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Jun. 28th, 2012 07:52 amBandom big bang continues to delight me. While I don't read all the pairings I love seeing all the different stories be posted, long stories of so many different kinds, and so much beautiful art and creative mixes, too. I keep saying it but fans are the best ♥
What I also like is that the stories being posted are so varied and there are no big clumps of one pairing all at once. I don't know if that's by design or not but in my head the mods have a spread sheet working it all out. &them;
Yesterday I baked with James. A chocolate banana bread loaf and brownies. Though the brownies are very rich, on the side of being too much so as we added melted Cadbury's niblets as well as chunks of chocolate. Which in theory sounds lovely, in reality one small square and you're done.
We have a mouse D: I looked around yesterday and Pansy was running around with it in her mouth. Sadly in the kerfuffle she let it go and it ran away. While I'm not scared of mice themselves, I hate when they get in the house.
I saw The Avengers at last and think Clint is all kinds of awesome. I'm not actively searching out fic at the moment but I'm sure it will happen.
Shows I'm really enjoying at the moment. Suits and Teen Wolf. TW is the best. This season really has amped up the awesome even with the sad lack of another homoerotic werwolf fight set to Destroya. I'm also still really liking Revenge and am on season 4 of Parks and Rec. Which means soon I'll have no eps left to watch D:
I'm reading A Feast of Crows and man, it's hard going. New characters everywhere and a sad lack of the ones I actually care about. In contrast on the kindle I'm reading the last in the Rainbow High trilogy which is ridiculous, easy reading.
The homeworking prep is still ongoing. Tomorrow someone is coming to fit special phone lines upstairs so no doubt I'll be sitting downstairs muttering about them not disrupting my net access.
Had a long talk with my sister last night which yet again reinforced the idea that mam's either going to eventually end up banned from every pub in town, in jail or in hospital. It's just a case of what happens first.
And after that mini catch up, I'm off to finish reading Gala's BBB before tidying the tip.
What I also like is that the stories being posted are so varied and there are no big clumps of one pairing all at once. I don't know if that's by design or not but in my head the mods have a spread sheet working it all out. &them;
Yesterday I baked with James. A chocolate banana bread loaf and brownies. Though the brownies are very rich, on the side of being too much so as we added melted Cadbury's niblets as well as chunks of chocolate. Which in theory sounds lovely, in reality one small square and you're done.
We have a mouse D: I looked around yesterday and Pansy was running around with it in her mouth. Sadly in the kerfuffle she let it go and it ran away. While I'm not scared of mice themselves, I hate when they get in the house.
I saw The Avengers at last and think Clint is all kinds of awesome. I'm not actively searching out fic at the moment but I'm sure it will happen.
Shows I'm really enjoying at the moment. Suits and Teen Wolf. TW is the best. This season really has amped up the awesome even with the sad lack of another homoerotic werwolf fight set to Destroya. I'm also still really liking Revenge and am on season 4 of Parks and Rec. Which means soon I'll have no eps left to watch D:
I'm reading A Feast of Crows and man, it's hard going. New characters everywhere and a sad lack of the ones I actually care about. In contrast on the kindle I'm reading the last in the Rainbow High trilogy which is ridiculous, easy reading.
The homeworking prep is still ongoing. Tomorrow someone is coming to fit special phone lines upstairs so no doubt I'll be sitting downstairs muttering about them not disrupting my net access.
Had a long talk with my sister last night which yet again reinforced the idea that mam's either going to eventually end up banned from every pub in town, in jail or in hospital. It's just a case of what happens first.
And after that mini catch up, I'm off to finish reading Gala's BBB before tidying the tip.
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Date: 2012-06-28 09:47 am (UTC)Ahahaha, The Avengers sucks everyone in. Even if it doesn't make you cry.
TW is so the best!!
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Date: 2012-06-28 09:53 am (UTC)I haven't gone and looked for fic yet! But who knows, I may eventually take a leaf out of your book and actually write in more than one fandom for once *g*
I've just finished watching the latest ep, which is why I didn't comment to your TW post yet. But man, Derek is taking brooding stances to a new level. I loved him standing outside of Scott's house. And go Allison, I loved her moment with the bow and arrow.
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Date: 2012-06-28 09:57 am (UTC)Derek is such a caricature! I love it. And Allison rocked with her little crossbow! But poor Lydia- left in the dark and dealing with the Peter stuff.
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Date: 2012-06-28 10:03 am (UTC)He is. Stubble, little smirk and all. You'd think they'd tell Lydia things, she's smart and it would also help her deal with what she's going through. She must think she's all kinds of crazy at the moment.
But man, how the whole school doesn't know about werewolves I don't know. None of them make an attempt to keep what they're discussing private.
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Date: 2012-06-28 10:07 am (UTC)I don't know why they keep Lydia in the dark either! She's going to be so pissed when she finds out everyone knows except her.
Ahahaha, too true! They practically yell at every new revelation. Speaking of which, I want Stiles Dad to figure it out too. I don't want him to be in the dark.
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Date: 2012-06-28 12:29 pm (UTC)And she has every right to be pissed. Hopefully it happens soon, along with Stile's dad finding out. He needs to kick Gerard's ass. And the mom, she's creepy.
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Date: 2012-06-28 01:40 pm (UTC)Is it July 2nd yet?
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Date: 2012-06-28 02:05 pm (UTC)I need to watch that DESTROYA scene. No interest in Teen Wolf in general, but I must see all of the MCR in the wild. It is a necessity.
Yikes, sorry about your mom. :///
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Date: 2012-06-28 02:15 pm (UTC)I could only find a very bad quality copy last time I was looking. It's obviously captured by someone filming their tv so you miss the fine details, but if you want to see it's here
Yeah. She's had alcohol issues since I was a kid. I just stopped talking about them mostly as nothing ever changes.
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Date: 2012-06-28 02:17 pm (UTC)Best day to post \o/
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Date: 2012-06-28 04:10 pm (UTC)Eeek, good luck getting that mouse out of your house!
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Date: 2012-06-28 04:44 pm (UTC)The mouse hasn't been seen today. I'm hoping it went out the way it got in.
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Date: 2012-06-28 07:45 pm (UTC)I've never had a mouse in my house since I've always lived in flats. I hope one of the kitties manages to catch it again.
Oh no! Don't tell me you too have been bitten by the Avengers bug?!! I'm keeping everything I can crossed that it will just be a passing fad because far too many of my favourite bandom writers seem to have been caught by it. I want them to continue writing in bandom! *sulks*
I hope the phone line installation tomorrow goes well.
So, did you manage to finish her BBB yet?
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Date: 2012-06-29 01:11 am (UTC)I have checked out the art and dl some of the mixes. Lots of awesomenss out there. :)
Oh, how I wish I could steal a slice of that loaf, T. Huge sweet tooth Luce has a HUGE sweet tooth. :P
Yikes about the mouse though. /o\ Here's hoping it disappears soon enough (either because of Pansy or because it ends up running out of your house).
Hmm, I think I'm the sole Bandom person (well, outside Turlough and Aka) who isn't into the Avengers. Will eventually watch the movie. *throws hands in the air*
Yays for you watching Revenge! I think S2 of Suits is already on the air, but I've been too focused with BBB to tackle that. Probably will catch up by the time it goes on summer hiatus. Eventually, I will get around watching TW.
Oh, you're reading the Rainbow High trilogy by Alex Sanchez? I have very fond memories of those books.
Hope the rest of the homeworking prep goes well.
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Date: 2012-06-29 08:07 am (UTC)There is. Seriously, fans are the best :D
The banana loaf is very nice, though it is weird seeing it brown and not the usual plain cake colour. But, it tastes good and that's the important thing.
The mouse hasn't been seen for over a day now so I'm hoping that means it got back out. Fingers crossed anyway.
Well I wasn't into the Avengers at all until I actually watched. Apart from reading Arsenic's stories anyway. Then I did watch and it's obvious what the draw is. Not that I have any desire to actually plunge into the fandom. I like where I am now :)
I'm loving Revenge so much. It's one of those shows that seem to go past really fast, like you start watching one moment and the next it's over. That's always a sign of something good.
Yep. Though #3 is a pdf and the text is tiny and can't be magnified without scrolling the page so when I'm reading I'm squinting like crazy. But it's worth it. They're nice, entertaining books which is what I need after battling through A Feast for Crows.
Thank you!
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Date: 2012-06-29 08:20 am (UTC)The mouse hasn't been seen since so I'm hoping it escaped back outside. Better that than finding a tiny chewed mouse corpse one day.
I'm sure I'll be reading the fic, but I have no actual desire to write for it. It's been so long since I wrote anything but rps I'm not sure if I could anyway.
We're just waiting for the phone guy to turn up now. I've got a feeling I'll be cut off while he's working but hopefully it shouldn't be long.
I did. Finally *g*
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Date: 2012-06-30 02:52 am (UTC)I agree! So far, it seems like they've done a great job with how they've spread things out. Not just with pairings, but I feel like they've intentionally interspersed well-known authors with newer authors and mixed it up as far as not having a bunch of fics about one band all in a row. It seems to be flowing great, so far! *nod nod* :)
Oh! And also the art! *__________________* SO fucking gorgeous! I'm loving it all!
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Date: 2012-06-30 06:03 am (UTC)I like it that way and I'm impressed at how varied the actual posted stories have been.
The art is so great! I just want to tell every person that took part that they're amazing.