Exit Stage Left

My friend, Dave, decided to hold a contest (promoted via his website) to see which of his readers could build an avatar that most accurately depicts him. I was rather bored the other night and having never before tried to build an avatar, I decided to give it a whirl. My stab at this task is posted on Dave's site (just follow the link), though I'm still not sure if I'm the lucky winner of the Starbucks card (who won, Dave?!).

I sort of got into this avatar thing so I decided to try to create one for myself. They don't have any options that accurately depict my hair, this seems to be the closest. I'm also a bit disappointed in the selection of apparel for the "plus sized" avatar. I don't really consider myself to be "plus sized," but these normal avatars are super-skinny! I'm an unabashedly chubby girl, which I think is fairly represented in this pic.

Anyhow, creating your own avatar is easy and a fun way to waste time. Just hit up http://avatars.yahoo.com and create a Yahoo! username, log in and you're off to the races. Be sure to share once you've recreated yourself as an animated being.