OLIVER!!!!!!

This is Oliver.

He has a big head.

No, really, he does.

It's BIG. Finding hats to fit that guy? Impossible.

But that's ok, because he has a heart to match that's just as big as his humongous cranium.

Oliver. He'd be my brother if I was gonna have another brother. But thank God I don't, because, honestly? The one I got is MORE than enough. I'm brother blessed. Or cursed? I'm not sure, sometimes, which. But I tend to lean towards "bleassed".

julia gives me the finger

Seriously, she cut off the end and gave it to me.

Is she a good friend or what? OK so it's a little Van Gogh, but still, it's appreciated.

OK, she didn't really cut off the end of her finger and give it to me. She was cutting an orange and lopped off the tip of her finger by accident. She's smart like me. Docs say it will "grow back". Wow. Maybe her tail willgrow back too, along with her little tiny horns? Julia is the devil, you know.

Big Monkey Head

This adorable young man is Niko. His mom is a very old friend of mine from WAY back. (Well, she's not old, but we've been friends for a long time, ok?) She's Greek and I was in her Big Fat Greek Wedding. It was awesome. What I remember of it. I was pretty drunk.

Anyhow, Niko and his family were in Mexico and apparently Niko likes monkeys and let this curious George crawl up onto his head. The monkey looks comoortable and Niko looks enthralled, doesn't he?

I would have been FREAKING if it were me, but I am not a little boy.

Niko was thrilled.

I am thrilled to have the picture....

Buddha big head

There will probably be alot of pics of buddhas and big heads in the upcoming weeks, so just deal with it, ok? You can always send me pictures if you get bored and want to see something else.......

This is in Thailand at the ancient city of Ayutthaya, the capital of Thailand before it was sacked by the Burmese in the 1760's annd subsequently moved to the area that is now Bangkok.

peek a boo bighead, Angkor Cambodia

This is at Angkor, Cambodia, though I must admit I forget which temple exactly. I believe Ta Prohm.

Anyhow, the trees have run riot over the ruins and the roots grew around this stone head. It's amazing how nature adapts, even to big heads.

Kenwood House, London

Here's my big bean in front of Kenwood house, on Hampstead Heath, London.

I wish I had put on some lipstick.

Big orange head

Marla. Central Texas, in the Hill Country.

It was the morning after the night before.

Hatshepsut's Temple and my big head

Here's me in front of Hatshepsut's temple in Egypt. Man, that hat, that cheapo $8. Target hat that I tied a scarf around that came free with a British Gamour magazine, saved my life. Well, that and a lot of sunscreen.

2004 was a big year for me, I just realized. I went to Morocco and Egypt and Prague and Germany and did a solo trip through Europe. Both my grandmothers died that year. I had a miscarriage. I spent a week in London with one of my best friends right after HER miscarriage. My brother got divorced. I ogt really drunk in Ireland.

2005 was not quite as eventful, but still pretty packed. Moved house and went to Amsterdam and Paris with a friend, and to Budapest and Edinburgh with Rich.

As for 2006? Well, I've already been to the US, and have a trip to Thailand and Laos planned for March. We're supposed to go to Italy next week, but I think that will not happen as the Olympics have increased room prices and I, for one, would rather save for Thailand.

What's all this got to do with my big head? Not much. Just thinking out loud.

she's so gonna kill me

Big head picture of my Mom. We were in France, in 2002, on a very long car trip. I said "Mom!" and right as she looked at me I snapped the picture. Thing was, she wasn't scared. This is a classic family expression, one I deem the "deer in the headlights". We just look like this is all. Never fails. I have scads of pictures of me and Mom, mostly, making this face.
I blame her for the loss of my supermodel career before it ever started. I am just SO not photogenic. (Or skinny, but whatever.)

Big Yoshi Head

This is the dearly departed dog of my college friend Dan. He was Yoshi, the Big Headed, and he was 12.

May his big ol' head be rompin' in doggie heaven.

oooh something new!

A little eye candy for you. There is still a big head in there, so it's kosher. Big other stuff, too.

scary thing is, I have many pictures of her doing the same thing.....LOVE you Karla May!

Two big Kraut heads

This is me and Julia on a boat on the Mosel in Germany. Yes, we had beer. Don't I look prrrreeetttyyyy?

Scary Margaret Head

This is what having two young red-headed daughters does to you.

Big Head Ellie Little Boston

Ellie poses with her Lazy Gesture of Destruction. You may think it's just a charmingly feminine and casual movement, but NO! She takes out whole communities with that thing! "Mom! Hey Mom! Look what I can do! I'll take that building out with just a lazy flick of my wrist!"
I don't know where I was going with that story. Sometimes my creativity is not understandable even by me.
Ahem. This is Ellie. And she's posing her big head in Boston. She has a little sister who is equally as cute. And red headed.

Big Head on the Water

Julia's big head on the water. Very Jackie O. I'm not sure if this is in Oslo on the Oslo Fjord or not.

Norwegian Wood Scream

Harald is a rock star in Norway. I think the job is getting to him. Or maybe he's afraid of heights? Don't jump Harald! It's ok!!!!!
(He's actually a very normal and mild person. I think he just gets excited when it's Big Head Picture Time.)

Maybe this picture will make you smarter?

Here's my friends Lisa and Lee in Boston. At Hah-vahd. (Harvard.) Big heads fit lots of knowledge.

I saw where the guy who founded Harvard was born in London, in Southwark. He might have been a pal of Shakespeare's. Small world, no?

Big head little Budapest Castle

Me in front of Budapest Castle.

April, 2005.

Yo people, send me your big head shots, or you are gonna be looking at a whole lotta me and Rich and not much else. Now, while *I* am perfectly happy, egotistical person that I am, to plaster my mug all over the 'net, it might get boring for you, so send me some shit, ok? Get creative! Send 'em to me! The address is right over there on the right. And I promise to be better about checking that account. Really, I promise.

big head big ben

big head big ben, posted by karlakp.

Me in front of Big Ben. London, 2005

Run run little art lover!

I was at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Right as I got into the room pictured, a woman walked up and took a photo of this painting. It's one of my all time favorites. So I'm like, "Dude. She took a picture. That means it must be ok". So I grabbed my camera and did my big head big art shot. I tried to be a bit discreet by covering the flash with my thumb so as to lessen the impact.

A guard saw my little teeny flash and starting yelling at me. And that damn guard followed me around for the rest of my visit. I even explained that there was a lady who took a picture before I did, with a MUCH BIGGER FLASH, but that apparently was not the right thing to tell her, because she yelled at me more. I finally escaped to the bathroom, hung out for a while, and made my hasty exit once I was assured she did not wait for me outside the door.

Moral of the story? When taking pictures of art, well, just don't take pictures of great art, ok?