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Pixelated beach sunset with palm tree on left, blue background text reading 'I close my eyes and I drift away to another place another time world was ours and she was mine'.

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Pixelated beach sunset with palm tree on left, blue background text reading 'I close my eyes and I drift away to another place another time world was ours and she was mine'.

Pixelated beach sunset with palm tree on left, blue background text reading 'I close my eyes and I drift away to another place another time world was ours and she was mine'. Anima…

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  • palm tree

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  • I close my eyes, and I drift away
  • world was ours and she was mine
  • to another place another time

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811071935591972470313
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/81/81923c98c78fa9fde6f69c7fd0bed7d10a72d3071eb4c34af45326a1f31cb3cd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
81923c98c78fa9fd
SHA-256
81923c98c78fa9fde6f69c7fd0bed7d10a72d3071eb4c34af45326a1f31cb3cd
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200811071935591972470313
Archive entry
200811071935591972470313.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811071935591972470313.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811071935591972470313.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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