My new cock?

When I first started a blog two years ago (geez has it been that long already?!), one of the toughest things for me to decide in setting it all up was what to use as an online avatar. I didn't wanna use a picture of myself and but I wanted something that was representative of me that also had some sort of symbolic relationship to Louisiana. After passing early on pics of gators, crawfish, and an assortment of other painfully cliched symbols of Cajun culture, I chose a picture of a rooster, or cock if you will, over an image of one of Cajun artist George Rodrigue's famed blue dogs, mainly because Louisiana was the only state in the union that the sport of cockfighting was protected legally at the time, and I always found that sort of funny and derived an odd sense of pride from it. But alas, it is no more. Cockfighting was outlawed by the state last year. Anyway, I eventually settled on the image in the left margin of the page. I honestly can't recall where I even found it. But it has stuck. I feel so attached to it now.

Which gets me to this...

One of the nice things about having a minor web presence is that every now and then people decide to do nice things for you. One such occasion was yesterday when my friend Ashley Simko, a most lovely and talented Manhattan-based graphic designer/part-time socialite, created an updated version of my "cock" avatar for me.

Behold...

(click on the image to enlarge)


Now, I gotta admit, I'm kinda torn. I'm sort of attached to my old cock. It's strong. Striking. It's sends a hard message. So I'm not sure what to do because I'm so taken by this one. I have to admit...I'm kinda in love with my new cock. I can't stop looking at my new cock. (Yes, I just wanted to say that) I think I may hold onto it in lieu of a redesign of my blog, if and when I ever get off my ass to do it. Until then, I'll probably print out the high res version of the pic, frame it, and hang it above my desk.

But anyway...Thanks Simko!