*choke* *cough* *die*

[themeletor]

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Janeite geek in possession of a few dollars must be in want of a new toy.

Is that consumption, or did I LAUGH up bits of my lung?





(p.s. *WANT*)

Comments

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yes, with my mom it's all..."I'm not going to buy her anything this time", and I roll my eyes, and she comes home with like six skirts and a cry of "Oh, but they were so cheap".

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sometimes my sister buys stuff with her own money, then suddenly there's a two-for-one, or something else cheaper that my sister won't buy herself, so mum ends up paying for that.

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yep, but she's all "oh, I love this... And this." I suppose she's only six, so I should cut her some slack, but it's just ridiculous for mom to claim she's not going to but the stuff.

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Six is forgivable. Mine's fourteen, and she sounds just like your sister! That's when it starts getting ridiculous.

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yep. No child needs twelve pink skirts, or a new doll everytime she's in a toystore. She's such a little madam as well, once, I told her to put a jumper on, and she gave me this look, and just said "Do I look like I'm shivering?"

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Lucky you. I'm not sure my sister knows that word. She has a very limited (ie. teenager) vocabulary. She's very good at the looks though, I must say.

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the looks are where they get you. That and the "meh mbleh meh mbleh" muttering beneath their breath as they turn away...

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and the----OMG JACK DAVENPORT!!! That's one of my faves pictures of him EVER that you've got there in your icon!!

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

I love that photo, but my computer sucks, so I couldn't get anymore of his face on there...:(

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. My comp doesn't suck, but we have NO programs whatsoever on it that I can use to make an icon. It's terrible! *wails*

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yep. I got my only fancy icon of _unthemed_, and am very pleased. It sparkles!

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Cooooool....

Man, Photoshop is so expensive! And yet I want it. It's so sad.

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Can't you get a pirate copy? Or find a nice friend to fill your life with icony goodness?

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have a couple of friends who've made me icons, but I'm too shy to ask usually.

Plus, I can only have three at a time, so I just rotate. I don't need that many.

Pirate copy, eh?

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Do you have any friends with computer 'skills'? They usually know where to get the stuff.

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. My uncle's got all kinds of stuff like that, but I don't know about Photoshop. I'll ask him.

There's also the "lite" version, which costs a third of the full version. And according to a friend of mine who has it, it can do most of the same stuff.

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they usually can. That happens when Bill Gates realises that he can't sell the ridiculously expensive version to everybody, so makes a cheaper version to sell more copies. The difference is usually minor, just missing some specifiacally professional extras.

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. So maybe Bill Gates really has some sense after all. Wow. I marvel.

Actually, it may be a third of the price, but it still costs about $200. And I think that's U.S. So maybe almost $400 here. Oy...

[duckgirlie.livejournal.com]

Yep. I'm hoping my friend can get me a cheap pirate copy next time I see him. Though admittedly, my own 'skills' are not much. I have just enough expertise in Photoshop to recognise the superiority of others.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

you know you can always ask me, yes?

I love iconning, but have had no excuse to, lately.

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

Really?? *squeeeeee* You're so sweet!

If I come up with a specific idea, I'll let you know, k?

[daughtermestizo.livejournal.com]

I'm still pimping out the Gillette icon you made me. I've found a surprising number of Gillette fans that way. It's very cool.