amand_r

1. You might be losing it if, when sprinkling bran on your kid's cereal, you begin to hum not the Mission: Impossible theme, but the Inspector Gadget theme song. And then you laugh. And then you say, "I wonder if those are on DVD." And then you say, "I wonder if those are on Netflix." And then you say, "I wonder if those are on Netflix Instant play."

And then you facepalm.

2. Kid: (babbles about Caillou, her new bf. Notes later about how kid is attracted to bald men.)
Me: That should be a band name.
Kid: Yeah.
Me: Post-industrial punk hip-hop ska.
Kid: Ohhhh, sure!

3. I have been reading. ( My book reports, by amand-r (Star Wars, Buffy and Anita Blake spoilers) )

All the serious books are in the next batch. I was distracted by fannish reading. :D

4. Kai-Lan has taught me this week that Chinese for "awesome" is ZHAN BANG. SAY IT WITH ME: ZHEN BANG!

OH HAI BIRFDAY. MY CHILDREN, I AM NOW OLD ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS. AND IF YOU THINK THAT WAS BLASPHEMOUS, THEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND JESUS VERY WELL. HE THINKS YOU NEED TO SIT AND SPIN. HE TOLD ME SO.

BEFORE I TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU ROCK, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SAD.

simons_flower passed away last week, leaving us all behind, but most importantly, her daughter and husband. I cannot imagine what that would be like, to lose a parent at that age.

But sometimes fandom rocks; they raised money for her 2 fandom BFFs to fly out to the funeral, and they are raising money to donate to the Lupus Foundation, and that's good.

And mudblood428 did this art for her, and it's gorgeous, and kind of indicative of how I wish things were. It's brilliant and sad and good all at the same time, and encompasses the kind of "reunion" that I wish was in the afterlife, if I believed in one, deep down.

(And you know what? Deep down, I do. I really really do. Jeez. I'm like the fuckign velveteen rabbit.)



( Srsly, guyz. )

Okay above the cut, I want to tell you all about the awesome people in fandom, like Foxy and Anya and zomgvampires and Taff and Smirnoff and Blue-blue and Jesus (that's a cuss word, not a person. Jesus writes SPN MPREG WINCEST, and I'm not into that), everyone I missed. You are all fabulous and funny and brainy (I know, I checked ur skulls while you were sleeping—scrapple!). That almost devolved into Harley Quinn's Joker fish song, so be grateful that it did not.

Also of note: lionessvalenti made me a Jack/TARDIS fanmix. JACK/TARDIS, MAH OTP. It's called You Taste Like the Wind, and it has GORGEOUS ART. I feel like my birthday was a big bang story or something, people. Check-- crue's srsly NSFW post it art that makes me actually frightened of weevils, and Neifile's Cute action figures that inspired the Delores/Jack/Myfanwy in the comments. It's not my fault. It's this $50/pound Blue Mountain Jamaican that I'm quaffing like it's going out of fucking style (it totes isn't.)

ALSO: idontlikegravy emailed me and asked me if I had any topics for her, and I provided man, because I LIKE TO GIVE OPTIONS. SHE WROTE THEM ALL. OMGWTFBBQ. five ficlets for mah birfday. And they are all crossovers either Buffy/TW crossovers or HL/TW crossover and they fucking rock. They include: JackHarkness/Faith, Oz and Ianto Jones at the Hub, Methos and Gwen Cooper trapped in an elevator, The Doctor and Joe Dawson, and Jack/Anyanka (THAT WOULD BE ANYA WHEN SHE WAS STILL A DEMON, AND IT BRILLIANT). Plus there's a bonus fic with everyone!

In light of all of that awesomeness from all of you, I want you all to promise that you won't kick me out of fandom for the next fic I post. HAAAHAHAHAHAA. SUCK IT.

Also? I have never had so much fandom Whee! over my birthday before. I'm flattered and a little giggly. And a little blushy.

just reading the FAQs about Twin Peaks creeped me out totally. I think I'll have to watch three hours of cartoons to scrub out the terror.

Dude, BOB scares the crap out of me. Knowing thatthe actor who played him died in 1996 makes me feel a little better (shut up! TERRIFIED!)

On that note:

( Buffy/Twin Peaks - Oz makes a stop in TP. For amonitrate. )