As posted here. (http://ifeverangelsbe.livejournal.com/224768.html)
I got this one during a Canada Day icon yoinking spree. I laughed when I first saw it, because it reminded me of my exasperated, non-sensical responses when I get flustered debating with people. And dammit, our money is cuter: people comment on how much they like the colours, and I love that they updated most of the bank note series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Canadian_dollar#Canadian_Journey_Series) in the last decade, to include not only political and historical figures, but national symbols and literature on them. I usually use it when I have to capitulate in a debate that is going 'round in circles, or to be snarky.
After watching Desperate Housewives, Waitress, and Firefly (all in succession), I marvelled at the fact that I did not yet have any icons of Nathan Fillion, fellow Canuck and object of me and the Unholy Trinity's desires. (The Unholy Trinity is a coalition formed by three awesome and amazing women on my flist who prey edumicate unruly individuals on our flists. I'm a latecomer to the Trinity (although I have been appointed Mother Superior), so I guess it's not a Trinity anymore... whatever, we don'T abide by the rules of logic. WOW THIS IS A LONG PARENTHESIS.) Thus, my Dr McTightpants icon. The caption on it should say it all. So say we all.
Our seat of government, symbol of our capital, my place of employment... I hope to work there for a long time to come. I can't even begin to tell you how at home I feel on the Hill. In my hometown, I felt like an outsider. Arriving in Ottawa, and on the Hill, something immediately clicked, and I fit right in (with bilingual people with identity complexes and issues with language politics and an unnatural interest in the political scene). The tall structure is the Peace Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Tower), "so named to honour the thousands of Canadian men and women who sacrificed their lives for their country in World War I. (http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/explorepeacetower_e.html)" The tulips are there because it is one of the major touristy attractions of Ottawa. "In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was given in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland's exiled royal family received during the Second World War in Ottawa and in recognition of the role which Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands." Since then, whoops! We has a Tulip Festival (http://www.tulipfestival.ca/en/FestivalHistory/).
Part 1. :(
Date: 2008-01-21 04:04 am (UTC)I got this one during a Canada Day icon yoinking spree. I laughed when I first saw it, because it reminded me of my exasperated, non-sensical responses when I get flustered debating with people. And dammit, our money is cuter: people comment on how much they like the colours, and I love that they updated most of the bank note series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Canadian_dollar#Canadian_Journey_Series) in the last decade, to include not only political and historical figures, but national symbols and literature on them. I usually use it when I have to capitulate in a debate that is going 'round in circles, or to be snarky.
After watching Desperate Housewives, Waitress, and Firefly (all in succession), I marvelled at the fact that I did not yet have any icons of Nathan Fillion, fellow Canuck and object of me and the Unholy Trinity's desires. (The Unholy Trinity is a coalition formed by three awesome and amazing women on my flist who
preyedumicate unruly individuals on our flists. I'm a latecomer to the Trinity (although I have been appointed Mother Superior), so I guess it's not a Trinity anymore... whatever, we don'T abide by the rules of logic. WOW THIS IS A LONG PARENTHESIS.) Thus, my Dr McTightpants icon. The caption on it should say it all. So say we all.Our seat of government, symbol of our capital, my place of employment... I hope to work there for a long time to come. I can't even begin to tell you how at home I feel on the Hill. In my hometown, I felt like an outsider. Arriving in Ottawa, and on the Hill, something immediately clicked, and I fit right in (with bilingual people with identity complexes and issues with language politics and an unnatural interest in the political scene). The tall structure is the Peace Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Tower), "so named to honour the thousands of Canadian men and women who sacrificed their lives for their country in World War I. (http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/explorepeacetower_e.html)" The tulips are there because it is one of the major touristy attractions of Ottawa. "In the fall of 1945, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was given in appreciation of the safe haven that members of Holland's exiled royal family received during the Second World War in Ottawa and in recognition of the role which Canadian troops played in the liberation of the Netherlands." Since then, whoops! We has a Tulip Festival (http://www.tulipfestival.ca/en/FestivalHistory/).