Through a slip of someone else's fingers in the cut-and-paste business, I got to meet Marcy Massura of The Glamorous Life Association. This is Marcy...
She interviewed me on her blog on Saturday, and I wanted my readers to meet her, too. Marcy is funny, and gorgeous, and has one of the sassiest blogs in town. Hope you enjoy the interview.
As a fellow photo geek, I have to ask about your equipment. For taking pictures, I mean.
I shoot 99% of the photos on my site and even on Orange County Daily Photo on a small point and shoot Canon SD950. But if I am being SERIOUS or doing portraits? I use my old Canon 10D. Its old but I have really good lens (L series lenses from Canon. Wide angle and many zoom too). I have a couple Kodak cameras that work nice too for product shots around the house.
Do you find yourself looking at the world in different ways, as a blogger, a mom, and a photographer?
Not really. What I find is a sense of relief that now I finally have an appropriate outlet for how I have been looking/thinking about the world all these years. But the more I blog, the more I think. So that has changed. I find I can find the funny in just about everything now. It has helped hone my comedy skillz for sure.
Who was the best teacher you ever had, and why?
Mr. Sawaya-English & Philosophy in 12th grade. He was consistent, honest and brilliant. And he rose to MY LEVEL. He was able to understand where I was headed with a story or thought and gave me the tools to make it happen. Not just to do the bare minimum- but to excel. He made me believe I could do ANYTHING. And he seemed to be a huge fan of mine. He once told me “you have a strange way of seeing the world Marcy. A funny way. And the world loves that. Be sure to give that to the world”
Do you have a political stance?
Ahhhh no. And yes. But a political stance is death to a blog. Well to a COMEDY blog like mine. People tend not to laugh if they hate they way you think. I basically have political opinions on a case by case, point by point thing. But I will say I HATE with passion Palin. Of course I hate Dooce too.
So there is that. Which isn’t much
I have to say you totally rock the “bangs” look, “fringe” for the U.K. readers. Did you ever have an unsuccessful haircut/salon experience?
Um, yeah. I used to host a linky thing on my blog called “Sincerely FRO me to You”….it paid homage to the great perm debacle of 1980. Most of those posts are in my MarcyThen section on my site. http://marcywrites.com/category/marcythen/ Along with tons of other mortifyingly embarrassing photos of myself. Cuz I am clearly insane.
What was the last thing you did that was completely out of character for you?
I cried. Today. And it shocked me. Why? I was at the dentist. He told me I needed a root canal and crown. I had never even had a cavity before! And so I cried. Out of fear really. And anyone who knows me would have been shocked. I am the ‘strong one’. The one who can handle it all. Apparently that is limited to dental work. Who knew?
I love that you practiced your Oscar and Emmy acceptance speeches with a French accent as a kid. If you had to adopt an accent for a day, what would it be?
I do a mean mid-west accent. LOVE to embarrass the kids with it in public….French comes out too. But usually when I am cooking.
I know you love Care Bears, but which Scooby Doo character are you?
You have to ask??? THELMA. I pretty much look like her, act like her and I pretend to have all the answers. Of course I see her more like this these days…Kickin a** and takin names. And she doesn’t need that bubble head Daphney or metro sexual Fred to drag her down either…..Be nice to the smart girls. Cuz we pretty much run this show.
