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June 7, 2008
Flickr Photo Meme
I'm a bit ill still and somewhat tired. The boys and I have had a big day which featured me spending a lot of money… and right now I wish I were sleeping. So I've decided to steal the meme that everybody else is stealing from each other. In all fairness, it was more work than I thought it would be.
The concept:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers.
The questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food? right now?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your flickr name?
1. IL-Johnston City-Delmer's neon, 2. simple salad : home, 3. Franklin Park Conservatory, 4. When I'm sleeping, I slow down my breathing...Living in dreams, dreams that come true...thinking of the color blue... ZZZzzzzzz..., 5. Courtney Thorne-Smith, 6. Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper Cooling off in a Glass of Diet Pepsi, 7. Belgium Bicycle, 8. chocolate chip cookie dough, 9. one with the sea, 10. Boys at Mel's, 11. Bigger than the Beatles, 12. My Father's Truck
My explanations for the above:
1. My name is Delmer
2. I'm eating a lot of salads; I like them. I typically have grilled chicken in them
3. I went to Franklin High School. Coincidentally, Franklin Park Conservatory isn't too far from where I live.
4. I like the color blue.
5. Courtney Thorne-Smith.
6. I had a picture here of an old Pepsi and Coke machine sitting side-by-side. They didn't come out in the mosaic so I chose another picture.
7. Bicycling across Europe would be fun. Or Australia. Canada. Just about any place Americans aren't currently actively hated.
8. Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Vanilla is very good too.
9. I typed in "happy." A cute brunette with wet and salty feet isn't necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when I think "happiness," but I'm willing to give it a shot.
10. I typed in "Haydn Jack Sam." Can you believe it?! One of my own photos came up!
11. I typed in "tall."
12. My Flickr name turned up zero hits. I split it into two words and like this photo.
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Posted by delmer at June 7, 2008 8:49 PM
Comments
Thanks for the lead, good idea for a post. I wouldn't like tackling it if I was tired though. It's fairly involved.
Posted by: Michael at June 8, 2008 8:01 AM
i just did this the other day and really enjoyed all the work. probably because i love awesome photos.
your mosaic turned out really cool.
how about you and hilly picked the same photo for blue...gorgeous pic.
the photo of darth vader and the storm trooper cracked me the hell up. thanks!
Posted by: hello haha narf at June 8, 2008 8:27 AM
Michael: My original thought was, "how hard can this be?" And while it wasn't hard, having a big, throbbing, snotty head added a challenge I didn't expect (as did being tired.)
HelloHaHaNarf: Darth Vader and the Stromtrooper were my first choices -- but the vintage Coke and Pepsi Machines (that didn't come out) spoke to me.
Posted by: delmer at June 8, 2008 10:49 AM
That looks neat! I'm going to do a meme one of these days...
Posted by: Jill/Twipply Skwood at June 9, 2008 11:17 AM
Jill: This, despite my illness-induced complaint about time, is one of my favorite memes. Now that my head is clearer (that is, free from snot) I'm more inclined to say it wasn't all that time consuming.
Posted by: delmer at June 9, 2008 10:08 PM