09 July 2008 @ 10:42 am
 
So I was reading the Enrico Colantoni (ILU Keith Mars!) interview on TWOP and I had totally not put it together that he's Canadian. I really should have -- he was on Stargate, come on. Anyway, it's a good interview and he seems like a rad dude, and I'm excited about Flashpoint now that I realise it isn't just filmed in Toronto but takes place there, too.

ETA: No, seriously. Veronica Mars, Buffy, and Due South all in one interview? Made of win!
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 12:29 pm
Happy Hump Day.  
Meet Rusty and Sugar.

This is Rusty:


This is Sugar:


This is Sugar's favorite place to sit: )

This tale of pictures is a sad one, for today is the day of yearly vet check-ups, during which 1. Rusty becomes a deranged and violent wildebeest and 2. We discover he has (pick one) thyroid condition/liver disease/the heebling jeeblies/the necrotic rot/the exploding gawhoopdies/anything else we can't afford to fix, but will attempt to fix anyway. It is also a day in which we are told "Sugar must lose weight," to which Sugar replies, glancing sidelong at the vet's tasty fingers, "Yum." Wish us luck. For we will need it.

In other, write-y news, thewritething.org, sent Dani and me some awesome questions about Havemercy, which we had way too much fun answering. The Result is Here. Potential spoilers for those who haven't read the book, but lots of talk about the city and the culture and the magic system and all sorts of fun stuff.

Also, while I was coding the cat pictures, I got a comment on facebook saying I should have a Havemercy FAQ LJ entry. Should I do this? Are there frequently asked questions? (And if so, what are they? Are they about Balfour or Ghislain? They totally should be.) If you ask questions in the comments and we get enough to make an FAQ then we'll totally do it.

(And finally. Check out this awesome icon of Rook and Thom. The icon was made by [info]pirategoddess from art by [info]zanai, and I love it.)
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 10:33 am
 
You guys, I did something really retarded -- well, okay, I didn't do something -- but I just checked and it's not going to ruin my life. Or my education, which, it's me, those things are probably more synonymous than is healthy.

DID I MENTION I'M GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR BLOCK WEEK?
 
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09 July 2008 @ 11:58 am
Don't give up hope. There are new women turning 18 every day.  
So I was on the phone with [info]sink_or_swim yesterday, and she had just gone to see Iron Man for the fourth time in five days, and we were like "you know what the universe needs? Tony Stark screwing his way through every fandom ever."

SO DOES ANYONE THINK THEY'D BE UP FOR A ROUND OF COMMENT TAG? The way it works is, I start by throwing a few pairings out there. People write ficlets in the comments, and then they throw a couple more pairings out there. I keep track of what's been written and the prompts that have been thrown out and build a link list. And we all get hilarious crossovers.

Y/N?
 
 
Current Mood: lazy
 
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09 July 2008 @ 11:46 am
 
Title: So Easy To Drown
Prompt: Gerard/Mikey in the early MCR days, being on the road and in the van and dealing with UST between the two
Pairing: Mikey/Gerard
Rating: R
Word count: 5800
AN: Written for the [info]mcr4u challenge for [info]velvet_tuberose!

"Do you ever think me and Gerard are, I dunno, weird?" Mikey asks Frank in a gas station somewhere in Pennsylvania.
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 11:19 am
[is it nap time yet?]  
SONGS ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE:
[Patterson Hood -- "The Assassin"] 4MB, .mp3. One of the best songs Patterson's ever written, this is from his infamous recorded-at-the-dining-room-table-post-divorce solo album. Lo-fi alt.country-rock.

[Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit -- "The Assassin"] 9MB, .mp3. Shonna got the band and Jason got this song of Patterson's. To the best of my knowledge, it's the only song written by a member of the Drive-By Truckers and routinely performed by a different (ex-)member of the band. Rock. Live in Charlottesville, VA, 02.23.08. Sound quality is steady but a little quiet.

[Patterson Hood -- "Murdering Oscar"] 6MB, .mp3. The title track from the album New West won't let Patterson release. Patterson Hood: canonically into writing songs about killing people. Lo-fi alt.country-rock. Live in Athens, GA, 04.16.08. Beware sound quality.

[Future Kings of Nowhere -- "10 Simple Murders"] 5MB, .mp3. Great song by a local-to-me indie pop band.

[My Chemical Romance -- "Kill All Your Friends"] 4MB, .mp3. One of the Black Parade b-sides. Rock.
You guys, so far today I've tromped all over campus trying to get answers to a question that apparently no one can answer because Carolina doesn't have a chemistry librarian anymore and had a soda explode all over my lap while I was driving 50 mph down a heavily trafficked road, pls send naked boys and chocolate. *sadface*
 
 
Current Music: Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please -- Ethel Merman -- From This Moment On
 
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09 July 2008 @ 09:16 am
new (old) ariel pink :: "l'estat"  


Here's a relatively rare (in internet terms) song from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, which originally appeared on some obscure comp in 2006. This bizarrely sweet little sunshine pop jam was sent to me along with a bunch of tour dates, so I'm assuming that it'll be available on the limited-edition tour only vinyl that the band will have in tow on their upcoming "Thanks Mom I'm Dead" tour, as well as on their new release called (ahem) ODDDITTYSODOMIES VOL.ONE.

mp3:
ariel pink :: l'estat (according to the widows)

Ariel Pink and his crew roll through TX next month. Go here for all of the tour dates.

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elsewhere:


sydney's pnau

I usually leave this sort of stuff alone and let the experts handle it (especially when it involves Aussies or New Zealanders or both), but I've loved pretty much everything Miami Horror has touched for a while now, and this new jam from Pnau + Ladyhawke is way too good not to post. Thanks to Miami Horror's people for sending it over:

mp3:
pnau :: embrace feat. ladyhawke (fred falke & miami horror rmx)

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As I continue to patiently await that Paper Route Gangstaz x Mad Decent mixtape, this'll do fine: DJ Ayres reworks PRGz' "Rollin" using the enormous spacey synths from M83's "Couleurs" as his foundation:

mp3:
paper route gangstaz :: rollin' (dj ayres remix)

 
 
09 July 2008 @ 11:02 am
Why do you sing to everybody but me?  
So, the Cab/Hush Sound show at the Middle East is tonight, right? Suddenly it occurs to me to wonder: Do I have a ticket? I seem to remember that I claimed a ticket from someone. [info]lordessrenegade or [info]janet_carter, maybe? I think?

Also, I am having the kind of week where I've been bitched at nonstop by customers who are just being crazy and insulting, so I am very tense and crabby. I know everyone wants to see a show with me like this, right? Hee.
 
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10 July 2008 @ 12:58 am
Fic: MCR, We All Used To Live In Caves, Ray/Gerard, PG, 2633 words  
Author: [info]ix_tab
Pairing: Gerard/Ray
Rating: Pg-13
Word count: 2633

Written for [info]secrethappiness for the [info]mcr4u challenge.

Summary: AU. Gerard has yet to master customer service with a smile, and Ray really hopes it doesn't cost him his job.

We All Used To Live In Caves
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 10:57 am
When fandoms collide  
Enrico Colantoni name-checks Due South.

I agree with what the interviewer said on page one -- if he's in it, I'll watch it. Best TV dad, ever.

Actually, IS he the best TV dad ever? I actually can't think of one single better TV dad than Keith Mars.
 
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09 July 2008 @ 10:37 am
Dear internets: today I failed at life!  
When you look back on your life there are certain moments that make you ask, 'What the hell was I thinking?' This morning, when I carefully checked the doorknob and then just as carefully turned the lock before taking out the trash was just one such moment. I'd fortunately reconsidered my first choice to go bra-less until getting dressed for work, although I hadn't thought as far as putting on shoes. I tossed the little bag of trash into the can, turned around, and discovered that I'd oh-so-carefully locked myself out of the apartment.

At this point I didn't yet know if [info]strangecobwebs and The Awesome Roommate had already left for the day, so I spent some quality time banging on the door. When that proved fruitless, I crawled through the morass of mint and The Rose Bush That Ate Silver Spring to make an attempt on the windows. The rose bush duly attacked me and I was wrapped in several vines, lurking in the bushes, struggling to remove the screens from the windows when I saw a stranger wander innocently by.

"Hey!" I said, doing my best to not look like a creepy barefoot girl lurking in the bushes. "Hey, is there some trick to getting back into your apartment after you've locked yourself out?"

He gave me a dubious look but came over and offered helpful suggestions like, "Try calling your roommates," and "Try calling your landlord," and "Try calling a locksmith." My answer to these was basically the same. Namely, that I didn't have my cellphone on me and I didn't have any numbers memorized. (And, for the last one, that I wasn't certain a locksmith would let me into a house for which I was not the owner on record.) Still, he kindly lent me his cellphone and I called the only local number that I *do* have memorized: [info]lightgetsin. (I had carefully memorized her number when we were roommates because I'd done some similarly stupid thing and couldn't get in touch.)

It went to voicemail.

The kind stranger expressed his sympathies for my plight, took his phone back and went home.

It was at this point that it started to rain.

I stood there contemplating my options: 1) stand in the rain for 8 hours until someone came home. (This option somehow didn't appeal.) 2) See if any neighbors were home and would let me use a computer to email my roommates. (I tried this, but no one answered their doors.) 3) Walk (barefoot) the 1.5 miles to work and hope through some combination of email and telephone I could get in contact with my roommates from there. 4) Cry.

The kind stranger walked past again and said, "I feel really bad for you." I told him that I was thinking of walking to work, only 2 miles away, and he offered to drive me. I love the kind stranger! He dropped me off on the corner and I walked into my work building around 8AM. The office doesn't open until 9, but there are generally people there by 7:30. I knocked on the door and Leslie opened it. There were many wide-eyed stares at my barefoot, jeans-and-old t-shirt-clad appearance.

At least I wasn't in pajamas? And hey, I was wearing a bra. It totally could have been worse. *facepalm*

Fortunately for me, The Awesome Roommate was online and less than a mile away at Panera. She got me breakfast and coffee (I owe her for eternity!) and let me back into the apartment. I ate, changed, and made it to work on time despite myself. It's a miracle!

In conclusion, I failed at life. How are YOUR days shaping up?
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 08:39 am
Bob Bryar's Secret Baby Project, Bob/Brian, NC17  
Bob Bryar's Secret Baby Project
[info]carleton97
Bob Bryar/Brian Schechter
~ 26,800 words

Bob Bryar is a man of mystery, even Frank says so. What if there was a reason for his reticence?

Written for [info]bandombigbang

Part 1/3
Part 2/3
Part 3/3
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 09:49 am
 
I had so many plans for the first part of this week! Most of them revolving around watching TV shows, admittedly, but still. I wanted to watch The Office UK, In Justice, and the rest of SGA, but instead I've kind of developed a... social life? I think that's what they call it. I keep going out with actual, live PEOPLE. Weird. And then, today? Today I must PACK. Because, really, the whole point of this post of was to say, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! TOMORROW I WILL BE IN BOSTON!

I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. *g*

P.S. A friend of mine gave me a birthday card over the weekend that said "You are a human sparkler" and if any card has ever made me feel all glowy inside, that would be it. I AM A HUMAN SPARKLER. \o/
 
 
Current Mood: excited
 
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09 July 2008 @ 08:39 am
 
Today is such a good day. I just got a 14 day extension for a proposal I am supposed to write, not because I caved and asked for it but because the professors I'm supposed to be turning it in to are going on vacation! One of the professors actually came up to me and told me it wasn't fair for me to have to rush to get it done when she and one of the other professors would be gone. How awesome is that?

... Now to actually work on it.

In other news, I've been meaning to thank everyone who commented on me in [info]strobelighted's love meme- you guys are all awesome and kindness and I just looked at my thread again and started smiling because I'm a dork like that. And I'll be good and not make any noises about not being adorable, (Although, the last time I said I wasn't adorable, there ended up being comment fic. Maybe I should say it. What a dilemma.)

Other than that, the wips have taken over my brain. I finished selkie fic, finally, only it still feels like the outline of a fic to me. :/ Now to finish wing!fic and the Pete wins Patrick in a bet fic so I can start on my latest idea. Ideas. Man, I counted my wip folder last night, I have 34 things in various states of completion in there. That's not counting the stuff I just babble in chat or where ever. lol, if only I could actually finish some of them.
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 12:09 pm
 
I know I'm having a RAGE moment over something ridiculous but SRSLY. If I see one more community where some dinkus posts and then says "mods can delete if this isn't allowed" I will go spare. And I don't even moderate anything. But agh! Fuck the fuck off! READ THE GODDAMN COMMUNITY RULES BEFORE YOU POST. THEN IF SOMETHING IS NOT ALLOWED, DON'T POST ABOUT IT. Why should you expect anyone to go around cleaning up after your mess just because you can't be bothered to check if you're doing something wrong? AGGRAVATING. DELETE DELETE DELETE.

Ok now I can go back to work. But icon!RayK is watching you, so don't do anything stupid.
 
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09 July 2008 @ 06:33 am
Fic: Missing Persons, 21/27  
Missing Persons
Don/Charlie, ~250,000 words. NC-17.
Warnings: incest, violence, torture, problematic consent.

Charlie gets kidnapped. Things get worse from there.

Chapter 21 (9,102 words)

Chapter 22 goes up tomorrow!

Notes | Index page
 
 
09 July 2008 @ 03:10 am
Family Man: Chapter Two, Page 113  


 
 
09 July 2008 @ 05:05 am
ahomeboyslife[dot]com Update  
 
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09 July 2008 @ 05:04 am
New FOBR Journal  
i want to get away from it all if you know what i mean.

but i really want to play a show for you.

expect it.
 
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09 July 2008 @ 10:55 am
He loved to call him perfect  

Author: [info]emorockkid
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Ryden
Chapter: Standalone

Warning: Character’s dead, a little bit of language
Summary:
"Brenny, that's unfair!" Playful, and with some affected insult in the shaky, ever slightly monotonous voice, Ryan tried to complain, and pushed his lower lip forwards, in a pouting way; not showing that every little move took him incredibly much energy.

Disclaimer: I would screw myself for writing this down if it was true at all. So: I don’t own them and this is all fake.
Dedication: [info]letogyllenhaal for translating and doing beta on it; and of course always reading my stuff, doesn’t matter what it is – I am more than grateful for it, really. Of course all the ladies writing the most beautiful stories with Ryden-pairing on LJ, you guys encouraged me for this. And the most important one: My lovely friend Christine who was the reason I wrote this. May the angels save you and take away the sadness you went through the last two years. I miss you…

He loved to call him perfect )
 
 
Current Location: At Home
Current Music: Paramore - We are broken