iconny memey goodness.
my icons aren't all that interesting, but they make me happy. and i made all of 'em, so...yay me.
i find the whole phenomenon of icons fascinating, i have to say. forgetting the fact that there are artists who devote their free time to creating them, it's about the simple notion of choosing an image to capture our whole personality. a teeny, tiny image at that. you know, if i wasn't so embroiled in my thesis, i'd write something about this.
...dude, where'd that come from?
stolen from my sis, bonemeadow:
Look at your LJ userpics list. If you have fewer than 50 icons, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five icons, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five icons, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly why you have it, why it's interesting to you, what significance does it have.
default: baby!ben
ben's mom has a mug that ben made when he was about 5 or 6. she recently found it tucked away somewhere and thought he might like it, so she gave it to him. he thought i might like it, so he gave it to me. i was tickled. ben was probably the cutest little kid you've ever seen, with the same little smile he has now. needless to say, this is the photo from the mug, and i added the text "ack! stop the cuteness!!" because i used to say that phrase a lot. i use it as my default because it makes me happy.
devil on my shoulder
this is an icon i made from lily's "suspishy", one of my all-time favorite lily fox (bonemeadow) drawings. i use it when i'm feeling a little naughty, or sometimes when i talk about hanson. for some reason, i'm not sure exactly why, i don't feel comfortable using a taylor hanson icon that's a photograph. like, how can taylor hanson define me? i dunno, the idea of it is strange to me. so this is my take on using a taylor hanson icon, and it means so much more to me because it's more about lily than about taylor.
flashing batman
i made this icon from a painting by an artist whose name i've sadly forgotten. i love his work because it's so ridiculous and surreal. like, why would a girl flash batman her boobs? i don't think anyone but me finds the humor in it, but that's the kind of sense of humor i got. i added the text "not-so-caped crusader" because she's losing her shirt, so she's not-so-caped. it's a play on batman's nickname, the caped crusader. also...i just have a thing for batman.
falling over you!
this is a photo ben's mom took of us at a black-tie wedding we attended the year before i moved to new york. ironically, we had dinner tonight with the bride's parents, ben's cousins. it's a perfect picture of us because we're laughing and smiling, which we do a lot. the text "falling over you" refers to the rockapella song by that title, which is a song that ben introduced me to when we were first dating. it always makes me think of him. obviously, i use this icon primarily when i write about ben and me and our goofy kind of love.
pre-sayreville
this one's kind of self-explanatory, like the previous one. toona snapped this photo in front of my apartment before we left for the hanson concert last june. that was a memorable night, to be sure. i cropped it to show my favorite part of the picture and added the text "6-10-05, the armpit of america; back row, center." this is the date, aka new jersey, and where i was rocking out for most of the concert. this is the icon for when i'm writing about myself, in a good way, because this is how i look when i'm genuinely happy.
in buffy's eyes
i made this icon somewhat recently from an artsy-fartsy photo i found of sarah michelle gellar. i was a pretty big "buffy" fan at one time, but i like this picture because it's just plain cool. i use it when i'm angry or feeling introspective/not too good about myself.
time for to sleep. goodnight.
i find the whole phenomenon of icons fascinating, i have to say. forgetting the fact that there are artists who devote their free time to creating them, it's about the simple notion of choosing an image to capture our whole personality. a teeny, tiny image at that. you know, if i wasn't so embroiled in my thesis, i'd write something about this.
...dude, where'd that come from?
stolen from my sis, bonemeadow:
Look at your LJ userpics list. If you have fewer than 50 icons, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five icons, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five icons, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly why you have it, why it's interesting to you, what significance does it have.
default: baby!ben
ben's mom has a mug that ben made when he was about 5 or 6. she recently found it tucked away somewhere and thought he might like it, so she gave it to him. he thought i might like it, so he gave it to me. i was tickled. ben was probably the cutest little kid you've ever seen, with the same little smile he has now. needless to say, this is the photo from the mug, and i added the text "ack! stop the cuteness!!" because i used to say that phrase a lot. i use it as my default because it makes me happy.
devil on my shoulder
this is an icon i made from lily's "suspishy", one of my all-time favorite lily fox (bonemeadow) drawings. i use it when i'm feeling a little naughty, or sometimes when i talk about hanson. for some reason, i'm not sure exactly why, i don't feel comfortable using a taylor hanson icon that's a photograph. like, how can taylor hanson define me? i dunno, the idea of it is strange to me. so this is my take on using a taylor hanson icon, and it means so much more to me because it's more about lily than about taylor.
flashing batman
i made this icon from a painting by an artist whose name i've sadly forgotten. i love his work because it's so ridiculous and surreal. like, why would a girl flash batman her boobs? i don't think anyone but me finds the humor in it, but that's the kind of sense of humor i got. i added the text "not-so-caped crusader" because she's losing her shirt, so she's not-so-caped. it's a play on batman's nickname, the caped crusader. also...i just have a thing for batman.
falling over you!
this is a photo ben's mom took of us at a black-tie wedding we attended the year before i moved to new york. ironically, we had dinner tonight with the bride's parents, ben's cousins. it's a perfect picture of us because we're laughing and smiling, which we do a lot. the text "falling over you" refers to the rockapella song by that title, which is a song that ben introduced me to when we were first dating. it always makes me think of him. obviously, i use this icon primarily when i write about ben and me and our goofy kind of love.
pre-sayreville
this one's kind of self-explanatory, like the previous one. toona snapped this photo in front of my apartment before we left for the hanson concert last june. that was a memorable night, to be sure. i cropped it to show my favorite part of the picture and added the text "6-10-05, the armpit of america; back row, center." this is the date, aka new jersey, and where i was rocking out for most of the concert. this is the icon for when i'm writing about myself, in a good way, because this is how i look when i'm genuinely happy.
in buffy's eyes
i made this icon somewhat recently from an artsy-fartsy photo i found of sarah michelle gellar. i was a pretty big "buffy" fan at one time, but i like this picture because it's just plain cool. i use it when i'm angry or feeling introspective/not too good about myself.
time for to sleep. goodnight.