The lyf so short

no, not the Lockdown meme. An icon meme! Snatched from ysilme.

1. Comment to this entry saying 'Today we're cancelling the apocalypse' (or whatever you want to, really) and I will pick 3 of your icons/userpics.
2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply if you prefer) and talk about the icons I picked.

These are the ones ysilme chose (over on LJ, where I have a rather larger choice of icons than I do here):

This is from the movie Everything Is Iluminated, which has some amazing cinematography, including this surreal little screenshot. I didn't have a meme sheep icon at the time, so I used it as a meme goat. You could probably put a lot of interpretation into that, but the sad truth is that I just thought it looked neat.

The Matrix, but make it Elvish. That's pretty much all there is to this one. I think it was inspired by a conversation in an online RPG. I animated it myself. Make the niche jokes you want to see in the world, etc.

This is a dig at those "Jesus is my homeboy" (or w/ever) bumper stickers. Basically a take on the premise of American Gods (or the Percy Jackson series, apparently) that ancient gods are still around, just adapting to new circumstances more or less succesfully. Clearly, that would also apply to the Valar (although they're Powers, not gods - all the more reason to be still around! Vairë seemed like someone who, from weaver of historical tapestries, would easily adapt to digital weaving - in short, she'd do fine as a web admin. A bit of silliness that, due to the vast amount of icons that LJ permits me, never had to make room for more recent jokes.

And that's those explained!