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Doily. One of my hobbies (mostly in abeyance this year, though) is thread crochet, and this is a from a scan of one of my own designs. Used for posts on crafts and creativity. I've had that icon a long time; I think it was the second one I made, back when I was a free user with only three slots.
Behemoth 47: That's the title of my novel-in-progress, and the image is an impression (based on some stock art from a CD label package, I think) of what the hyperspace in that universe looks like. It's supposed to be the icon for talking about the novel, but occasionally gets stuck on computer comments by mistake because my big heavy laptop is also called Behemoth.
5x5x5 cube: I love puzzles. My father had an original 3x3x3 Rubik's cube about a year before they were popular the first time around, and I got a 4x4x4 for my eighteenth birthday. When I saw the 5-a-side version in the Maths Department staff common room back in London, I coveted it madly, and haunted the toy store it came from for months, but they never got any more in. After I moved to Tucson, I finally figured out how to order one online from Hong Kong. (And yes, I did solve it, though I doubt I could do it now without working it out again from scratch.) I use this icon for posts and comments of a geekier-than-average nature, or sometimes to convey puzzlement.
An approximation of what I look like in real life. Very rarely used; occasionally feels appropriate for commenting in discussions about anonymity or appearance.
Seaview, from
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, the only show that has ever moved me to fanfic.
The teacup; I snagged this from
jslayeruk at the time of the London Tube bombings, when drinking tea did seem like the appropriate response. (I'm British, and I even lived in London for a few years.)
Dragon! From the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, my trip-of-a-lifetime last year. Used for posts about China, and also for commenting on
naominovik's posts or blogging dragon books in general.
Comment on this post. I will choose seven userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.