MetaChat - PHOTO FRIDAY:

I have to get to work, where my photos are saved. I'm late!

posted by iconomy 11 August | 07:38

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posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 07:44

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brilliant Photoshop work by iconomy

posted by BoringPostcards 11 August | 08:03

Not taken to flatter me, although it definitely exagerrates and lengthens my features for that bizarre elvish je ne sais quoi:
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posted by shane 11 August | 08:06

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probably the closest in my collection. sorry for lack of photoshopping.

posted by jonmc 11 August | 08:06

ok here goes. I tried to get 'the angle', the Emo Hair, a mud-brown shirt, the "I don't give a fuck" expression, messy bed, some nasty flash and, well I tried for some cleavage too, but I got nuttin... even a wonderbra can't hope me, ugh

LFR does Myspaceface:

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posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 08:06

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posted by Hugh Janus 11 August | 08:13

jon, that's brilliant, you get mad points for the little Skeletor lookin' dude in the background!

posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 08:18

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posted by tommasz 11 August | 08:18

You people are so creative. I wub you all.

posted by mike9322 11 August | 08:21

HJ's made me LOL.

posted by sciurus 11 August | 08:21

that's actually a Peter Criss action figure, lonefrontranger.

posted by jonmc 11 August | 08:23

These are ALL cracking me up.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 August | 08:24

Here it be, complete with glarey backlight.

Clicky.

(Lack of direct image linking makes me think that I won't be using this free Yahoo photo space much. At all.)

posted by grabbingsand 11 August | 08:24

LFR, the best part is the outstretched arm....hah...love it! And what looks like an unmade bed in the background.

You took the great photo, BP! I added a lip ring, emo hair, and I "trimmed" your beard into a more hipsterish style. I officially love doing this shit. I want to take all of these photos and do things to them.

Here are mine - I couldn't stop, apparently...

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I lifted the poem right off of some girl's myspace photo for added authenticity ;)

posted by iconomy 11 August | 08:24

feel free to photoshop mine, ico.

(is that you in those shots, BTW?)

posted by jonmc 11 August | 08:27

omg, omg, omg, these are so great!!!!!!!!!

posted by taz 11 August | 08:28

iconomy yours are amazing!!! everyone's are so great.

I didn't have time to PS mine last night, so feel free if you have the time and inclination. and yes, indeed, that *is* an unmade bed!! I thought it added authenticity. well that plus the bit where it never gets made anyhows

posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 08:32

I'm not sure I have the dexterity to take an angled photo of myself in the bathroom while simultaneously trying to show off my white belt and my t-shirt advertising a band that you have probably not heard of.

But oh, I will try.

posted by cmonkey 11 August | 08:37

Mwa-haha-ha, LFR and jon...your meat is mine!

The redhead one of my group is me. I'm not a cute pouter - I look like a monkey there. The blurry toilet in the corner of mine was a nice touch, I thought - I took it in the bathroom at work... ;) All the tats and jewelry are photoshopped on tho.

posted by iconomy 11 August | 08:40

I know what iconomy looks like now! This is the best day evar.

posted by mike9322 11 August | 08:41

who was that masked woman?

posted by jonmc 11 August | 08:42

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posted by chewatadistance 11 August | 08:55

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 09:05

OMG I love chewie!

posted by mike9322 11 August | 09:07

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Also, ike - do me, do me, do me! This?, this?

posted by taz 11 August | 09:10

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posted by matildaben 11 August | 09:11

Taz, #2 is perfect just the way it is!

posted by matildaben 11 August | 09:12

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posted by essexjan 11 August | 09:19

hahahaha! Totally cracking up over chewie; I didn't think that kind of eyebrow was even possible in real life.

o_0 first pictcha evah of iconomy, omg!

And Ico's jonmc is amaaaaaaazing. And, yayyayyay! Cleavage!

posted by taz 11 August | 09:21

I have the tremendous honor of presenting poor blocked rainbaby's submission:

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Also, follow this link. It's possibly slightly NSFW, but it's rainbaby, so you know you're going to make sure no one is looking and then follow the link anyway.

posted by mike9322 11 August | 09:21

I look really weird as an emo kid.

posted by jonmc 11 August | 09:22

I wanna learn to pout like rainbaby in the above picture.

Why is she blocked?

posted by matildaben 11 August | 09:23

I'm intense. Look at me! I have angst! WHEEEEEE!!!!!

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(I also have no photoshop skills. If anyone wants to help me out there, feel free.)

posted by ferociouskitty 11 August | 09:24

Rainbaby, eeeeeeeee!! So wonderful (esp. the linked photo)!

posted by taz 11 August | 09:26

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posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 09:31

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not only do I have no photoshop skills, I don't even have photoshop. that canted background kills me.
do I get bonus points for this actually being the myspace pic?

posted by comments on the world as will 11 August | 09:32

mats, her company recently blocked mecha and mefi.

posted by mike9322 11 August | 09:33

Shit, new crushes abound! Fake emo kids are hawt!

posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 09:34

This thread also helps to figure out the gender of the new people.

posted by matildaben 11 August | 09:38

Daniel Charms, are you Daniel Vosovic from Season 2 of Project Runway? You look just like him!

posted by matildaben 11 August | 09:39

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My actual myspace photo.

You guys are jerks.

*cries, fixes emo hair*

posted by SassHat 11 August | 09:39

rainbaby is gorgeous.

posted by essexjan 11 August | 09:44

These photos are all hilarious. Rainbaby's pee photo cracked me up...toilets are all the rage these days as a fashion accessory.

Here's taz - she came out looking like a superhero, which is very appropriate.

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 09:48

oooh! I love me! Thanks icowizard!

Here's one for you, ferociouskitty!

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posted by taz 11 August | 09:51

Well, if someone wants to photoshop me, go for it. (ico? pretty pretty ico?)

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posted by gaspode 11 August | 09:52

lonefrontranger:

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Sure, pode... ;)

posted by iconomy 11 August | 09:54

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actual myspace photo

posted by sciurus 11 August | 09:55

I didn't think I had one or was capable but this pic actually isn't bad. I'm morose. Pensive. Photoshop me, pwease? Like, take off the fleece, because emo kids don't wear fleece.
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posted by mike9322 11 August | 09:55

Thanks taz!
/sings 'eyes without a fay-aaace'

posted by ferociouskitty 11 August | 09:56

Matildaben: Nope. Sorry :7

Here's another one. I think I look even more emo on this one:
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posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 09:58

Woo! Daniel really does charm! (He looks a lot (a lot!) like my husband in the second one. But mr. taz actually looks older than that photo shows - don't worry, I'm not robbing the cradle!)

I am so loving this. And the actual myspace photos are a hoot.

posted by taz 11 August | 10:13

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posted by Otis 11 August | 10:16

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Not very edgy but I am pressed for time today.

posted by danf 11 August | 10:20

Here's pode -hehe...looks nothing like you! And you were way too happy in that photo. Totally NOT cool.

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 10:21

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SHOP ME PLEEEZE!

posted by Joe Famous 11 August | 10:23

(iconomy, give me some nipple hardware and I will be your slave for a period of your specification.)

posted by danf 11 August | 10:23

gaspode-space:
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On preview - mine is no match to iconomy's (I couldn't even figure out how to clear out the background).

posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 10:25

Heh, thanks DC! I gotta work on being more pouty and less smiley.

*envisions lots of myspace face photos being taken tonight at the me3dia meetup*

posted by gaspode 11 August | 10:28

You mean like this, danf? Hey, whatever floats your boat...

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 10:34

danf! Great! Hypercolor + nudity; it's like the male Barbarella! Oh, wait! (from)

posted by taz 11 August | 10:34

I am still rofling at ico's vision of jonmc.

posted by agropyron 11 August | 10:34

danf's photo just screams '70s porn', doesn't it? It's my favorite photo so far.

(without the nipple jewelry, that is....hehe)

posted by iconomy 11 August | 10:35

Feel free to photoshop me, ico, my dear.

posted by matildaben 11 August | 10:36

omg inconomy. . . now just wait till they heal before you start messing around with them.

*smile*

posted by danf 11 August | 10:39

I HATE long thin myspace photo's
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posted by seanyboy 11 August | 10:40

Purposely awful (and long and thin hee hee) picture. No liquids or gels near the crotch-al area, please.
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posted by WolfDaddy 11 August | 10:42

GREAT poem....omg....seanyboy!

I can't stop laughing, this is the best thread ever. So freaking hilarious.

I have to go to lunch - if anyone still needs to be abused when I get back (mike? Joe? matildaben?) I will be happy to have a go. Anyone else please feel free to jump in too - you cannot possibly go wrong....whatever you do to wreck the photo can only help.

posted by iconomy 11 August | 10:43

Do I look better in red or in blue?

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posted by agropyron 11 August | 10:43

WolfDaddy's got a glowstick!

posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 10:45

And now ...

My Actual MySpace Photo:

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(Me drinkin' tea. Check it.)

posted by grabbingsand 11 August | 10:45

*thinks she may be shallow based on the fact she just developed a crush on Daniel Charms solely through myspaceface photo*

Also, can someone do me? I mean, photoshop my pic?

(Sorry for the link, but I can't do the static Flickr dealie.)

posted by Specklet 11 August | 10:46

Agro needs some facial piercings added.

posted by matildaben 11 August | 10:46

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It's really hard waking up ~~and spending 25 minutes photoshopping a picture you took before even getting out of bed when you could have just have, I dunno, washed your face and brushed your hair~~ this beautiful.

posted by krix 11 August | 10:48

If I had a myspace photo, this would be it.
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How fucking cool am I?!?!?

posted by dodgygeezer 11 August | 10:50

I'm laughing so much! But...

WHERE'S EIDETEKER?

Here's Joe Famous:

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Does anyone recognize the base photo?

posted by taz 11 August | 10:56

my actual myspace photo:

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posted by krix 11 August | 10:56

i
am
crying
why
why
why

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wait where
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sorrow

oh
there it
is

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posted by cmonkey 11 August | 10:57

OMFG cmonkey that is absomotherfuckinglutely brilliant. *wipes away tear*

posted by mike9322 11 August | 11:03

hey, remember like 10 years ago when there were no good-lookin' people on the internet?

posted by ferociouskitty 11 August | 11:06

cmonkey, you r00lz teh myspaceface!!!

check this out, my incredibly talented colleague photoshopped me:

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posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 11:14

Boo-boo myspace?

(don't know how to import, alas)

posted by Pips 11 August | 11:22

Pips: now that's just lovely!

posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 11:32

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at the party bar, woo!

posted by comments on the world as will 11 August | 11:39

lonefrontranger, don't miss the one I did for you - it's pretty small though. I like to make them small to make them seem less significant ;) I basically just covered up your face more and added a tattoo.

I snuck this one in during my lunch break...hehe. Too fun...

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 11:45

Thanks, DC! Love your pics! : )

And I nominate this one for the ever-Divine Wino. Or this one. Divine Fuckin' Wino!

(hope ya don't mind, DW...)

posted by Pips 11 August | 11:47

Oh yeah - for anyone who doesn't know how to post their own photos from flickr....you have to be logged in, and then go to the photo, and click the link right above it that says "all sizes" and pick the small or medium or whatever, and then there will be a text box with the html code for that size photo in it. It's right there, all you have to do is copy it and paste it here.

posted by iconomy 11 August | 11:47

iconomy, you are a testament to the power of creative cropping. I salute you. (And I'm not just saying that cuz I want you to do mine too! ;-)

posted by ferociouskitty 11 August | 11:49

ico, you rock! I didn't even recognize myself! heeheeheehee......

(love the one of jon, too... and thanks for the info!)

posted by Pips 11 August | 11:51

I think this is one of my real MySpace photos:
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posted by amro 11 August | 12:00

One more.

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If anyone wishes to PShop it, have at.

posted by grabbingsand 11 August | 12:06

Wow. I actually laughed until I cried. These are brilliant! The emo poetry adds that extra-special shoegazey touch.

I have neither PhotoShop nor digital camera, so I submit these:

relatively recent, but possibly too happy
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older, but more myspacey
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Photoshop at will, ico (or anyone else)!

posted by elizard 11 August | 12:09

Iconomy, maybe you can photoshop this up...it does have some stuff going for it already - sunglasses to hide the eyes, sepia tone to make me look cooler, etc.
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There is also this one...without sunglasses, and a little darker:

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Of course, in this contest I must apologise for the classic 2:3 shape! It's neither square, nor long and thin.

posted by richat 11 August | 12:10

iconomy, I've been kinda busy @ work this AM and could only pop in a couple times. I just saw the one you did, thank you soooo much!!

holy COW this thread is amazing!

Specklet I'll thumb-wrestle you for Daniel Charms. ready?

my 2 colleagues are totally cracking up digging on this thread. seriously. one even registered for a MeCha account... ooo and he's our IS/IT guy too... danger!

posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 12:15

seanyboy's poem is the best. I mean, birds are dying for Christ's sake!

posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 12:18

Daniel, will you autograph my copy of The Sandman?

posted by Eideteker 11 August | 12:25

LOVE IT, TAZ!!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha!!!

posted by Joe Famous 11 August | 12:26

taz, the Joe Famous shot...Is that a photo of Jimi Hendrix?

(happy birthday by the way taz!)

posted by richat 11 August | 12:34

Eideteker: Yeah, sure.

signed,

Daniel, the Prince of Stories

posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 12:38

iconomy: I totally missed the PS of my pic that you posted. *that's* how much it didn't look like me. kick-ass!

posted by gaspode 11 August | 12:38

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posted by simbiotic 11 August | 12:44

Coming out of hiding briefly because taz demanded it:

You know how people like to post obnoxious closeups of their eyes? (this is more of a livejournal thing)

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I thought it might be fun to use a different part of the face.

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It wouldn't be myspace without a self-portrait, exhibiting conspicuous consumption and omg pricey electronics.

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For the laydeez:
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posted by Eideteker 11 August | 12:47

No, no! It's too sexy!

posted by wimpdork 11 August | 12:53

OMG OMG OMG!!!! simbiotic is my favoritest (generally non meta*) person on all the internets. And she's finally popped in here ... YAY to the double ai-ay!

Welcome, miss simsim ... pull up a bunny and stay awhile.

posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 12:54

(refrained from photochopping on all but the last, and that was just to add a border, because, frankly, I ain't got the time! You will all have to DEAL! ...and I so wanted to add some poetry, but I'll let seanyboy wear that crown, because he is AWESOMES!)

posted by Eideteker 11 August | 12:55

*swoons*

What manly teeth!

posted by elizard 11 August | 12:55

Oh my god, cmonkey, I laughed so hard that you literally brought tears to my eyes.

posted by Specklet 11 August | 12:55

Nice teeth, eide. I was considering photoshopping elizard's rolled tongue into an extreme closeup, but the original is too small.

posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 12:56

Heh. Still making my way through the thread. Y'all inspired me.

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posted by mudpuppie 11 August | 13:09

Ack! At work! Not supposed to be doing this, but can. not. resist. .
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posted by mygothlaundry 11 August | 13:16

mudpuppie, that's perfect! dano--check yer email.

posted by elizard 11 August | 13:16

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posted by mygothlaundry 11 August | 13:26

Ferociouskitty, before and after:

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 13:31

omigod! I love it. I love YOU! I LOVE ANGST!!!

posted by ferociouskitty 11 August | 13:36

Compare and contrast:

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My real Myspace picture, and

The Angles. (Warning! Indecency! Oh my!)

posted by wimpdork 11 August | 13:36

Nicely done wimpdork!

posted by richat 11 August | 13:43

I've never been on MySpace except to look at band sites. I think I'm not going there anytime soon.

posted by matildaben 11 August | 13:48

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posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 13:48

All I've got here at work is Paint, but, in case someone else would like to take a stab at it, here's a (preexisting) low-quality camera phone photo of me.

posted by box 11 August | 13:49

I wanna add you all on myspace! It wouldn't be a myspace pics thread without a "T4tA!" pic.

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I couldn't decide on which I liked better. Ideally, I would've used a different font and also put in some ♥.

posted by Eideteker 11 August | 13:50

I know I'm going to regret this, but...

NBC cap
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stuffed weasel on head (lo-o-o-ong version)
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and my BIG GIANT HEAD
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posted by wendell 11 August | 13:52

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Which is why I don't do MySpace.

posted by wendell 11 August | 14:01

matildaben, before and after: I made sure to keep the cleavage! And it looked like you were in a playpen....hehe.

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posted by iconomy 11 August | 14:03

Cell phone pic, 2 seconds of looking on the web for a fire background, and 2 minutes in Photoshop = fuckin' streeeet cred baby.

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posted by Zack_Replica 11 August | 14:04

Comments:

well I tried for some cleavage too, but I got nuttin...

Umm, yeah, my attention was totally on your face.

Hugh, I love Press Your Luck. Automatic A.

iconomy, if I didn't adore you before, I do now! But I did, and I do, so it don't make no diff!

I love your first pic, taz! So emo!

Jan, you are really pretty, no matter how much you might try to hide it. OMG BFF!

rainbaby = swooon. With three Os.

This thread also helps to figure out the gender of the new people.

I was worried there was gonna be a quiz, myself. Now I don't have to stress it!

WolfDaddy beat me to the "crotch shot" thank god.

Dodgy's pic rules.

Lovin' mp and mgl.

ZR = teh awesome.

posted by Eideteker 11 August | 14:06

*squeals with delight* thanks, dano!

*kisses dano for making her one of the hip myspacers*

on preview: nice one, Zack! extra broody expression: check. tattoo: check. totally fucked photoshop colouring: check

posted by elizard 11 August | 14:07

^ A W E S O M E

posted by iconomy 11 August | 14:07

*loves Eideteker back*

posted by iconomy 11 August | 14:08

Wow, Women of Mecha == Teh Hawt!

posted by tommasz 11 August | 14:16

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posted by dersins 11 August | 14:26

*vows to never wash cheek again*
(That kiss was on the cheek eh?)

posted by danostuporstar 11 August | 14:26

If you say so, dano. *winks*

posted by elizard 11 August | 14:28

Well, THAT didn't work.

posted by dersins 11 August | 14:35

This thread is awesome! Wish I had teh time to do one myself. Oh well, another day maybe.

(I actually signed up for a myspace account the other day to look at some pictures but I haven't had the chance to upload any pics myself yet.)

posted by sveskemus 11 August | 14:52

Icons! Hey, you know if you're a tortured artist (and god knows you probably should be), .gifs with semi-obscure sayings are where it's at.
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posted by Zack_Replica 11 August | 14:58

dersins, that looks like some 80's boy-band album cover gone horribly, horribly wrong, it's too freaking amazing!

Zack, the first thing I thought when I saw that was OMG it's the Cure!!

I have been laughing all day, thank you everyone!!

this thread has inspired my colleagues; perchance some seriously low-budget insanely stupid video to follow... news @ 11

posted by lonefrontranger 11 August | 14:59

Zack_Replica, I salute you. That icon is fucking awesome.

posted by gaspode 11 August | 15:00

It's my Jaz Coleman look (the words are from Killing Joke's 'Pssyche').

posted by Zack_Replica 11 August | 15:08

Holy Cow ... Zack just pwned us all.

posted by grabbingsand 11 August | 15:19

Click click

posted by edgeways 11 August | 15:21

grabbingsand: no shit. wow.

posted by elizard 11 August | 15:27

Oh my god, cmonkey, I laughed so hard that you literally brought tears to my eyes.

why do you mock my torment specklet!!?!? :-(

I am actually really sad now - my employer futzed around so long getting me my travel budget that the only flights I can get to Europe involve spending 13 hours sandwiched between two people and layovers at Dulles and Frankfurt. And I doubt there's a smoking area at Dulles. Ugh.

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posted by Hellbient 11 August | 15:42

Here's mine! I went for a kind of slutty magic girl thing because there are lots of them on myspace and I already have piercings, face covering hair and tattoos because i enjoy looking ridiculous. My real myspace picture is more of nixon than me...

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posted by Mrs.Pants 11 August | 15:59

Yay! Cleavage and hot pink eye shadow!

This is the ultimate myspace photo, people. This is what we're all aspiring to here.

I love the unicorn horn headed right for your iris, that's a nice touch.

posted by iconomy 11 August | 16:06

grabbingsand, oh so emo:

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posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 17:13

I actually use this picture on myspace and AIM. Because it cracks me up. (Some of the other shots definitely apply.)

posted by fluffy battle kitten 11 August | 17:23

Someone needs to do Specklet. Specklet's picture, she means. Right. I've tried 3 times and my Photoshop's crapping out on me... it does that sometimes. :(

posted by Zack_Replica 11 August | 17:29

This is utterly brilliant.
utterly ... brilliant.

posted by seanyboy 11 August | 17:34

This ended up looking a lot better than I wanted.
Even the application of bad myspace memes cannot remove your cool.
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posted by seanyboy 11 August | 18:12

4 times and it's still not working. I'll try again later, and Elizard's phoned me with a request on her behalf, so I'll do that too.

posted by Zack_Replica 11 August | 18:14

I was going to post an image of an Emolet, but then I realized that it was missing emo (or anime-style) hair. I tried to fix this, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get it right. Iconomy, you've got to tell me how to do this.

posted by Daniel Charms 11 August | 18:40

I, Emo.

Thanks, Daniel.

posted by grabbingsand 11 August | 20:41

I've said it before, but it's worth repeating.

amro = teh hawt.

posted by mike9322 11 August | 20:46

Aww, right back atcha, mike.

posted by amro 11 August | 20:54

These are great! What a turnout, and I'm so envious!

posted by redvixen 11 August | 21:05

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If anyone would like to photoshop this, go right ahead!

posted by redvixen 11 August | 21:08

Daniel Charms, I don't have photoshop, I only have paint shop pro. For most of mine, I just blew out the contrast using colors>>adjust>>brightness/contrast . Then I used the clone tool and the smudge tool to make the hair longer. That was pretty much it.

Giving someone the "flash face" with the colors>>adjust>>brightness/contrast is the one thing that really gives it a myspace feel.

posted by iconomy 11 August | 21:15

Webcomic coincidence from Courting Disaster:
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posted by wendell 11 August | 22:01

Can't say I understand the thread--probably because I don't spend time on myspace.

Here's my face, though. Getting out of the shower:

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posted by SassHat 11 August | 23:26

Sass, you're perfect!

richat, yes - Jimi. :)

posted by taz 11 August | 23:48

Can I just say that the bunnies are waaay too hot?

Metachat: Where the non-ugly mefites hang out

posted by SassHat 12 August | 00:04

SPECKLET! k, there's 3 'cause I couldn't decide.

Widescreen
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Sig
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Icon
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posted by Zack_Replica 12 August | 02:05

Zack_Replica, you're my new hero. And iconomy is my new heroine.

I used PSP, too, but couldn't keep my darn hand steady enough for smudging the hair the right way.

posted by Daniel Charms 12 August | 02:38

Aww. Thanks Daniel! And, yeah, iconomy does rock pretty hard!

posted by Zack_Replica 12 August | 02:45

redvixen, myspacified:
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posted by Daniel Charms 12 August | 03:39

^ ^ Yeah, baby!

posted by iconomy 12 August | 09:25

Thank you Daniel Charms!-Wow, you can see my eyes!

posted by redvixen 12 August | 10:42

Best. Photo Friday. Ever.

posted by tommasz 12 August | 11:51

I wanted to see Specklet quoting Milkshake! Aww... =(

Best. Photo Friday. Ever.

Tied with the kiddie photos?

posted by Eideteker 12 August | 12:31

Oh shit - these are fantastic - Cmonkey Rules.

Ouch. Tears. Stomach pain. Ooof.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 12 August | 13:43

I wanted to see Specklet quoting Milkshake!
Milkshake? *blank stare* I don't recall ever hearing about them/it, which is why I chose Iggy. Fill me in? Maybe I can change the words.

posted by Zack_Replica 12 August | 15:54

A soft pool of light falls across a corner of the stage. Enter KELIS...

posted by Eideteker 12 August | 18:25

Ah, right right right. Ok. The Specklet, and How No One Understands Her, Anyways. Oh heartbreak, oh woe, come unto me.

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posted by Zack_Replica 12 August | 19:30

A little late in the game but here's mine.

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Too subtle?

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Better, maybe.

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The original in case anyone wants to have a go.

posted by sveskemus 13 August | 04:00

It's never too late! I'm liking the first one - it's got that indie cartoon/rotoscoped feel to it.

posted by Zack_Replica 13 August | 04:15

I fish for bands there; but as this thread shows my original picture needs something extra:
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Lyrics by Robert Smith.

What a great photo ~~friday~~ sunday!

posted by safetyfork 13 August | 07:32

I'll see your indie cartoon, and raise you a hint of Lucian Freud:
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posted by safetyfork 13 August | 08:58

I had to goth one up...
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lyrics: ian curtis

posted by safetyfork 13 August | 10:16

Sorry, forgot the reference. That's the safer of the "nsfw" myspaceface rainbaby pics.

posted by safetyfork 13 August | 10:22

Last one.....
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divine wino from pips' links

posted by safetyfork 13 August | 11:24

safetyfork, that's awesome!

posted by sveskemus 13 August | 13:52

I'm so glad I checked back, the new stuff is awesome. safetyfork, you will make me hip one day yet - thanks, I love it.

dobbs? At the risk of this coming off like a backhanded compliment, I always thought of you as a crotchety old dude. You're not at all! Cute boy! Now I know you are just wise beyond your years. (Maybe it had something to do with the name, too. dobbs.)

posted by rainbaby 13 August | 16:54

Hahaha. I totally missed all of the post-iconomy awesomeness.

Zack and safetyfork: You rock my world.

posted by agropyron 14 August | 03:37

You all rock to degrees previously unheard of!

Also, first known photo of iconomy - yay!

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The puzzle that is me.

posted by dg 14 August | 04:01

safetyfork, the one of the wino rocks.

posted by gaspode 14 August | 11:53

Hey thanks, peeps!

posted by safetyfork 15 August | 05:43

I never saw it before now, I have to say I wish I looked like that, I'm totally gonna ask for that to be my new drivers license picture.

posted by Divine_Wino 15 August | 13:40

11 August 2006