Expectations Vs Reality

It's always the same, isn't it, especially during the holiday season. You build up expectations in your head about how it will be and then the cold reality of 'how it really is' slaps you in the face. Sigh

How VERY true! Usually this warning accompanies imagery so disturbing it seers itself into your retina for all time but not in this gallery. Fear not, these are images that will just make you look at common things a bit differently.

Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee that the following chicks are bone-fide geeks, but we can assure you they are cuties using stripped-down computers, or is it the other way around?

He's the greatest artist never known. Kind of like Clark Kent, walking the planet and saving mankind from themselves by the power of street-art. And now he's invaded Los Angeles, so Schwarzenegger beware!

What's the one thing that you really look for in a female, think about it, yep, getting warm, it's a smile that can light up a dark room and make you feel special. You know i'm right, eh!? Aren't i?

So all you are doing is trying to take a nice ordinary, everyday picture of your friends and before you know it some major celebrity is trying to get in on the action by goofing off in the background and photobombing you. Pfft.

Ah, for those wonderful days of college life, where you devoted all of your time to study and the pursuit of knowledge to further your young mind. There was very little time for anything else really. Or was that in another reality?

These distorted panoramic photographers are by Randy Scott Slavin for his Alternate Perspective series. He can take up to a hundred pictures of a scene to build up a 360 degree image before stitching them together to make a stereographic projection.

We've had planking, owling, and batmanning. Now those weird internet types have come up with another craze that will be sweeping the globe. Cat breading. Sounds ridiculous, is ridiculous, is also pretty funny.

Yep, it's celebs who, strangely enough look like other celebs. Nothing strange here you might think, well wait until you see who their counterparts are. You will never see them in the same way again. Weird.

Sure, going out with friends and consuming alcohol can be incredibly suave and sophisticated, but more often than not it descends into uncouth shenanigans and tomfoolery. For shame!