Condi and I

So I am (and always have been) really sensitive about the way I look in photographs. Since I've been feeling a little pudgy of late, I am even more critical of my photogenic qualities. So that's why I've been critiquing the picture of me doing the water sampling that I posted a few days ago. I've been really unhappy with the picture, resenting those chubby cheeks and big teeth. Today I realized I'm starting to look like Condoleeza Rice. Maybe it's age, stress, I dunno, but we are starting to look like one and the same person. The only positive thing I can take from that is that despite our HUGE differences in political opinions, she is a very smart lady. Did you know she is a classically trained pianist and an accomplished figure skater? That's right, our very own Condi could give Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan a run for their money. Can you picture that--Condi Rice with her perpetual pissed-off-looking face gracefully doing a triple axel followed by a triple toe loop? She also graduated from university by age 19 or something and is fluent in Russian. I would love to have her smarts (and maybe even her sleek little figure--she cuts a nice suit), but maybe not her angry little face (or her perfectly-coiffed 'do). At least I'm smiling in my picture. Now I just have to get down that triple toe loop.