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caz963I think this icon meme has been going around for a while, but I've not done it yet. I gakked it from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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It goes like this:
Choose five of my userpics and I’ll tell you something about them. You can comment if you want without opting to play, but if you do want to, say so and I’ll choose five of yours.
Here are the ones she chose.
1. “Busted”. Oh, The West Wing, how I do love thee. TWW is the first show I got well and truly fannish about and it’s pretty much the reason I’m here at LJ. This particular icon was made by my good friend and fellow fangirlcoloneljack, and it's Josh and Donna, the show's "non-couple-couple" for six-and-a-half seasons. From the Pilot episode, it was clear that the actors themselves had incredible chemistry together and this was mined further as the years went on, as they snarked each other, comforted each other and understood each other in a way that nobody else did. At last, in the seventh and final series of the show, they snogged each other to within an inch of their lives and a couple of episodes later ended up in bed together. "Busted" indicates that they'd thought that the fact they'd sneaked of for some "afternoon delight" on election day had gone unnoticed. It hadn't :-)
2. Ma-nah-ma-nah!
It's the Muppets! And it's the Ma-nah-ma-nah song! Is any other explanation necessary? I just wanted something fun and silly. And this is it.
3. Donna looking up. bycheesygirl, who makes fab DW/DT icons.
I have a truckload of Ten, Donna and Ten & Donna icons, but I think this was one of the first Donna "solo" ones I uploaded. I was a fan of Catherine Tate's before she appeared in DW, but watching her as Donna was the first time I'd looked at her and realised how attractive she is. And her hair in that shot (from Planet of the Ood) is just gorgeous.
4. "The Oncoming Storm" (the pic is from The Poison Sky) - this one's bybrontide, another of my favourite DW icon makers.
Do I need to explain this one? I mean, seriously - how hot is Ten in that shot?
5. "You can't scare me - I'm a teacher!"
I think that says it all, really. That's what I am when I'm not being a screaming fangirl, and it's a tough job. There are times, dealing with the things I deal with day in, day out, when I really do feel as though there's nothing more that could possibly happen to astonish me. Until the next day, when it does. You've got to be pretty thick-skinned to teach these days, especially in the sorts of schools I work in, and it definitely takes a lot to scare me!
ETA - more selections in comments!
time_convergesIt goes like this:
Choose five of my userpics and I’ll tell you something about them. You can comment if you want without opting to play, but if you do want to, say so and I’ll choose five of yours.
Here are the ones she chose.
1. “Busted”. Oh, The West Wing, how I do love thee. TWW is the first show I got well and truly fannish about and it’s pretty much the reason I’m here at LJ. This particular icon was made by my good friend and fellow fangirl
coloneljack, and it's Josh and Donna, the show's "non-couple-couple" for six-and-a-half seasons. From the Pilot episode, it was clear that the actors themselves had incredible chemistry together and this was mined further as the years went on, as they snarked each other, comforted each other and understood each other in a way that nobody else did. At last, in the seventh and final series of the show, they snogged each other to within an inch of their lives and a couple of episodes later ended up in bed together. "Busted" indicates that they'd thought that the fact they'd sneaked of for some "afternoon delight" on election day had gone unnoticed. It hadn't :-)2. Ma-nah-ma-nah!
It's the Muppets! And it's the Ma-nah-ma-nah song! Is any other explanation necessary? I just wanted something fun and silly. And this is it.
3. Donna looking up. by
cheesygirl, who makes fab DW/DT icons.I have a truckload of Ten, Donna and Ten & Donna icons, but I think this was one of the first Donna "solo" ones I uploaded. I was a fan of Catherine Tate's before she appeared in DW, but watching her as Donna was the first time I'd looked at her and realised how attractive she is. And her hair in that shot (from Planet of the Ood) is just gorgeous.
4. "The Oncoming Storm" (the pic is from The Poison Sky) - this one's by
brontide, another of my favourite DW icon makers. Do I need to explain this one? I mean, seriously - how hot is Ten in that shot?
5. "You can't scare me - I'm a teacher!"
I think that says it all, really. That's what I am when I'm not being a screaming fangirl, and it's a tough job. There are times, dealing with the things I deal with day in, day out, when I really do feel as though there's nothing more that could possibly happen to astonish me. Until the next day, when it does. You've got to be pretty thick-skinned to teach these days, especially in the sorts of schools I work in, and it definitely takes a lot to scare me!
ETA - more selections in comments!
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Date: 2011-01-02 02:12 am (UTC)Excellent answers! Donna's hair in the Ood episode is just so gorgeous! And yep, Ten looks HOT in that fourth one.
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Date: 2011-01-02 11:55 am (UTC)Obviously, I'm attracted to snarky non-couples ;-)
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Date: 2011-01-02 08:44 pm (UTC)And yes, snarky non-couples are the best!
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Date: 2011-01-02 12:21 pm (UTC)poinsettias
blue baubles
irises
umbrellas
trees
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Date: 2011-01-02 01:11 pm (UTC)I also like flowers and pictures of flowers rather a lot, so poinsettias
was uploaded for Christmas. It's a plant that's traditionally associated with this time of year, but white ones are less common than the red. And it's pretty!
Blue baubles
is another Christmas related one. I like shiny things(!) and when I originally uploaded it, my LJ layout was blue and snowy, so the blue and silver went with that quite well. I'll be going back to that layout after Twelfth Night, probably.
Umbrellas.
I'm British and it rains a lot here! It's a seasonal icon that works for any season in this country.
Irises
I admit, I didn't get this one until after Vincent and the Doctor aired, although I can't think why I didn't have it before because I'm a huge fan of impressionist paintings and of Van Gogh. I've got various prints of his work around the house, and several years ago I made a tapestry picture of a section of that particular painting which I loved doing. Again with the love of pictures of flowers! Also - I don't make icons because I'm not talented that way, but this was just a question of finding a picture and cropping it the way I wanted, so I did that one.
Trees
I've got a few of those, haven't I?
This one continues my seasonal theme, and I like the composition of the picture. I seem to remember uploading it at the time we had rather a lot of snow around here, too!
Thanks for asking!
Would you like me to pick five of your icons?
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Date: 2011-01-02 04:43 pm (UTC)I love that arched trees one
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Date: 2011-01-02 04:48 pm (UTC)Okay, so of yours... how about
your default icon
Luke and Sarah-Jane
the medieval church
Cambrudge TARDIS
18th Century Anglesey.
Let me know when you've posted!
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Date: 2011-01-02 05:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 12:32 pm (UTC)