So this morning I attempted to self-photograph pictures of myself playing the piano, balancing a spinning globe while sitting cute-sy on my worn red futon. Awkward. My brother aka my manager-regarding-all-things-book-and-actually-any-side-projects-involved-with-said-book told me that I had to make myself an EPK. (Electronic press kit if you're not familiar with the term... I wasn't) This consists of a biography (written by me in third person), a mission statement (probably not everyone has a mission statement in their kit, but given the nature of the kind of press I want to attract, it's probably important) and lastly.. some photos. We eat with our eyes! They need to see the product (the book) in some creatiave context (... cue the spinning globe).
We had a family meeting last Saturday regarding the book over some oatmeal rapsberry pancakes and peanut butter chocolate sauce. Pan fries were also present. And I realized what I actually already knew.. I'm not good with the numbers! I would rather just not talk about the numbers. I would rather leave all of those logistics kind of questions unanswered, just shrug them off. That's why someone like my brother is key. Because I wouldn't make myself a EPK. I would just assume that people would.. come.. to... me? I'm not actually sure, but I definitely didn't really have much of an action plan. But self-timer photos. That's a little tricky! No flash! Natural light.
So this morning I stayed in my kitten and puppy moo moo, threw on a mustard yellow cardigan, left the top buttons open ('cause that's inviting), tried to wipe some shine off my shiny face, decided not to put any make up on or brush my teeth (they'll never know) and thought up scenarios that would make good photos. "Oven mitts!" "Next to the hymnals on the piano!" "Fork and knife as a bookmark!" I'm not really sure why I'm giving away all my secrets. Now you're going to see the photos and laugh because... I wasn't kidding! But it's this cool little weird process that I'm enjoying thus far. I'm definitely considering and will likely be buying my own domain name. I'll put the blog on it, don't fret. I would like to bring things together. Blog, videos, book, all in one place.
On another note, I'm getting a zit the size of an angry boil on the side of my neck right now. And I'm getting closer and closer to paying off my tuition from my infamous time spent at TWU. And I've been trying to not eat wheat for awhile now and things like "All Girls' Potluck" keep intefering with it. I'm proud to say that a good number of my friends can really throw down in the kitchen.
On a completely different note, I looked for prices for skydiving in Vancouver (because I'll be there at the end of the month! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!) and when the lady said "It would be in your best interest to choose the $259 option" I kissed my "best interest" good-bye. Slightly disheartening but overall I'm absolutely thrilled to be back in the GVA for a few days.
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