Here's what we should all remember about Facebook: it is not an accurate representation of someone's life. Facebook is a self-curated highlight reel. Those Facebook pages that business owners and actors set up (because an actor is a small-business owner, do not make ANY mistake about that) are even MORE oriented to the "greatest hits" mentality. Seriously, has any fan page you've liked on Facebook ever posted something less than stellar about their business? One business page I liked did this once and it made me feel uncomfortable as hell. So just know that when you're reading your friends' pages and getting wicked jealous, they are very likely doing absolutely nothing exciting, important or cool at all. In fact, you might be reading someone's blog at the very moment they are sitting in their living room in elastic waist pants picking their nose and waiting for their take-out dinner to get delivered (ahem).
So, I'mma be real. This is a picture I took of myself that I like very much. Here's why it succeeds: I was lying on my back to get a gravity face-lift, the lighting is soft, I am wearing so much makeup a kabuki actor would find it "a bit over-the-top," and you can't see my hair which is frizzy and weird.
Cute, eh? Well, here's me, making a face at a friend of mine on the train.
So, image crafting be damned, at least for the time being. I have take-out to eat.
