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1 minute ago, Creekimp13 said:

Hey Fluff? Go put some Protein in your pie hole. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

See? You're saying that right now, but your picture is callin' me Leo and asking me to sink on the Titanic with ya! :D

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If I were kate...I would move the hell over and let you get up on the door, too.

And the Pie-Hole crack? That's for when YOU made that crack and had tea out my nose.

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kakatlady, stop honing in on my Fluffy action! She's mine, dammit, MINE! LOLOLOL

(so kidding!)

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FYI? I guess I was hangry. I just went and made an iced mocha decaff...cuz you know, my ass isn't frozen enough I thought ice might be good. :) My bad.

Oh and btw, ladies? Way to reward my attention seeking behavior! ;)

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I concede. If you love something....let it go. *sigh*

Jack....

Jack...

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I think I look like Ursula the sea witch (from the Little Mermaid) without the good boobs. [emoji16]

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@FluffyChix It's so crazy how you can think you look one way, and then be horrified at the reality of a photo, happens to me all the time. I keep hoping it's the photo that is all jacked up, lol.

In my defense, I'm not photogenic at all, I have never taken good photos even at my smallest size. I am so thankful for the digital age and editing capabilities on phone cameras! I've had a lot of anxiety lately because I have to take a new drivers license photo, and those folks are worse than me at taking decent pictures. On the plus side, the new one can't possibly be worse than the one I have now where my fat face fills just about the whole picture area.

And I'm changing jobs at work, which means a new badge ID, which people look at all the time. I have to wear it above waist level for Pete's sake! I drove the HR lady crazy several years ago when we last took my picture, I kept making her do it over, and it wasn't helping me look any better. I've been procrastinating on getting the new badge, but tomorrow is the day I have to do it by, so please send me good photo vibes! And send the HR lady mega-patience vibes, I'm sure she'll need it!

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8 hours ago, kakatlady612 said:

First time I heard a recording of my voice I realized I sounded just like Marjorie, the bratty,older sister of Chuck up the street.

OMG, voice records are no better than photographs, LOL. :lol:

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There is even some scientific reasons why our voices sound different to us than to anybody else - I bet it's the same with a photo vs. the mirror.

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7 hours ago, ChaosUnlimited said:

@FluffyChix It's so crazy how you can think you look one way, and then be horrified at the reality of a photo, happens to me all the time. I keep hoping it's the photo that is all jacked up, lol.

In my defense, I'm not photogenic at all, I have never taken good photos even at my smallest size. I am so thankful for the digital age and editing capabilities on phone cameras! I've had a lot of anxiety lately because I have to take a new drivers license photo, and those folks are worse than me at taking decent pictures. On the plus side, the new one can't possibly be worse than the one I have now where my fat face fills just about the whole picture area.

And I'm changing jobs at work, which means a new badge ID, which people look at all the time. I have to wear it above waist level for Pete's sake! I drove the HR lady crazy several years ago when we last took my picture, I kept making her do it over, and it wasn't helping me look any better. I've been procrastinating on getting the new badge, but tomorrow is the day I have to do it by, so please send me good photo vibes! And send the HR lady mega-patience vibes, I'm sure she'll need it!

Oh wow! Saying prayers for you tomorrow that the HR woman gets your perfect piccy on the first take!!! I get it. I think I've never been photogenic, except when I was super little. But have never been able to smile naturally.

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