I’ve been puttering around on message boards and blogs and such for a couple of years now, and I was always somewhat confused by the nearly ubiquitous presence of avatars. I found it hard to understand how people could find one small icon that fully represented their whole personality. I used to post on message boards that I just could never imagine finding an icon for myself that would fit right.
Well, you know what they say: never say never.
I’m happy to say that I’ve finally found an avatar that really says: Hi there! I’m RegularMom! It is, of course, this:
This business is avatar selection is painful, yet essential. It’s kept me awake many a long night over the year, so I’m truly glad to have this business done with. At last I’ll no longer have to see this image anymore next to all of my comments:
Let’s face it. That just doesn’t look anything like me. It is, however, still an improvement over the previous generic avatar that WordPress used which was a gray box filled with question marks, so that next to every comment I wrote, there’d be this box that seemed to shout, “Huh? What? I think so. Maybe.” As if I couldn’t really complete a decisive thought. The generic hollow human was a slight improvement over the question marks, but not by much.
So, you see, avatar selection has really been eating away at me slowly these past few months, and luckily, the GIANT FROG HEAD has saved me from certain disaster yet once again. And just in time, too. If I don’t get some good sleep soon, I don’t know what I’ll do. I might accidentally eat all the kids’ icepops, or melt all the crayons into one giant multicolored crayon-ball, or even ask my mother to move in with us so she can help with the math lessons. And I’d offer to pay her for the help too.
So, thanks again GIANT FROG HEAD, for all that you do, all that you are…and all you can be.
Hysterical! Hurrah for the GFH!
I always thought that the generic icon would be a little less insulting if they offered a female version of it as well. Glad that you found an avatar…I ended up using my dog
Charleen
Congrats on finding the right avatar! Sometimes it’s hard to find an image that speaks to you and speaks for you at the same time.
P.S. Thank you for the Nice Award.
When I think of you, I think of nothing else! In fact, we were at the aquarium in NC on Tuesday and I saw a plush frog and my mind immediately said to me, “I wonder what RegularMom is up to today.” True story.
I’ve been wondering how to get a picture next to my comments. I’m sure I’ll figure that out someday.
~R
Thanks everyone.
And Robinella, I just have to add, we went down the shore for the day today and there was a boardwalk game where the prizes were giant plush frogs and I really wanted one. I didn’t even get a picture of them because my camera batteries were shot after an afternoon on the beach.
But, next time, I’ll at least get a picture.
Remember, when you see giant frogs, think of me.