I am curious if you can use Plus! or if there is any other way for that matter, to customize the status icons...i.e. instead of someone who is away have the buddy icon with the clock in the corner, maybe they have, hmm, I don't know, a sad face or something, for example.

If anybody knows of a way to do this, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.

IT is possible with a skin. I suppose if you provided the icons you wanted somebody could make this really quickly for you...