The best photo of me, ever.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 10 comments link this post
My sister Jacqui has taken the best photo of me, ever. It was taken while I played the piano for my niece's wedding this past weekend.
I'm totally hidden from view, except a bit of scandalous ankle exposure.
Check out those awesome shoes. I love heels, for reasons that are completely inconsistent with my various convoluted philosophies on life. My sister-in-law Julie verbalized her admiration for them, too, so I know I'm not off base.
"Those shoes are fabulous," she said (or something like that).
"I know," I said. "They are very cool shoes."
Women, as you may or may not know, actually wear shoes to impress other women. Guys don't care, unless they are gay, in which they tend to be a great source of excellent shoe advice.
"And you know how I know they are very fine?" I continued. "Watch this."
I called my sister Janet over to where we were. Janet and I seem very dissimilar (though that's not necessarily true). Compared to her, I am very girly despite the fact that, compared to many other women, I'm anything but. (Remember, I like chainsaws, and I'm pretty good at shoveling concrete in Nicaragua.)
"Janet, what do you think of my shoes?"
"Ugliest thing I've ever seen," she retorted, shaking her head before walking away.
I turned back to my sister-in-law. "See? I know they're great shoes for sure. Janet is my litmus test."
I later asked my brother Jerry his opinion. He boldly stated that he thought they were very cool. He will still be receiving his monthly support check from me.
Regarding the music I played at the wedding, it ranged from some contemporary Christian praise music that my niece said she'd like to some classical and movie soundtrack pieces. For example, if you look closely at the books on the piano, you'll see that I played a few pieces from the recent Pride and Prejudice film, as well as a book that featured music from a variety of Jane Austen films over the past decade. I also played a few pieces from the film The Piano, as well as a little Bach.
And of course...Canon in D, from the original one-hit-wonder Pachelbel.
If Pachelbel were not already dead, I would gladly take care of it for him. With a chainsaw.
Labels: family, fashion, music, my life, summer 2008, women
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 8/06/2008 11:12:00 AM
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10 Comments:
Is this how you view men?
By 
David Cho, at
6/8/08 17:52
David, you are the link King. Where do you find this stuff?
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
6/8/08 20:32
Niiiiice shoes.
I did have a lovely picture taken of you from behind while you are sitting in a LOVELY green chair.
By Anna, at
6/8/08 21:14
I do not need to know of the existence of any photos that are of me that include the word "behind" in their description.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
6/8/08 21:25
I have to agree...nice shoes. And by the way, you wear that piano well. It becomes you.
By Rey, at
6/8/08 21:25
Thanks, Rey.
See, Anna, take notes.
It's called being "nice."
Ha ha.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
6/8/08 21:27
"Nice." Is that French?
Wait...how nice is it to be told you can wear a whole grand piano? Ah, ha!
Was that rude of me to point that out? See, I'm learning.
Perhaps red shoes would have made the whole piano outfit?
By Anna, at
6/8/08 21:49
The thing is, Anna, I considered making a joke about being big enough to fill a piano, but then I thought the following: "That's so easy, why not just give that one to Anna. She won't be able to resist."
Thank you for proving me right.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
6/8/08 22:03
I'm sure our little conversations on these blogs is very entertaining to people.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
6/8/08 22:04
Entertaining...in a rather "Rod Serlingesque" way.
By Rey, at
7/8/08 06:04
