Does anyone out there know how to open/convert/break down an .avb avatar file from the old, old Microsoft Comic Chat program? Way back in the Dark Ages, Malathar made a custom file for me, and I'd like to convert the various emotions and gestures into LiveJournal icons.

---

For the first time in years, I've changed my default icon. I've had that CGI shot of myself that Callsfire did for me since I-Don't-Know-When, but when I saw this shot of a crocodilian eye, I knew I needed to appropriate it.

It's become something of a motif, you see:

	My new default icon, the eye of an as-yet unidentified reptile. Saurian eye 'midst gold and purplish scales? That's Your Obedient Serpent, lookin' right atcha. Source: The Weasel King.
	Somewhere in my long list of Campaigns I've Never Run is The Eye of the Sky God, a Barsoom-inspired Planetary Romance set amongst the Moons of Jupiter. I need to dig that one out; it's totally Steampunk. Source: NASA?
	The Voight-Kampf Test screen from Blade Runner.
	The Eye of Agammotto, Dr. Strange's amulet. I use this one for mystical/surrealist entries. Source: The Lesser Book of the Vishanti.
	An old RCA Victor ad, touting their "Magic Eye" and "Magic Brain" tuning technology. It's my "Weird Science/Technology" icon. Source.

Other than the Magic Eye, they even have similar color schemes. I particularly like the similarity between the Dragon Eye and the Eye of the Sky God; rotate the Red Spot a few degrees counter-clockwise, and they'd line right up.

The Red Spot and the V-K Test are relatively recent additions; I need to start using them more, I think.

---