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[unamaga]

Things wot I have learned today:

1. I am still so emotionally invested in Sam and Dean, even though I like to pretend I'm not. I haven't been able to change the songs on my iPod since I got my new computer, since it's the only copy I have of all the old stuff that was on Elphaba before she kicked it, and so I still have tons of the music I listened to religiously that meant Sam&Dean to me. While writing in the Library today, I had it on shuffle and Brothers On a Hotel Bed came on, and I started sniffling. I really hope the finale tears my heart out in a good way - the kind of way that IMToD did - and not in an "oh, Eric Kripke, how do you get funding" way. I'm insanely worried.
   
   
2. schneestern thinks I should make out with kashmir1 at Shore Leave.
   
   
3. Rereading an author's entire body of work is very satisfying. The past three days have seen me going through thegrrrl2002's website, and can I just say that if you're new around here and haven't stumbled upon it yet, her and yin_again wrote wristband porn. I always forget, and then it hits me over the head like a very, very attractive plank of wood.
   
   
4. Hot, humid weather makes me want to listen to the Juno Soundtrack. It's so...sunshine-y. If that's a word. Which it isn't, but whatever. Here it is for you, in case you haven't yet experienced its awesome.
   
   
   Mediafire link / Sendspace link
   
5. August Rush is an incredibly awesome movie; you should all see it if you can. Robin Williams was fabulous, mostly because I would never, ever expect that kind of role from him, and Kerri Russel keeps amazing me lately with how absolutely beautiful she's become. Not that she wasn't pretty before, but when you see her on the screen with her cello in August Rush, it's just - wow. Stunning. The entire main cast stunned me, actually. Freddie Highmore is so young to be playing such a big part, but he pulled it off and left me madly in love with August.

Comments

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

I DENY THIS! LIES ALL LIES! I NEVER SAID THAT!

Also, I HEART the Juno soundtrack and omg I cried SO HARD at the ending of August Rush and I NEVER cry at movies. I blame the music. That movie has a FANTASTIC soundtrack too. Although I have to shuffle that last song away every time it comes up in public or I start crying again.

ALSO I NEVER SAID THAT THING ABOUT JULIE LA LA LA LIES LIES LIES!

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

schneesternlj (4:35:07 PM): but you know. if julie wants to make out with you? you should go for it! YOU SHOULD HAVE FUN! srsly.
aneros2065 (4:35:17 PM): hahaha. I AM GOING TO TELL HER YOU SAID THAT.

THE TIME STAMP NEVER LIES.

Oh man, do you have the soundtrack on your computer? Could I entice you to upload it for me with drabblets or kisses or something?

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

*raises an eyebrow*

[legoline.livejournal.com]

I saw "August Rush" a couple of weeks back and it stunned me. It's such a beautiful fairytale about how music brings people together, literally. And I love Freddie Highmore--he already owned Finding Neverland and he keeps on owning films. And I love "August's Rhapsody".

*points to icon*

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

Oh, he was lovely in Finding Neverland. He has such a career ahead of him. Or, at least I hope he does. I'd love to see him in a bunch of other things.

[vaginasaurus.livejournal.com]

her and yin_again wrote wristband porn. I always forget, and then it hits me over the head like a very, very attractive plank of wood.
THANK YOU! I somehow had never read this before now. SO HOT!

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes. I reread it this morning and nearly keeled over where I sat.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

OMG, I live in fear of some reading too many of my fics in a row and seeing all my overused tropes and thinking "jeeze, grrrl needs to get over her thing with Rodney's skin and John's wrists and the armpits and the word 'nuzzle' and does Rodney really need to say the word 'really' 20 times per fic?"

But uh, thank you. ::blushes:: And writing that wristband porn with yin was a whole heck of a lot of fun. She totally rocks.

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

I dunno, it sort of reads more like a characterization choice, to me. I like it. It's so constant and solid that it makes them seem more real. :">

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

::pokes head in::

Actually, I have to say that I agree with unamaga. When I find new authors that I particularly like, I typically mainline all of their work in a pretty short span of time, and with writers that have a tendency to use specific tropes (note: not overuse), it does really feel more like a general characterization, like those fics sort of exist in an AU universe of their own. I actually remember feeling that way when I read through all of your fic, oh so long ago. You definitely didn't fit in the "overuse" category (otherwise known as, "Pick a new plot, please *God*. Or just put the thesaurus down and back away from the computer.") Mind you, I also like authors that constantly mix things up, it really just depends what I'm in the mood for.

Besides, how on Earth *could* anyone get over Rodney's skin and John's wrists? Be serious now. :)

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

EDIT BECAUSE OMG AGREEING WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE NOT YOU SAID ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE THINKING. Sorry with the caps but I have spent too much not enough time around bitter_crimson lately.

*waves hand* I agree! It reads as 'this is what turns thegrrrl2002's personal canon John and Rodney on' as opposed to 'this author can't seem to [some kind of insult I can't even THINK UP because your stuff is OMG AMAZING].

Plus, I'd like to add, for those of us who find those things hot, we SERIOUSLY DON'T MIND AT ALL when they show up more often. 'Cause really, with the hot. And the yum. And yes.

[arabella-hope.livejournal.com]

Re 2: NONO, Jules is MIIIINE.

;)

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

:OOO

*backs off*

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

Brat. lol

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

ILU, Ang.

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

*gets out her chapstick*

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

*glances fearfully at ang, dabs on burts bees*

[unaccompanied-g.livejournal.com]

GAH, I am so worried about the SPN finale. :(

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

*HUG*

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

(screened!)

Hahahaah, finding someone to make out with in real life is SO HARD. You have to worry about, like, social cues and stuff, which I am useless at. I swear, I couldn't socialize my way out of a paper bag.

[summertea.livejournal.com]

Freddie Highmore is the CUTEST LITTLE THING EVER.

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

He really is. *SMOOSHES him*

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I think you should make out with ME at Shore Leave. Just sayin.

I feel so disconnected from SPN right now. Everyone's hyperventilating about the finale and I... haven't watched since hiatus. Oops?

thegrrrl2002 is fabulous, she was definitely one of the authors I INHALED over my couple months of initial John/Rodney obsession :D

[schneestern.livejournal.com]

I think you should make out with ME at Shore Leave. Just sayin.
That's pretty much a given, isn't it?