Tuesday, 3 January 2012

GPOY (Gratuitous Picture of Yourself) Part I


GPOY (Gratuitous Picture of Yourself) Part I. For being a blogger I'm not so down with my online terminology. Not down at all. Hence the reason why perhaps, I found it so utterly hilarious when I heard the term GPOY just last week. 

GPOY (Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself). 

LOLs. Triple LOLs. (Just to go with the flow- I haven't LOLed since ICQ was The Thing). So why did I find it so incredibly amusing? Well duh. I'm completely guilty of this in my 'online persona'. 

If you are a fellow blogger you will get this instantly, but if not you may require further enlightenment. It is one thing to have someone take a picture of you, but photographing yourself in front of the mirror takes GPOY to a whole new level of awkwardness. 

Here are my favourite GPOYs (and their respective trains of thought).


The STRAIGHT FORWARD GPOY: Straight. Forward. Unfazed.
-"I'm too cool to be taking GPOYs (but I still take them anyways)." (And of course my attachment to my Instagram account resembles that of an unborn child to their mother).

The Flirtatious GPOY: You are either making eye contact with your reflection in the mirror or looking straight into the lens (the later one of which takes awkwardness to the max). 
-Either way "Helloooooooo baby!!!!!" should be resonating in your pretty little head (while hopefully keeping your fingers crossed that no guys are ogling your tumblr). 


The Man Repeller GPOY: You don't care about looking hot, beautiful or whatever. 
-"This is a fashion blog and since the audience is predominantly female- who the heck am I trying to look so hot for?" 

The "I'm a bit too pleased with myself" GPOY: You are self conceited. (a.k.a. the cheerleader of bloggers). 
-"[blank]" 


WEARING: PvdH (aka DIY) lurex-blend vest; PvdH (aka DIY) translucent top; Armani Silk lipstick No.10
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62 comments:

  1. Hilarious! I have often wondered about the "I'm a bit too pleased with myself" ones and about the level of self-belief (or delusion, but who am I to judge) needed to take a picture like that of yourself and present it to the world...

    Thanks for making me laugh on this grey morning :-) xo

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  2. Hahaaaa this is hilarious!!

    http://styleservings.blogspot.com/

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  3. Omg you totally made my morning with this!!! Pls do Bryanboy in the next one!!!

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  4. what a fun post! love these shots! x

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  5. Quadruple LOLs ;) You forgot the "Deer in Headlights" GPOY!

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  6. Oh man that's right! I think there may also new to be a third installment!

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  7. "[blank]"

    So good

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  9. This is so hillarious Paola!!! LOL LOL LOL - I'd never heard of the term GPOY, but then again im not a blogger!

    One of your best posts yet- great start to the ny! xx x

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  10. You are funny. Great post. Xxxx

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  11. I never heard of this either!!! :) I took me a while to figure out what "OOTD" meant, but I feel that knowing what GPOY is takes me from the basic to the advanced level. :)))

    P.S. Every time I see your photos I want to cut my hair into a long layered bob... ;)

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  12. Hahahah really great post !! So true and funny ! Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Amazing! As is your hair! I also feel like chopping mine off like @Little Rus evey time I see yours!

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  14. haha first day back smile! x

    http://fashionandfrank.blogspot.com/

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  16. These are fantastic photos. I love the art of your blog. You truly have some amazing, and very inspiring, posts! :)

    www.glamorsham.blogspot.com

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  17. Hahaha this is so cute!
    You're funny,
    Happy New Year!

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  18. hahaha ^.^ I love your tops, too!

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  19. Haha, love all of this!

    <3Chelsea Elizabeth

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  21. Love it!
    I enjoyed reading this!!! :)


    xoxo
    Antonia
    FASHION IMPERATIVE

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  22. cool blog!!!

    http://vigilantlense.blogspot.com/2012/01/leather.html

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  23. Nice post! I hope 2012 is a great year for you!

    http://www.hsquaredfashion.blogspot.com

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  24. Paola, happy New Year! Simply love this post and I believe that irony is as important as a beautiful outfit to create a personal style...and you certainly have it!

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  25. Love the jacket and the fab red lips!

    www.superclementina.blogspot.com

    xx

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  26. I love you!
    Mother and I are laughing so much at this!(this is a compliment lo)
    NRC ♥

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  27. @NRC I will definitely take that as a massive compliment haha. (or should I say LOL?)

    Thank so much for the encouragement in this new venture of mine: Impersonation

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  28. So true and yet so funny :))

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  29. <~~~~GUILTY! ROFL. Thank you for sharing. This really tickled me.

    http://dolledup4theday.blogspot.com/

    ~Khalilah~

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  30. ROFL?!!! Man I just had to google this one as well! Someone ought to get me an urban dictionary or something for my birthday this year!

    I'm glad I had you On The Floor Laughing (and thanks for teaching me another one!)

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  31. Haha this is hilarious! Especially enjoy The Man Repeller GPOY... "LMAO"

    A Berry New Year

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  32. Gosh you are so funny. And you look fabulous too.
    xo Sandra

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  33. Completely agree with the general thread, you are so funny and made me crack up.

    LMAO as well

    Kate

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  34. You're damn funny :DD

    http://thediariesofmissbad.blogspot.com/

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  35. Haha awesome post! Love it! :D

    http://wewereraisedbywolves.blogspot.com/

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  36. you're beautiful so taking as many photos as you want darling! happy new year. did you say you were 5 feet 4 inches tall? if so, that's still 3 inches taller than me, missy. if i'm confusing you with somebody else, than just shake your head. ;)

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  38. jajajajaja i luv this so much! I found this randomly floating about facebook and let me congratulate you on how great your blog is. every blogger should read this

    my fav one is def the man repeller

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  39. I like it, it's original and edgy. You have talent

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  40. Hahahaha OMG I love this post!! You nailed them, I'm so guilty, god the things us bloggers do..gotta love us.

    BTW I'm so glad you commented on my blog so I can discover yours. I love it!!

    Maha x

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  41. You are absolutely gorgeous!! xx

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  42. hahaha, what a nice way to end the day <3 thanks for the laughs. you are too cute! hope you had a great new year celebration, babe

    love, jamie
    @jamielechic

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  43. LOL love this post -- your pictures are great too. :)

    Fashion Translated

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  44. This is absolutely hilarious! I love it! I remember back when ICQ was 'the thing'! Great to know that ICQ was also the thing over in London as well! :)

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  45. Love this post and I LOL'd at your ICQ reference! :)

    http://theclosetintervention.blogspot.com/

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  46. You totally killed it LOLz

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  48. This is hilarious, I love this! And you look beautiful in all of these, even the man repeller one. Wishing you a very happy first week into the new year!

    xo Mary Jo
    http://on-pch.com

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  49. Love this post! Ah, what is it with our relationship to the mirror? (In fact, I just posted about "reflections"). A friend posted on my Facebook wall and it took me a moment to figure out the acronyms. Need to get with-it and study this post of yours! Happy New Year!

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  50. This is brilliant on so many levels. Fantastic blog, I'm glad I found it.

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  51. haha this is the first time I'm hearing of GPOY too! And I find it hilarious! haha, Love your different GPOV's! :)

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  52. hilarious!
    Hi!
    Love your blog! Found you on an IFB group, follow back at
    http://www.badbarbara.com

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  54. this is soo funnyyy jajajajja love oyu blog I FOLLOW U!!!! maybe u can make a post about how o take good pictures with out a photographer

    mariejane.blogspot.com

    from walking in wonderland

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  55. hahahaa this was hilarious! i cant wait to check out the rest of your blog!
    fashionbirthmark.blogspot.com

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  56. Haha this is very funny and clever. I really like this!

    Lauren

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  57. Love this! I wish no one took themselves that seriously :)

    http://woodstockwardrobe.com/

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  58. so freaking hysterical! ever blogger, myself included, totally gets it. Loved this! {visiting via links a la mode}

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  59. Too funny and too true! I try hard not to take mirror pictures and when I do they only go to my friends when they ask "what are you wearing to go blah blah blah?"
    I do have a blog but I go pro and use a tripod for my GPOY (new term for me)
    Love the red lipstick!

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  60. Brilliant! Sososo true! Haha I love your man repeller one!
    www.styleisalwaysfashionable.blogspot.com

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  61. So fanny! Nice! :)
    I'm following, love to much.

    Kisses

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  62. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL! That's five times. You cracked me up so early in the morning Girl! Thanks.. this was really hillarious. Last Lol @ The man repeller GPOY.

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