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[noorie]

i got bored last night and now i have a new layout. thanks to a couple of extremely generous anonymous people, i also have loads and loads of user pics!

so i thought i'd spam you with some + a stupid little meme.

Comments

[krabbypatty]

I still don't know what I did on that icon. And I still have an icon I owe you, I just don't know when I'll get to it. I'm never on my own computer anymore and I'll be leaving soon to help my brother move. Blah. I'm behind on everything.

[noorie]

is it that tbd icon? 'cause i won't be needing that one after all, it would seem :(

[krabbypatty]

Is that what I was supposed to icon? I couldn't remember. Did you want something else then?

[noorie]

um, wasn't it? *is senile* don't worry about it hon, when you've got some spare time, i'm sure you'll get the inspiration for soemthing brilliant.

[angel_liam]

I have to admit that I don't really know all persons on the icons, but they look all very good ;-)

[noorie]

thanks bubby! btw, who's that in your icon? it's quite... lickable. yes.

[angel_liam]

That's Justin from Queer as Folk - US!*g*

*smirk*

[my_cnnr]

QAF US soooo kicks UK's squishy arse in the lickability category....all those nay-sayers - they just don't get it...

oh

sorry

no one was talking to me, were they?

*blush*

[woolmanite]

I've always had a ton of questions about your main icon. Since I don't watch TV anymore, and hardly any movies, I have no idea who it's a picture of. (Like, how much do our worlds *not* overlap?) When I was new to LJ, I thought you were a boy who had served in the U.S. Marines ("semper fi" being their slogan), and I always kind of wondered where you stood on military matters. Where did you ramble about it?

The other ones I associate most with you are "heh" and Snape/HBP.

[noorie]

ooh, i love questions, they signify interest :) well, it's a picture of morgan weisser, in his role as lt. nathan west in a deceased sci-fi show called "space: above and beyond". oddly enough, it was a show about space!marines, and 'semper fi' was still their moto even in 2030something or 2050something (senile).
since i'm close to being obsessive-compulsive, i checked my tags and the original meme in which i explained some LJ stuff (including my default icon) is here.
it's totally cute that you thought i was a boy, a soldier, and that hot. i hope i compensated in other ways ;) as for military matters, i think some guys in some uniform are uber-hot. on the deeper end, i think war is sometimes necessary and that it's a part of the human condition (i can't see a world without war). on the other hand, it's often redundant and used as a tool to serve the interests of the powerful and rich few.

[woolmanite]

I had a sheltered childhood in a university town, where my parents were major peace activists, and Gandhi was pretty much the family saint. When Carter reinstated the draft, I helped to lead draft counseling workshops on campus. There's no question that I would be a conscientious objector, had I ever been faced with that choice as a woman. And several of my friends did opt out of registering for the draft, even though it meant losing eligibility for any college financial aid. Even when I lived in Italy, the friends I fell in with were COs

[noorie]

I believe that the choice not to fight is not always the most morally justified one. I can elaborate if you're interested but I'll spare you for now :) Part of our differences on this have to do with differnces in the contexts we grew up in and/or think of war in. You're thinking Vietnam, I'm thinking WWII, our Independence war, etc. Speaking of WWII, have you read The Chairoteer? I think you'll be able to relate to a couple of the characters there.

...conflict between nations is a macrocosm of how we treat each other on a one-to-one level
I have to disagree on this one. Some of the forces in action are similar (fight for limited resources, testosterone, etc.), but some things exist on a macro level that you don't have on an individual level (group dynamics, psychology of groups etc., and in a wider context, organization such as governments and corporations) and they play a critical role.

I *can* see a world without war, but it would probably also be a world without advertising and a lot of the other infrastructure that props up

[my_cnnr]

erm...'member when you said "honesty is the best policy"?

'cause I liked the first layout you showed me much better...in fact, I really dislike this one...maybe its my advanced age, or the combination of age with bifocals, but I find a dark (geez louise - black!) background too difficult to read against...

sorry...

*hug*?

(and the text is black in the user pic text box, so unless you're rolling over one, its just a big black hole....)

[noorie]

ha, was pretty easy to figure out how to fix that! (and you don't need to squirm when giving me truth bubby!)

[easlydstracted]

That first icon is the one i most associate with you. it's also the most adorable one.

I was wondering when you would incorporate Rome into your layout =D

[noorie]

heh. well technically it's not incorporated in my layout, it's a banner embedded in a backdated post. pretty though, eh?