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  <title>You&apos;re probably wondering how we decided what the crests for the Houses look like...</title>
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  <description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/144303/227053&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/144304/227053&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/144305/227053&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/144306/227053&quot;&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;House of Bit&lt;/strong&gt; has a dragon because bit is also Figment, who is also a dragon in &quot;some thing&quot;, according to &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://azurelunatic.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;azurelunatic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;House of Bugsy&lt;/strong&gt; has a ladybird because Bugsy tells us about bugs, and the ladybird is a cute bug that a bugphobic in channel could handle looking at :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;House of hEll&lt;/strong&gt; has a phoenix because hEll throws things back out at channel members, in a similar way to how phoenixes recreate themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;House of Nagios&lt;/strong&gt; has a kitty because Nagios likes to bug &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://mark.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png&apos; alt=&apos;[staff profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://mark.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;mark&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, just like kitties like to bug humans for attention ^_^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit for these ideas goes to &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zarhooie.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://zarhooie.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;zarhooie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Explanation of the characteristics of the members of each House, and how to be sorted, is available on the &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://houses.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://houses.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;houses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; profile page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The colour schemes and shapes were decided on the fly by me (&lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tajasel.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tajasel.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;tajasel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) and I don&apos;t really have many explanations for them; they just seemed to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=houses&amp;ditemid=265&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>Belle &amp; Sebastian - If You Find Yourself Caught In Love</lj:music>
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  <lj:poster>tajasel</lj:poster>
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