frivolous vitriol

November 2009

What you really, really want!

That is, the kids who said they wanted icons: what kind of icons, exactly?

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the floor
I feel funny and my pants are: iconic
the world is singing and it sounds like: the hum of the refrigerator

Hello. I've been making icons. Any minute now, I'm gonna do my damnedest to make some blackout curtains. In the mean time, please post the icon a) you love the best b) you feel best embodies "you" c) the icon you most closely associate with shining, giddy joy.

xo

Tags: iconic
where it's at: my crumpled bed
I feel funny and my pants are: curtain-y
the world is singing and it sounds like: the sprinkler in the neighbor's yard

Many of you groovy children expressed a wistful desire for a pink raygun of your very own.

So I made you some!

( rayguns! )

Tags: iconic
where it's at: 202
I feel funny and my pants are: pink!
the world is singing and it sounds like: that song, by that guy

My cable was out yesterday. So I made a lot of icons. Um. Yeah. You can see my mad Photoshop skillz improve by the minute! I also branched out a bit: venture past the link to see Baby's First Wallpaper. Awwwwww.

Claim away, my little pumpkin seeds.

I'm downloading Sateda now. In fact, last night, in lieu of being able to watch the episode, I dreamt one instead. And I have to say that it was pretty awesome and full of rugged MANPAIN.

Now I'm going to write a Ronon story about it. My subconscious: most pretentious muse EVAH!

( a whole bunch of SGA icons )

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: iconic
the world is singing and it sounds like: In My Place, Coldplay

I have six unfinished SGA stories on my hard drive. Six. Since I can't concentrate enough to actually finish writing them, I cleaned my apartment and dicked around with Photoshop all day.

I think I am sort of getting the hang of this.

What do you think, sirs?

( they're getting better! )

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: iconic
the world is singing and it sounds like: Waltz #2 (XO), Elliot Smith

Wow, that was easier. I posted some icons with scrapbook. Oh, LJ, you're full of secret delights!

Anyway, after yurking up the salad I had for dinner last night, I've been queasy and oogie all day, but I feel better now. I drank a lot of water this morning and now, mmm, chocolate milk!

And I made some SGA icons.

Take them home! Even though they're kind of emo.

One day, I'll be so much better at this that you kids will FIGHT TO THE DEATH for my icons! It's a true fact!

( icons a-go-go )

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: oogie
the world is singing and it sounds like: Portishead

In my orgy of font downloading over at dafont.com, I came across some superb little dingbats of Winnie the Pooh. So I made some icons, including one with some groovy star dingbats and one ugly yet possibly amusing icon from Friday's SGA ep No Man's Land... Michael was having a totally Kirk moment. ( Help yourself! )

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: full of Pooh!
the world is singing and it sounds like: The Sex Pistols/DJ Zebra - Anarchy in the UK

And ginger cookies for breakfast.

This can't end well.

I am so hopped up on sugar, you have no idea.

So the first five kids get CANDY!

Wait. I meant icons! Who wants an icon? Make a request (and direct me to the source material, if you've got something specific in mind) and I'll see what I can do for you!

Oh, accursed "fun sized" Milky Ways! Why did you have to be on sale for 99 cents?? (StrongBad adds, "What's fun about less CANDY?")

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: hyper!
the world is singing and it sounds like: Mirrorframes, Summer Blanket

I think I'm finally getting the knack of Adobe Photoshop. I made a Sponge Bob icon to show my love for it. And for you! Check out the pineapple background!

Tags: iconic
where it's at: the underground
I feel funny and my pants are: fancy
the world is singing and it sounds like: Strange and Beautiful (I'll put a spell on you), Aqualung

The ever lovely

eliade drove me to see a potential room, and although charming, convenient and affordable, they had a tiny, sweet dog, and although the house was tidy and had wood floors, I was sneezing inside of twenty minutes. Poor Anna, too, suffered at the hands of cuteness-- allergies, oh, you're cruel.

And all the cool kids have pets.

Anyway, I was supposed to hear back about a job "in half an hour" this morning-- as that was at 8:30 A. PST, I'm not holding my breath. I am not inclined to nag the agency, as I'm sure they'd call if they had something available.

I wonder why more of this friendslist isn't independently wealthy and capable of handing me an honest living on a silver platter. It's unconscionable, really. Lex Luthor would buy me a coffee bar to run as I saw fit; why not you?

I'm just letting you know that I'm disappointed. In you. ::sigh::

In other news, Clowntime Comics are 97% clown free and dare to soul-shock and body-rock your sweet-sided sugar canoe 'til the break-a di-awn. Here are some icons for those random days when the world is against you and your art!

( refrigerator johnny! )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: limboish
the world is singing and it sounds like: traffic

rusty76 posted a pack of links and one was to a site full of retro ads. Take any that please you, babies.

( gosh golly! )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: tweaky
the world is singing and it sounds like: Dolph Lundgren IS: Fallen Knight!

If you have wondered how I spend my days here in Vancouver,

inapickle can tell you: I mostly walk around town and play with sticks. Well, that and prepare various meals with indifferent skill. Oh, and make icons. Sort of.

It took me a shamefully long time to master a few basics of Adobe Photoshop, even with icon tutorials, but just as I'm getting the hang of it, the trial is about to run out. Still, I have managed to produce five shiny icons that I am reasonably proud of. Five. In twenty-six days. Okay, two of them are animated, but still.

Go me!

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: floaty
the world is singing and it sounds like: Wig in a Box, Stephen Trask

Comment with your favorite icon, and tell me why you love it best!

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: dude
the world is singing and it sounds like: some yoga mix CD of Cakeboy's

Mostly Zelenka icons. Thanks to

bluster for the screen caps!

( ladies and gentlemen, the Zelenka )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: zelenka!
the world is singing and it sounds like: magic carpet ride

The icons, they have no theme.

( random )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: radiant
the world is singing and it sounds like: Trinity

Hey, icon making keeps me off the streets. You don't want me out there picking fights with rival gangs and playing shirts/skins basketball, do you? Trust me, you do not.

Besides, it's pleasantly distracting from my current complete lack of job offers. Although I do have a phone interview today. So. That's something.

Anyway, I have no idea where I lifted these caps from, they are STOLEN STOLEN STOLEN, etc. McSwain! liked them. She said so. Almost. (g)

( Daniel icons )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: headache
the world is singing and it sounds like: the snake handling ep of XF

and she'll invariably try to hone her sad skillzs at making icons.

Okay, a few are these are just the older ones all fancied up.

The screencaps are still from

bluster and

oxoniensis.

Be free, be free little icons!

( slightly more constructive than 16 games of Text Twist )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: tetchy
the world is singing and it sounds like: underground

bluster and

oxoniensis made many fine screencaps. Icons for your delectation. Or derisive sniggering. What have you.

( icons, take two )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: humming
the world is singing and it sounds like: humming

bluster furnished the caps. Ideally, you'll see something you like.

( icons ho! )

Tags: iconic
I feel funny and my pants are: sleepish
the world is singing and it sounds like: air conditioning

Unless you're ( these guys. )

And as long as I'm pimpin', I wrote this for

nestra's birthday. I didn't want to post it until she had a chance to read it in the zine

gritkitty made her, so thus, the delay.

Title: Confabulation
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Summary: "Oh, please. That's pure confabulation! Nothing like that, nothing even remotely like that, ever happened."

( Confabulation )

Tags: fiction, iconic, sga
I feel funny and my pants are: pimptastic
the world is singing and it sounds like: a wailing train

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Website: the skalab

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