Business of the Day -- Thank Yous, Recommendations & Music.
heidi8 has informed me that the First Gentleman is shilling for the Head Speechwriter. I'm fairly certain there might be an issue there, but what really perturbs me is that I can't seem to find the 'Americone Dream' at the flipping store. Who the hell is keeping me from fudge-covered Stephen?
Son of a bitch, I forgot to say THANK YOU! to all you lovely people who gave me love in musesfool's Love Meme that happened last week. You guys are all awesome and gave me these lovely warm fuzzies and I thank every last one of you for making my day, week AND month. *draws sparkly hearts around you guys*
I adore sparky77 for many many reasons. She makes me laugh. She loves the Petrellis just as much as I do. She let me hijack the icon skripka made for her*. My only complaint is that she doesn't write a lot, but when she does, you're guaranteed something beautiful. Something like Apples Can't Talk which is Nathan & Peter and flying and just amazingness. She's such an awesome generous soul, and she makes me so happy to be a part of fandom. Thank you, sweetie.
While I'm talking about OMGPETRELLISYAYE linaerys wrote a lovely story called Fear of Flying, which is Peter/Nathan, about power dynamics, and trying to be your own person, and it's in Venezia, and there's opera, and it's so quietly beautiful and powerful I just went... oh.
Also, blondiusmaximus drew this extraordinary Petrellis (yes, all of them) Vs. Sylar art and mostly I just like to look at it and go 'Wow.' I think it could only have been improved by Mama Petrelli holding them all in the palm of her hand, because she rocks that hard.
So, I'm totally digging Psych, for the three people who haven't heard me shrieking Gus +Shawn = OTP4EVA at the top of my lungs. I even wrote some of it this week, but mostly I just want to pimp Yes, Shawn, There is a Santa Claus from the yuletide archive, because a) YAY, Yuletide and b) Yay! Wee!Gus and Wee!Shawn!
And before I forget, because we can't be forgetting Caro, barely_bean wrote an absolutely heart-wrenching Nathan & Peter story, Buoy, for Slod's picfor1000 challenge, and since I've already fawned over the story, now it's your turn.
Go give the authors/artists love!
*I really need an icon that says 'In My Next Life I'm Marrying Nathan Petrelli. Twice.'
Friday's Top 5
The Ashtray Hearts 'Valentine' -- Have I talked about The Ashtray Hearts? Prolly not, since I have three songs by them -- all courtesy of vylit (even though I can't fucking find the CD at the STORE) -- and I have yet to listen to any of the other songs besides this one. I wanted this song for the Petrelli mix, but it didn't fit quite right, so I had to content myself with listening to it 26 times so far this year.
Dixie Chicks 'The Long Way Around' -- hackthis is recommending the Dixie Chicks? OMG! THE WORLD! SHE IS ENDING! Not really. My love for country goes from Johnny Cash to Lyle Lovett to Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown -- that's about it. So, why the hell are the Dixie Chicks here? Well, see, there was this documentary Shut Up and Sing, you might've heard about it. It's a documentary about what happens when you admit that your president is a dumbfuck and you are ashamed he's from your home state. You get death threats. This is a little scary. Even if you are married to Adrian Pasdar. I procured this album immediately after watching the documentary, and let me tell you, it's been a long time since I was this happy to give anybody any money.
Piers Faccini 'Sharpening Bone' -- I got this song from aurgasm mid-last year. I never actually listened to it at the time (we've discussed how sometimes my music lines are jammed), so imagine my shock last month when I was running and this deep, sexy, voice started crooning in my ear, sounding like Jeff Buckley on two packs a day and a case of Jack D, and talking about how love tries to kill you. Oh, yes, precious.
The Fratellis 'Chelsea Dagger' -- Da da dum da da dum da da da da da da dum. You may know this rhythm by now. You may have succumbed in the first three seconds to a song that goes 'Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that.' It's probably infected your brain and you're wondering how it will ever end. Don't fight it, if the Fratellis haven't swallowed your town yet, they will soon enough.
Kaiser Chiefs 'The Angry Mob' -- It's a shame I don’t like The Black Donnellys, because I swear if I did I would sell myself for a month to whomever agreed to make a video using this song. It's only cos you came in with your brothers too, if you came in on your own, you'd be dead.... Actually this is a song about thinking for yourself, stop being one of the mob -- you'll like it. And then go buy Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
Son of a bitch, I forgot to say THANK YOU! to all you lovely people who gave me love in musesfool's Love Meme that happened last week. You guys are all awesome and gave me these lovely warm fuzzies and I thank every last one of you for making my day, week AND month. *draws sparkly hearts around you guys*
I adore sparky77 for many many reasons. She makes me laugh. She loves the Petrellis just as much as I do. She let me hijack the icon skripka made for her*. My only complaint is that she doesn't write a lot, but when she does, you're guaranteed something beautiful. Something like Apples Can't Talk which is Nathan & Peter and flying and just amazingness. She's such an awesome generous soul, and she makes me so happy to be a part of fandom. Thank you, sweetie.
While I'm talking about OMGPETRELLISYAYE linaerys wrote a lovely story called Fear of Flying, which is Peter/Nathan, about power dynamics, and trying to be your own person, and it's in Venezia, and there's opera, and it's so quietly beautiful and powerful I just went... oh.
Also, blondiusmaximus drew this extraordinary Petrellis (yes, all of them) Vs. Sylar art and mostly I just like to look at it and go 'Wow.' I think it could only have been improved by Mama Petrelli holding them all in the palm of her hand, because she rocks that hard.
So, I'm totally digging Psych, for the three people who haven't heard me shrieking Gus +Shawn = OTP4EVA at the top of my lungs. I even wrote some of it this week, but mostly I just want to pimp Yes, Shawn, There is a Santa Claus from the yuletide archive, because a) YAY, Yuletide and b) Yay! Wee!Gus and Wee!Shawn!
And before I forget, because we can't be forgetting Caro, barely_bean wrote an absolutely heart-wrenching Nathan & Peter story, Buoy, for Slod's picfor1000 challenge, and since I've already fawned over the story, now it's your turn.
Go give the authors/artists love!
*I really need an icon that says 'In My Next Life I'm Marrying Nathan Petrelli. Twice.'
Friday's Top 5
The Ashtray Hearts 'Valentine' -- Have I talked about The Ashtray Hearts? Prolly not, since I have three songs by them -- all courtesy of vylit (even though I can't fucking find the CD at the STORE) -- and I have yet to listen to any of the other songs besides this one. I wanted this song for the Petrelli mix, but it didn't fit quite right, so I had to content myself with listening to it 26 times so far this year.
Dixie Chicks 'The Long Way Around' -- hackthis is recommending the Dixie Chicks? OMG! THE WORLD! SHE IS ENDING! Not really. My love for country goes from Johnny Cash to Lyle Lovett to Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown -- that's about it. So, why the hell are the Dixie Chicks here? Well, see, there was this documentary Shut Up and Sing, you might've heard about it. It's a documentary about what happens when you admit that your president is a dumbfuck and you are ashamed he's from your home state. You get death threats. This is a little scary. Even if you are married to Adrian Pasdar. I procured this album immediately after watching the documentary, and let me tell you, it's been a long time since I was this happy to give anybody any money.
Piers Faccini 'Sharpening Bone' -- I got this song from aurgasm mid-last year. I never actually listened to it at the time (we've discussed how sometimes my music lines are jammed), so imagine my shock last month when I was running and this deep, sexy, voice started crooning in my ear, sounding like Jeff Buckley on two packs a day and a case of Jack D, and talking about how love tries to kill you. Oh, yes, precious.
The Fratellis 'Chelsea Dagger' -- Da da dum da da dum da da da da da da dum. You may know this rhythm by now. You may have succumbed in the first three seconds to a song that goes 'Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that.' It's probably infected your brain and you're wondering how it will ever end. Don't fight it, if the Fratellis haven't swallowed your town yet, they will soon enough.
Kaiser Chiefs 'The Angry Mob' -- It's a shame I don’t like The Black Donnellys, because I swear if I did I would sell myself for a month to whomever agreed to make a video using this song. It's only cos you came in with your brothers too, if you came in on your own, you'd be dead.... Actually this is a song about thinking for yourself, stop being one of the mob -- you'll like it. And then go buy Yours Truly, Angry Mob.