Thoughts . . . and icons :)

[lilyofshalott]

Hmm . . . not much happened on Monday or Tuesday except we had a surprise party for Chris' 20th birthday on Monday (and he didn't have a clue!) Erin, Dana, and I decorated while Vicky kept Chris in his room. A bunch of us got together and we had pizza and tons of cookies/brownies--we were so full, we didn't even eat the birthday cake! 'Twas much fun, especially since Chris was genuinely surprised . . .

Ah, the election . . . now I know some people are pleased with the results (as I am) and others are not, but everyone should keep in mind that this *is* our country and we should support it . . .

No man, no madness
Though their sad power may prevail
Can possess, conquer, my country's heart
They rise to fail
She is eternal
Long before nations' lines were drawn
When no flags flew, when no armies stood
My land was born.

And you ask me why I love her
Through wars, death and despair.
She is the constant, we who don't care
And you wonder will I leave her -- but how?
I cross over borders but I'm still there now.

How can I leave her?
Where would I start?
Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart
My land's only borders lie around my heart.
~"Anthem," from the Broadway musical Chess (and this is the only song I know from the show . . .)

O.Chem lab was brutal today--we had to identify an unknown organic compound using the spiffy expensive equipment (IR and NMR machines, for any other science majors out there). We were all randomly assigned an unknown, but of course, I had to get the hardest one (and I'm pretty much incompetent in chem lab . . .). Thankfully, Dr. Henry helped me through the entire identification process . . .

OOH! I've made more icons! And I definitely think I'm getting a paid account now, as I've saved sooo many nifty PotO (ALW's musical and movie) icons from the community I'm in, phantom_icons . . . and I want to make a mood set (hehe) . . .



Text for icon 1 is from Sarah Brightman's "Dreamers," text for icon 2 is from Romeo & Juliet, text for icon 3 is RWIR (of course--hehe), text for icon 4 is WYSYLM (I hope it's not too hard to read . . .), and icon 5 is one I made after someone requested a simple Erik icon [unfortunately, I couldn't put the text in his famous crimson ink ;) ]

~Lily/Michelle