Apparently, some part of my brain only just left Conflikt this morning: I woke up from a dream that was random craziness until it ended with a fragment to the tune of Barrett's Privateers ( Read more... )

A few months ago, the MMO City of Heroes went to a free-to-play, pay-for-extras model. Well, I can afford free, and I've always wanted to play CoH, so I signed up. Then Foster the People put out "Pumped-up Kicks," and it cross-referenced with one of the villains ( Read more... )

I read Timeline by Michael Crichton, and one of the throwaway bits is a character singing about quantum foam, to the tune of John Denver's Country Roads. Annoying, how these things get stuck in my head ( Read more... )

Far less filk than I would have liked, but I expected that - helping to watch over a baby did that last year ( Read more... )

Lasers flash, pincers swing
Sonic blasters piercing ring
Cannons shatter fortress wall
Slay the Time Lords, one and all
We will win, we have a plan
Strike before the war began
Only one more thing to state:
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

(And that's enough of that joke. Also, it doesn't scan in the last line.)

Sometimes, being half asleep causes misheard lyrics. Sometimes misheard lyrics result in things like this ( Read more... )

...R.E.M. and Firefly?

This weekend was a kick-ass box of laughter, volunteering, and hammered awesome. I think the only room for improvement would have been grabbing more hugs. (Note to self: Hug people.) And, as a nice way to ramp down to the regular, there were new episodes of Chuck and Heroes tonight. Add in a nice collection of DVDs from the library, and I ( Read more... )

During last night's filk, there was something said about a "happy zombie song." Personally, if I want a song about happy folk, I consider stealing a tune from the gentlemen from Athens, GA.

Shambling Hungry Zombies
ttto Shiny Happy PeopleShambling hungry zombies searching ( Read more... )

If you're going to have me dream about a song which has harmony that I can't unwind, could you at least let me hear more than the first two lines before I wake up? One verse would do. One verse and the chorus, even better ( Read more... )