Monday, October 18, 2010

In which Dirtman gets older

What would it take to get two college-age kids on break to agree to spend an entire day with their parents and allow said parents to choose the movie they would go to?

Don't worry -- neither of us is dying.

It's Dirtman's birthday.

Dirtman, Visionary*
So the four of us met up at one of our favorite treats, Alamo Drafthouse, to see the movie Red (Which was good, as what it was; we're not talking To Kill a Mockingbird here...). And we have the photographic evidence to prove it.

I would like to say a few things about this photographic evidence: I get very little cooperation from my subjects and I'm not fond of having my own picture taken.

So, if you want to see current Linguini photos, you pretty much have to take what you can get -- except in the case of Heir 2, who will pretty much pose for anything but a serious photo.

As for me, no matter what happens, I always look ticked off. I truly am not angry -- I just seem to have a face that looks that way (although I will admit that, while Dirtman is taking my photo, I'm usually barking instructions out of the corner of my mouth).
I caught Heir 1 on his way in -- very quickly, since all the time I'm taking the shot, he's nattering, "Why do we always have to make a scene?" You'd think he'd know the answer to that by now...








Never did get a good shot of Heir 2...but we do have a nice, blurry photo of this guy...



...but you all know what Heir 2 looks like, right?





*Have you noticed the re-emergence of Dirtman's neck? He's lost a whole lot of weight and looks great...and very impressive when he dons his business khakis and arranges free stuff for the farm -- like an agricultural well so that when we suffer a drought like we did this year, we can still provide the food banks with lots of vegetables. He did that this week!

7 comments:

ari_1965 said...

I don't think you look ticked off in this photo. You look like you know how the universe is going to end and you may consider sharing this knowledge with others if they are good.

Gwynne said...

I agree. You look smug and confidant, not angry. And Dirtman looks much younger with his new neck. Happy birthday, Dirtman!

Trasherati said...

Happy Birthday, Slim!

Sisiggy said...

Ari: Looks are definitely deceiving...

Gwynne: You're right...smug and confident...mostly smug, though I couldn't tell you about what.

Trasherati: I'll thank you on Slim's behalf.

Gwynne said...

I see it now...I think you're mocking Angelina Jolie. If only she had HALF your wit and maternal skilz. :-)

Sisiggy said...

That's it, Gwynne! I'm smug because Angelina Jolie would give it all up to be me.

So I'm, like, "You pray for hips this size, Angelina."

Darkgarden said...

You can ask her. She's standing in the background over your right shoulder.