People keep asking why I put such a scary photo of myself on the blog’s homepage.
I have managed to prevent my blog from going the way of many other blogs and becoming a feeding ground for crazies who use the blog author’s honesty and kindness to behave in incredibly rude, aggressive, and condescending ways. Here, I have created an environment where only normal people find it comfortable to stay for any length of time.
Anybody who behaves inappropriately towards me is first yelled at and then banned. If I’m not careful, I might find myself in a situation where some unhinged weirdos would start asking me to “examine my privilege.”
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Is it strange that I think you look pretty and kind in your profile photo? And I love that little bit of sparkle that shows up on the right hand side: earring? shirt collar? I think you look serious but not scary. 🙂
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That’s because you know me so well. Thank you for the kind words!
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My own husband refuses to look at that photo because he says it terrifies him. 🙂
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“My own husband refuses to look at that photo because he says it terrifies him”
он занудный! (or is слабак better for ‘wimp’?) Though after seeing the first two episodes of house of cards I understand why Robin Wright’s character terrified him, she is the skeeeeerrriest female on tv since….. ever? That she seems convinced she’s acting on a higher code of ethics makes her even worse…. brrrrrrrrrr
I don’t think the picture looks scary at all. It makes you look very young and very innocent and very earnest. Sorry about that.
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He is SENSITIVE!!! Somebody needs to be sensitive in this family, and who better than the person with a mysterious Russian soul!
“It makes you look very young and very innocent and very earnest. Sorry about that.”
– No, I like that! 🙂
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I guess the photo could be scary…kind of gothic…needs to have eucaplyptic color leaves radiating from the facial features…
I’m so out of touch I don’t know what a scary look is like.
I have discovered, over time, that all wrong-headed people need is enough rope. You give them as much latitude as they could wish for — and even more than they would like or expect — then watch them implode inwardly.
I’ve never known this not to happen, although I’ve often been surprised when somebody implodes in my presence. Since they haven’t mastered their own minds, but are looking to lean on another and draw from their energy, their own minds condemn them when they’re left to enjoy all the wonders of their bad-tempers and their terrible advice and their vacuous minds. Almost no assistance is necessary to trigger the implosion. Sometimes approving of what they dislike about themselves is enough. Almost anything is enough.
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I think you look pretty and just a little mysterious in the photo. Certainly not scary.
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Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love looking mysterious.
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