dreaming on

I've been meaning to link this for like two weeks now.

We did good. And your drabbles will be forthcoming!

rainfall: Where is this workshop? Is it in or near Philly? >>
rainfall: I just got an email from the bosses announcing that they're temporarily closing the lobby restrooms "due to approaching storm"
sincere: It's in Philly
sincere: Oooh
sincere: ...Yeah! A hurricane, in fact.
rainfall: Check on the weather? But I doooon't want to go out into fhhdh ;;
sincere: Philly and NYC are in the middle of the coastline region colored in bright red that says "LIKELY" on it. :D
rainfall: /orders food, works from home, no workshop about plot for her ))
sincere: HURRICANE SANDY IS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US! But it's only a category 1, it's like a baby hurricane.
rainfall: Somewhere Marina!Sandy is insulted by its puniness

Hurricane! Bring it on, Sandy!

...I WANT ONE

ATTENTION. It has come to my attention that some of my friends have not seen the current crop of Marvel universe movies! I intend to fix this.

Would you like to see Iron Man? Have you already seen it but would not be averse to seeing it again in an awkward livestream format where some of us will be holding conversation, often about it, in the accompanying chat window? Then this is your lucky day! Because with permission from temples, I am considering opening up our private Show Jes Things livestream to others! All that is required is a browser and a decentish internet connection, no downloads or anything needed.

We want to show Iron Man at some point on Saturday, preferably afternoonish EST. Would anyone be anyone interested in joining us? If so, what kind of time constraints are you under?

Caught up on all my taaaags oh yeah. Gonna do some writiiing. Planning to app Nekuuuuu. I even did my kids' CR charts: Allen, Flynn, and Roxas! ETA: Whoops, I have to add in Lavi and probably Lenalee on Allen's. I forgot about them cuz they're new. brb.

First, some writing. Then, Sentience tags.

We're going somewhere to dinner tomorrow night. Benihana, maybe? We'll see if the show will silence rainfall's bickering family for ninety minutes. I'm looking forward to going (obviously, because I keep finding reasons for her to go there, like that the show might silence her bickering family for ninety minutes).

For her actual birthday next week we're getting cupcakes. Have you ever seen such ridiculous things?! I'm so excited I can't wait to eat them. XDDD Three sweet creams and three cake batters. Mmm.

Now it's time for a few recs.

Mine
insincere: For my fic. Yeah yeah.

bunnyguild: Because everyone but me had a musebox. Shut up.

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Fandom-related
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Writing!
100_women: I adore big challenge charts and female characters. So this is perfect! It's no-claims, and there are charts for 100, 50, or even just 10 challenges, so it's very low-pressure!

tales_100: This is a drabble community for Tales of fandoms; limited to 100 words only. The current prompt is "any past prompt you like", so look through them and see if you're pinged?

fic_promptly: Every weekday they post a new topic (for example, today's is "umbrella") and you suggest prompts in the comments that can be specific to whatever fandom you love. It's like a prompt meme on demand. You can also go back and fill old unfilled prompts at any time~ I'm kind of in love with this idea now that I've figured it out.

1sentencefic: 1 sentence writing challenge, naturally. A big table with 100 prompts for which you can write one sentence apiece.

no_true_pair: Scheduled. Make a list of 8 characters, and the mods give you a list of prompts -- pairing determined by the number you chose! It's fun and irregular.

areyougame: Scheduled. Throw down prompts for your favorite game fandom and then write others!

Having just watched the X-men movie trilogy (verdict: good, good, what wait) my mind goes back to an inexplicable period of my childhood.

I don't know when I was into X-men. I'm sure I was never an avid fan of the comics. I feel like I may just have been a Gambit/Rogue fan. I have memories of searching for fanfiction about them. Why did I do this? What motivated me? How did I discover them? Was it the cartoon series?

I genuinely don't know. But it's so deeply ingrained as a piece of my history that I can't help shipping it, even when it's not relevant. It's just in the back of my head: I'm thinking about the X-men movies, and then I'm thinking about Gambit/Rogue. Kinda weird!

Okay, so Another Day, an AU "epilogue" to The World Ends With You, is kind of like what would happen if Square was smoking something one day and decided to put the script of a Neku/Joshua fanfic into the game.

Also they're kind of the Power Rangers.

Watched Hairspray. Loved it. Started watching Across the Universe, stopped about 3/4ths of the way through, watched Hairspray again instead. Still love it. Think I'm going to have to buy it.

Still, slowly, playing The World Ends With You. If you'll recall, I had a premonition that I was supposed to pair Joshua with Neku just from reading the instruction manual. Well, now that I'm significantly into Joshua's chapter, I can officially say that Square is trying way too hard to make me pair Joshua with Neku. Seriously, I don't need this much help. I can decide that he's gay before he starts giggling and making sly comments about staring at Neku's ass. Anyway, he's Very Interesting, in the sense of being a smug little bitch with more secrets up his sleeve than a transvestite, which by the way he practically is, because despite his sensible character art outfit, he has branded items (e.g. "When Joshua wears this item...") that are, for example, a frilly umbrella. Seriously. He has a Frilly Umbrella that only he can make practical use of. Not a girl. Joshua.

ANYWAY.

On a Kingdom Hearts front, I'm playing Re:CoM. I am also making tremendous progress on Another Side, which is ecstatic-making. We're officially done with the Prologue, although not all of it is up yet -- I think we'll post the first part of Day 6 today. I'm currently attempting to draw Nobodies in Namine's style for the Namine's Notes. It's... not easy. orz I think it takes someone more artistically talented than me to draw this childishly. You know, like it takes a really great dancer to dance badly?

On the Bleach front, Kyouraku/Lisa is so my new OTP, even though it's painful because uh I can't just ignore Kyouraku/Nanao either. It is FTP, for Fail True Pairing, although I believe that acronym is taken. Anyway I love them. And Urahara and Hiyori and Akon. And Yoruichi and Byakuya. Etc.

ETA: It's a frilly parasol, not a frilly umbrella. And it is described as "Frilled and beribboned, this antique umbrella is a magical key to grand romance. A sensible princess would keep it at hand." A sensible princess, e.g. Joshua.