The return of the icon meme

[vilakins]

I don't have much to say (other than that I just bought some yarn to knit a teleport bracelet) and astrogirl2 revived the icon meme.

Meme instructions:
1. Reply to this post asking to participate, and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

The icons astrogirl2 wanted to know about


This is one of the two white tigercubs I played with and fed a few years ago for one of the best birthday presents ever. This is the little boy (now called Tama and living in South Africa on an exchange program) with his own plush tiger cub which he's chewing the hell out of. :-)
You can find the full picture here, and the whole gallery here. Used for general animal cuteness.


This is Vila in the season 3 episode City at the Edge of the World calling for teleport just before Bayban the Butcher blows the whole place up. I used the text in a story or an RPG--I can't remember which--and as it amused people, I went looking for a suitable picture to attach it to. I use it for when I'm confused or have stuffed up somehow.


Me in my leather pilot's helmet. I bought it at the Aotea Market (now sadly gone) and it's of the most beautiful soft leather lined with fleece. I posted a picture, and kalypso_v said I looked like Jayne, so I made it into an icon. I now actually have a knitted Jayne hat (two to be exact) so I really should change it. It's the only remotely Firefly icon I have, so I used it for that, or when I'm being especially dorky.


I drew this based on my memory of a colourful key-ring I sent to entropy_house. It's Auckland in summer: the island is the volcanic cone Rangitoto in the Gulf, the flowers are pohutukawas, and the palm is a nikau palm. That's pronounced 'nee-koh' so is fairly close to my own name. Oh and the little white things are yachts because Auckland is known as 'the city of sails'. I use it for NZ-y posts.


This is a stained glass Magen David, or Star of David. I can't remember where I got the image from, but it's probably in some shul somewhere.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I think you look adorable in that hat. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you! :-D

Did you want me to ask you about some icons too?

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

The "me jayne" icon is adorable. Also adorkable.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

:-D Awww, thank you!

Um, did you also want me to ask you about icons? :-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I've probably spammed people with that meme enough. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

OK! The wording does imply any comment'll do it, but I don't think it's that clear.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Well, you can if you'd like to. I mean, I certainly wouldn't mind answering. I just figured I probably ought to be done at this point. :)

I've ended up inadvertently participating in memes before, though, because of confusion between "leave a comment asking to participate" and "leave a comment." People really ought to make a point of wording these things more clearly. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[nods] Me too. I will change the wording now.

OK, I know or can figure most of them out, but I'll ask you about these:



You can reply here. :-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Bit of a theme there, really. :)

OK, I'll answer these tomorrow! (I'll probably do it on my LJ, anyway. I only promised I was done posting for today. :))

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I think you did my icons last time round :) just wanted to say again I love yours...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

And once again, from you that's high praise!

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Nah, that's okay. I've done the meme once, and posting the icons always takes me forever. I just wanted to say how much I liked that icon.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[big grin]