2. What is your least favorite word? Panties

3. What turns you on? Wit, authenticity, and pie-making skills

4. What turns you off? Small-mindedness

5. What sound do you love? Ocean waves crashing to the beach

6. What sound do you hate? Jackhammers

7. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck

8. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? Travel photographer and food critic

9. What profession would you not like to do? Prostitute

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? You are loved, always have been and always will be.

Now, your turn.

PS–questions from James Lipton’s Inside the Actors Studio.

The three of us also share many personality characteristics and those sealed our friendships. During the course of that internship year, we spent so much time together — yes, at the Counseling Center for work, but lots of time hanging out, going to happy hour and sporting events, eating together, attending festivals, and a super fun weekend trip to Seattle. Oh and we LAUGHED together. Belly-aching, tears-running-down-your-face kind of laughing. Along with all that fun, there was all the listening and being there for one another as we managed health crises, difficult job searches, dissertation research, and relationship issues being apart from our partners. While my training and work at the University of Oregon Counseling Center was amazing, Andy and Josh made my internship year what it was.

As I look back on that time, I wouldn’t change it for anything. On the surface, it sounds ludicrous that I would choose to spend that year apart from Tony, with him in Missouri and me in Oregon. But had I made a different choice — that Tony was able to join me in Oregon, or that Oregon felt too far away and so I didn’t rank it #1 — then my relationships with Josh and Andy would not have developed in the ways that they did or perhaps even exist. That’s the thing about being able to go back in time and change one small aspect of your life — it would change everything.

It’s been almost 8 years since we completed our internship at the U of O. And through those years, we’ve done a good job of keeping in touch and visiting one another. With job changes, moves across the country, and having a kid, two years had passed since we had gotten together. So, I’m beyond grateful that Josh and Andy came to visit last week. Words don’t convey how fabulous it was to see them and to connect. They’re my best guys.

Much love, Andy and Josh. See you in March. xoxo

I began the project on my birthday, April 23, and suffice it to say…it’s been kicking my ass. I knew that this project would be challenging. I knew that it would be difficult. And I knew I was likely a little crazy for taking it on. I mean, it’s one thing to shoot instant film photos every day for an entire year. And it’s another thing to shoot daily self-portraits for 365 days in a row. But to COMBINE these two tasks?!?! That’s kind of nuts, right?

Going into the project, I felt pretty prepared and fairly ready to take it on. Looking back through my last 365, I could see that I shot 27 instant self-portraits. 27. That seemed like a considerable number of self-portraits that I shot with my Polaroid cameras, which led me to feel some confidence that I could really do this 365 Impossible Self-Portraits project. But…

I think I’m psyching myself out. I’m all jacked up about it. Because I have so many dreams and goals for this project, I’m giving it a lot of power. I’m really in my head, putting a great deal of pressure on myself for each and every photo. I am feeling like every shot has to be awesome for my dreams for this project to come to fruition. I am devaluing most of what I shoot, telling myself that the photographs aren’t artistic enough or interesting enough.

Thankfully, I’m journaling as I work on the project. And in doing so, I realize that these thoughts, this kind of negative self-talk, is a creativity killer. I’m working hard to remind myself that at the core, this project is for me. I chose to take on 365 Impossible Self-Portraits for my own photographic growth. This project was what felt right in my core as my next step. 365 Impossible Self-Portraits is what I believe will help me move forward in my creative journey. And that needs to be my focus. Yes, I do have dreams and goals for what may come of this project. But for now, day by day, I need to do the work, get out of my head, and stop psyching myself out.

Note to self: Trust the process, Meghan. xoxo

But recently, I’ve had the precious opportunity to take some portraits of people who I really love. I have found ways to muster the courage to ask if I can take their photo, and more and more frequently, their answer is “yes.” I’m so excited to share some of these portraits of love. That’s what these photos are to me: portraits of love. They are photos of people who are so dear to me and they capture a moment of time that just the two of us shared.

My partner-in-crime, my colleague and collaborator, my Tribe sister, Sarah…

The witty, smart, clever, wordsmith, Sara….

The generous, always-has-your-back, holding-hope, Josh…

And last but certainly not least, therapist extraordinaire, emoticon-loving, bear-hugging, Andy…

I am so grateful for each of these people in my life. They have given me so much.

Thank you for letting me see you. xoxo

Our hosts were Madam MeMe and Don Wannabe…

Then Don “Big Jim” Ravioli and his ex-wife, Vicky Ravioli, joined us…

As did Sly Sleeze and Carrie Crooner-Ravioli…

Along with Rhett Bumbler and Baroness Ravioli…

And finally, Capo “Toto” Tequila and Rebecca Ravioli…

I don’t think I can spill the beans on who the murderer was, but let’s just say I know her very well. What was so great about this evening was how much each of us really got into it. We all got decked out, buying flapper dresses, renting suits, getting hats. We all stayed in character for hours and really did it up. It was SO much fun. Which tells me that as adults, we all need more reasons to play dress-up and escape reality a for a bit.

What’s your take? Do you welcome the opportunity to slip into another character and world for a little while?

I hope you click here to see the rest of my Sunday. Hope it inspires you to capture your own ordinary and beautiful days.

Can’t wait to see what May brings us in our collaboration!