Say Cheese!

A picture is worth a thousand words they say

But whoever said that hasn’t seen me in a photo.

I was flipping through the photos taken during the last days of college and indeed all the photos were talking to me. I can hear words and plenty of talking, suddenly my picture comes up and I’m like ‘who hit the mute button’

I’m no Greek god but I’m not the hunchback of Notre dame either if you know what I mean. Have you seen the episode in F.R.I.E.N.D.S where Monica and Chandler decide to have their picture taken together and every time Chandler looks at the camera his contorts as if he is trying to pronounce “dodskjewr986wods” with pins sticking up his back side?? Ah! Now you are getting the drift.

The expressions on my face are positively outrageous. It looks as though I’m permanently constipated and the expression itself is half way between a growl and an Elvis lip curl. A proboscis monkey with a paralyzed face will do better.

There was photo with a pretty friend and I and it was suddenly Beauty and the Beast enacted all over again. Now I know why the best photos don’t have me in it.

Those who have seen my photo in my orkut profile page will know what I mean. My inbox is already overflowing with requests from people asking me to remove the source of their nightmares for the past 10 months and also new moms thanking me for giving them a real world image of the sandman or the “boochandi” and instilling the fear of God in their kids.

The other day saw my picture hung up in front of buildings, was feeling pretty proud of myself till I learnt it was used to ward of the evil eye. Oh shoot!!

(Note to thyself: People are eager to hand over the camera to you not because they think you are a great photographer but because they thinks its best for you and the photo that you stand on the other side of the camera’s lens)

And all those girls out there if in another 5 or 6 years you come across a photo that answers the above description, just want to say that it what is on the inside that counts and the outside is only temporary

P.S: Not that the inside is any better , at least it wont look as though it has just been kicked in the crotch