OK. So I have a couple spare minutes to post and I can't find the camera cord to get my photos. Is there an emoticon for gritting your teeth and making that awesome gutteral growl Marge Simpson makes?
( * ww * ) < Gggrrrr >
How's that? See? The "ww" are my bared teeth.
Ooooo or even this one ...
<@> wwww <@>
... except it's maybe a little too evil-looking. Almost barracuda-y. Maybe even hypnotizing.
Sidenote: I'm trying to use more of these
Asian style emoticons. How's this for fascinating:
Two separate studies, in 2007 at Hokkaido University and in 2009 at Glasgow University, showed that Japanese and other East Asians read facial expressions by looking mainly at the eyes, and the researchers noted that this is reflected in East Asian emoticons which put emphasis on the eyes, compared to Western emoticons which emote mainly with the mouth.
I find that so interesting! I think the eyes say more than the mouth. Well, when the mouth isn't screaming obscenities.
When I get the photos off the camera, I'll tell you all about the awesome time I had at Craft Bar at the
Museum of Craft and Folk Art last Thursday. If you live in the area you should totally come to the next one on
April 1st. The details aren't up on their site yet, but I'm guessing it'll be 6-8 PM again. And for $5 you get drinks, snacks, craft supplies, and crafty instruction.
Here's a teaser: my fun times involved two pointy sticks ... yes, the sound you just heard was the earth cracking in two. :)