my hp_toujours gift got posted yesterday and since i can't even check my own flist properly, i read it almost a day late.

all right with me, james/regulus, pg-13. Timing. To achieve the right reaction in Potions, timing was everything.

SQUISHABLE REGULUS IS SQUISHABLE. and james is exasperating like only himself can be, but still squishable. a short fic designed to induce happy warm fuzzies. i know who the author is, and she rocks at writing the pairing. go read! :]

a belated birthday gift from fera_festiva: steampunk crossover art! tonks vs morgana swordfight! you know you wanna look.

music rec! 22by7 linked me to supernova kiss by nullsleep AND I FELL IN LOVE. it makes my little gamer heart happy. i've downloaded everything i could get from his website.

* so i totally failed at fixing my computer on my own because i'm a goddamn coward. i'm having a friend coming over this sunday so he can do it for me instead.

* since i'm cut off from my computer, i don't have access to any of my music. so i've been listening to this on repeat since yesterday.

* i got my hair cut and dyed. i'm not thrilled with the color (it's more reddish/burgundy than purple), but i'll live. i also indulged my inner consumist and bought clothes and an adorable pair of silver angel wing earrings. and bracelets, because i'm addicted.

* i had to pimp this: walk_ofshame. feeling inspired to write/draw something after watching the newest spn episode? then post it here. all pairings/characters/ratings welcome. the only condition is that your fic/art has to be directly inspired by that week's episode. and speaking of pimping, i have brought gryffindor_j to the dark side and made her write me dean/cas phone!sex.

* speaking of spn, i got crack_impala'd! that made me ridiculously happy.


well, i have nothing else to say. hrrrmmm.

EDIT: wait! i do. i am endeavoring to lose weight from here to december. i'm at 60kg/132lb and i want to go down to 55kg/~120lb. it doesn't seem like much, but i'm lazy and i love junk food way too much. oh well, gotta make the attempt, at least. wish me luck!

i can't be the only one who gets major "serenade of water" vibes starting from 3:20 until the end of the song. i'm not saying there was stealing involved, i just thought it was a funny thing to notice.

I FUCKING LOVE RAMMSTEIN!



this post brought to you by spontaneous music-induced bursts of excitement.

EDIT: OH MY GOD GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COMMUNITY WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING YOU SELF-IMPORTANT DICKHOLE AAARGH

EDIT2: deleted. wish i could say the same about his little artistic intervention.

first off -- happy birthday blamebrampton! hope it's a good one. :D

EDIT: i almost forgot! rev02a had some spontaneous brain activity of her own and wrote a little drabble here! go read if you like james and sirius being freaky brain-twins. :D

and now for the music mini-challenge:

I have uploaded the songs in a .rar file, and linked two more to youtube videos, as i couldn't download them in time.
like i said, all of these are completely or nearly completely instrumental.

the songs

the track list:

aphex twin - 4
aphex twin - avril 14th
aphex twin - girl boy say
crystal castles - magic spells
juno reactor - conga fury
juno reactor - wardogs
olafur arnalds - 0048_0729
olafur arnalds - fok
pentaphobe - kitten pig
pentaphobe - miss moody
pentaphobe - victim to the charms of radio
septic flesh - behold... the land of promise
stabilizer - we are definite!
the gathering - sand and mercury*
tristania - annihilate
tristania - saturnine
VAST - lady of dreams

*the vocals start past 6 minutes in -- you can work with the instrumental part only which is long enough

you have until february 15, starting today (yes, i gave you a bit more time). any character or pairing goes. comment to this post with a link to your fic/art and i'll post a masterlist on that day.

guys they're letting me out of prison school on december 12! i'm so cloooose i can taste the freedom.

• via rowein: for the electronic music fans on my flist, you should really check out crystal castles. i'm rather in love with them, i admit. they're very fun. the post i've linked to contains samples and a link to d/l their album (at the end of the post, if the spanish confuses you).

• art rec: embrace by lillywmw, ron/hermione, pg-13. adaptation of a painting by one of my favorite artists, zdzislaw beksinski. (can be seen here.

• fic rec: (I'm gonna love you) til the wheels come off by leashy_bebes, remus/sirius, PG. i don't really do "lying low at lupin's", but every once in a while i'd read a fic that just makes me fall in love with that era (lul @ calling it an era though, it wasn't even a year), and this is one of them. i assure it won't bore you, despite the lack of (explicit) make-up smut. :p

• the search for the elusive silver flats has ended!!! they tear my feet to shreds though, but then again all my shoes do when they're new. i wish i could buy new feet.



• check out my icon! it's so fucking festive i can't even deal. speaking of icons HERE'S ONE I MADE FOR YOU GUYS. i finally figured out how to make that effect so YAY.



• ( HEY LOOK AT MY SHIRT IT'S RLY COOL )

\o/ rs_small_gifts 2008!!! \o/

who else is going to participate? i hope some of the people on my flist who like r/s but don't participate much on this side of fandom give it a go!

the exchange is pretty relaxed, non-anonymous and your gift can be between 1000-3000 words long (but i guess you can write an epic if you want to!). the requests are pretty varied, from fluff to angst and au and smut and everything in between. you sign up and leave your 3 requests/prompts, and when claims open someone will reply to your post and let you know they've picked one of your prompts. i totally loved the gift i got last year, so much i made a fool out of myself leaving the most embarrassingly gushy and long-winded comment ever.

you have some time to consider it, sign ups open in november. ;p

(michechan, will you give it a go this year? now that you didn't find out about it in the last minute ;D )


ps. these are my two favorite songs atm:

fischerspooner - l.a. song. dark and a little creepy imo. i get a little shivery.



fischerspooner - everything to gain

this one is the opposite- it makes me want to turn the volume all the way up and explode with YAY.



i picked this video because i thought it was cute. the typewriter sounds and laughs are a bit annoying though.

in extremo - küss mich


rockin' out with their harps and bagpipes. fuck, i love this band.
no seriously, give it a listen. even if you find them lolarious. :D
 
 

have some music!

( 3 tristania (gothic metal) )

( 3 saiko (chilean alt. rock) )

( 4 aphex twin (i have no idea. IDM? drum (drill?) and bass? techno? fucking weird? something.) )

( 4 VAST (alt. rock) )
 
 

i just got finished turning the shape of my head into that of a fetus with anencephaly (analytical drawing homework). GOOD TIEMS.

no really, i had fun.

wellll vwl tagged me for a music meme. here are my answers.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.


aphex twin - 4
rasputina - 1816, the year without a summer
ataraxia - la nuova marguerita
the gathering - these good people
vnv nation - electronaut
hans zimmer - the ring soundtrack - the well
rank 1 - opus 17

now, since i took the time to upload them, you might want to, y'know, listen to them. JUST SAYIN'.
kidding. you don't have to. i just uploaded them in case someone is curious. it's pretty varied for such a tiny list, so if you don't like one song, you could see if the other ones are more fitting to your tastes.

i'm a little in love with this song (aphex twin - 4)

i was going to upload the song but posting a video is faster. :p

(sorry for the double post-- my computer shut itself down JUST as i hit "post" and i thought the entry hadn't gone through)
 
 

1. my profile looks all pretty now. :3

2. i bleached and re-dyed my hair. goodbye ugly roots, hello awesome new blue!

3. VAST are awesome.

4. I've been offered a job by one of my dad's friends. I'd be working the front desk at one of his hotels for the summer. I'm not sure if I'll take it. Too much... contact with people... but I'd get to practice my english. And earn MONEY. I don't know.

4. tomorrow i have an interview at my prospective new art school. AAAAAAAAHHH OH GOD PANIC!!!
 
 

oh my god, new music love!

Transformer di Roboter

official site

how did i find out about them?

thank you 4chan!


now to see if anyone on ye olde flist even partially shares my taste in music. :/ i've been on an electronica kick for months now...