Hey You, Gimme All Your Faves! by alophoto

Hey You, Gimme All Your Faves!

Kinda reminds me of how I remembered the element gold for the periodic table way back in high school: AU give me all your gold. It worked. Still remember it more than 20 years later. The rest alludes me.

So, the story behind this is that I recently got a new ski mask. It has been a quest of mine since I saw them last season and scoffed. And then it got cold, really cold, and somehow it is me that ends up walking the dog on those really cold, bone chilling nights and my face would freeze sometimes, my nose would crack and burn and I thought, "crud, I need one of those goofy masks."

Little boys who rode their bikes to school in the colder seasons used to wear them in FL (FL, where it is hardly even cold). I found them creepy looking and weird.

But I needed one now, wanted one. It was my quest to find one. Went back to the store and they were gone and had been looking ever since until last week when I finally found the last one in some random place up front at Walmart by the registers for $2.88 and snapped it up. MINE!

When I put it on, I realized that I look like someone who would knock off a convenience store or a bank, someone not to be messed with. And of course my mind went to selfie.

So there you go. Me in my new walk the dog ski mask. Should you see me out in this, I'd suggest running the other way.

This is shot 5 of my 5 day b&w challenge.

AU...have a great weekend!
Sam
SCARY!!!!
January 16th, 2015  
@gigiflower But I assure you, I am mostly very sweet and harmless. Just a creepy get up.
January 16th, 2015  
Sam
@amandal heheheh sure, sure!!!
January 16th, 2015  
Pam
Ha ha!! Love it! What a bargain!! I think it is scarier when you take them off. My hair always seems to stand on end after wearing one.
January 16th, 2015  
@pammerritt Next selfie idea! Cool, thanks!!!:)
January 16th, 2015  
oh my you look very scary indeed - ski masks do change you - is it really you?
January 16th, 2015  
Great b&w selfie, compostion...you've achieved scary
January 16th, 2015  
@annied truly me.
January 16th, 2015  
Hahaha no hesitation!
January 16th, 2015  
Awesome shot
January 16th, 2015  
Ok...cool!
January 16th, 2015  
Very sinister looking.
January 16th, 2015  
@soboy5 Who me? I'm harmless:).
January 16th, 2015  
Haha.... yes, ma'am! :D
January 16th, 2015  
I'll do it!
January 16th, 2015  
Neat comp and capture
January 16th, 2015  
Love the title! They're yours! haha great clever shot!
January 16th, 2015  
You are such fun, Amanda! Thanks for the smile! :)
January 16th, 2015  
@kareenking Hey always love sharing those!! And congrats on your amazing TT this week:)!!!
January 16th, 2015  
another fun feel good shot!:)
January 16th, 2015  
Yeh, scary. I have one of those, but it's pink. Always use it when the weather is below 28.
January 16th, 2015  
Fav!!=D
January 16th, 2015  
Is that a balaclave or are you going to a fancy dress party as a bowling ball? Scary shot.
January 16th, 2015  
@sophiaz Wish I had the pink version. So much cuter in pink. Where did you find yours, Sophia.

@seanoneill Love to dress as a bowling ball:). Any chance I get.
January 16th, 2015  
haha , reminds me of long long ago when my then small son told me he wanted a hat to cover all his face, So I laboriously and lovingly knitted him a Balaclava helmet as remembered from my own childhood in a hefty ribknit and a sort of Airforce grey. it left the face completely uncovered,
Was there ever a mismatch between desire and execution . Of course he had wanted a scary,,trendy ski-mask like yours.

It was never worn and still raises laughter when we think of it !
January 16th, 2015  
@june And to think, you could have picked one up for under $3 had you found it. Funny story!!!
January 16th, 2015  
@amandal :-) Strike!! Fav
January 16th, 2015  
Great fun capture
January 16th, 2015  
hahaha........fav, fun shot!!
January 16th, 2015  
@amandal found my pink ski mask at Costco, but now they have spring stuff
January 16th, 2015  
@sophiaz Shoot. I found a bunch online. Another thing I can never find is good gloves or mittens that are waterproof for the kids to play in the snow with. Why is it hard to find winter gear?
January 16th, 2015  
Love it, takes some proverbial balls :)
January 16th, 2015  
OK ~ I give you may FAV :D fab 'shot'
January 16th, 2015  
@anzere03 You so should have given me a hard time over my politically uncorrectedness of this. How cold and callous I must be, etc. It has lost me some followers today.
January 16th, 2015  
ha ha so blatant! And hillarious.
January 16th, 2015  
@fueast A few years back, I tried hypnotizing for them. This is more effective, I've found. Love the hilarity of it:).
January 16th, 2015  
I love your title. Scary looking selfie though, like you are ready to rob a bank or something like that. Great find on the ski mask. You need to keep your face protected in that cold weather.
January 16th, 2015  
I like the netting effect you have got for this photo! That mask would be good for cold noses which is what I notice when out biking in the winter. I have got a mask but its only for the head. Didn't Batman or Robin wear a mask like this?
January 16th, 2015  
@maggiemae Maybe. I think that Spider man did at first when he made his get up originally. Thanks!
January 16th, 2015  
I'll give you a fave you look scary!!! Many volcanoes erupt mulberry jam sandwiches under normal pressure. If I ever need to know the order in which the planets are from the sun this helps me. I learnt it in maths lessons when 16. I cant recall a time when I have ever needed it but maybe one day I will....
January 16th, 2015  
@newbank I learned My very evil mother just stepped upon new pickles. Isn't one of the planets we learned no longer considered a planet? Pluto? Funny how we remember stuff. And thanks!
January 16th, 2015  
You pulled off the menacing feel for the photo! I'm just wondering how your dog friend balances the effect. Are you walking a Doberman or a Pomeranian?
January 16th, 2015  
@herussell A black lab. Menacing, too, but she's the kids that loves everyone, greets them, rolls over and pees on herself. So scary;-).
January 16th, 2015  
Love the selfie and the story behind it!
January 16th, 2015  
Love it - you do the best selfies
January 16th, 2015  
@rachelwithey Well thank you. Today's lost me followers. Perhaps threatening with a gun is NOT the best idea. I liked the weirdness of it.
January 16th, 2015  
@amandal how strange, more fool them. Love your project and your lovely comments. I'm not going anywhere
January 16th, 2015  
@rachelwithey :) SO glad. Thanks!
January 16th, 2015  
Such an Amanda shot. Fantastic.
January 16th, 2015  
Freaky, what a ski-mask will do to one's appearance. You've definitely got the don't-mess-with-me look in your eyes as well. Of course that could be the same expression you have when offering cookies, but the ski mask just changes everything. Great selfie, Miss Amanda.
January 17th, 2015  
@amandal It's hard to find winter gear because the Spring fairy has spirited it all away
January 17th, 2015  
I knew there'd be a perfectly logical story behind this photo (and there sort of, was). You do look scary and I would avoid you if at all possible. Great selfie idea!
January 17th, 2015  
Looks like a poster from a western movie :D
January 17th, 2015  
Haha...you do look a bit intimidating.
January 17th, 2015  
Gotta love an intimidating balaclava. Well done! Great backdrop.
January 17th, 2015  
Awesome!
January 17th, 2015  
Hehe, fun shot! Only problem is that if we meet when walking the dog, we won't know if it's you or someone else we shouldn't run away from... :)
January 17th, 2015  
AU, huh... that would never have worked in Canada... 'cos we'd have thought it would be EHU ;D

you look positively terrifying here... wonderfully dark selfie!
January 17th, 2015  
i think this is hilarious! I need a ski madk too!Only part if bidy that is cold when i go out is my face.Funny story about a gun.My mother in law who has alz comes out if the bedroom with brandishing a silver pistol.Almost gave her caregiver a heart attack.Turns out it was my hubbies " cap gun" from when he was a kid.Nobody has any idea where she found it.
January 17th, 2015  
Lol
January 17th, 2015  
Fun Fun FUn! I think I would run the other way if I saw someone wearing a ski mask early in the morning...coming my way. Yikes. Great set up for this "shot" "shoot" .. ahhh please don't!
January 18th, 2015  
Super fun, you have a good weekend too, even though it's nearly over. I have to go to work tomorrow.
January 18th, 2015  
I would love to see you walking the dog like that, please if you do : take a selfie ;)
January 18th, 2015  
My first reaction was to throw my hands into the air, so well done with the hold-up capture:)
January 20th, 2015  
LOL. Gotta love the write-up!
January 20th, 2015  
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