Acting Like Animals: Self-Portraits Are Hard...

I mean, I didn't realize taking a picture of myself in the mirror would be so difficult! Sure, lacking thumbs makes it a bit tough... but I figured if I used the timer on this camera then it wouldn't be that big of a deal! But the flash keeps going off before the shutter clicks and it scares the dickens out of me and then I can't concentrate on smiling and all my photos end up looking like this and it's just really really really frustrating!