"Americans should know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls."
-Walt WhitmanThey have their worries, they’re counting the miles, they’re thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they’ll get there—and all the time they’ll get there anyway, you see.
-Jack Kerouac
"What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do…?"
No avatar at all, (at least for now) so I suppose that is the most "genuine" choice I could make....![]()
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
Douglas Adams
"Frivolity is a stern taskmaster."
Zippy the Pinhead
~Posting images tutorial~
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Of course, our first concern is with your health but sometimes when you're feeling down, what you need is a little motivation and what better motivation is there to feel better than to make Virgil a little less lonely.![]()
In all seriousness, I do hope you feel better soon, Kathy and I look forward to seeing your new avatar, your avs are always interesting.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Thanks, Idril and Virgil. Well, I decided to go with a nature theme avy for now, but for Virgil what could be more retro glamour than Bettie Page?![]()
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"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
Douglas Adams
"Frivolity is a stern taskmaster."
Zippy the Pinhead
~Posting images tutorial~
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
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Yowzah.
Por una cabeza
Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir
:d:d:d:d................................
Well, I finally broke down and picked an avatar and signature. The avatar is the WWI flying ace and the signature is "optima dies ... prima fugit", which means "the best days are the first to flee". It is from Virgil's Georgics, and it is quoted by Willa Cather (or her editor) at the beginning of My Antonia.
Optima dies ... prima fugit
Newest signature is from one of my own poems, reminding us to look ahead, tomorrow's another day, yesterday is gone and we cannot change it!![]()
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
oh,good line, Harris
I have made some changes....
how do you like this avvy?
better than old Seshomaru-sama (sp?). I'm missing him already![]()
So I suppose I'll just fool around with this one for a couple of days.
why can't we have animated avatars? do they take up more storage or cause some other technical problems I don't understand (except driving people nuts?)