Fondue Is Just Bread And Cheese, My Friend.
Yes, I did watch Captain America again last night. Steve Rogers' FACE. Peggy o' my heart! And hello, Bucky Sebastian Stan, you bastard!, get in my bed! And why is no one writing stories about the Howling Commandos fighting with Captain America and getting drunk every night and having arguments about everything under the sun, from philosophy to which starlet is the hottest, during every battle? These are necessary things, I think.
So despite getting a flu shot that made my arm hurt for two weeks, I am still getting sick. Granted, it's more of a cough and cold than the actual flu, but still, wahhhh! Half my office is out sick with the flu, so it was inevitable that I'd get some kind of sick too. I'm just like that. Sigh.
I am going to gargle with salt water, nap a lot, and NyQuil my ass into oblivion, and hope I get better. I am not going to be sick for Christmas this year, dammit. I am going to be well and have a good time and YOU CAN'T STOP ME, FLU.
Firstly, Cee, your (very belated) birthday gift is almost ready. Expect something in the next few days. ♥
Secondly, I have finished reading Frail by Joan Frances Turner. I read it during my breaks, I read it at home, I slacked off of work for a bit to read as much of it as I could because it was completely amazing and terrifying and heartbreaking. What I love about this book, and this series in general, is that it's about (supposed) monsters with souls, zombies with memories and regrets, people doing desperate, awful things to survive in a world that changes reality with each passing moment.
Frail is really interesting because there's a question of what makes a person a, well, person. Is it memory? Is it being able to talk? Is it being able to feel emotion, and does that emotion count if the monsters can't articulate it out loud? And what if you don't fit in with the rest of humanity, does that make you less than human as well, even though you are physically human? Plus, the characters are fierce and compelling, and some of them just wreck you with their stories (the whole scene with Mrs. Acosta and Amy just made me choke up so hard). Even with characters that you want to punch in the throat, there are some painfully human moments about them that make you ache for everything they've lost.
The language itself is really stark in some places, which feels like an emotional punch to the gut, but overall, the writing is beautiful and fits in with the tone of the story. And the ending makes me want the third book to be released RIGHT NOW so I can find out the answers to all the questions.
In short, I made a fanmix because what else was I going to do? According to Jen, it sounds like "a road trip through hell. Riding in a Cadillac." I hope the rest of you agree. In a good way.
Mediafire download, rar files, graphics included. If you don't want to be spoiled for the book, don't click on the cut-tag; otherwise, knock yourself out. And the Blue Shadows and Purple Hills track was because Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas movie) imprinted on me at a young age, and I've always thought it was the most beautifully sad, poignant love song I'd ever heard. Nothing's changed my mind so far.
Everything You Know Is Wrong: A Frail Fanmix
(I Woke Up And She Was Gone)
01. Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
See the smile awaitin' in the kitchen
Food cookin' and the plates for two
Feel your arms reachin' out to love me
(My Mother Killed Her First Intruder, And Her Last)
02. Philip Glass - Helen's Theme
(A Famine)
03. Bear McCreary - The Storm and the Dead
(Mrs. Acosta & Dave)
04. Philip Glass - Some Are
(My Ghost Dog)
05. Christopher Young - Sacrosanct Delirium
(Lisa & Amy)
06. Hans Zimmer - Old Souls
(Don & Janey)
07. Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
Happy nightmare, baby
'Cause you're all mine
(Mags & Billy)
08. Alexander Ebert - Bad Bad Love
When she asked, "What do you need?"
I said "What do you believe?"
I need bad bad love.
(Phoebe)
09. Clint Mansell - Bugs Got a Devilish Grin Conga
(Paradise City)
10. Tom Waits - We're All Mad Here
And my eyeballs roll this terrible terrain
And we're all inside a decomposing train
And your eyes will die like fish
And the shore of your face will turn to bone
(Life That Isn't Slow Nonstop Rot)
11. Under Byen - Af Samme Stof Som Stof
De danner karavaner af vaner og man bruger dem
Til at få tiden til at gå og gå i stå
Til at få livet til at glide ned
They form caravans of habits and use them
To get time to go and get stuck
To get life to slip down
(There's No Such Thing As Scissor Men)
12. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - People Lie All The Time
(Lisa & Naomi)
13. The Birthday Massacre - Pale
The ruse is brought, the truth is bent
And much to our dismay, they're ignorant
The more that we make up, the more it fits
(We All Had A Time, This Winter)
14. Nine Inch Nails - The Four of Us are Dying
(Amy & Stephen)
15. Alex North - Blue Shadows and Purple Hills
(Phoebe & Kevin)
16. Bruno Coulais - You Know I Love You
(The Lab)
17. Audrye Sessions - Dust and Bones
And I hope we're walking out of here alive
(The New Flesh)
18. The Kills - Heart Is A Beating Drum
And you feel like you been here
So many times before
It's not the door you're using
But the way you're walking through it
(Not Ever, Not Anymore)
19. Clint Mansell - Memory of Murder
(Tell Me How We're All Alive)
20. Clint Mansell - Memories (Someone We'll Never Know)
(My Mother, Lucy Holliday)
21. Kate Bush - Mother Stands For Comfort
Mother stands for comfort.
Mother will hide the murderer.
(There's A Way Out Of Here)
22. Michał Lorenc - Pogon, Lekarstwa, Karabiny
(A Friendly Man)
23. Boards of Canada - Sherbet Head
(Kill Me)
24. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts III
(The Long Road East)
25. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Eventually We Find Our Way
DOWNLOAD (Mediafire, 198.78 mb)
I hope it lives up to your amazing story. <3
Now I'm off to do a follow-up with my doctor over my test results, finish off my holiday shopping, and have breakfast at Rockin' Johnny's. Pancakes FTW!
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. Please comment anywhere you feel has the best icons to use to dazzle me. I'm really easy.
So despite getting a flu shot that made my arm hurt for two weeks, I am still getting sick. Granted, it's more of a cough and cold than the actual flu, but still, wahhhh! Half my office is out sick with the flu, so it was inevitable that I'd get some kind of sick too. I'm just like that. Sigh.
I am going to gargle with salt water, nap a lot, and NyQuil my ass into oblivion, and hope I get better. I am not going to be sick for Christmas this year, dammit. I am going to be well and have a good time and YOU CAN'T STOP ME, FLU.
Firstly, Cee, your (very belated) birthday gift is almost ready. Expect something in the next few days. ♥
Secondly, I have finished reading Frail by Joan Frances Turner. I read it during my breaks, I read it at home, I slacked off of work for a bit to read as much of it as I could because it was completely amazing and terrifying and heartbreaking. What I love about this book, and this series in general, is that it's about (supposed) monsters with souls, zombies with memories and regrets, people doing desperate, awful things to survive in a world that changes reality with each passing moment.
Frail is really interesting because there's a question of what makes a person a, well, person. Is it memory? Is it being able to talk? Is it being able to feel emotion, and does that emotion count if the monsters can't articulate it out loud? And what if you don't fit in with the rest of humanity, does that make you less than human as well, even though you are physically human? Plus, the characters are fierce and compelling, and some of them just wreck you with their stories (the whole scene with Mrs. Acosta and Amy just made me choke up so hard). Even with characters that you want to punch in the throat, there are some painfully human moments about them that make you ache for everything they've lost.
The language itself is really stark in some places, which feels like an emotional punch to the gut, but overall, the writing is beautiful and fits in with the tone of the story. And the ending makes me want the third book to be released RIGHT NOW so I can find out the answers to all the questions.
In short, I made a fanmix because what else was I going to do? According to Jen, it sounds like "a road trip through hell. Riding in a Cadillac." I hope the rest of you agree. In a good way.
Mediafire download, rar files, graphics included. If you don't want to be spoiled for the book, don't click on the cut-tag; otherwise, knock yourself out. And the Blue Shadows and Purple Hills track was because Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas movie) imprinted on me at a young age, and I've always thought it was the most beautifully sad, poignant love song I'd ever heard. Nothing's changed my mind so far.
Everything You Know Is Wrong: A Frail Fanmix
(I Woke Up And She Was Gone)
01. Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
See the smile awaitin' in the kitchen
Food cookin' and the plates for two
Feel your arms reachin' out to love me
(My Mother Killed Her First Intruder, And Her Last)
02. Philip Glass - Helen's Theme
(A Famine)
03. Bear McCreary - The Storm and the Dead
(Mrs. Acosta & Dave)
04. Philip Glass - Some Are
(My Ghost Dog)
05. Christopher Young - Sacrosanct Delirium
(Lisa & Amy)
06. Hans Zimmer - Old Souls
(Don & Janey)
07. Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
Happy nightmare, baby
'Cause you're all mine
(Mags & Billy)
08. Alexander Ebert - Bad Bad Love
When she asked, "What do you need?"
I said "What do you believe?"
I need bad bad love.
(Phoebe)
09. Clint Mansell - Bugs Got a Devilish Grin Conga
(Paradise City)
10. Tom Waits - We're All Mad Here
And my eyeballs roll this terrible terrain
And we're all inside a decomposing train
And your eyes will die like fish
And the shore of your face will turn to bone
(Life That Isn't Slow Nonstop Rot)
11. Under Byen - Af Samme Stof Som Stof
De danner karavaner af vaner og man bruger dem
Til at få tiden til at gå og gå i stå
Til at få livet til at glide ned
They form caravans of habits and use them
To get time to go and get stuck
To get life to slip down
(There's No Such Thing As Scissor Men)
12. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - People Lie All The Time
(Lisa & Naomi)
13. The Birthday Massacre - Pale
The ruse is brought, the truth is bent
And much to our dismay, they're ignorant
The more that we make up, the more it fits
(We All Had A Time, This Winter)
14. Nine Inch Nails - The Four of Us are Dying
(Amy & Stephen)
15. Alex North - Blue Shadows and Purple Hills
(Phoebe & Kevin)
16. Bruno Coulais - You Know I Love You
(The Lab)
17. Audrye Sessions - Dust and Bones
And I hope we're walking out of here alive
(The New Flesh)
18. The Kills - Heart Is A Beating Drum
And you feel like you been here
So many times before
It's not the door you're using
But the way you're walking through it
(Not Ever, Not Anymore)
19. Clint Mansell - Memory of Murder
(Tell Me How We're All Alive)
20. Clint Mansell - Memories (Someone We'll Never Know)
(My Mother, Lucy Holliday)
21. Kate Bush - Mother Stands For Comfort
Mother stands for comfort.
Mother will hide the murderer.
(There's A Way Out Of Here)
22. Michał Lorenc - Pogon, Lekarstwa, Karabiny
(A Friendly Man)
23. Boards of Canada - Sherbet Head
(Kill Me)
24. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts III
(The Long Road East)
25. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Eventually We Find Our Way
DOWNLOAD (Mediafire, 198.78 mb)
I hope it lives up to your amazing story. <3
Now I'm off to do a follow-up with my doctor over my test results, finish off my holiday shopping, and have breakfast at Rockin' Johnny's. Pancakes FTW!
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. Please comment anywhere you feel has the best icons to use to dazzle me. I'm really easy.