Fiddle-Dee-Dee, Said Scarlett

I've actually had a very good day so far today!

Despite being in epic amounts of pain last night. Oh boy, that was bad. I fell asleep on the couch, and my head slipped off the temperpedic pillow Nija lets me use. I ended up sleeping with my neck at a terrible angle, and when I woke up I had a knot that went from the round of my shoulder up to my skull. I got sick from the pain. But Nija was able to do something to break up the knot and it's practically gone today.

I started Tai Chi this morning. I'm not very good at it, but hey, I'm just starting. It is pretty relaxing. I want to go back to pilates and yoga, too. I think that will help me be loose and relaxed enough for the Tai Chi stuff.

I also have been cleaning, and I cooked! I haven't cooked in a while. I've just been so blah and sick and in pain recently. But I fixed us some Mexican for lunch, and we ate on the porch, which was nice. I have laundry to start and some more cleaning to do, but since LJ is back, I'm going to respond to posts first!

Myre is...becoming Darth Vader's apprentice. This vastly amuses me. I can't even express how awesome this thread is.

I'm still on an epic Meatloaf and Beatles kick. I'm not sure why. I'm also considering snagging the entire Matchbox Twenty album that How Far We've Come is on. It's sort of become the unofficial soundtrack to my NaNo fic.

I remember saying, a few days ago, that clearly there had to be something in the water, or the planets are in some strange alignment. And I think the same goes for today, because my Flist is full of people who have just had Bad Nights, Bad Mornings, and Bad Days. And I'd say half of those were directly proportional to Other People Being Assholes. :/

So lots of hugs and well wishes to everyone on my Flist who needs it. I'm doing my little gimpy dance for you, even if you can't see it. ;)

Lost internet last evening, for longer than normal, and ended up feeling ridiculously sick and not sure why. I felt nauseous and dizzy, so I went on my deck to get fresh air, and I mostly just felt exhausted. Listened to Alice Cooper, and he actually said something that I've been trying to verbalize about today's music for a while.

There are no larger than life musicians right now. There are no David Bowies, no Mick Jaggers, no Pink Floyds, no The Whos, no Led Zepplins. There is no handful of larger than life rockers, and just a great plethora of smaller than life ones. He mentioned, specifically, that The Darkness in a unique position to revive that form of rock. Because they are a throwback to the mega glam rock bands of the olden days.

And I have to agree. Their sound, their look, their attitude... it's very musically anachronistic. And I do feel we need that again. I know I'm terribly biased, but I think it's time modern music looked to the past for inspiration. Remember the origins of these so-called 'genres', which have been warped and blended and meshed together until no one even really knows what genre they even play anymore. Harken back to the gods of rock, and offer them tribute!

Because as The Darkness proves (and the fact that The Eagles, Meatloaf, The Who, etc are all making well received comebacks but haven't changed their sound) the old ways are still good when it comes to strumming the old guitar.

Anyway...turns out I just overworked myself yesterday and wasn't putting in enough fuel. My healthy calorie intake is 1,300 a day....and I had maybe 360 yesterday, if that. So it's no wonder I was feeling like crap last night. I'm thinking putting off cleaning the bedroom until tomorrow, and reorganizing my work room today.

But first, a shower.

So, when anna_daae was up here last, she introduced me to some new music. Mainly, Postal Service and Cobra Starship. I already knew Cobra Starship from the Snakes on a Plane song, but that was all I knew them from.

Turns out their other music? Is pretty damn good. And Postal Service reminds me of Death Cab For Cutie, which is a very good thing. So I went and snagged two Cobra Starship albums and one Postal Service Album.

Here, sample some of their music. These are the songs that got me hooked.

Guilty Pleasures - Cobra Starship

Nothing Better - Postal Service

So, sort of in relation to my last post, I've realized why I never bother to keep up with fandomsecrets. Over half the 'secrets' posted, I don't see why they're secrets. I've been watching it for a week - because in the recent past there were two secrets posted that were directly relevant to my interests - and I find myself reacting mostly with 'why is this something that can't be admitted with a name attached?'. Which leads me to the only conclusion I can think of: a lot of people in fandom are douches, if so many people feel they can't admit to liking a pairing or disliking a show or not enjoying the work of a particular author or fangirling a particular RPer.

And that just makes me all the more thankful for my Flist, who mainly doesn't give a flying fuck what I like or don't like. (With a few small exceptions involving television shows.) And it's amazing, really, considering how massively huge my Flist is. But it is full of polite disagreement, and agreeing to disagree, and gentle teasing about more whacked out interests. As attilatehbun once pointed out: that is the secret to true, lasting friendship.

And! I have not forgotten about fics owed! They will be written! You'll just get surprise fics at some point in the near future!

I need to find clothes and take a bath, because I am being dragged to the pub this afternoon.

Hello! I am typing live from...My New Laptop!

Went and got him this morning. He's beautiful. He's a sleek, stylish, classy black Compaq. He's got a widescreen, HD capabilities, 120GB harddrive, integrated Wifi, and lots of other shiny features. And he is mine for the low price of 450$. Mmm, Best Buy. The sales guy kept trying to get me to buy something more expensive, but I knew exactly what I wanted. And now he is home and set up. Well, basically set up. I need to download LJlogin and all my other needed programs, but he's online and he's got Foxfire and I'm entering my usernames and passwords all over the net. Or, the parts of the net I frequent, anyway.

He needs a name. I shall ruminate on it a while.

Now! That ever fun 'new computer/hardrive/etc call....

I NEED MUSIC!

Since this dude's got speakers and a soundcard that work! I can listen to music! I can watch DVDs! I can access Youtube! No longer will un-cut Youtube posts on my Flist cause my computer to seize up and die! Which, considering the amount of un-cut Youtube videos that get posted on my flist on any given day, is a very good thing.

Anyway! Send me la musica, please! Anything you think I'd like. You guys know my tastes, I think. :D

Now, to finish getting this guy set up.

Orchids, by Stone Sour - This song always makes me think of Envy and Dante. Most Stone Sour songs remind me of the homunculi in some way, honestly. Don't try to be the one person who stayed just to say they never left me

Twenty Years of Snow, by Regina Spektor - It was rivendellrose who first introduced me to this artist, and I love her music. She's twenty years of strangers looking into each others eyes, she's twenty years of clean

Dead Boy's Poem, by Nightwish - This is uploaded in honor of my newest RP character. I've always associated this song with Valyn, and at this point I'm not even sure why. There was so much I wanted to say to the ones who loved me

With Or Without You, by U2 - Sure, everyone probably already has this song, but I love it. And it makes me think of Hohenheim for some reason. You've got me with nothing left to lose and nothing left to win

Harbor, by Vienna Teng - I don't even know how I discovered Vienna Teng. But her voice is amazing. Fear is the brightest of sins, the shape of the boundary you leave behind

Comment if you take, and enjoy!

Hello hello!

I noticed that there have been a lot of new folks friending this journal, so I thought I'd do a little introductory blub, so folks know what they're getting into. :D And also, welcome, this place is kind of crazy. ;)

I'm Fey, and I'm a fandom nut. Most of what you'll find here is fan fiction, fandom babblings, RPG nattering, and various other completely inane posts. ;) Also I tend to talk about my better half, the lovely and talented mikazuki, quite a bit. Along with our Ragnarok Online adventures!

Occasionally there will be a Real Life post. But my Real Life is rather boring, and most of my days are spent cooking, cleaning, tending to small critters and writing. Also there are lots of books and video games involved. I'm pretty much a big geeky homebody.

As for fandoms: there's a pretty wide assortment that I dabble in. Predominantly I write in Fullmetal Alchemist and Ouran High School Host Club, but I will also dabble in Babylon 5, Highlander, Kingdom Hospital, and really anything else that bunnies me. I run scarlust, The ScarxLust Community and Sin and Salvation, the ScarxLust Archive, and I co-mod fullservicefma - a place for all your creative FMA posting needs! I'm also addicted to fic claim communities.

As for RPGs: I play Lust and Maes Hughes over at landels_redux, a multi-fandom survival horror RPG.

I don't believe in pairing wars. I don't believe a person's pairing/ship preference means absolutely anything other than they happen to like two characters together. Fighting over pairings is like fighting over breakfast cereal - it doesn't matter. Also, OT3s solve everything. ;)

As for non-fandom interests - I'm an advocate for animal welfare and I've studied criminal psychology.

Now, have some music: Ikea - A song about Ikea. It's hilarious, and I could listen to it for hours.

Now I need to do laundry and scrub down the stove, and then hopefully grab some lunch.

redbrunja requested that I upload two songs that I wrote fics based off of. This is back from when I did that random song write a fic meme thing. Anyway, I didn't want to post just two songs, so here's some more.

Even if you don't care about my fic, it's some awesome music! :D

( Songs That Inspired Fic )