I used to get so annoyed as I scrolled through Facebook and saw selfie after selfie after selfie. Bathroom selfies and car selfies and Sunday Selfies. People were literally looking for any excuse to take a selfie and that used to really annoy me. I won't lie, people in general annoy me so it didn't really take much, but then selfies became a "craze" and I could not handle it.
Since owning an iPhone though, my views on selfies have changed. For one reason my front camera is boss!! I had an LG cellphone before and I never took selfies because I looked like a pixelated character from a bad cartoon. I'm beginning to think that my annoyance with you people may have actually been jealousy. I see that apple has even created a folder dedicated just to my selfies, I currently have 324 selfies stored in it! This may be a small figure next to some of you.
This recent revelation has led me to look at selfies in a deeper light. So here are my two cents on the matter.
Selfies are awesome! Keep taking them! If you look good today and you want to capture it, do so! Selfies remind me of that song by Beyonce: "Feeling myself"
I do reserve a little judgement for my male friends who post gazillions of selfies every day, but that is just the sexist in me. See? Women can be sexist too!
When Warren and I went to Thailand two years ago we laughed at the Asians we saw who all had selfie sticks. Selfie sticks were something we saw on Instagram and in memes, but we hadn't actually come across them in Cape Town. We eventually purchased one towards the end of our holiday and even though it was the norm there, I still felt foolish using it. Back in Cape Town I didn't take it out of the packaging for more than a year for fear of looking like a fool. Now everywhere you turn you see selfie sticks.
I have posted a few selfies below and captioned them so you know what each selfie means, and why I took them.
This selfie is to let you know that I have a good sense of humour and can laugh. (at myself, by myself whatevs, I'm just funny and like to laugh) It is also to let you know that I am not an orphan and have a mother and a sister!
This selfie is to let you know that besides pink cocktails, I also enjoy pink milkshakes. And straws (apparantly)
And this selfie is a combination of two of Beyonce's songs: "I woke up like this", because I actually did wake up like that. This selfie was nothing more than a random act of vanity! The sun was hitting my face at the perfect angle and boy was I "feeling myself"
Have a great weekend ahead, be safe and take loads of selfies to capture the special moments in your life!
Coco
