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[ever_neutral]

it's me again.

so when i posted my last post i expected five people to respond. imagine my feels upon discovering that livejournal is secretly as alive as it was in the days of yore.

[real-time footage of me reading my inbox]

Comments

[horatios]

real-time footage of me reading my inbox

*snorfle*

... not a job that pays, fyi, but ? what is money ? is it food on the table ? is it contentment of the soul ? who besides kanye west can know ?

LOL WELL I JUST STARTED WORKING IN STARBUCKS. maybe we can compare?

hence, i have to remember how to read and choose some new books to write about. SUGGEST ME SUGGEST ME.

how new is new? days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries? EVERYTHING IS NEW IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, DON'T'CHA'KNOW?

i've been harangued about finishing memes and posting substantial """"content"""" to this here blog

lol well i'm sure 'harangued' is an ungallant exaggeration. also, i have no idea of whom you speak.

lol, watch this get fewer comments than the last entry where i said literally nothing.

yeah well novelty is everything, mate.

also snsd for the meme.

[vergoldung]

hello emma, howdy. i am crying at your entire comment ESPECIALLY THE NEW IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS DONT I KNOW IT. just wanted to share this enjoyment of mine. carry on etc etc
*sneaks out again*

[horatios]

HOWDY. have you forrealz snuck away again? it was nice to see you oh so brieflyyyyyyy.

SNSD

[ever_neutral]

first bias: iirc Eleonore attempted to convert me via vids of Taeyeon singing ("devil's cry" was definitely one of them). i was not ready to accept the group into my home then but reasons why i've always had a healthy respect for Taeyeon's pipes.
current bias and why: Yoona. i know you feel me.
fave song: "hoot" and "paparazzi" were the first SNSD singles i actively liked and have a special place in my cavernous interior. + "my oh my" as previously discussed. i'm also obsessed with "talk talk" (both of them - lol). but lbr, "time machine" is #1 go-to brooding hymn.
fave mv: the misandrous "my oh my" warms the heart, does it not. + i'm here for any time SNSD does retro/classic Hollywood/bubblegum pop-soul aesthetic.
member i think has the best smile: tbh i'm still not sure why Sooyoung isn't the visual.
fave choreo: "catch me if you can" tho. too bad about the song...
fave era: "mr. mr." b/c last before you-know-what 👀 👀 👀
fave voice/singer: Taeyeon steps all over everyone else but my fave tones are actually Hyoyeon's and Tiffany's

[snickfic]

For books, are steampunk lesbians okay? Because if yes, you should totes read Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear. New this year. I am reading it right now, and it is delightful. STEAMPUNK LESBIANS.

[kwritten]

THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW

[ever_neutral]

STEAMPUNK LESBIANS IS THE KIND OF CONTENT I'M HERE FOR. Cheers.

/belated reply

[ceciliaj]

Yay for book reviews! Try Felicia Day's book! I loved it! I have no bias! :-D

[ever_neutral]

:D What's the title, pray??

[ceciliaj]

You're Never Weird on the Internet - Almost :-D

[ever_neutral]

SOUNDS PROMISING. Will inspect.

[kwritten]

I will suggest A History of Glitter and Blood which was just published in August by Hannah Moskowitz. It's apparently about fairies and prostitution and politics. I went to the publisher's brunch at the beginning of the season and the editor in charge of this book was super excited. I'm sure that your online publication will be able to find a copy of it for you and since it's so new, it's probably something that will need reviews

[gryfndor_godess]

Also the Engelsfors Trilogy by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren...Also the other Alex loves it, too and if you read them then we can both yell at you about it a lot.

Dooooo ittttttttt

It has fantastic characters, a plot that actually kept me guessing, and the characters have to face actual consequences for their mistakes (which felt fucking novel). Only sad thing is the third book is not actually published in English yet (although ARCs exist, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE PLEBES CAN'T READ IT YET), so unless you secretly read Swedish, you'll have to wait a bit. It was SUPPOSED to come out in February of this year, and the date keeps getting pushed (my grandparents pre-ordered it for me for Christmas last year, so I keep getting very sad Amazon emails telling me that it's been delayed AGAIN).

[ever_neutral]

I have been persuaded!!!!! Will wait for the third one's translation to review and snatch the first two in the beantime.

[kwritten]

yisssssssss

you will not regret this

[youcallitwinter]

OMG, job and everything, since one post to the next (and all I did with my life was write 9000 words of GD/IU, don't). ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BRAH. Plz read The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks if you haven't already. It's for ~teenage ~girls and I'm just ?????? where was this stuff when I was a teenage girl?? I made my actual teenage girl sister read it, everybody should tbh. Like, gender politics x 100000000, I was so amazed.

Anyway.

1. EXO.

2. Big Bang

i am ready to fight.

XO + BB

[ever_neutral]

and all I did with my life was write 9000 words of GD/IU, don't

RE: XO + BB

[kwritten]

#weeps

Everything you have to say about Big Bang. But especially

Fave voice/singer: I genuinely question the sanity of anyone who doesn't answer Daesung.
like joanne teases me on the daily about my ONE TRUE SON BIRTHED FROM MY VERY LOINS GD but my very first kpop bias was Daesung and I'll never, ever be over him, his face, or his voice

I used to have very elaborate plans for a fallen-angel!Daesung/demon!Dongwoo fic that I had EVERY INTENTION OF WRITING, but never did. DON'T JUDGE ME

RE: XO + BB

[ever_neutral]

THAT'S VERY GOOD.

I used to have very elaborate plans for a fallen-angel!Daesung/demon!Dongwoo fic that I had EVERY INTENTION OF WRITING, but never did. DON'T JUDGE ME

You can't just drop that there and then leave the scene, smh.