The first twelve icons

[andrew_jorgensen]

11:23. After a few weeks of this, I'll have medians established for each day and I'll know how disappointed to be.

I've decided to do scrollgirl's icon meme, because other than cutting and pasting some <IMG SRC=url> tags, there's not much for me to do. The entire onus is on you! Muahhahaha! So, go right ahead and tell me which of my icons are most representative of me, or which you like the best, or which you'd hope to never see again.

Up first, we have my original icon, a slightly doctored version of the Xavier Musketeers' logo:


Soon after that, atpolittlebit was kind enough to send me Microsoft GIF Animator, and I made my Doyle icon.


In honor of the San Francisco ATPo dinner, I immortalized fresne, cwx and masqthephlsphr (with a little behind the camera help from anneth), among others.


My well-travelled demonic ego has always needed an icon of its own. I gave it one in June.


You know, I never officially gipped the next one, but I think it tends to be a lot of people's favorite. Including, surprisingly, scrollgirl. I'd prove that, but none of my friends who like Spike would be able to see the thread!


I liked my answer to the Subatomic Particle Quiz so much that I stole its (conveniently 100 pixel by 100 pixel) picture for my own uses.


This next icon, and its kin, did not take off like the wildfire for which I had hoped. When Bush steamrollers to victory in November because not enough of you used the subliminal campaigning techniques and the Democrats got desperate and nominated Pauly Shore, do not blame me.


oyceter liked a graphic I made well enough that I was emboldened to iconize it. Of course, from a legitimate point of view, it's blasphemy. Not that that would stop me.


Now here's a handsome looking guy. How come he doesn't have a fandom as big as the one for, say, Grima Wormtongue?


lynnmonster made this next one for me. It relates to some inside joke I never really understood.


A little bit of Futurama love for the next one. It doesn't really work all that well, though.


And, for now finally, an icon specifically requested by masqthephlsphr. She has, however, 40 icons, so I wasn't sure she'd give it the prominence I felt it deserves, so I kept a copy for myself. I'm greedy that way.


I'm tempted to go through rahael's icons too, as I made all save one, but I will spare you!

Comments

More power to me, baby!

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Last week I nagged Sheri and Little Bit into doing the Layer memes, even though they didn't want to, today I arm-wrestled Masq into doing the Angel episode ranking meme, and now I bring the insidious icon meme into our circle! W00t!

I do like the "Not God" icon, though I don't necessarily agree with that last bit about not believing. But I like the Joss Not God thing. And your Evolutionary Psychology is pretty funny in an astounding, oh my poor virgin eyes kind of way ;)

Actually, that icon, and your default and your photo icons are the ones I most closely associate with you, d'H. Though I think all of them are recognisably yours -- unlike many of my icons, which are shared by half the Stargate SG-1 fandom!

Re: More power to me, baby!

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

The only reason that I haven't gone up to 50 icons is that I have this curious idea that my icons at least should be personal, and I just don't have the energy to make 38 more icons any time soon! I think that between icons I've made for Rah and myself, plus some here and there, I average one about every two weeks. At that rate, I'll have filled up the quota by July 2005.

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Obviously I like the one that I made for you, and the Wesley-Clark icon is all kinds of clever and funny ... but I admit to having a soft spot for d'Horrible, which I think must be my favorite.

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

It's Galactic Pot Healer, you know.

[cwx.livejournal.com]

If I was to be brutally honest, I would say that I would prefer a less cartoony font (and overly bright font colors) for the No Man Can Kill Me icon, muchly because I think it should be a perfect icon. Yeah I know it's the Buffy font, but it was used to write one word in the title screen, it's not really intended for whole sentences! Um, just had to get that off my chest. I'm sure you won't take it too hard. ;)

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

It just drips with evil, though.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

The one I associate most with you: the Musketeer.

Other ones I like a lot: God/not God, d'Horrible, and of course, Eowyn!

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

One icon for all and all icons for one!

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

Reading this made me realize that I have been secretly admiring almost all your icons for a long time. "Admiring" in the sense of "coveting," except that they would make no sense at all if I were to use them.

Favourites: Doyle, Go/NotGod, ThinkingAboutDeath (for obvious reasons), and the "handsome looking guy" with the artful Photoshop filters. Oh, and I LOVED the subliminal icon idea but for some reason didn't feel empowered to act on it. I shall rectify that immediately; if I didn't already think I was going to support Dean, the recent round of RNC-sponsored crap about his wife would have put me firmly in his camp (if only to annoy the anti-feminists).

Most representative of you: The Higgs Boson one, followed by the ones listed above as "favourites"....

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Well, the Dean icon is the most dissatisfying for me because it's hard to shove it to the anti-feminists when the only "Howard" who comes to mind is Stern.

(Oh, speaking of Dean and political wives, and just to screw with you a little, I just heard a bit on NPR about the Caucuses, and they played an ad in which Dean's campaign trumpets his endorsement by, not the Governor, but the First Lady of Iowa.)

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

See, now, I think that's excellent. And the point is to seduce the anti-feminists into thinking they like Dean, for which the subliminal link to H. Stern might be rather an advantage.

To take a sudden 90 degree turn, conversationally speaking: lately I've been realizing more and more that with all his faults, Clinton was the most feminist president this country has ever had. Well, more to the point: for all his faults, Clinton is a feminist. It's the one principle he never backed down on; always had another female candidate up his sleeve when the Republicans in the Senate shot down down the first two or three; always vetoed anti-choice legislation; most tellingly, he married Hillary back when her vagina still had teeth.

And I say that with pride, as a card-carrying castrating bitch.

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

"Lately"? Lately? I have definite memories from 1993 of you doodling "Dr. N. Z. Raya-Clinton" all over your schoolbooks. In any case, Clinton is certainly the President that I would pick as being most aware of and in tune with feminist issues -- he and the current occupant are the only Presidents who came of age during the feminist revolution, after all, and Bush certainly doesn't qualify. As for the qualifications you state: I suspect Abigail Adams was the Hillary of her time; and though I'd never call him a feminist, Reagan did a pretty good job of elevating obnoxiously right-wing women to high positions (Kirkpatrick, O'Connor, Anne Burford).

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember now why I brought this up. Point was, I'm choosing to read Dean's endorsement by the first lady of Iowa as a positive sign -- that Dean's cred with women is similarly high.

Reagan Shmeagan. Don't make me come over there.

And while I *did* spend a lot of time daydreaming about Clinton back in the day (remember my Wall o' Clinton in 306 River?), I assure you that it wasn't because he was a feminist... ;-)

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

I remember your wall of Clinton, or at least one quote on there from Gennifer Flowers, and I always thought that quote would be prime evidence of Clinton being, if not a feminist, at least an open, non-patriarchical sort of guy.

Oh, I think it's absolutely clear that Dean's support among women is extremely high! He certainly seems to be all the rage on my friends' page.

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

or at least one quote on there from Gennifer Flowers

*scrunches forehead like Dr. Seuss character*
*thinks hard*
*draws blank*

What quote?

This is a family journal!

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

I can't repeat it here!

Ask sassiwithani.

Let's just say that it was appetite-related.

Re: This is a family journal!

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

You should be a professional tantalizer. (Oh, I suppose the word is "Tantalus," come to think.)

Leave it in a comment on MY journal if you're so proud. Not that I won't have googled it by then anyhow....

Re: This is a family journal!

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Oh, fine. I was hoping I could jog your memory, but I guess not. Since all my family readers got bored long ago, I might as well just come out and say it: "Bill Clinton eats pussy like a champ." -- Gennifer Flowers.

Re: This is a family journal!

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

And there could be no stronger statement of his feminism...

[rahael.livejournal.com]

And I say that with pride, as a card-carrying castrating bitch.

I'm one too! Hmm, I think this requires an icon.

[rahael.livejournal.com]

And I should add that one of the incentives of being so is the quality of men you attract!

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. I love the fact that my unshaven legs weed out all the undesirables and leave me only the real men to choose among!

[nzraya.livejournal.com]

Yes, d'H, make us a nice vagina dentata icon! :-D

Icons madness

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Well besides the fact that I think you have some of the most interesting and poster relevant icons I've seen...

my favorites are:
The frog
the evolutionary/psychology - makes me giggle
the musketeer
and the news radio/god one

The one I think fits you?
fourway tie of D'Horrible, the god one, the frog and the musketeer.

Re: Icons madness

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Though I am a bit disturbed that the icon that first comes to mind when you think of me is the one representing my worst aspects!

Re: Icons madness

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Ah but it's not your worst aspects these icons make me think of...it's your wonderfully dry wit which never fails to make me laugh.

[timian.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love the copulating fish. I'd never seen that one before. It rules. The one that instantly makes me think of you though is a gimme. I see that expressive face and bang, "d'Herblay" springs to mind.

I refer of course to the frog.

I *wish* I had that much power and influence!

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

All hail Hypnotoad! All praise to the Hypnotoad!