Toupee or not toupee?

[badseed1980]

Er, that is, to pay or not to pay?

I just looked at the paid account info, and it's not that expensive at all. $25 for a year, fuck, I can do that. My question to all of you who have, or used to have, a paid account: is it worth it? I very much like the option of having 15 picture spots. I would really like to have a few more. I also like posting by phone, and having an LJ address that I can put up and make available publicly on LJ. And custom mood icons. A lot of the other stuff doesn't matter much to me, though--stuff like embedding the LJ in my homepage, domain forwarding... stuff like that.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

Comments

[tigira.livejournal.com]

It's worth it, in my book.
Kind of like it's worth it to have your own domain name.

Not necessary, but damn convenient.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Ok. Convenient is good. :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

That's not just on paid accounts. It's on my unpaid one too. It is nice to have.

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that paid accounts, when logged in and looking at other peoples' profiles have common interests & common friends highlighted in bold. This feature, in and of itself is worth it. ;)

Of course there is always the possibility that I am confused, in which case, kindly disregard my mumbling.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Nope, that's something on all accounts, as long as you're signed in.

Hi. Who are you? You added Badseed and me to your friends list. Was that random? Do either of us know you?

I like your use of Robin Wood's deck in your icon...

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Some common communities for me. Nonfluffypagans, I believe? I don't know you much either, GreyCat, unless we've met IRL and I don't recognize your screen name.

Anyhoo, making new friends is good. :)

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Hullo :)

Yeah, to be honest, I noticed Badseed's posts (especially the Cthulu talking in his sleep) on nonfluffypagans so I friended her because I found her blog interesting.

Then, I noticed Tisana commenting therein and friended her for similar reasons.

I rather doubt that I know either you in person, since I haven't been to the US in years and since I tend to be reclusive on my home turf (Ottawa and Montreal) as well.

Please to meetcha....

as for the nifty icon a lost friend made it for me aeons ago and I just recycled it

{looks around sheepishly having run out of stuff to type}

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Ah, ok :)

Well good to meet you too, Mr. Canuck. :) I just lost a friend to Canada recently. He decided to move back. I guess it must be pretty cool.

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Mr. Canuck? (eeeep - I am sooo not the epitome of Canuck-ness)

My real name's Dominik, although I don't bandy it about too often on LJ. I was born in Warsaw, Poland. I've lived in Baghdad (1980-81) and near Vienna (Austria) as a kid. We arrived in Canada as political refugees in November of 1983 (I'd just turned 6). Got my Canadian citizenship sometime during late elementary school (grade 4 or 5 I think).

But yeah, if one has to choose between too many/much:
1.) snakes (Australia)
2.) guns (USA)
3.) snow (Canada)

then I most heartily approve of my mother's logic in choosing #3.

The older I get, the more I like living here. :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Damn, boy! I'm more Canuck than you! (Half French-Canadian, though the family's been in this country for generations on that side)

Snow ain't so bad. :)

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

yes but I've assimilated so well that I've experienced the sometimes amusing, sometimes disturbing situation of listening to an outspoken Canadian whose family has been here for several generations rant about foreigners and immigrants (currently about 1/3 of all Canadians is foreign born if I recall that statistic accurately)

then again *I* grumble and huff about people that don't assimilate....

My 2 cents

[wolf-kells.livejournal.com]

Welcome aboard!

My ancestors were among the first of the French families to settle in Canada, so I'm part French-Canadian as well (though mostly Irish and Native American with a smattering of Anglo-Saxon thrown in the mix).

Nice to have a new face in the crowd!

[sweetpeatn.livejournal.com]

i like the fact that i have another email address. and on those days of sheer boredom, or those nights i can't sleep, it's pretty nifty to navigate around the site and see what's shaking.