get me off this crazy thing

I changed my default icon yesterday. Maria's expression pretty much perfectly depicts my state of being. heh.

I noticed, though, that most people keep the same default icon for much longer than I do. I get ansty, need to change, feel stagnant, get swayed by a pretty picture, take your pick. On the other hand, I tend to keep the same group of icons for longer than those that are not my default; I hate letting go of icons and totally angst over them when I want to add a new one but need to get rid of an old one to do that. It's much harder now with only 15 icons, but I made that choice when I cut back on my membership to LJ.

At VVC I really noticed this, that people use their default icons as a stand-in for who they are, as a sign that they are speaking, or to tell people they are now posting, while I use my default icon to reflect where I am right now, emotionally, fannishly, etc., which changes relatively frequently. hm.


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My paid account status is ending soon, along with my extra icons. I can no longer in good conscious give money to livejournal. I am, however, very likely to at least try out the ad-based account option, at least just to see if it's annoying or not, and it allows me to not have to move my pics off just yet and there's a ton of icons there that I don't have a home for. The only part of this that makes me sad is that I'm a big ol' icon whore, and that will have to go away, but I'm reconciled to this. Mostly. *g*

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Please comment if you have more to add! I'd love to find out how people choose their icons.