Archive for October, 2010

Behind The Awkwardness: Bones

“This is a photo of me, age 11, and my brother, David, age 15, Christmas 1970. My brother has a dislocated shoulder (wrestling), and I have a broken arm (sledriding). My mother happened to be out of town when I got hurt, and when she got home she told me to quit fooling around and “take that off,” because she thought I was faking it to get attention. Add this to my three concussions, and the 7 times my sister needed stitches in her head, and its no wonder my mom was not happy!”

In Behind The Awkwardness • October 5th, 2010 • 63 Comments »

Enter The Virgin America Awkward Vacation Contest

The submission deadline is only a few days away so enter before it’s too late!

Submissions accepted until October 5th at 11:59 PM PST. Voting on the finalists begins October 6th. Winning submission receives 4 round-trip tickets anywhere Virgin America flies. The most awkward California submission (decided on October 6th) wins a joyride with three of their guests from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Orlando on October 13, 2010 as part of Virgin America’s Orlando launch party flight where they will be greeted on arrival at a red carpet reception hosted by Sir Richard Branson. Virgin America will even throw in a three night hotel stay (10/13 – 10/16).

Check out all the submissions here.

In Photos • October 4th, 2010 • 14 Comments »

Saturday Night Special: The Ring-Bearer

Jimmy assessed the situation and decided they could wait.

(submitted by Timothy)

In The Kids • October 2nd, 2010 • 48 Comments »

The Virgin America Awkward Family Vacation Contest

Between the sunburns and the sing-alongs, sometimes the only thing relaxing about a family vacation is when we finally make it home. Well, AFP is proud to partner with Virgin America to make your next family vacation a little less awkward…

In celebration of family vacations everywhere, Virgin America & AFP are inviting travelers to submit their most awkward vacation pics (photo must be of your family) for a chance to win the ultimate family getaway. Just by submitting or voting for your favorite photo, you can score an awkward 33.3% off your next family booking (parties of 3 – 6 people) on Virgin America’s new Orlando flights; restrictions, taxes and fees apply. Enter until October 5th when we’ll pick the 20 most uncomfortable finalists and post their photos for people to vote on from October 6th – 13th. The photo with the most votes as of October 13th will receive FOUR FREE ROUND TRIP TICKETS TO ANYWHERE VIRGIN AMERICA FLIES.

But that’s not all. AFP and Virgin America will select the best awkward vacation photo submitted by a CALIFORNIA resident on October 6th to win a joyride with three of their guests from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Orlando on October 13, 2010 as part of Virgin America’s Orlando launch party flight. They will be greeted on arrival at a red carpet reception hosted by Sir Richard Branson. Virgin America will even throw in a three night hotel stay (10/13 – 10/16).

We’ve all been stuck on a family vacation… this is your chance to be rewarded for it. :)

Ready to take the “awkward” out of your family vacation? Click here to submit to the contest and check out all of the submissions here.


Click here for the Official Contest Rules.


In Misc • October 1st, 2010 • 36 Comments »

Behind The Awkwardness: Neverland

“I’ve played the harp since I was seven. We hosted a recital at our house for all my teacher’s students, which is why there are three harps in the room. But there are so many things I can’t explain about this. Why am I wearing the shirt and hat from my Peter Pan costume from Halloween about five years earlier? Why am I only wearing the top half of this costume, paired with black jeans tucked into weird ankle boots? Why am I wearing a liter of lipstick at the age of nine? Why did I ever have that haircut? The world may never know.”

In Behind The Awkwardness • October 1st, 2010 • 41 Comments »