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- I'll choose six of your icons and kind of o.O at them.
- You'll explain what they mean, or why they exist, or why you use them.
- If you want to, post your answers and this explanation in your journal so others might play along.
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kittydesade.This one comes from Sugarshock! issue 3, which I'll elaborate more on when I get to...
this one, which is also - oddly enough - from Sugarshock!, an online comic written by the Whedon and freely available from Dark Horse Presents, or: the only part of MySpace I'll ever, ever use. It's fun, it's ridiculous, and it's very... Joss? Jossy? Josslike? However you turn the Whedon into an adjective, it's that.
There are, according to some sources, Plans afoot for more Sugarshock! when the Joss has time.
Note that Sugarshock! is properly spelt with the exclamation mark, kind of like SplatterCon!!!
This one was an attempt at making a fun, seasonal icon, which would've originally involved just some kind of Cylon with a hat. The eye-sweepy thing comes free with every Cylon raider (limited numbers! order now!), so the hat-sweepy thing seemed like an amusing follow-on from that.
I may or may not remake it with a centurion at some point.
This one was really just for fun, and was one of the three Serenity gag reel icons that I made (the others being the 'TRAP!' and 'fucking fly' ones). I've been told it looks like Mal goes over to get a new Inara every few seconds; it was entirely accidental, but quite fun.
This one was an idea that I had one day while doing something completely unrelated. And, once that had happened, I just wanted to see if I actually could make it like I wanted within the 40k limit. It took five different attempts - each time I gave up for anywhere from five minutes to an hour, but by the end of the fifth one the icon was made.
And then surprisingly popular - not in an 'I expected people to hate it' sense, but instead a little bit of surprise at the flood of 'OMGICONCANIHAVEITANDUSEITPLEASEPLEASEPRETTYPLEASE'.
And this one was the product of... um, random chance? I think I may have seen something that somehow related to Whitman somewhere, remembered the yawp thing, and then wondered how it'd work for a pirate. And a fo'c'sle can be as good as a roof, so. Icon.
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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/).
Part 2! :(
Date: 2008-01-21 04:05 am (UTC)1) I used to be very obsessed with Grey's. Just like I used to be very obessed with St. John Ambulance. Both complemented each other very well. I've kind of lost my interest in both, in favour of other interests (*cough* theatre *cough*) and one more so than the other.
2) Katherine and TR play my favourite characters.
3) As per the comment, "It's like watching a train wreck." I use this when I feel helpess about something. Or when I'm watching one of the three targets of the Unholy Trinity fight for their lives.
Love Actually is one of my favourite movies of all time (I saw it 13 times in theatre; it was my feel-good movie during my first year of university.) This one is a little bit more political than it should be, since I'm technically supposed to be politically neutral. For those of you who have not seen the movie, Hugh Grant is the Prime Minister of Britain and Billy Bob Thornton plays the US President. Billy Bob comes to the UK on a diplomatic visit, and he plays hardball with Hugh AND he tries to seduce Hugh's sexecutive sexatary. Hugh does not take very kindly to this, and at the next press conference, the following occurs:
Given that Canada is so deeply intertwined with the United States, it would be extremely difficult to stand up to the United States like they did in the movie. On some issues, however, I kind of wish that we would stand up to them more. Not petulantly, and not to undermine the certain spirit of cooperation we have going on, just enough to look out for ourselves a little more. For this reason, I give a thumbs up to Jean Chrétien, and a thumbs down to Stephen "I take it up the ass from GWB if he asks me to" Harper. Ask me about the play I wrote where I pretty much personnified Canada and the countries that it has a relationship with.
Sidebar: "I hope to see much more of you as our countries work toward a better future" is the sleaziest pick-up line evar.
Dr. Feel - as much as some people may find Dr. Phil McGraw a crackpot (and on somethings I totally agree with y'all!), I still like him. A lot. But mostly because he reminds me of my daddy, both in the way they look and in the way people who seem incapable of thinking logically or rationally boggle Dr. Phil and my Dad's brains. I thought it was hilarious that there was a puppet made in his image, and I use it as my general "Get over it" icon.
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Date: 2008-01-21 06:27 am (UTC)Unfortunately, there's this kind of odd thing happening in my brain where he's kind of picking up something of the Swedish Chef. It's... bizarre, really - and that says a lot, when I live with my thoughts all day, every day.
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Date: 2008-01-22 04:45 pm (UTC)There are many plays about Canada.
I ended up writing one myself.
In this one, Canadian history is depicted as a girl's family history...
Her parents hooked up long ago, had two kids, but her mother (Brittany) was only after more money/power. Momma kicks Poppa (Jean-François) out of the house, which is fine by him, because hey, he has more bitches to go and badonkadonk. So Brittany is raising these two kids alone, right (among other chillens from other relationships) and Sam, her oldest, gets rebellious and leaves home. Brittany, scared for her life, steps away from the Sam, and focusses on Chantal. Chantal was a bit of a Daddy's little girl, and Brittany tries everything in her power to remove Jean-François' influence on Chantal, but to no avail... But Jean-François is the least of Brittany's worries, because now Sam is manipulating and bullying his little sister.
It talks about history, about language issues, about identity politics... and does not in any way shape or form resemble my experience in high-school *taps noes*
It is also fully bilingual, written in a way that even unilingual people can understand the dialogue in the other language.
Looking back on it after six years, (and following a degree in theatre) it needs major work and heavy re-writes, but I was pretty proud to have come up with that concept!
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Date: 2008-01-21 06:21 am (UTC)So say we all. *wonders if teh Olmos might turn up to shout it properly*
And, ooh, shiny. I thought that one might have had a story. :)
Re: Part 1. :(
Date: 2008-01-21 06:09 pm (UTC)