monkey see, monkey do

patiently waiting
Originally uploaded by stayin' sucka free

it never ceases to make me shake my head laughing. my life is being imitated; it's a meager attempt, at best.

whether i post photos, whether i bake treats, whether i go places and do things, whether we have pets, the clothes i buy, the things i say... all of it. all of it is being copied/mimicked/imitated/re-created.

the difference though, is that what i do, where i go, what i make, what i say, within and without the confines of my home with my family, is all from the heart, and has been happening since day one.

posting a few pictures aren't going to get a rise out of me. *make* the attempt. i welcome it. i *encourage* you to be involved. it's a bit late in the game, so to speak, but keep trying. maybe some day it will sink in that those things being done and said and made are things that shouldn't have taken so long to start focusing on. and *maybe* you'll be given some credit for it. maybe.

i do wonder how it feels to play catch-up, though. is it maddening? frustrating? it's like working *so* hard to come in second. and really, i don't try for the spotlight. i don't do it for the 'look what i can do!' i do it just because.

just because.

i share it with my friends because i have a hobby that happens to capture the moments in life that i don't take for granted. not to make an attempt to show others that 'i do them too!'. i share with my family because my family likes to remember those times. because they've been involved in all of them. not to say 'look what i thought to do after i saw it elsewhere!'.

but i applaud you for your efforts, because you're making it look like you care. but we all know below the surface there's a motive. and it's the polar opposite of the facade.

nice try!