What does your avatar represent?

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It's a Jerusalem cross. I thought it was simple and clean.

MY HAIR

Mine's Lisa Simpson "Scream"ing - I love the Simpsons (Lisa in particular), and I feel like screaming often, so there you go (I'm not going to claim any interest in the Munch or whatever he's called bit as art bores me thoroughly)..... It used to be Lisa in a Star Trem uniform (another of my favourite things) with a very odd and confusing facial expression that just seemed so apt for an AS forum...... Oh, how I miss that avatar

Finally discovered what Brother Juniper (in my picture) is holding behing his back: a PILLOW!! There's a text on the foot of the figurine which says: "be prepared". Good old smart little Juniper has found a way to prevent his ass getting hurt...

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I have changed my avater and replaced it with this new one which isnt quite as morbid as it seems.

It is Death, but it's the Death of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.
Discworld is a fantasy world, but is people not with heroes and evil madmen, but by real people who gripe about the weather.
in homage of Shakespare and Macbeth:

I love these books which are the funniest books on the planet and have a lot of characters who have Aspie traits.

There is "Leonard of Qurim", obviously based on Da Vinci. Loenard has the kind of mind that attracts the raw particles of inspiration which fly through the universe. He is an inventer, writer, artist and all round genius.
Its said that the invention of the internal combustion engine has been held up on the Discworld for many years as he can't work out how to make the dice fluffy.
Leonard has been obstensibly held prisoner for many years by the Patrician, the ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Although:

After an enforced trip to the outiside world Leonard upon reaching his attic thinks:
and promptly locks himself in.


The Unseen University, a magical university, has more than its fair share of "aspie-like" members.
There is Ponder Stibbons and the students of the "High Energy Magic" department (HEM) who often spend all night working of the Disc's first "thinking machine" called HEX. A wonderful device that seems to need the small mouse that has built its nest in the working in order to work, and does occasionally need to be "rebooted" (which involves prodding it gently with the foot "in a technical way").
The Librarian of the University (one of almost everyones favourites), displays an almost fanatical devotion to his books, although its sometimes hard to tell as all he says is "ook". But what else would an orangutang say?.(It is a magical library, with magical books and, well, accidents happen.)
The Bursar of the University can manipulate numbers in his head, beyond imagination, unfortunatly, thanks to some "robust" treatment by the current Archchancellor, (A big and boistrous man who feels everyone should get out more for plenty of fresh air), the Bursar now only occasionaly visits reality and has to keep taking the dried frog pills, (cutting edge medicine for discworld).

But Death is my favourite. He as a major character in many of the books, and always "TALKS LIKE THIS." Merely a professional doing his Duty of making sure that life ends at an appointed time, it is clear that, in some undefinable way he is on our side.
Being a traditionalist he, of course, appears a a seven ft tall skeleton with flowing black cloak and scythe, though most people he meets simply refuse to believe their eyes so don't recognise him.
He attempts to imitate humanity but always seems to get it wrong.
During a breif break from his work, he finds himself at a party, (though of course no one realises exactly who he is), and gets involved in a conga line and a conversation with another guest.


At over 30 books and counting, discworld should be able to keep anyone entertatind for a few hours at least.

Try them, you'll laugh.
(ok some of the earlier ones are a bit sparse, but something like "Feet of Clay", has more plot than Dickens.)

I just got my avatar changed, i was tired of that old Triforce mark. One of my new obsessions is with a TV/game series called F-Zero GP Legend. The story takes place in the future, where new transportation methods have put Earth in contact with other life forms on other planets, as well as new technology. Apparently, sometime between now and this time, somebody invented an ion propulsion engime and created the F-Zero circuit, which literally left NASCAR in it's dust. There are many different tracks and machines, but the idea is simple: The winner is the one that can survive racing at super-high speed on a antigrav-elevated track in a ion-discharge-propelled machine and cross the finish line after a norm of ten laps. The story in GP Legend follows the endeavors of the Elite Mobile Task Force, a group of cops who all race on the F-Zero circuit. Thier sworn enemy is a group known as Dark Million, who use the money their agents win from the F-Zero circuit to fund their evil deeds. But enough about the story. My avatar is a picture of three of the characters: Jodi, the second-in-command of EMTF; Gorro, a criminal samurai that keeps popping up in the storyline; and another person i cannot recognize. In the background is a shot of one of the machines in action. I think that particular machine belongs to Captain Falcon, a bounty hunter and elite racer. If you want to see the show, it comes on on Saturdays between 0900 and 1100 hours on Fox, along with a series of cartoons known as 4kidsTV. Anyways, i have to go. see ya!

Mine is the logo of the no-longer existent Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.

I wanted to have it be the Colorado Midland logo, but I couldn't find one that would work as an avatar.

A happy, seal-like ball of rice with a piece of shrimp (ebi-nigiri, for those into sushi) screaming "Eat Me!"

Seriously.

Now for real... I spotted this character on a Japanese site whose address I forgot, quite some time ago. At the time, it seemed odd to me that there could be a cartoon about thinking, acting pieces of food (then again, there's "Babe" and that seemingly didn't affect pork rind or bacon sales in America)

Later on, I heard about Anpanman - a kid's Japanese cartoon about a superhero made of bread, and therefore edible (yes, they eat parts of his head in the show) and the connection was immediately evident. Of course, it's a Japanese thing.

And no, I'm not an anime freak. That stuff is either hit or miss with me. I like some of it, but I'm not a freaking "otaku" in any way.

That chick is kinda hot

My avatar represents my faith

My avatar represent my current interests, plus the fact that I live in Illinois.

My avatar represents my eternal inner child.

Elroy's mouth is open because he's a "little professor".
His eyes are open because he wants to see and learn everything. His brows are raised because things are seldom as they seem.
His demeanor is relaxed because he's a gentle, fun-loving character.
He's smiling because he's found a home.
And (last but not least) he's a techno-geek with a WiFi hat!

My avatar is real simple.

It is me driving my school bus. My para took the picture.

Since driving is an interest of mine, it fits perfectly.

My avatar is Ryoga Hibiki, one of the characters from the anime series Ranma 1/2.

Why? Well, suffice it to say, he's extremely directionally impaired. Tries to find the lot directly behind his house and ends up circumnavigating the earth before he finds it.

My own sense of direction-- or lack thereof... well, it isn't quite that bad, but let's just say it's eerily close.

my avatar represents my team pride. CATAMOUNTS ROCK!! !! !

My avatar is a butterfly. I have a thing about butterflies, b/c I started dreaming about them when I became pregnant with my daughter and butterflies are what I picture when I think of her or hear her name. I often don't see her little face in my mind, but a beautiful blue butterfly.

Her name is Zoë Belle.

Tallgirl.