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A couple days ago I took a picture of my hot chocolate (as one does):

And then I thought to myself, “I wonder if that would make a good icon?”

And then I thought, “Don’t I already have an icon kind of like that?”

And THEN I thought, “Maybe I should categorize my icons, because that would be sort of like doing something productive, but more fun and less — well, productive.”

So, by the numbers:

Out of 99 icons, 20 of them are cats.

13 are birds, with a subset of 8 ‘birds standing on one leg.’

A whopping 29 are ‘other animals,’ including unicorns, dinosaurs, badgers, and the alot.

I’ve also got 11 ‘nature’ icons and five I lumped under ‘people.’ (Does Misha Collins need his own category?)

Which doesn’t at all add up to 99. But it did prompt me to make a suggestion to dw_suggestions about how awesome it would be to be able to sort by icons the same way we sort by tags.

[Questions:]

[Is a tiger a cat? Or, because it's Hobbes, should it count as fandom? What about a DW Dreamsheep Uhura? Computers, animals, or fandom? Do cat pawprints in snow count under cats, or nature? Do wings around a heart count as a person, or should I just accept the necessity of a miscellaneous category?]

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All my thanks to starandrea for my fantastic food icons!

This one’s my favorite (right now!):

::omnomnomnomnomnom::

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Usually, I am the last to know everything. But just in case someone else hasn’t yet seen the personalized “ob is triple sorry” video song, I highly recommend it.

Because really, who doesn’t want an icon like this?

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Sometimes, I feel like this:

(credit jerakeen)

So I made these:

(both credit to tumblr)

And now I’m all:

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I wasn’t really planning to post anything today, because I’m ahead on posts for the month, and I figured I’d take a day off. But then I saw that icon of the blue-footed plushie, and I was all, “Ooh, I want to use that!” But what kind of post really goes with a plush bird standing on one foot? A random one, that’s what kind.

So here are some random things.

Although I used to take Claritin-D with no problem whatsoever, apparently in the last two years I’ve developed some weird side effects. Or else you really shouldn’t take that stuff after it’s expired.

It’s supposed to be unseasonably cool and rainy all week. Part of me is glad, because it’s a great excuse to drink lots of coffee and not exercise outside.

May is half over (ish) and I am making more progress on my fake goal than my real goal for the month. That is not how I planned it to go.

I have been putting off looking for a new (er) car for five months because it seems like so much work.

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1. watched twentysomething’s reaction post like a hawk, laughed muchly thanks to prompt’s like this:

Episode tag, where Dean has to explain to Cas exactly what went down in the alternate!universe (“You were some douchebag who tweeted!” “Why would I make bird sounds?”) (from anonymous) and lines like this:

His eyes are slightly red-rimmed but huge and frantic with joy and the baby craziness that has resulted in texts at three in the afternoon, saying is the nursery buttercream or daffodil? buying u a throw don’t want to clash (by twentysomething)

2. Thanks to starandrea’s wicked awesome screencaps, made a ‘Misha Collins, Yoga Superhero’ icon:

Yes, that is all.

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From Your Personal Astrology Planner 2011: Aquarius:

JANUARY 20-22
~brave new world~
The Sun’s entry into your sign on January 20 brings you fresh energy and a new sense of purpose. Your personality shines brightly, garnering you more attention and making you an inspiration to others. Hopeful Jupiter shifts into courageous Aries on January 22, encouraging progressive thinking and bold speech that helps you to open minds. A renewed interest in self-education fuels you with facts that add substance to your opinions.

[When I was typing, I totally wrote "otters" instead of "others" the first time. But really, who wouldn't want to be an inspiration to otters?]

Also, starandrea made me icons! I love them ALL!

Also also, happy birthday to digitalruki; we’re birthday twins!

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procrastination = icons

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