Odd mental experiences

[unixronin]

So zeekar's entry to Livejournal brought up one of those odd little mental conversations you have with yourself sometimes, when you see a photo for the first time of someone you've known for years but never met face-to-face.

"Funny," you say to yourself, "I never pictured him looking like that."

"OK," you reply to yourself, "so what DID you picture him looking like?"

At which point you sort of stare blankly at yourself and make incoherent ".....Uuuhhh...buh......" noises as your brain throws a general logic exception....

Comments

[databeast.livejournal.com]

the worst ones are when you hear someone over the phone for the first time, after hearing their 'voice' through typed comms only, or seeing them in the flesh after only talked to them on the phone

[tabbifli.livejournal.com]

On the other end, I find it rather disconcerting to receive comments of "Oh, you look JUST like I expected you to!"

[zeekar.livejournal.com]

Ya know, you're not exactly what I pictured either. :)

[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

And I bet I don't look the same, either :-)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

On the contrary. You look EXACTLY like yourself. :) (Modulo variations in amount of hair.... and the coat is spiffy.)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Actually, this photo is about seven or eight years out of date at this point. I need to get Cymru to take an updated one the next time I have riding gear on. (We have more recent photos, but few of them are good.)

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

DearHeart, you still look that way. :-) Just the hair is shorter and has silver in it.

[databeast.livejournal.com]

hehe, so THAT explains it!

I was always thinking to myself "damn! hope I look that good when I'm his age"

[ehintz.livejournal.com]

Heh. I so know what you mean. I'm pondering putting a photo of myself into LJ though, so if I do at least I'll spare others this situation...

No, no, no....

[arasirsul.livejournal.com]

Marcos is the one with the beard...

-JDF

Re: No, no, no....

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that. That's what he said, too. :)

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I usually have a pretty clear picture of what I expect people to look like if I interact with them online or by phone etc before meeting them in person. It's usually wrong, but sometimes it's pretty close.

But then there was the time I dreamed of meeting the university's web designer, and the next day he walked into my office to introduce himself... and it was _the same guy_ -- face, hair style and colour, clothes, earrings, _everything_. Spooky, possums!

(BTW, the pic I put on this is out of date -- my hair is shorter than this and black these days, although that's going to change again, so stay tuned.)