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Friday, October 13, 2006

TGIF MBAD

MBAD means
my batteries are dead" -- so no photos until I get new batteries!

My thought I leave you with on this spooky Friday the 13th is this: What's with the obituary pictures that people choose to publish in the paper?; I'm talking about the happy, smiling people I saw this morning in my paper. Every single person who died had a picture published that showed them with an ear-to-ear grin.

It was the happiest selection of dead people I've ever seen.

It was unnerving looking at these photos, as if the dead were saying: This is so way cool being dead and having our bio and photo in the paper. I bet you can't wait to die too and get your own happy, smiling photo published.

Creeps me out to see an array of dead people peering back at me with a look of euphoria on their faces.

When I die, I want my photo to be a sad one.

In fact, when I get my batteries, I'm going to take a picture of myself holding a sign: Wish I Were Still Alive and have that published in the paper.

Happy Weekend!!

9 Comments:

Blogger minijaxter said...

they probably wont post the picture.
but i hope you get your batteries soon

2:27 PM  
Blogger Steve said...

I think you should use the cigar smoking one as your obit picture.

2:56 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

Thanks Jackie...my dream is to have some influence AFTER I'm dead, so I'm going to try to make that picture posted...

JDJ...as I think of it, you are right, let me be known as that woman in town who smoked cigars in public!

MR. RB! Thanks for stopping by. If I had a rich man, or batteries ;-) you'd be seeing more pictures on my blog...I think I'll be up and running by Monday. LOVE your show!!!

7:25 PM  
Blogger Nilbo said...

I want to write my own obit, so I can focus on what's important to ME. "Nils was an enthusiastic, if moderately skilled golfer. He wasn't much good at anything, in fact. But damn, he was charming."

In fact, wouldn't that be a fun meme - write your own obit!

Catching up as I haven't been around for a week or so - I love your cartoon pics or your cartoon house and cartoon kitchen and cartoon bed. I wanna see a cartoon Mary!

4:27 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

Nilbo --I posted a cartoon mary complete with a stogie in my mouth!

4:37 PM  
Blogger doxie said...

:D I can see that my long absence has seen no change in the infamous Mary Bishop.

That's actually a wicked idea...I've always hated the obit pictures, especially the ones of the old people taken from the '30s—it makes me worry for a moment that they didn't die at an inhumanely old age.

11:37 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

Hi Doxie! Didn't know I was infamous but I like the sound of that.

Oh the young pictures of the old folks who died...another one of my favorites.

Soon I expect we'll be looking at Youtube Obits -- that might be interesting.

9:40 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I am having fun with your fun effects.
I have an idea for a nice one though...

It's called the "Beer Goggle" effect.
Kind of like what things look like after 4 or 6 pints.

Now THAT would be a great photoshop filter and I wouldn't mind installing into a pair of stylish new frames.

Cheerio!

5:02 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

LB, that's what I think my avatar looks like..you know what they say that as it gets later and later in the bar, the woman (or guy) sitting next to you keeps getting better looking!

8:37 AM  

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