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05 January 2007

Good news / Bad News →[More:]

Good News: I *did* finally figure out how to use the little wireless remote for my Nikon, and since I've nothing better to do, I spent a good hour or so shooting selfportraits. I'm a lousy portrait photographer, but I did get one decent one.

Bad News: More snow. Again. Woo boy, am I sick of snowstorms. This is the second time in 3 weeks I've had to put off a job interview due to the weather. This sucks, and the worst part is the person I'm supposed to interview with is travelling next week.

Those of you on the East Coast going thru unusually warm winter weather... um, yeah. Quite frankly I'd rather be able to go places than have snow.

/me shovels snow in your general direction
post by: lonefrontranger at: 14:08 | 100 comments
I like this one!
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 14:14
Who told you that you were a lousy portait photographer? They lied.
posted by youngergirl44 05 January | 14:15
Thanks goml... you can actually see the tripod/camera in the 'catchlight' reflection of my eyes. And the edges of my contact lenses... sigh.

I'm not getting any younger, that's for sure.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 14:16
Good News: Enchilada for lunch! It's Friday!

Bad News: The busy time at work has begun. I will be chained to my desk to the next 4-6 weeks.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 January | 14:19
You have very nice eyes.

And I have a new flickr contact!
posted by mike9322 05 January | 14:20
You are beautiful, lfr.
posted by essexjan 05 January | 14:20
what are you talking LFR? you look beautiful!
posted by phoenixc 05 January | 14:20
Good to see you lfr. You're beautiful.
posted by rainbaby 05 January | 14:21
thanks youngergirl. Portrait photography is what I struggle with the most, at any rate. I consider myself more of a 'street photographer'. I don't mind doing candids but my understanding of lighting is really weak.

Oh and everyone, feel free to chime in on the good news / bad news theme - my bad news is almost shouting-thread-worthy but I just can't work up the enthusiasm.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 14:22
Wow, I felt like I was looking at an internet dating site ad. And I was thinking of joining up.
posted by Eideteker 05 January | 14:23
Good news: pretty good annual review, accurate and honest. Hopefully it'll be a very good year - there's loads of opportunity for me to build on the last one.
Bad news: where the hell did this sore throat come from? And so quickly? Started doing sit ups again. Boy, do I know about it.
posted by TheDonF 05 January | 14:23
wow... thanks guys!

Eide: hee!

so where are all YOUR selfportraits, you lot?

and on review: new flickr contacts, yay!
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 14:26
You really resemble Bowie in that pic. Don't take that the wrong way - he's a beautiful man. Can you please please please do this one:
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?
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 14:33
Good news: TGIF!
Bad news: Hellbient just made me snort water out my nose.
posted by muddgirl 05 January | 14:37
You really resemble Bowie in that pic. Don't take that the wrong way - he's a beautiful man.

Bowie? Musical Genius? Sure. And some of his songs fill me with a strange urge to put on fishnets and lipstick and strut around.

But, I've never heard him called 'beautiful,' before.
posted by jonmc 05 January | 14:50
Dance magic dance magic dance
posted by mike9322 05 January | 14:51
hellbient: you couldn't have given me a much better compliment, and yeah, I know what you mean. He's been the posterboy for androgyny since the 70s. I've idolised Bowie since I was a young tween. I thought he was ever-so-sexy in Labyrinth!

Up til last year I had very short spiky bleach platinum hair, and the most common 'you look like' comparison was Annie Lennox. Can't complain about being compared to gender-bending British rock personae.

oh and TPS: what flavour enchiladas? YUM! enchiladas!
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 14:54
May I tell you what I really think of the photo I linked? It made me feel as if I was looking at a 1950's print advertisement for something wholesome like Ivory Soap or something like that. Geez, you are gorgeous. Couldn't really tell before because I only ever saw you with a bike helmet and sunglasses on.
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 14:56
Beautiful photos and woman lfr.

Good news:
Pathology report from surgery came back benign

Bad News:
I think I am going to have to return to work soon. Gag.

Self-portrait.
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posted by LoriFLA 05 January | 14:58
goml, that wasn't a bike helmet. It was her real hair. She's just now recovered.
posted by jonmc 05 January | 15:00
gomy - I had the same feeling but couldn't articulate it until I read your last comment!

Good news: I finally finished my year-end performance self-appraisal! woohoo!

Bad news: Um...nothing really bad...it's Friday after all...the best I can muster up is that it's gray and gloomy outside.
posted by phoenixc 05 January | 15:04
The same kind I always get: mild stewed chicken enchilada, no tomatoes, with black beans and rice. It was delish!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 January | 15:13
But, I've never heard him called 'beautiful,' before.

come onnn, you must not talk to girls very often.

So yeah LFR, compliment and all, now make with the Heroes cover! Do it! It'll be awesome. Do it!
Everyone else wants to see this too, right?
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 15:13
Hey, I just thought of a good Photo Friday - imitations of favorite album covers. Eh? Too difficult?
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 15:17
goml: thanks, tho that feeling has a bit to do with the treatment. I did a little softening/blur treatment with the background, dropped the saturation and brightened it a bit to give it a faintly 'high key' / 'soft focus' feel. I guess it translates to a bit of vintage.

thanks phoenix, seriously.

LoriFLA: you have a thousand watt smile - lovely selfportrait!

Come on, you lot need to post more selfportraits. I mean that was one of my goals here :)
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 15:17
I have that "Heros" album framed and hanging in my study. Bowie is absolutely beautiful.

I'm sorry you all are in the snow, but I like that you have time to post pics of yourselves - I've seen eekacat and lfr!

So, yes hellbient, I want to see it, and I love the imitations of favorite album covers idea. I am pro-self-portrait!
posted by rainbaby 05 January | 15:23
Those really are excellent portraits.

Good: I woke up late after having a horrible dream taken from the plot of a book I read last night.

Bad: I am on the verge of a mental breakdown and I can't take a holiday break for two more months.

Self-portrait:

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OK, fine.
posted by cmonkey 05 January | 15:23
come onnn, you must not talk to girls very often.

I talk to girls all the time. married to one you know. But I never heard Bowie mentioned in that context, although I did once meet a Subway Sandwich Artist who had the faces of 4 different Bowie personas tattooed on her arm.

If I had to pick a man who qualified as 'beautiful,' I'd probably say Chris Cornell maybe or Dave Navarro, but who knows how the human brain is wired for these things. I once red a poll in a heavy metal magazine where the top vote getters for 'male sex symbol' included Lemmy, Paul Stanley and Dee Snider. That's baffling, but hey.

rainbaby: to imitate my favorite album cover, I'd need a few volunteers:

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posted by jonmc 05 January | 15:26
y'all know what I look like.

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Also: yes, Bowie is beautiful.
posted by gaspode 05 January | 15:29
Oh yeah, and album cover imitations would ROCK! We'd have to have a little while to prepare, though. (compulsary link to battle of album covers)
posted by gaspode 05 January | 15:31
I kinda wish I had my camera today actually. My hair has gotten really long since I was last photgraphed, and I'm wearing a new t-shirt, a new ballcap and a new jacket, today.
posted by jonmc 05 January | 15:32
jon - I was thinking with your new jacket you could do this one:
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Just be all of them, with a little Photoshop help of course.

I have like 4 photos of myself on the internet, here's one.
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 15:37
actually, if Joe Famous is around and I can rustle up a sax and a Telecaster, this one would be cool:

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or if forced to go solo, I could pull this one off:
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posted by jonmc 05 January | 15:43
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I took the brown paper bag off my head just for you LFR.
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 15:45
hellbient: hmm. well my hair would have been more appropriate for that last year; it's far too long now. Sepiatoned eh? I'll have to figure out how to do the lighting too... that's a studio shot and I don't really have the means in my small cluttered apartment. We'll see.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 15:49
Meh. If feel so old. I'm not that much older than lfr, but I look prolly 20 years older.

I like that pick, goml!
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 15:50
Oh, and LFR, stop being modest, you are what the guys call a hottie.
And thanks Doohickie.
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 15:52
goml: You you don't think you are?
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 15:53
here's an old self-portrait where I look disturbingly like Dave Grohl, I'm told:
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posted by jonmc 05 January | 15:55
Yeah... pretty disturbing for sure.
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 15:56
yeah, that's probably the least flattering phot of me, ever. This one I like, but it's not a self-portrait
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posted by jonmc 05 January | 16:04
yea, no doubt goml, that photo makes you look positively angelic!

cmonkey: gorgeous eyes dude, really.

Doohickie: oh come on. I like the hair - salt-n-pepper is my fave on a gentleman!

jonmc: I would love to see you and JoeFamous do that cover.

and thank you all but I'm not so much modest, as fortunate and well aware of it. I'm getting damn close to 40 but I've had the benefit of good genetics coupled with a very active lifestyle and no toxic habits. Alcohol, nicotine and sun exposure are the single biggest aging factors and I've studiously avoided the first 2 and been cautious about the third.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 16:06
Meh, no good self portraits, so here's a difficult-to-see one taken on my last day in France this year, holding a bag of fruit to munch on the train journey home:
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posted by TheDonF 05 January | 16:11
nice one, goml.

LFR - it doesn't have to be perfect - you could probably just do the pose in sepia and it'd come across. But hey, it sounds like you've got the time to get it more accurate, also. Perhaps you could pick whatever album you'd like, hell, re-enact Labyrinth if you like.
Just stop teasing us!
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 16:12
For the record, my pic was not a self portrait.
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 16:14
oh, uh, duh, neither was mine.
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 16:21
Here's a question. . can my old Nikkor lenses (I have 3) be used on a new Nikon digital SLR?
posted by danf 05 January | 16:23
hellbient, are you being coy? I seem to recall seeing a bunch of your wedding photos.
posted by box 05 January | 16:29
danf: absolutely assuming they're newer than, oh, say 1976 or so. Long as they're 'F' mount (I think) they'll mount. The older ones won't meter or autofocus but these are trivialities.

This is one of the biggest selling points of the Nikon bodies. They're backwards compatible for something like going on 30 years now.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 16:30
Hell, I have shots of him eating a falafel.
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posted by jonmc 05 January | 16:31
follow-up for danf (god how I wish MeCha had an 'edit' capability...) Here's a rather exhaustive Wikipedia link covering all things F-mount.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 16:34
Self-Portrait!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 05 January | 16:35
Heh. She said, "F-mount."

Heheh.
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 16:35
Yep, that's you, Pink.
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 16:36
I second, goml, that you look like an angel in that photo, in a lovely Pre-Raphaelite sort of way.
posted by auntbunny 05 January | 16:48
box - no, I wasn't really counting wedding photos. I don't think there's any of just me there.
On preview, jon has it - I married that falafel. We separated a few days later.
posted by Hellbient 05 January | 16:54
Woops, didn't realize this was a self portrait thread, shouldn't have started the thread I did.

Having had the good fortune to actually have met LFR in person I can assure you all she is much more attractive in real life.

As for good news/bad news... I'm not going there. ;)
posted by eekacat 05 January | 16:55
Good news:
The MeCha girls are HOT!

Bad news:
I don't think I have any self portrait floating in teh Intarweb (since I deleted my Orkut account).

On second thought, make that two good news.
posted by qvantamon 05 January | 16:57
gaspode - I wish she were my sister.
LoriFLA - Looks like the kind of person you could have so much fun with anywhere, especially places you're not supposed to, like shopping cart races at the grocery or something.
TPS- You are so awesome!
jonmc - isn't it about time for the picture of your naked ass to make the rounds again?
cmonkey - looks JUST LIKE my college sweetheart.
hellbient - CUTIE!
Did I miss anyone?
LFR - You know what I think.
TheDonF - Handsome!
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 17:02
Here's a not too old one (fall 2005):
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posted by paulsc 05 January | 17:05
Awwwww! Looks like you could tell anything to paulsc. He looks so warm and understanding!
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 17:10
People do tell me the damnedest things. What's on your mind, goml?
posted by paulsc 05 January | 17:16
I'm not much for self-portraits (or having my picture taken in general), but here's the most recent picture of me, taken in early Oct.
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posted by ufez 05 January | 17:18
This thread is really interesting. I always wondered what everyone looks like.
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 17:20
Did I miss anyone?

No, no.

I don't think so.....
posted by Doohickie 05 January | 17:22
This pair of photos is from last spring. Conveniently, though, I still look pretty much the same.
posted by box 05 January | 17:26
Ahh, image was a link. Sorry Doo.
OMG! BOX! WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
oh, and uh, Ufez is quite nice looking too.

Damn, we are one fine looking bunch of bunnies.

I nominate this thread for thread of the day. YAY LFR!
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 17:38
I have a new MeCha crush.
posted by essexjan 05 January | 17:41
Let me just state for the record - I recall we established that the MeCha women are hotties from the 'myspaceface' thread, tho it never hurts to reiterate this.

I had an inkling, now well confirmed, that the MeCha *men* are HAWT to the tenth power!!!

*fans self*

thanks goml, it was really my only excuse for the overt narcissm :] I *heart* selfportraits (of other people, not so much myself really).

and, um... ufez, those green eyes of yours should come with a warning disclaimer or something. oh my goodness.
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 17:43
And here's me, taken in October 2006.
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posted by essexjan 05 January | 17:44
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Me 2004.

I've quit colouring my hair so it's much lighter (lotsa silver) and it's just about touching my shoulders. I need to shoot some new portraits.
posted by deborah 05 January | 17:45
I really want all the girls of metachat to fly to somewhere exotic, where we can sit on the beach under big umbrellas and drink Mai Tai's and gossip about people we know.

Here's me, from more than a year ago
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posted by muddgirl 05 January | 18:07
I miss snow. Mosquitos in january are not normal. The bears are waking up. Throw me a snowball, lfr? : (

(Gorgeous pics, by the by, one and all... on preview, pass the Mai Tai, muddgirl... can the boys come too? : )
posted by Pips 05 January | 18:13
This place is also VERY good for the ego...behold my recent thread about a haircut:

And, just to save the clickies, here's the after shot:
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posted by richat 05 January | 18:29
Inquiring minds want to know- Who's Jan got a crush on?
posted by getoffmylawn 05 January | 18:35
I really want all the girls of metachat to fly to somewhere exotic, where we can sit on the beach under big umbrellas and drink Mai Tai's and gossip about people we know.

Cabana Boy!
posted by essexjan 05 January | 18:42
Here's lookin' at you, kid...
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posted by Pips 05 January | 18:46
Did somebody say my name?
posted by Cabana Boy 05 January | 19:45
Meh. There. Camphone picture, blurred, weird angle, grainy, etc, etc, etc.

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posted by qvantamon 05 January | 19:58
Pips that photo is just awesome! I love your expression, you look like someone I'd very much enjoy going out on the town with :]

oh holy cow, MORE hawt MeCha boys? Captain! Me engines canna take much more o' this...!!!

hee! Cabana Boys!!

/me pulls up deck chair, grabs a Mai Tai
posted by lonefrontranger 05 January | 20:28
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All my self portraits have the BF in them, so there he is too.
posted by youngergirl44 05 January | 20:46
Thanks, lfr... Reyes hit a homer at Shea while I was takin' it...

Key West in April anyone? Conch fritters and rum runners all around! : )
posted by Pips 05 January | 20:52
Me, circa 2004, when my hair was boy-short. Now it's girl-long.
posted by phoenixc 05 January | 20:56
Wow, lots of gorgeous new faces since last time I saw a MeCha thread of photos-of-us. What a good looking crowd. Here's a self-portrait, done with a cell phone camera a couple of years ago:
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posted by amro 05 January | 21:52
Damn, I went to the bar when there were only 30 or so comments here and now look at it! Y'all got me inspired. This is me, four beers and little incredulity later, unable to remember how to work the self timer, sitting by my computer.
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posted by mygothlaundry 05 January | 21:55
Jan, I don't care what you say, you're rather fetching. If that's plain, plain me up! And yay, MGL-ness!
posted by Eideteker 05 January | 22:22
ummmm WOW amro!
posted by eekacat 05 January | 22:31
Taken on my 54th birthday last fall.
posted by netbros 05 January | 23:14
Oh, and LFR, stop being modest, you are what the guys call a hottie.


Actually, no.

LFR is what we call "The Platonic Ideal of Hotness."

Good news:

I got to see those gorgeous photos of said Platonic Ideal of Hotness, which certainly brightened my day.

I've been on a very even keel lately. No depression. No anxiety. No out-of-control anger. Just a relaxed, easy-going kind of contentment and happiness.

Took an extended break from therapy after three years of going twice a week. So I have more money in my pocket, which I plan to spend on decadent things like contact lenses, new clothing, etc.

Bad News:

Eh, the usual. Same problems as before. I just don't give a shit.






posted by jason's_planet 05 January | 23:48
Agreed - lots of fun and sexay looking new faces!

(muddgirl, I'm down for the mai-tais, mmmmm)
posted by gaspode 06 January | 00:23
ufez! One of those long-knew-the-name-never-knew-the-face-people. Now he has one! A face that is. MetaChat is good.

(My myspaceface pic was a self-portrait ... probably the only one ever. Of my face at least.)
posted by danostuporstar 06 January | 00:44
A new pic of me, circa... about 5 minutes ago. This one is, in fact, a self-portrait:

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This self-portrait stuff is new to me; there were a few outtakes
posted by Doohickie 06 January | 01:10
Ahh, image was a link. Sorry Doo.

That's okay, I was kind of expecting something like: "Doohickie - Reminds me of the creepy guy they arrested at the elementary school" anyway. ;- P
posted by Doohickie 06 January | 01:16
And Jan... I like your hair like that- long, with the curls on the ends....
posted by Doohickie 06 January | 01:20
I thought Ufez was in his sixties at least. . .
posted by rainbaby 06 January | 11:01
Hi dano! There were a few pics from the meetup that we had when chicobangs came to Dallas a few years back. You can see those here, on the assumption that chico hasn't taken his down.

I thought Ufez was in his sixties at least. . .

Holy carp, really? I'll be 28 in about 5 months. Any particular reason, rainbaby? It doesn't bother me, I'm just curious.
posted by ufez 06 January | 11:34
We really are a good looking bunch! Amro, you look so regal! And goml - wow! I've posted this before, I think, but it's the only one that's a good close up that I have right now.
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posted by redvixen 06 January | 21:23
I don't know ufez. One of those people I have a vauge impression of. . .smart, crotchety. . heck, I could be confusing you with someone else! I am constantly amazed at the beautious faces behind the names, ufez, you were just the latest one.
posted by rainbaby 07 January | 00:40
Me3dia took one of me that I like last summer(yeah, yeah--red eyes and my bloated gut, but it looks like I have a jawline).
posted by brujita 07 January | 23:59
redvixen.... you picked a good screen name. =)
posted by Doohickie 08 January | 16:13
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