Bits and pieces

[fredericks]

• Has anyone seen those Kate Bush ads that play in the wee hours of the morning promoting her new CD? First off, way to pull a Michael Jordan and come out of retirement Ms. Bush. I can't help but cringe at how hokey both the ad (which she most likely had no input on) and the video clips featured in the ad (which she most likely had major input on) are. Bush has added a few pounds and instead of embracing her venture into "pleasantly plump" territory gracefully she's gone the Stevie Nicks route by wearing lots of layered clothing and scarves. In the video said scarves are waved around in a rhythm gymnastic-like way. Say cheese, Ms. Bush. And the voice over for the ad states at least three times "[Kate Bush] has been a major influence on artists during the last decade", and I keep hearing "step the frak off, Tori Amos - the originator's back in town". The tone is embarrassing, even though the message is truthful.
  
  
• Tyra Banks? worst talk show host ever. It's a talk show all.about.her. Her "interview" with Naomi Campbell was nothing more than a blabfest for her to get some most likely imagined drama off her chest. I was forced to watch it while at the beauticians this afternoon. Of course they didn't watch the news, but kept it on UPN. Come on, my black peoples.
  
  
• I rustled up some frozen dumplings this evening. The brand name? Ling-Ling. I instantly flashed back to
  

  -"Don't hate the playa, babe; hate the game."
  -"Screw rooooooooou!"

  
  And then I sign onto LJ and I see that the scrumptious snacktastic has pointed me towards some great "Drawn Together" icons. She's read my mind, she has. *cyber-love*!
  
  
• I've been stoking myself up for the Narnia reveal tomorrow at the World of Disney store by watching the first trailer. I like the first one, not so much the second one. It's the talking that kills it. When I hear Aslan speak in my head the voice is nothing like, say, Liam Neeson's. More along the lines of their first choice, Brian Cox...or the classic choice, James Earl Jones. Enough of my quibbling, though - I will go and I will take pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. I need a reason to use all the photo space I'm paying for here.
  
  
• Mom gave me a winning lotto ticket for $80. Yay! Now I can pay off half of my bills!
  No sarcasm there, either. My mom is often neat and periodically awesome. This is one of those periodic times.
  
  
• SHAWESOME. Come on - I've seen/heard no one using it since my first attempt to inject it into the lexicon. I'm a little hurt.
  

If you've added me recently and we haven't interacted in some way, please say something. I'm a pretty laid back LJer, but random adds are a peeve of mine. If you wish to be a LJ friend in some way and you're not just looking to pad your Friends numbers, by all means drop me a word.

Comments

"Drawn Together" icons,

[sh-y.livejournal.com]

great idea!

Gotta make some myself...

Just finished 40 "Silent Hill" icons, so this'll have to wait till the next weekend.

God if I wasn't in love with my job I'd quit to make LJ icons :).

Re: "Drawn Together" icons,

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

God if I wasn't in love with my job I'd quit to make LJ icons :).
Shyeah, because that's a totally lucrative endeavor. *grin*

I'd love to see your Drawn Together icons when you make them. The one I used was made by someone else. I don't have Photoshop or any manipulation software - I've made maybe three of the icons I use.

I see.

[sh-y.livejournal.com]

Join my and [Bad username or site: orcabee / @ livejournal.com]'s icons community, [Bad username or site: unrivaled_icons / @ livejournal.com] if you feel like, it's new and we invite only our close friends, you can see most of my icons there. We'd be glad to see you as a member :).

Of course, any of those I used or use are made by me. I'll try to make some "Drawn Together" icons this week, I love the show, thank you for the idea, actually. BTW, I do photoshop for the living, among the rest :).

Your current icon is dead, I assume that your images server makes wish better - you should save them on your PC and upload by Browse...

:).

Re: I see.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer! I'd join your com, but I don't make icons; would it still be okay? Most of what I have I've culled from various comms. and given credit to the respective parties when known. You should check out a few of those people and ask them to join. They're all amazing artists.

And my icons are dying periodically due to the server issue. Loading of LJ in general is being problematic for me.

Yes,

[sh-y.livejournal.com]

of course it will be OK.

We're inviting only close friends or those who we know as nice people for now. Crediting is a must, and you can't use icons that somebody else's already using - those are our rules. We just started :).

We'll be happy to see you on our members list, most of our members don't have photoshop currently, we're all about having a great time, period :-D.