May. 26th, 2010 02:59 pm
On Yahoo Avatars.
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aphrodite_mineThis is, I'm sure, old news. But my yahoo avatar? Does not look like me.
I started work at a new job yesterday, and part of inter-office communication involves the use of yahoo messenger. This is especially helpful for me, as receptionist, since I don't always need to call around to check on something like a part number when it would be easier and faster to just message back and forth.
So, being new, I wanted to put up an avatar that expressed my "fun, cooperative attitude" but also, that looked like me. After all, an avatar does no good unless it represents the real thing. Especially since most of these fellow employees haven't seen the real thing.
However, I have a problem. Despite the pages and pages of novelty shirts for my avatar to wear ("I <3 Puppies!") there are only about 10 facial options, and probably 30 hair styles. While this is a vast improvement on sites like WeeMe and sites that make you Anime-style... I refuse to be satisfied.
I want my avatar to have a current, styling look. I want to push back the shaggy bangs with clips. And what about makeup--it is the same for each female, no matter what she is wearing. I don't wear makeup! My avatar has ill-fitting glasses over giant eyes. To quote the internet: Do Not Want.
Of course, I could go the route of another woman who works here, a tubby grandmother who's avatar is a blonde bombshell rocking cherry lipstick.
I started work at a new job yesterday, and part of inter-office communication involves the use of yahoo messenger. This is especially helpful for me, as receptionist, since I don't always need to call around to check on something like a part number when it would be easier and faster to just message back and forth.
So, being new, I wanted to put up an avatar that expressed my "fun, cooperative attitude" but also, that looked like me. After all, an avatar does no good unless it represents the real thing. Especially since most of these fellow employees haven't seen the real thing.
However, I have a problem. Despite the pages and pages of novelty shirts for my avatar to wear ("I <3 Puppies!") there are only about 10 facial options, and probably 30 hair styles. While this is a vast improvement on sites like WeeMe and sites that make you Anime-style... I refuse to be satisfied.
I want my avatar to have a current, styling look. I want to push back the shaggy bangs with clips. And what about makeup--it is the same for each female, no matter what she is wearing. I don't wear makeup! My avatar has ill-fitting glasses over giant eyes. To quote the internet: Do Not Want.
Of course, I could go the route of another woman who works here, a tubby grandmother who's avatar is a blonde bombshell rocking cherry lipstick.
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