The srotry behind your Avatars...
By bong_domingo
@bong_domingo (878)
Philippines
November 20, 2007 5:56pm CST
I've been to alot of friends' profile here, some have a picture of themselves for their avatars,
some have none, some have somthing else like a symbol or something, or simply a part of themselves.
But for whatever it is, i'm pretty sure there's some reason or story behind that...
Me, i have a picture of my feet on the shore because it reflects of a journey through life as it simply is.
They may not be beautiful feet but they are strong enough to walk me through life....
what about you? what's your story of choosing your avatar?
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33 responses
@xtedaxcvg (3189)
• Philippines
24 Nov 07
Nice explanation man.
Well, my avatar is simply our dog, Bandit.
He always stands up to greet me whenever I come home from work and I got to grab a snapshot of him waiving his paws at me as if signaling me to come over.
As the picture depicts - High five, man!
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@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
i never thought your were already married in that picture :-)... yes you look sexy in that avatar.... thanks for dropping by :-)
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
i used to put my picture as an avatar but i find it very boring, seeing my face in every discussion and every comment i put made me tired. so i changed it to shrek and donkey when i bought stuff toys. now thats a (kinda) new shot because i bought a plate and a saucer with shrek and donkey on it. i will eventually change my avatar if i bought i new shrek and donkey collectibles. yes i love shrek and he knows that.... lol
@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
21 Nov 07
Mine is of me and my youngest daughter, taken a month ago. It is the first picture I have of me with her! lol. I'm usually behind the camera. I think mine shows that I am a mother, tired look and all! lol.
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@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
22 Nov 07
Ok, so maybe that day I'd managed to have a good sleep.
@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
you don't look tired at all :-) thanks for dropping by
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@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
21 Nov 07
I love your feet!!! You have one of my favorite avatars! Very creative, and I love the symbology of it.
My avatar is called 'Kitties in Boots'. It is the only picture I have of two kitties that went missing when we were camping in the wilderness preserve. I assumed they had been eaten by coyotes.
I was just getting ready to move to a new campsite when the went missing. I waited for a week for them to come back. They didn't. I moved to the new campsite and every day for a month when it was dinner time I went up to the old campsite and called for them. They never came.
I left the campground entirely after another couple of months and still no kitties. I have been grieving over their loss. I loved them dearly. My avatar was in memory of them.
Then today one of them came walking in the door and jumped up on my lap! I thought I was dreaming! Until I saw both her ears were half gone and how skinny she was, the wound on her back and her matted tail.
The campground was about 8 miles from home and I drove them there. So for more than 3 months my kitty has trudged through unfamiliar terrain to make her way back home! Right now she is having a well deserved snooze in front of the fire. I will keep my avatar until my other little sweetheart finds her way home.
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@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
That's a cute story you have there. You got me to tears with how your kitten must have found her way to your doorstep.... Oh my, i hope the other sweetheart is still alive :-) they're really cute in that avatar.... now i know why you have them there...
Thank you for dropping by and for appreciating those feet :-)
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@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
22 Nov 07
And I forgot to mention that I have a pair of sandals that look exactly like the ones you're wearing in that shot... the name of them is Teva and they are the most utilitarian and comfortable shoes I have ever worn!
@ivyoon (673)
• United States
21 Nov 07
Well, in the avatar I used to use, I was wearing my fav shirt, so that's why I chose that one. The one I have up now is a picture that I found tucked inside a book I had been reading. The pic is 10 years old, and so I was 20 when the pic was taken.
I think I was compelled to use this as my avatar because I'll be turning the big THREE-O on December 22... I guess I'm either feeling old or nostalgic, either way, I like the pic.
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@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
hey same here... you're just a month older than i am... the big THREE-O :-) but i think we're still young at heart... being here at myLot. CHEERS!
@nancyrowina (3850)
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21 Nov 07
I did have a picture of me as my avatar but I chose this avatar because it's from a film I love from my childhood called "Labyrinth" it starred David Bowie and as an adult I am a fan of his too. The crystal balls in the film represent dreams and he spins them and lets them go and the float like bubbles, if you look at my profile you can see it moving, it appears still with my posts.
@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
22 Nov 07
i've seen that movie too when i was a kid... made me struggle with the characters as they find their way through the maze...
@Lightlord (378)
• Greece
21 Nov 07
Hmm... well here it is: I like graffiti, but I am not a skilled graffiti painter so I just like to picture good graffiti and collect the picutres in my computer. So the picture on my avatar is the best graffiti I have seen in the city I live. I have a bunch of graffiti pictures on my computer, but this is the best one so I put it as an avatar. Simple enough.
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@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
23 Nov 07
I miss this question. I like your discussion. The reason behind this avatar ahmm well, trixie is part of the KABARKADA Ko Chubibo, she used to have a partner bok. But one of my trainors liked it, so i just gave bok away. Now, trixie is all alone. But she's fine. :) Not that deep eh?!
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@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
24 Nov 07
uhmmm that was deep.. i even got drowned :-) LOL
nah, everyone has their own story... who am i to judge what's deep and what's not, it's a free discussion anyway :-) thank you for dropping by Tryx
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
21 Nov 07
Hi bong_domingo.
Thanks for your prolific explanation about your avatar which has the nice effable meaning; mean you love to explore your life's journey and that is a great vision to own.
My avatar is an alarm time clock and it motivates me to concern for quality time management in my entire life as there is a proverb saying "time is gold". Where 'time' is for intangible value, whereas 'gold' is tangible value for the rest of my life. While 'alarm' is just something to figure out the important of having 'alert' in my life to remark and make note for 'priority' schedule in my life for what thing should I take first.
HAPPY DAPPY.
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@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
thank you for sharing part of your precious time to drop by and share about your avatar :-) take care Goodsign....
HAPPY DAPPY
@cindyinc70 (115)
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22 Nov 07
I pic avs that express how I'm feeling at the moment I've picked them. This one really has no story, I just liked it. :)
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
21 Nov 07
Well I do have a picture of my Ventriloquist Dummy whom I call as Johnny! I like this figure and we often treat him like a real member of our family in our day today conversations when it comes to him! I am a quasi professional Ventriloquist! Because of short of time right now I am not actively giving any shows! When I was active I have given various shows at various cultural Clubs, schools, colleges, Institutes, Theatres etc and I have staged more than 1000 shows in 1990 itself! I like my dummy (whom I call as partner)and thats the reason I have selected his picture as my Avataar!
@loisse21 (214)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
Mine is a group pic taken on our company outing. i love this pic so much. Im the only girl on this pic. it actually showed our lighter side-the unprofessional side. we've been drinking and gambling.. (you'll see cellphones and thousands of pesos there which acted like bets, but thats just decoy for the pic).
@babiixgiirl (258)
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21 Nov 07
Mine is my avatar from Meez.com, because I didn't want to post a photo of myself on here (who wants to look at my face all day?!), yet, I wanted something that showed my creative side, and was a sort of likeness of me, as some avatars can be so impersonal - I didn't want an avatar that people all around the world might be using at the same time!
@ASL19741978 (319)
• United States
21 Nov 07
I chose a drawing of two little girls who are friends because that is the main reason I interact with people on myLot--to make new friends. :)
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@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
21 Nov 07
Mine is a picture of me. My husband took it with a red filter on our camera. I was pregnant with our daughter. It was taken the day after Thanksgiving almost 2 years ago. We are in the Toys R Us in New York City.
@errielle (442)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
I didn't have a picture to put here before so I decided to put this. At first there is no particular reason for placing this as my avatar. This picture is of cherry blossoms in Japan. When I was in Japan, I missed the cherry blossoms because we left Japan before spring. Even before going to Japan, i really like pictures of cherry blossoms. so maybe that's the reason why I place this as my avatar.
This picture was sent to me by our Japanese coordinator. It was taken in front of the JICA Center in Tokyo Japan.
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