Avatar Contest for week of 2/7

[Winslow]

The theme for this week is

First Loves

It's a generic and wide open topic . . .

[Matt Algren]

goddamn valentine's day

[Joe Rice]

Hmmmm . . .how to not be creepy . . .

[Dreadstar]

I'm in, but I may not make it to next Tuesday with it.

[Michael P]

Hmmmm . . .how to not be creepy . . .

Oh, to hell with that! Dibs on the Pink Ranger!

Friends, I'm gonna need me an animated gif of the following:

[Ed Cunard]

Oh, this one is an easy one. I think I have the image at home, even.

I'm in with myself. Yes, I was this egotistical from an early age.

[K'Nort]

I'm not sure Gus wants to look at my first boyfriend for a week, esp this close to V Day, so I'm taking advantage of the "wide open" clause and going with Love at First Bite (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079489/). Avatar when I get home.

[Winslow]

I'm not sure Gus wants to look at my first boyfriend for a week, esp this close to V Day, so I'm taking advantage of the "wide open" clause and going with Love at First Bite (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079489/). Avatar when I get home.

That works.

Any creative spin on the topic is invited!

[jessecuster3]

My first love should be the Chicago Bears, however a bet is a bet, so I am going with NFL football and this years champs the Indianapolis Colts.

[StoneGold]

I'm going to need a ruling on this - will this be work safe?

http://www.vitalchoice.com/imageuploads/Breast%20feeding%20mom%20&%20baby.gif

I'm pretty sure it is. Nothing is showing, a woman could be in a bikini and it would be showing more.

[HomerJay]

I'm going to need a ruling on this - will this be work safe?

http://www.vitalchoice.com/imageuploads/Breast%20feeding%20mom%20&%20baby.gif

I'm pretty sure it is. Nothing is showing, a woman could be in a bikini and it would be showing more.

Dang, I was thinking about going with a boobs avatar.

[Spackling Compound]

Dang, I was thinking about going with a boobs avatar.

I think he's going for Mama.

[StoneGold]

Dang, I was thinking about going with a boobs avatar.

Yeah, plus mine shows the very first love of them.

[Winslow]

I'm going to need a ruling on this - will this be work safe?

Looks fine to me . . .

. . .especially if you shrink it to 80x80 . . . but I don't have a "hangup" nor am I queasy about beast feeding moms either.

[HomerJay]

I think he's going for Mama.
I doubt the StoneGold I know would go for something that sweet.

[Typo Lad]

Dibs on Comic books.

[Matt Algren]

(Watch me sidestep this one!)

Probably the first book I ever loved.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307021343.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Spackling Compound]

I doubt the StoneGold I know would go for something that sweet.

Ha...I think you doubt the "include a child, win a contest" rule. Add "boob" and you're really winning!

;)

[Agent Helix]

I call dibs on Superman's first love, Lana Lang.

[Winslow]

I'm going back to my Tokien nerd entries, even though I never get any votes for them. :D

Luthien . . . the elf that Beren fell in love with in Tolkien's epic love story from the Silmarillion. And yes, that's my poor artistic attempt to capture Luthien escaping on the dog Huan.

The others in the gif are Luthien's coats of arms, and Tolkien's grave, in which he referred to his wife as "his Luthien."

[Lex]

Hmmmm . . .how to not be creepy . . .
An avatar of yourself wouldn't be that creepy.

[Merey]

My first TV love:


http://www.lostearthman.com/muppets.jpg

[Stranger With Candy]

Gotta be April O'Neil from the old TMNT show. The first woman i ever loved.
http://i5.tinypic.com/2ms4uvm.jpg

[Mac Danny]

Dibs on Gwen Stacy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Gwenspidey.PNG

[Dreadstar]

Dibs on Gwen Stacy

To be honest, a 60's depiction would work better.

[Agent Helix]

Dibs on Gwen Stacy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Gwenspidey.PNG

Also not a first love!

[Mac Danny]

Also not a first love!

First TRUE love.

From Wikipedia: Gwen was the first true love of the nerdy Peter Parker

[Mac Danny]

To be honest, a 60's depiction would work better.

That's just a place holder. Check out the Animated Avatar..

[Mac Danny]

Winslow gimmie a ruling on the avatar. I hve a backup but I don't want to do all the work.

[Michael P]

That's just a place holder. Check out the Animated Avatar..

You're a beautiful man.

[4thHorseman]

I'm calling Jessica Rabbit

[Slam_Bradley]

My first true love. A 1970 Dodge Charger.

http://www.capitalmopars.com/b_bodies/70_charger_03.jpg

[Tadhg]

My first true love. A 1970 Dodge Charger.

http://www.capitalmopars.com/b_bodies/70_charger_03.jpg


She's GORGEOUS!

[Winslow]

Winslow gimmie a ruling on the avatar. I have a backup but I don't want to do all the work.

From your own source:

Spider-Man writers and fans disagree about who is the character’s “one true love,” Gwen or his subsequent wife Mary Jane Watson.

I said "wide open," so your interpretation is as good as any. In other words, it's fine by me.

My first true love. A 1970 Dodge Charger.
http://www.capitalmopars.com/b_bodies/70_charger_03.jpg

Nice. Did you own one?

My brother owned a lime green Charger . . I forget what year.

[Slam_Bradley]

She's GORGEOUS!

They just don't build'em like that any more.

[jessecuster3]

They just don't build'em like that any more.

I like the new ones though, they are pretty "sexy"

[Dreadstar]

I like the new ones though, they are pretty "sexy"

The entire Chrysler line right now is sexy.

I want a 300 so bad.

[StoneGold]

I'm going to take your guys' word for it that this is cool then.


With but one cleverly picked avatar, I lay stakes to the concepts of Mommy, Boobs and Food!


Because anyone who doesn't love all three is a damned communist.

[MWGallaher]

I had the same first love as lots of little boys in the mid-60's:
Dinosaurs!

[Spackling Compound]

Nice topic, Win.

Stone got my first choice, so I'm going with Lady Aberlin from "Mister Roger's Neighborhood". She made me want to be a tiger puppet.

[Matt Algren]

Nice topic, Win.

Stone got my first choice, so I'm going with Lady Aberlin from "Mister Roger's Neighborhood". She made me want to be a tiger puppet.That Lady Elaine Fairchild was a hottie.

[Typo Lad]

So here's my entry... comics, as personified by the spinner rack. Image from CBR, actually.

Collecting comics is fun, but it's even more fun when you're digging through a spinner rack to find just the right comic.

That's love, that is.

[Dreadstar]

So here's my entry... comics, as personified by the spinner rack. Image from CBR, actually.

Collecting comics is fun, but it's even more fun when you're digging through a spinner rack to find just the right comic.

That's love, that is.

I wonder how much "Hey kids! Comics!" spinner racks are going for these days?

[Slam_Bradley]

I wonder how much "Hey kids! Comics!" spinner racks are going for these days?

I dunno. But I want one to go in the same room as our foosball table.

[Spackling Compound]

That Lady Elaine Fairchild was a hottie.

She had the better name, but she actually reminded me of my neighbor's dad and that was just not a good thing.

[Mac Danny]

I just stumbled across another one to use.

Now DO I use it or do I stick with Peter's baby Gwen.

[StarsAndGarters]

I'm not sure Gus wants to look at my first boyfriend for a week, esp this close to V Day...

And I thank you, because I'm going with you (as we discussed). Dibs on Kristen (K'Nort). I did not know what love was before I met her.

If that won't get the sappy vote, nothing will.

http://x1a.xanga.com/8bed1bfa11231105407403/b74527366.jpg

[4thHorseman]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3765/rabbitpd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

YEAH!


EDIT: BTW, can someone help me reduce it's file size to make it as my avatar? It says it's about 30KB, when i need it 14KB. If I found the original pic, would that help?

[Sgt. Preston]

My first crush. The fact that she made all of your wishes come true was a nice touch.

31608

[K'Nort]

Well Mac Danny certainly sewed up Best Tagline.

[Winslow]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3765/rabbitpd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

YEAH!


EDIT: BTW, can someone help me reduce it's file size to make it as my avatar? It says it's about 30KB, when i need it 14KB. If I found the original pic, would that help?

Here ya go, I changed the resolution.

[GloryQuest]

Okay, I'm in with Fone Bone and Thorn! :D

[Donald M.]

I'm in with the first love that fostered in me a lifelong obsession . . . er, hobby.

[Spike-X]

*le sigh...*

[Cei-U!]

Okay, so I'm older than dirt. Doesn't change the fact that my first big crush was Shari Lewis... and it had *nothing* to do with her puppets.

Cei-U!
I summon a passion for ponytails!

[Gilda Dent]

I was tempted to use Emily, but someone's already done a real life first love, so I'm going with my first celebrity love, Audrey Hepburn.

[Sanagi]

I'm going to take your guys' word for it that this is cool then.


With but one cleverly picked avatar, I lay stakes to the concepts of Mommy, Boobs and Food!


Because anyone who doesn't love all three is a damned communist.
Could be an album by David Byrne and Sigmund Freud.

More Songs About Mommy, Boobs and Food.

[Fish Sauce]

I'll go with the debut album of the first band I ever loved, Led Zeppelin.

[thomas_catbiscuit]

i'm going with a different 1st love and thats football (or soccer pfft).

When your a young lad (or girl) one of the 1st things you do when you can walk is kick a ball and that stays with you for the rest of your life (more so in europe and south america).

And when your a bit older your dad takes you to your 1st game and your hooked, you follow your team through their ups and downs, it can cause splits between couples, arguments between friends but your 1st love will always be there for you..... football the game that crosses generations, class and borders.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/thomas_catbiscuit/fb.jpg

[thehod]

The effect that Lynda Carter has on a young boy of five cannot be underestimated.

[Mac Danny]

i'm going with a different 1st love and thats football (or soccer pfft).

When your a young lad (or girl) one of the 1st things you do when you can walk is kick a ball and that stays with you for the rest of your life (more so in europe and south america).

And when your a bit older your dad takes you to your 1st game and your hooked, you follow your team through their ups and downs, it can cause splits between couples, arguments between friends but your 1st love will always be there for you..... football the game that crosses generations, class and borders.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/thomas_catbiscuit/fb.jpg

It also makes you hate the Eye-Ties!

http://www.beyazperde.com/images/haber/5968-X-e.jpg

It's when Football teams begin to be separated by the religion of their supporters that it transcends Sport.

[4thHorseman]

Here ya go, I changed the resolution.

Awesome, thanks a million

[Bouncing Boy]

I give you the earliest celebrity crush I had that I remember, Mary Ann Sommers from Gilligan's Island (as played by Dawn Wells)

[Chris N]

I have to decide if I'm in this week or not. I'm kind of back to my standard avatar theme. But it is of my first true and lasting love.

[Joe Rice]

Two first loves in one panel: Captain Marvel and hot dogs. Thanks, Jeff Smith!

[Michael P]

Okay, so I guess I'm SOL then?

[Chris N]

Also not a first love!

Is too. First girlfriend or first crush are not the same as first love. Gwen was his first love.

And Boomer is mine. Those other girls: Zhang Ziyi, Kristen Kreuk, a couple real-life girls, they weren't for real. But Boomer is.

[Joe Rice]

Okay, so I guess I'm SOL then?

I'd make one if I knew how!

[Matt Algren]

Okay, so I guess I'm SOL then?
I tried, but man, that's a fuzzy image. Mind if I use others?

[Michael P]

I tried, but man, that's a fuzzy image. Mind if I use others?

Go ahead. I just need a shot of her out of costume, in costume, and the pterodactyl Zord.

[Matt Algren]

Go ahead. I just need a shot of her out of costume, in costume, and the pterodactyl Zord.
How's this?

(I didn't know Thuy Trang died!)

[Michael P]

How's this?

(I didn't know Thuy Trang died!)

Very good, kind sir!

(Yeah, I heard about that a few years ago. Weird.)

[Perry Holley]

I'm in, with Conan's first true love, Bêlit, the pirate-queen of the Black Coast.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/Knightsky_2006/Conan58.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/Knightsky_2006/Conan100.jpg

[StarsAndGarters]

I'm in, with Conan's first true love, Bêlit, the pirate-queen of the Black Coast.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/Knightsky_2006/Conan58.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/Knightsky_2006/Conan100.jpg

Nice. I've been reading the trades of the 70s series and it's really good. Looks like it only gets better.

[Stranger With Candy]

4thHorseman gets my vote.

[Mike Smash!]

Typo Lad and comic books.

[StarsAndGarters]

I was going back and forth, but I'm going with MacDanny. That tagline is a winner, though Pullman's was a close second. Stranger With Candy was another good avatar.

[thomas_catbiscuit]

i'm voting for joe rice and his captain marvel hot dog loving

[Typo Lad]

Another vote for Joe's love of Captain Marvel's weiner. There's just something pure about it/

[Mac Danny]

My vote goes to Michael Pullman. While I was a Trini man myself, His Avatar and tag line just go so well together.

[Agent Helix]

I totally forgot to make an avatar for this week.

Oh well, I vote for Joe Rice

[Spackling Compound]

Bouncing Boy with Mary Ann gets my vote.

[MWGallaher]

Bouncing Boy. I wish I'd thought of Mary Ann. Are there really any "Ginger men"?

[Joe Rice]

I'm a Ginger man, always was.

Voting for Coke and Comics.

[Sgt. Preston]

I'm going with Joe Rice and his Captain Marvel avatar. Love that pic!

[Winslow]

StarsAndGarters for the "real life" early Valentine's Day sentiment

[Slam_Bradley]

Nice. Did you own one?

My brother owned a lime green Charger . . I forget what year.


Somehow I missed this.

My Grandfather bought my Grandmother a '70 Charger off the showroom floor. I later came in to possession of it for a time.

Most of my high school days I drove a '72 Dodge Power Wagon with a 440.

[Slam_Bradley]

Vote to Typo. I love me some spinner racks.

[Matt Algren]

Donald M.'s Atari 2600. Ah, the good old days.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

thehod, Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.

[Merey]

I'm going with Michael Pullmann because that's Julie!!! Julie before she rocked it out girl with guitar style, before Ben, before the betrayal, before finding her birth mom and before...ummm the shooting (I think she was somehow involved with that).

[Cei-U!]

Another vote for Typo Lad here.

Cei-U!
I summon the ongoing infatuation (with comics, not Morts)!

[Beatnikman]

thehod's Lynda Carter.

But that's 'cause nobody went with Dyna Girl ("nobody" would include myself, of course).

[Chris N]

This is hard. Let's go with

MacDanny because I'm a sucker for Spidey

Nods to Winslow, because I'm a sucker for Tolkien, Typo, because it's what I wish I thought of, Pullman, for making me fall in love all over again, and Joe Rice, because, well, it's Captain Marvel eating a hot dog.

[Gilda Dent]

Typo Lad. _______

[Donald M.]

Gotta go with Mac Danny.

[Bouncing Boy]

My vote goes to Michael Pullman's Pink Ranger avatar

[Michael P]

I'm a Ginger man, always was.
And this completely explains all the differences between us.

[Chris N]

I'm guessing Pullman's really in love with the sexy robot bird thing. And it's incidental that a cute girl rides it.

[Spike-X]

My vote is for Mac Danny. "Oh SNAP!" indeed!

[Gilda Dent]

I'm a Ginger man, always was.

Voting for Coke and Comics.

The Ginger Man is one of my favorite horror movies. It's annoying that they put the climax on the DVD box art and the Nicolas Cage remake sucks, but the original movie itself is still creepy as hell.

[Donald M.]

The Ginger Man is one of my favorite horror movies. It's annoying that they put the climax on the DVD box art and the Nicolas Cage remake sucks, but the original movie itself is still creepy as hell.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b322/donmilliken/gingerdead_man_2005_dvd.jpg

[Perry Holley]

Another vote for thehod.

[K'Nort]

Mac Danny.

[Dreadstar]

I have to vote for Sgt. Preston.

Jeannie made me feel funny when I was 12.

[GloryQuest]

My vote's for Joe Rice.

[Mac Danny]

Everyone has a different first love it seems. While the voting was varied we have come away with a TIE!

1 Vote Each
4th horseman
Coke & Comics
Stars and Garters
Sgt. Preston

2 Votes
Bouncing Boy

3 Votes
Michael Pullman
the hod

4 Votes
Typo lad

Tied with 5 votes
Joe Rice
Mac Danny

Next vote decides it!

[Gingold]

I'll break the tie with a vote for Gwen. Sorry, Joe.

[Mac Danny]

Awesome! I'll put a new contest up.

[Joe Rice]

I'll break the tie with a vote for Gwen. Sorry, Joe.

Jerk!

I actually want to keep this av for a while, so it's good that I don't have to change it.