all my icons, Part VI

I start to think I might never finish this post series...

Leonard Cohen

I like Leonard Cohen, more as a songwriter than a singer. And these lyrics, combined with the image jiatra picked, just really send me...



Sleep and Hug

Someone at obsessiveicons made these, using original artwork from Kurt Halsey Frederiksen.



Mathematics

In college, I was torn between studying math (because I was good at it and liked the orderliness of everything) and English (because I was good at and loved it). Eventually, I settled with English, but math still retains its attraction. The beauty of the balance is no different than that of the tightest sentence obeying all the proper rules of parallelism. [Made at obsessiveicons.]
Crystal Ball

I made this icon from an image I found at www.asmussenfoto.dk.

Someday there will be a story from this one...


Rousseau's Tiger

When I lived in London, I went frequently to the National Gallery. Every time I visited, I stopped to see the Rousseau painting from which this tiger is taken. I am amused that the tiger is scared of the storm. I am amazed by how the artist made areas where the rain was falling darker than the others. And partly, I like to stop by and tell the tiger that, really, it will be okay. [Made by feathered]

Dancing

I made this icon from a photograph of M. Fonteyn, taken by Beaton.


Trust
Of all the icons most important when it comes to actually writing, this is the one I should treasure. There is so much pressure, mostly generated by myself, to write something amazing every time I write...

[Made at obsessiveicons.]

Quiet

Everyone has voices in their heads -- maybe "normal" people are the ones who realize that the voices are just them, thinking to themselves?

But sometimes, it's hard to focus, to fall asleep, to relax when there is so much going on in one's head. So much being worked through. And too much to work through. [Icon by enriana]

Burning the Candle at Both Ends

This is a picture of me.

Icon by enriana at obsessiveicons.

all my icons, Part V

For those just tuning in, welcome to a series of entries about icons from my original journal. This is more as a way for me to remember what the icons are and why. I'm hoping to expand on these brief snippets sometime later. For now, I'm trying to get it all down...

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

One of the few Rufus Wainwright lyric icons I've found, I particularly loved this one because, well, the same is true of me. It's hard to limit oneself to a "portion" or proper "serving size" of jelly beans... [Made by enriana.]


I'd Rather Eat and Not Wear Clothes

Word.

One-liner icon series by jiatra.


SQUEEEE.

For all those squee moments (yours or someone else's). This is another one of those icons that Tamnonlinear had and I thought was so cool. And another one where she gave me permission to yoink it and use it shamelessly.


Bubblewrap

During one particularly stressful theatre production during college, a couple tech colleagues and I unrolled a bit of bubble wrap from the huge spool of it that the art department kept on hand. And then we stomped on it for about twenty minutes. It's amazing how much better we felt afterwards. (Icon made by jiatra.)

Grinning, Laughing Cats

Unlike my evil, laughing cat icon, this is a happy laughing cat icon. Sure, they do look like they're high on something (have you ever seen a cat smile like that???), but they're still cute.
Thanks to enriana.

Gauze

I don't know what series this icon came from -- obsessiveicons has so many and, while I record which artist makes the icon (in this case, wingedfigment), I am out of habit of recording the series source. But this one just captured my imagination. And like pictures from a Chris van Allsburg book, it's just waiting to become a story.

Ruby Lips

This icon, from icon_goddess, is another that's waiting to become a story. Sometimes, in indescribable situations, an image works where words don't. And that's the added benefit of icons that many people don't realize -- sometimes a picture can express what words cannot adequately.

Bibliophile

Enriana's icon would have also been accurate if it had my picture in there, but I don't know that many people would have found that arrangement as entertaining as I would...

Oh my!

Good? Bad? Who knows! Could be both. I like useful icons like this. Plus, the mouse is pretty bloody cute. Credit to jiatra.

all my icons, part IV

I don't know if I know enough Roman numerals to continue this!

Nine
Nine lives, nine cats...

I'm just glad it didn't say "every woman should have nine cats" because then I would have had to pass up on it and it's a really cute icon. From amura.

Girls Can Be Geeks, Too

This one was made for me, by request, by lady_talon at obsessiveicons.




Open a Vein
This is one of several writing-themed ones I have for my journal. The original intention was that it would be used for entries involving personal writing, but most of my writing in my blog tends to be very essay-style or rambling or personal. Which I should remedy, though I might not keep such writing in a place where an icon would be of any use.

By skellorg.

Rubrchick's Cats
Meet three of rubrchick's cats. The orange one is the coolest -- because he's orange. And the one on the right is really invisible -- one can come and visit 100 times and never see him.

The Vagina
I love The Vagina Monologues. I don't have a favorite quote, but when a series of icons with quotes from the show appeared on obsessiveicons, I had to take the one that was my favorite (little lemming that I am).

Icon by jiatra. Play by Eve Ensler.

Barefoot

I'm not sure why I like this icon (by enriana) so much. I don't go barefoot on the sand much because, well, I don't live near sand. And I am scared to be barefoot in large bodies of water because things might nibble on or brush against my toes and I can't see what they are. BUT I hate wearing shoes and avoid it whenever possible. I'd rather be barefoot.

Just One More Row

I say this all the time ("I'll be right there, just let me finish this row." or "I'll leave to go home, but just let me do one more row."). This is my first and, so far, only knitting-related icon. Given how much knitting I do, though, I should probably have more of these...

By lady_talon.

Useless Information

I love useless information. And Oscar Wilde was a dangerously funny man.

Nice combination for an icon (this one by enriana).


Figment

I'm not sure exactly what this means. Maybe it's that whole "man dreaming of being a butterfly or butterfly dreaming of being a man" thing....

A skellorg creation.

Alabandical

Great, great word. Like masticate and defenestrate, I think I should use this one more in daily conversation. Now I just have to practice pronouncing it...

An icon for a woefully underused word by feathered.

all my icons, part III

How about some ones without words?

Chess Queen
I know this one wants some text, but I can't figure out what text that would be. I don't play chess. But the symbol of a chess queen, arguably the most powerful piece on the board, is a interesting one to me. Maybe it's overflow after reading The Eight (Katharine Neville)...

By jiatra, without alteration, from obsessiveicons.

Bookslut?
The history of how I came to obtain this icon is convoluted: Rubrchick (who gave the icon it's name) saw it on a friend's blog (one Rosefox) and yoinked it. She then passed it on to me, as she felt that my journal had a notable absence of library- and book-related icons.


Captain Jack Sparrow
I have a bunch of different Pirates of the Caribbean and Jack Sparrow icons. This is one of the few that doesn't blink or have any words :) It was born, the offspring of unen2gemismasin in a community dedicated to the movie and, above all, Jack Sparrow.

Stone Angel

I really haven't the faintest idea where this picture came from, let alone how I found it. But I like it, so it's remained in my journal for several years now.



Woman and Camel

Another one without a source, and only a piece of flavor-text that I wrote to describe it: "And now for my next trick -- a woman and a camel... on a highwire!"

Tattooed Back

At one point, there was a collection of icons posted to obsessiveicons. The subject: the human back.

This one is from enriana.

His 'n' Hers

Another from the set of icons on the theme "comparisons." This is comparisons3 from enriana...


Skulls
... and this is "comparisons76", also from enriana.




Jellies
I don't know what it is about jellyfish that makes one intrigued, more than frightened by them. I know they can hurt me. But I still try to rescue them when they beach themselves and stand, transfixed, at the aquarium glass, watching them bob around.

"jellies 2" by enriana.

Booksleep

Remember the icon "Bookslut"? I think I decided to avoid spaces that day because I seemed to have given this one a name with a similar structure. From feathered at obsessiveicons, this just seemed perfect. That could be me... except that I'm careful to not fall asleep on my books, lest I damage them.

all my icons, part II

And on we go...

The Phantom. No, not that one. The Other one.

By cleolinda of m15m fame. It just tickled my funny bone. I regret that, like many of my icons, I never really know when to use them, but wish I could use them all the time.


Little Elephant
I'm not sure what I like best about this icon: that it's a little elephant? that it's a little elephant with wings? that it's a little elephant with wings, blowing bubbles? or the way it's drawn?

The artwork is that of Michael Bartalos, with the icon made by feathered at obsessiveicons.

Mouse vs. Mouse
This icon was one of a set on the theme of comparisons by enriana at obsessiveicons. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a big fan of obsessiveicons. While I don't participate in their competitions to design icons, I definitely take advantage of and thoroughly enjoy the icons they and other users produce.


Sexpot
"Wordplay" always sounded to me like the play-time activities of words: words on swing-sets, words playing jump-rope, words playing Number Crunchers, words with building blocks. Like child's play.

This is from a series of similar icons (see "Confused", which is included elsewhere in these entries) by enriana at obsessiveicons.

There is Nothing that Cannot Happen...

Should I take this to mean something, that I have so many "oh you can't be serious" or "I can't believe he/she/they did that" icons?

Made by enriana.

Fiction Has to Make Sense
It's true, actually. Think about it and you'll probably agree: things happen in real life that, if they were to take place in books, would be fictionally unbelievable or too contrived. The story of when Grover proposed? Would make a good story, but it just seems unbelievable. The saga of the engagement rings? Same, but more so.

From skellorg at obsessiveicons.

If This Isn't Literature...
This continues on the theme.

Made by enriana at obsessiveicons.



Heck and Gosh
Growing up, mine was one of those families where you're not supposed to say "hell." It was a swearword like any other. Now that we're all adults, the rules are laxer. But maybe those beginnings are why I find this text icon so amusing.

From the mind of jiatra at obsessiveicons.

Logic
I want to get this made into a t-shirt and wear it every day.

It was created by tamnonlinear and showed up in her blog one day, with a note that anyone could (and should) use it. I eagerly complied.


Principles
There are some people who don't appreciate my sense of humor. I understand. It happens. But lest anyone start taking me too seriously (particularly when I'm ranting about something, as sometimes happens), here's a little reminder.

Thank you, Groucho Marx and lady_talon.

all my icons, part 1

I don't know if I'll renew the feature on my livejournal account that allows me to have additional userpics. and I don't know where I might take them if i don't have them there.

so this is a random posting of some of my icons, the stories behind them, and the attributions of credit relating to them.

The Power and Glory of Your Boobs
I love this icon. Originally, I discovered it in a blog by tamnonlinear. I discovered Tamnonlinear through a friend and by searching for "Tam Lin" as an interest on livejournal. She had obtained it from a friend of hers, mtgat. And I use it with thanks to both of them. And really -- what is there not to like about this icon? ;)


Danae's Jackassery
Some days, I really miss reading American comic strips. Non Sequitur is one of them. This icon is generally reserved for all those moments when someone just does One Of Those Things. It's for the situation in which I wish I could say, and mean, "I can't believe he/she/they did that." It was yoinked from fritters.

She Has Wings
I don't know how I came across this icon by akayeth, but it was love at first sight. The idea that the magic can -- and does -- coexist with the mundane is an important concept to me. I love the simply black-and-white (a lot of my favorite icons are just black-and-whites). There's probably a story in this icon. Maybe I'll write it.

What the Frell???
I really miss Farscape. I didn't come onto it until the second season, but once I did, I ate it up. I don't know how I found this one, but it is probably in my top five favorite icons ever. Sometimes, I really think I should have this as my next tattoo ;) Yoinked from joykinz.

Frodo's Eye
This was one of the first icons I "made." I found the image through the community bloodphoenix and added the coloring myself.



Evil Cat Laugh
My laugh is an evil laugh.... This one was made by feathered, and I wish I could give credit to the original artist, but I have no idea who that is. If YOU know, please message me or comment to let me know.

Gesundheit
I like gargoyles. They're great. Some are clever, some are unique, and some are just odd. This picture came from skellorg at obsessiveicons. I added the text.

Did you know there's a place with a gargoyle that looks like a storm trooper?


Icthyarchy.
n. the domain or rule of fishes.
one from a series by skellorg at obsessiveicons. mmmmm educational icons ;)

Come Sin With Me.
I found this while milling around in the photobucket account of m15m. If you've never visited m15m's blog, you don't realize what a treasure you're missing. She has written some of the most hysterical movie synopses ever imagined. And she produces some highly amusing icons too (see the V for Vendetta icons). This one came from a vintage book.

Can't Take You Anywhere
As just mentioned, m15m's blog should be required reading. Cleolinda is brilliant.

I love V for Vendetta. But I love icons poking fun at the movie as well. The look on Stephen Rea's face is priceless and the "flavor text" spot on. Generally, I use this icon on the occasions when _I'm_ the one who can't be taken anywhere...