Quite obviously, I have had an obsession with avatar sites ever since I first found Gaia when I was pregnant with Sakura.

I found a page somewhere with virtually every avatar site in existence listed. .... I joined them all.... well, at least all the English-speaking ones.

Yes, it all started with Gaia Online. Recently, though, I've been head-over-heels for one that's called Avariciarpg.com I liked their larger avatars to start and even though they're completely redoing the avi system there, I doubt I'll ever leave. The community is great.

As was probably inevitable, I now have plans to run my own avatar site.

i really like the look of decoden'd mobile phones, but they're just... well... they're too over-the top. i like the elegant aspect to lolita as well as the sweet aspect, and not only do i not want a phone which makes my boyfriend's eyes bleed, but i want one that wouldn't look out of place with my more simple, everyday gothic lolita attire. so what i want is a little, beautiful, but subtle decoration, not a phone that weighs five pounds because it's so full of whipped cream and rhinestones and glitter and cupcakes and strawberries. i'm thinking that if i got a black plastic case of the type you put over your phone to protect it and make it a different color... i think they're called faceplates? the guy in the mall sells them, but they're not black. anyway, if i got a simple, black plastic shiny case that covered my mobile phone, i could glue a few things to it instead of straight to the phone in case i got tired of it, and i could use all black, white, and silver deco pieces.

instead of something like this: