Why I HNT

If all you want is the pic of the week, then scroll down and click through for the full post. But if you want to know a little more about why I decided to participate in HNT then read on. And if you still need to know what all of this is about, then click on the HNT banner in my sidebar.

I can be a strange person. I hate needles, with a passion. And yet I force myself to give blood. Why? So that I desensitize myself to the needle. I still can't bring myself to watch when they stick it in, but once it's in I do ok now.

What does that have to do with HNT?

HNT is a similar thing for me. I hate having my picture taken almost as much as I hate needles. I'm not a very attractive person, and seeing myself in any picture only reminds me of that.

But I'm learning to accept that it is nearly impossible to avoid the camera. So I need to desensitize myself to the flash, and get over my self-image problems.

HNT is similar to giving blood because in both cases I have decided to do something beyond what would normally be encountered in order to desensitize myself. Just like medical work would never require a needle that big (seriously, that thing is huge), you wouldn't expect pictures of yourself to be 'half-nekkid'.

Anyway... it's probably more than any of you wanted to know, but it's something that might as well be said.

So with that out of the way, click through for today's pic. Happy HNT all.



I call this the 'butt boobs' pic. Mostly because, while it's obvious that those are boobs, the way that I was holding them made them almost look like a butt. :-)