I've been so out of touch with dreamwidth lately
FMA fandom has dragged me back over to lj with a vengeance. Not that I'm complaining! It thrive's there. <3 Just...I had mostly disconnected myself from lj aside from the few friends I have over there I was checking it for. Now it's like old times, back when lj was a fun playground. ...And now I'm teetering on getting my paid journal back just for the icons, really.
But yeah, I've been reading alllllll the fanfic! I can't even tell you how much fic I've read over the past couple months. I also joined
fma_fic_contest to get my toes wet and try my hand at a bit of FMA fic...and got my first ever fic award! (On my very first fic for the fandom!) Yay! \o/ I'm gonna stick with the comm and do as many of the prompts as I can, and hopefully get back into the swing of writing again. I forgot how fun it could be!
Changing gears, my Sister and I went to see The Hunger Games at the drive-in last weekend. I'd told myself I wasn't going to see it until I'd read the book, but Sister got a babysitter and it's been forever since we've got to just go out somewhere and do something together. So when she told me we were going to the drive-in, I didn't argue.
The movie was great, and made me cry want to read the series even more. I'm hoping it won't feel as rushed as the movie did. And I didn't like the unsteady camera look of the whole thing. I know it's supposed to be actiony and make it feel all realistic with the jangly camera shots, but I was disappointed with that bit. :( There was a whole scene in the woods in the dark where we didn't know what was going on until it was nearly over. Though that may have just been the effect of watching it at the drive-in.
Of course right in the midst of movie watching, there was a thunderstorm of doom, just to fuck with my anxiety. I had to remind myself several times that cars are one of the safer places to be in a storm. My Sister offered to just skip out on the second movie This Means War? I think it was?, but the storm died down and we ended up staying for it anyway. Might as well make the most of our $6 and night away from the kid, right? *nods firmly*
I wasn't particularly interested in This Means War (looked it up, that was the right title) as I'm not big on "Am I a fucking bet?!" type movies. *coughs*She'sAllThat*coughs* But I like Reese Whitherspoon, and Chris Pine is hot, and Sister wanted to see it anyway, so. But it was alright.
Tv-wise... Korra has bee SO GREAT, and about the only thing to drag me away from FMA lately. OMG I love it so much!! I've been ignoring House for the depressing turn it's taken, and I go back and forth on the love/hate thing with Glee from week to week. American Idol is even losing my interest. All my favorites are gone! Boooo. I wanted Colton to wiiiin. :(
But yeah, I've been reading alllllll the fanfic! I can't even tell you how much fic I've read over the past couple months. I also joined
fma_fic_contest to get my toes wet and try my hand at a bit of FMA fic...and got my first ever fic award! (On my very first fic for the fandom!) Yay! \o/ I'm gonna stick with the comm and do as many of the prompts as I can, and hopefully get back into the swing of writing again. I forgot how fun it could be!
Changing gears, my Sister and I went to see The Hunger Games at the drive-in last weekend. I'd told myself I wasn't going to see it until I'd read the book, but Sister got a babysitter and it's been forever since we've got to just go out somewhere and do something together. So when she told me we were going to the drive-in, I didn't argue.
The movie was great, and made me cry want to read the series even more. I'm hoping it won't feel as rushed as the movie did. And I didn't like the unsteady camera look of the whole thing. I know it's supposed to be actiony and make it feel all realistic with the jangly camera shots, but I was disappointed with that bit. :( There was a whole scene in the woods in the dark where we didn't know what was going on until it was nearly over. Though that may have just been the effect of watching it at the drive-in.
Of course right in the midst of movie watching, there was a thunderstorm of doom, just to fuck with my anxiety. I had to remind myself several times that cars are one of the safer places to be in a storm. My Sister offered to just skip out on the second movie This Means War? I think it was?, but the storm died down and we ended up staying for it anyway. Might as well make the most of our $6 and night away from the kid, right? *nods firmly*
I wasn't particularly interested in This Means War (looked it up, that was the right title) as I'm not big on "Am I a fucking bet?!" type movies. *coughs*She'sAllThat*coughs* But I like Reese Whitherspoon, and Chris Pine is hot, and Sister wanted to see it anyway, so. But it was alright.
Tv-wise... Korra has bee SO GREAT, and about the only thing to drag me away from FMA lately. OMG I love it so much!! I've been ignoring House for the depressing turn it's taken, and I go back and forth on the love/hate thing with Glee from week to week. American Idol is even losing my interest. All my favorites are gone! Boooo. I wanted Colton to wiiiin. :(