Today's the day I start working on my forum prompts. Which means I have to learn an entirely new way of doing things, including crediting the peeps who prompted me in the first place.
But first - Beloved is taking me to go and see The Martian because they are made of awesome <3
The unusual phenomenon of people that can’t help laughing when you point a camera at them
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
"You're not only on trial in the courts, but you're also on trial by the media."
Pam was still stunned and shellshocked. "...all I did was defend myself..."
"Yes. I know. Pam. Pamela. Focus. Look at me. We need to work on this right now."
Pam struggled to take her gaze away from the endlessly-replaying past in her head. Made
Read more »Their live shows
I've never been to one. It's the sad result of being on the wrong continental landmass and being absolutely broke. [cough buy my books cough cough]
And when they share the stage with other Steampunk greats like Professor Elemental... stuff like this happens[warning - low quality audience video]:
Please note that Rabbit has a flame-thrower as part of her robotic accessories.
Along side the audience participation [many of whom are better than word-perfect on the lyrics already] there's
Read more »By the time one reaches adulthood it is almost reflex to give a sunny grin when someone points a camera at you. This can have unintended results.
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
"And worse, this creature had the audacity to bare its teeth at me!"
Adjudicator Shyn'len leaned over hir desk. "Have you had much education on the habits of humans, Cogniscent P'rel?"
"Uuuuuuhhhhh..."
"That's a nervous baring of teeth. It's not a threat or a show of amusement. And further to
Read more »Anyone who's dug into the depths of this blog or followed me on Tumblr for a while knows that I have enough issues to run a major news-stand.
Let's just summarise it as: ASD with co-morbid anxiety and sleep issues with a massive side order of depression.
I have some really bad days, sometimes. I can, have, and will get to the point where I need to make a pillow fort just to survive the day. BUT - on any given bad
Read more »The politics of light and dark are everywhere in our vocabulary… lightness and white is good and pure, black and darkness is corrupt and evil, the known is a safe and friendly comfort, the unknown is a strange and hostile thing to be feared…
So… subvert this, reveal whiteness and lightness as sometimes false and violent, and darkness as protective and healing, fear that which is known and find the unknown as natural and gentle, and so on.
(Prompt from ChaosWolf1982 on
Read more »Today's reason: Li'l Steve.
Once upon a time in fandom past, a crafty member of the fanmily gave the band crocheted effigies of themselves. Most members of the band only played with them a little, and this happened:
But Steve "actually a dragon" Negrete developed an attachment to his yarn doppelganger. And has taken to animating his dolly and speaking for it in... The Adventures of Li'l Steve.
I'll link you the playlist:
Li'l Steve is a lot ruder and abrasive than
Read more »Four!
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
Midnight munchies whilst couch-surfing is always a crap-shoot. You never know which one is going to be any extreme from "I only eat what I hunt" to "I'm a twelfth-level vegan and I've been raided fifteen times because of my hydroponic grain garden". And on the scale between Critter Hearts and Quinoa Crumble, I guess a fridge mostly full of blood packs kinda takes the cake.
Or
Read more »You know what? Fuck it. I'm posting these before I do my Instant in the morning. Having them written in advance is just a bonus. No more apologies. I have the organisational skills of a diseased whelk. Let's just live with that.
Okay? Okay.
Today's reason: Five-star production values on a five-dollar budget
Pretty much all of the money that SPG earns from their music and the Engineer-ateer site [for as little as $2 a month, you can have access to all
Read more »Three for three!
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
Mel thought it was a little weird that his boyfriend was moaning without him, and crept out of their shared bed to take a peek.
Cyrus was kneeling on the floor in their ensuite, but that was not what was disturbing. What was disturbing was the dazzlingly luminous and enormous wings that he was stretching and massaging.
The harness sprawled across the floor looked like
Read more »Argh, I wrote yesterday's post in the morning so I could post it by the evening, and then I forgot to post it. I derped big time.
Fingers crossed, I actually remember to post this one tonight. I'm not holding my breath though.
Today's reason to love Steam Powered Giraffe is: Their covers.
Once in a great, long while [averaging roughly once per album] band members hear something cool on the radio and decide, "Hey, we can do something to that."
Then
Read more »And another one!
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
Everyone was staring. Callie could barely move, but she still tried to scoot away from the boggling faces. They were afraid.
Fear leads to anger...
Even her best friend, Mekena, was retreating. She was the last of her human classmates to curl her fingers into a fist.
Anger leads to hate...
"...please don't?" Callie quavered. She knew what they saw. A monster from legends so
Read more »Yeah, I'm being erratic with this. My life kind of imploded. Things get interrupted when my life implodes a bit.
Anyway. Today's reason to love Steam Powered Giraffe: Holy shit, they're sexy.
Yes, I know. They're so very much younger than I am. I'm plausibly old enough to parent them. But... consider exhibit A.
Pictured here is David "The Spine" Bennett nomming on a granola bar. Just... standing there and staring at not very much whilst masticating calmly for all to see.
Read more »Here we go again! Pick one!
(Prompt from CallMeGallifreya on Tumblr)
I was making tea when she walked into the house as if she owned it. For all I know, she did. I'm... well... more sort of a 'permanent tenant'. Many have tried to get rid of me. It never sticks.
She wore black. I put the teapot down and said, "You're not one of those occultists, are you? You mind your candles,
Read more »Good news: Beloved is keeping the day job. We're nominally financially stable for the foreseeable future.
Bad news: The help I'm getting for Chaos is due to run out just when we need it the most.
Good news: It was hellishly expensive and borderline unafordable, so we'll have slightly more money next year.
Bad news: Which will be too late for me to get enough shit together for experimental stuff to help Chaos with.
I feel like such a whiner about this.
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