Nov26

Fun with Photoshop

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Fun with Photoshop
Not photoshopped: Here I am with four of my Jiu-Jitsu friends at a going away party for Tess (middle).

Since Tess’s departure to the other side of the country, I’ve had a running gag going in our JJ Ladies text group, frequently implying that Tess will be present at whatever get-together we plan.

I’ll say things like, “Tess, when does your flight arrive? I’ll pick you up.”

I used it recently when trying to plan a karaoke night. When we moved the date, I wrote: “Tess, I hope you can avoid a change of flight fee.”

Then it was, “Who wants to join Tess and me at karaoke?”

This made Tess laugh and “Pink” say, “I love how you keep sneaking Tess in there.”

Karaoke night never came to fruition, but that didn’t stop me from having a little fun.

After some back and forth, and the agreement that this would be way funnier coming from her, she sent the group this:

This is her amazing handiwork. When she showed me, she wrote: “I’m crying!” with several illustrative emojis.

We both thought it better to not have the photoshop job be TOO good, because that makes it even funnier. And the ladies did get a kick out of it. 🙂

By the way, at Tess’s going away party, some random rocker came to our table to talk to us. One of us said to him:

“Sir, if you don’t walk away right now, here’s what’s going to happen. First, your face will be smashed into the table. Next, you will have the unpleasant feeling of a knee to your groin. But don’t worry, it will all be over soon when my guillotine choke sets in after about five seconds. Then, as we all step over your inert body, there will be no remorse except for the mess your broken nose left on the table. We’ll take an extra tip for the server from your wallet.”

He backed up, turned quickly, and fled.

Okay, so actually, it didn’t get that far because a waitress shooed him away almost immediately. Afterward, we joked that she should have let him stay so we could practice our skills on him, even naming the moves we’d do.

If there was ever a table of ladies not to mess with.

Sigh. If only he had… 😉

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  3. Participating in a bar brawl would have made one heck of a blog post. Nice photo, too. So many events in my life have passed without a single photo ever being taken. I always think of it later. “Hey, wouldn’t that have been nice …”

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    • Wouldn’t it have been so great?! Now that I have this plan of what to say should it happen again, I hope it happens again.

      About a year and a half ago, I was at a restaurant with a blog buddy in Ohio when some creep came on to me. My friend is a 4th degree black belt, so I had fun writing up how we beat him up and threw him in a dumpster. 😛 It wasn’t true. I just ignored and avoided him, but a girl can dream!

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  8. Ahhhh, those threats might have just made him try to be even more obnoxious. Some guys are wired like that. Weird, isn’t it?
    And remember that little talk we had about looking for bad things to happen to you so you could ju jitsu your way out of them? I think that applies to Mr Rocker.
    Remember, every time you don’t need to JJ is a good time.
    Say it with me, 3 times now….

    😉

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    • Lol! No promises, Booky! Also, if that dude wasn’t scared off, he’d be in for a world of hurt with all of us. I would’ve been nice and just kneed and choked him, but he might get a broken arm or two from the others for his misguided efforts.

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  9. What a fun post, Betsy. You and your friends know how to have fun and on how to include each other, even though they have departed. Love the message to the random guy. It’s too bad it actually didn’t go that far. It’s such a scene from a girls night out movie!

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  12. I just want to let you know how much I love your blog. I’m actually looking forward to each of your posts. Makes me want to write some fun posts too and not only serious stuff. I just realise that I wrote a lot of fun articles when I was younger, don’t know, maybe we all get grumpy with age.. 😉🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

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  15. So I have to know what Random Rocker said that inspired the utter drag-down knockout destroy-him wish. Tried to pick up everyone at the table at once? Just being drunk and stupid? Wouldn’t leave y’all alone? Your response will be good information in case me or one of my male counterparts happen upon your table some day 😉

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  20. Love it, but…the Spice Girls? Really? It would have been more believable if you said you were singing “Even Flow” or something! Jeremy spoke in class today. Maybe next time.

    I really need to level up my Photoshop game!

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