The sun almost makes me look like a redhead, otherwise nothing much terribly exciting

 

The highlight of my week had to have been the old man in the radiology waiting room who insisted on taking a series of photographs of me with his lens literally less than an inch away from my face -- not only fulfilling every woman's lifelong dream of magnifying their every single pore and crow's foot for the whole world to see, but making me look as though you're looking at me through one of those distorting peepholes you have on your entrance door. You know, kinda like when you're looking into a spoon? 

Just as I was trying to (unsuccessfully) derive some sort of personal satisfaction from casting aside my own vanity in order to show compassion for a frail elderly cancer patient and his harmless little camera, he casually FYI'd me that his current art projects involve his own whiskers being glued to various photos he takes and he's currently in the process of figuring out how to incorporate human ashes in his art.

I am now officially guilty of 1.) having called a frail elderly cancer patient a creep, 2.) having asked him in front of a waiting room full of people if he was a serial killer and 3.) threatening him with firm legal action should he choose to include me in his art. 

See you next time.

Agnes

Comments

[chrissy]

I wouldn't feel too guilty after all he did get in your personal space... that would definitely creep me out..lol.

[Judy Harper]

Too funny!I hope you got his name! I don't think you should feel guilty though, I mean, there's a limit of how nice you are required to be! lol Your last paragraph made my day!

[Sidney]

I am sure that even if your picture is integrated in a creepy art installation...you still will look good and radiant ! :-)

[Kate]

I work at a medical clinic - I know what some of these people are like !!!

[hitesh]

these sounds funny atleast for the people who were sitting around.....though not the one involved....i hope the old man was not hurts by all the legal action threats ... :)

if i picture it....the old man with a camera in a lady's face...that does feel creepy.....but in a room filled with people...it sounds....funny.....

:)

have nice day...\,,/

[bins]

Yeah, seriously your life is exciting!!

You must have felt sorry for the poor chap but revealing all that info and then thinking that you would actually oblige is too much of an assumption.

It takes all kinds of people to make the world go around!

Have a nice (less creepy) week!

[jacqueline]

well, you shouldn't be guilty at all, i guess... having cancer isn't an excuse to make people uncomfortable.

have a better week ahead, Agnes. :)

[Jonathan]

Ah, but if you didn't find yourself in these crazy situations, you would have nothing to write about!

I'm guessing camera wielding maniacs are a daily problem when you're a pretty girl lol

[Geoff]

Well Agnes;
Seems I can't leave you in the waiting room for even a minute without you getting into it with some elderly patient. Obviously you are joking about the legal threats and the rest is humor. But I have to confess, he is a strange, strange man who borders on "creepy." So, go for it.
Love
Geoff

[Lucky]

You have a fresh and unique viewpoint to life and you do enjoy this thing called life and that is why you have this great blog with interesting adventures so carry on little lady and post away...

[theBluesman]

aww, there's no need to feel guilty about it all,the old creep was having his fun but it sure can be disturbing, anyway i had a good laugh when i read Geoff's opening comments.

[Kevin Munt]

Red hair and crows feet! Let alone balling out elderly cancer sufferers for shaving. humm..might be going of you.

[liz]

oh my god! isn't it crazy when you are trying to be kind and it turns on you?! i love people. no sarcasm, i really do. you know the thing about how no two snowflakes are alike? i think of people that way. so sometimes i walk away thinking "that is one crazy snowflake..."

[Agnes]

Thanks for the comments, everyone.
To those who had a good laugh: as did I -- the mere thought of his character still cracks me up.

[a good moroccan]

This guy is truly a misunderstood artist !

[Agnes]

@GoodMoroccan, let's hope that's all he is.

[Donald Swarbrick]

There's fans and there's fans. LOL

[Holli]

Well don't beat yourself up over the old guy - we all have our boundaries and he crossed one of yours!! He should have been much more considerate and asked in advance. Cancer or not.

Cheers
Holli in Ghana

[Robyn]

Agnes,

That is just plain funny! (about the creepy guy) I think you should dye your hair red! It looks great!

[Nancy]

I laughed so much thru the post and was takenaback by all the concerned comments...then I realised it wd have been scary at that time;-o.

[Mehreen]

That's really funny... gave me a good laugh!

[Sylvia]

That's pretty bizarre.

And you know what? I have boots almost just like yours! I don't know why that makes me smile but it does :)

[Napkin Dad]

wow, I take close ups of people, often strangers, all the time (see my collages). I hope that is not me in 20 years! I have to confess I do like pores and lines, they are as beautiful as any other part of a person, showing texture and reality in a compelling way. Oh well, be nice to me if you see me in a waiting room, ok?

[FARAZ ARSH]

BEAUTIFUL SHOT