Dear Sunburn,

Thank you for the object lesson in proper sunscreen application, especially on my chest.

Ow,
Me



Dear Roommate,

Calling me "Fire Tits" is not funny. It isn't.

Okay, maybe it is,
Me



Dear Baby Laptop,

Thank you for dying for no reason whatsoever during Torchwood week. I DIDN'T EVEN SPILL WATER ON YOU THIS TIME. WHY THE HATE???

Speaking ill of the dead,
Me



Dear Flist,

Since I've only seen the first episode of Torchwood due to the above technical difficulties, thank you for not outright spoiling me for the rest of Children of Earth. However, I think I've reached my limit with all the mood spoilers (YES THE COLLECTIVE D FACE YOU ARE ALL MAKING- WHAT HAPPENED? NO WAIT, DON'T TELL ME. NO WAIT, I WANT TO KNOW. NO WAIT, SPOIL ME AND I WILL END YOU) so I've been absenting myself. See you on the other side after I get to watch them this weekend.

D:,
Me



Dear krazykipper,

You are sweet and awesome and I love our brains too and thank you for the virtual gift! *squishes you* There's a brain in a jar on my profile!

Braaainz,
Me



Dear People On My Flist Who Like Their Fanfic With a Side of Hookers,

In case you, like me, have lamented the lack of Hooker!Fic in Merlin fandom, lament no more! rageprufrock has your MFing back.

Hookerifically yours,
Me



Dear Shakespeare in the Park Management,

Next time it would be cool to list *both* limited distribution days on your website (which, for the record, is also shitty to navigate and generally uninformative) so people don't end up taking the day off work and waking up at 5 am to drag their hungover ass to Central Park to camp for tickets only to be told that there's no hope after the fact.

Still grumpy, DIAF,
Me



Dear Universe,

After three times of trying and failing to see Anne Hathaway and Raul Esparza in Twelfth Night, I FINALLY GET THE MESSAGE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHY DON'T YOU RUN OVER MY DOG NEXT EXCEPT I DON'T HAVE A DOG BUT IF I DID I SUSPECT IT WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THIS WEEK.

BOO YOU WHORE,
Fire Tits



DEAR lillianloop,

WHY AM I AT WORK AND WHY ARE YOU NOT HERE ALREADY???

ILU, KEYBOARD SMASH,
Me

I think I will have more to say once it's all over on Friday, but for now:

Holy shit.

cherrybina wrote some really hot Arthur/Merlin porn.

...

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GO READ IT.

1. reel_merlin has been killing my inbox, but it's awesome because we have over 130 sign ups!!! They close today, so if you're still pondering something you should sign up now.

Where, you might ask? Well guess what, I've conveniently provided a link RIGHT HERE. (GO.)

2. Also, speaking of reel_merlin I realized I completely failed at wish my lovely co-mod krazykipper a happy birthday yesterday! You do so much and are such a sweetheart through it all. <3 Since I'm belated and I know you already had an awesome day I will only say that you deserve it. :)

And speaking of birthdays, I'm not too late to wish volsi a happy one. Happy Birthday!! *throws confetti for EVERYONE*

3. GIP. LOOKIT. DID I MENTION I HAVE A SHINY NEW ICON WHERE KATIE HAS A TONGUE STUD? I COULD WRITE A SONNET ABOUT KATIE HAVING A TONGUE STUD, BUT I WILL SPARE YOU ALL AND JUST CONTINUE WRITING IN ALL CAPS. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN TO THIS, YES THERE IS A MOVIE WHERE SHE IS ALL GOTHY AND PIERCED AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET BUT THIS TRAGEDY WILL BE RECTIFIED.

Aaaand this is the kind of all over the place entry that happens when I have my morning coffee for the first time in 5 days! Whee! *wanders off*

Because krazykipper and I are clearly insane, guess what?

reel_merlin is back! Round 2 sign ups are heeeeere!

Yes, just in time for you boxofmagic peeps to catch your breath, because we're also evil.

Sign ups close on July 1st, and you can do any movie ever basically, even if it's not on the list (as long as it wasn't done last round). Yay. \o/

PIMP THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS.

(And please ignore the part where Kip twisted my arm into writing Titanic fic, okay? OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK OVER THERE. *points and runs away*)

It's been a very exhausting weekend of moving and packing and cleaning and unpacking and more cleaning and schlepping and seriously people: DON'T MOVE. DON'T DO IT. STAY WHERE YOU ARE UNTIL SCIENCE FINDS A WAY TO TELEPORT SHIT.


That said, I'm ducking in to say that wordsindreams has an
amazing Katie McGrath picspam up on her lj! New pictures I hadn't seen before! I stole a sample to entice you:



STILL THE PRETTIEST. YES.

(ETA: Whoops, it's flocked, sorry guys. But friending wordsindreams or stalking katie-mcgrath.com would not be a waste of your time.)

(ETA2: Unlocked now, by the awesome wordsindreams! GO. DROOL. EVRYONE. *shooes*)

1. Grinned like a idiot to find this review of Merlin on NBC in my copy of EW:

NBC's new medieval adventure poses a question that has no doubt been puzzling Athurian scholars for centuries: What if Merlin, the bearded old wizard, was actually way hot? This rollicking U.K. import is more O.C. than Camelot, reimagining its hero (Colin Morgan) as a young undercover warlock working as a manservant for the cocky Prince Arthur (Bradley James). Cheesy? Sure. But there's enough sword-clanging action- not to mention homoerotic tension- to keep viewers happily entertained for a spell. Grade: B+

Bwahaha! Also, is Merlin really that much like the O.C.? Eeeh, I dunno, I don't think it's that soapy. Still yay, one more week! \o/


2. Kate Hewlett (*waves at icon*) has some songs up on ReverbNation, and they're not bad. She sounds...a lot like her, if that makes sense. Worth a listen! The first song is really growing on me.

Mostly though, it made me think of a incredibly weird but shiny SGA RPF AU fic where Kate, Jamie Ray Newman (she sings too and I have some nice covers by her from god knows which fangirl) and Rachel Luttrell were in an awesome mellow jazzy indie girl band together. And maybe the Flan could be their roadie who plays guitar sometimes because he has nothing better to do. I bet the Flan always wanted to be a roadie. THANKS, BRAIN.


3. I'm finally moving this weekend! It's a great apartment in a great location, but it's been a bit of a...challenging experience all told. My first experience finding an apartment in New York was surprisingly painless. This experience has been more like what painless would be if we lived in OPPOSITE LAND where painless means SUCH A SOUL-KILLING PAIN IN MY ASS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CAPSLOCK IN THE WORLD TO EXPRESS IT. Basically, to detail the various trials, tribulations and sheer WTFery of actually getting this place and moving in would require its own post that would probably reach whining critical mass.

SO. Focusing on the positive instead and only saying yay for my new cute apartment and I can't wait to get settled. \o/

1.SGA rec stolen from sheafrotherdon. So. This cinches it that no one will ever beat SGA fandom in terms of sheer crack.

Zygote by kassrachel (John/Rodney, Rish maybe? IDK it works on many level, k?)

Look at the title and think about it. And remember that it's SGA, so it goes there. It's like high school health class. Only hotter and strangely endearing in a way that all the best crack is.


2. THIS MEME. I HARDLY EVER DO MEMES BUT lovestories MENTIONED MORGANA AND HBICS IN THE SAME POST:

MORGANA LE FAY is the ultimate HBIC

EVERYONE SHOULD GO VOTE FOR MORGANA. PROOF:

The awesomest, most sparkly part of my weekend was the ontd_startrek New York fangirl meetup on Saturday organized by ink_n_imp. I'd only seen the movie once and lurked around the comm a bit (which is basically the bestest, most hilarious, most wank-free comm EVER y/y?), but I decided to go anyway. Also I am helpless to resist the prospect of fangirls and drinking.

So yes, drinking, followed by Star Trek, followed by more drinking. Lots of ontd_startrek shenanigans. (It's possible that there might be video footage of me reading a few macros. I can neither confirm nor deny this, but SOMEONE HAD TO READ UHURA, K?)

It was lovely to see leupagus and rageprufrock and ink_n_imp again, and also to meet more awesome people like saburi and ayalesca and sparkly_stuff and stepliana a bunch of others whose names and lj handles I'm still putting together.


BUT HAI NEW FRIENDS. *waves* Buncha GQMF, those ladies. And in the spirit of ontd_startrek, my favorite gif of happiness:

I wasn't kidding about the random restless posting! (work:slow :: flist:spammed)

Ah, Harry Potter. You were my first real fandom. The only one I ever wrote for. In fact, if you're super bored as I am today, find me on ff.net (the shame is too great for me to link directly, sorry), and then spork your eyes out over the Percy/Oliver fanfiction I wrote mostly in high school. (Okay, fine, here's the one that made it on to lj when I first got one. Enjoy. It might not even suck that much, but I have no idea because I physically cannot re-read it.)


Anyway, stumbling across the Harry Potter fic below was awesome for many reasons, largely nostalgic. It took me back, man:

1. The age requirements to find the porn! (It's like being carded at a bar! Only it's on the internet! And they serve NC-17 fic instead of alcohol! And the bar would probably have a name like It's Five O'Clock Somewhere IN MY PANTS.)

2. The gleefully juvenile portmanteau ship names! (I feel like Harry Potter was patient zero for this fandom phenomena, though I could be wrong?) FYI Albus Severus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy is apparently also known as ASS.

3. The complex fics built around minor characters that were in one scene together and have no canon relationship! Complete with fanon characterization metastasizing into every single fic none the less!

4. Everyone's gay!! Because with HP you can have 5 different slash OTPs and have them all in the same story, no problem.

5. Sex + Magic = LOL

NEVER CHANGE, HP FANDOM. DONCHA DO IT. <3


On to the rec:

Basically I stole this from faynia's Compilation Post of ASS recs.

So by the time Book 7 came out- and more specifically, by the time I'd stayed up all night to reach the last chapter- I was in a weary, fevered state of soul-scraping exhaustion.

Anywhoozle, I don't remember the epilogue so well. The impression I have is that sunshine and rainbows beamed down on Platform 9 3/4 and everyone loved everyone else predictably and then the train was pulled away by a team of unicorns while a fairy skipped around and waved her magic wand and then it faded to black and the last word was "scar." (Right?)

What I'm trying to say is that was the only lingering canon knowledge I took into the fic below was that Harry and Draco had kids with stupid names.

THAT SAID, this fic is really good, just what I was in the mood for. Albus and Scorpius (and I'm clearly going to have to get over the names thing if I'm going to keep reading this stuff) have very distinct personalities. They're not just Harry/Draco 2.0, as I originally feared. It's set eight years after their time at Hogwarts in a not-quite-so-rosy future, a generation after the original series. The author does a great job of creating a palpable sense of *history* between everyone without shoving it down your throat.

So if you're worried that this is a cracky teeth-rotting Harry Potter fic, no worries, this one is definitely adult, and kind of...screwed up. In a deliciously dysfunctional way that skirts the line of being gratuitous and over-dramatic without quite crossing it. Recommended, yo:


A Wizard’s Guide to Pocket Dwelling by hollycomb (Albus/Scorpius, NC-17)
Summary: Eight years after Hogwarts, Albus and Scorpius are flatmates in London. Albus is a bit of a disaster. Scorpius is in love with him, but remains an innocent bystander until he has a not so brilliant idea.

So....long time no post, eh flist? *awkward wave* I haven't had too much fandom energy lately, but I heart you all and I'm trying to delurk a bit.

Basically, it's been an awful long time since I wasn't in a big active fandom. Apparently, when this happens, I just start reading and watching INCREDIBLY RANDOM CRAP FROM SHOWS I DON'T WATCH/FANDOMS I'M NOT IN. CONSIDER THIS THE FIRST RANDOM POST OF MANY:

( I watched Ten Inch Hero. Not. Entirely. Sure. Why. )

Still, as circa_eve points out, "And it's still better than Christmas Cottage!"

(Also, I heart Danneel. *points to icon again*)

So. I haven't been around at all lately. I just haven't been feeling very fannish at all, and since I'm not the kind of person who talks about all my deep personal RL thoughts and feelings on lj (sorry miripanda!) my quiet lurker roots have started to re-assert themselves. Sorry, guys. But I am going to at least get better with commenting on stuff then I have been lately.

But to make up for it, does anyone want a Dreamwidth code? :) I've got five four three two one up for grabs. (ETA: All, gone- thanks, google!) Drop your email address below. (If you'd rather not I can PM you and get it from you that way.)

I'm back in New York! *clutches city to her bosom*

And tired! *wishes I could make like my icon and do that in my cubicle right now*

I'll make a proper post later with pictures and recounting and whatnot after I get them uploaded from my camera and unwind/catch up a bit- I'm at skip?=160 on the flist o.O

Short version: it was an awesome trip. Of my two days in London, I spent one sightseeing (with j_apollo, who is lovely and didn't mind all the walking too much), and one hanging out with various lj people. UK fangirls know how to drink, btw.

I ALSO GOT A DREAMWIDTH ACCOUNT! (Same name as here.) I haven't done much with it yet and I'm still waiting to see how the cross-posting/potential fandom migration will go (fansheep says BAAA), but yay! If you're over there too let me know!

Drive by post to say that my trip to Paris has been lovely so far. And busy. And has, as you can probably surmise from the title to this entry, included lots and lots of walking. sovietkitsch has taken many pictures of me making dumb faces in front of famous landmarks. Apparently I am incapable of standing still and smiling like a normal person. (I'll probably post pictures later if y'all want to see.)

Also: I WILL BE IN LONDON ON FRIDAY.

j_apollo and I are are going around on Friday and seeing tons of stuff and then going to see THIS SHOW HOLY CRAP I AM JEALOUS OF MYSELF EVEN.

I'll be meeting neptuneskisses Saturday morning and then later is the Extra Merlin Meetup. I will be there! In fact I will probably be setting up! So if you're gonna be there let me know! I'll be the awkward American in the black coat with buttons! (Yes, it has been pointed out to me that this description is not so...descriptive, shall we say.) And if you're not going to meetup and you live nearby and you want to hang out let me know too!

Anyway: YAY. Paris is awesome! London will be awesome! Go life! And everyone is apparently going over to Dreamwidth!

I made it to Paris! And I managed to find sovietkitsch and not get lost! And I don't know how much I'll be updating this week (and how is that different from any other recent week, you might ask) but I thought you should all know that I keep wanting to say "Je suis LOSER" to everyone but it would make even less sense over here. Still: yay!

Also, I will be in London in a week! (Sekrit message to j_apollo: I swear I'm going to email you about planning! Sorry I've failed at that lately!! *headdesk*)

I'm not even really in SPN fandom (circa_eve is, but has only succeeded in making me watch a few episodes and maybe read some J2 AUs), and I haven't seen tonight's ep, but can someone please explain to me what the hell happened on the show that made my flist explode all over itself in a fascinating but so freaking vague way? Seriously, I don't even mind spoilers.

DID YOU LOOK INTO THE WINCEST ABYSS AND THE ABYSS LOOKED BACK? o.O

ETA: Spoilers in the comments, obviously.

SO. I was too exhausted to post anything yesterday after I got home. But:

PEOPLE WHO ARE AWESOME IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER (THE MINIMERLIN EDITION)

solar_cat is awesome for organizing the con and not going completely crazy and for just being an adorable ball of fangirl glee.

ras_elased and bekkis are both awesome for being great roomies, i.e. the kind who don't snore and/or kick me in their sleep. (I'M A LIGHT SLEEPER PEOPLE THIS IS IMPORTANT.) Seriously though, ignore my self-involved blathering- it was lovely to meet both of you! <3

ras_elased also made paper dolls. Paper Dolls FTW!

mariamme is awesome even though she wasn't there. <3

thisissirius is awesome even though she wasn't there because she sent us a con book.

libitina is awesome for getting there before me so I didn't have to awkwardly hang in the lobby by myself on Friday, and for taking me to an awesome Tapas restaurant. Also, can we nominate her for Fangirl Sainthood for cleaning up the con suite on Sunday?

ocelotspots is awesome for being a fast walker who walks fast like me. :)

Fangirls are awesome for making out.

ink_n_imp is awesome for reading porn.

puckling is awesome for reading porn while sober. (How do you do that?) Also, I feel like she would have been good to have around if we had been busted by security.

Speaking of which, the security staff of the Courtyard Marriott are awesome for not kicking us out onto the streets of Philly. But honestly they also fail at their jobs for lo we were loud and obnoxious.

cherrybina is awesome for being a doll and the alcohol fairy and having a king-sized bed in her hotel room.

leupagus and rageprufrock are awesome for many things, the least of which is living in New York and giving me a ride home.

<3<3<3

I've been so AWOL from LJ lately (sorrysorrysorry), but I'm just drive-by posting to say that:

MINIMERLIN IS TOMORROW IN PHILADELPHIA OMG

So excited to meet everyone who's going!! Yay! And I already have the important stuff packed (read: bottles of wine).

1. reel_merlin is finished! THE MASTER POST IS HERE. We ended up with 2 pieces of art and 19 fics and even though RL has kept me from reading a lot of them, everything looks great and I AM GOING TO CATCH UP THIS WEEKEND I SWEAR. (Also, I still can't believe I modded a fic challenge comm. :)

2. For the SGA fen on my flist who haven't seen it yet, sheafrotherdon is having a John Sheppard love post. Just look at his sad wibbly face in my icon if you don't go and check it out! OH JOHN. YOU ARE MY FAVORITE FOREVER.

3. I got sleep last night! And work should be fairly light today and tomorrow, yay.