Average
15Oct2004 Filed under: I Like To WatchLet’s be honest: we all like to put our best foot forward, right? When posting photos of ourselves on the Interweb (capitol I to appease the AP folks, hybrid word to keep myself happy) for all the world to see, we tend towards flattering angles and pleasent expressions. That’s great, except for it gives the world a distorted perspective on the person behind the blog. (The woman behind the veil? The lump behind the screen? The personality behind the pixels? I could go on…)
Therefore in the spirit of honesty, were you to run into me on the street most of the time I would look like this.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Lizzie
October 15th, 2004 at 8:57 pm
Fine, but you still look pretty cute there.
Owen
October 18th, 2004 at 4:02 pm
Mouth open (issuing intelligent conversation): check.
Interesting, colorful and slightly hippie/hipster garb: check.
Hands sitting calmly in front of you rather than gesticulating wildly, often in combo with pelvic thrusts or Henson-esque facial expressions that make me want to start a mime career: missing.
And yes Lizzie, that’s ’cause she’s still cute in real life.
Now if you were to contrast life-shots with people’s MySpace meatmarket cam-shots, THAT would be strikingly different.