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Photoshopping under the influence

Two weeks ago (not timely, I know! I apologize), I had my wisdom teeth removed. The dentist thankfully knocked me out completely, so all I remember is having the mask put on my face and waking up around 20 minutes later.

But in addition to the entire operation, there were a couple of things I missed in between falling asleep and becoming fully conscious:

1) I called my friend Steve (of the hamster cheeks) with a very sad, urgent message about bubblegum.
2) I then texted my friends repeatedly, with literary gems such as, “lock doors,”*  “threw away teeth walk feeling like clown,”** and my favorite: “apple sauce is now”***
3) About an hour later, when my gums began searing with pain, I allegedly told my friend over AIM, “now I am going to Photoshop the pain away. I think I will make my friend into a tumbleweed.”

Now let me explain what’s been going on for the past few weeks. I’ve had Photoshop on my computer for a while, but I haven’t done too much with it. Sure, I’ve thrown my cropped pictures of my friends into embarassing situations/outer space/odd hairstyles, but I’d rarely used the program for much else. Then one day I realized I needed to take a headshot for broadcast, and since the backgrounds in my house are pretty awkward, I cropped myself out and tried to find a suitable replacement background, and… well. This is what resulted.

Steve, always with an eye for improvement, suggested that I Photoshop him into a cowboy hat as well, to publicize for our school’s annual Western Day, this year titled, “Guilty.”

So I Photoshopped him. Then my friend Lauren. Then my acquaintance Celina and then it just snowballed into an activity that was taking large chunks out of my time.
But there’s actually something quite soothing about carefully cropping out my friends’ heads and rotating and resizing them to fit onto various bodies/inanimate objects. Which led me to create this monstrosity on the day of my operation:

But this would not be the end of my drug-influenced artistic creations. This week is Red Ribbon Week, and I’ve now learned how to create animated GIFs! Click the thumbnails to see them move.

I probably need to find a hobby.

*My dad was driving us through a shady part of town and I felt it was very important that my friend Lauren be aware of the importance of car safety.
**Steve had asked me for my wisdom teeth prior to the surgery (we value puns highly in our friendship) but when I asked the dentist for my teeth, he’d already thrown them away. I was very disappointed. I also had trouble walking straight, and instead of saying “can’t walk straight,” I decided to go for the movie reference. How hip and cultured am I! (about 70 years too late, is how cultured I am)
***I have no idea

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