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Icon meme
1) Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2) Make a post and talk about the icons I chose.
3) Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4) This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.
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bodhifox:
The Overtime Fairy is the icon I've used the most recently. The term is one I invented by borrowing shamelessly from my friends, who had already coined the terms "Migraine Fairy," "Cookie Fairy" and any number of fairies that I'm probably forgetting. I've talked about the Overtime Fairy for about two years on and off, and mentioned only recently that I really ought to have an Overtime Fairy icon, which the lovely and talentedcurtana made for me. I agree with her that Eddie Izzard makes an awesome Overtime Fairy.
This one is also bycurtana (I'd say about 70% of my icons are her creations) and based on a quote from Babylon 5 which I watched in its entirety for the first time a little over a year ago. I loved the show, and was especially impressed by the writing. The above quote is (I believe) from Delenn, an alien (for the purposes of simplicity: I understand that not everyone who reads this LJ has seen the show) who is in love with the human commander of the station. Their relationship is the cause of much controversy, and I particularly liked the way she phrased this. It's very much the way I feel about most of my friends: they are my chosen family, because we are of the same heart.
Ah, the Canadian Borg. I snagged this one fromtaxlady, and I believe several people on LJ have it. No idea who the creator is (if anyone knows, please tell me so I can credit!). This icon showcases two of my loves: my country (in all its quirky politeness) and Star Trek: TNG. I am a very quiet patriot. In fact, I am very Canadian in my patriotism, and very Canadian in general, a fact which my mother delights in pointing out all the time (not necessarily a good thing in her books, but I take it as a compliment). I try to be polite in my everyday dealings (I occasionally apologize to people who bump into me, and, more embarrassingly, to objects with which I've collided). I am also perfectly bilingual. Anyone who has listened to a Canadian phone recording understands just why "Pour l'assimilation en Français, faites le 2" is hilarious. As for the Borg aspect, well, let's just say that before Star Trek: Voyager ruined them, the Borg were the scariest villains on television. They were big, they were fast, they were powerful, and they were inexorable. They also acted on a collective imperative to increase their numbers, and not through any understandable motive like revenge or imperialism. I suppose I liked them for the same reasons that I like zombies: they are unfathomable, and unstoppable by normal means.
You are a (relative) latecomer to my LJ, so you might not know that I am, in fact, a superhero. Read the comments to find out how I acquired my superhero name: Rocking Thing. I believe that t! came up with the suggestion because, at the time, one of my favourite things to say was "I rock like a rocking thing." Invisible even wrote a song about me and the other girls in my band called "Rocking Thing." It blew my mind. I don't have a copy, sadly, or I'd have posted it already.
The icon itself is a closeup of my right arm (yes, I wear my watch on my right wrist), hand holding drumsticks and resting on my snare. I believe this was one of the originals taken byowldaughter during a rehearsal. It sums up my superhero alter-ego quite nicely.
This is the only icon I have which shows my face (I had more but got rid of them). It's a crop of an original taken byfearsclave from the first year were were snowshoeing together (so late 2004 or early 2005). We made a bivouack out in the swamp behind his father's and WOSM's house and built a fire over which we made Kraft Dinner, which we ate with SAS racing sporks. Much fun. The larger photo is one of me whacking away at a dead tree with a cheap Canadian Tire machete, and I use the icon for most of my outdoors-y-related stuff.
The cats, collectively
I'm not sure if you mean just the photo icons of my cats, or all my icons about cats in general. Please specify and I will post the icons and comment as needed. :)
:::ETA:::
These are my two "George" icons. George is my baby cat, although now that he's over six years old he's no longer really my baby, but a big grown-up boy. I use the "curious George" icon for any post that involves him, or to comment on people's posts about cats. I use the "yawning George" icon for silly cat-related posts, and occasionally for posts in which the cats have been too cute for words.
This is my Pan-Pan icon. I use it for posts and comments about him, specifically, or for posts about clueless things cats have done. Pan-Pan is very lovable, and very very stupid, and thus provides me with a lot of amusement as well as affection.
This is my Gretzky icon. I basically use it only for posts and comments about her.
I have no icon for Smudge, and I keep meaning to remedy that. All the above icons were made by the talentedmeallanmouse from a cat-photo-shoot at my old apartment, and of course I didn't have Smudge at the time.
2) Make a post and talk about the icons I chose.
3) Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4) This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.
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bodhifox:The Overtime Fairy is the icon I've used the most recently. The term is one I invented by borrowing shamelessly from my friends, who had already coined the terms "Migraine Fairy," "Cookie Fairy" and any number of fairies that I'm probably forgetting. I've talked about the Overtime Fairy for about two years on and off, and mentioned only recently that I really ought to have an Overtime Fairy icon, which the lovely and talented
curtana made for me. I agree with her that Eddie Izzard makes an awesome Overtime Fairy.This one is also by
curtana (I'd say about 70% of my icons are her creations) and based on a quote from Babylon 5 which I watched in its entirety for the first time a little over a year ago. I loved the show, and was especially impressed by the writing. The above quote is (I believe) from Delenn, an alien (for the purposes of simplicity: I understand that not everyone who reads this LJ has seen the show) who is in love with the human commander of the station. Their relationship is the cause of much controversy, and I particularly liked the way she phrased this. It's very much the way I feel about most of my friends: they are my chosen family, because we are of the same heart.Ah, the Canadian Borg. I snagged this one from
taxlady, and I believe several people on LJ have it. No idea who the creator is (if anyone knows, please tell me so I can credit!). This icon showcases two of my loves: my country (in all its quirky politeness) and Star Trek: TNG. I am a very quiet patriot. In fact, I am very Canadian in my patriotism, and very Canadian in general, a fact which my mother delights in pointing out all the time (not necessarily a good thing in her books, but I take it as a compliment). I try to be polite in my everyday dealings (I occasionally apologize to people who bump into me, and, more embarrassingly, to objects with which I've collided). I am also perfectly bilingual. Anyone who has listened to a Canadian phone recording understands just why "Pour l'assimilation en Français, faites le 2" is hilarious. As for the Borg aspect, well, let's just say that before Star Trek: Voyager ruined them, the Borg were the scariest villains on television. They were big, they were fast, they were powerful, and they were inexorable. They also acted on a collective imperative to increase their numbers, and not through any understandable motive like revenge or imperialism. I suppose I liked them for the same reasons that I like zombies: they are unfathomable, and unstoppable by normal means.You are a (relative) latecomer to my LJ, so you might not know that I am, in fact, a superhero. Read the comments to find out how I acquired my superhero name: Rocking Thing. I believe that t! came up with the suggestion because, at the time, one of my favourite things to say was "I rock like a rocking thing." Invisible even wrote a song about me and the other girls in my band called "Rocking Thing." It blew my mind. I don't have a copy, sadly, or I'd have posted it already.
The icon itself is a closeup of my right arm (yes, I wear my watch on my right wrist), hand holding drumsticks and resting on my snare. I believe this was one of the originals taken by
owldaughter during a rehearsal. It sums up my superhero alter-ego quite nicely.This is the only icon I have which shows my face (I had more but got rid of them). It's a crop of an original taken by
fearsclave from the first year were were snowshoeing together (so late 2004 or early 2005). We made a bivouack out in the swamp behind his father's and WOSM's house and built a fire over which we made Kraft Dinner, which we ate with SAS racing sporks. Much fun. The larger photo is one of me whacking away at a dead tree with a cheap Canadian Tire machete, and I use the icon for most of my outdoors-y-related stuff.The cats, collectively
I'm not sure if you mean just the photo icons of my cats, or all my icons about cats in general. Please specify and I will post the icons and comment as needed. :)
:::ETA:::
These are my two "George" icons. George is my baby cat, although now that he's over six years old he's no longer really my baby, but a big grown-up boy. I use the "curious George" icon for any post that involves him, or to comment on people's posts about cats. I use the "yawning George" icon for silly cat-related posts, and occasionally for posts in which the cats have been too cute for words.
This is my Pan-Pan icon. I use it for posts and comments about him, specifically, or for posts about clueless things cats have done. Pan-Pan is very lovable, and very very stupid, and thus provides me with a lot of amusement as well as affection.
This is my Gretzky icon. I basically use it only for posts and comments about her.
I have no icon for Smudge, and I keep meaning to remedy that. All the above icons were made by the talented
meallanmouse from a cat-photo-shoot at my old apartment, and of course I didn't have Smudge at the time.
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The cat reference was worded thusly because I did not wish to offend by choosing one of the named cats over the others. If one takes the time to reference cat names in icon information, said cats must have a special meaning to the poster. So, if you'd be so kind as to choose one of the cats and tell us about them, that would answer my request.
You people are rubbing off on me, damn it all.
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I have posted all of my "named cat" icons and explained their significance. I hope this post has enlightened you somewhat concerning my choices in iconage.
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As you've done three (!) I won't make you do it yet another time, despite your invitation on my journal. Unless you really want to, of course. In which case, I choose... hrm. You've already covered the ones I'd like to hear you comment on, so I won't ask for six. How about Dark Wings Dark Words and... um... yeah.
I enjoy all of your icons.