Fine-Apple
*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
Moments before this photo, I had just spent my last $4 buying 3 cake pops and a cupcake at the bake sale at the Habitat dodgeball tournament last year. It was a victory purchase, since our dodgeball team, comprised of the girls cross country team, had won our first game ever, against the cross country boys. Erin wanted to take a photo of me with my array of baked goods, but unfortunately, one of my cake pops decided to do a gravity check and fall right off of its stick at the exact moment that she took the photo. As evidenced by this photo, I decided that it was more worth saving the cake pop than trying to look decent for a photo.
Aside from it being funny and conveniently timed, I love this photo because it's very me. People always roast me for my weird facial expressions and unhealthy obsession with food. I think that no photo captures my essence better than one where I look visibly distraught over my cake pop.
This picture also brings back memories of one of my fondest high school memories. The cross country team participates in the dodgeball tournament every year, and it's one of my favorite nights. Since our throwing and catching skills are less than ideal, we typically aim to win the costume contest instead. This particular year, we decided to dress up as fruit. We spent hours crafting together the different pieces of our costumes before the tournament. I went as a pineapple, but other fruit costumes included a strawberry, watermelon, peach, and even grapes. I think we even surprised ourselves with how well the costumes turned out.
We didn't end up winning the costume contest that year, but we still had a lot of fun making them, and we were so excited to have won an actual dodgeball game that it didn't matter. This photo is just one of many that we took that night. I love to look back on the pictures from this year and the years before it, reminiscing in all of the memories I've made through the years. I usually hate dodgeball, but for this one night, it's my favorite thing in the world. And if anyone was wondering, I did end up successfully catching that cake pop before it hit the ground.
Although I couldn't find your obsession with food that relatable, I enjoyed reading your blog. I liked how you took a specific moment and expanded upon it through a general stereotype people have about you.
ReplyDeleteThis is my absolute favorite post! The drama in one image is simply astounding, and I love how you explain the situation while helping readers understand who you are as a person. I also enjoy looking back on xc pictures, and I'm so proud of us for winning games AND the costume contest this year!
ReplyDeleteYou were the cutest pineapple I had ever seen :) This blog post really resonated me with me because swim team also tries really hard to win the costume contest every year, and I also love food too. I think this photo is such a perfect example of how fun the dodgeball contest is!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture so much! I remember when this happened and we could not stop laughing about it. I really liked your blog post because it brings back so many good memories with the girls xc team and competing together in the dodgeball tournament. I also loved our costumes this year, they are my favorite ones we have ever done.
ReplyDeleteI have totally been there. The sheer terror as you are about to lose some food and you know that there is nothing you can do to stop it. That photo gives me huge terror vibes because I love food too. I always love seeing the cool costumes that you guys come up with, good memories
ReplyDeleteIt's an honest photo, and I love sweet food too so I feel your concern. It's also super nice to see just how much there is behind this photo, as you get to really see the story worth a thousand words that the picture is telling. Everything about this radiates good vibes and I needed this honestly.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you reflected on your experience at the Habitat dodgeball tournament and your personality through the use of a picture. Also, I laughed from your opening sentence. I also liked how authentic and humorous your tone was.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this post! I also love that you had the confidence to post this photo on a blog meant for other people to see. It's a very honest Fai photo :)
ReplyDeleteThis post was so feel-good and wholesome, and it honestly makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I love the happy ending of you catching your cakepop, too.
I'm very sorry to here that you lost, but maybe you were the real winners you know.(?) It does seem like you had a lot of fun either way so that is good. I mean everything was good, this was good. But I think the part of this is the flash back sequence I truly felt amerced.
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