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bossymarmalade) wrote2008-05-03 11:25 am
bossymarmalade) wrote2008-05-03 11:25 am
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these fumes aren't as fun as beer
This has been an odd week, friendslist. The term is finally for real over (and it seems I managed to scrape through without anything lower than a B-, which considering how confused I was in that goddamn developed-world policy class is nothing short of a MIRACLE THANK YOU SARASWATI-MA.
And then at work a furnace fan burned out or something, filling the place with noxious fumes, forcing the secretary and me to sit in our cars reading (as there is a requisite amount of hours we have to stick around before head office okays us to go home with pay). Which was kind of lame, but on the other hand this happened for two days running -- our office is in a rather poorly-ventilated warehouse, since it's not like, y'know, the government cares to spend too much money on services for young children -- and so I was able to re-read "1984" in that time.
Aaaaaaanyway.
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smallbeer tasked me to explain six of my icons,
..my hair is fandom's lifeline
There was this old joke, see, where no matter what kerfuffle popfandom got into, at least we could all be trusted to have opinions on JC's hair. And then kerfuffle about JC's hair. ahahahaha!
..multiple arms = more fun and efficient
This is a painting of the goddess Lakshmi that I found on the net somewhere, and I loved the style of it and wanted an icon. The keywords come from a bizarre Diwali party my mother had once, where she tried to explain to our hapless German guests why our gods have so many arms. As I recall, her explanation was basically a fifteen-minute version of "BCUZ THEY ARE TEH AWESOMES AND ALSO MULTI-TASK", which I have condensed into a small, handy phrase.
..minuet and trio (my heart lives on the threemanbus)
Because it DOES! I realized at some point in my popslash career that even though I tended to write timbertrick, JC always snuck in there and usually made the story better for it. The threeman bus is my default setting, and I am delighted that so many other people love that dynamic as well because it means more stories for me to read. *g* The keywords ... um, I played French Horn in high-school band class and we played a minuet and trio at one point. I can't remember who the composer was, but I did like that arrangement.
..that's eskimo
The wonderful, elegant, witty Myrna Loy! The still is from one of her early movies when (by virtue of having slightly tilted eyes) she was routinely cast as the "exotic bad-girl". The keywords come from the book "Cheaper By the Dozen" about the Gilbreth family; Myrna played the mom in the film version. In the book, when the mom was primly disapproving of somebody's behaviour, she'd say, "Don't do that, dear. That's Eskimo!" Which is that brand of hilariously dreadful casual racism that is pervasive in all the favourite books of my childhood and youth, so, y'know -- at some point when you come across stuff like "that's eskimo" or "heathen Hindoo" you just have to shake your head and laugh. And use them as keywords.
..delicate balance of black and red
seanarenay made this icon, and being as full of ♥ for Pembleton & Bayliss as I am it was perfect for me. I mean, Frank is clearly heading into lecture territory here, but more fondly than angrily; you can tell from the way he's holding his fingers and looking at the stubborn set of Tim's mouth. And Tim's jaw is all rigid and he's glaring, and yet there's that dogged patience and you *know* that he's gonna stand right there and listen to what Frank says, listen to every little bit of it because he is NOTHING if not fair-minded, dammit, and Frank has to acknowledge that if nothing else.
... er, like I said: ♥. *g*
The keywords are paraphrased from some remark from Gee about the proportion of open cases (red marker) and closed cases (black marker) on the board, I believe. I am also being a bit tongue-in-cheek because Tim is often accused of coming from a somewhat redneck background, heh.
..for one hundred quatloos
The still is from the Star Trek episode of Futurama, which is SO MUCH THE BOMB. Especially because the original crew all did the voicework for themselves! In the episode they're trapped on a planet with an energy being that calls itself the world's biggest Trek fan and forced to participate in a Star Trek convention, part of which is a game show. Called "Ambassador Sarek's Trivia Challenge"! And Leela's the host, and one of the questions she reads out goes, "For one hundred quatloos: Who did the captain maroon on Ceti Alpha V?" And then Shatner jumps up and bellows, "KHHHAAAAAAAANNNNN!" and it is seriously so funny I am going to watch that episode RIGHT NOW.
And then at work a furnace fan burned out or something, filling the place with noxious fumes, forcing the secretary and me to sit in our cars reading (as there is a requisite amount of hours we have to stick around before head office okays us to go home with pay). Which was kind of lame, but on the other hand this happened for two days running -- our office is in a rather poorly-ventilated warehouse, since it's not like, y'know, the government cares to spend too much money on services for young children -- and so I was able to re-read "1984" in that time.
Aaaaaaanyway.
smallbeer tasked me to explain six of my icons, There was this old joke, see, where no matter what kerfuffle popfandom got into, at least we could all be trusted to have opinions on JC's hair. And then kerfuffle about JC's hair. ahahahaha!
This is a painting of the goddess Lakshmi that I found on the net somewhere, and I loved the style of it and wanted an icon. The keywords come from a bizarre Diwali party my mother had once, where she tried to explain to our hapless German guests why our gods have so many arms. As I recall, her explanation was basically a fifteen-minute version of "BCUZ THEY ARE TEH AWESOMES AND ALSO MULTI-TASK", which I have condensed into a small, handy phrase.
Because it DOES! I realized at some point in my popslash career that even though I tended to write timbertrick, JC always snuck in there and usually made the story better for it. The threeman bus is my default setting, and I am delighted that so many other people love that dynamic as well because it means more stories for me to read. *g* The keywords ... um, I played French Horn in high-school band class and we played a minuet and trio at one point. I can't remember who the composer was, but I did like that arrangement.
The wonderful, elegant, witty Myrna Loy! The still is from one of her early movies when (by virtue of having slightly tilted eyes) she was routinely cast as the "exotic bad-girl". The keywords come from the book "Cheaper By the Dozen" about the Gilbreth family; Myrna played the mom in the film version. In the book, when the mom was primly disapproving of somebody's behaviour, she'd say, "Don't do that, dear. That's Eskimo!" Which is that brand of hilariously dreadful casual racism that is pervasive in all the favourite books of my childhood and youth, so, y'know -- at some point when you come across stuff like "that's eskimo" or "heathen Hindoo" you just have to shake your head and laugh. And use them as keywords.
seanarenay made this icon, and being as full of ♥ for Pembleton & Bayliss as I am it was perfect for me. I mean, Frank is clearly heading into lecture territory here, but more fondly than angrily; you can tell from the way he's holding his fingers and looking at the stubborn set of Tim's mouth. And Tim's jaw is all rigid and he's glaring, and yet there's that dogged patience and you *know* that he's gonna stand right there and listen to what Frank says, listen to every little bit of it because he is NOTHING if not fair-minded, dammit, and Frank has to acknowledge that if nothing else.... er, like I said: ♥. *g*
The keywords are paraphrased from some remark from Gee about the proportion of open cases (red marker) and closed cases (black marker) on the board, I believe. I am also being a bit tongue-in-cheek because Tim is often accused of coming from a somewhat redneck background, heh.
The still is from the Star Trek episode of Futurama, which is SO MUCH THE BOMB. Especially because the original crew all did the voicework for themselves! In the episode they're trapped on a planet with an energy being that calls itself the world's biggest Trek fan and forced to participate in a Star Trek convention, part of which is a game show. Called "Ambassador Sarek's Trivia Challenge"! And Leela's the host, and one of the questions she reads out goes, "For one hundred quatloos: Who did the captain maroon on Ceti Alpha V?" And then Shatner jumps up and bellows, "KHHHAAAAAAAANNNNN!" and it is seriously so funny I am going to watch that episode RIGHT NOW.
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Best. Explanation. Ever.
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I welcome any excuse to look at that picture of JC and HIS HAIR, which cracks me up so much. and now I'm going to hunt down that Futurama ep, too.
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