{"id":1202,"date":"2006-07-26T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-27T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/07\/26\/will-the-real-lizardek-please-stand-up\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:47:46","slug":"will-the-real-lizardek-please-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/07\/26\/will-the-real-lizardek-please-stand-up\/","title":{"rendered":"WILL THE REAL LIZARDEK PLEASE STAND UP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apropos of contemplations about my self-image and my mirror image and the evil twin that only appears in photographs, I wonder how many other people out there are addicted to avatar-makers? Am I the only one? I think they&#8217;re great fun, and an absorbing time-suck. Only I realize that all the little lizardek&#8217;s I have created, with the exception of only a few, adhere to a standard ideal of beauty that includes high cheekbones, heart-shaped faces, round and doll-like eyes, and skinnyness. They&#8217;re little mini-me&#8217;s without the freckles and barky hair and untidy eyebrows. It&#8217;s like being a virtual Barbie Make-Up Head!&#8230;without the impossible measurements and the permanently high-heeled feet. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<table bgcolor=#ffffff>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_simple2.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/curlyhaired.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/littleliz.gif\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lizardek_avatar_sm.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_paperdoll_sm.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_2.gif\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circle_avatar.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_sultry.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_cartoon.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_avatar1_sm.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_avatar2.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/yetanotheravatar.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/avatar.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_simple.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_meez1.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_imvu.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_pink.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_wavy.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_blockhead.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/liz_zwinky.jpg\" width=100 height=100 alt=\"liz?\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Frosting-Filled, Candle-Glowed, Ribbon-Wrapped Birthday Wishes to the inestimable <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.salon.com\/0002813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Sigars<\/a> and to <a href=\"http:\/\/alcesalces.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">alcesalces<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apropos of contemplations about my self-image and my mirror image and the evil twin that only appears in photographs, I wonder how many other people out there are addicted to avatar-makers? Am I the only one? I think they&#8217;re great fun, and an absorbing time-suck. Only I realize that all the little lizardek&#8217;s I have created, with the exception of only a few, adhere to a standard ideal of beauty that includes high cheekbones, heart-shaped faces, round and doll-like eyes, and skinnyness. They&#8217;re little mini-me&#8217;s without the freckles and barky hair and untidy eyebrows. It&#8217;s like being a virtual Barbie&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-beinglizardek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5229,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}