Nevergirl’s

Kara texted: photos will be on tomorrow’s issue. Two pages, baby! 

There’s the hub’s clue right there to get his Sunstar copy. Alex is in a tizzy; she’s so excited she can’t keep still.  She can’t wait to see how our photoshoot turns out. So am I because while I’m certain I looked petrified and wooden, the little girl did great.

Today did not start right and probably won’t end right, either. I seldom have reasons to be down in the dumps these days but today was a major downer. Barely an hour after waking up, I cried truckloads and spent the entire day indulging my sadness by Wiki-hopping.

Today, the family trooped to SM at 10am for a photoshoot. Who goes to SM at 10am? You’d be surprised; tons of people do.

Normally, you’d have to bribe me to go to the mall that early because not only do I hate crowds, I don’t do mornings that start at 10am. Moreover, I’ve the descriptions from Iris to finish. But who says no to Kara? Besides, this is my first mother-daughter photoshoot ever. Aside from the excitement factor (it’s a new experience, people!), I couldn’t bear to disappoint the daughter. She couldn’t wait to go!

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I like the 60s and I like the concept of the free spirit. However, I rarely try to channel my inner boho because the look seldom works for me. I’m tiny; flowy and flowing dresses make me look like I got swallowed up by yards and yards of fabric.

I’ve learned from experience that the only look that’s even the slightest bit flattering on me is the clean and minimal look. Straight lines, solid colors, hemline slightly above the knee, pumps that do not match the color of the dress – I rarely deviate from this formula and with good reason.

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I learned drama, Shakespeare, grammar, literary devices, and how to fall in love with the written and spoken word in high school. That sentence violates parallelism, by the way, but let’s leave it alone. We’ve far more important things to talk about, like the future of English classes.

In the future, students won’t be memorizing Brutus’ Defense or reading Shakespeare’s plays. Instead, they will be busy acquiring tools to make their tweets come to life with wit. They will learn how to craft Facebook status updates that ooze with dramatic absurdity and glibness. They will be taught how to make their tweets personal and honest:

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