A while ago, Google Talk added a little image option, so you can "see" a person when you "talk" to them (I usually just use the IM option). I thought that was great! Because that way, I can save on the typing and just let my expression do the talking! I immediately grabbed the camera and started making Johanna-emoticons.
And now, Gmail has started adding whatever image you have currently selected in Talk to the gmail interface. Sweet. I feel like dusting off my emoticons.
This is the expression you would get if you announced you were sending me chocolate. Or any other present for that matter. Or if you came across me on a sugar rush.
However, spontaneous chocolate sending never happens in my world. Sigh. Sometimes, though, I try to influence the lack of chocolate arriving in my in-box with this look. It's worked once, for sure - I really did get a puropack of chocolate this spring. Really. I did.
Of course, I was pretty shocked that this worked. My expression alternated between the first "glee" emoticon and this one, which is what I look like when I am surprised.
But I know that manipulating people to send me chocolate is *very bad*. If someone else did it, I would be very disapproving. Look at me disapprove.
But that would be easy to misinterpret, because my disapproving look is very similar to my "huh?" look. I don't know what it says about me, that I look disapproving when I'm confused, and vice versa.
Though I don't use the disapproving look all *that* often. My usual tactic when I think something is ridiculous is to stare at the person until he gets really uncomfortable, starts talking too much, and ultimately gives me chocolate to appease me. I'm not kidding, that has also happened in the past few months.
This one needs no explanation.
Really, it's a shame that I don't use these - my image is almost pemanently set to "normal". Which is this one.
Really, a shame. Because I also have this one! Which is my all-time favourite, though I can't for the life of me figure out what emotion I was going for when I took this one.
Heh.