This is a lot funnier now that I've clicked on the link. Just in case someone didn't get it and didn't click on the link. I don't know. Maybe you are all smarter than me.
I also like the unamused face -___-, shock O.O, weirded out o.O, rolling my eyes (or being hypnotized...) @.@
Special place in my heart for <3 just because I used to have an avatar that said "pi is <3" and it took me like 2 weeks to get the joke. Also it's easier to type than ♥
Anyway. Don't suppose any of the rest of you want to share your preferred emoticons and how you convey action. *still attached to the asterisks and can't bear to put a space there* I'm going to practice <these> maybe. But asterisks are Calvin and Hobbes approved!