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03 May 2009, 12:12 pm

my avatar is a meez it sort of looks like me the hair color and stuff and the hair texture and the eye color (sort of my eyes change colors)



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03 May 2009, 3:54 pm

I don't like it when people change their avatars often either, because it confuses my idea of what they look like. I mean, you're either a robot or an abstract painting, you can't be both LOL

Spokane_Girl, I'm not an American and I don't know who Ben&Joon are but, erm...isn't the girl on the left of your avatar dressed as a cowgirl?


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03 May 2009, 4:09 pm

I just researched Benny and Joon on the web and see that the one on the left is Sam, her boyfriend, just dressed funny. So that leaves us with the question...what does Spokane_Girl actually look like? It was easier before!


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03 May 2009, 4:48 pm

Greentea wrote:
I don't like it when people change their avatars often either, because it confuses my idea of what they look like. I mean, you're either a robot or an abstract painting, you can't be both LOL

Spokane_Girl, I'm not an American and I don't know who Ben&Joon are but, erm...isn't the girl on the left of your avatar dressed as a cowgirl?



No, it's her dress. She always wears dresses in the movie and hardly any pants. We only see her wear two pairs in the movie. She wears six different dresses in the movie. I think she prefers dresses while her brother prefers jeans and a t shirt. He wears long sleeve too.



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03 May 2009, 4:51 pm

It sometimes happens to me. I doubt people would think I'm SpongeBob because of my avatar though.


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03 May 2009, 8:00 pm

Greentea wrote:
I don't like it when people change their avatars often either, because it confuses my idea of what they look like. I mean, you're either a robot or an abstract painting, you can't be both LOL

Spokane_Girl, I'm not an American and I don't know who Ben&Joon are but, erm...isn't the girl on the left of your avatar dressed as a cowgirl?


Mind if I jump in?

There's a movie called Benny & Joon, (1993)
where one of the two central characters (Joon) is
mentally ill (relatively high-functioning schizophrenia);
she happens to fall hard for Benny, a man who
dresses like Buster Keaton.

As for my own avatar, it's a closer close-up of
my face than is advisable (perhaps), but
I had to adjust the image to fit the file and image
size limits.



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03 May 2009, 8:50 pm

Douglas_MacNeill wrote:
Greentea wrote:
I don't like it when people change their avatars often either, because it confuses my idea of what they look like. I mean, you're either a robot or an abstract painting, you can't be both LOL

Spokane_Girl, I'm not an American and I don't know who Ben&Joon are but, erm...isn't the girl on the left of your avatar dressed as a cowgirl?


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There's a movie called Benny & Joon, (1993)
where one of the two central characters (Joon) is
mentally ill (relatively high-functioning schizophrenia);
she happens to fall hard for Benny, a man who
dresses like Buster Keaton.

As for my own avatar, it's a closer close-up of
my face than is advisable (perhaps), but
I had to adjust the image to fit the file and image
size limits.



You mean Sam. Benny is her brother. I've always thought the movie should have been called Sam & Joon because it's about them falling in love.



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03 May 2009, 9:19 pm

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...gives huge smirk, finishes Kraft mac and cheese and picks up guitar....


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But seriously...I have a username that clearly indicates I'm female, so I hope the gender thing isn't as confusing as with some people. I don't think it's relevant unless the discussion relates to gender stuff, in which case I'll look up the poster's gender before I respond to them.

I find people's choices generally quite intriguing. I don't tend to 'see' people as their avatar unless I know it actually is a picture of them. (Working that out is sometimes a little difficult if they're someone's favorite actor. I'm OK with music but absolutely crap on movies.)

Kurt is there because, well, he's Kurt. I do identify with him quite a lot.


My picture was also Kurt. Although I am not Kurt... I swear it.
NO CONSPIRACY HERE PEOPLE.

I think I changed it back to Deadpool though. If not don't bother correcting me. I have not logged on here in a while.

Anyways, yes I do incorporate people with their avatars, but only to a certain extent. I mean if you said "What does _____ look like?" I'd say "I dunno" but if I was thinking of the person I'd automatically see the person in their avatars as them.



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03 May 2009, 11:19 pm

I dont mind people thinking I am a bunch of rabbits, I guess.



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03 May 2009, 11:33 pm

I too don't understand why the movie is called Benny and Joon.


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03 May 2009, 11:53 pm

Lol, I forgot Sam is the name of the guy in the pic with Joon. I wrote Benny. Benny is Joon's brother who wins Sam at a Poker game. Benny and Joon share a house before Sam moves in. At first Benny isn't too sure about it.
Sam is this Buster Keaton (silent) type dude whom Joon falls in love with. The guy on the left in the hat featured in the avatar picture is Sam, sitting next to Joon, on the right.
It's called Benny and Joon instead of Sam and Joon because it's about life with Benny and his sis Joon and the impact of these other characters on their lives. (their parents died in a car wreck when Joon was a kid and they've been together ever since)
Benny does find a chick in the movie and falls in love with her.
I've seen the movie, just forgot that small detail about the name.



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04 May 2009, 12:07 am

According to Wikipedia, it's Joon that won Sam at a poker game with Benny's friends, but I haven't seen the movie, only the YouTube bits.


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04 May 2009, 12:13 am

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04 May 2009, 12:13 am

Greentea wrote:
I too don't understand why the movie is called Benny and Joon.



Because in the movie, a guy is taking care of his sick sister because their parents are dead.



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04 May 2009, 12:21 am

It was one of them, It must have been Joon. Benny was at the game at any rate. I know for sure he didn't want Sam staying with them. That part I remember! It's been a while since I saw it and I can't remember for sure.



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04 May 2009, 12:34 am

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
It was one of them, It must have been Joon. Benny was at the game at any rate. I know for sure he didn't want Sam staying with them. That part I remember! It's been a while since I saw it and I can't remember for sure.



I think Benny didn't want Sam because he was different and he was already taking care of his sick sister and the last thing he needed was another misfit. Mike, Benny's poker buddy, didn't want his cousin because he keeps him up all night watching old movies and his work was starting to suffer even though he installs cable TV and Sam spends his time polishing his plastic forks. Did Sam have AS? Maybe. His obsession with old movies and Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin and had a favorite movie that was newer and knew lines from it and the fact he is literal.

"You're out of your tree."
"It's not my tree."