aruan | Whew! Finally!

Like many others, I had a fantastic time at this summer's Challenge for the Children V. This started out as a commemorative icon set, but by the time I took a breath it was well into the twenties, so, mood theme. However, LJ only has 132 listed moods, which are both somewhat repetitive and not nearly encompassing enough. This theme rounds out at 205. Some of it is self-indulgent, some of it is gratuitous, but I (and others) often find ourselves in need of most.

The icons for moods not included in the drop-down menu will still appear if you type the particular mood into the text box.

Jules' Challenge for the Children V Mood Theme

This wouldn't have looked half as spiffy without the help of the perennially fabulous

walkingshadow, who practically godmothered if not midwifed this project. Thanks also to everyone who provided suggestions and listened patiently along the way.

Anyone (you must have a paid account though) is welcome to use it - I only ask that you drop a comment saying you are.

The philosophy behind making this was simple - find the best picture for each mood. Of course each of the five guys are represented, though not necessarily equally given the number of photos snapped of each (and believe me, I got as many as humanly possible from about a thousand sources.) For the record, what disparity there is isn't nearly that of the population I worked from. Each of the ten pairings is also included, as well as a few miscellaneous but memorable images from that weekend.

As a possibly interesting aside, as anyone who's made any kind of *NSYNC mood theme knows, these boys don't lend themselves to negative emotions. Ergo, those are mostly improvised and the context conveniently edited out.

All 205 moods, in alphabetical order.

Picture credits are as follows: WireImage,

liz_w, indigoguides.com, Jenny Douglas, simplynsync.com,

powrhug, Getty images, various and sundry on the JJB,

giddyupnow,

grrleloquence, and myself.

Should it strike your fancy, here are the instructions on how to start using the theme:

If you are uploading this theme to your webspace:

1. Download all the icons here.

2. Upload all icons to your site. You should probably create a directory titled "cftc pics".

3. Open this file and paste all of the text into a blank word processor document. Do a find/replace of the URLs, from "http://plaza.ufl.edu/iwan2kno/cftcmoodicons/" to "http://www.yoursite.com/cftc_pics/".

4. Go to the LiveJournal Command Console. Type this in the box: moodtheme_create "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" "cftc pics" and click "execute". You should get a message saying that your mood theme has been created. Write down the ID# they give you (i.e. "19339"). Using that number, do a find/replace for "19339" with the ID# you were assigned in the open word processor document.

5. Copy all of the text in that file and paste it into the command console box. Click "execute". It should give you a long list of commands to show you've successfully uploaded the theme.

6. To check if your mood theme has been set up correctly, go to http://www.livejournal.com/moodlist.bml?moodtheme=19339 -- but replace "19339" with your theme's ID#. If everything was done correctly on both ends, the icons should appear next to their respective moods.

7. Click on the link to the Modify Journal page. Go to "select mood icon set". Look for one named "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" and select it. Then refresh your LJ to see if the pics show up.

If you're not uploading it:

1. Open this file and paste all of the text into a blank word processor document.

2. Go to the LiveJournal Command Console. Type this in the box: moodtheme_create "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" "cftc pics" and click "execute".

3. You should get a message saying that your mood theme has been created. Write down the ID# it gives you (i.e. "19339").

4. Using that number, do a find/replace for "19339" with the ID# you were assigned in the open word processor document.

5. Copy all of the text in that file and paste it into the command console box. Click "execute". It should give you a long list of commands to show you've successfully uploaded the theme.

6. To check if your mood theme has been set up correctly, go to http://www.livejournal.com/moodlist.bml?moodtheme=19339 -- but replace "19339" with your theme's ID#. If everything was done correctly on both ends, the icons should appear next to their respective moods.

7. Click on the link to the Modify Journal page. Go to "select mood icon set". Look for one named "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" and select it. Then refresh your LJ to see if the pics show up.

Enjoy!