and even more partying
create-your-own-caption. go ahead.
post-reception festivities at an uptown denver bar ("the living room"?), strangely regarding a cigarette / conferring with bridesmaid maggie on what exactly it is one does with those things. i like how the camera can freeze and preserve a nanosecond moment (even that's too large a quantity of time, of course, but lacking a wieldier concept ... ) and thereby suggest a story, mood or zany idea that never had any place in reality. with that in mind ...
... take a look at this picture, and tell me who you think i would eventually have a major problem with.
if you said fucking despicable oprah on the left (and not the guy in apparent indignant shock on the right), then DING! DING! DING! DING!
the story here is that the bar was clearing everyone out for closing, save for the group of untouchables pictured above. thinking that they might have some pull with the staff (and that there might even be a good story behind it, or something), i nonchalantly (and peaceably) invited myself to join them.
now, i don't know whether it was the fact that i flirted a little with the girl to my immediate right, or that oprah had some pent-up anger with the world in general over being oprah, but there came a point where oprah decided it would be a good idea to be abrasively condascending to the drunk guy who had had the nerve to so rudely infiltrate their exclusive little mala vista social club.
if there's one thing i can't stand, it's jerks who talk down to friendly drunks.
so, when it became clear what the hell was up, i let loose with a torrent of sarcasm.
me: "you must be SUCH a wonderful and unique person! ... "
her: "as a matter of fact i am ... "
me [interrupting]: "yeah, uh-huh ... OPRAH!"
the next move in defeating oprah was to go grab alex's sister, christine, and return to the scene to point out oprah to her and talk loudly (and sarcastically) about how "glamorous" and "special" and truly great oprah was. hearing about this trick the next day made me proud. maybe even defiantly so.
posted by jomilkman @ 12:39 PM
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yeah, that's a really great job--from the hand gesture to how piggy oprah looks to you actually calling her oprah...yep. i'm proud of you too.
it's always a trip when you walk into a room or group of desiccated, madeup clowns who treat you like you arrived covered in bear crap. it's an opportunity for the great ones to truly shine.
I just want to know what that black guy is wearing - It looks like some kind of faux-Chinese silk dragon shirt or something.
I like the second picture a lot even though I know the actual context. In fact, I wish you hadn't splashed water on the whole thing. It's a very charming photograph.
to me, it looks like the guy's wearing a drape, ansel. maybe even a chinese one.
also, water spillage?
it's obvious that Robin was thinking, "Damn, Kyle is sexy. I want to have his babies." while Kyle was thinking, "where can I get some botox so that my lips can look like Robin's?"
I don't think Robin reads this blog, leaving him defenseless to our attacks.
i agree. no more below the belt shots, please (unless they're directed at despicable oprah).
Water splash?
I think I actually was trying to say "shed light" instead of "splash water." Anything that means "exposed" or "revealed" would work. "Lift the curtain"?
I just wanted to say it was a nice photograph and you didn't have to let everyone know the real context.
I just sent Robin a link to Jon's blog. It's not behind his back any more.
as far as the second picture in the post (i assume it's the one with maggie we're talking about), i don't really think i did explain the context, and i don't think that suggesting a clearly absurd context in its place would do much, if anything, to impair someone's ability to appreciate that it is a charming picture (not to toot my own horn as a subject, or yours as the photographer) and to glean one's own appreciation and interpretation of the life contained in it.
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