neveralarch

So I've spent a lot of time in cars recently, and also I have spent a lot of time thinking about Skyfall. (Seriously, it's ridiculous, when I got to the point where my grad school reading was making me think about Q/Bond/Moneypenny I knew it had gone too far, but, come on, "a man can't argue on his knees," wtf else was I supposed to think about.)

ANYWAY, the combination of listening to lots of music and thinking about Skyfall induced me to do this FST. It's about the movie generally, and could totally also be read as M/Silva, M/Bond, and Bond/Silva. It's also overdramatic and has music I picked up when I was 13, and it just shouldn't be taken seriously. At all.

I was giggling to myself as I put this together, okay.


Original photo by Steve Cadman

On 8tracks | Download

Since 8tracks shuffles the order of the mix and can generally be kind of a pain, I would recommend downloading.

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I don't really know what I'm doing with mixes (this was a fun experiment), so if you have comments or concrit, both would be appreciated!

My laptop has been repaired! It now has new hinges and a lot more plastic on the casing. May take pictures later, as it looks kind of cool, and I think it's a bit ingenious. Still want a new computer, though, as much as I like this one. One with actual battery life and a non-ridiculous memory setup.

Now that I have private and unfettered access to the internet again, I have a lot to catch up on. I have written approx 27,000 words of fic in my absence. I have drawn things. My fencing tumblr queue is probably almost depleted. I have not checked tumblr in weeks! This maybe why I actually got things done, hm. But for now, I give you this:
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Okay, tomorrow I am going to try to do a de-anon I was planning before the whole laptop fiasco. I am so excited for fic posts, like actually.

Let me talk about my Carnivale giftfic again, first: From the Dirt by arllama was really great, and I love it and the author forever because I got a story for meeee. (I'm like this during every story exchange, but especially Yuletide. A story for meeeee.)

And Reveals! I wrote eleven fics again, just like last year - it may possibly become a tradition, though it's probably best that I don't try to commit to it. I was much more delayed on my main fic this time, and then I ended up writing a second fic for my assigned person and a bunch of random treats on the 20th, which was better than last year (when I wrote treats on the 24th). Basically my only resolution last year was to start writing treats earlier, so that worked out, haha.

Short headers and some commentary:

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In summary, Yuletide was a blast and now I have to go respond to comments. And start stockpiling obscure fandoms for next year.

This weekend has been super busy, except for today, when I just kind of melted into my bed at some point. I disapprove of the current heat about as strongly as I disapprove of the forecasted rain for this week. June :|

Anyway, I went to Munich yesterday! And it was amazing, so amazing, I love it. People kept telling me about the bars to go to and so on, but because I am me I went to six museums and climbed to the top of Old Saint Peter and walked way too much. Also, I was awake and moving for around 22 hours, between getting up at 3am to catch my train and finally making it back to my apartment at 1 am. The last few hours of that trip were a little surreal. Definitely affected my ability to move and be a person today, I have no idea if DS9 chat noticed the difference. I did manage to submit my entry for the second Machine of Death anthology, so there's that.

Also, a couple weeks ago, I finished Tristam Shandy. And it was amazing, so amazing, I love it. It's such a weird book - probably not one I would have read, if it hadn't been one of the few English-language books at the local library. But it was silly and fascinating, and people who have talked to me/read my fic may have noticed that I have a weakness for shaggy dog stories. Tristam Shandy is the ultimate shaggy dog story, the best kind, the kind where you know that's it's not going to go anywhere but you've given up on caring and can just enjoy the ride. Anyway, there's a movie based on Tristam Shandy which I've now seen - A Cock and Bull Story. This movie was amazing, so ama- okay, I'll stop. But it is really good, though I'm not sure what people who haven't read the book thought of it. I, flush with my knowledge of canon, was literally crying with laughter at the end. It has Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Dylan Moran, Gillian Anderson and more, all of them playing themselves as well as characters in Tristam Shandy. How was this ridiculous meta thing something that was made?

Finally, I've been reading Camera Obscura in a desperate attempt to familiarize myself with Anji and Fitz. I guess Lloyd Rose's crush on Paul McGann is fairly well-known, but I was still surprised. How many times can you mention the Doctor's hair/face/general aura of handsomeness in a chapter? Lots.

Okay, off to watch the new episode. I'm excited for being able to look at my flist and facebook and reality again without being spoilered.