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[jlh]

I LOVE this show. This is Sifl & Olly, two sock puppets who had their own bizarre show on MTV in the late 90s. It was really funny and really random. I was constantly calling things "crescent fresh." Still do sometimes. I use it when commenting on general popular culture, especially when making relatively obscure hipster references.


One of my three original icons, pre-gifting of journal. Cary Grant was my first crush. When I was nine, I really wanted to be in His Girl Friday. Still do on occasion. I use him when I want to look distinguished.


Also one of my three original icons. Nick and Nora Charles, my favorite on-screen couple. Nora comes into a bar, sees Nick drinking champagne cocktails. Asks barkeep how many Nick has had, is given four as the answer. "I want you to line up four drinks right here in front of me, so I can catch up." My kinda dame. I use them when I want to be all het.


Love love love her. When folks ask, "What famous woman would you fuck" I always say Gene Tierney. This is a publicity still from the film Laura, which is one of my favorite films noir. So gorgeous she is, with that little overbite . . . Anyway, I use her when I'm either being all dykey, or I'm on my high horse about something.


:D Made for me by the lovely Kym, from a photo by bhanesidhe that she colored. Only the second piece of art I ever got of my beloved boys. It's my default, but I like to use it sparingly so it still feels special.


Another Clio icon, this one made by eccentricfemme. It's from a painting of all the muses, and many of my fellow Muses have similar icons--ely709, fiatincantatum, and eccentricfemme at any rate. I use it when I'm feeling thoughtful.



These two were both cut from the absolutely GORGEOUS fan art that ali_wildgoosedid for me, from the first scene in Chapter 12 of EWFS. She did it without my knowledge, but were I to pick a scene, it totally would have been this one. I use Dean when I'm feeling artsy, and Seamus when I need to wibble.


How do you get a dolly? Why, you befriend yoshi1013. That's it. And I pretty much do look like that. At the very least, the hair is exact.

I'm not happy with my current 10th icon. I think I want to make a Polly Esther one, as in the doyenne of suck.com but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

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[bookshop.livejournal.com]

Nick and Nora should be everyone's favorite couple. *adores*

And, as for me, it is a fair tossup between wanting to be Roz's character from His Girl Friday or Ruth's character from the Philadelphia Story. Oh, hell, I really just want to be Tracy Samantha Lord. *swoon*

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Actually, I wrote an entire end-of-term paper about how the Philadelphia Story doesn't work without Liz Imbrie, so yeah, I want to be her. Tracy and Mike are both like little kids, but Liz and Dexter both know exactly what is going on all the time.

Besides, in the musical version you get to sing "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

about how the Philadelphia Story doesn't work without Liz Imbrie

EXACTLY, dude. EXACTLY. I once had a long argument with a friend on a Jimmy Stewart kick about how the whole point of the movie would have been ruined if Tracy had ended up with Mike. God, I love that movie. It's so smart, and Dexter is so my Mr. Knightley. *sighs*

Actually, now that I think about it, Tracy is a modern-day Emma all over again, isn't she? And there are all kinds of Austenian themes running through that film. Which may very well explain why Tracy is my favorite film heroine (as Emma is my favorite literary heroine), and why I love that movie so much.

Dude, I can't believe I've never even *remotely* made those connections before.


What a swell fandom this is! :D

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Another Sifl & Olly fan! *bonds with Clio*

Gene Tierney icon

[debellatrix.livejournal.com]

*looks veeeery closely*

Gah! I had always though that was Katherine Hepburn. Must get new reading glasses.