surprise nominations, awesome gifts in the form of fic & art, and further evidence of my dorkiness!
the first part of this post is mainly for tomatoe18 who is my partner in crime when it comes to shopping, even though she lives on the other side of the planet. we're both a bit obsessed with buying clothes and makeup and accessories and i just wish i could physically go mall-ratting with her one day b/c it would be a guaranteed fun time! anyway, i went to the mall after work today to get my fave wristwatch fixed but obviously ended up buying a number of other items. i always say i'll post pics or details of my purchases, and while i didn't take any pics myself, i can at least provide web links to the items i bought!
i am now the proud owner of the following:
1) mac powder blush in coygirl [so that it goes along with the up the amp lipstick i've been wearing a lot recently]
2) sephora super shimmer lip gloss in forever pink
3) sephora vanilla cupcake bath & shower bubbles which i received FREE as a birthday present
4) another coach wristlet b/c somehow my brain doesn't compute that having close to 70 bags is really more than enough. so i now own the new limited edition penelope op art wristlet in black and white [which i bought before my birthday] and the hamptons signature small wristlet in brown.
in other news, someone nominated me for a "stellar supporter" award over at fandom_of_stars! it came as a total surprise and made me very, very happy
basically, fandom_of_stars is an awesome multi-fandom community that awards different types of contributors. so if you believe someone deserves to be acknowledged for their work as an amazing beta, muse, supporter, or for their overall contribution to the fandom or any of the other categories, please visit the comm and make your nominations!
speaking of fandom, i was listening to recent episodes of mugglecast after aeons and promptly became irritated with some of their beedle the bard analyses. i haven't yet listened to the live podcast they did where they talked about the book in detail, but i just got all irked with what some of the mugglecasters had to say. one complaint was the length of the book, and another was that the tale of the three brothers was exactly the same as it was in deathly hallows. they thought it should have more "meat" or "substance" b/c "for practicality's sake, it seems unlikely that hermione would say the story in the exact same way years later as she would've when she was 17 and sharing the tale with ron and harry at xenophilius's house".
we-ell, stfu.
be happy that jkr bothered to write the short stories in the first place and then actually approved publishing the book for the masses when it was originally written for a close few and auctioned off for charity. and really - if the tale of the three brothers hadn't been in DH in the first place, i highly doubt there would be any complaints about the story. instead we'd have a 20 minute squeefest on how the concept of coming to terms with death and gladly shedding the mortal coil in his company is extremely neat, and wouldn't it be fun if we saw this in movie format, etc etc.
*grumbles*
don't get me wrong - while i love mugglecast and think they generate some of the BEST hp discussion ever, at times i feel like they pick apart things just for the sake of having something to do.
o well, let's move on to the linkspam!
MISC
1) gary oldman has married for the 4th time *siiiiiiiigh* it's okay gary, i still love you, how could i not?
2) for the canon lovers, here's a scene from half-blood prince where harry and ginny almost kiss!
3) man, i LOVE the recent upsurge in BOLLYWOOD SLASH. especially if it features the very delectable john abraham, om nom nom!
4) in case of revolution, break glass: much thanks to aleurier for this randomly awesome image.
5) so there was a recent post on twilightxchange where someone posted pics of kellan lutz and the drunkface!actress from 90210 whose name i can't be bothered to learn. i only bring this up b/c i find it hilarious when fans say dumb things like "X and Y are dating and i approve!" or "i don't like Y but it's okay if X dates him/her". yea, b/c the celeb in question really gives a flying fuck about your opinions on their dating life *rolls eyes*
FIC RECS
1) holiday habits of the dispossessed by hollycomb: she wrote me remus/sirius as a holiday gift! it's her first r/s but it's simply gorgeous - all full of angst and boys who don't feel like they belong and a conclusion that almost got me all weepy [but in the good way!] go read it and give her comment love and persuade her to write more r/s!
2) the last temptation of crowley from go_exchange: this one ends on a teasing note and is much shorter than i would've liked it to be, but is a fun read nonetheless. features aziraphale and crowley's first meeting with their respective bosses to discuss their bi-millenial progress reports *snerk* and the tasks they're appointed shortly after..
ART RECS
1) nk_aoede DREW ME REMUS/SIRIUS. INVOLVING SURPRISE TABLE!SEX. WHEN DID I DIE AND GO TO HEAVEN?!!?!?! she amusingly named it nooo not the coffee! [slightly NSFW], and it's official - i love you love you love you and will do whatever you want whenever you want however you want and $#@dwR#$#&*4 SQUEEEEEEEE!
2) parts of a whole by nk_aoede [NSFW]: yummy r/s from hp_yule_balls featuring ties. om nom nom!
3) gingerbread munchers: draykonis is doing a 12 days of xmas thing and she recently drew stoned!next gen featuring al and scorp and *siiiiiiiiiiigh* they both look so dreaaaaamy and prettttttty and guh! she even did a little inset with "al playing with glasses and magic markers" and voila! beautiful!harry is created! so yes, go take a look and let her know how awesome the sketch is!
i think it's been established that i can be a complete dork at times, but in case you were looking for more evidence, i leave you with a conversation i had with ava a few hours ago:-
Ava: so now i don't know the date
or the time
b/c my watch is busted
me: haiiiyyaaa
i got the batteries replaced on my fave one
cos it kept slowing down
Ava: go shower!
me: but then i came home and realised my 2nd fave one, which i'd been wearing, is also slowing down
WHY AM I SLOWING TIME DOWN
AM I HIRO NAKAMURA
Ava: hah you wish
yatta!
me: that is my line.
ok i go showah!
bbiab
Ava: dude, you can't be hiro and batman and superman
choose a friggin' identity!
muhahah. you can just call me dorkus maximus.