Finally, A Picture...

[Kitiara]

Alright, you've all been pestering me for long enough to post a decent photo, and I found this old (ish) passport one, so what the hell?

It's a couple of years old though, taken when I was about 20, so that's about 5 years ago I guess. Eek, that makes me feel old. Don't even ask about the hair. And yes, I <i>know</i> I look about 15. Don't laugh at me. :)

[eyeinfinitude]

wow finally, the London Cyborg revealed herself. =)

You look so difference without all that make up which isn't necessarily a bad thing. =)

Thanks for the image Kit. :geek:

[Kitiara]

Yeah, I don't really go in for the make-up thing. As you can tell by that pic. :P

The arty one is black and white too, which always makes you look different. But I was looking a bit Goth at the time... What a difference a few years makes. :)

[joeytomatoes]

Perfect...

jt

[Soul]

:beam: Yay at last! :beam:

Oh and Kit online on a weekend, too miracles in one day :P

- Soul :goatee:

[Kitiara]

I've got my home PC working, having had it laid out on the floor in pieces for ages. :)

[Soul]

Yay :beam:

- Soul :goatee:

[pom]

Well, you do look 15, but mamma mia! :cyclops: :cyclops: :cyclops: You're cuter than I thought.

[lava]

haha, it's ok... even though I'm 20, I look 15 as well...

[Soul]

You're 20 Lava? Wow :beam:

I guess its better than looking older than you are Kit? :)

- Soul :goatee:

[pom]

All right, I've seen this done on another board, and I though it was pretty cool (it was marco's idea, from http://photomatisme.free.fr/index.htm). The idea would be that everyone on this board posts a picture from himself, taken in that machine where you put some money and you always look silly (I don't know how they're called :sigh: ).

A bit like this:

http://membres.lycos.fr/museebranly/trombi.html

Well so far, there's just the 2 of us babe :love: but if you guys want to send your picture, you're most welcome :)
My mail is pom2ter93@hotmail.com

pom :phil:

[SureShot]

I am going to the mall today - I will get one of the photo's take there :)

And Kit - you are very lovley... Here's a flower just for you,:flower:

[lostinbeta]

WOW!!! Man, time difference suck. About time you posted your picture there Kit!!!!!

You really do look 15 in that picture though, which I don't know is creepy or just a sign of really good aging.

Since it is you, I will say it is a sign of really good aging though :)

:geek:

And Ilyas: How big does the picture need to be?

[mlk]

hey ilyaslamasse are you french or canadian ???!?!
i noticed your .fr references and checked your profile,
where d'ya come from man ???

[Marz]

No... he's actually French if I'm correct in saying iylas..

And I have picture thrown everywhere man..

http://www.fantom-stranger.com/~mentalconcepts/pics/

Go there and choose one to your satisfaction... Umm..

Kit.. See now.. That wasn't so bad was it? It's a very nice pic.. Thanks for sharing.. *cough*finally*cough* :beam:

Am I the only one that looks exactly like my age here?!? *lmao*

I'm 20 ;)

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by playamarz

Am I the only one that looks exactly like my age here?!? *lmao*

I'm 20 ;)

I think you look around 18ish actually.

I think I look my age, even though many people tell me I look older than what I am (18).

[Marz]

You gotta see me in person I guess then.. when you look at me as 6'6'' then you'll see what I mean.. *lmao*

[lostinbeta]

BAH!!!! 6'6" Are you basketball player or something... sheesh.

I am 6' even. My brother is 6'2" and he is tall.

[Lacuna]

i think the pic idea is pretty good...it doesn't look like many ppl are posting their pics tho..unless pom hasn't updated that page as of yet.

:love:

[lostinbeta]

Don't scream.....

http://www.lostinbeta.com/mewall3.jpg

[Lacuna]

Hmmm....well i thought he was making

http://membres.lycos.fr/museebranly/trombi.html
the official members page...

:love:

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by ilyaslamasse
All right, I've seen this done on another board, and I though it was pretty cool (it was marco's idea, from http://photomatisme.free.fr/index.htm). The idea would be that everyone on this board posts a picture from himself, taken in that machine where you put some money and you always look silly (I don't know how they're called :sigh: ).

A bit like this:

http://membres.lycos.fr/museebranly/trombi.html

Well so far, there's just the 2 of us babe :love: but if you guys want to send your picture, you're most welcome :)
My mail is pom2ter93@hotmail.com

pom :phil:


Philbert, did you read the rest of the thread???

[Kitiara]

I guess its better than looking older than you are Kit? Very. Although it gets very annoying that even though I'm 24, I can still get asked for ID in a pub, even though you can drink when you're 18...

Hopefully I think I look a little bit older now. And this one was taken when I was about 20 ish. And it's a passport photo and they always make you look weird. :)

[Kitiara]

I think I look my age, even though many people tell me I look older than what I am (18). I'd say you look older. Not like, horrendously older, but more like 20 or so.
BAH!!!! 6'6" Are you basketball player or something... sheesh.
I am 6' even. My brother is 6'2" and he is tall. You're <i>all</i> tall. I am only 5'3", although I'm older than most of you... :blush:

[Soul]

You should get a new pic Kit :beam:

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

Hmmm. I look basically the same, just a couple of years older. And I have brown/red hair at the moment...

Oh, and I've got a tattoo now, although you can't see that from a passport picture. :)

[Soul]

Haha! Where is it? :P

You have a PM Kit :)

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

It's just by my belly button, and says 'angel' in Japanese kanji... Look like this, only without the heart, just the text, in black.

http://www.paperjewels.com/kanji/necklaces/angel_red.jpg

<b>*Runs off to check PM*</b>

[Soul]

Angel aye? ;)

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

Well, it's 90% of my first name... And it's what my parents used to call me when I was little (that stopped once I hit about 13 though :) )... And because I am. :P

[Soul]

Whats your name?

Angella?

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

Without the double L, yes. :)

[Soul]

Angela, wow never knew that :)

But Angel isn't 90% of it :P Angel is (if I'm correct in my calculations) is 83.333333333% of Angela :P

Hehe, anyway, you have another PM :) Why don't you have it where a little window pops up when you get a PM? :)

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

I was never any good at maths. :) It just seemed like most of it. Ah, whatever. :)

Good idea on the PMs... I would mention it in the Kirupa Secret Council, but since it doesn't exist... ;)

[Soul]

Kit, there already is an option where a window pops up! I have it enabled! :) Unless I've been imaginign it popping up :P

- Soul :s:

[Kitiara]

Is there? Oops, I don't know. Mine isn't enabled or anything... Hang on, let me check this settings bit...

[pom]

Thanks for those who have sent me pictures, I'll update the page soon. But I want more! And Lost, yours is too big. It should be the knid of pictures you put for passports...

[Kitiara]

Passport photos are always awful see above attachment for proof. :)

Is this meant to be a Rogues Gallery? And more importantly, will Dave's flasher pic be included? :)

[pom]

I don't believe that this picture was a passport picture :beam:

And Mlk, bien sûr que je suis Français! Un parigot, et je ne suis pas le seul, d'ailleurs. A plus.

Ilyas :)

[Kitiara]

It was. It's the one I have on my train season ticket, so there. :P

[pom]

Send it to me... :evil:

Oh new smilies!! :battery: :block:

[Kitiara]

Honestly... Alright, I'll get the original tonight / tomorrow. :)

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by Kitiara
I'd say you look older. Not like, horrendously older, but more like 20 or so. You're <i>all</i> tall. I am only 5'3", although I'm older than most of you... :blush:

Hrmmm, 20..... I wouldn't mind being 20 :)

And well if it helps, my sister is 21 and only 5'1" ;)

[pom]

Update. But I was expecting a bit more people :(

[Guig0]

yay!

i´m there! :beam:

http://membres.lycos.fr/museebranly/trombi.html

but my pic seems a lil bit distorted, doesn´t it?

[vts31]

im 5'11. Kit. coo pic. i like your tattoo. :)

[mdipi]

i was wondering who that was...ok i suppose i will try to get me a pic....reall? i am 5'8 and i am 13 guys...lol. but my dad is 6'4 so the doc says i will be around there

[kirupa]

Hey pom,
Does the pic need to have a light background? If so, I can try to take a picture of myself and post it up.

Cheers!
Kirupa :rock:

[Lacuna]

next time i'm near one of those booths I'll be sure to bring one back for the post....just cant tell ya how soon that'll be....

[RelandR]

""The page cannot be displayed""

...two tries - linkCheck?BandwidthMax?

(used This:: http://membres.lycos.fr/museebranly/trombi.html )

[RelandR]

...wasn't this a *stickie* just a little while ago - stickies need no bumpage

[lostinbeta]

To come up in the "new posts" list they do ;) Philbert loves bumping threads, don't mind him...lol.

[RelandR]

...OkayDoeKay... but what about that dead link ??? three tries and noGo (?!?!?!)

[lostinbeta]

I am guessing its a server down situation. The link worked perfectly fine earlier, and now I find that Ilyas' main site does not work anymore either.

[pom]

Well, if anyone with a reliable server wants to host the page, that would be perfect, because lycos really sucks.

And Kir, the background is not important. All I want is a passport kind of picture, nothing fancy :)

[lostinbeta]

I don't have a digital cam, so I can't get a passport looking picture :(

[pom]

That's the whole point, Lost. It doesn't have to look like a passport picture. It has to BE one :P

[lostinbeta]

Oh, you said "passport kind of picture" which means it has to be kind of like one.

And I can't read anything on that french site :crazy:

Yeah, I don't have a passport either :(

[upuaut]

I'll send one out Pom as soon as I can.

Kit.. all I can say is "yumm". It's my mantra in general.. but you have definitely earned a yumm. I don't think you look 15. Maybe 17 or 18 at the youngest. Thanks for finaly giving us a good image of yourself.

(if "yumm" as a mantra confuses you, read "Still life with woodpecker" by Tom Robbins)

[pom]

You don't have a passport, Lost? Isn't that something everybody gets in the US???

[lostinbeta]

Its something you have to get if you are planning on traveling, but I don't think its a required item (unless your traveling).

[reverendflash]

only 6% of the populous of the US owns a passport...

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[upuaut]

requiring a national id of any sort other than SS is considered in violation of a person's constitutional rights. (though technicaly I think the SS card is a violation as well.)

[pom]

I think 99% of the French have one :-\ Anyway, don't you guys have identity cards? Driver's licences? Library cards?

[lostinbeta]

I don't have my state ID yet, though it would be really good for me to get that soon :blush:

Driver license.. nope, don't know how to drive, don't have a car to practice on.

Library card.... yeah, but that doesn't have an ID photo in it, just a bar code.

[upuaut]

What is a liberty card?

as I said Pom.. a nationaly mandated id card is a viloation of the constitution. With so many of us paranoid about our government, you'll find few will voluntarily submit to a card of any sort.

[lostinbeta]

david: he said library card :P

And aren't state IDs mandatory? Or are they just mandatory for some places, but the state doesn't make them mandatory? I know I haven't gotten in trouble for not having one. My old High School ID works just fine :P (the one we had to scan through a machine to get into school, to go through the metal detector then slide our belongings through an x-ray machine.... heh)

[upuaut]

lol. me bad..

state id's manditory? nope.. not according to the consitution, and that's a federal mandate.

[lostinbeta]

Oh ok, so they are STATE mandataroy, but they are mandatory for certain places and to be able to do certain things, which makes that completely legal.

[upuaut]

I don't believe so. I'd have to look it up, but I believe if any government agency requires you to have an id of any sort, it's against your consitutional rights.

as I said though.. they obviously force us to have Social Security numbers which I believe is a violation.

[pom]

All right, I'll use the picture you posted :)

[lostinbeta]

Im not talking government places. You need an ID to get alcohol, to buy certain things, so sign up for certain places, etc. The governments way of making it required without actually making it required. Tricky eh?

And yeah, Social Security numbers I feel are a violation as well.

[upuaut]

oh.. yeah.. well that's not a "required" card because you don't have to choose to buy alcohol. :) But you're right.. it's a tricky way of getting you to get an id.

One thing to keep in mind when signing up for colleges. A lot of them will try to convince you that you MUST use your SS number as a student number for your Student ID. That is false and it is against the law for them to force you to use that number.

[lostinbeta]

Hmm, I did not know that, but it's not like any of the colleges I applied to accepted me anyway :( But good tip there, I will remember that when I get up some more money and decide to go back to school.

[Kitiara]

coo pic. i like your tattoo Thanks. :) I've always wanted one for some bizarre reason, and there was a place that did them near where I used to work in Hammersmith. Kept putting it off though until I went past one lunchtime and thought "Right, I'm getting it done". Hurt a little, but healed really quickly. Should I get a passport picture of this too? :)

And thanks for the comment David. :) I'm guessing that when I'm 30 and looking 25 I will be grateful for looking younger than I am. If I get a more recent picture Ill post that up sometime... Maybe even change the one on the

On the subject of ID, they've been talking about introducing compulsory ID cards over here, to try and cut down on bebefit fraud, but the human rights activists are up in arms. :-\

[upuaut]

Personaly I don't think that it's a terrible idea. I understand why the American founding fathers chose to address the issue, but I'm not sure that they could have imagined what the world would be like now.
I guess I'm up in the air on the issue. I'd have to hear more arguements from both sides of the fence before I felt like I could express a true opinion on the matter.

On the subject of tatoos.. I've always wanted one on the back of my neck, just below the collar line so that it wont show if I wear a dress shirt... (yeah I know that's supposed to hurt really bad).. so far though I haven't found a design that I want to have on me forever.

[Kitiara]

Yeah. :) I wanted one that wouldn't show all the time too. So I went with it on my stomach. You can only see it if I'm wearing low cut trousers and short tops. So it's not showing at work or anything.

Personally I don't think having a national ID card would be infringing on human rights at all. I think that argument gets used way too often these days. It's not really much different from carrying round any other form of ID, like a passport or a driving licence.

[pom]

I should probably open a new thread for the pictures, don't you think?

[CyanBlue]

Kitiara...

That words are not Japanese Kanji alone... That can be viewed by Chinese or Korean who are from the countries where they use old Chinese characters... Cute one though... and I guess you have found out the just right word for you... I am sure it must have hurt some... ;)

david...

It sure will hurt... I already have quite a bit all over my body... Done by my puppies... No artificial ones yet... :beam:

lostinbeta...

Todays lecture tells you not to drink any alcohol... Alcohol is bad for you... :beam: None of the school(IL, GA) I went to have used SSN for the school ID though... I am sure some does that though... Well... I don't even have it listed in my driver's license... (I got to be asked if I wanted to when I created on ein VA and said NO...)

[upuaut]

I have some from my dog too. There is a lesson there. Never let your dog do your tattoo. :)

(in case anyone is wondering, I'm talking about scars left from my pet's playful antics. I can only hope that's what cyan is talking about as well. :P )

Well Kit.. I guess when it comes to our constitution we Americans would like to find any alternative other than changing it, first. Once those possibilities are used up, then we're pretty much ok with the idea. On principal.. I don't think we should have one.. but I recognise that changes in the world can necessitate a change in our founding documentation. A national id card may be the only answer to many of our problems. It could cause some too though.. always we have to watch the slippery slope..

[CyanBlue]

Oh, yes... Never let your dog do your tattoo... Especially if it were to be applied to your tender skin... Yes... Sometimes my puppies love to scratch abit forcefully... :beam:

[Kitiara]

and I guess you have found out the just right word for you... I am sure it must have hurt some... It did hurt a bit, but not too bad. :) I think I mentioned my reasoning for this particular design earlier in the thread... But it was just the one I wanted. Kind of my name, kind of a description (haha) and all that... :)

[CyanBlue]

Yes, your highness... ;) (Yes... I've read your reply...)

No matter what, I don't think I can have tattoo on my body... I could get a surgery, but not the tattoo... I think I'm too scared??? :beam:

[upuaut]

lol.. me too Cyan.. me too. I'm also aware of a religious belief in Asia that states that one should not peirce or tatoo their body, or in any other way permanently alter it's form. As a budhist I have to do some more looking into that idea. I might screw up my Chi or something.

[CyanBlue]

Hm... Dunno... I know that we have this kind of Confucius style old saying that goes with 'not to harm their body or hair since they are from the parents...' In other words, that goes like 'take a good care of what you got from your parents as if they are the parents...' something like that... (Btw, I am Korean... ;)) But Budhism... I don't know... Maybe I'll ask my mom when I get a chance to call her later on... ;)

[Kitiara]

Personally I draw the line at plastic surgery of any kind unless it was reconstruction after an accident or something.

I reckon you should make the best of what you've been given. I like my pierced ears and my tattoo, I think they enhance my body. I dunno. Anyone who chooses not to alter their body in any way has my full respect. As do people who indulge in piercings etc. If you feel that's what you want to do, then that's good.

But why people feel the need to fill themselves full of silicone in the name of self esteem is beyond me. :sigh:

[CyanBlue]

;)

[Kitiara]

Ah. Yes. How silly of me. :)

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by CyanBlue
lostinbeta...

Todays lecture tells you not to drink any alcohol... Alcohol is bad for you... :beam:

I very rarely ever drink :) (labor day weekend wooo hooo!! :beam: )

[CyanBlue]

But then, drinking sometimes helps you sleep better... ;)

[lostinbeta]

Who needs sleep. Sleep is way over-rated.

[CyanBlue]

If you say so... ;)

[Kajinku]

Nice pic! :)


Originally posted by lostinbeta
And well if it helps, my sister is 21 and only 5'1" ;)

Hm, I never know how to read those ' and " thingies.
Anyway, I'm 21 and I'm 1,95 meters. According to
this site (http://www.bigairparagliding.com/metricconverter.htm) that's 76,77150 inches... And no, I don't play basketball. ;)

[lostinbeta]

' means "feet" and " means "inches"

so 5'1" says 5 feet 1 inch.

Accorind to that site my sister is 1.52400 Meters.

[Guig0]

inches, feets, yards... sucks! :x

metric sistem rules! =)









plz, don´t slap me :trout: :P

[lostinbeta]

Perhaps I would agree, if I grew up on that system, I hear its better, but we don't use it often here. At least not for everyday use.