Awwwwwkward

I’ve got two sick kids at home today sucking the life out of me, so I’ll keep this brief. 

If you go nowhere else on the Internet today, go see my new favorite thing: Awkward Family Photos.com, Sharing the Awkwardness. Hot damn, this is funny stuff. The concept is so simple… people send in, you guessed it, awkward family photos. The photos are priceless, but the real brilliance is in the captions and the comments. It is a hoot, ya’ll. Check it out and tell ‘em Iris sentcha. 

Specifically, you have to see this one, sent to me by one of my dearest friends who wrote in her email: “This hairy family made me think of you.” I’m sure it was because of the ginormous beave on the mom and not the creepy Electra Complex action. Thanks D! Love you too, Sugar! 

Here’s another gem not to be missed. That’s just not natural. Listen, I should know. One of my BFFs is a professional photographer and she tells me all the time about the crazy shit people want to have captured on film. No, nothing like that. Just stupid stuff like unflattering matching outfits and “silly poses” and crazy moms who shout things at their kids like “SMILE, GOD DAMMIT!”  Just curious, is there a school somewhere that trains budding Mall Photographers to make people pose in ridiculous ways or do you think there are just a lot of photographers out there with really sick senses of humor? Based on the shots I’m seeing at this site, I’ve got to believe that some of these photographers come home sometimes with a picture or two to share while they Pass the Dutchie with their buds saying, “Dude… check out how I made this family all put their fists under their chins. It was fuckin’ hilarious! I could barely take the shot, I was laughing so hard.” 

Something to think about next time you go to The Picture People, eh? Just sayin. 

Work it, you’re worth it!  And SMILE, GOD DAMMIT!  

-Iris