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[schmerica]

Incredible amounts of relief apparently put me in the mood for memes. So, in the steps of everyone on my friends list:

I love looking at people's icons, but I don't always *get* them - I often wonder stuff like, "Who's that guy?" or "Where's that quote from?" but I tend not to ask, for various reasons. So come on, here are my icons. Pick one (or more!) you're curious about, and I'll try to explain it. Or at least explain what I like about it.

Comments

[cereta.livejournal.com]

. 'splain?

[speshope.livejournal.com]

You're going to kick me, but... What is Twitch City?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

This one doesn't have much of a story behind it, really. The picture is of Molly Parker (http://imdb.com/name/nm0662504/), who is an incredibly lovely Canadian actress who has been in multiple movies and TV shows with both of my main guys from due South (Twitch City, Men with Brooms, Suspicious River, all sorts of Canadian stuff). When I was on my "Pretty Canadians!" picture kick last week, looking for lots of stuff of Paul Gross and Callum Keith Rennie, I ended up with lots of pictures of her, too, and I liked this one (http://pearlo.illuminatedtext.com/images/mpsmoking.jpg) a whole lot. I like my default icons to be nice and general, no words, with moods that can range to a lot of different things. Also, pretty.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Twitch City! (http://imdb.com/title/tt0135110/) It is an absolutely brilliant and quirky Canadian sitcom about an agoraphobic TV addict. The icon is of the two main characters, Curtis (Don McKellar) and Hope (Molly Parker) about to have sex -- "Sock it to me!" is a quote of Hope's from the situation.

no need to explain

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

I heart all your icons. and you, of course.

[speshope.livejournal.com]

It's almost sad how much better I feel knowing this. It's been nagging me for so long! And I kept thinking "Man, I hope Erica does that icon explaination meme so I can ask!"

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeee. Um, dude, you see me all the TIME. You couldn't have just asked anyway?

Re: no need to explain

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[moireach.livejournal.com]

I totally know where both your Katharine Hepburn and Margot Tenenbaum icons are from, but I think you should use this an excuse to talk about why you like either!

[speshope.livejournal.com]

... no. *laughs* Because I felt sure I should know what it was and there was SHAME. And somehow the meme made it okay!

I don't claim to make sense.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oh, Katharine Hepburn. I have had a ridiculous historical crush on Eleanor of Aquitaine ever since I first read A Proud Taste of Scarlet and Miniver when I was, like, eight or something. And then I read the play Lion in Winter in high school and I adored it MADLY. And then I got the dvd as a gift when I was in college, and the movie rocks my socks so much. Eleanor/Henry II OTP! Eleanor is my sekrit Plantagenet girlfriend!

*cough*

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

who on earth is this molly parker person?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I included her the link to her imdb page (http://imdb.com/name/nm0662504/) up in my answer to cereta's comment -- basically, just a Canadian actress who's worked with Callum Keith Rennie and Paul Gross and Don McKellar and lots of other cool Canadian people (Twitch City, heart!), and who I happen to think is really hot.