Why did you pick your Avatar? (The inside scoop!)

[neoteric lefty]

Well, mine is of... let's see.... hmmmm..... oh yeah, its of me. Maybe I have some sort of self-delusion towards my outward image. Maybe I just think I am sexy. Either case, I like it! :)

What about you?

[Sean Reynolds]

1. Huge fan of Karl Marx.......

Simple, eh?

;-)

[neoteric lefty]

2. And I thought that was Santie Clause!

:(

[Sean Reynolds]

4. He'd make a killer one....

But who needs a material driven icon like Santa Clause?

;-)

[theivoryqueen]

3. zen master you - perfect timing

I am trying my best to upload an avatar RIGHT NOW - to no avail. The DU message said it was accepted, but do you see an avatar??? How did I err?

on edit - it looks soooo good on my file! I am heartsick - okay - less emoting - ummmm - crushed!!! I cannot get it in the damn post. Did I miss an integral step??? Is there a secret handshake? Help!

[neoteric lefty]

5. it is an image of hope;

of serinity; of peace. Na! Its just white :)

[theivoryqueen]

8. aaaaaaaaargh!

I need help.

on edit - despite my current frustration: you are funny.

[theivoryqueen]

22. okay - I'm back after 33rd try to install avatar

anybody see anything??

[FizzFuzz]

31. no, sorry to say, I still don't see anything!

you must be cursed.

Feel better now?

Or maybe you could say this IS your avatar, and it represents your support for paper ballots?

[DieboldMustDie]

38. Did you copy...

personal/nnnnnnn.gif or personal/nnnnnnn.jpg to the avatar text box? Hope that's not a dumb question, just trying to help. :shrug:

[devilgrrl]

6. I picked mine because...

I'm 3/4 Italian and I'm going to Italy in the fall and I can't wait. :-)

[Champ]

7. I'm a big fan of Arizona State

Plus it took me awhile to find an avatar I really liked, I found this one and so far I stuck with it.

[murphymom]

9. Because I'm crunchy,

nutritious and full of vitamin C!

[theivoryqueen]

15. okay - you probably get this all the time - red bell pepper?

or the apple?

[murphymom]

19. Love bell peppers!

.

[LDS Jock]

10. Just grabbed it.. something for Texas

You are sexy though. :D

[Archae]

11. Gee, I really don't know why I picked mine...

:evilgrin:

[neoteric lefty]

14. hey, don't get snippy

:)

[Mr. McD]

12. I play Bagpipes

:)

[FizzFuzz]

32. You DO?? COOL!

I took lessons for a short time years ago, but I am freaking lazy, no self-discipline, and am easily addicted to other activities, like DU-ing, and so I never practiced.

sigh

[HEyHEY]

13. AH! - I just changed my sig

New Polar Bear

[Syrinx]

16. As an fan of Alabama football, I really had no choice in the matter

:D

Actually, I was going to change it once because I was getting tired of it. But I decided to stick with it when some jerk made some unkind comments about it, and about me.

[tjwash]

17. Picture of the Löwendenkmal I took it Switzerland.

Also known as the "dying Lion of Lucerne", which is carved out of sandstone in a cliff. It symbolises all the dead Swiss Guards slain in the 1792 Paris storming of the Tuileries.

I'm just a history nut.

[theivoryqueen]

25. yeah - but you got yours on the page!

fabulous and very visually available. I am officially jealous.

[LearnedHand]

27. Ms. IQ

What are you doing to upload the avatar? Is it hosted on a website somewhere?

If so, Right-click on the image and select "properties."

When the "properties" dialog box opens, click your cursor ONE TIME ONLY at the beginning of the path (address of the image listed on the "properties" dialog box.)"

Drag to select the addpress; make sure you get the ENTIRE path to the image.

Switch to DU's "Options" screen; paste the path to your image in the avatar section.

Click OK (or whatever) to get out of DU's "options" screen.

[AwakeAtLast]

18. Just changed mine, and it is self-explanatory n/t

[ironflange]

20. Because Ludwig is da man!

Actually, Mrs. Ironflange is sort of a Beethoven descendent. She is a very fine pianist, and while a teenager had a very old man for a teacher for several years. He, while a young man, took lessons from a teacher who, in turn, had studied with Carl Czerny. Czerny was once a student of Beethoven. Four degrees of separation, not bad.

As for my sig line, I'll be glad when the election is over and I can change it.

[Race4Peace]

21. earlier tonight I had a racing bike, but things are fucked up now.

NASCAR is not a fucking redneck sport!truck racing is!:argh:It's science, dammit!

[No2W2004]

42. I've found it's one of those things,

either you get it, or you think it's watching cars go 'round in circles.

Now, it's all engineering. Finding the tolerences that will get that little extra Horsepower that wins the race or gets you by that wreck happening right in front of you.

On topic, I dunno, I don't like having the same avitar for too long, so it was R2 D2's turn I guess.

EDIT: My sig is my dog, Barkley. AKA my shadow.

[Brahma Bull]

23. Um...check out my SN and then look at the pic in my avatar.

:)

[southpaw]

24. Mine seems to piss Night Train off...

Not why I picked it, of course. But it is reason enough to keep it.

[wtmusic]

26. Camilo Mejia -- true hero of the War in Iraq

now in jail for refusing to fight

[Anarcho-Socialist]

28. Because I'm from T... bah, people can work it out n/t

[Zomby Woof]

29. because

Picking my avatar is more socially acceptable than picking my nose. :-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Because I support disarmament

:evilgrin:

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Jimmy Carter is the president I most admire in my lifetime

I believe he is a visionary and has done so much good, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing together Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, many years after this occurred. He has been trashed, especially recently during the Reagan funeral. Carter was most largely responsible for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, not Reagan. Carter imposed the Grain Embargo, which brought down an already shaky Soviet economy. People have forgotten this. I am positive that Carter will be vindicated by history.:-)

[FizzFuzz]

36. I hate those thugs for rewriting history.

But good thing I can learn this stuff here. Sad that not everyone is getting the truth.

[Rhiannon12866]

53. Thank you. Jimmy Carter was responsible for so much good

that occurred in our history and Reagan, for not so much. I am hoping that history will vindicate Carter. I already know what my Russian peace committee friends think and they are not big supporters of Reagan. They preferred Jimmy Carter.:shrug:

[FizzFuzz]

34. Because Gloria Steinem lends an air of validity to my feminist rants

which are almost the only type of post I do, so I thought, hey, get all the help you can.

Plus, I met her once, a million years ago...a panel discussion and I asked the best question of the afternoon, got a standing ovation and our Prof brought me over to meet her afterwards!!!!!! :puffpiece:

[LostInAnomie]

35. FDR Greatest President of All Time

a true visionary. The Repubs try to piss on his candle to make St. Ronnie's glow brighter.

[AndyTiedye]

37. It's a Picture of Me at a Protest, Grabbed off of a RW Site

http://www.protestwarrior.com/gallery.php?group=lefties&pic=1

they also have the uncropped version further in

http://www.protestwarrior.com/gallery.php?group=lefties&pic=2

[FizzFuzz]

41. OOOO you're the epicenter of the Left! Oooooooooo!

You're scarein 'em, better settle down.

[AndyTiedye]

44. I Don't Think I Could Possibly Live Up to That

[FizzFuzz]

45. that doesn't mean you can't try.

what a joyless bunch they seem to be.

[AndyTiedye]

46. I'm Working On It

> that doesn't mean you can't try

I do, and this has inspired me to do more
which is WHY I use that image as an avatar.

> You're scarein 'em,

I think you may be right.

> better settle down.

Not a Chance! I wouldn't know how.

[Supormom]

39. Because my kids think it's way cool

To see their dog's picture online. :D

[Duncan Grant]

40. Proud member of the 'Recover Noah's Ark' campaign.

(Well, that's a half-truth...) :evilgrin:

[Fenris]

43. 'Cuz it's fucking Shane MacGowan.

And he's fucking smoking.

[Solon]

47. Well, the first time I started a thread on DU

I was writing about patriotism and hypocrisy, at the time I had the Missouri State flag as my image. Anyways, someone commented that I write like Mark Twain in how witty the comment was and the truthfulness of it. I changed it to one of my mentors and heroes and that is that.

[RoyGBiv]

48. Absurd mutton chops are cool...

So are former Confederate generals who told racist Conservatives to go screw themselves and led an all-black police force against a racist mob who were trying to install a governor that had not been legally elected ... and nearly died in the process.

[Kellanved]

49. Political direction, location, and I like the design

A east-Berlin green pedestrian light.

I'm in the green wing of my party; the left walking manikin relates to "left progressive". Oh: and I'm living in East-Berlin.

[JCMach1]

50. Can anyone identify mine?

:)

[Kellanved]

51. Burj Al Arab

Great architecture, but an almost Bush-esque waste of money IMHO.

[midnight armadillo]

52. For its geek appeal

'nuff said.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

54. The reason is...

...right here.

[laruemtt]

55. cuz my goal is to

completely ditch the car and ride my bike everywhere! and goals can come true because next year we're off to st. lucia for a couple of years where hubby will be going to med school and i'll be walking and riding my bike everywhere - heaven!!!!

[TOhioLiberal]

56. because...

my son did this in his art class this past school year. I love it, so I made it my AV. My sig is a bumper sticker I *ahem* copied *ahem* from someone's message here on DU, the quote is my philosophy.

BTW: here's a larger version of the picture:

[Beware the Beast Man]

57. Planet of the Apes- to go with my user name

The pic is of General Ursus, gorilla military ape in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes." Best known for the line "The only good human is a dead human!".

[LynneSin]

58. I picked my because my cat is named after him

My avatar is Abbie Hoffman and my cat is Abbott aka Abbie:


:bounce:

[SarahB]

59. Because

I love roses (I collect stuff with roses) and I am personally blossoming as well. :7

[gpandas]

60. picked both name and avatar...

because "giant pandas" is the name of my fantasy football franchise. my wife is a supporter and donor of wwf, hence the franchise name.