Daily Prompt: What do you find more unbearable? Watching a video of yourself or hearing a recording of your voice?
The lie I tell myself:
“Darling,” (that’s my pet name for me),
“Your disembodied voice
Grates. (That’s as polite as I can be.)
“But darling in your favor,
A natural grace and sweet disposition
Compensate for failings
In your whiny intonational exposition.”
“So, what you’re saying,”
I nod to myself, no nicknames embedded,
“Is that the camera loves me
And video is where I should be headed.”
“Darling, no,” I laugh,
“You’re not camera ready, either!
Avoid both at all costs,
And forget we had this conversation.”
Praying for Eyebrowz 
That picture is stunning!
My voice sounds worse when separated from my image. Much worse.
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Oh! Thanks! My husband thought I looked deceased. Truly I think my voice is much worse without my image, too.
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No, a very artistic photograph, it would make a stunning book cover for a romance novel.
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Ah ha!
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I’ve been told I have a voice made for silent film, and a face perfect for radio… 🙂
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Ditto!
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You take a great photo! I’ll stick to my voice even if it has a Glaswegian accent. I can do posh too. 😉
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Describe posh, please. Does that mean fancy?
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Hoity-toity, marbles in the cheeks. The queen. 🙂
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Got it! That’s what I suspected. Unfortunately with my Texas twang I always sound like a bumpkin.
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I can never hold it for long. Revert to type. ‘Gonnae gies wan ae them.’ ‘Yes, dahling, I’ll pass it right ovah.’ ‘Ta.’ ‘Nae bother.’ 🙂
Same with all the accents. I have a bash then lapse!
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Love the talking to yourself! I do that in my mind all the time! Pic is great! I and my other me both almost vomited when we read this challenge! Me and nettie (the me inside me) are agreed in this its not ever going to happen to us either. Nope nope nope! Great post that inspires me to someday introduce the blogosphere to Nettie! As for the prompt YUCKY!
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I agree with your assessment of the prompt. I haven’t done the daily prompt in awhile, but could think of nothing to write today!!! Totally blocked. So for the unblocking I was grateful.
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You did well in my opinion. See I have very low self-esteem issues. I have been working really hard to boost my opinion of myself inside and out. (Nettie was very evil a Long time ago) 🙂 I am much better but when I read that I bad things and it was not inspirational to me. I want my blog and myself to be positive. (Heck last month was first time I took a selfie) I really want my lost to be positive but I can’t seem to dig any angle out. Your humor was a great idea. Anyway, enough of my babbling! Lol happy blogging!
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I’m 59 and finally able just to accept my insecurities. My selfies are still pretty rare, though!
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I prefer to watch a video of myself :).
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It seems that most people do. My guess is that our personalities shine through when others can see our body language.
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There’s a reason why I stick to writing blog posts 🙂 I’ve got beautiful…vocabulary.
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You’re a beautiful person.
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Dawwwww…thank you so much *blush*
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