Topic the First:

Tomorrow is the Houston Gay Pride Festival and Parade. I haven't ever been except for the year my house was just off Westheimer, in which case I was part of the parade route. I'm so annoyed over the state-level votes and what passes for political discourse, I'm going to show my support for true equal rights for all Americans and to prove that not all Texans are hateful bigots.

That sounds all angry but I'm actually quite excited. I loved going to Westheimer events when I lived in the Montrose. I suspect this is the only festival that still happens on the street now that the "Westheimer" Art Festival is exiled. Too bad it isn't in March or April, when it's more pleasant to be outdoors around here. *grin*

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Topic the Second:

I hadn't yet used this nifty polling feature and I've been pondering the whole "where to post icons" thing, so...

[Poll #754555]
Feel free to vote for more than one answer. Sometimes more than one fits.

I'm leaning towards just posting them here behind lj-cuts because I'm damned lazy and uninterested parties need not click. I see a lot of "icon journals" around which I admit I liked when I was trawling for icons because it makes them easier to find. I'm not particularly skilled yet in making the sorts of icons that seem popular - and probably never will be because my 30-mumble eyes like color and clarity. Thus, I tend to think of this as a personal exercise, although jalabert is very kind to me and continues to feed my addiction by using my Crappy Icons (tm). I've been stashing them at my Scrapbook, but I suspect that's a place that only I visit.

I'll probably look at the results and then do whatever the hell I want but I'm looking to open up discussion about points I might not have thought about.