I decided that I’m woman enough to show you all my true self. As part of the Self-Portrait Truthiness project at Flickr.

I am a real woman. Yes I wear makeup and jewelry. I groom. Heck, I even shower! But in the morning all you get is me – morning breath and all.

But, my husband sees this every morning and hasn’t run away screaming into the dark morning hours yet, so I know he loves me anyway.

Sweetney had this to say:

I post this for two reasons. One, I think we’re all very good at glossing over and covering up, and let’s face it, that’s kind of lame and cowardly. We all promote our best head-shots, our most flattering angles, and stuff under the rug the reality of what we REALLY look like without tweaking and all manner of artificial support. I’m no different, of course: I edit and select all of the images I post here, and am loathe to publish photos that make me look less-than-attractive(-ish). But I’m not a head-shot, and my life most certainly isn’t lived in soft lighting, and truth be told I rarely (okay, almost never) wear makeup. This is pretty much who I am. Internet, meet my everyday reality, in all its haggard ingloriousness.

And two, I’d like to meet YOU in your stripped-down, unvarnished loveliness, as well. So I’ve created a handy-dandy flickr group called Self-Portrait Truthiness, and I invite each of you to post one or more photos there of yourself as “the real you.” Interpret that as you will, bearing in mind that honesty and keeping-it-real is the goal. The truth will set us free… or at least be entertaining for a few days. snort.

So let’s do this thing! I double dog dare you. Yeah, I said it. Whatcha gonna do, punk?

I was double dog dared.

But, to protect your small children, I’ve put the photo below the fold. Click if you’re willing.

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