Man of Many Faces
I’ve been told before that I am a man of many faces. Generally when I look at pictures from past parties, it is true, I do have a plethora of ridiculous looking pictures.
So where do all these faces come from you might ask? Well, some are obviously just from natural emotions such as how girls make me smile, leprechauns stealing my pot of gold make me angry, and Sam breaking my sister’s nice glass coffee table because the Leafs lost their 4-1 advantage in the hockey game last night makes me disappointed. However, others, well…years and years of practice my friends.
Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve been making “funny faces”. To verify this claim all you have to do is load up the ol’ camcorder videos my parents took while I was growing up, and you’ll see from an early age that before my mom was allowed to stop recording me I’d get all excited and ask in my little kid voice “Umm mu…uhh…muu muummy? Can I, umm can I make a…a…funny face??? Pleeaase??” To which my mother would always chuckle softly and in her endearing voice reply, “Of course dear!”
It was at this point I would begin contorting my face every which way possible while using my fingers to pull on the side of my cheeks or push my nose up like a pig’s. Each face becoming more ridiculous than the last.
Now, I’m 22 years old, but still that little 6 year old boy in me comes out from time to time. Ok, I’ll be 
honest, pretty much whenever I’m on camera or have access to a camera phone / webcam (as many of you can probably attest to the pictures I’ve taken of myself on your cell phones =). I suppose I could try to suppress this child in me, but where’s the fun in that? Then I’d just become same old “Smiling Mike” in all the photos rather than “I’m going to eat your brain’s Mike” as seen in the photo here to the right. It may be quirky/nerdy/weird, but I feel it definitely adds some variety to the standard stock photos of our events!
So I just got a webcam off my sister for a few weeks so I could document some stuff for my thesis (I swear that’s the real reason!) and then I started playing around with it. Then a genius (or childish) idea came to me! Why not see how many different faces I actually have? So while I was working on some other projects I would write down ideas for a face whenever one popped into my head. Needless to say, the list grew pretty quickly. I then started snapping pictures of my impressions of these ideas and low and behold I compiled it into a blog entry (my newest fad!).
Below are some of the results of my little project. Try to guess what I’m trying to show with my face and then once you’ve guessed, place your mouse over the image and the actual description will pop up! It’s like some sort of strange game =)
If you have any ideas of faces you’d like to see, feel free to leave a comment and I might just do it for you!
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Is this what you wanted my webcam for?!?!?!?
Interesting faces, I think you can add a whole lot more to the list. Here’s a few start-up ideas:
• Mike caught in the headlights
• Mike reeling in the big one
• Mike discovering a new specimen
• Mike discovering that the specimen had already been discovered before
• Mike baffled by the signs in a foreign language, while looking for the WC
• Mike understanding the displacement theory: EUREKA!! (no nudity!!)
The real story mike is trying to portray here is a documented frame by frame of his last orgasmic experience.
Good for you Mike, now go out there and be somebody!
I want a better Sad Face Mike. and that face I see, you know.
You made me thisclose to peeing in my pants.
Epic man, just epic. You’re my hero, Mike *sniff*
Personally, I really like ‘whiteboy gangsta’ Mike…
lol, well I’m glad I could make you all laugh =)
Sophia: I clearly state in the post that I needed it for thesis, this is merely a side project! Yeah…lets stick with that story…
Christina: Oh alright I’ll redo the sad face proper next time! See if i can’t get all you people sad just by looking at it.
Tanya: Damnit! I’ll have to try harder next time to get you to soil your pants!
The Magnificent H: Yeah that one was easy for me, seeing how I am SO gangsta in real life!
Minidisco: No clue who you are but there will probably be a follow-up blog at some point in the near future! One day you’ll be surfing and then WHAM I’ll hit you up with a “Caught in the headlights Mike” that will turn you into “Caught in the headlights Minidisco”!!
i especially liked your blue steel LOL!!
you are missing a “cute-azn-fob-wannabe” face
with something like ” (^_*) V ”
(the V is the peace sign, btw)
Nice last pic you have up there bud! See you this weekend for the killing and savagery
Minidisco: No clue who you are but there will probably be a follow-up blog at some point in the near future! One day you’ll be surfing and then WHAM I’ll hit you up with a “Caught in the headlights Mike†that will turn you into “Caught in the headlights Minidiscoâ€!!
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No worries, dude: here’s a head start on that (from 12yrs ago):
http://homepage.mac.com/niko1/.Pictures/Personal/19.jpg
I second Nancy’s “cut-azn-fob-wannage” face. I would also like to see:
- “constipated Mike”
- “feeling smarmy in women’s underwear Mike”
- “just stole a cookie from the cookie jar Mike”
and finally
-” ‘there’s a gerbil in my underpants’ Mike”
(no nudity, you must *emote* these expressions!)
LoL…damnit so many expectations now, i’m setting myself up for failure…but i’ll see what I can do!
- Mike