8th grade graduation is just about when we'd be leaving prep school for high, and that was a huge transition. Rocking it with the big kids, small all over again.
Read an inane quote in the elevator about Oprah saying that every (every!) mistake she's made has been because she ignored her inner voice. Yup, she has a 100% inner voice that she has the luxury to ignore from time to time.
How smug.
I should possibly get over that.
well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.
That's a hell of a photo (and I hope she got inside right away after!)
Wow, Tom. That's an incredible picture. Also? SCARY AS HELL.
documentation: 1, self-preservation:0
Yoinks! I can't imagine becoming so blase about tornados that you think "must catch that on camera!" when you see one instead of RUN AWAY, but then again I suppose people in other states have a similar feeling when we Californians are all "so did you feel that quake? I was in the shower and the shampoo fell on my toes, ha ha etc"
well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.
Sox made me laugh. Isn't Oprah one of those people who describes herself as "evolving" when us less-evolved folks might just say we've changed our minds?
and evidently had the presence of mind to grab her digital camera and capture this shot before taking cover.
Speaking of inner voices. I'm not sure "presence of mind" is really the way to describe that thought process, cool pics or no.
I can't imagine becoming so blase about tornados that you think "must catch that on camera!"
According to my inlaws, "Grab the video camera!" is a common reaction to a tornado in Oklahoma. That's less so in Alabama, IME, even though the states are similarly stormy--I'm guessing because Alabama tends to have shorter sight lines, since it's hillier and more forested, so the tornado you can see is likely to be a lot closer.
Which doesn't explain THAT picture. I would've been screaming and running for my life. I mean, I lived 18+ years in Alabama without ever seeing a tornado, largely because during tornado warnings I was ducking and covering like a sensible person who wants a long life.
I'm still more scared of earthquakes than tornados, though, even after nearly a decade on the West Coast. I like my lethal disasters trackable on radar, thankyouverymuch.