I think I might be... unfortunately famous?

Although I am a fairly outgoing person, I generally feel more comfortable keeping a low profile with the general public. Yes, at work I have had some leadership roles (running a big grant, teaching daily, etc.) but overall, I don't relish the spot light (it is too likely to illustrate my uneven skin tone and lazy eye). I would much prefer that my husband go out there and take the world by storm with his policy papers and talks across the country on alternative fuels and feed-in tariffs.

But lately, my name or face seems to be leaking out, and I don't know quite what to do about it.

First, as google maps has been on a mission to add street views to all their mapping locations (not just as satellite from above, but also head on pictures), husband recently looked up our house and found a picture of me lounging on the front lawn with a book (must have been taken last summer- and by the way who the heck is the strange dude on our sidewalk?). Today, ME was the first person aside from husband and I to notice and to tell me I was "famous!?". I won't link to it here, but if you know our address, it is worth a gander, as it is pretty funny.

Second, last year the graduate school I am a part of, approached me to ask if I might be interviewed on camera about my program. My professor had recommended me and I didn't quite know how to turn it down. I agreed after I was assured that it was only for perspective students to see... they just failed to tell me that they were putting on their web page. And rather than a short clip which I had been told, I have several parts. Unfortunate. It is so dorky and I blush every time I watch it. Along with uneven skin and lazy eye- I have found that my lips look weird when I talk and I have a bobble head. Incredibly embarrassing.

Finally, and this one is not so bad, (except for the picture that I had to send in). I am being published in a policy newsletter this month about a program that I am coordinating for the center. I am excited about the work that I am doing, but didn't necessarily need to share it in reflection form, with my picture next to it. As much as I like to write on this blog, I am not the world's most amazing writer, and prefer to remain semi-anonymous.

So, where's that rock? I am ready to crawl back under.

P.S. It was fitting tonight that I found another website completely by accident that makes me "famous"- I never realized that my wedding photographer would actually use a lot of our wedding photos to advertise (even though we had signed a release for her). Tonight as a friend was over wondering about wedding photography, I found out another place I am ... unfortunately famous. Not only are we pictured many times on her website, but she chose all of the pictures that I didn't like to display as her best. It solves the question of why she had put those pictures so prominently in our photo album, but makes me wonder how many other people feel the way I do about those pictures.