MetaChat - Choose My Next Press Photo!

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24 January 2010

Choose My Next Press Photo! Or, thinly veiled excuse for vanity. You decide.

post by: The Whelk at: 13:38 | 29 comments

I vote for the last thing a plate of onion rings sees. It has a slightly "Keith Olberman just whipped off his glasses and turned to camera two and is about to hand some republican his ass" vibe to it. Plus, your hair. I like your hair.

posted by msali 24 January | 13:43

I vote for the smile.

posted by serazin 24 January | 13:53

The last one. Or, if not, the second one or the second to last one.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 24 January | 14:00

The first one. You look hung over, which is an admirable trait in a writer.

posted by jonmc 24 January | 14:03

The last thing a plate of onion rings sees.

posted by Stewriffic 24 January | 14:19

Onion rings. Or the first one.

posted by sperose 24 January | 14:50

The last one is great, though I also like the third one for not-overly-serious situations.

posted by sueinnyc 24 January | 14:58

Definitely the last one.

It seems your neutral face crosses over into frown territory.

posted by CitrusFreak12 24 January | 15:08

I like the background in the first one.

posted by Ardiril 24 January | 15:08

I like the first one because I think you look best in it, unless this is going out for something humor-related in which case I like the last one because you seem friendliest and most approachable there.

posted by rmless2 24 January | 15:19

I like the last one.

posted by deborah 24 January | 15:32

I vote for the second one or the last one. I like the one with the glasses, too, but the reflections in the glasses are distracting.

posted by occhiblu 24 January | 15:55

(Heh. The reflections in the glasses are *so* distracting that I didn't even see the band-aid until I looked at it again.)

posted by occhiblu 24 January | 16:26

The last one is the warmest. How warm do you want to be when viewed through the press?

posted by Obscure Reference 24 January | 17:02

I like the second one. It has a sort of raffish "Great Scott! We overshot the North Pole!" vibe to it, what with the nice jacket and the slightly furrowed brow.

posted by ninazer0 24 January | 17:22

I like the second to last one.

posted by chewatadistance 24 January | 18:07

Second to last.
I kinda have the same problem where my neutralface = everyone else's bitchface.

(Yeah, I hate being told to smile.)

posted by casarkos 24 January | 18:12

I like the onion rings photo, though that considered opinion may be influenced by my fondness for onion rings. I think I'd like Vermeer even better if he'd painted Girl with A Pearl Onion Ring.

Also, thanks to ninazer0, during snapshots I will be replacing "Cheese!" with "Great Scott!" in my head. And maybe out loud.

posted by Elsa 24 January | 18:16

Which ever you choose, I'd like to use the runner up as my press photo.

posted by Obscure Reference 24 January | 21:22

the first or last one . depending upon the situation

posted by rollick 24 January | 21:34

the first one. serious. hung over. in Paris?

posted by warbaby 24 January | 21:44

I like the last two.

posted by gaspode 24 January | 21:49

Definitely the first one.

posted by BoringPostcards 24 January | 22:07

roguishly masculine. you look too angry in #3 and #5. I'm afraid you'll reach through your website and choke me.

posted by desjardins 24 January | 22:11

pips says the last one

posted by jonmc 24 January | 23:34

# 2 or #5, with #2 being my preference. To me, those two look the most authentic.

posted by Miko 25 January | 01:05

I like the second to the last or the last one.

posted by LoriFLA 25 January | 07:56

Hey thanks everyone! I'll try get pickin' sometime this week.

Extra MetaChat Bonus, here is the whole of that last photo, it's where I communicated with the internet while in Prague.

≡ Click to see image ≡

And I wonder why people think I'm Irish ....hmmm

posted by The Whelk 25 January | 09:36

YES! That one!

posted by Doohickie 25 January | 21:36

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