(Am I strange 'cos I liked saying that in my head),

I was startled the first time I saw the word in that context and now it just makes me giggle. So apparently that makes two of us. We'll be strange together.

Procrastination, thy name is Janice - bugger - we are damned!

So if I'd been named "Jessica" I'd have my shit together? Crap. ;D

I meant the selecting cuts for icons.

Gotcha. I love expressive faces and strong compositions so selecting shots I like is easy, but again, something may look great in 200 pixels for instance but then you shrink it and it looks awful. I've discarded an endless number because of that.

I sorted wanted to do what others I admire were doing, youknow with the swirly's and the fades and the abstract but now I just do what I feel and it seems to work for me

And of course icons aren't telling a story, so it's easier than a banner. Single image, boom. But doing crude "picspams" (like the Joyce/Buffy/Dawn motherhood one I did recently - just putting photos next to one another) I've really gotten an appreciation for how hard it can be to tell a proper story with images; It's a bit like a short story or poem: every element has to count and you really need to "nail" the ending. I actually can't imagine doing layers or something really sophisticated like what you do. (your "Goodbye to you" banner for instance breaks my heart every time I look at it.)

Your use of the Godfather graphics for that Giles icons is such a brilliant idea because it is itself so iconic; I remember that book on my mom's shelf when I was a little girl.