December 30, 2007
Self Portrait Sunday for December 30, 2007
I know you’ve all been dying to know the secret to my timeless beauty. Today I’ve decided to share it with you. Mud. That’s right folks, you heard it here first: MUD. You, too, can achieve flawless skin through the regular application of mud. For best effect, scrub vigorously with fine gravel before applying the mud. The combination of these two methods is guaranteed to cleanse and exfoliate, producing dazzling skin that the men will all want to caress, especially if you follow up with an astringent cleanser and a moisturizing lotion. Unless you’re in your mid-fifties and have neglected such routines for most of your life and baked youself in the tropical sun for about a dozen years. In that case it’s probably hopeless, but we have to try, don’t we? Thus the weekly ritual, standing at our bathroom vanities, slathering on expensive and irritating concoctions that we know aren’t going to make a bit of difference, though hope springs eternal that someday, just maybe … well, no - that’s not true. I gave up years ago but seem to be stuck in the ritual. I continue because sometimes I think that I’ll finally get rid of the constant blackheads and occasional pimples that have plagued me since my teens; that the product at hand will undo the damage of sun and decades. {{{{{Shrug}}}}} Can’t hurt, right?
If you want to see some genuine beauties, get thee over to Digi-Cass and follow the links in the comments to all of the other fine folks who posted their portraits today. Wait until eyes quit bleeding from the exposure to my picture, though. I promise you, they’re all lovley enough to promote quick healing. 
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December 31st, 2007 at 2:38 am, Jennifer Says:
Hey! We have the same color towels on our heads for SPS this week
I saw someone the other day who looks like you (minus the mud) and had to do a double take since you are obviously not in snowy Indiana.
December 31st, 2007 at 3:18 am, corrin Says:
love it, skeet. once the ground thaws in indiana, i’ll give it a try.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:35 am, lee Says:
LOL skeet, very funny post
December 31st, 2007 at 12:55 pm, Whim Says:
LOL! I love it Skeet!
Have a Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2007 at 8:15 pm, Mama BoK Says:
Heheheh!! i love the picture..!! yer funny..
happy new year..!
December 31st, 2007 at 8:21 pm, skeet Says:
Jennifer, I think I must have one of “those” faces. I seem to look like a lot of folks. Ever since I was in my teens I’ve run into people who thought I was or reminded them of someone else that they knew vaguely - like “My mother’s best firend’s sister-in-law that visited one summer” or “that girl on the deodorant commercial.”
We have good taste in towels.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:22 pm, skeet Says:
Um, you can buy mud if you don’t want to wait for a thaw, Corrin!
December 31st, 2007 at 8:49 pm, skeet Says:
I thought it was time to let my readers see my best side, Whim!
Hou’oli Makahiki Hou, my friend! Tried to post at your blog, but the new Blogspot sign-in doesn’t like me.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm, skeet Says:
Glad to have made you laugh, Mama BoK!
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou to you and yours!
January 1st, 2008 at 1:11 am, the frogster Says:
Lookin’ great, Skeet! I love that you post these pictures that some would consider “private” or “embarrassing” or whatever. It shows that you’re comfortable with you.
I learned my lesson and don’t even go out in the sun without a hat and sunblock with an SPF rating of at least 400. I am German and Scottish, and that means that after an hour in the sun I am medium rare.
Happy new year!
January 1st, 2008 at 5:42 am, valmg Says:
Wow! You are so comfortable inside your own skin. I admire that.
January 1st, 2008 at 10:06 am, Karen Says:
You never know what you will see when you check out Skeet’s blog!!!
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm, Cass Says:
ROFL!! This was a surprise! Nice “do”.
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm, skeet Says:
Frogster, I figured out a long time ago that folks that like me dont’t like me for my looks. A little mud isn’t going to change that, kwim?
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou to you and yours! May ‘08 bring lots of good stuff!
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm, skeet Says:
I’ve had a lot of years to get used to this skin, Val. Being UNconfortable would be unusual, no?
Hau’oli Makahiki Houto you and your family, dear firend!
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm, skeet Says:
I’m just full of surprises, Karen! Hau’oli Makahiki Hou to you and your loved ones!
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 pm, skeet Says:
Glad I made you laugh, Cass! It’s what I live for!
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 am, Ami-chan Says:
You always write the funniest posts! I’m sorry I missed this one until today.
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:29 am, skeet Says:
Ah, Ami-chan, then I’ve accomplished my goal in life. There are no worlds left for me to conquer!