I changed my avatar...

[Petra]

..waddaya think?

Does it suit me?

:cool:

[livius drusus]

She's a beaut, luna. Of course, now you have to change your custom title to match her. :D

[Petra]

I know! I tried to think of something, but my mind is pretty vacant.

Any suggestions?

[Petra]

By the way, you do know that is not a photograph of me, yeah?


It's one Nancy Grossman, a New York artist, as photographed by the magnificent Richard Avedon in the 1960's.


I have no idea what her art is like, or what she's all about, but I really dig this photo.

[livius drusus]

:chuckle: Yes luna, I do know that's not a photograph of you. It's a a great image, though. It reminds me of one of the ladies from A Wrinkle in Time.

[Petra]

A Wrinkle in Time? Never heard of it. Is it a film?



Hey, I did find this quote of hers:

"I feel anyone who does anything great
in art and culture is out of control.
It is done by people who are possessed.

Anyone who is gong to practise on the piano
22 hours a day is crazy.
He or she has to be crazy
and it is an embarrassment
to deal with crazy people.

So there is a great attempt to formalize art
to contain it, to hold their bowels,
to be properly toilet trained.

Yet the whole exciting thing about art
has to do with being out of control.
It has to do with real things."


I like it. I'm no artist, but I think I'll change my title to "possessed" - waddaya think?

[livius drusus]

I think they're outstanding, both the quote and the derived title. :appl:

A Wrinkle in Time (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440498058/qid=1100825152/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-8611658-6521763) is a great, great book. You simply must read it with/to Zoe.

[Petra]

I think they're outstanding, both the quote and the derived title. :appl:

Why, thank you, dahling!

It's always good to try on new clothes, and even better when you have someone to tell you how good you look in them. :D

A Wrinkle in Time (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440498058/qid=1100825152/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-8611658-6521763) is a great, great book. You simply must read it with/to Zoe.


That looks like a very cool book. I see it can be read online, but I shall try to get the book itself from the library, so we can read together in bed.

Molti ringraziamenti, Bella!

[beyelzu]

first, the new avatar is definitely cool. but I have to say that I do miss the old one a little. I imagine that the new one will grow on me.


and I like your new user title as well.


and a wrinkle in time is a great fucking book. One of those books that I read as a child and would still enjoy today.

[Petra]

Cheers, bey! I like the old avatar and title too, but I felt like a change. And Richard Avedon takes nice pics. :)

Now, if only I could afford a new hair colour, too...


It sounds like A Wrinkle in Time is to you what Charlotte's Web was to me. I'll definitely read the book. I may buy it for Zoe for Xmas. That may be a very good idea. :yup:

[godfry n. glad]

..waddaya think?

Does it suit me?

:cool:

A woman of great gravity.

Possessed.

Indeed. I do like it.

godfry

[Petra]

A woman of great gravity.



Oi! Are you saying I need to lose weight?!


How rude!

[beyelzu]

nah,

luna is eaten up with authoritas and gravitas.

roman fucking style for honor and authority, more or less.

[livius drusus]

nad authority

That's really more your avatar's thing, isn't it?

Hey! You edited it, you rat!

[Petra]

:giggle:


Y'all is silly.

[beyelzu]

nad authority

That's really more your avatar's thing, isn't it?
you misquoted me.

either that or those fucking typo elves showed up and hooked me up.



well, that or I edited.

but I am all about nad authority.

[livius drusus]

Rat rat rat. :hmph:

[SharonDee]

..waddaya think?

Does it suit me?

:cool:
I don't know if it suits you or not, but I definitely like it better than your old one, which I had disabled.

Now I can look at you again. :wave:

[Petra]

Really? You had it disabled?

But, but...it was a scene from Georges Melies' film, Voyage dans la Lune (http://www.filmsite.org/voya.html), made in 1902! :eek:



By the way, I like your new look, too. It's very pretty and brings out the colour in your beautiful eyes. :)

[livius drusus]

Yeah, but the rocket in the weeping eye of the moon thing could be seen as a little disturbing.

Great new av, Sharon. It matches your title absolutely perfectly. :thumbsup:

[viscousmemories]

I agree. Great avatar, Sharon. :)

[pescifish]

Yeah, but the rocket in the weeping eye of the moon thing could be seen as a little disturbing. Oh geesh, that was a rocket? For some reason I thought it was a bottle of booze. :doh:

lunachick, I think your new avatar projects a take-no-prisoners crotchetiness that I don't think you've got. I know I aspire to great hagdom and probably achieved it sometime in my 20s, but unless you lose your wonderful childlike sense of wonder and joy, I think you are fooling yourself that you are like your avatar. Sorry, dude. :sadcheer: It's an awesome photo, though, and I love it as an avatar. We can all dare to dream toward our greatest aspirations!

SharonDee! I love your new avatar; mysterious and enticing!

[livius drusus]

Oh geesh, that was a rocket? For some reason I thought it was a bottle of booze. :doh: !

:chuckle: That's awesome, pesci. I bet luna's totally going to want to change it back now.

[SharonDee]

Thanks for the props re my new avatar, y'all. I have a thing about presenting my online persona as eyes; it's a habit from my Delphi and About.com days. Maybe it's because I prefer reading to writing. *shrug*
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/revsharondee/sharondeesig.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/revsharondee/sharon7.jpg

And Luna, I recognized the image from that old silent film but liv had it right about the eye thing. The poor man in the moon... with that rocket in his eye... well, I'm just child enough to be disturbed by that. And you see how I am about eyes.

(I even had my eyes checked today; so far I still don't need bifocals yet. Whew!)

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[Goliath]

Well, I guess changing one's avatar is the in and hip thing that you kids do nowadays...so, I've changed my avatar, and hopefully that'll bring about a change of mood, too.

[maddog]

Oh my! avatar changes abound! (not me, though. I LOVE mine as is!!)

Luna,
I think the new av is cute & interesting; a good look. If I hadn't seen the old one, I'd say, spot on. BUT, having seen the old one, I thought that one was A-No.-1 top drawer and absolutely hilarious! I'll kinda miss it. (don't pay any mind to those ninnies that think it's disturbing. I remember seeing that movie scene from a "survey of film" or some such and always thought it really outstanding.)

Sharon,
I like the mysterious you.

Goliath,
Now THAT's a Philistine Giant, isn't it?! Good one!

Great new av's, guys!!

#91

[Petra]

:wink:




Cool new threads, Goliath! Dig the shoes! :D

[beyelzu]

Well, I guess changing one's avatar is the in and hip thing that you kids do nowadays...so, I've changed my avatar, and hopefully that'll bring about a change of mood, too.
optimus prime is fucking cool

[Anonymous#1]

A Wrinkle in Time? Never heard of it. Is it a film?



Hey, I did find this quote of hers:

"I feel anyone who does anything great
in art and culture is out of control.
It is done by people who are possessed.

Anyone who is gong to practise on the piano
22 hours a day is crazy.
He or she has to be crazy
and it is an embarrassment
to deal with crazy people.

So there is a great attempt to formalize art
to contain it, to hold their bowels,
to be properly toilet trained.

Yet the whole exciting thing about art
has to do with being out of control.
It has to do with real things."


I like it. I'm no artist, but I think I'll change my title to "possessed" - waddaya think?

I dont know what your old avatar looked like, but I really love that one bit about art...simply lovely. :)

[Petra]

I like it, too.


My original avatar was this:

http://www.filmsite.org/posters/voya.gif


I then changed it to the Richard Avedon photograph of Nancy Grossman, which is the right hand side of this pic:

http://pdngallery.com/legends/legends9/images/women_louise_big.jpg

but now I'm a Bird of Paradise - and why not!

:D

[Anonymous#1]

Nice. I should get an avy as well...*searches*

[livius drusus]

I think the bird is too small and, well, uninteresting for you, luna. It's not even that nice a picture, really, particularly if you compare it against lovely flower shots like you see in freemonkey's collection. I'm going to have vote a big nay on the new one. Sorry. :sorry:

Anonymous, you totally need an av. And a custom title too. :yup:

[Petra]

I know. I'm just trying on new clothes. Some fit, some don't.

The Bird of Paradise pic was found in just a few seconds - no great search for the perfect pic or anything. Although, I do like it's 'beakiness' - it's almost like a caricature of an in-bred, aristocratic Tory politician as one might find in the pages of Punch, or in the introduction to BBC's tv Yes, Minister, or something.

I'm feeling quite fickle these days, so no doubt it will change again soon. :cool:

[wei yau]

Well, I guess changing one's avatar is the in and hip thing that you kids do nowadays...so, I've changed my avatar, and hopefully that'll bring about a change of mood, too.

I've changed my avatar, as well.

Not to antagonize you, Goliath. But, because in all things there must be balance. Opposite sides of the same coin, blah blah blah...

[livius drusus]

A :thunderc: for every :starscrm:?

[Goliath]

I've changed my avatar, as well.

You must be stopped, no matter the cost.

:D

Seriously, though, excellent avatar. I believe it was from Episode 12 (The Ultimate Doom, Part 2).

The Autobots just retreated from battle after being driven back by Soundwave's audio disrupter waves (which also interrupted with the signal from Dr. Aarkyvil's (sp?) hypno-chips). Starscream says "What is your excuse, Megatron?! You let the enemy get away! You--"

Megatron picks Starscream up by his neck with both arms and says "Cross me again, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments!"

Starscream says, now more worried "But..we had the Autobots disoriented! We could have eliminated them!"

Megatron replies with "We'll do that at our leisure, when our more important work is done." as he throws starscream back onto the ground.

The camera switches to the angle that is seen in Eldar's avatar as Megatron points down to Starscream and says "You have had the only warning I intend to give."

....and yes, that was all from memory. :nerd: :blush:

[Goliath]

A :thunderc: for every :starscrm:?

[ :nerd: ] Actually, both Starscream and Thundercracker were Decepticons. However, they did have their differences, which were brought out most in (I believe...) Episode 9, Sky of Fire. [/ :nerd: ]

Now that scene I don't have completely memorized....I'd try to take a crack at it, but I have to go to an icky meeting...blech.

[livius drusus]

Oh. Um. I thought the blue vs. grey wings meant they were clearly on opposite sides. Like the War Between the States, ya know?

Yeah, sorry about that. Perhaps next time I should actually be even remotely familiar with the subject before I start talking smack. :tiptoe:

[wei yau]

Seriously, though, excellent avatar. I believe it was from Episode 12 (The Ultimate Doom, Part 2).

The Autobots just retreated from battle after being driven back by Soundwave's audio disrupter waves (which also interrupted with the signal from Dr. Aarkyvil's (sp?) hypno-chips). Starscream says "What is your excuse, Megatron?! You let the enemy get away! You--"

Megatron picks Starscream up by his neck with both arms and says "Cross me again, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments!"

Starscream says, now more worried "But..we had the Autobots disoriented! We could have eliminated them!"

Megatron replies with "We'll do that at our leisure, when our more important work is done." as he throws starscream back onto the ground.

The camera switches to the angle that is seen in Eldar's avatar as Megatron points down to Starscream and says "You have had the only warning I intend to give."

....and yes, that was all from memory. :nerd: :blush:

oh man.

Read this and my nerdiness is now suffering from serious shrinkage. I am in awe.

(BTW: I'd take Starscream over Megatron, but simply because he's voiced by Cobra Commander...Cobra-la-la-la-la!)

[wei yau]

Oh. Um. I thought the blue vs. grey wings meant they were clearly on opposite sides. Like the War Between the States, ya know?


Now, I have images of the Transformers taking part in a Civil War battle re-enactment. It's rather amusing, thank you.

[Goliath]

Cool new threads, Goliath! Dig the shoes! :D

Thanks. :)

optimus prime is fucking cool

Damn skippy!

[Goliath]

Oh. Um. I thought the blue vs. grey wings meant they were clearly on opposite sides. Like the War Between the States, ya know?



Now, I have images of the Transformers taking part in a Civil War battle re-enactment. It's rather amusing, thank you.

:roflmao: If I had any photoshopping skills whatsoever, I'd put a top hat on Optimus Prime.


Yeah, sorry about that. Perhaps next time I should actually be even remotely familiar with the subject before I start talking smack. :tiptoe:

Oh, don't worry about it...look at it this way, at least you're not the nerd that I am. :nerd:

[Goliath]

oh man.

Read this and my nerdiness is now suffering from serious shrinkage. I am in awe.


Thanks. :blush:

Although I did make a mistake...Instead of "Cross me again, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments," Megatron actually said "Cross me again, Starscream, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments."

:doh:


(BTW: I'd take Starscream over Megatron, but simply because he's voiced by Cobra Commander...Cobra-la-la-la-la!)

I can understand that...but I wasn't really that much of a G.I. Joe fan, so I'm okay with Starscream's voice...I prefer the character of Megatron, though. However, Starscream is pretty cool. :starscrm:

[beyelzu]

oh man.

Read this and my nerdiness is now suffering from serious shrinkage. I am in awe.


Thanks. :blush:

Although I did make a mistake...Instead of "Cross me again, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments," Megatron actually said "Cross me again, Starscream, and I'll reduce you to titanium fragments."

:doh:

damn, you are losing a step goliath. :tmgrin:


(BTW: I'd take Starscream over Megatron, but simply because he's voiced by Cobra Commander...Cobra-la-la-la-la!)

I can understand that...but I wasn't really that much of a G.I. Joe fan, so I'm okay with Starscream's voice...I prefer the character of Megatron, though. However, Starscream is pretty cool. :starscrm:I am with you on this one, megatron was so much cooler than starscream.

[Petra]

Okay, I know bey likes this one. :)

How 'bout you - d'ya think this is the right colour for me? Do you think it makes my ass look too big?

[livius drusus]

It's gorgeous and I love it. :10:



(Am I the only one who sees pitted black olives in a ring around the greenery?)

[Goliath]

How 'bout you - d'ya think this is the right colour for me? Do you think it makes my ass look too big?

Uhhhhh....what is it? :?

[Goliath]

damn, you are losing a step goliath. :tmgrin:


I know...maybe I should start watching the series over from beginning to end again and take a ton of notes? :D

I am with you on this one, megatron was so much cooler than starscream.

Yep, and much cooler than Galvatron. Megatron often failed, but at least he wasn't batshit insane like Galvatron.

[Petra]

How 'bout you - d'ya think this is the right colour for me? Do you think it makes my ass look too big?

Uhhhhh....what is it? :?

http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/saker/gallery.htm

It's an arcrylic painting of parent and child. It's stylised, using traditional Maori spiral design (known as the koru - an integral part of maori art and craft), representing new life, new beginnings, growth, movement, etc. The design is taken from nature, and is the curl of a new frond on the ponga trees and ferns.

The black olives that liv can see is probably a kite (kee-teh), which is native flax woven into a bag or basket.

The colours remind me of the sea, paua shells, and native NZ bush.


The new title, Aroha, is the Maori word for love.
:)

[Goliath]

How 'bout you - d'ya think this is the right colour for me? Do you think it makes my ass look too big?

Uhhhhh....what is it? :?

http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/saker/gallery.htm

It's an arcrylic painting of parent and child. It's stylised, using traditional Maori spiral design (known as the koru - an integral part of maori art and craft), representing new life, new beginnings, growth, movement, etc. The design is taken from nature, and is the curl of a new frond on the ponga trees and ferns.

The black olives that liv can see is probably a kite (kee-teh), which is native flax woven into a bag or basket.

The colours remind me of the sea, paua shells, and native NZ bush.


The new title, Aroha, is the Maori word for love.
:)

Interesting stuff. Thanks. :)

[Petra]

My pleasure, dahling. :cool:

[Dingfod]

The new title, Aroha, is the Maori word for love.
:)Well, isn't that special!

Funny how close that is to the Hawaiian "aloha" used for greeting and farewell. For all I know it means "get the fuck off my island, whitey".

[Petra]

LOL!

Yep, the People of the Pacific have very similar languages, but Maori is most close to Hawai'ian. Maori also look more Hawai'ian than other Polynesian groups; which leads us to believe that Hawai'iki, the island they originated from before journeying to Aotearoa (NZ, to you foreigners), must have been one of the islands of Hawai'i.

The main differences is with letters like S and L, which Maori do not have, but other Islanders do.


Incidentally, Aotearoa means "Land of the Long White Cloud", but some prefer the alternative meaning: Land of the Wrong White Crowd. :D

[Corona688]

:roflmao: If I had any photoshopping skills whatsoever, I'd put a top hat on Optimus Prime. Here you go:
http://burningsmell.dyndns.org/optimus-hat.png http://burningsmell.dyndns.org/optimus-redhat.png

[Goliath]

:roflmao: If I had any photoshopping skills whatsoever, I'd put a top hat on Optimus Prime. Here you go:
http://burningsmell.dyndns.org/optimus-hat.png http://burningsmell.dyndns.org/optimus-redhat.png

LOL...the second one almost looks like a Shriner cap.

Anyways, now we just need to make a Ken Burns style Documentary. It'll be entitled The Cybertronian Civil War. :roflmao:

Thanks, Corona. :)

Now that we have Abraham Prime (...Optimus Abe?), how about Megatron Davis?

[livius drusus]

Frock coats. They clearly need frock coats.

[wei yau]

Changing mine again, didn't like the POV on that Megatron image. I'm not entirely comfortable with the thought of being on my knees before Megatron.

[livius drusus]

I'm not really grooving on this one, eldar. I like the shape (particularly the befanged mouth), but the terracotta on black color scheme doesn't really work for me.

[wei yau]

I'm not really grooving on this one, eldar. I like the shape (particularly the befanged mouth), but the terracotta on black color scheme doesn't really work for me.

White?

[livius drusus]

Oh much, much better. How about transparent?

[wei yau]

Oh much, much better. How about transparent?

That's hot! As I don't know how to attach images, I'll change my avatar again. Do you like this one better?

It's a nice one, though perhaps the details won't render nicely.

It's a Cobra/Decepticon image! The evilest alliance outside of the EAC!

Optimus Prime and the Autobots should be trembling in their boots right about now!

[livius drusus]

That is. So. Cool. Ladies and gentlemen, we most definitely have a winner. :10:

[Petra]

Eldar, that's badass! Verrry nice.

[Skep]

For the holiday season... Buddy, the Red-Nosed Schnauzer. http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/SantaHatGrin.gif

[livius drusus]

Awwwwwwwww! He's so cute! The way to nose changes size makes it look like he's breathing a la Darth Vader. In his honor, I've uploaded :rudolph2:. They're look like brothers. :)

[Goliath]

They're look like brothers. :)

They're sure do. :P

[livius drusus]

:shakefist: