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You know what's ironic?
Well, that's okay. Neither does Alanis Morisette.
No, wait. That's not what I meant. The ironic thing...
It's about userpics. I've never really gotten the point of them. My default pic is my avatar, my face on the net. And my face is... my face. I'm not going to put someone else's face there or something, you know? I guess my face does change sometimes based on my mood and what I'm saying. But that's a limited thing. For the most part, my face is my face and that's that.
But, slowly, I've been adding userpics to my LJ Basic account. I uploaded the 6th one... just a few months ago, it feels like. Maybe in November, actually. Still, not so long ago. More recently, I came up with a new one. Was momentarily confused when LJ told me I didn't have space for another. I looked through the ones I had and found one that I'd never really used very much and got rid of it. No problem.
And now... I've got a couple of Dreamwidth icons that I made. One that I have mixed feelings about, since it does have some negative tone to it and I like the idea of just cheering for the shiny thing without booing the older and somewhat tarnished thing (which, really, is still quite useful, and still connects me to the vast majority of my friends). The other one, though, is just pure shiny:
I've been thinking about adding it to my LJ, particularly for DW-related posts. Do just a bit more to promote the service, show my love, encourage friends to check it out, etc.
And here's where the irony comes in... I'm happy with my 6. (And I have used all 6 and don't want to confuse old posts by replacing the associated icon. What happens when you do that, anyway?) I don't really want to get rid of any of them. So I actually started wondering if maybe (for the first time for this journal) I should get some paid LJ time. Just so I could upload a DW icon.
Well, that's okay. Neither does Alanis Morisette.
No, wait. That's not what I meant. The ironic thing...
It's about userpics. I've never really gotten the point of them. My default pic is my avatar, my face on the net. And my face is... my face. I'm not going to put someone else's face there or something, you know? I guess my face does change sometimes based on my mood and what I'm saying. But that's a limited thing. For the most part, my face is my face and that's that.
But, slowly, I've been adding userpics to my LJ Basic account. I uploaded the 6th one... just a few months ago, it feels like. Maybe in November, actually. Still, not so long ago. More recently, I came up with a new one. Was momentarily confused when LJ told me I didn't have space for another. I looked through the ones I had and found one that I'd never really used very much and got rid of it. No problem.
And now... I've got a couple of Dreamwidth icons that I made. One that I have mixed feelings about, since it does have some negative tone to it and I like the idea of just cheering for the shiny thing without booing the older and somewhat tarnished thing (which, really, is still quite useful, and still connects me to the vast majority of my friends). The other one, though, is just pure shiny:
I've been thinking about adding it to my LJ, particularly for DW-related posts. Do just a bit more to promote the service, show my love, encourage friends to check it out, etc.
And here's where the irony comes in... I'm happy with my 6. (And I have used all 6 and don't want to confuse old posts by replacing the associated icon. What happens when you do that, anyway?) I don't really want to get rid of any of them. So I actually started wondering if maybe (for the first time for this journal) I should get some paid LJ time. Just so I could upload a DW icon.
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I'm working on creating more icons though, icons that are representative of my username, but also of the various moods & reasons I post. It's slow going though! (I not only have to actually *decide* what I want, but then figure out if I want to take a picture, or ask a good friend to make something for me).
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ETA: Yes, with the ironic!! :)
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