Keeping It Together

In honor of ironyisalifestyle's fourth birthday, here's a little throwback to the incident that started it all. 

Monday: “Hi Stacie, It’s Ron from Ford. Just letting you know that you have been put on hold this Thursday for the cover of Scientific American Mind. I will call you to confirm the booking.”

Tuesday: “You’re confirmed for Thursday.  I’ll email you the call sheet.”

Thursday: “So we think we’re going to have your hair flowing out behind you and, like, pictures of your friends sort of bouncing out along your hair.  We’ll just shoot a few different angles. Shouldn’t take too long.”

3 months later

"Hey Stacie, it’s Ron.  Your Scientific American Mind issue’s out - go pick one up!  It looks great.  Commercial casting loves to see this kind of thing."

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This kind of thing.  

What do you mean by this kind of thing, Ron?

Oh. Right. This is what he meant:

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I’m bald.

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I immediately emailed my parents to alert them of my plan to die slowly in a corner.

My dad responded quickly, assuring me that I was, “still one of the pretty people”.  

My mother waited a day. Why?

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"I was laughing so hard, your dad said I better get it together before I talked to you." 

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Fair enough.