Flattering Pictures from Poetry Presentation

Wow, aren't these flattering pictures? Liz Overton and I decided to do our poetry presentation together in American Lit last Friday. We had a great time combining our creative juices in order to become Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's granddaughters, "Sally and Lizzy." Several years ago I would have been too embarrassed to don my mom's ancient clothes that she has saved for some reason, stuff myself front and back to appear as a fat, old lady, and waddle to my class past a lot of staring people. I think I ended up looking more like Dolly Parton in the first picture. Anyway....we were graded on creativity and content, and since we were signed up to go first, decided to "ham it up" as much as possible! Even though Longfellow was from the North (a.k.a. Yankee land), we used southern accents because we are belles ourselves and couldn't drum up a northern accent in only a 3 day notice. Our professor is a little heavy on the drawl herself, so I don't think she made the connection that we were being technically incorrect. Anyway, thought you folks might enjoy something to laugh at. My family sure did (aren't brothers wonderful?). Was this presentation fun? Without a doubt. Humiliating? Depends on your perspective. Are we gonna get an A? You better bet your life insurance policy on it!