Many of you were wondering why I kept pestering each of you for photos of yourself as a child. As part of our theme of an old abandoned carnival, the concept was designed around the idea that the reason the carnival shut down was that all of the kids disappeared. And here’s what we did with those photos (you can also see the Flickr set here):
Avitaween 2009: What I did with your vacation photos
Frozen
Togas, karaoke, gold toes, and Lexington, Kentucky
Twitter: Amanda234
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Wow Amy was pretty even as a kid
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I was waiting for this post to see if I would spy a missing missing child.
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Um, is there some reason I am like the ONLY person last seen in “the room of oddities?!
Are you trying to say I am odd?!
Thanks.
Oh and damn we were some cute kids!!!
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Why am I suddenly unsubscribed to comments?!
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Those were great! I loved seeing everyone’s baby pics! Cute kiddos! It’s a shame they are all gone now!
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When I saw Buddha on the Road was last seen at the lions’ cage, I was reminded of the buddhist fable of the buddha sacrificing himself to feed a starving tigress so she wouldn’t eat her own cubs. While not an exact match, close.
http://www.borobudur.tv/jataka_01.htm
Story of the Tigress
The moral must be something along the lines of: When others are desperate, we must act now even to the extent of sacrificing ourselves. I find this relevant to the times.
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Twitter: karlerikson
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The posters were just phenomenal. Thanks for posting them. I was going to ask for one of mine.
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Okay. I lol’d, a lot. Awesome frigging post.
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Twitter: hellohahanarf
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ahhhhhhhhhhh, the innocence.
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Twitter: hellohahanarf
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p.s. thanks for posting these. i love that i was last seen at the wheel o fun. was a really cute idea. i’m so impressed at your decorations and attention to theme detail. thanks again for a great party!
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Everyone is so cute! This was a great idea (as usual) and so much fun. Thanks again, Adam.
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I am still in awe at the creativity that you put into your Halloween party. The posters are awesome.
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Twitter: _scifidad_
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That was a pretty cool idea, Adam. I have to admit.
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Twitter: bubblewench
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You are a sick twisted dude, and I love every single second of it! This is awesome. Great post.
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Twitter: Faiqa
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Wow. You did a great job, blah, blah, etc. But, wow. Jared was hot. I’m just sayin’, Britt. He was HOT.
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Twitter: Faiqa
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And is. Still IS hot.
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Those are awesome Adam!
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Twitter: msmegan
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:clap: :heartbeat:
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Twitter: missbritt
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People who were cute as children? Should have to be fucking ugly as adults. I’m just sayin’, that should be a rule or something.
Bastards.
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Looks like the magician and monkeys were seeing a lot of action.
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Twitter: nycwatchdog
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That was one of the cooler little details about the party.
BTW, since my last gig as a magician didn’t work out… I think I’ll go into training monkeys to do my bidding.
You know… for bananas…
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That was an AWESOME idea! Thanks for posting these.
Hope to be there next year.
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Twitter: alotofnothing
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How fitting that I’m missing considering I didn’t even make it to the party. GAH. Next year, bitches…
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These are super clever. Thank you for sharing them with those of us who didn’t come.
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Twitter: http://whall.org/blog
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That’s a great idea. I’m now sorry I never sent you one. To be completely frank, I didn’t have much trust.
I’d be interested to know how many you received – was this all of them?
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Those are awesome! I love looking at kid pics. :thumbsup:
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Twitter: Blogography
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Gee, Whall… it’s not like Avitable would Photoshop you onto gay porn or anything!
Oh.
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Hahaha, wait…I am giggling at Whall being scared of what you’d do.
Besides this being a great idea, it was fun to see what everyone looked like as a baby or kid. Not many people were hard to guess!
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What an adorable group of kids!! So sad that they’ve all gone missing…. *sigh* Maybe they’ll be found at next year’s Halloween party!!
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These were probably my favorite part of your decorations.
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What a completely Creative Idea Adam!
Brilliantly done! And everyone looks soo darn adorable.
You Boys & Girls look wonderful!!!
~ZZ
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Twitter: themuskrat
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This is completely awesome. Funny and cute, like a singing puppy or something.
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Totally forgot I sent you a picture, and almost fell out of my chair when I saw my missing poster. I can’t believe how professional these look!! (And from the flicker pictures I can tell the whole set up was amazing)
Thanks for the amusement, the distraction really did me some good
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Twitter: poppycede
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You rock.
(What? I’m tired, dude.)
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Wow… that’s so creative! Great idea.
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Twitter: GingerSnaps
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These are so fun!
Great job.
You all were such cute kids.
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Amanda, I thought she was pretty dorky looking. Not that I have any room to talk.
Carolina, apparently, he didn’t even care, though!
Sybil, no, but maybe someone preserved you in a jar.
Kay, and now they’re just a bunch of old ugly people.
Val, wow – that’s deep for a post like this!
Karl, this size should be printable on 8.5X11, too.
Jesus, people seemed to enjoy it at the party.
Hellohahanarf, you were so cute!
Geeky, I guess yours wasn’t exactly a kid photo, though.
Lisa, thanks!
SciFi Dad, did you doubt me? Bastard.
Bubblewench, I do aim to please.
Faiqa, I wasn’t hot as a kid?
Lucy, thanks! You’ll have to definitely come next year.
Finn, aren’t you glad you sent a photo? I bet you thought I was going to do something bad, too.
Britt, you were cute, in your own retarded way.
Grant, yeah, we got a little uncreative towards the end of it.
NYCWD, monkeys like bananas and baby’s brains.
LMSS, I hope you will be too!
Angie, you totally missed out, too. Should have ditched your guests.
Kaila, no problem!
Whall, I got 37 of them in total, I think.
Tug, it was fun seeing what bloggers looked like as babies.
Dave2, never!
Hilly, nope. Especially Brad.
Evil Genius, maybe their bones.
Atomic Bombshell, I liked the babies in bags, myself.
Greeneyezz, and Britt. Don’t forget Britt.
Muskrat, well, that’s what I am. An adorable singing puppy!
Girl, Dislocated, why do you need distraction? What’s going on in your life right now?
Poppy, it’s okay. I know I rock.
Em, it was definitely fun to do. Maybe next year we’ll get more participants.
Ginger, well, not all of us.
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Ah, Sorry Britt! Didn’t mean to leave you out of the Kudos.
I went by only what Adam had wrote for this post and didn’t know you had helped put these Missing children’s photos together.
Again, A great concept and very creative!
~ZZ
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Twitter: missbritt
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What? Huh?
Dude, I didn’t do dick for this party. But thanks.
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Greeneyezz, I was saying that there were boys and girls and Britt! Britt didn’t do shit to help me for my party. In fact, she went out of her way to be unhelpful!
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So whatcha sayin’ Adam??
That when they made her, they broke the Mold?
And then someone beat the shit out of the Mold-maker??
She’s in her own league.
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First of all, on a more relevant note, I forgot to mention this after looking at all the pictures and reading all the comments, but I think you should start a party throwing business and have people pay you to do for them what you do at your house every Halloween for whatever occasion/theme they want. That type of business may already exist, but other “party throwers” (if that’s what they’re called) would have some tough competition, considering all the rave reviews your parties always get.
To answer your question, in the grand scheme of things, it’s nothing earth-shattering, and yet, as ridiculous as it sounds, I’ve spent many weeks trying to figure out what to say and how to say it. (Though I like to think that that’s progress in itself.)
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Holy shit… look at all of those missing people…. it’s all Adam’s fault for holding that Neverwas Fair.
Wish I could have been there. Looks like it was a fun party.
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Twitter: elizabethbarone
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Neat idea!
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