my Nano

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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Today is my Nano's 80th birthday and since he is on my mind and since he is such a huge force in my life I can't resist but to tell you a story. When I graduated from college I was a bit of a mess. I spent 4 years in a small Jesuit University {having too much fun} working towards being a teacher and months before graduation I decided to 'jump ship'. I graduated but with very little direction. Eventually I moved to Boston with a one way ticket and $200 bucks but for the months between graduation and the move I explored everything from advertising, to holistic medicine, to....... {this is embarrassing}....... acting. So the first thing I was going to need was head shots. Once I figured out that my tips from Taco Surf were not going to cover the expense my Nano decided to take matters into his own hands. He asked me to come down to his house and he would do my head shots. He had taken a piece of astroturf and stapled it on to the side of his garage {back drop} and in front of it sat his exercise ball {prop}. Voila photo shoot. He took about 3 rolls of film, drove down to Walgreens, waited for the photos to be developed and brought them back to me. Those were my head shoots. They got me one call back for an Impala commercial and a lifetime of gratitude for my Nano. I love him. Happy Birthday Nano.

DSC_0001.jpgOne more thing... how cute are these center pieces?! My aunt made these for my Nano's party on Sunday. He has a group of guys that he golfs with every Thursday some of them he has known since he was 17. Pretty amazing.

21 comments:

  1. I kept scrolling hoping to see those head shots!

    Happy Birthday to your Nano!

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  2. Great story, Alexis, SCU seems like a lifetime ago.....!
    ~Jacey

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  3. Haha when you said "Nano" I was thinking your ipod nano and was like whaaa? 80? lol! Aww well happy birthday to him! That is a sweet picture of him =)


    - Sarah
    http://agirlintransit.blogspot.com

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  4. OMG, where are those head shots?? That is just adorable.

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  5. yes...i also want to see those head shots - i hope you still have them. great story & happy birthday nano!

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  6. I love your Nano :)

    ... and I WANT to see those headshots!

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  7. What a sweet memory.
    .....now C'mon Alexis!!!! We all want to see these pictures you speak of. Please!!

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  8. so funny, i had planned to say, let's see the funny pic's, but i see everyone has beat me to it! ha, ha, ha....beth

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  9. this story is hilarious! your nano sounds amazing! i agree with everyone else... we need to see those head shots!

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  10. aw, love the happy photo. what a nano!

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  11. you guys are hilarious... I really have no idea where those photos are... I do remember that it was a bit of an awkward stage... I was working at a mexican food restaurant so I know I wasn't holding back on the burritos plus as a way to cope with not knowing what the H I was doing I cut all my hair off. not pretty.

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  12. How have i not heard this story before!?! I almost just peed my pants trying to picture you on an exercise ball in front of astroturf. Hilarious! Your Nano is so cute! xo

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  13. I can't tell you how excited I was to see these head shot pics. I waited to scroll down, because I needed to stop giggling at the idea and be ready to take it all in, in it's full glory. I was so sad when there were no pics. I hope they surface one day. What an incredible man your Nano is.

    P.S. Those centerpieces are adorbs!

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  14. that is incredibly touching... & funny too :).

    my grandma's 86th birthday is this sunday, and i'm picking her up this afternoon so that we can spend a few days together before the big day.

    i always love your pictures & posts (via twitter)... i have no clue as to why i haven't followed you already. {situation about to be remedied}

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  15. p.s. i read your comment on estelle's blog today... when you get everything planted, i hope you share pictures!!

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  16. He sounds sweet. I, too, jumped the teaching ship right around graduation. Student teaching did me in -- that's a hard job.

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  17. I remember when we picked you up in Boston, and I said "so, when do you need to go home" and you said..."well, I don't know"...and I said, well okay let's go home.

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  18. precious...and I want to see those photos.

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  19. I want to see the head shots! What a great story, he seems so rad.

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  20. Great story and I love the way you told it! Your Nano is a very special man. I love his DEEP voice and his twinkling eyes!

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