Every few months or so, sleep and I sort of hit a rough patch in our relationship for anywhere from a few days to a week. I don't know why, but my brain gets disgruntled with the whole "lying down and slipping into a restful sleep coma for 8 or perhaps 10 hours" arrangement that's been working out so well for us, lo these many years. So lately I've ( Read more... )

... and Bowie fans could use one today of all days.


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David Bowie Dead at 69

Confirmed by his official website, Facebook and his son.

I didn't really think he'd live forever, but...

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... I bought myself a machete. It was on sale. There's a sheath and a thingy to attach it to one's belt loop and it's pretty much requiring all my willpower not to pretend it's a sword. I have to remind myself that I'm not a kid anymore, I have poor hand/eye coordination and if I chop myself in the shin or lop off a finger not only it is going to ( Read more... )

Pika pointed out that I hadn't done the annual Bowie birthday picspam. It's true. I didn't forget, exactly... it's just that I didn't remember until really late and then thought, well, hardly anyone is on LJ anymore to appreciate it. Also, I wasn't sure if I recalled the password to my photobucket account. *laughs*


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There are so few of us left on LJ that I think I'll skip the traditional picspam, but here's some lovely Labyrinth analysis courtesy of quietselkie. I giggled at this bit:

Fighting her way back to reality, Sarah realizes that her time (and Toby’s) is running out, and, in what is simultaneously the worst special effect and the most punk rock moment in the ( Read more... )

I'm not sure my system can handle the excitement of having more new David Bowie music. It's not as big of a surprise this time, obviously, but I'm still all twitchy and bright-eyed, like a hamster on meth.



The sound is more Reality (as opposed to "Where Are We Now?" and its more Heathenesque feel) and the video is, er... interesting. Floria ( Read more... )

While there are a few lighter/humorous stories, the exchange seems more inclined toward serious, angsty fics this year. It's as if collectively we're just a bit gloomy at the moment and in need of cheering up.

Via quietselkie, here is a cool pulp magazine cover generator. Fiddling with all the various options was ridiculously fun. Look what I made:


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In Bowie news, producer Tony Visconti's recent interview with The Times says that Bowie's not planning a tour, and he's also not planning on doing any interviews ever again. So no Glastonbury or music festivals, either. On the bright side, Visconti did say that Bowie does still want to make records, so there's that?

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It's been ages since I've posted a picspam. In honor of the main man...


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