A Mighty Fine Life

So I felt quite a bit better Sunday and Monday, and then Tuesday woke up with an incredibly sore throat and started having coughing fits. Came home early from work, stayed home today, and have been "working from home" which means "sitting on the couch watching TV" (and occasionally coding stuff for work, but they've only contacted me, like... twice all day).

Flipping channels led to me watching Catch That Kid on Disney XD, because it stars bitty Corbin. (Also bitty Kristen Stewart.) So it's extremely bad, but there's this love triangle subplot where Corbin and the Other Dude are both in love with K-Stew (even though they're, like... 13?) and refuse to help her rob the bank to save her father (the "plot," as it were) until she decides which one of them she wants to date. So she gives them each half of an "I love you" heart necklace and tells each one not to tell the other. Hijinks ensue, etc etc, and anyway, it turns out, Corbin has always come across as wicked gay on screen. It was mildly disconcerting. He was a baby.

(Well, 14 if my math is right, but he looks super duper younger than that.)

Also in the last scene of the movie, K-Stew makes the boys turn around while she tries to decide which one of them to go out with, and then she runs away and leaves them discussing how they'll always be best friends, no matter what.

I really need to not slash Disney movies quite so hard. Speaking of which... *cough*

And now I may go back to bed. WHY AM I STILL SICK? Blehhhh.

I'm sick. It's the first time I've been really full-on sick in awhile and I forgot how much it sucked. I got home from work yesterday, went to bed at 7, woke up at 10 to have dinner and was asleep again by 11, woke up at 6 AM to get a drink, fell back asleep until 10:30, napped from 2:30 until 6. And I usually love sleeping! But this isn't restful and I can't breathe through my nose at all so my lips are all chapped. I've been taking sudaphed but can't find any ibuprofin and I have a killer headache and also my back is sore from, you know, lying in bed for 24 hours.

Typing this is using all the energy I have. I can't even read, because I can't concentrate on the text. Which means I also can't write or edit, even though I really want to.

BOO.

What I'm saying, in short, is that you should all write me happy, fluffy drabbles because I am grumpy and sad and can't breathe. I will happily reciprocate at some point when my brain is no longer crowded out of my skull by snot.

I'm on my way to bed, but here: a meme, from, like, half of my flist:

Name a fandom and I'll tell you 3 pairings I love, 2 pairings I consider shipping, and 1 pairing I hate.

- I always forget how much more I like HSM fanon than the actual canon, at least with the third movie. I love the dance sequences, and a handful of other scenes, but aaaaugh, the plot (well, "plot") still infuriates me, horrible new kids infuriate me, and nothing makes any freaking sense. I mean, I know that, but I always forget just how terrible it all actually is until I'm actively watching it, and afterwards I feel like, "Nah, couldn't have been that bad..."

- I never noticed this particular exchange before:
Gabi: "Hey, Tay."
Tay: "Hey, Sunshine." (smiles and giggles)
Huh. And usually I think it's Kelsi whose most in love with Gabriella...

- I will say this for the movie; it's the only one of the three where the actual canon makes me ship Chad/Taylor. (I mean, he's in love with Troy and sometimes Ryan; she's too busy for his nonsense and also apparently has a crush on Gabi, but every interaction between Chad and Taylor is adorable, even when they don't make any sense.)

- ETA: Zeke an Jason are totally right behind Troy and Chad when they grab Horrible New Kids' clothes, and walk off in the other direction, already in the crowd dancing with Ryan when he's doing his Fosse Yoga Thing before they run in. Okiedokie. (Also, I kind of love Chad and Troy being total dicks right there. Actually having personalities ftw!)

- AHAHAHAHA, RAINING CGI BASKETBALLS IS STILL THE FUNNIEST THING EVER EVER EVER. You know what, "Scream" is too magical not to share. Whether you've seen any of HSM or not, you really should watch this. No, seriously. WATCH IT.



- AND THEN CHAD TRIES TO COMFORT TROY. By kneeling in front of his bed. And trying to convince him to break up with his girlfriend. BE GAYER, CHAD. WAIT, YOU CAN'T.

- AUGH HORRIBLE NEW KID, DIE IN A FIRE

ETA 2: I'm SURE Disney did something like this, but did we ever discuss their yearbook superlatives? These seem obvious to me:
- Best Hair: Chad
- Most Likely to Succeed: Taylor
- Most Musical: Kelsi
- Most Dramatic: Ryan and Sharpay
- Cutest Couple: Troy and Gabi

But there is room for debate. And what about Zeke, Martha, and Jason? Thoughts? Opinions? Anyone?

(For the record, I was Most Likly To Succeed in 12th grade, because our editors forgot to spellcheck.)

I'm taking tomorrow off and giving myself a 3-day weekend. Again. (I was sick last Friday.) This time will be awesomer, though! I am going to see the Yankees' parade! I mean, I assume "see" is an exaggeration, as I am very short and they're expecting hundreds of thousands of people. And also I hate crowds, so... we'll see how that goes.

WHATEVER, point is I am going to celebrate and also take a day off just for fun! I never do that! :DDDD

And now a meme. Variation on one I've done before. Whatever. Still fun.

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

And now I should eat dinner, it being 10 at night and all.

GODZILLA STOMPS ON PHILADELPHIA; YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I'm starving and would like to go eat something, to pick up the living room a little, etc. But the cat, when last seen, had murder in her eyes (and tried to bite me), so I'm hiding in my room with the door shut. Stupid cat.

Have a meme to help me pass the time (from lynstraine):

Ask me either a broad question (i.e 'who is your cruelest character?', 'what is your most optimistic story?') or a specific question/request ('what world does ___ come from?', 'tell me about ___') and I will answer you. Or you can ask meta- questions like 'what was the inspiration for creating ____?'

Go! :D

HELL YES

(With {{hugs}} to people who are saddened by this)

+ People like my bigbang fic! \o/ Because I am far too involved in my own creations, if you managed to slog through all 47k of it, feel free to ask me questions about the universe or whatever. I will send you lots and lots of babble about it. :D

+ AND ALSO, Lucas was twittering about super powers in the last couple of days. I MAY HAVE SQUEAKED.

+ Speaking of bigbang, roseclaw's fic is up! Usurping Oberon, in which Chad is King of the Evil Fairies. It is AMAZING.

+ Drew Seeley is starring in a Hallmark Movie, y'all. About being a teenage dad. For serious:

Freshman Father is based on a true story about a young man (Seeley) whose high school sweetheart becomes pregnant and accompanies him to Harvard. When she gives up and goes home, he has to juggle school and all the challenges of being the single parent of a newborn. The movie will premiere on Hallmark in 2010.

HEEHEEHEEHEEHEE.

+ BASEBALL. Last night's lose was just stupid. But I had originally predicted Yanks in 6 due to a loss from Andy and an AJ implosion, so if they win tomorrow (knock on wood) I'll be correct! THEY HAD BETTER WIN.

+ My mom is visiting for the weekend! She says hi. :)

+ AUGH, WORK. That is all. I'm sure you understand.

After months of work and whining, my fic for hsmbigbang is posted, so, you know... *cough* (Come onnnn, super heroes! Troy is orange! Gabriella giggles a lot but can totally fuck you up! Sharpay is a sexy supervillainess! Zeke bakes, and can also totally fuck you up! Chad and Ryan banter and roll around on the floor! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO READ IT. Okay, I'm done. )

But! Speaking of bigbang fics! If you are looking for some lengthy, fanastic things to read, might I recommend Unforgettable by bribitribbit, a futurefic in which Chad and Ryan run into each other ten years after Ryan broke Chad's heart (warning: smut); and All the Wasted Time by few, an AU of Ryan's senior year that, uh, makes way more sense than the actual third movie? The fandom has been pretty quiet lately, fic-wise, so the influx of reading material is faaaantastic.

I bought a wrench and fixed a table today. I also spilled dishsoap allll down my front. Like, giant streaks of it, which just bubbled when I tried to walk them off. On the upside, I smell delicious.

Let's go Yaaaankees...

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 52
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 54
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Depends on how much disposable cash I have, I guess. It's not exactly a priority.
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: "I love homoerotic Disney movies," if that counts.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Newsies
AND THE SECOND MOST: High School Musical -- this has more if you include pics that are just of Corbin
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Tie! 3 Blink/Mush; 3 Chad/Ryan
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Mostly, yeah
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Occasionally
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Very few of them
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Fine if they're very funny or very subtle.

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Had to fiddle around with that a bit; that's actually my second-newest icon, for example, since my newest was also my sexiest (and I don't really have a lot of sexy icons).

In unrelated news, I possibly spent a lot of time watching videos of Drew Seeley being ADORABLE (as he does). Important for you all to know: when asked how HSM would be different if Troy was a vampire, he said they'd have to call it High Ghoul Musical instead. OMG I LOVE HIM. (I hate puns, but I love people who make puns. IDK, it's complicated.)

queenitsy: Will you disown me if I do a ridiculous Drew Seeley picspam post?
harriet_vane: I've been expecting it for at least 24 hours. You went from "He has a big square head" to "ZOMG I LOVE HIM" awfully fast.

( He *does* have a big square head. A HANDSOME big square head. )



(I will return to sanity soon. Probably. WHATEVER, I LOVE HIM.)

I have red-eye. Lucas is cute! (Jen went to take the picture and he and I turned opposite directions to pose, somehow; I ended up turning in a full circle. Him: "Nice spin." Me: "At least I didn't fall down!" Him: "Then it's a win!" Me, mentally: Lucas Grabeel just made fun of me and it was awesome.)


ZOMG, how cute is Drew Seeley's smile?

Also: the review. They're so talented and also adorable; I really wish it had been better.

So I went to the I Kissed A Vampire premier event.

You guys.

It was bad. Really, really bad.

Like, I had been expecting something terrible but ludicrous and fun, and instead it was just terrible. I mean, I guess it was reasonably entertaining; I wasn't bored. But... yeah. I will write an actual post about it for tween_wasteland in the next couple of days, but basically: the only reason to download this is to support Lucas Grabeel and Drew Seeley's careers, because otherwise? Not worth paying for. And I feel bad saying that, I do, because I think everyone knows that I love those boys. (Well, everyone knows I love Lucas; my love for Drew Seeley is a more recent thing.)

Basically, two things were clear: they had fun putting it together, and also no one put any actual thought or effort into the process. The songs were well-sung (...duh), but instantly forgettable (except for one, which was dreadful). The acting was... Passable, I guess? Drew Seeley was actually genuinely hilarious, I give it that (but he's basically only in parts 2 and 3), but even Lucas couldn't quite pull this thing off. Adrian Slade, same deal; pretty nice voice, not a great actor, and as The Girl, she did not actually do anything. (At least Drew got to wear leather and lick a guitar, and Lucas briefly had some guyliner and writhed on a bed. And also there was a whole dance number about groping him. But that was the really dreadful song.)

On the upside: I got to meet Drew Seeley and Lucas Grabeel! And by "meet" I mean "say hi to and pose for a picture with." Said pictures are on harmonyangel's camera, though, so I don't have them yet. I will post them when I have them!

But basically, yeah. I didn't exactly go into it with high hopes, but even Lucas's talent was not enough to save this thing. It really was that bad.

(ETA: But I do want to stress that both Lucas and Drew were really nice during the 5 or 6 seconds of contact I had with them! They were also both adorable with the tiny fans, especially Drew. Like, epically adorable. I might have a little crush now. And by "little" I mean "I actualfacts ♥ Drew Seeley.")

So I guess sometimes I don't actually post for a couple of weeks at a time. Whoops? But fun and exciting things have been happening lately. By which I mean...

+ VACATION, WOO! I treated myself to one! On Thursday I flew down to Georgia to visit second_batgirl and spent a long weekend with her. It was, as you can imagine, awesome. Mostly we just hung out, but we did also go visit the World of Coke. It was ridicumazing. I bought an adorable tiny keychain with a smiling Coke bottle on it. (This should surprise no one. COKE MAKES ME SMILE, OKAY?)

+ BASEBALL! So how 'bout them Yankees, huh?

+ FANDOM! hsmbigbang began posting today, hooray! And a few days ago, I received the mix for my fic and it is brilliant. ♥

+ WRITING! I've been doing some. It's pretty cool. Hopefully I will have a revised manuscript by the end of the year. We shall see, anyway.

+ READING! Been doing that, too! Justine Larbalestier's "Liar" is fantastic, you guys. It is a psychological thriller, which in this case mostly means "total mindfuck."

+ HEAT! They turned it on in my building last night. This is exciting, because I haaaaaaate being cold. Even if the radiator is ungodly loud and rattly; I'll take that over being cold any day. (It also makes the air very, very dry; I have a bowl of water sitting right next to it tonight to hopefully help combat that until I can get a proper humidifier.)

+ FANDOM AGAIN! So, uh, I think I'm going to the premier of I Kissed a Vampire tomorrow, because it's free, and, y'know, Lucas Grabeel will be there. So it seems like the sort of thing I should go to. (I missed the premier of Free Style with Corbin while I was in Georgia, alas. But hey, HSM boys, if you want to keep hosting free events in NY, be my guest!)

YOU GUYS, I LOVE STERLING KNIGHT A LOT. Why don't I have a Chad Dylan Cooper icon? :(

YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS.

DAVID MOSCOW IS IN AN UPCOMING MOVIE. WITH LUKE EDWARDS. BASED ON THE BEATLES.

( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
Movie info is over here and it's worth it to go look at the (non-embeddable, wtf) trailer, if only so you can see D-Mos in the world's least convincing moptop wig.

ETA: Meme! Ask me a fandom, and I will tell you:

+ OTP
+ Runner-up
+ Honorable mention(s)
+ Crack pairing(s)
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

One hundred wins, sweeping the Sox and clinching the division.

HELL TO THE YES.

The Beautiful Life-Colon-TBL is canceled. Other sources say it's being pulled immediately, meaning: no more new episodes airing.

Awwww. Poor Corbin.

I mean, it's not exactly a tragedy, because good god that show was bad (seriously, how do you make a show about backstabbing young sexy models boring???); but this means there will be less Corbin Bleu on my teevee, that is sad for meeeee.

I don't even like vampires, but.

BUT.



I WILL WATCH THAT SO HARD.

( Oh yeah, I got new glasses. My face. )