• Currently going mad with the itchiness of bug bites. Just three, all of them on my ankles. Flipping ankles. What the hell, insects?

• I'm almost caught up with Welcome to Night Vale, which I highly recommend, especially to those of you with a dark sense of humor. You can listen to it via any of the links on their website or here• Also, Summer in ( Read more... )

1.) Oh man, it feels so good to have a weekend off. Especially after working nine days straight. Nine stress-filled, maddening days as we integrate a new system that's supposed to make things better, more efficient. So far, not so much ( Read more... )

• Completely flabbergasted by the news about Johnny Lewis' death and possible murdering of an elderly woman. Half Sack was one of my favorite characters on Sons of AnarchySpeaking of, I completely missed the premiere of SoA this season. So I think I'll catch up later when it goes to Netflix (assuming it does ( Read more... )

• Does anyone know if Hobbit action figures are out there yet? I assume they will be made, but am curious if anyone has spied any. I know I told myself I was done with that, and even sold some of my LOTR figures out of desperation (and, yes, I do miss them). But I think I need a Bilbo - a Martin!Bilbo - assuming they follow the quality of the LOTR ( Read more... )

Bearers of happiness:

• The new trailer for The Hobbit! !!!

• Mumford & Sons' Babel. Soooo good.

• An autographed version of Ryan Bingham's new album, Tomorrowland, arrived in my mailbox today.

• Darling pandas from raynemaiden and tabularassa. Thank you!

• SPN S7 gag reel.

• Other TV: Jeopardy's back from reruns. Another solid Doctor Who last Saturday. And I'm ( Read more... )

So I just found out that Jensen is singing a cover of "Angeles" on Steve Carlson's new album. You can listen to a snippet here.

On one hand, I'm happy that we get to hear Jensen sing some more. But, one the other (quite a bit larger and, yes, this is metaphorically speaking, as I'm not that disproportionate) hand, it's ElliottWe're talking near- ( Read more... )

• Happy Birthday to zelda-zee!
I hope it is a lovely day for you!

• On the 17th, I saw Band Of Horses and My Morning Jacket live. I'm a bigger fan of Band Of Horses, but both bands were fabulous.

( more on Band of Horses/My Morning Jacket at the Mann - August 17th )

1.) Via nutmeg3:

I'd heard a while back about kiva.org, which allows you to make micro-loans (as little as $25) to help people in developing countries fund a business, and recent commercials reminded me that it was something I wanted to try. I just made my first loan, and I was given this link: Read more... )

1.) Tom Waits performing the heck out of "Chicago" on Letterman.

2.) I started reading Jeanette Winterson's memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, today during break. Instantly fell back in love with her writing, her thought processes, her gift for wielding words. Also once again experiencing my typical Winterson-specific problem of ( Read more... )

It seems like this was a long time coming. I mean, I had a mix for The Hunger Games within a week of finishing Mockingjay. Almost immediately after watching S4 of Doctor Who, I put together a mix for that run of the show. I can't recall exactly how long it took me to start on my first Supernatural mix, but it was only a few months after getting ( Read more... )