Cherie has served the song meme back to me with--ecccch-- happy music.

No, actually I have quite a lot of songs that make me bang my head like Dana Carvey in the opening credits of Wayne's World.

Forthwith:

1. Bottle of Smoke - The Pogues. The most upbeat song about getting drunk at a racetrack and winning a bunch of money used to get even more ( Read more... )

Cherie and I recently had a discussion about songs, specifically sad ones. Songs that just depress the hell out of you. Songs that make you search for a sharp kitchen implement because if Rick Springfield can never find a woman like that, then what is the point?

I love sad songs. I love them like a fat kid loves custard. And I went through my ( Read more... )

I ventured forth last Saturday and bought a tree. It's a 4.5' Fraser fir and it came from one of those "cut your own" farms. (I support small businesses, even when they look exactly like the evil tree farm from the Supernatural Christmas special.) Anyway, even though I have bought a "cut your own" tree with one parent or the other approximately 17 ( Read more... )

Originally published at Caitlin Kittredge. You can comment here or there.

I do not have a reaction to Supernatural’s season premiere except to say:

OH MY GOD IS CASTIEL FULL OF CRAP.

Seriously.  You could see it in his fanatical little eyes.  I’m also glad we got atheist!Dean back.

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Since it’s late and I’ve had approximately two gallons of diet ( Read more... )

Originally published at Dark Territory. You can comment here or there.

I need a Dean Winchester icon for that subject line. Anybody got a saucy one for me?

Anyway, as is my grand tradition when I actually finish something, I like to share the music that I listened to while I was working on the rough draft. Music is incredibly important to me in ( Read more... )

Originally published at Dark Territory. You can comment here or there.

I went through all of Second Skin yesterday, inserting comments at each chapter heading of what needed to change, and moved a bunch of sections around. Also grayed out much sucktastic text for deletion and replacement with something glorious and wonderful. I swore, swore that I ( Read more... )

I can't think of any lyrics for the post title.  I NEED MORE COWBELL!

See Hot Fuzz, if you haven't yet.  There were several times when I was sort of bent double in my theater seat, like I had appendicitis, but really I was just laughing at Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.  I'm easily amused by certain types of humo(u)r, but really...this is a great film ( Read more... )

Playlist name: Black Powder Lipstick
Theme: Tough Girls, Sad Girls, Girls w/ Guitars

1. 'Dancing With Joey Ramone' - Amy Rigby
2. 'Joey' - Concrete Blonde
3. 'Back on the Chain Gang' - The Pretenders
4. 'Suddenly I See' - K T Tunstall
5. 'Dream a Little Dream' - Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong