So, wanted an icon for Photography (being jealous of Gatcat's), so set out on a search for an artist on furbid that matches what I like in icons.  Found Foux and I am so happy with this icon(pointing to the post and default icon)! 

She has more auctions on Furbid, in case you are looking for an icon for yourself!

Current Mood: happy

As most folks know, I don't write that often in my LJ, mainly due to duncandahusky posting more often about our adventures and having two people covering the same thing can be boring. However, if something very interesting happens or I want to show folks, I post it here.

So, why do I stay with LJ

Very simply, I am a big fan of reading what friends and folks I know are doing, see what what experiences they have done and makes for good conversation when I see that person.

I do have a fiction writing filter that I will post to very rarely, am I worried about being censored? Not really... If something offensive is in the story and LJ hates it and bans my user, I will be pissed but would place my writings elsewhere and either get my account back, or seek other avenues. Have folks had issues in the past for stupid reasons? Yeah, but that hasn't affected me and can't judge it was warranted or not.

I pay my $25 a year to have a paid account and I pay $10 for the extra userpics, so I am not so worried about ads. From what I have read, paid accounts and basic accounts will stay that way, if you stop paying, you go to a basic account. It is only new accounts that have the ad or pay system and I am okay with it. As footpad mentioned, just adblock the ads and say goodbye to them.

As for the strike? I feel there isn't a reason to strike. The strike will have a lot less people checking LJ and there will be a lot less updates, it will be sad that there won't be much to read, but at least it will give more time to do other stuff. The problem is that it isn't going to hurt SUP, if anything, the lack of a load on their servers and pipe will help them in the long run.

If you are unhappy with Livejournal, you can do a couple things
1) Write a letter, not email, but a real handwritten letter. It is more likely to be read.
2) No longer pay for the service. You will bounce to basic status, but that is money they don't have
3) Delete your account and go to another service. There are a lot of options out there and last I checked, the LJ software is still open source.

Livejournal has a nice interface to read what your 'friends' are doing and nothing I have found yet can really do that, outside of setting up all the different journals as RSS feeds, but Friends Only posts would be a thing of the past.

And yeah, someday everyone will leave to something new and different, which will have different challenges. For now though, I do plan on sticking here to read up on my friends. I hope you do too, but if not, that is understandable.

Current Location: Ivory Globe of Doom
Current Mood: tired

It's just so ... PINK!

I am really enjoying the new camera, will probably bug folks more often with the flashy flashy, so I want to apologize now.

Also, went ahead and starting submitting pictures to DeviantArt, if you would like to see the pictures, you can see them HERE.

Now, normally I don't vote based only on a commercial, but this thingcracked me the hell up!  Chicago politics can really seemcorrupted (because they are) and it is funny someone coming up with a funny animation for their campaign.



Deratany could be doing horrible things, but the commercial is funny enough that I would still vote for him.

Except I live up in Lake County now.  Good thing too! Don't see the political machine around here so much!

Current Location: 60073
Current Mood: silly

Happy Birthday goes out to Le Loup Peint, I hope your day is wonderful and with great surprises!

So, like, there's this con that is about to happen and like, lots of folks will be there and and, I am so not ready for the insanity!

It will be a fun, sometimes stressful, weekend. If you see me, please say hi! If I can't stop, I hope to see you around later in the con. Hoping to get to relax more and be able to talk and catch up with folks more this time around.

Only have real obligations (besides the usual stuff) is on Saturday at 11am and then the Fursuit Parade. Won't be in suit this year again, but I should be okay with that. Might try to help out at the Charity Auction and Art Auction, sorting out items on the table and handing them out to runners. Not sure if my help will be welcome, but hey, it gives me something fun to do.

If you are unable to make it to MFF, I hope you still have a wonderful weekend, whatever you end up doing.

At this point in two weeks, the Thursday night mixer will be in full swing, a game show will be going on, and there will be a F***load of folks in a hotel

And it will be fun!

It's almost MFF time!

You ready?

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Current Location: Globe of Doom!
Current Mood: sleepy

Yesterday, duncandahusky and I decided to go out after dinner and hit Prairie Croissant, a little coffee shop in Prairie Crossing. The place had a very interesting vibe to it, very alternative, yuppie place. Afterwards, we walked around a bit to tour the neighborhood, and once realizing that mosquitos love us, we decided to do a driving tour of the development.

This development is rather unique in the Chicagoland area, encouraging recycling and composting, encouraging not mowing your lawn and letting native grasses grow in your yard.. They are across the street from 2 train lines and also the furthest north point for iGo car rental, which makes for living without a car. The only thing I was disappointed with was while they had a giant windmill, we didn't see any solar panels on the houses.

On seeing the hybrid cars in the driveways and political bumper stickers, Duncan remarked, "Coming to this place makes you a democrat."

The only downside to this place is that the landfill is really close to this place and on bad days, you can smell it throughout.

Current Location: Globe of Doom!
Current Mood: awake