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* Subject brought to you by a day of mishearing lyrics. Listening to 'Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear' (Elvis Presley) and I SWEAR the backing singers are singing 'Hot Banana'.

It immediately followed the 'Of Montreal' song which absolutely does not go "My mind rejects real tea."

Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 'Blinded by the Light': "Wrapped up like a douche..."

I will also end up putting on 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at this rate, because it will never stop being funny now I've decided to hear "Spare him his life from these pork sausages!".

(SHUT UP. I LISTEN TO COOL INDIE SHIT TOO. *hides music collection and ignores the Aqua currently playing.*)

* Going to the Norf. My old school is doing 'When the Lights Go On Again', directed by my daddy, so I shall be seeing that, and then going to Frankenstein's Wedding with magic_doors and truebq. My brain is currently exploding from the dress code though. They say to dress glamorously and wear thermals? Hmmmmmm.....*dubious face*

* The past two episodes of Glee have put me in a quandry of "THIS IS SO AWFUL BUT IT IS ALSO AWESOME."

Can we just take a minute to revel in the flawless diamond of wrongness that is GWYNETH PALTROW singing 'Do You Wanna Touch Me' by GARY GLITTER to teach CHILDREN about SEX.

It's so hilarious that I cannot believe it was real. I suspect that the producers didn't look further than the Joan Jett version.

Just so I can be judged some more: Gary Glitter songs are fun, and it is sad that I now cannot like them because I think of the creepy old child molester he became.


* The postboxes in Brighton say GR on them instead of ER or VR. They need to be more specific about their Georges. *observant* Regina is a dirty word. *is about five*

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YOU'RE WELCOME.

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY.

GO GET DRUNK.

I have been asked for two sets of recs, one of not-pwp Sherlock/John (kay_taylor) and one of not-Sherlock/John, with an emphasis on Molly/Sherlock. Also, best of the 'meet the family' fics. (hooton).

So, because a) I might like to keep track of these, and b) because you might be interested, I have decided it can be a post rather than a comment and an email. Also, I am blatantly going to ignore these requests and just rec things that I think you might like based on mah knowledges.

By the by, I rec stuff at procrastarific, when I read it and can't get it out of my head for days. But Sherlock is a fairly new fandom for me, so there are only a few there so far. None of these are recced there at the moment.


Semper Fidelis, WIP, Sherlock/John, Mycroft/"Anthea"

This is an action adventure fic where Sherlock and Mycroft believe their partners are traitors, but they aren't and are fighting to clear their name. The ships are a driving force, but not omnipresent. It's very fast pace, and has John and "Anthea" being exceptionally awesome and, as the summary says, BAMFs. There's not a lot of of it yet, but I think it's definitely worth a look at now and an eye on later.


Tesselation Mycroft/"Anthea"

Now, I know neither of you want Mycroft/"Anthea", but I love this, and it's a little story that has become part of canon in my head. Just fills in the details a little and adds depth without changing what you actually see on screen.

The Science of It (Part 2, Part 3) Sherlock/Molly

Am afraid is somewhat pure porn, but it is very, very in character porn, really quite hot and has a very good Molly who is sweet, etc, without being a push over.

SM CASE FILES Gen.

Because, actually, finding a genuine thriller of a fic that really evokes the feeling of watching a horror film is rare, this gets a rec. It's a supernatural horror, but not at all fey.

Eggcrate Gen

There's an entire series of these, the first two being a definite Black Books/Sherlock BBC cross over, and the last ones being almost pure crack. Why rec, you may ask? Well, largely because I like this version of 'Mummy'. The Holmes family is cheerfully and terrifyingly ridiculous, but for some reason, the idea of 'Mummy' as an animal print clad, drunk American who has isn't terribly bright but is just syrupy with affection actually seems to gel more with my idea of her than the many and various Mycroft-esque grand-dames.

Also, the sequel has his littlest sister in and is quite cute.

Don't Ever Look Back Sherlock/Molly

Sherlock, John and Molly are all in witness protection after Moriarty's trial, and they are all gradually changing and reconnecting. It's a lovely little character development thing and does manage to make a lovely lot of chemistry for Sherlock and Molly.

Winter Delights Sherlock/John

A 'meet the family' fic with a romance development. Alas, it is only about two clicks less ridiculous than the 'Rough Edges' series recced above, and it is infinitely less tongue in cheek, but it is one of the category.

The Thermodynamics Series (Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.) Sherlock/John (Asexual!Sherlock)

In every fandom, there are a handful of fics that show up on every recs list ever. And this is one of them. It is nice and in character, utterly eccentric and a very sort of sweet progression. Also, it has a dead owl. Features no cliches except that the heating isn't working. Heating is never working in Sherlock fics.

That Thing You Like John/Sherlock

Another Christmas dinner fic. A good one, which doesn't provide an unreasonable amount of money, an unreasonably powerful 'Mummy' or an unreasonably eccentric family. It's a nice sweet one which isn't utterly irritating or unrealistic.

You Can Imagine the Christmas Dinners Sherlock/John

This is the one you were thinking of when you heard that line and wanted the fic. The shippyness vs. the just good old family interaction has a great balance and it has a sense of fun about it like the series, and doesn't get too ridiculous about it. (Sorry, hooton, but most of the christmas dinner ones are S/J.)

The Paradox Series John/Sherlock

This is one of the other seminal fics of the fandom, universally recced because it creates one of the cliches. Sherlock is utterly obsessive and the relationship between him and John is completely unhealthy, but it is also strangely sweet, very well characterised and utterly compelling. It's quite twisted, but in a whole-hearted way. Seriously. WEIRDNESS.

Ok, that's it for now.

Anyone want any other recs? Right. If anyone wants me I'll be finding all the BDSM AUs that I can muster. (Seriously, I am going to live in SGA fandom just for this, even if I've not watched beyond the 1st series.)

You know, I should stop watching Channel 4, except for 'Inside Nature's Giant's'. I do not like what it does to comedians.

Jimmy Carr on the BBC is generally polite, cautious, a bit naughty but fairly mild and innocently funny. Then, on C4 he's a racist, homophobic knob. A man set himself on fire to protest against the Tunisian government. Rather like when monks did this in Vietnam, this sparked off protests. Tunisia's government collapsed earlier this month. Things are understandably tense. So, they did a skit to say "Tunisia is not a good place for a holiday right now." except with a lot of racism.

As one person on the #10oClocklive tag said: You know what Warsi was talking about today? Yeah, that. (This is what she was saying, btw.)

Newswipe/Screenwipe is one of the most brilliant things ever put to film, and yet Charlie Brooker felt that all that needed saying about Sarah Palin was that she was very 'Me, me, me' in her response to the Tuscon shooting, that the Tea Party movement had misspelled signs, and that she's well fit. No mention of 'bullseyes'. The 'blood libel' comment merited a mention but not an explanation. An explanation that would have been helpful for a lot of people, including David Mitchell.

My formerly dearly beloved David Mitchell then said in his rant that suggesting that people not caring about local news that isn't in their locality was a terrible attitude because if everyone had that attitude nobody would have cared about the holocaust. I turned off at that point. It was a giant WTF moment.

Seriously, one of the most recent shitty things that Sarah Palin did was compare the centuries of slander against the Jewish people, contributing to their persecution over the years- including the holocaust, to people being mean about her and the right wing.

You cannot mock Sarah Palin and then use the holocaust as a rhetorical device. The irony hurts me and they were massively unaware of it.

Meh. I am quite fuming.

I do not think I'll watch that again on principle. It might get really good, but it started out so badly, I am just sticking to the BBC. They tend to calm comedians down.

As I grow up and become more and more feminist and more in to SERIOUS BUSINESS , I become more and more intrigued by Sirens. I've not decided whether I want to go yet, because a) I just started a PhD and don't know what I'll be up to in a year's time, b) Rob and I don't know what we're doing holiday wise, c) monies and d) not really knowing anyone that goes.

However, am working through the reading list for the conferences that praetorianguard posted on her LJ.

Narrate Conferences 2011 Reading Lists

(The links are to the UK Kindle Store because they're for me. Will update as and when I feel like it.)

( Sirens )

So there! Read 'Fire' and am currently reading 'Pretty Monsters'. It is no where near as good as 'Fire'. Working my way through though!

$1.99 for a year of being a pirate.

Not wise, but awesome. :D

See: frayer

Eta: Go here and opt in to services for Cyrillic users, then, go here and buy the little headlet of your choice. :D

1. New downstairs neighbour is sneaky. She does not play loud music, no, she plays music at a reasonable level that you can juuuuuuuust hear, but not as a proper noise, just at that sort of 'gently scratching at your consciousness' noise level. Might be vexed except there's only two more weeks left in this flat now.

2. I could actually hear someone snoring in one of the surrounding flats last night. It was strangely comforting. Suspect it was actually coming from the house next door. Pity any poor sod that has to share a bed with said bed-roarer though.

3. Much like on trains, you must not get out of a lift and immediately stop to look around. Unlike on trains, the lift will leave whether everyone on the platform gets on or not. You standing in the way having a think? Kind of inconsiderate.

4. People who swagger like they're in low gravity really amuse me. I suspect the idea is that their muscles are so big that Earth's puny gravity is no match for them. Makes me lol anyway.

5. TURN ON THE FUCKING AIR CONDITIONING. >:O Outside is nice. It has a gentle breeze. Inside: Less nice. No breeze. Just evil, oppressive air.

6. Went to Manchesterland to wave longtimegone and wordplay off into the wild blue yonder following a delicious dinner. It featured a yummy dip with almost sufficient garlic in it. Which means that were we not the hardcore garlic eaters that I suspect we all are, we'd all still be gently stinking of it. Was nice to spend some sober time with both of them.

7. IPHONE 4 COMING TO T-MOBILE. :O Oh dear. Oh yes! Oh dear... DID WANT. Shouldn't get. DID WANT. Depends on the deal. Oh yes, precious, though. Oh YES. *burbles incoherantly*

I thought that given Jim Carrey had largely rehabilitated himself as a 'straight' actor, rather than the irritating buffoon that he was in his early career. Ewan McGregor is generally a guy you can rely upon to kiss a guy like he means it and then get his cock out.

So, how bad could a film with the two of them playing lovers be?

FUCKING AWFUL, THAT'S HOW BAD.

Long and wrathful.

( Synopsis. )

( RANT RANT RANT )

The election is just so fucking petty. And I hate both the major parties. (Ok, this isn't exactly true. Labour make me deeply uncomfortable, but the Tories actually revolt me and Cameron creeps me the fuck out.)

So, my brain has sought to protect me from the vexatious nature of the news coverage by providing me with the following thought pattern.

1. Ugh. Politics.

2. "Hey, hey now baby, get into my big black car," <----------- 'Politician' by Cream
"I just wanna show you what my politics are,"

3. A wonderful burlesque show in my head with snappy suits, pin stripe corsets, braces a twanging and high heels with spatz.


WIN!

Thus we are saved by rock and roll once again!

1. I am wearing cherry chapstick. Therefore, if any of you kiss me, you will like it. Quite a medicinal taste, though.


2. I saw hanacandi's 'Spring Awakening' last Thursday, with jiggery_pokery and shewalksonroses. Encountering Chris is a rare pleasure, and the play itself was very good. The actors were great and the story was interesting, especially in comparison to what I was expecting.

( Spoilers for play and musical )

3. I also saw 'The History Boys' with magic_doors. Because I am useless and forgot to book, we had front row seats, at the side, so we saw the entire show in profile. I'd seen the film and quite liked it, and I did quite like the show too, although...

( Spoilerz! )

4. Since it became clear I was never going to manage a repeat viewing of the 'Princess and the Frog' in addition to 'Alice in Wonderland', which of course, I MUST SEE, and 'I Love You, Phillip Morris' and 'A Single Man', which I also need to make time for, I just bitted the bullet and downloaded it. I may or may not have been singing 'Dig a Little Deeper' since I saw the film the first time.

I meant to post about this when I first saw it, but I didn't have time and then I couldn't remember clearly enough.

( Moar spoilerz! )

5. I went down Ecton Copper Mine on Saturday as my Dad was giving a tour to a historical walking group. Went up a hill and down a mine. Moderately scary mine it was too, no lights. Just torches. And bats. It was really interestings. Although mostly I was asked what college I was at, and when I explained I'd graduated, they went :O. Not because I am stupid (SHUT UP, SIMON! :P) but because I apparently look sixteen.

A guy in a chip-shop a couple of weeks ago was telling my mother that I was obviously the younger daughter and was then shocked that I was in my mid(!)-twenties. My sister is early twenties, but has had a HARD LIFE. :D

6. We has tickets to Yes, Prime Minsiter, this makes me a happy bunny. :D One day I will convince Rob that he has to write Yes, Minister slash. I know he could do it justice. I know it.

7. Orange juice, then bed.

I'm just going to leave this link here. Yep.

I am also going to mention, on a completely unrelated note, that radinden lives in Brighton and we have spare rooms. :D

NB. I am not actually fussed about this myself, but I know that some people are oddly fond of Mr Barrowman, and I just wish to make them aware of this opportunity.