[maxelson]

For the most part, none of us have met face to face. Yet when we talk to each other, I am guessing a natural thing is to imagine what each other looks like. I am wondering what folks think each other looks like? Now, remember, this is in fun. Let's keep it clean and citrusy fresh. Be benign.
For instance: I have this image of Cheerios as a tiny little demure thing. Not quite waifish. Huge darkdarkdarkbrown eyes. Huge. Brown hair, long, thrown lightly off to the side. Dresses slightly Grateful Dead-ish- jeans, baja, sandles, but owns a great formal dress for, well, formal events. Very intent look on her face a good amount of the time, smiles a lot. Pretty and bouncy, though appropriately mellow when necessary.
With RogerRamjet, I go back and forth between a slightly dishevled young professorial type (cords, sneakers, slightly mussed hair, denim shirt- like he was attempting to meet the minimum requirements of a dess code), glasses- wire rim or rimless, or maybe he's more stayed than that. Intense look on his face, perfectly cropped hair, laugh lines everywhere (I picture that in either incarnation), well dressed and sharply creased. Greying at the temples. Mid thirties in any case.
Cipher. He's tough. I am guessing he's in his early twenties, but I only have his musical tastes to go on. To be honest, I got no idea there. And I don't mind saying, it bugs the crap out of me.
IceEnclosure. I got a tight image of him. Big pants, t shirts. Spikey brown hair. Wears some kind of thing around his neck. Wears big wrap sunglasses and a baseball cap. Hip, but not overtly or obnoxiously so. Sneakers. Always. Grins all the friggin' time.
So. Whaddya all think? If for nothing else, it'll be cool to really get an idea of folks perceptions of you, based, one would hope, on what you write here.
On that note, I'll check in in the morn. I'm already late getting out of here.
Evenin' all.

[cpatubo]

Bah. It's ruined because I've seen pictures of a lot of people I normally converse with here.

I like this thread idea, very cool though. Lemme think about it some more...

[cdhostage]

I think of you all as figments of my imagination.

[jarends]

Guess what I look like.

[grand illusion]

this is what i look like when i wake up...

[MinivanH8R]

Me.

[MinivanH8R]

MikeM32.

[cheerios]

Originally posted by maxelson:
<STRONG>For the most part, none of us have met face to face. Yet when we talk to each other, I am guessing a natural thing is to imagine what each other looks like. I am wondering what folks think each other looks like? Now, remember, this is in fun. Let's keep it clean and citrusy fresh. Be benign.
For instance: I have this image of Cheerios as a tiny little demure thing. Not quite waifish. Huge darkdarkdarkbrown eyes. Huge. Brown hair, long, thrown lightly off to the side. Dresses slightly Grateful Dead-ish- jeans, baja, sandles, but owns a great formal dress for, well, formal events. Very intent look on her face a good amount of the time, smiles a lot. Pretty and bouncy, though appropriately mellow when necessary. </STRONG>

wow... teeny, in terms of height, yes. I can stand behind Juan and be completely hidden, which puts me at a grand 5' 2" on a good day. I don't consider myself waifish, persay, I've got soccer player legs, and enough chest that I wonder why I'm not front heavy... got the hair and eye colors right, though. Definitely dress grunge, (although but tend to go tom-boy for the dressup, so the dress in the closet is actually a pair of black slacks and a sweater. the intent look is probably right, although the pretty part is debatable... Mellow I do well, though.

Maxelson, I picture you as between 25 and 30, although I have no clue, except you are gainfully employed and have a little one. I picture you as a blond, for some reason... think I recall you saying you were norwegian(?), viking in your daughters case. Blue eyes, somewhat tall (that means like 5'10" to 6'4" or so) and lanky. I think that you're an immaculate dresser, slacks dress shirts and the like for work, then comfy but neat at home. Probably something warm, considering you're in snowville... I think you read a lot, deep books, and I'm guessing a hidden interest in fantasy novels.

Truly, I've never thought about it, really, since everyone's anonymous, there's really no way to know, so I don't think about it.

[FulcrumPilot]

those lips look almost exactly like mine! i leave the rest to ur imagination, hopefully this will keep the opposite sex turned on..

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[MinivanH8R]

Immortal K-Mart Employee/Severed Hand of Skywalker/Han's Hands on Leia etc...

[MinivanH8R]

Madra.

[MinivanH8R]

Father OCN.

[cpatubo]

LOL, Minivan, those are great.

[Father OCN]

Originally posted by MinivanH8R:
<STRONG>

Father OCN.</STRONG>

LOL!!!! You are awesome!

Good laugh!

[scaught]

i dont know how i really picture people, but when maxelson talks about food alot i imagine him looking fat.

[MinivanH8R]

Originally posted by cpatubo:
<STRONG>LOL, Minivan, those are great. </STRONG>

Haha, thanks. I'm scared to do any more without getting people's permission first though, I don't want to offend anyone.

[shmerek]

Originally posted by cpatubo:
<STRONG>LOL, Minivan, those are great. </STRONG>

I second that, they are hilarious. NIce work.

[Demonhood]

very nice.
i don't think anyone will mind being drawn as long as you don't put them smoking crack while beating their wife and sacrificing a goat to their pagan god.

[MinivanH8R]

FulcrumPilot.

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[MinivanH8R]

John B. Smith.

[MikeM32]

Mini LOL except for the beer in my hand your'e wayy off However I gotta give you a sh_tload of points for your great cartoonish images. I love it!!! Now my imagination is running wild (time to get the wacom out and open illustrator ).

You'll have to trust me to be impartial as I already have seen many members pics here already. So I'll go for the ones I don't know.

Mike

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[keekeeree]

nice work minivan...I vote you keep 'em coming

[juanvaldes]

do more, says Cheerios!!

[poocat]

this is the best topic i`ve seen here in a long time.

the funniest part of it, though, is that i agree completely with both max`s description of cherios, especially the huge eyes and the dress in the closet, and cherios description of max, though it was brief and sketchy...

i usually picture max (who i probably interact with more than i do with anyone else here) as a tall, big guy, about 6`2, and not exactly lanky, but definitely not fat... just big... that might be the viking comment coming to the fore... definitely blond, but sometimes i picture crewcut and sometimes ponytail... blue eyes, an occasional goatee (though always short and trimmed), and a pretty boy face that smiles easily and yet can be demented or angry (you were an actor, right?). big dogs, bearskin rug in front of a huge fire, gorgeous wife, you know the drill. equally at home in front of a thousand people or surrounded by warriors in a great mead hall, always able to tell stories, yet able to sit and listen too.

cipher- definitely one of the most difficult. the person everyone talks to but no one remembers, lanky, a shock of dark hair that obscures his eyes at times, quiet... actually quite a bit of my vision of cipher comes from my vision of nick the deaf mute in the book the stand, by stephen king. intelligence beyond his years in his eyes.

ca$h? that kid who`s always charging into the room, demanding attention, and running out, only to come back with a giant gash on his forehead, bleeding profusely but too excited to notice...

ice? g&t in one hand, fly honey in the other, ensconced in the corner of the couch, the subject of ca$h`s rants as ca$h tries to get him to help with a new crazy scheme, only to have ice reply `chill, man, chill`, at which ca$h darts out again, and ice laughs, smiles at everyone, and goes back to his honey...

it`s a wonderful world we inhabit, no?

only the best.
poocat.

[AlbertWu]

dammit! i'm cut out of the fun! (having seen pics of almost all of yous, including cipher)



oh well. you've prolly all seen me too but i've got contacts, so just subtract the glasses

[AlbertWu]

Originally posted by FulcrumPilot:
<STRONG>http://www.geocities.com/fulkrumpilot/images/fulcrumlips.jpg

those lips look almost exactly like mine! i leave the rest to ur imagination, hopefully this will keep the opposite sex turned on..

[ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: FulcrumPilot ]</STRONG>

i have (what i think are) overly large lips that make me look like a TOTAL DORK when smiling... hopefully getting braces off in a month or so will help that...

dunno

[Cipher13]

Very cool thread... let's keep it going!
Awesome pics minivan

I'll save my descriptions for later, as it's 11.40 PM here and I wanna watch a movie

[maxelson]

EXCELLENT! I came in this AM and SO wanted to get to this thread. minivan. Wow, man. Over and above. A+ for style and effort. I LOVE the charicatures.
I suppose we should drill this out a bit and then, after we all agree, maybe post a description or pic. Actually, the only pics I have seen of anyone here were of the Wu and, of course, Ca$h (who, incidentally, looks EXACTLY like I thought he would). For the rest of you, I have purposefully avoided pictures because, like in books, I like my visual images of you guys. They morph a bit as I learn more about you. I am pleased I got a chunk of cheerios right in my mind (though I don't think chunk is a good word to use in any descriptive of her). The tiny thing was, in no way, going to be kicked out of my head, even if she said she was 6'2".
Now. Lessee.
Poocat. For quite some time, I could not even figure out if he was male or female. I have settled on male, though I cannot recall why. Early thirties. Professional. Wears black a lot, but not in a moribund way. Not like he's goth or the prince of darkness or anything. Black in an elegant way. Thin, but not scrawny. Wirey. Artsy, but not artsy fartsy. Carries a bag over the shoulder- not a backpack. The shoes. Hmmm. The shoes. I have to ponder that. Can't just guess there. It is too important to the look. I am sure they are in style, though.

Cpatubo. She is mid height, maybe 5'5" to 5'7". Shapely (she's got some curves but is not chunky by any means). Lithe. Shoulder length very dark and straight hair. Skin tone somewhere between olive and tan? Big black eyes. Perfectly centered on her face. MId sized lips- she looks good in a darker lipstick- nothing too bright. Not much in the way of make up because she does not need it. Nose is longish and a little on the narrow side. She is energetic and her body language shows it. Perhaps her feet, which are small, are slightly turned out like a dancer? Very feminine. I always pictured cheerios as being feminine, but in a tussled up, slightly tom boy sort of way. cpatubo is more feminine than that. Wears dresses and skirts more.

Now, I don't have much interaction with minivan, so I'll go with my first impression.
Skinny. Facial hair, but not a full beard. Long hair, hat. Smokes. Glasses. Jeans and a t shirt. Severely beat up sneakers. Very intense looking. Hat. Ball cap on occasion. Pulls the hair into a pony tail a lot to keep it out of his work. I see him hunched over a desk, writing furiously. Smoking.

Madra. Over time, my impression of him has evolved. He's punk, but not "London Postcard" punk. Leather jacket. Dyed black spiked hair. Piercings everywhere (only because he fessed up to that), but not grossly tribal. He has not got a bone through his nose or anything. He does not paint himself up like a goth. Wears jeans. Skinny. Slightly gaunt but not sickly looking. Very energetic but not unfocussed.
Demonhood. Huh. I picture him as older. 40s. Dresses LLBean. Mocs or boat shoes, but not overtly prep. Hair is slightly reddish with salt and pepper. Well kempt. The laugh lines are so deep that he looks older than he is, but in a good ole jolly way. Healthy looking. Eats in a Bread and Circus kind of way.
I almost picture Gorgonzola to be the same. I have to think on him. I have to run through the lists and call up my mental images.

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[jarends]

I once saw a picture of Wu and he was a lot scrawnier than I expected. He sorta looks like an asian version of a 14 year old me in the picture I saw.

I picture Gargonzola as an Indian guy who wears a lot of baseball hats.

[scaught]

Originally posted by MinivanH8R:
<STRONG>

Haha, thanks. I'm scared to do any more without getting people's permission first though, I don't want to offend anyone.</STRONG>

you could do one of me. ive never posted or linked a pic of me so noone knows my mystery.

[dav]

let's commission minivan to caricature everyone - those are great.

[scaught]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
<STRONG>very nice.
i don't think anyone will mind being drawn as long as you don't put them smoking crack while beating their wife and sacrificing a goat to their pagan god.</STRONG>

well. my caricature wouldnt be very accurate then...

[maxelson]

Better or worse, scaught, here's my image of you:
You look for all the world like an athletic (though not overly so- more just really fit) frat guy. Jeans, waffle shirts when casual, white sneakers, baseball cap. Sometimes worn backwards, though not often. You look like a baseball player. Dark hair. Heavy brows, but not ones that make you look like a neanderthal. I think you drive a VW- a jetta or some such. Intelligent and thoughtful- even soft- face. MOSTLY shaven, though not as a priority. Your mom might say, "You clean up nice". Polite. Not overtly pompus in body language, just sure- confident but not offensively so. A girl would say you're cuddly and cute, a guy would say that you're a guy. Fun and pleasant to be around, go to a bar, watch the game, but still be able to have a really good chat with.
BTW, personality wise, I see Timo in the same way, but Timo is better kempt. Dresses neatly. Khakis are a staple. Avoids the tie but wears one when he has to. Clothing is meant to go to work and then out to a bar afterwards. 6'0". Brown hair, blue eyes. Also shaven when he must be. Outerwear is Manhattan practical. Stylish but comfey. I see him in one of those black leather jackets that almost looks like a sport jacket but not quite. Chukkahs on the feet. Bean chukkas. Medium build. Again, fit- not muscle bound, not scrawny. Angular face. More chiseled. God help me, I think he jogs.

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[Timo]

Originally posted by maxelson:
Better or worse, scaught, here's my image of you:
You look for all the world like an athletic (though not overly so- more just really fit) frat guy. Jeans, waffle shirts when casual, white sneakers, baseball cap. Sometimes worn backwards, though not often. You look like a baseball player. Dark hair. Heavy brows, but not ones that make you look like a neanderthal. I think you drive a VW- a jetta or some such. Intelligent and thoughtful- even soft- face. MOSTLY shaven, though not as a priority. Your mom might say, "You clean up nice". Polite. Not overtly pompus in body language, just sure- confident but not offensively so. A girl would say you're cuddly and cute, a guy would say that you're a guy. Fun and pleasant to be around, go to a bar, watch the game, but still be able to have a really good chat with.
BTW, personality wise, I see Timo in the same way, but Timo is better kempt. Dresses neatly. Khakis are a staple. Avoids the tie but wheres one when he has to. Clothing is meant to go to work and then out to a bar afterwards. 6'0". Brown hair, blue eyes. Also shaven when he must be. Outerwear is Manhattan practical. Stylish but comfey. I see him in one of those black leather jackets that almost looks like a sport jacket but not quite. Chukkahs on the feet. Bean chukkas. Medium build. Again, fit- not muscle bound, not scrawny. Angular face. More chiseled. God help me, I think he jogs.

[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: maxelson

Actually, Max, today I just look hung over.

Khakis? Jogging? Dear God. What's a "chukkah"?

[maxelson]

ERIK.... how could I forget. erik is grunge. Long blond hair (I can see him with brownish hair dyed blond- roots coming thru) ala the kid who kidnapped the girls on "24". Dresses very skate hip (pardon the expressions). Reads a LOT. Big pants, shirts, though no chain on the wallet. I am unsure of why I think this, but erik has very long hands and feet. Not big, but long. He is skinny- wiry. Laid back but quick when he needs to be. Sneakers.
More later. Work now.

[tinrib]

Originally posted by Timo:
<STRONG>


Actually, Max, today I just look hung over.

Khakis? Jogging? Dear God. What's a "chukkah"?</STRONG>

LOL

[Timo]

OK Max, 'tis the season to give and receive.

You're 35. You're hair is dark, salt and pepper with new gray hairs everyday. You keep it short. You've got glasses and dress in an anonymous way, but always comfortable. No ties, but you don't mind 'em; however, everything else is comfortable. You enjoy dressing natty on occasion -- reminding you of your theater days -- and dislike being reminded of the outfits you had to wear to teach those little brats in high school in Rhode Island.

As for height, you're a skinny 6'-0"; one of those guys who doesn't look it, but is pretty tall. You like to talk and tell stories, so you're always animated and gesture with your hands a lot. You enjoy a big belly laugh and your face scrunches up ugly-like when you're insulted, and you're quick to hit back hard.

You'd like to grow muttonchops like your nineteenth century heros (Thoreau, Melville), but either it's too much work or your not ready to truly be the dandy you are on the inside.

Your car's (like your manner) is practical, but it can't be like every single other car on the road, so it has some kind of icon on it: whatever it is that a tech-support, Shakespeare-and-Melville food lovin' Worchesterite would have for fuzzy dice, you've got it.

[Timo]

Originally posted by scaught:
... so noone knows my mystery.

Oh, we know about those horns on your head, El Diablo!

[scaught]

Originally posted by maxelson:
<STRONG>Better or worse, scaught, here's my image of you:
You look for all the world like an athletic (though not overly so- more just really fit) frat guy. Jeans, waffle shirts when casual, white sneakers, baseball cap. Sometimes worn backwards, though not often. You look like a baseball player. Dark hair. Heavy brows, but not ones that make you look like a neanderthal. I think you drive a VW- a jetta or some such. Intelligent and thoughtful- even soft- face. MOSTLY shaven, though not as a priority. Your mom might say, "You clean up nice". Polite. Not overtly pompus in body language, just sure- confident but not offensively so. A girl would say you're cuddly and cute, a guy would say that you're a guy. Fun and pleasant to be around, go to a bar, watch the game, but still be able to have a really good chat with.
</STRONG>

your descriptions are very...descriptive. i dont think i could think of that many things to put into a description of someone. you must really like to peoplewatch at malls and whatnot.

as for the description, im not athletic/frat guy (eek!) nor do i dress like one nor am i fit like one. marriage has added a little paunch to the belly region. i dont know what a waffle shirt is. never white sneakers or a baseball hat. i have dark hair and i guess "heavy brows", im a relatively hair guy and my eyebrows are larger than normal i guess. we (the wife and i) do have a jetta, but she drives that and i drive a saturn. your shaving description is quite accurate, i shave like every other day. i hate it. i dont really ever go to bars (the people there are always loud and annoying) or watch sports on TV. i like to watch alot of TLC, Discovery, techTV, etc.

normally i wear dark colored work pants (the half poly half cotton kind), and if im at work its a dark polo style shirt (business casual) or if im at home a thrift store Tshirt or (rarely) a tshirt from a band. black work type shoes with a heavy sole (doc marten type). sometimes on weekends i wear baggyish jeans and grey newbalance running shoes. im usually quiet, occasionally outspoken. i feel like im about to ramble into an excerpt from "no exit" so ill stop now... very interesting thread though.

[parallax]

Hah!

Those are superb, Minivan!

I used to imagine what people looked like over the net a lot, but now I just imagine you guys as a bunch of 8-character login names -- or as reflections of glasses, soda, and tousled hair on 19" monitors. ('cept for Gorg because I met him ).

[jarends]

I used to picture misha as this someone who wore leather jackets and had really greasy hair. Anyone ever met him?

[maxelson]

Originally posted by Timo:
<STRONG>OK Max, 'tis the season to give and receive.

You're 35. You're hair is dark...dandy you are on the inside.

Your car's (like your manner) is practical, but it can't be like every single other car on the road, so it has some kind of icon on it: whatever it is that a tech-support, Shakespeare-and-Melville food lovin' Worchesterite would have for fuzzy dice, you've got it.</STRONG>

AAAARIGHT, Timo. Where are you? There's no way in hell I don't personally know you. Bob? Wait. Is this my wife? Where's the camera, there Alan Fundt? C'mon. You're weirding me out. There is absolutely NO way I don't know you. Tom?

I will tell you about my "fuzzy dice". It is in the form of Gunnar, The Dashboard Viking. Little furry guy with a shield and pike and horned helmet (yeah, I know, Vikings didn't have horned helmets). And I have an ACK/ MV Tunnel sticker on the bumper. It's a Saturn, Light Grn. Standard. 4 cyl. Great MPG.
Timo...
Chukkahs are "desert boots". Lace up short on the ankle, usually suede. Rubber soles.

scaught- hey, remember, it's just my imaginings! So I got a smaaaaaallll portion right? Cant win 'em all!
This is fun...

[maxelson]

parallax... hmmm. Any takers there? I am afraid I have not yet formed anything on that front...
How about l'ignorante? I have a half formed image.
Sine?
CRASH... I won't go there. In the interest of diplomacy and all. He don't like me so good...

[cheerios]

I don't think of the faces too well... the voices though, those I imagine, as I read posts. How everyone would sound if this were a face to face conversation, instead of on the web.

Ca$h sounds kind of like my older cousin, which doesn't mean much to anyone but me, but slightly arrogant, like there's NO way in the world that his opinion could ever be wrong. I can hear him yelling, but not angrily... more like the louder he is, the more effective he'll be.

Norm and Alb and Chris (both Chris_h and Chrishanks) I've talked on the phone with, so no fair, I suppose. Chris Hanks and Norm actually sound a lot alike, which is most confusing. Chris_h sounds ALMOST californian, except slower(speed of speech wise) and when he gets sleepier, the texan drawl starts slipping into his speech, which he vehemently denies.

Ice, he sounds like a DJ, in my head. One of those guys who's deep into the rave scene, know's everyone, and is the life of the party. He sounds like a frat boy, almost.

Mike has a gravelly voice, that holds knowledge of a lot of experience in life, for better or worse. Not wise beyond his years, but wise because of them. slightly jaded on life, but still plenty of fun left. Kind of a party man, cruisin' for the ladies, like the guy on news radio, not the blond dude, but the dark-haired one. That's the voice in my head.

I always imagined l'ig to have a spiffy european accent, although I didn't know what one. it has always been "Generic Accent™" Nothing to heavy, just a hint of something foreign and interesting.

class now, but btw, I resent the dress thing!! All dresses should be burned in the town square, as the torture devices they are!!

[maxelson]

Now, Cheerios, I understand. Really I do. I have worn them on more occasions than I care to... well, let's just say it was a professional thing and you can wipe that look off your face, Charlie! But are you telling me you DON'T own a dress? Anywhere? Not even a skirt? C'mon. Beautiful young lady such as youself HAS to have one, like it or not, for the right occasion.

[DBursey]

I'm convinced you're all figments of some diabolical AI program (except for a certain few, myself included of course). It all makes perfect sense now. You're all nefarious, chattering little applets I say! Applets! Noooooooooooo!! (huddles in corner of office, staring at cold blue screen and shaking uncontrollably)

[maxelson]

I'm a java applet.

[maxelson]

And you, DBursey. You. I dunno about you. One thing's for sure. Hats. You wear hats. Yes you do. Don't argue with me. You do too.

[cpatubo]

I feel like I'm missing out on the fun beacause I've seen pics of most of you... :/

But max... I haven't seen. I see maxelson as mid30's, very comfortable with himself and life in general. Tall, not fat nor thin, just comfy. Dirty blonde hair, maybe starting to recede, Clean shaven and well groomed. Business casual, khakis at the office, no tie. At home, flannel shirts and leather slippers.

Originally posted by maxelson:
<STRONG>Cpatubo. She is mid height, maybe 5'5" to 5'7". Shapely (she's got some curves but is not chunky by any means). Lithe. Shoulder length very dark and straight hair. Skin tone somewhere between olive and tan? Big black eyes. Perfectly centered on her face. MId sized lips- she looks good in a darker lipstick- nothing too bright. Not much in the way of make up because she does not need it. Nose is longish and a little on the narrow side. She is energetic and her body language shows it. Perhaps her feet, which are small, are slightly turned out like a dancer? Very feminine. I always pictured cheerios as being feminine, but in a tussled up, slightly tom boy sort of way. cpatubo is more feminine than that. Wears dresses and skirts more.</STRONG>

Pretty close, 'cept I'm a petite. 5'2", like Cheerios, and my nose is kinda teeny and flat. Just chopped that shoulder length hair not too long ago.

As for the dress thing, I don't wear a LOT of dresses, but definitely a lot of skirts. Having a day job does that to you. Black is a staple of the wardrobe, blame it on San Francisco. I agree every woman should have a dress or skirt. Showcase your femininity, Cheerios, I'm sure it would make you feel nice (and John too, heh). Believe it or not, you CAN be comfy in a dress, you just have to find the right one.

[DBursey]

I've worn hats on occasion, but I really don't have a hat habit. I really don't.