November 19th, 2008

it's been a while since i posted an entry that was light hearted and (hopefully) somewhat amusing. i've been really bogged down with life. but today, something really made me laugh and i thought that i would share it here.

so you know all those social networking sites? a few examples are "facebook" and "friendster". i know, i know. who doesn't know or at least haven't heard of them right? but here's my interesting observation. all these sites give the user the option of displaying a "profile pic". and from here, i can see the sheer creativity of my friends/acquitances.

This is my friendster friend page. as you can see from the profile pics, many of them are "full face" shots. now, in my humble opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. absolutely nothing. but when i first heard of profile pictures, i thought of this:

you know, the basic passport photo shot. plain background. no smile. the simplest and unadulterated shot of one's face that one could possibly get.

but then, i notice that some people get really creative. and this is where i start grouping the profile pictures.

ones like this i entitle "with significant other":

ok, maybe not as deranged as the shot above, but you get my drift. The picture is taken really close to one and one's significant other's face, due to the fact that the picture was taken by either one of them holding the camera away at arms length. you all have seen these shots, and these shots were usually preceded by the ever proclaiming "*insert name here* has gone from "single" to "in a relationship"" of facebook noticiations.

pictures like this i like to call "gazing at a weird angle" or "nothing"

pictures like this i call "devoid of color"

pictures like this are sometimes taken black and white in a studio with a slight haze on the picture to make it appear fuzzy with the subject wearing a lot of makeup and some fancy clothes. as i am too lazy to apply the haze and the make-up, you will just have to imagine the effect, but i'm sure you've seen these pictures.

as of now, i'm too lazy to describe all the other categories, but open up your own social networking page (don't deny you have one) and see for yourself. ah, the joys of facebook.