August 30, 2004
I'm Achin' for Your Icon
In my perusing of LiveJournal.com, I find myself very interested in people's icons. Some of them are photos, some are cute drawings, some are, frankly, a little frightening. It's fascinating to see what little 1”x1” doo-dad people choose to represent themselves.
And I just want to ask everyone, “Why did you choose this particular whatever as your icon?”
And since I assume that everyone in the world is dying to know every little thing about me (SHUH!), I'll give you the (hopefully brief) story on mine.
Originally, mine was going to be a photo of a particular Barbie I put together. She has two long, blond braids and she's wearing, a short, red & black plaid skirt; a white blouse, tied up; a black bra; white knee socks; black loafers and black sunglasses; and she's carrying a book bag with two text books. I call her Naughty Catholic Schoolgirl Barbie. I know, I'm depraved.
But that was before John sent me my current logo and changed my life! I laughed, I cried, it became part of me!
See, John illustrates some of the coolest games ever, for those of you who don't know. And he asked me to send him some pictures of me, so he could immortalize me as a cartoon character in one of his games! (Altho', some would argue that I'm already a character.) Needless to say, I was giddy and honored! Of course, then he asked for some photos of me with my clothes on…
And voila! I'm a Vampire Slayer!
Glee! Now, since I have moved on from 1983, my glasses, in real life, aren't quite that big. However, in general, I'd say it's a pretty darn good likeness. Certainly got the boobs and legs right!
Be honsest, who's sexier with a crossbow: me or Hugh Jackman? Okay, you're right, it's Hugh Jackman. But I think I'm in the top 10, at least.
(By the way, I want this outfit for my birthday. You have two months.)
So what's your icon? Where did it come from? Why did you choose it?