, 2010 at 11:35 amI’m not as compulsive a photographer as you are. But I’m close.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:46 amScrapbooking just wears me out. Oh the pressure! I do it because I feel like I have to. But my real legacy to my children will be the everyday moments that I document … Some funny, some sad, some strange, some beautiful. They’ll see my world through my lens/eyes and hopefully know me a little better when I’m gone.
I seem to averaging about 100/month, and that’s just what gets kept. It’s a combination of having gotten a new camera for the holidays and having my very own baby to photograph, finally. Who cares, anyway? It’s not like they’re taking up physical space somewhere, and your kids will love having this record once they’re adults.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:51 amI love your posts — and what your photos do is show your eyes and what they see, and there is the person behind and in front.
April 14th, 2010 at 12:18 pmFunny! You should do this more often
April 14th, 2010 at 12:24 pmlove this post, because I love your pictures! btw what does the mispelled tattoo say?
April 14th, 2010 at 12:30 pmahaha then I misspell, misspell. Classic…
April 14th, 2010 at 12:31 pmThere is a Bimbo Bakery near where I live. Every time I pass the sign I think, “Really, didn’t someone tell them?” But hey, we’re talking about it, so maybe it was.
April 14th, 2010 at 12:37 pmWaaah! I’m jealous. I want to have a camera to go crazy with.
I’ve got to get my thang goin’ on and jump into this century.
My son told me movies don’t cost a quarter anymore, is that true?? Or just a scary rumor?
April 14th, 2010 at 12:50 pmAh, the stranger photo.
It makes me laugh especially hard because my husband recently made me promise that one day we’d get ear pieces, sit in a public place and pretend to be running covert ops. Just to see what the strangers do.
So, perhaps one day you’ll be taking a photo of us while we surveil you.b
April 14th, 2010 at 12:57 pmcaption in my head love it
the best one was: you don’t see that every day
April 14th, 2010 at 1:06 pmps i forgot i also loved the one
Caption: My son knew how to tie his shoes at 15
alternate caption in my head: son can tie shoes while holding drink
BOOK yes we would buy a book of all these great throw away photos of yours
Chris says: Yes tying the shoes while holding a drink will come in handy during those college years
April 14th, 2010 at 1:09 pmCould you please, please tell me what “bagools” and “postg” are? And I can’t for the life of me, figure out what that guys tattoo is supposed to say!
Chris says: “bagools” are bagels, and “posta” is pasta. The tattoo says “RATH”
April 14th, 2010 at 1:16 pmOh, never mind! Rath! I get it!
April 14th, 2010 at 1:17 pmI once made my husband pose to get a picture of a woman behind him who was sucking her thumb in plain view. She must have been 30 years old and sitting on a wall near the merry-go-round at DISNEY WORLD sucking her thumb for all the world to see. Since I sucked my thumb for too many years, I loved sending proof to my family that it could have been way worse!
With my iphone now I take all kinds of crazy pics. Since the phone is always in my pocket I get pics of moments that would have been gone by the time I got up to get the proper camera.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:14 pmBimbo Bakery…my husband worked for Oroweat Bakery 28 years and it was bought out by Bimbo. We always joked about the name. Actually it is pronounced BEEMBO and he is a little character like the Pillsbury Doughboy. Didn’t stop us from pronouncing it the other way especially since they downsized and he lost his job after 28 years. (Good ending..he was able to retire with a pension anyway)
April 14th, 2010 at 2:17 pmI totally understand, I am the same way.
Yesterday, I took 3 photos of my open mail box (with mail, because I still love getting real mail) before I got the right picture for P365. I am sure the neighbors -and the guy driving by while I am aiming my iphone at my mail box - think that I am insane.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:29 pmI too take thousands of snapshots every year and I love every one of them. Without them I wouldn’t remember much of anything or what my son looked like as he grew up.
I love your photos and have enjoyed seeing your kids growing up and back at the big yellow/white house I loved seeing the house getting more beautiful with every improvement…..
(And though I like your artful new phone photos too, I like your unfiltered photos best.)
April 14th, 2010 at 2:35 pmSo funny! I too take way more photographs than necessary. My camera is almost always with me, and friends and family have finally gotten used to the fact that they WILL be photographed often and without warning. You either love it or you don’t!
And your photos are great - so I say keep shooting away!
April 14th, 2010 at 4:32 pmUm, on the tattoo photo. You could also send it to this link.
http://www.heavy.com/comedy/2010/01/the-20-worst-tattoo-typos/
It’s a riot. My husband found it for me after I thumbed through a guy’s portfolio in a tattoo shop, including mispellings. It was a fun morning.
April 14th, 2010 at 4:50 pmCrap, I misspelled misspellings
April 14th, 2010 at 4:52 pmI got a laugh reading this post, since I am slumped in front of the computer also tired but running around town in 10 minutes! I take gobs of photos too. Hey, that is who I am. They make me laugh so who cares, right!
April 14th, 2010 at 5:06 pmThat shopping list made my day! What does the item above cheese say? Also, I used to descend stairs just like your daughter in that photo, but sadly stopped because I think people would stare. Thanks for the funny post!
April 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pmI wish my phone would take good photos - and I had a phone that I could actual interface with the web with - haha.
April 14th, 2010 at 6:16 pmLove your photos! They make me smile
Never apologize for taking too many photos. I’m a compulsive photographer(even though i just have a little point and shoot) and usually always have my camera with me. My husband recently passed away in a car accident and now our little boy has 100’s of photos to remember the good times he had with his Daddy. You can never have too many photos of your loved ones and the times and life you share with them and that includes the seemingly random ones.
April 14th, 2010 at 6:44 pmI dont cee a singl thing rong with ur dottrs speling.
Sorry, mid-week humor gone awry…………
April 14th, 2010 at 6:56 pmMy favorite is ‘butr’ and I may just start spelling it that way on my own grocery lists.
I read ‘hot air balloons’ and thought I need to add that to my life list too!
On our honeymoon in Jamaica *I* posed so my husband could take a pick of a VERY buxom, topless, Bimbo. It was hilarious watching people flip through our photos do a double take and ask, “Did you know there’s a naked woman in the background of this photo?”
April 14th, 2010 at 7:01 pmI can totally relate — I have hundreds of photos (probably funny ONLY to me) saved on my phone. I have great aspirations of blogging about them, but it just never happens….
I am loving “RATH.” Loving. It.
April 14th, 2010 at 7:56 pmEven more concerning…I wonder if tattoo guy knows that after he buys the Lean Pockets he doesn’t have to stand in the next row of check-out lines as well. Just the one will suffice.
April 14th, 2010 at 8:05 pmThis has to be one of my favorite posts of yours. Loved it.
April 14th, 2010 at 8:41 pmWell…he does have space for a “w” (although I’m sure it would hurt in that area) or he could google “rath” and memorize those options
Although…now I’m wondering where else in his body (ewww) does he have the other five Deadly Sins…snicker…snicker.
April 14th, 2010 at 9:10 pmForgot to add:
That’s not how I come down the stairs at 6:00 am but that’s exactly how I feel at 6:00 am…her actions are an exact representation of how I would come down the stairs if I could! I hate mornings!
April 14th, 2010 at 9:12 pmDonuts are most definitely a need! Particularly to offer as payment for those you use to get the picture behind them.
April 14th, 2010 at 9:21 pmLove your posts and look for them way too frequently. This has nothing to do with your photos, but have you happened to come across the team oath for the Miami of Ohio hockey team? Totally reminds me of your family (including your sweet girl). If you are interested, you can find it here: http://www.freep.com/article/20100408/SPORTS08/4080458/Miami%5C-s-band-of-brothers
April 14th, 2010 at 9:25 pmhaHA, so I am not the only one onto the ‘Pose while I photograph that interesting specimen behind you w/o their knowledge’ trick.
How many pictures do you take on vacation? I was on spring break in London and took 2,000 pictures and videos.
April 14th, 2010 at 9:34 pmI love all the photos!
April 14th, 2010 at 9:57 pmSo…did you submit the tattoo photo to People of WalMart?
April 14th, 2010 at 10:22 pmMaybe Rath is his last name?
April 14th, 2010 at 10:48 pmI find myself taking a lot more photos since I got my iPhone. It’s freeing. I don’t feel the pressure to take “good” photos. I just snap what catches my eye. Plus all of the photo apps are just plain fun to play around with.
Now my girls look up when I take their photo, groan & ask if I’m posting it to twitter.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:15 pmrath, envy….lol!! Maybe he chose to get it done phonetically because it would be less painful!
April 14th, 2010 at 11:44 pmI take too many photographs too…I think it’s normal to want to document the kids and family life and everything else funny, important (or not), or interesting. I love your photos so please continue sharing them.
Phonetic spelling drove me crazy too, but, my kids totally got it and spell much better than some adults.
April 14th, 2010 at 11:55 pmI remember at one time paying for pictures I took at random and it costing so much. Those were all great to look at. I like the little monkey walking down the street. How cute!
April 15th, 2010 at 7:44 amThanks for the laugh. After locking my keys in my car, getting a roundtrip ride in a police car with my 5 year old from Wal-mart to my house to get the spare and finding my Droid up the road smashed to bits hours later, I needed it.
Just think, if your daughter dropped out of school right now she could have a job as that guy’s tattoo artist!
April 15th, 2010 at 9:38 amThe tattoo killz me! ha ha (Am I totally nerdy for making that joke?!)
April 15th, 2010 at 10:23 amDoes taking 1500 photos while in Turkey for 2 weeks constitute being a compulsive photo taker? Now I get to file them all!! Hugs!
April 15th, 2010 at 10:35 amWhat a fun, refreshing post today of all the randomness of life.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:41 amAs always - love the pictures.
I totally laughed at the posing to take pictures of strangers comment. So guilty. My husband stumbled across one on my camera recently amid a slew of kid pictures of a biker couple clad head to toe in black leather. Seriously. Leather chaps. With fringe.
April 15th, 2010 at 11:35 amI kid you not: I work about a block away from Bimbo Bakeries HQ. I almost drove off the street when I first saw their VERY LARGE sign. Belly laughter does not equal good driving.
April 15th, 2010 at 3:08 pmThanks for sharing, your blog is the highlight of my day (does this say much about my life?).
April 15th, 2010 at 4:25 pmThanks for the laugh-out-loud post! I am still laughing.
April 15th, 2010 at 4:38 pmMaybe the “W” in wrath would have hurt too much, seeing as though it looks like it would end up on his elbow:). Perhaps, they were writing it from the wrist up.
April 15th, 2010 at 5:28 pmlol speaking of misselling.. you spelled “were” wrong. “Not to mention the things she put on the grocery list where actual items we needed. “
April 15th, 2010 at 7:53 pmlol mispelling.. lol how do you spell that?
April 15th, 2010 at 7:54 pmI don’t feel so bad now, I have a picture of a BIMBO bakery truck on my phone.
I also have the wienermobile. Top THAT!
April 15th, 2010 at 8:24 pmThat app you are using for your iPhone pictures looks like a scary 70’s movie. I keep waiting for a serial killer to jump out and knife someone.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:03 pmBimbo (beembow) is ENORMOUSLY huge here in Mexico. They are probably like, the W–damn. i’ve lost my us culture again - what is that bread you have up there, oh! WONDER! Yeah, it is probably like Wonder was in the 50s and 60s. Anyway, for a processed bread (cause normally, everyone gets their bread hot and fresh at the local panaderia) it is huge. they are huge futbol sponsors too. Bet you can get a Bimbo jersey!
April 15th, 2010 at 10:43 pmI have an awesome tattoo story but it’s not mine so I’ll just pass on some advice: If you’re going to get a tattoo in a language neither you NOR your tattoo artist speak (i.e. Arabic), you might want to talk to a native speaker about possible negative connotations of said word. I knew an American woman in Mauritania whose foot said, clearly, “Shameless hussy.” She got asked out a lot!
April 16th, 2010 at 7:34 amI’m just glad I’m not the only one who has ramen (or romin, as the case may be) on my “needed” list of groceries. I swear my daughter single handedly keeps them in business.
Love your blog. It never ceases to entertain and enlighten. Thanks for sharing! And we used to live in Austin, so it’s nice to sometimes see things recognizable and spark memories.
April 16th, 2010 at 10:14 amMy favourite…bagools!
April 17th, 2010 at 10:44 amThis is a priceless post! Luv it. Thanks for sharing these.
April 25th, 2010 at 9:49 am