This is straight up REAL
19 Oct 2011 14 Comments
in angry megan, sharks Tags: aaron, shark attack, shark bite
So I got an email from another Flickr member, Madam Bizarro with the subject “stolen photo” which read:
Megan–you might wanna bust this guy.
[insert now defunct link to a photo in Lightko Studio's facebook portfolio]
Took one of your photos of Aaron’s bite and claimed it is his special effects make-up. Yeah, dude, I guess it DOES look real, since it IS.
And sure enough, I clicked over and saw this: (WARNING: If you don’t want to see the inside of my husband’s leg, do NOT read any further.)
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10 second rule
15 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in sharks, travel Tags: dad, lake house, texas
I need to do a LOT of blogging. I have posts and posts in mind:
* The life-changing salad.
* A trip to the farm. (Maybe those can be combined…)
* My Nerdy 30 highlights
* Something I started writing about High School and then stopped.
* Other things
So as I start to get busy and get writing, here is something fun to tide you over. It’s from my recent trip to Texas to visit my father.
Here is a picture of a restaurant on Lake Granbury:
Notice anything familiar in this photo?
Here’s let me zoom in:
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It’s SHARK WEEK!
01 Aug 2011 6 Comments
in sharks
I absolutely LOVE that shark week always falls on my birthday week. In honor of shark week I posted this piece of awesomeness on Offbeat Bride. And here is a picture of baby Aaron wearing the shark robe I gave him…

And here is a peak at the earrings I bought as a birthday present for myself:
And I am watching a Shark Week program that’s narrated by Malcolm McDowell. Can it get any better than this?
Shark Anatomy Awesomeness
22 Oct 2009 1 Comment
A friend of mind sent me this picture on facebook…

With the comment, “You’ll be happy to know my buddy is getting a shark anatomy tattoo – similar to this but more creative.”
And yes, it actually did make me happy to know that.
Boring recount of an awesome evening.
28 Jul 2009 4 Comments
in animals, happy spurts, sharks Tags: aaron, awesome sea creatures that aren't sharks, videos
Do you ever have those unusually awesome days and think, “today should’ve been my birthday.” I have those every now and then. Yesterday was one of them…
Aaron and I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific on Monday for a late night screening of a Shark Week program about the Greenland Shark. It was such a good time and something we rarely do, public gatherings and the like. At one point some kid nearby did something annoying and i jokingly complained and Aaron said, ‘hey, you’re the one that wanted to go out in public.”
So since it was such a rare occasion, I thought I’d take a video to try and capture the moment in time…
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The 1st Annual Attackiversary!
30 Oct 2008 Leave a Comment
in parties, sharks Tags: aaron, attackiversary, coco, firsts, shark attack





"Shark-Bitten, Love Smitten"
15 Aug 2008 Leave a Comment
in sharks Tags: drew, news, shark attack
My friend Drew wrote an article about our little run-in with a shark that resulted in us getting engaged…
MichellE-mail – new shark-tastic jack-assery
17 Jul 2008 1 Comment
in sharks Tags: michelle, michelle-mail, videos
On my other blog “misadventures in wedding planning” I post some of the random emails I get from my future sister-in-law in postings I like to call MichellE-mail. But this last e-mail from her was not wedding related necessarily (we have a turtle and shark theme for our wedding), never the less, it was AWESOME and I had to share it with you.
More turtle and shark…..
I’m either sicker than I thought and hallucinating, or….
I’m pretty sure the turtle is a white guy. He just can’t dance.
Shark-tastic jack-assery
15 Jun 2008 Leave a Comment
Oh my god… I can’t believe how funny this is. Hell, I can’t believe this video even exists!
thanks to Sharky over at the Chum Slick for finding this.
Too close to home…
26 Apr 2008 3 Comments
in sad times, sharks Tags: news, shark attack
I found out about the fatal shark attack in San Diego today when I got a phone call from a reporter at CBS wanting to get Aaron’s reaction to the whole thing. Apparently the reporter showed up with a news van at our apartment building this morning, but Aaron and I weren’t home.
I found out from her that 66-year-old Dave Martin was swimming 150 feet from shore, training for a triathalon, when he was attacked by a great white. Apparently the shark bit into both of his legs. There are so man similarities between his story and Aaron’s that it’s off-putting to say the least, like the distance and the area of attack. But something else she told me really got to me on a disturbing level. Apparently the great white bit into Dave Martin’s femoral artery causing him to bleed out rapidly and ultimately causing his death.
This picture tears me up inside in ways I can’t even begin to explain. This picture seriously could have been me 6 months ago. And believe me, it’s a nightmare that plays out in my head more often than I’d like to admit. Almost every night before I fall asleep I re-live the shark attack, and often times my mind takes me on the “what if it had been worse” journey. I would imagine there would have been a picture taken of me that looked a lot like this one. And every part of me wants to reach out to her and the other members of his family to tell them that I am soooo sorry. I know how shocked and scared and vulnerable and confused and angry they’re feeling. And it sucks. I’m sorry i can’t be more poetic than that right now. It just plain fucking sucks. Even with my loved one safe at home I still have nightmares and bouts of depression over the attack. I can’t even imagine what it will be like for his loved ones.
Well, that’s all I can take for right now. I just had to get this off my chest. Once again my heart goes out to Dave Martin and his family. He seemed like an amazing guy, and in fact, if you look into it, it seems that most shark attack victims are very special people.



Aloha there, I'm Megan Finley. I'm a 30-something girl, living in Los Angeles with that guy I married and our rescued pets. I work online (a LOT) for the 

