I just saw a post lack of posts that reminded me I haven't posted here in forever--probably because this was mainly a fannish journal, and my fannish pursuits these days are focused around the comm I help run, and tumblr by extension.

I haven't written much of anything in a very long time, and that makes me sad.

It's been out less than a week, but it felt like everyone but me had seen Pacific Rim. NO MORE. It was like a mashup of the best parts of every giant robot/giant monster title ever. All the tropes! Holy shit, so much fun. :D

Orange is the New Black hurts in the good way. Watch it if you haven't. Seriously.

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Can this be an actual fandom term? I really want it to be.

HOLY SHITBALLS

So we had a bazillion (okay, 55) art entries, and less than twelve hours into claims almost all of them are gone. I didn't think we'd come close to opening a second round, but it's quite possible now.

If you're a Steve/Tony fan, swing by to check out the art at least. It's fantastic, and I can't wait to see what all the writers ( Read more... )

From the novel 12 O'Clock High:

He studied Gatley's unrelenting expression. And then he also found himself studying the young officer's individual features--the handsome, long-lashed eyes, the sensitive nostrils, the full lips--conscious that he had not taken the trouble before ever really to examine them. It was a stronger face than he had ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen the mess over at Comixology, they released a set of 700+ free Marvel comics... and BOOM went the servers. So! They're switching up how they're handling the promotion, check here for details and to get in.

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Apparently a tape from the concert on 12-06-1969 has surfaced. It must have been a small venue, there's little crowd interference, and for an audience recording the sound is quite good.

It really is something how many of these shows were taped on the sly, and how many of the tapes survive to this day.

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What I'm reading Wednesday, or something like that. I might as well hop in for once.

Finally found a copy of Twelve O'Clock High! for less than $30. (Stupid out-of-print prices.) It's quite short, and not as sanitized as the movie. (I'm at the point where General Savage has just told his air and ground execs to take a stressed-out young pilot ( Read more... )

I somehow ended up as curator of the family recipe box -- which is an odd mix of Eastern European and American Midwest, with a dose of "hot damn, all our recipe-sharing neighbors are Italian" thrown in for good measure ( Read more... )

The Amplificathon podbang is underway, and ages ago Exmanhater inquired after doing Adamant.

GUYS, IT IS AMAZEBALLS. I'm most of the way through, and I already know this is one I'll come back to for comfort listens. Also, incredibly impressed because it was so long, with awkward prose and mid-scene voice changes that were difficult to convey in ( Read more... )