The Gazette Hits Zero
Zero degrees longitude, that is, as one of the faithful travels all the way to Greenwich, England in order to pose in front of the Prime Meridian wearing a Fire Ant baseball jersey. The girl, not the Prime Meridian, that is. Wearing the jersey, that is.
Unfortunately, this photo was taken by one of those really tiny camera phones, then transmitted via the really tiny British bandwidth, and it's hard to discern that that's really the lovely and talented Molly Woods of Washington Improv Theater fame, and star of the troupe's latest 48 Hour Film Project entry, Unfrightening, about which we gushed back in May.
Fortunately, with the help of the folks over at CIS: Permian Basin, we were able to use some time-tested Photoshop techniques to enlarge the photo to offer indisputable proof of the Fire Ant attire sighting. Here's the only-very-slightly retouched image (don't stare at Molly's hands; she hates it when you stare at her hands):
If you have a photo of yourself or someone who closely (or even peripherally) resembles you wearing a Fire Ant something-or-other in an exotic locale, feel free to send it in and we'll throw it up. So to speak.
Update: We've finally procured a full-sized version of the original image and it's shown below. It's remarkable how closely the re-created version shown above matches the actual picture.
Hat tip to Molly's sister, Cindy, who knew exactly what she was getting sis into when she emailed the photo.
I think those items would make fetching -- if somewhat bulky -- earrings.
Posted by: Eric at October 17, 2006 10:36 PMWell, Gwynne, with another coaster you'd be more covered than most out on the average beach. :) The earring thing is an interesting idea...if you have lobes of steel (is there a video for that?)
Maybe Santa Claus will bring me a t-shirt of my very own so that I can snap it in the exotic locales I visit daily.
(Which items in the above sentence are fictitious? You be the judge.)
Posted by: beth at October 18, 2006 06:23 AMI think you made up the part about the earrings being an interesting idea.
Posted by: Eric at October 18, 2006 08:25 AMOh, and I've never been to Virginia. As far as I'm concerned, it's extremely exotic. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at October 18, 2006 08:26 AMTHE HANDS! THE HANDS! NOOOOOOOOO! Don't look at me! Look away! Please!
I might have a higher res picture for you if you come up with some Fireant gloves or a Fireant Shame Mask for the Christmas season.
Posted by: Molly at October 19, 2006 10:13 AMMolly, don't send a higher-res photo; you don't know what your loving sister has suggested I do with the ones I already have access to.
But, I do think Fire Ant gloves are a cool idea.
Posted by: Eric at October 19, 2006 01:07 PMAbout the publisher
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Why are Molly's hands so...orange? And is the Prime Meridian really located in Mister Roger's neighborhood?
So far, the only Fire Ant gear I own consists of a coaster and a mouse pad...trust me when I say that nobody wants to see of photo of me or someone closely resembling me wearing these two items. ;-)
Posted by: gwynne at October 17, 2006 10:00 PM