06|12|2009
you can’t win them all; oh, & about those kinky pictures…
Our camera was returned to us on Wednesday afternoon… without the bloody memory card. Which means our pictures are out there somewhere, no doubt in the hands of some ruthless stranger.
I haven’t a clue as to why someone would take a memory card, filled with sentimental photographs that has NOTHING to do with the thief in question, but leave the $700 camera. It baffles me. I just don’t understand the human race. & I can’t help but think that we got our camera back in exchange for our precious pictures.
I shouldn’t complain, because at least our camera was returned to us. I know that my success story has to be one in a trillion. So, I’m grateful, yes, but absolutely bitter that I don’t have the pictures we took throughout the trip. I have decided, though, to name our Nikon D60, because I heard it said once that those who walk this earth without a name have no reason to live. & while Sven (the name I’ve given out Nikon D60) doesn’t walk or live, I figure that giving it a name will ensure that he will always be with us. Perhaps the reason he was lost was because he didn’t have a name. One can only wonder…
Nevertheless, I am forever grateful to everyone who snapped pictures with their impeccable cameras throughout this trip. With your pictures, I can relive the memories all over again without feeling too much of a loss. Because more than likely, my pictures would have been of the same things. So thank you.
Of all the photographs I’ve seen of this trip (between 26 bloggers, there are over 900 pictures) these are the only two pictures I found of myself that weren’t too terribly candid.
First picture is of myself & sweet Kyla Roma; the second is of myself & Jonathan.
All photographs courtesy of Elizabeth Knox.
Also, @WendyBrandes (& probably you, too; it’s okay to admit it) has been dying to hear the background story regarding the kinky pictures on our lost memory card. Because in a fit of rage, I spilled the beans on twitter about the possibility of me landing on a pornographic website, all thanks to my horny husband. I didn’t want to go into detail about it — my mother reads this blog, people! — but it’s such an interesting story that I felt I should oblige the curiosity.
On Saturday morning of our Vegas trip, I was on such a high of having met some of my most favorite bloggers that previous evening. I was bouncing off the walls, reminding Jonathan that “I met Kyla! I met Rachel! I met Andrea! I met Nicole!” In my excitement, I was quite frazzled. I wanted to take a shower so that I could hurry up & see these people’s pretty faces again, but I wanted to eat breakfast, & I wanted to call my mom & tell her about my experience, & I wanted to keep screaming “THEY’RE REAL PEOPLE!” Instead, I did all four… at the same time.
In the midst of eating dry cereal, running shower water, taking off my clothes, & being stupidly giddy, I was chatting on the phone with my mom about how amazing of a time we were having, not truly realizing that I was walking around our hotel room in nothing but my underwear. My husband, thinking with his primary brain — the one down South, not up North — decided this would be the perfect time to get some closeup shots of my booty, in lacy black underwear. (Can I just pause right now to let out a deep sigh & roll my eyes?) So for most of the time I was on the phone, talking excitedly to my mother, he was snapping candid photographs of me & my booty. I didn’t realize this until WAY later after he told me about it.
& of course, it dawned on me all over again when the camera was lost in the back of a taxi somewhere. I kept thinking, Oh my God… there are going to be some pictures of me on the internet that I’m going to have a very hard time explaining.
When we got news that our camera was safe & sound, I relaxed completely, feeling absolutely relieved that the risque pictures would be returned to us & I could delete them. But no… the memory card wasn’t in our camera. So yes, there is a pretty good chance there are pictures of my booty pasted on the internet somewhere. Which, more than likely, is the reason the memory card is missing in the first place.
These things would only happen to me.
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am:
elizabeth is so dang amazing i cant even stand it. that last picture of you and jonathan is so beautiful it’s disgusting.
i’m so very extremely happy that you got your camera back though, it could have been so much worse than ending up on a porn site. (really. you could have ended up on a porn site and NOT gotten your camera back!)
and the whole weekend i felt the same way, i was like YOURE REAL! I’m sitting at happy hour with Ev’Yan! Kerri! Steph! Elizabeth! the shock never really wore off and each time I look at the pictures, i’m still just… giddy.
miss ya pretty girl.
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am:
oh no! well at least you got your camera right and sven is a nice name. i really like the portrait of you and jonathan :)
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm:
ahahah that is the funniest story ever.
i feel really sorry for you though :(.
I would’ve rather had the memory card.
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on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 12:06 pm:
That is a gorgeous picture of you and Jonathan. Absolutely adorable.
And I really cannot understand this taking the memory card thing, but leaving the camera. So peculiar. I mean, even if you want the memory card, why not take the camera too. Although I’m very glad you DID get it back. Maybe whoever took it will lose it too and you don’t have to worry. And I completely sympathize with you. Andrew has similar thinking when I’m wearing underwear, and I have no idea what I would do if said moments were seen by anyone else.
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 12:14 pm:
I SO didn’t understand the whole only taking the memory card rationale but now that risky pictures come into play? I can see how someone would want those!
You totally won’t end up on the internet – it’s probably just way less risky for someone to sell a stolen memory card for fast cash than a whole camera, but that’s blows. At least you have the camera body. It was SO surreal meeting you, you don’t even look like a real girl in person you’re so beautiful. I would have loved to spend more time with you, and I’m sure I will soon =)
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 12:18 pm:
I’m glad you got your camera back! I agree with everyone; the pic of you and Jonathan is really sweet:)
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 1:46 pm:
oh yay for getting the camera back but seriously that is bizarre that someone would take the memory card, it makes no sense.
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm:
I still can’t believe why someone would steal a memory card that isn’t expensive at all and not the friggin camera!?
I feel you though. Hubby’s laptop was stolen in college and there were NUDE pictures of me on it. It bugs me that it could be someone we know that stole it and saw my pictures. Bleh!
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 3:40 pm:
Oh…wow. Ha, well I’m sure you look pretty amazing without clothes, so there’s that… ;)
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 4:47 pm:
those two pictures are great!
maybe they’ll accidently delete the pictures and never get a chance to use it…maybe
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 7:40 pm:
ohhhhh noooo! i’m so sorry, my husband would have been doing the EXACT same thing tho :o
Hopefully karma bites them in ass and the memory card has an error or something. I’m so sorry the jerks stole your memory card but also glad you got your camera back! Thank goodness for all of the other awesome pics out in blogland tho right?
I’m totally hoping to get to come next year!!
on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 7:42 pm:
im so sorry sweetheart. :(( hopefully they will delete them and not do something so aweful.
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 8:13 am:
Seriously, who steals a memory card? What a jerk. ESPECIALLY because there are photos of your (undoubtedly glorious) bootie on there. Don’t worry, these things don’t only happen to you – here’s a random story that I haven’t told anyone but Jay:
When Jay and I were engaged, he had a small video camera that he took with him pretty much everywhere. One day, we were at his apartment and were being silly and decided to make a “video”. Um, yeah, totally not like us, and we totally didn’t get all our business on there anyway – I was giggling too much. All he recorded was me taking my shirt off and me giggling in my bra for a few seconds.
WELL. A month-or-so later, he decided to sell his camera to one of our mutual friends (a girl who ended up being one of the worst/sneakiest/most horrible people ever, of course). After he gave it to her, I had this sinking feeling about the video – I asked him if he took out the tape, and he gave me a look. Sure enough, the next day at work, this girl scoots the tape across the counter and gives me this sneaky look.
“You guys left a tape in there,” she said with a smirk.
Then she totally told a bunch of guys I work with that I made a sex tape with Jay. Yeah. It was great.
Aaaand, that’s my story. Feel better? :)
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 8:14 am:
PS: Is “undoubtedly” even a word? I think I have issues today. :)
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 10:48 am:
How could someone take a memory card?! This is why I’m fearful of taking any risque videos/pictures! At least you got the camera back, though.
The picture of you and Jonathan is lovely.
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 12:37 pm:
So glad you got your camera back, it’s horrid the way we are now living; people won’t respect other peoples’ property or privacy.
Your last pic is simply adorable.
xo
Sophie
PS: I’d like to invite you to enter my blog giveaway, I’ll be giving away 2 beautiful headbands from my Gossip collection. ^-^
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 7:21 pm:
Aw, I imagine your (must be very cute) booty is on some website out there!! Somebody will find it and let you know! Then you’ll know where your memory card is!
on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm:
I know it’s a relief to have the camera back, but the card being gone sucks. My only hope is that they damaged the card while trying to figure who the camera belonged to, and didn’t want to take the risk of getting into trouble.
That has to be it, right? I though so…
Anyway, it is impossible to not take a good picture of you. You’re gorgeous, and the two of you just shine together!
on Sunday, June 14th, 2009 at 7:49 pm:
Hey!
Fabulous time meeting you tonight at “book club”! Always fun to meet fellow bloggers/”readers”.
on Sunday, June 14th, 2009 at 8:29 pm:
The stealing of the memory card is just so odd. But for what it’s worth, I’m sure your ass looks great in those pictures, lol.
on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 6:55 am:
So glad you got your camera back but really sorry that someone felt the need to steal your memory card. The pictures look absolutely adorable.
on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 8:06 am:
OMG! You just have the funniest stories! I’m simply cracking up right now :)
Girlfriend, don’t worry about those photographs! If and when comes time to explain yourself, just say that these pictures were taken in the name of art, a celebration of the female body! Voila!
You look beautiful as always :)
on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 1:10 pm:
The mental image of you running around in your underwear in all of that blissful excitement just kind of made my day. I’m sorry the memory card is lost, but I definitely understand the emotions and excitement behind your “OMG THEY’RE REAL!” party.
on Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 6:33 pm:
I guess the catch phrase was true, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas : )
on Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at 8:49 am:
It doesn’t make sense to me to take the memory card and leave the camera for lost and found. So random! But at least y’all have the camera back now.
It was so nice meeting you, even though we didn’t get a real chance to hang out much in Vegas! Next time, for sure!
on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pm:
both of those pictures are so incredible. you look stuning. just stunning.
on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pm:
Wait…did he tell you before…or AFTER…you guys lost the camera? I’m sorry I’m a bit of a mess right now can’t seem to function let alone type.