I need your help please
I thought about updating my beetle doodle a bit. Nothing drastic, just give it a slight re-vamp. As I was working on it, I suddenly thought. The hair couldn’t be more unlike mine! My hair is straight, my hair is dark brown, except for the grey strands. My hair is longer. I decided, as well as revamping my existing doodle, to do a doodle with hair that is like mine, at least until I get bored and cut it off again. Mo likes it better than the existing one. I think I do too.
The problem I have is whether the change would upset my readers. Is this how you see me, in your minds eye, or would you like the new doodle that is more like me? It’s only the hair that’s changed and instead of a black eye I made it brown.
I think a vote is in order here. After all, I wouldn’t want to upset any of you.
Here is a slightly updated beetle doodle, alongside the new doodle. I would love you vote in my poll, and let me know which you would prefer to see on my blog.
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Jaffer
| 22 January 2009 at 21:42
I like the existing doodle better when compared to what you are showing.
The new hair seems out of place compared the existing to be honest. I feel there is more work to be done !
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Lauren
| 22 January 2009 at 21:48
How can I vote on how you should look
I’ll accept you no matter what!
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DrowseyMonkey
| 22 January 2009 at 22:16
I can’t decide! I like the old one because that’s how I think of you but if the new one looks more like you then I say go with that. The new one makes you look younger to…wich is weird because it’s the same! haha
Comedy Plus
| 22 January 2009 at 22:16
I too like the original one, but you wouldn’t upset me if you changed it. After all it’s your blog. Just saying.
Have a terrific day.
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DrowseyMonkey
| 22 January 2009 at 22:17
Obviously I cannot spell. LOL!
beetle
| 22 January 2009 at 22:39
Jaffer: If I change it, it will only be for the hair to be like mine. It will only be one or the other :O)
Laura: I think I can guess what the vote outcome will be
Drowsey: Strange that it looks younger. I wonder if I do then ha ha!
Sandee: We shall see but I think I may well end up with the old one
Eric and Flynn
| 22 January 2009 at 23:31
We are used to the old doodle of you, but we like the new one too. Whichever you decide, we’ll be happy with it. If we knew how to add a smiley we would, but we don’t, so we can’t.
Will this do
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Eric and Flynn
| 22 January 2009 at 23:31
Hey it turned into a smiley!!!!
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Susan
| 23 January 2009 at 1:19
They are both cute.
I’m sort of new to your blog, so if you are going to change it do it now, before I get used to the “old” one!
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dawn
| 23 January 2009 at 1:37
I’m a relatively new reader of your blog -
So I probably shouldn’t have voted!
But one of the things that drew me, to linger a bit longer on your blog while dropping an entrecard, was that original doodle of yours.
I really like it … it’s endearing
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beetle
| 23 January 2009 at 2:09
Eric & Flynn: That is definitely a smiley, and this is a wink
Susan: I will wait and see what the majority say. It’s close at the moment though.
Sherry at EX Marks the Spot
| 23 January 2009 at 2:37
Go with what is YOU. Be true to yourself. That should be the only thing that matters.
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TheSnackHound
| 23 January 2009 at 4:22
Well…the original doodle with the shape of the slightly upswept hairdo (even if it is accidental) balances the shape of your jawline. However, the second doodle shows a still free and easy but a more fashion forward doodle. That doodle probably used “Big Sexy Hair” brand hairspray and a straightener. Change can be good, right?
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Vampy Vic
| 23 January 2009 at 5:33
Oh I like you no matter what your picture is! but if I HAD to chose I chose the curly wild hair.
Nothing better than a person that does not conform with what is considered “in” at the moment
Plus I like the wild untamed look!!
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George Serradinho
| 23 January 2009 at 6:32
Hi,
I like the new one more. Maybe it’s just me but I like straight hair.
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ally
| 23 January 2009 at 7:21
the old doodle is more like a trademark of this blog… the old doodle has a fun aura for me compared to the new one. maybe i just like the old doodle! hehehe…
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Kathy
| 23 January 2009 at 11:48
Babs — I prefer the original because I like the wind-in-your-hair look. It’s very fetching!
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wiehanne
| 23 January 2009 at 14:47
Hi, I’m your new reader here. Just started to drop EC here recently.
I would love to see the new doodle which represents you but I prefer the doodle’s style of the old one.:)
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beetle
| 23 January 2009 at 15:26
Dawn: Hi and welcome! Every vote is important to me. Change isn’t always good, just for change’s sake
Sherry: The doodle wasn’t originally meant to look like me, just to impart my personality, and I think it does that
TheSnackHound: Yes, you are right about the balance of the doodle in the older one. This vote is going much as I thought it would really.
Vampy Vic: Somehow I think I could have guessed your reaction – lets not conform eh?
George: My hair is straight but throughout my life I’ve often wanted curly hair!
Ally: Yes, that’s exactly why I didn’t want to change it without a vote. I felt that it has become a sort of ‘trade mark’ too.
Kathy: I somehow Knew you wouldn’t want it changed Kathy. It looks like the vote is going that way
Wiehanne: Hi and welcome Wiehanne! Thank you for commenting, and unless there is a dramatic swing in votes it looks like the old one will stay.
Comedy Plus
| 23 January 2009 at 17:00
Just had to see what everyone was saying about the old and the new. Not surprised at all.
Have a terrific weekend.
beetle
| 23 January 2009 at 17:03
Sandee: Neither am I really, and I do have a certain fondness for her ;O)
Joe
| 23 January 2009 at 17:12
While I prefer the “classic ‘do” The new one is nice also.
Whichever makes you happy works for me.
Jay
| 23 January 2009 at 17:32
I voted for the new doodle, because it is more like you as you really are! It’s a very sweet doodle, too! Thumbs up from me!
Laura-whateverebay
| 23 January 2009 at 18:38
Love the original, its a recognized brand. The hair of a blogger. I’d say, since I sometimes feel that my hair is spinning!
The new doodle is cool, but its the original that I recognize you in the blogosphere.
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Ivanhoe
| 23 January 2009 at 18:39
I just love the wild hair, that’s why I voted for the existing one. But you do whatever you want to do
)
Have a wonderful weekend!
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beetle
| 23 January 2009 at 20:04
Joe: I am totally undecided, which is why I put it to the vote
Jay: It is more like me – until I cut my hair off short, then what?
Laura: That’s what I wondered. I don’t want to change it and lose that really.
Ivanhoe: This vote is leaning one way at the moment, so we shall see.
Sandie
| 23 January 2009 at 23:25
I prefer the original one which I think makes you look a lot younger and more fun. I also prefer it without the eyebows which gives it that cheeky look.
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beetle
| 24 January 2009 at 0:37
Sandie: Well it’s looking like the old one will stay at the moment
Maureen
| 24 January 2009 at 2:52
I think you should go with the one that makes YOU happy. And to hell with what WE think!!!!
Nah…. go with the masses….
Oh crap, I don’t know! (I am SO much help, aren’t I???)
I love you for you, not your doodle; so it really doesn’t matter to me. I see your heart; not your outward appearance. Both of which, BTW, are lovely.
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Babs - beetle
| 24 January 2009 at 12:23
Maureen: Oh my! My doodle is blushing. What a lovely thing to say :O) It looks like it will NOT be ‘In with the new’
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Lee
| 24 January 2009 at 14:10
In real life, we don’t go from year to year looking exactly the same as we always have. (I wish we did stay the same. I was much better looking when I was in my 20s.) So why should the image representing you on your blog be exactly the same. I like the new version of the doodle, but I like to see things change and not remain static. That’s my opinion, and I’m not about to be humble about it. :0)
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beetle
| 24 January 2009 at 15:31
Lee: I am a great one for change myself, but I do realize that people look for visual recognition, hence the vote. Maybe I could change it ever so slightly, once a week until the new doodle is reached ha ha!
Liudmila
| 24 January 2009 at 17:52
As for me, dear Babette, I wouls add somethingto the new one. I don’t know what to give you an advise, but the new needs something.Magic wund or hat or jewelry -I don’t know. You are so creative… Add itandyou willseethateverybody will like the new. The personality, something special. Excuse me, I feel but can’t explain.
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beetle
| 24 January 2009 at 18:03
Liudmila: I think you are right. That little extra thing would have made it more appealing. I think I rushed it. Maybe at a later date I can do something. We’ll see
Swubird
| 25 January 2009 at 1:40
Babs:
I have to tell yeah, I like the existing one. But, I’ll go along with whatever you select.
Happy trails.
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beetle
| 25 January 2009 at 2:18
Swubird: The vote has spoken, and I will be posting about it in the morning :O)
meleah rebeccah
| 25 January 2009 at 20:24
I voted for the new doodle
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Babs - beetle
| 25 January 2009 at 21:33
Meleah: I’m afraid it’s too late now. The vote has finished and the new doodle lost. It only got 50% of the vote.
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