MEEZ: Sometimes You Just Need To Have Some Fun

My wife and I were directed to this last night and thought is was just too much fun.

meezIt's a 3D virtual me... doing what I'd really love to be doing every day... blogging on a beach. I got to choose all of my features and put myself in the location of my choice, doing the activity of my choice.

It's not going to change the world, but it does allow you to have a little fun and link from your profile to your blog. It's just one more way to build up a network. I have a feeling this one will be getting a lot of play.  

I'm definitely going to encourage Julie Ferenzi to do one and use it as she sees fit at Living In Plainfield! Humor works, folks. Just ask Teresa Boardman! Or TLW!

Will there be some value in the network?

I have no idea. But it was fun! 

 
Post is included in group: The Hubba Clubba...ROAR!

115 Comments on MEEZ: Sometimes You Just Need To Have Some Fun

That's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to play with it =D

05/07/2007 01:29 PM by Lisa Hill (Daytona Beach REALTORĀ®) (Adams Cameron and Company)


Cool stuff!  Wow - you look like you're in Hawaii!  Thanks for sharing more fun stuff!

05/07/2007 01:31 PM by Pascack Valley Real Estate>> Lisa and Robert Hammerstein (Coldwell Banker)


Jeff, LOL I noticed this before you even blogged about it.  I must have a feeling that "Jeff always has something good going on at his place" and it's always worth checking out.  I made a mini-me but I can't get the link (yes, I used the first one) to work right in AR.  Help?

By the way, I'm super busy today and enjoyed every minute of playing around with this one!

05/07/2007 01:33 PM by Palmetto Bay | Redland Real Estate | Maggie Dokic (EWM Realtors)


OOps!!!  Just realized Bob already did this with our MySpace site. 

 

05/07/2007 01:34 PM by Pascack Valley Real Estate>> Lisa and Robert Hammerstein (Coldwell Banker)


This is going to be fun...you always have something great to add to the mix here.. Ive been away for days at a time and when I visit to get my fix- I start with you Jeff!

 

05/07/2007 01:54 PM by Michele Connors, Broker in Charge (Coldwell Banker First Realty Morehead City)


Alll... and it's just a .gif file. So, if you've got a gif editor, like photoshop you can edit it. If I wanted to get rid of the Meez.com and make it more of a commercial for myself, I could. Remember that you would have to upload this to your site. AR doesn't upload .gif animations well. 

meez animation

05/07/2007 02:05 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Put me in a convertible flying down Hwy 1!

Off to do my dreemz at meez....

Thanks, Jeff!

05/07/2007 02:06 PM by Roberta Murphy ~ Carlsbad Real Estate (Villa Sotheby's International Realty)


Boys and their toys!!  Just how do you get any work done, Mr. Turner???  ;o)

05/07/2007 03:00 PM by Sarah Cooper (Real Estate Shows)


Roberta... you go girl!

Sarah... who ever said I get any work done? :)

Maureen... yep! That's the entire point. :) 

05/07/2007 03:22 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


MEEZ THINKS that is A BLAST!!  Thanks  ( I refrained from using the shopping bags saving it for TLW)

 

05/07/2007 04:08 PM by Kansas City North Real Estate :: Fran White 816-682-3897 (North Kansas City Real Estate, Reece and Nichols Residential)


Fran... your Meez is working harder than my Meez.

05/07/2007 05:39 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Very funny! I better email this to the lovely wife:)

05/07/2007 06:32 PM by Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc


{SVW Hubba} aka "Tool Boy"...

...And my don't we have some FUN tools today :)

That thing is a blast, but I can't get it to give me a Code so I can load it? I'm created and ready to rock but it stops there. All empty boxes with no codes or URL's?

It won't let me download either. Any idea of what I did wrong? I want to PLAY. LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 07:00 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


 

 

 

 

 

 Where's My Hat? LOL.

 

 

 

 

Okay. So I decided to be bald. Wink. Wink. SVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVW :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 07:15 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


TLW [SVW]... you tried to upload the .gif file via the upload panel didn't you? Bad girl. ActiveRain won't allow that. 

Go back and grab the top code, and when you go to add an image, just paste the code in the field at the top. That points to the Meez site for the animated gif.

05/07/2007 07:27 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Jeff, Don't tell her how to do it. This could keep her out of my hair for hours and hours:)

05/07/2007 07:38 PM by Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bite Me Blog Boy. No really, bite me. LOL.

05/07/2007 07:49 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Want him to bite you too Fran? I can 'make' that happen. LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 08:18 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Meez.com 

Lots of fun! I need fun!  Thanks for sharing.  BTW - I'm worn out just watching TLW and those flips! 

05/07/2007 08:20 PM by Calie Waterhouse - Chandler AZ Homes (John Hall & Assoc)


{SVW Hubba}...

When you have a minute (and I know those are rare right now) but will you pretty please email me the "RainJacked" Graphic you made for me?

I lost my copy when my p.c. crashed. As you can see I need my graphic. Wink. Wink.

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 08:23 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Hmmmmmm TLW.... Does he have false teeth?  Nah... I've got more man than I can handle here at home... guess I should have thought before I married a younger guy... LOL...

05/07/2007 08:23 PM by Kansas City North Real Estate :: Fran White 816-682-3897 (North Kansas City Real Estate, Reece and Nichols Residential)


LOL @ Fran...

Craddle Robber :)

This conversation has the potential to go south real quick. LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 08:28 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Didn't mean to wear you out Calie...

Love that name btw :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 08:29 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


I'm going to behave now..... well I'm gonna try anyway. TLW you are such a FIRECRACKER! 

 

05/07/2007 08:33 PM by Kansas City North Real Estate :: Fran White 816-682-3897 (North Kansas City Real Estate, Reece and Nichols Residential)


I have heard that before. Would you like me to...Ooops. Better not say that here. Wink. Wink.

It had something to do with my butt though. Wrap your imagination around that one. LOL.

P.S. This is FUN I haven't hijacked one of Hubba's posts in a long 'virtual' time :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 08:40 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Butt Smut......My imagination is pretty vivid..... you think you can get that kind of action out of your MEEZ? LOL

05/07/2007 08:58 PM by Kansas City North Real Estate :: Fran White 816-682-3897 (North Kansas City Real Estate, Reece and Nichols Residential)


Butt Smut...LOL. I would say your imagination is putting in a little over time. LOL.

My Meez skills need more work. But I will work on it and see just how much I can get away with.

Looooooove to see just how far I can push that envelope :)

Where's Hubba? Is he hiding out again in the bathroom with Flat Ben? LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

05/07/2007 09:11 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Thanks Jeff!! I did one too but am not sure about the protocol of pasting it here so will refrain (the rules etc are NOT intuitive to me).  I can't seem to make it go into the post but it is a fun do-dad.

Thanks for sharing!

05/07/2007 09:19 PM by Mary Pope-Handy, ABR, CRS, ePRO, SRES (Keller Williams Realty)


Introducing RealtorKelly!  That was fun but I couldn't get the link to work.  Oh well, I put it on my page!

 

05/07/2007 10:41 PM by Kelly's Real Estate Possibilities Blog (Century 21 Superstars)


I go away for a few hours to hang with the family and get them to bed and THIS is what I come back to... a hijacked post! THANK GOODNESS! IT'S BEEN SO LONG! I had to go pull all of my old hijack graphics out to see if they still fit.

HIJACKED1

HIJACKED2

HIJACKED3

They fit fine...  

05/07/2007 10:59 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


but this is still my favorite

 

05/07/2007 11:01 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


 Lol, not sure of the value, but it was fun!

 RealEstateGal

05/08/2007 01:24 AM by Burbank Real Estate Ana Connell (Exit Family Realty)


Ana... sometimes the value IS the fun. :)

 

05/08/2007 01:30 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


It appears some of you are having trouble getting the animated version into AR. This is because AR will not upload an animated gif, you have to link to it.

Go back into your Meez.com account and get the code again. The top code is the link code, "Get LInk."

In a post or comment on AR, click on the image upload link, but don't upload, just put the link code you copied from Meez.com  into the field. AR converts the gif upon upload, that's why it won't animate. That's for a post.

For the sidebar, choose the smaller animated version. Copy the new code for that smaller version. Go to your AR homepage and click on My Settings. Drop that code into the blog description field. Ignore the Blog Description Text field.

Hope that helps. It no fun if you can't share it! 

05/08/2007 01:32 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


When I saw I could have a pet, I was OK with being a Meez.  But then my "sweet" hubby pointed out that she's too skinny.  NOT HELPFUL.  Thanks.

(She IS too skinny!!)

05/08/2007 04:41 AM by Sarah Cooper (Real Estate Shows)


Sarah... this is what I love most about my Meez. He is thin in a way I have not been since I was 12.

05/08/2007 08:30 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Hey...Hey :)

I have my graphics. Hooray for "The Flippin Wife" LOL.

Hubba...We adopted Sarah yesterday. She gave me two more Grand Daughters and boy we are really happy about that :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/08/2007 08:42 AM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


My meez is too freakin' skinny!  I don't see a way to pack a few more pounds on her.  She's also too tall and too young.  :-)    Maybe us oldsters should stage a Gray Power protest or something!

Edit:  I just noticed Sara Cooper has the same compliant.  Someone really should suggest to meez to add a selection of "body types" and "age groups".

And Jeff - I like my size and shape right now.  It's just more South Park than meez, I guess.

05/08/2007 09:20 AM by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA


LOL @ Cheryl...

"Gray Power". That cracked me up :)

I couldn't find Blonde so I opted for "Bald" :)

TLW...ROAR!

05/08/2007 09:54 AM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Hmmm. That was fun. I totally wasted away a couple of hours on that site. I got hooked. I just had to make a couple different ones. I started horseback riding recently so...

My Meez

ok - gotta add one more...

my meez

05/08/2007 10:15 AM by A Crye-Leike Blogger, Angie Vandenbergh (Crye-Leike, Realtors)


This is just way too much fun for adults to be having. :)

05/08/2007 06:23 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


I loved that. I am off to figure out how to do that to my side bar now.

The poll for throwing Broker Bryant in the lake is rigged :)

 

05/08/2007 06:41 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


TLW [SVW]... use the smaller version of the animated gif and pull the code from there. 

05/08/2007 07:58 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you...Don't mind me I'm just "Pointlessly Dancing In The Rain" and practicing my Meez skills. ROAR!

05/08/2007 08:54 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Hmmm. That entry changed my other Meez.

Looks like I better put this up before I throw my laptop in the flippin lake :)

05/08/2007 08:58 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


These are pretty funny! I don't have time to do one right now, but, I want a skinny one, when I do. After all, it is my Meez!

05/08/2007 11:13 PM by Indianapolis Real Estate | Paula Henry (ReMax Excel)


How funny!!!  These really cracked me up!!!!

05/09/2007 12:08 AM by Lori Hakeem (Keller Williams Realty)


 Love it Jeff and Rocky Thanks! It looks like there is something in there for all of us!

05/09/2007 06:23 AM by Lysa Napolitano, Call Coordinator ~ Century 21 Sundance (Century 21 Sundance)


It looks like we all just needed a little fun! I love my new gadget in my sidebar. And I mean it. I'm blogging as fast as I can! :)

05/09/2007 08:49 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


   Happy Mothers Day, Jeff and Rocky and all mothers. This only took me 10 trys to get it right.

05/10/2007 06:49 AM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Jeff,

Sorry I missed this earlier.  I am going to go see what I can come up with as I see a lot of creativity here.

I did actually end up blogging from the beach for real on a trip recently to Grand Cayman.  I even posted a picture there of my view beyond my computer screen.  Not a bad place to blog.  If you want to check it out, here is the link...

http://activerain.com/blogsview/89764/Unique-Opportunites-Abound-You

Keep up the posts like this.

05/10/2007 08:46 AM by Robert D. Ashby, CMPS - Solid Rock Mortgage Corporation


Bob... love the t-shirt.

Missy... it may have taken you some time, but the likeness is pretty darn good, don't you think?

Robert... very nice. I plan on blogging my way cross country with the six kids in the car this summer. I'll do it from the passenger seat during the times when my wife drives. That should be very... interesting.  :)

I'm also noticing that you guys are changing your scenes. Very nice!

05/10/2007 08:55 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Well, Jeff like you I haven't been that skinny in let's see...............5 babies ago !

05/10/2007 09:09 AM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Fun stuff. I love the fact that I'm younger, better looking at thinner. I just wish I could finish my swing...

05/10/2007 09:13 AM by Larry Morris, CMPS, Newberg Oregon (NW Lending Solutions)


OK, Had to come back and post this for fun.  I couldn't get any better right now, but I will play with it more later.

05/10/2007 09:36 AM by Robert D. Ashby, CMPS - Solid Rock Mortgage Corporation


Interesting. I switched my club for a cell phone and didn't realize it automatically switched it here as well...scary. Unfortunately, this is more appropriate...me with a cell phone on the golf course...

By the smile and hand motions I must be extolling the attributes of one of my favorite Realtors...

05/10/2007 10:59 AM by Larry Morris, CMPS, Newberg Oregon (NW Lending Solutions)


Mine changed too.  I didn't think of it when I was playing around with it, but I guess we can have more fun changing things around as we go along. 

But here is my first one, hopefully animation works still...

05/10/2007 12:49 PM by Robert D. Ashby, CMPS - Solid Rock Mortgage Corporation


These are all hysterical. I may go back and find mine (with a camera in hand) and post it. I was worried that it was a  no-no to do that.

Haven't been able to make it work on my blog but spent an hour trying. I'm not so good at the tech side of this stuff.

Jeff thanks for the fun. Today I've been haggling repairs and it's gotten a little heated. The light hearted fun was just what I needed.

05/10/2007 01:19 PM by Mary Pope-Handy, ABR, CRS, ePRO, SRES (Keller Williams Realty)


OK... I like my new meez that's now in the post an awful lot. It fits nice in the corner and placing him on a white background makes it look like he's living in the post. I think he will be my new fun post graphic. :)

05/10/2007 07:35 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Your new Meez will also serve as a hint that I can hijack it :)

If it has anything to do with FUN I'm there.

05/10/2007 07:51 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


I love it!  I like fun stuff!  Gives me a break ....Happy Mother's Day to your wife!

05/10/2007 10:47 PM by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman (RA), HAWAII Real Estate & HAWAII Relocation (Century 21 Liberty Homes -Mililani, Hawaii)


TLW [SVW]... amen to that!

Celeste... thank you!  

05/10/2007 10:58 PM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


 

Boom Shaka Laka
  
Devil Laughing
 



 
Thud
  COOL STUFF THANKS

05/11/2007 12:27 AM by Olivier


Olivier... I don't know who you are, but I like your smile.

05/11/2007 12:32 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Yes it has... it's been a while since I've done one just for fun and it was just what the doctor ordered!

05/11/2007 12:42 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


Just so you know....I am called WooHoo Sally.....and TLW gave me that name...and I am proud of it...so ha!

05/11/2007 11:36 AM by Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman (RA), HAWAII Real Estate & HAWAII Relocation (Century 21 Liberty Homes -Mililani, Hawaii)


WOOHOO SALLY!  I dig it. I have two nicknames bestowed upon me by the great nickname giver, "HUBBA" and "TOOL BOY." I prefer "HUBBA," but TOOL BOY works for me too. 

05/11/2007 11:41 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


{SVW Hubba}...

She is very proud of her nickname. She googled it and it popped up on the first page. LOL.

TLW...ROAR!

05/11/2007 03:37 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


This really put a smile on my face---Got my creative juices going too. Thanks, as always!

05/13/2007 11:07 AM by Diane Bell, Hilton Head Real Estate, Bluffton (Charter 1 Real Estate, Hilton Head, Bluffton, SC)


Well, Diane, show us your meez! :)

05/14/2007 01:25 AM by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)


I'm glad I checked back here again. It's cool to see everyone's Meezes. Is that a word?

Lisa Hill
 

05/20/2007 12:56 PM by Lisa Hill (Daytona Beach REALTORĀ®) (Adams Cameron and Company)