Strike a Pose 🤼‍♀️💪🏻😬

Yeah, that’s exactly what the Ultimate Warrior is doing in those 3️⃣ pics you see. Last week, it was two belts and today we get that number three so maybe next week will be four? Probably not but I always hope you continue reading. In a few days, we will be helping our son move into his college apartment with three roommates. Hey, another number three! His sister began classes Monday and he is next week. Hard to believe both are in college. 😯 Empty nesters we are now! 🪹Well, sorta as they will be home soon, I’m sure. I’m excited for this new adventure of his as Mama always captures the special moments on camera. 📷

This post is yet another off the cuff one. I have no notes so a big rarity for me. I just thought with all the family happenings among other things, maybe I didn’t need to be so prepared all the time. But, are you prepped and glammed up when it’s time to strike a pose? My girl likes to take those silly pics of people eating or making faces, etc. I don’t do those and get frustrated when she takes them of me!🤪At least she’s enjoying herself but I’m just too critical. With fame though, you are basically camera ready most of the time. I have said before how I would never have known Warrior’s feelings on all the camera stuff but maybe he just accepted it as part of his career. We have seen little clips of him getting irritated during promos but not sure if that meant he disliked it all the time.

I’m not one to do all the selfies others post frequently, are you? Yes, I know I do one monthly on here and a few on socials but those of this blog may end at the close of November. We shall see. I don’t consider myself that photogenic, although many people are. They always look fabulous in any photo or video but me, I need to primp and glam in order to have it work. Anyone remember those Glamour Shots stores years ago in the 80s? We had one at our local mall and I knew a few girls who went there. I’m sure boys did too but those pics, oh my! I’ve had little things done by others but not a big session like that. Sure, it’s fun for a one time thing but I can’t imagine that kind of lifestyle, can you? It’s like modeling. My senior photos were challenging enough as I actually liked my junior pic better! Let’s not get into all the surgeries people have to improve their looks. OK, we all are a little vain as I’ve stated but come on warriors! We are not real Barbie 🤦🏻‍♀️or Ken dolls and shouldn’t feel pressured to be one ( brunettes like myself and other non-blondes included.) Are you with me?

I totally understood (when others did not, so typical) of why Warrior didn’t want to be photographed without face paint. He was on some occasions but not too often. He liked his mask for fans to identify with but as the character~~~ he did too. So many of the guys back then became exhausted with all the work they put into the business so smiling all the time maybe didn’t happen. I have seen a few pics of UW looking tired but more often than not, he would smile. Sometimes, fans would just get what the camera clicked without a second take. Sorry folks, it isn’t a photo shoot so you’d get what you got regardless. Obviously different if they’d be posing for autographs or a scheduled meet and greet, but a quick pick on the street perhaps might not be perfect. The guys would not have had time for a retake.

Speaking of retakes, me, yes ONLY me out of my 3️⃣ siblings ever had to have a school photo retake. It seriously was not my fault but the camera film. 🎞️ I smiled weird anyways, but there was a crease right under my little nose. I was in kindergarten. No way could that hang on our wall! The new one was much better but no smile from my 5️⃣ year-old self. It was still a good photo and I liked my outfit better in the second one. I wore my green knit dress with a 🌻 in the middle. Yes, I still can remember most along with the hairdos. Just like my life~~ a rollercoaster 🎢 . Some years the hair was short, then long, straight, then curly. This was very unlike my daughter where the ponytail was ever present in many school photos. That was her though. Not the senior one! Me? Nope, not ever. The hairdresser and I were just talking about all this a few weeks ago when my girl and I both went. She was amazed I could remember, but I do. It did help when seeing them all every time we’d visit my mom’s house as the kids loved looking at them. Oh geez. 🙄

I enjoyed my hair longer (still do) and tussled kind of how I remember UW’s being often in his prime. My one Grandma used to brush it aside when I’d have bangs just so she could see my face. She loved short hair. I recall thinking how I’d feel the same way when Warrior’s face paint would come off. Then, I could see *** HIS*** face more. What poses come to mind when you think of your past in pictures? We will never like them all but nowadays, can laugh at the silly. At least I hope you do. You might not strike that perfect pose but we all aren’t on the cover of a magazine like the guys of the ol’ WWF days or as Madonna sang about in her song “Vogue.” Sure, we could do the touchups from a professional but then have to pay extra. Your choice. Most people on those magazines are photoshopped anyway. I never did pay those extras for the kids despite my son’s overbite, both with braces, some blemishes, or any of that. It is how they looked then and became memories. The photos still turned out good and no, that isn’t just the Mama me talking.

Strike a pose warriors. Let your face, expressions, hair, or emotions tell your story. You don’t need Glamour Shots or a pro. Just be you, not a plastic doll…

P.S. I almost didn’t have a PS today! It’s the number 3 of course!

~ 3 pics of UW

~ 3 roommates of my son’s

~ 3 siblings of mine

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