Well Since You Asked ....
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Album:Psychedelic Archaeology
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Track:Strange Faces
While I am not a older Mogger, I have only been here since March of this year, I still get Mogmails asking me questions outside the public forum. Sometimes it's tech questions such as "How did you do that?" and style or content questions like, "What do you think about this/ have you heard/ I can't believe you posted that, Why?"I have even got Mogmails from folks who signed on to MOG just to comment on a post and one time an outsider even asked me to change my content because of the wording. Every so often I will get a request to play something (I like these the best), come to think about it that's how I hooked up with Girlcrawl way back in the day, after she had "crawled" my music collection. But my single most asked questions are about my avatars.
This was one of the questions contrabandwidth (aka Tyler) had asked on my last post. *"I just want to know what possessed you to get the Scott McCloud (Zot, Understanding Comics) avatar? I'm always curious in peoples motivations behind their Avy's."*Well Tyler, simply because I like the expression and the fact Scott has glasses. I wear glasses to correct my notoriously bad eyesight. Plus I am a huge fan of his, even got a link to his site in the "Ephemera" section of my page. I am a media junkie. I watch alot of DVD's and avi's, most of it animated material ie. Futurama, Venture Bros, Harvey Birdman, Samurai Jack, Speed Racer (all time fave) and the list could go on and on. While I watch these things on my computer (I have a large monitor made for graphics)I look for stills I can capture and toss up as an avatar. My motivation for changing them once in awhile stems from my mood. For example;
I use this one when I feel like a geek. Really, this was me in Jr. High.
I like to use this one when I post something political or strongly opinionated. I know you guys think "WTF Chris."
This is my mean face. It's a capture of Kon from Bleach. I like to use this one when I feel hostile, as in Mog Wars.
I like to use this one when I don't want folks to feel threatened or intimidated by me. Sherman first appeared when I did a post about something the Pope said, I didn't want people to shy away from commenting with their opinion. I use the Peabody avatar for the same reason.
I got 36 avatars that suit just about every mood and feeling I wish to convey. When I change my pic it is like a window into my feelings and sometimes it's how I want readers to perceive my tone when going into a post.I hope that helps. Keep them questions coming. I don't mind one bit.Thanks for taking an interest.
This was one of the questions contrabandwidth (aka Tyler) had asked on my last post. *"I just want to know what possessed you to get the Scott McCloud (Zot, Understanding Comics) avatar? I'm always curious in peoples motivations behind their Avy's."*Well Tyler, simply because I like the expression and the fact Scott has glasses. I wear glasses to correct my notoriously bad eyesight. Plus I am a huge fan of his, even got a link to his site in the "Ephemera" section of my page. I am a media junkie. I watch alot of DVD's and avi's, most of it animated material ie. Futurama, Venture Bros, Harvey Birdman, Samurai Jack, Speed Racer (all time fave) and the list could go on and on. While I watch these things on my computer (I have a large monitor made for graphics)I look for stills I can capture and toss up as an avatar. My motivation for changing them once in awhile stems from my mood. For example;
I use this one when I feel like a geek. Really, this was me in Jr. High.
I like to use this one when I post something political or strongly opinionated. I know you guys think "WTF Chris."
This is my mean face. It's a capture of Kon from Bleach. I like to use this one when I feel hostile, as in Mog Wars.
I like to use this one when I don't want folks to feel threatened or intimidated by me. Sherman first appeared when I did a post about something the Pope said, I didn't want people to shy away from commenting with their opinion. I use the Peabody avatar for the same reason.
I got 36 avatars that suit just about every mood and feeling I wish to convey. When I change my pic it is like a window into my feelings and sometimes it's how I want readers to perceive my tone when going into a post.I hope that helps. Keep them questions coming. I don't mind one bit.Thanks for taking an interest.
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