Icon meme

[dhampyresa]

Via kore:
Reply to this post with "PORGS!" and I will pick three of your icons for you to talk about in your own journal, and then keep the meme going by making this offer on your post.


Years ago there was a meme going around about things that happened on people's birthday. Mine is September 30 and on that day in 2004, the first pictures of a giant squid in the wild were taken.



I made this icon at some point during the 2013 yuletide-related events leading up to this post. GOOD TIMES. I keep it for various reasons, but mostly because it makes me happy.



The icon itself is the coat-of-arms of the city of Paris and the keywords "fluctuat nec mergitur" (Tossed by the waves but never sunk) is the motto of the city. I'm Parisian (I am other things, as well, but I am this, also). I have Feelings about this city, but aside from the tl;dr on the Paris Commune, I mostly use this for RL stuff.


(I made all three of the above, fyi.)

Comments

[silverflight8]

That's an awesome motto :D

[dhampyresa]

It is!

Do you want icons?

[silverflight8]

Finally cleaned my dw inbox and realized I hadn't replied...I'm good, thanks!

[schneefink]

Btw I found out that there's a fair amount of music about the Paris Commune even in German, including as part of an oratorio called the "Proletenpassion" (redneck passion?) I've been meaning to check it out but haven't got around to it yet.

[dhampyresa]

Do let me know what it's like if you do check it out!

Do you want icons?

[schneefink]

I don't think my icons are particularly interesting, but sure.

[dhampyresa]

[kore]

This is great! I also didn't know you'd made all those, they're lovely.

[dhampyresa]

Aw, thank you! Much appreciated.

[corvidology]

I'm a Londoner and while are coat of arms has dragons (\0/) our motto is Lord Guide Us -- I much prefer yours. :D

[dhampyresa]

Okay, dragons are cool, you win that. But we do have the better motto, yes :P

[ljwrites]

PORGS! make a super good side dish to beer when seasoned and roasted.

I couldn't remember when you'd used the squid icon until I went back and looked! That's really cool. I think the most major thing that happened on my birthday was the 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

Is the Parisian motto literal or figurative? Like, do you know if shipwreck/flooding was a real hazard or were they just saying we're unsinkable, suck on that haha?