you say it's not the real world though it seems so real to me..
hello all!
wow i slept in a lot later than i'd originally planned
but i guess my body needed it b/c yesterday my blood pressure dropped drastically again for no discernible reason as soon as i left work. and then i felt like shit all night
i did, however, manage to finish watching the antm and vampire diaries premieres! this cycle of antm has a few girls i like quite a bit and the shoots seem to be more editorial than the last few have been so i'm happy. tyra's really gotten into shape again, eh? she's still as batshit insane as before though
vampire diaries was pleasant. i haven't read the series but aki_hoshi informed me of all the changes they've made to the tv series format. not sure why all of that was done but i can understand why fans would be pissed. the show itself was alright. i like the characters of elena and stefan so far, and BOOOOOOOOOON IAN SOMERHALDER IS HOTTTTTTTTT. eheh. i guess i'll have to watch it again next week to see how things develop.
man, i'm watching the news right now and they keep talking about all the star spottings since TIFF is going on. yet another year that i'm missing the film festival
NEXT YEAR F'SURE. tonight i'm going to a charity rock event called symphony. i'll be seeing a lot of people i haven't socialised with in a long time, and there should be some good local bands performing.
and now for some fandom-related stuff! one of the best scenes from "sympathy for the devil" was also one of the funniest. i'm still laughing over it right now, and i keep getting warm fuzzy feelings at the same time ehehe. much thanks to faithwood for this!
HAHAHAH ROFL! like i said already, it's wonderful how supernatural manages to make fun of some of its most devoted fans and yet pay homage to them in one fell swoop
all made by deny1948
btw it's really horrid timing that both aki_hoshi and i have been so noticeably absent from the HP fandom while the_ass_fest has been going on. this particular fest has felt like our baby for the past year, but recently we've both become more involved in other fandoms. typically i'd be flooding the flist with recs and i apologise to our wonderful participants for not being able to bestow them with the same kind of attention and praise this time around.
that, however, doesn't mean that the quality is lacking in any way. and it definitely doesn't excuse the rest of you from reading and commenting on the projects! please take some time to head on to the_ass_fest and check out the awesome work that has been posted so far. don't forget to leave comments either!
FIC RECS
1) you could have been by itskaylie
: dean/jo. OH FUCKING YES. i totes don't understand the unrepentant jo!hate that pervades fandom b/c SHE IS FREAKING AWESOME. she's hot, she's hardy, and she's played by alona tal. please keep your jo!hate away from me b/c i won't stand for it. and this fic? mm, this fic is all sorts of hot. there's introspective-while-fucking-the-daylights-outta-jo!dean, rough and dirty bedroom action, and then..something different. dean can do all those things to me anytime.
2) There are no beginnings or endings to their story, or maybe it's that there are too many.
It doesn't start here.
It doesn't start here, but something does.
One thing bleeds into the next and into another and into more after that.
There's a second time for most things.
This is one middle to their story and Minnesota is a footnote; it's something set apart, but no less than vital to understanding how they live their shared life.
Doors close and open, eras start and stop, and there is always something next.
This is not an end and everything's inevitable.
for peace comes dropping slow by wraith816
: wincest. what a truly beautiful story! this is one of those fics with a pervading sense of calm and quiet even when the characters are experiencing something tumultuous. there's sam and dean spending time in a woodside cabin, trying to piece themselves together after the apocalypse, there's guilt and love and fear and desire, and there's this beautiful theme of the brothers' relationship being cyclical - things begin, they end, days come and go, but in the end it's the two of them weathering the storm together.
3) it would break this heart of mine by cjmarlowe
: wincest. john's off on another hunt and he's done something to keep the boys from coming after him. what follows is hauntingly beautiful and a little creepy - quite reminiscent of "hush" from btvs [and for the same reason too]. the last line cinches the deal.
4) you create the noise inside my head by rivers_bend
: wincest. ahah funny ficlet with dean getting turned on just from listening to sam jerk off. he reacts in typically dean fashion
5) The exact density of Dean's torso is not easily recreated using hotel pillows and sheets but Sam comes close-very close-to it one night in a B&B in Tulsa.
But it's got no warmth, no heat underneath and the only sound he can hear when Sam puts his ear to the cotton and flannel "body" is the whir of the central air and the sound of a car horn as someone pulls out of the driveway outside.
Some nights Sam puts all of the sheets on one side of the bed, just so he can wake up and steal them back in the morning.
simulacrum by memphis86
: wincest. beautiful story that blends the myth of pygmalion with sam trying to re-create dean while he's in hell. the images in this story are very beautiful and made me tear up more than once.
6) cunninlinguinst by crackedbuthappy
: jensen/ofc. OMG YES. MORE INSANELY HOT HET SMUT. pushdragon once wrote 20,000 words about a blowjob. it was fucking EPIC. well, this fic isn't as long, but crackedbuthappy's accomplished something similar - 4,600 words of jensen eating out some chick. it's hot and sloppy and messy and crude and tender and worshipping and I FUCKING LOVE IT SO MUCH. and to think it's jensen doing all that? OH SHIIIIIII-
7) the fall by niennahfic
: j2. a sweet fluffy ficlet with a lovely sedate pace. early morning smex = the best.
8) love and other sports injuries by bonspiel
: j2 au. sports fic with jared as a hockey player and jensen always leading a life connected to the sport [but hating it]. it has a nice amount of schmoop and is another entry from spn_meanttobe.
9) i think it's time to give this game a ride by dugindeep
: j2 au. another sports fic with the j's as baseball players this time. lots of hilarious and lewd back-and-forth banter between jared and his teammates, jared acting immature and jensen putting up with it, scorching hot sex, angst and hurt/comfort and tons of schmoop. i don't follow baseball and don't even find it interesting, but this fic was well worth the read.
ART RECS
1) sirius pain by spacefragments
: any game involving sirius is sure to be made of win. I LOVE HOW CRACKTASTIC THIS IS. here's the full thread if you can't understand what's going on lololol.
MISC
1) pirates of the caribbean 4 will be coming to your theatres in 2011: WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. why? WHY? why is disney financing this bullshit? #$%#$#%^ i wanted to stab myself multiple times during potc3. it's the first movie that i wanted to walk out of halfway through the show, and the only reason i didn't is b/c i paid close to $18 for the fucking ticket.
2) taylor lautner on the set of eclipse: awh! WHY YOU SO PRETTY, BB? ♥
