once i had a dream, it died long before / now i’m pointed north, hoping for the shore
• Dear lord! The Benedict Blend and The Martin Mix specialty teas!
My favorite bit is under Benedict's tea:
You look at him, and you think: You're actually delicious.
Why, yes. Yes, I do. (Now get out of my head.)
• Thank you to autumnsparkle for recommending The Sensation of Falling As You Just Hit Sleep. I got so engrossed in it that I stayed up until I could barely see anymore and my jaw hurt when I yawned. And even then it took some motivation to peel myself away from the computer and go to bed.
• Thinking I'll probably skip the Oscars tonight since I haven't seen, really, any of the major nominees. I might tune in to the red carpet crap to see if Benedict gets interviewed, but I'd probably do better to skip that as well as I'm sure the fans will have that up on YT or somewhere if it happens at all. Would tune in to see a live performance of "Man Or Muppet," but I doubt that will happen either - the Oscars are old school and aren't easily swayed by silly little online petitions.
• Watched Stuart: A Life Backwards, in which the Cumberbatch (bespectacled, unf) and Tom Hardy prove their ongoing brilliance. Is it Benedict's life goal to be in as many emotionally devastating projects as possible?
• Two of my poems and a story have been accepted by a lit. journal! My first published story! *tiny chair bounce*
• Music meme nicked from halfdutch:
Open your iTunes / Winamp player.
Put to shuffle mode.
Find pictures of the first 25 artists. If repeated, skip it.
Have your friends list guess the 25 artists.
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
2. Cibo Matto (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
3. R.E.M. (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
4. Bob Dylan (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
5. Patty Griffin (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
6. The Rolling Stones (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
7. The Blow
8. Ken Stringfellow
9. David Bowie (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
10. Ray LaMontagne (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
11. Cocteau Twins (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
12. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
13. Neko Case (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
14. Paloma Faith (guessed correctly by arcadiaego and elmathelas)
15. The Black Belles (guessed correctly by lustmordred)
16. David Gray (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
17. Glen Hansard (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
18. Elliott Smith (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
19. Ani DiFranco (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
20. Gorillaz (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
21. Alice In Chains (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
22. The Jayhawks
23. A Perfect Circle (guessed correctly by autumn_faerie)
24. Jarvis Cocker (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
25. The Decemberists (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
Some of these strike me as dead easy. I swear iTunes wasn't even trying.
My favorite bit is under Benedict's tea:
You look at him, and you think: You're actually delicious.
Why, yes. Yes, I do. (Now get out of my head.)
• Thank you to autumnsparkle for recommending The Sensation of Falling As You Just Hit Sleep. I got so engrossed in it that I stayed up until I could barely see anymore and my jaw hurt when I yawned. And even then it took some motivation to peel myself away from the computer and go to bed.
• Thinking I'll probably skip the Oscars tonight since I haven't seen, really, any of the major nominees. I might tune in to the red carpet crap to see if Benedict gets interviewed, but I'd probably do better to skip that as well as I'm sure the fans will have that up on YT or somewhere if it happens at all. Would tune in to see a live performance of "Man Or Muppet," but I doubt that will happen either - the Oscars are old school and aren't easily swayed by silly little online petitions.
• Watched Stuart: A Life Backwards, in which the Cumberbatch (bespectacled, unf) and Tom Hardy prove their ongoing brilliance. Is it Benedict's life goal to be in as many emotionally devastating projects as possible?
• Two of my poems and a story have been accepted by a lit. journal! My first published story! *tiny chair bounce*
• Music meme nicked from halfdutch:
Open your iTunes / Winamp player.
Put to shuffle mode.
Find pictures of the first 25 artists. If repeated, skip it.
Have your friends list guess the 25 artists.
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
2. Cibo Matto (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
3. R.E.M. (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
4. Bob Dylan (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
5. Patty Griffin (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
6. The Rolling Stones (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
7. The Blow
8. Ken Stringfellow
9. David Bowie (guessed correctly by nutmeg3 and halfdutch)
10. Ray LaMontagne (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
11. Cocteau Twins (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
12. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
13. Neko Case (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
14. Paloma Faith (guessed correctly by arcadiaego and elmathelas)
15. The Black Belles (guessed correctly by lustmordred)
16. David Gray (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
17. Glen Hansard (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
18. Elliott Smith (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
19. Ani DiFranco (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
20. Gorillaz (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
21. Alice In Chains (guessed correctly by halfdutch)
22. The Jayhawks
23. A Perfect Circle (guessed correctly by autumn_faerie)
24. Jarvis Cocker (guessed correctly by arcadiaego)
25. The Decemberists (guessed correctly by modmerseygirl)
Some of these strike me as dead easy. I swear iTunes wasn't even trying.