Portrait Pandemonium
Originally posted on February 24, 2007
Every once in a while the line between pretend and reality gets pretty blurry around here. Today I was trying to get a reasonable group shot of my five “principles” and I swear they were complaining to me the whole time. Do everyone’s dolls do this? Or am I just “lucky?”
Me: Let’s see if we can take less than an entire evening to do this, ok?
Kaida: Why does Eli have to stand behind me? I don’t trust him back there.
Eli: ‘Cuz if I stood in front of you no one would be able to see you, pipsqueak.
Eron: Oh shut up Eli.
Kohana: Kaida, I’m sure it will be fine for a few minutes.
Me: OK that looks pretty good. Eli, can you take off the sunglasses for the next shots?
Eli: Hey, not my fault the chicks dig me wearing ‘em.
Asher: Just do it, Eli.
Me: That’s fine. I just need a few more, to make sure I get enough to come out. Hold that pose, everyone, you’re looking pretty good.
Kaida: Except for Eli, you mean.
Eli: Because I’m lookin’ better than good.
Eron: Shut up, Eli.
Asher: Finished yet? Kohana and I have somewhere we need to go.
Me: Just a couple more…oh drat, the card is full. Hang on, I have another one.
Kaida: What did you do to my hair? Were you giving me bunny ears?
Eli: They wouldn’t have been bunny ears, Shortcake. With you, they would have been devil horns.
Kaida: So you were messing with my hair!
Eli: No, this is messing with your hair, Munchkin.
Kaida: Hey, stop that – there’s still more pictures I gotta look good for.
Eli: What - you expecting miracles?
Asher: Eli, can’t you just…
Me: Ok, everyone back in formation. Kaida, turn around and face the camera, will you?
Kohana: Kaida, come on, we just want to get this over with.
Kaida: I’m sure everyone will agree that I look better in these than you, Goliath.
Eli: You look like a bug. About the size of one too.
Eron: Shut up Eli.
Asher: Yeah, shut up Eli.