how did you decide on your avatar --- and why do you change it

[twirl]

I love cats and I love SpongeBob and Gary is SpongeBob's cat..... well, snail cat......Meow

some people change the avatar thing and that is cool but why?


if I did not spell avatar correctly, please correct me

[peleroja]

I don't have an avatar; I have my real true picture.  Frankly, I wish more people would post their pics, cuz going through that one posting trying to figure out who everyone is, well, that's just a pain in the    It has 68 pages!

[thegrammalady]

when i first joined i used a penguin, cause i thought he was cute. but then i decided i wanted to show off the dumplings, and i had such cute pictures. i change them cause they keep growing!

[monrein]

I get sick of looking at the same one all the time so I switch them around.  Maybe I just have a short attention span.

[twirl]

I do not know how to place real photos on the avatar or the post for that matter
you are too smart
Monrein

[Sunny]

Same here twirl.
It takes me forever to figure out how to re-size pictures and post them.
I picked the rubber duck from the choices given when you sign up. A rubber duck was the one of the first gifts my husband gave me way back when becasue I told him I liked to take baths. I still have it and it's 28 yrs old now.

[Hawkeye]

I have had a few different avatars but couldn't decide on one.  I have the one I use now because of the Any More Brits Out There On Dialysis thread.

[paris]

    My favorite thread!!

[MIbarra]

My avatar is my two Yorkies.   

When I found out about my kidney disease, had to go on dialysis, or my transplant wasn't working sometimes the only reason I would get up on a morning I didn't have to work was to feed my cat, let the dogs out, or play with a whining Schnappi. My pets keep me sane. I do not have kids so they are my kid substitutes -- or so my sister says. So pet pictures are everywhere -- my desk at school, my myspace, my dining room, my classroom and IHD! 

[twirl]

I love my pets, children or no children-- my children used to say I loved my cat more than I loved them---- I told them if they wanted to drink out of the toilet and use kitty litter and eat canned tuna (cheap tuna) go ahead---ha ha ha - and children or no children I was always so attacked to my students - they would say to me I must be a awesome mom and I know what it is like to have the worse child in school--- we could trade stories I am sure----- one student had to rub a rock everytime he heard thunder or rain and all of his assignments had to be where he could answer making pop-out books--usually I got the more violent ones b/c I have a way of getting on with these students--- once you are known as that kind of a teacher - you really get it........ cheryl
you are still shark bait

[skyedogrocks]

They are my "puppies" and I think they are extremely cute!

[pelagia]

The wave avatar is my favorite - I spend all my time around water, but I went ahead and put a pic of me and Stephen up for a change.

[Bajanne]

Just before I saw this thread, I was looking at my avatar and thinking 'How could I ever change this?'  The answer is that I will only change it, if it is put up as part of the site, where they can always be seen.

[kimcanada]

I love changing my picture... I have many many pics, thats why I like facebook also, it gives me a place to show off my pictures...

bajanne2000 I think thats a great idea

[Lucinda]

My avatar is my new baby girl.  I will have to change it soon as she is getting bigger now and she is looking very different.  My other two babies are getting jealous so I might have to put a pic of all three up on the site. x

[Deanne]

I'm lazy and I think Tigger is very photogenic, so I grabbed a picture I used to make calendars for friends a few years ago & called it good!

[Chris]

I change mine because I'm bored with the one I have up and don'tlike having my picture up. I just have to many on my pc, but I like animated ones the best. I really really need more of those, but been to lazy to search for them on websites.

[skyedogrocks]

It's my baby!  I can't legally show his face yet (he's not legally adopted YET), but this is a picture from his last Cross Country Meet.  He did great!

[boxman55]

As an amputee I thought the determination of the horse fit for me. I actually don't really look like him...Boxman

[twirl]

I think you look him
tall    dark     and   handsome

[okarol]

I never change mine. Jenna is my reason for being here (plus I love this photo of her!)

[paris]

I would have a hard time changing mine.  It is our team logo for the kidney walk and it honors goofynina.

[monrein]

AND, Paris, I think of you daily since I have an Eiffel Tower key ring on the zipper tab of my handbag.  It is silver, about an inch and a half long and looks just like your avatar but without ribbon or tiara.  Makes opening and closing my purse so much easier, especially on D.

[pelagia]

I never change mine. Jenna is my reason for being here (plus I love this photo of her!)

I still get a smile on my face every time I look at that photo of Jenna!

[wrandym]

I picked mine on the fly, looking through my saved pics.  It actually does look a bit like me...and Friday is Hawaiian shirt day.