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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
10:26:00 AM EDT
Hearing Middle -- Jimmy Eat World

Sir, Step Away From the Photoshop


Further evidence I'm The Most Embarrassing Dad, Like, Ever:

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This is her "Mingette the Merciless" pose. Bow down to your new galactic empress!

It's a Halloween outfit, obviously. We don't dress her like this on a daily basis. I mean, sure, it'd be fun if we did. But eventually people would talk. The picture is also evidence of a certain pathology of mine -- I was going to send off a normal picture of our girl in her Halloween outfit to my mom, who lives a couple thousand miles away, but then I thought that while my mom would appreciate a picture of her grandaughter standing against a bedroom wall, wouldn't she appreciate it more with the hellishly red emanations of the Crab Nebula blasting in the background? Why, of course she would. Click, click, click with the Photoshop. Yeah, I'm a dork. Sue me.

I do wonder what Athena is going to think of dear ol' dad when she's old enough to be mortified by stuff like this. I guess I'll worry about it later. In the present, she thinks it's cool when I do stuff like this. I'll take that for the moment.



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  • #9 Comment from letoilheavenstar 
    10/23/03 9:53 AM | Permalink
    I THINK A FATHERS LOVE IS A WONDERFUL GIFT TO ANY CHILD. HAPPINESS SHOWS IN BEAUTIFUL FACE HATS OFF TO A GREAT DAD!!!!
  • #8 Comment from onestrangecat 
    10/21/03 6:05 PM | Permalink
    She will love you for being cool enough to do something different!!
  • #7 Comment from annztroy 
    10/21/03 3:32 PM | Permalink
    She's adorable!!! What a great Dad you are!!! Keep on keeping on and when she's all grown up, she'll be so glad you did!
  • #6 Comment from barbelljane88 
    10/21/03 3:07 PM | Permalink
    I think she is absolutey adorable and as a Dad you are a trip. A good one anyone who loves thier child this much can not be a bad guy.
  • #5 Comment from suedohnymn 
    10/21/03 3:07 PM | Permalink
    I agree with everything everyone's said who's commented thus far. And on a side note, I wanted to ask: What's up with that Editor's Pick on the Journals splash screen? It's been there for over a week! Did the AOL Calendar crash again or did y'all just forget about us? Ch-ch-changes -- please?
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