Big Bla

Received the official offer from the buildingsociety for buying my apartment. As expected the real estate agent made a higher estimate than the one I used to apply for a mortgage, so I will have to go to the bank again to see if I'm worthy. I've also realized it's not just that loan that's going to change my financial situation; I also have to consider taxes (tax-returns?) and additional costs for ownership of a house. *sighs* I'm already tired of playing the adult.

Why are there no new Big Bang stories in the weekend? I could use the distraction. Although it's rather intimidating to see the art that has been made so far. Jeebus. Even if you're not in the SPN/J2 fandom, you should check out this artwork:
woodstarling made beautiful character cards for "A Spotlight On These Desolate Dreams" by mournthewicked.
And dauntdraws's glorious graphic drawings make me wish there was a whole comic of "SuperCross" by lazy_daze.

The various Photoshop artists have suprised me in both good and bad ways. It's not in my nature to feel insecure about my work, but it has been a bit overwhelming to see all the different kinds of styles;) The only thing I am a tiny bit worried about is the pixelsize of my art. Since I usually work for high resolution printwork, size has always been an issue when making online designs, so to force myself to keep things LJ-friendly I am working with a 600 pixel width maximum for my banners. Seeing some people post HUGE artwork makes me wonder if I shouldn't have started out big as well. I really don't feel like building from scratch again. Oh well, the 'big' in 'bang' is really only meant for the wordcount of the stories, right? RIGHT? *bites lip*

Desktop meme

Wow, a meme, that's been while. I got tagged by artistic_sillie:)

Rules:

A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun.*

B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends.

I think most of my friends already played, but consider yourself tagged if you haven't;)

Well... here it is... my desktop:

Taadaah!

*Nope, I didn't remove any icons, I just don't have any, except for the "Prullenbak" (aka Garbage can/Recycle bin;). I guess I'm no fun? But hey, see that button on the bottom left with 'Start' on it? If you press that a convenient menu pops up where you can find all your programs and documents. I don't understand why people clutter their desktop; I don't want to cover up my Brendon! I resisted changing my good old Nick/Greg desktop for a long time (see icon), but eventually I couldn't deny my love for Panic At The Disco any longer;) I still have a CSI desktop at work. Yes, with subtext. \o/ I could do this meme again with that one, if anyone's interested *grins*.