SHMUPS Picture Week X - Change your avatar and show yourself

[Herr Schatten]

Usually, I wait until STGT is over, before I announce the annual picture week, but this year I thought: "What the hell, let's do this already."

Long-term members already know this fine tradition, but for members who haven't been around during previous Picture Weeks, here's the deal: Change your avatar to a picture of yourself and leave it that way until the end of picture week (or as long as you desire). Alternatively (or additionally), post a picture of yourself in this thread.

Since this is the anniversary picture week, let's make it a double week, shall we?

Here are the previous eight picture week threads for reference (the first one got lost in the forum crash, unfortunately):
SHMUPS Picture Week 9
SHMUPS Picture Week 8
SHMUPS Picture Week 7
SHMUPS Picture Week 6
SHMUPS Picture Week 5
SHMUPS Picture Week 4
SHMUPS Picture Week 3
SHMUPS Picture Week 2

I've kept my old picture week avatars around on my hard drive, even though I've replaced my computer twice.
So, as a special treat for Anniversary Picture Week X, I present you A Decade Of Decay.

R=Avatar & Year R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar1.jpg[/img] & 2004 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar2.gif[/img] & 2005 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar3.jpg[/img] & 2006 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar4.jpg[/img] & 2007 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar5.jpg[/img] & 2008 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar6.jpg[/img] & 2009 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar7.jpg[/img] & 2010 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar8.jpg[/img] & 2011 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatar9.jpg[/img] & 2012 R=[img]http://www.ueberschaetztwiegoethe.de/goethe/pictureavatara.jpg[/img] & 2013

Come on, join in on the fun!

[jasoncslaughter]

My avatar is already me, but here are a few full sized ones.

My wife and I after a night of performances:



An old one from a time when I had a lot more fun:

[chempop]

Here's one from earlier today with my new hat. I made it out of cardboard, paper, and tape.



...and in some work clothes...

[rancor]

In Nikko, Japan. Just another monkey.

[emphatic]

[Skykid]

Sponsored by margheritas

[Ruldra]

Took part of a running competition in my city earlier this month. Ran 5km in 27 minutes, not bad for a first-timer I guess.

What I'm holding is merely a "participation medal" so don't go thinking I reached the podium or something.

[trap15]

[KAI]

Me and my brother.
I'm not photogenic at all.

[Drachenherz]

[Weak Boson]

I was wondering if this would thread would show up again. Here I am:

[nasty_wolverine]

2 Year old pic, high on lots of vodka... can find anything decent... I hate getting pictures taken...

[Zerst]

its me here i am

[moh]

I dont have trap15's stunning good looks, but here's a grainy picture of me with my woman ,_,

[Obiwanshinobi]

[Jockel]

With Mrs. Jockel.
Fuck, I'm getting old. Bloody hair missing left and right

[nasty_wolverine]

Look at all the Asian/mongoloid missus's, (mine not shown).....

[Randorama]

Look at all the Asian/mongoloid missus's, (mine not shown).....

Ahem, "mongoloid" became a somewhat derogatory terms for people with Down syndrome, although originally it referred to certain ethnic groups. I take it you went for the original meaning, of course.

Aside this:

No algebra this year, suckers, so you get some actual book about stuff that is perhaps ten times more obscure:


I'd post the pics of my waifu, but she says that she is too shy. Just contact us on xmouse, youtorn or boredswingingpairs.porn for our pictures and videos

For those who are into extremely kinky practices, I might post a pic from a while ago that involves...frogs and hands placed inside peculiar "locations".

Who would like to see it? *wait for the crowd to go berserk*

/pervert

[nasty_wolverine]

informative stuff + crappy picture + wtf

Didnt know, didnt mean to offend people, you got what i meant....

[shmuppyLove]

From my Bachelor's last year

[CIT]

Apparently this just turned into the show your woman thread.

So here's Mrs. CIT and I:

[Randorama]

crappy picture

...picture of me holding a Kermit glove puppet that I used for language acquisition experiments, 2010 or so:



For those who wonder: children and, surprisingly, adults tend to offer non-spontaneous answers in experiments eliciting linguistic data, when the test questions are administered by adult researchers (the "authority bias"). So, we always use glove puppets or other toys to administer the questions: both children and adults have no qualms to answer spontaneously, when the question is "posed" by a glove puppet (or Rainbow dash, or Buttercup, etc.). I get paid and also get funding to do this, too, much to the head of the department, since my experimental materials cost 1/10th of everyone else's.

[Cuilan]

Trying on one of the lovely outfits I bought in Japan shortly after I came back.



Putting said outfit to good use at Anime Expo about 2 months ago.

[Skykid]

Awesome to see Rando finally! The thread is really good this year.

[ACSeraph]

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

At a wedding last year, church was 10 seconds from where Jonny5 lives.



Wearing the same suit as when I posted six years ago.

[chempop]

My body is ready for Plasmo

[Adderall]

obligatory but futile call for PC Engine Fan X!

[Jonst]

Deca?

[KennyMan666]

Not changing the avatar, but:



Me at a recent con after reclaiming my title as Swedish master of PoFW.