picked a handful of violets in my name

1 Get Mikey Laid fic-and-art fest prompts now open.

2. helens78, creator of the dreamsheep (see icon), is offering Dreamwidth points in exchange for dreamsheep anthropomofic. There are already some cute drabbles and such in the comments.

3. azurelunatic addresses social obligations (or lack thereof) to respond to comments.

4. stepps: what to do with Dreamwidth: a list of tutorials and information

via charmian and the_shoshanna: LJ has been hacking your affiliate links. For at least a month, it seems.

Probably everyone reading this who cares already knows, but. Bob is no longer a member of My Chemical Romance. ;_; My mother cried when I told her, you guys, because she is One Of Us without the fanfic. This shit is not okay.

Arma Angelus - The Grave End of the Shovel, in case anyone wants it.

Poetry rec: odditycollector's the value of daughters

sl1 k2tog psso by carleton97 (MCR, Bob/Frank/Jamia, ~9k)

You guys. Bob owns a yarn shop. Eeeee! (Basically, this fic and Buy Handmade by jjtaylor are the fics of my crafty fangirl soul. Buy Handmade sustained me through "I'm going to learn to make SOMETHING, dammit" - which turned out to be jewelry - and sl1 k2tog psso is going to sustain me through "I'm going to learn to knit, dammit.")

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Anyone got recs for a yarn shop in or near Boston? T-accessible is preferred, although Ellie has a car and can sometimes be bribed or badgered into driving me around.

damned_colonial suggests implementing a Follow Friday meme on Dreamwidth. I think I will rec one journal, one comm, and one feed every week, unless someone has a better idea.

In my recent past:

Thursday, Ellie and I went shoe shopping. She didn't find anything and I really don't need any more shoes, so we just headed home again. I called solarcat from the train and she met me at Forest Hills, and we drove back to her apartment to watch Life on the Murder Scene. (You guys. Their faces, okay, their fucking faces. I do not know what it would take to pry me from this fandom.)

By the time I got home, it was midnight, and I still had to pack for my trip.

( weekend in Vermont )

Shopping from FBR's webstore seems likely to compromise your credit card info. :\

I don't think that's what happened with mine,* since the last time I bought anything from FBR was probably the pre-order for Viva La Cobra.

* A couple of weeks ago, I got a letter with a new debit card in it, informing me that there had been a security breach at some third party and they were issuing a new card just in case. (I was very annoyed at the time, but I've already got the new number memorized, so no big deal.)

I love my job. :D Just throwing that out there.


( podfic blatherings )


My alarm clock might not be broken after all. *stares at it suspiciously* I'll test it out tomorrow. And speaking of broken stuff, I really hope my mom replaces the CD player in her car before I come home. I want to give her lots of music for her commute! And listen to it with her while we drive to the mall/French Quarter/Magazine Street/grocery store/Elmwood/Taqueria Corona/Five Happiness/assorted delicious New Orleans restaurants.

music for my mom (also taking suggestions lol)
• Leathermouth
• Fall Out Boy (Folie A Deux, since she has their other albums already)
• Thursday
• Patrick Wolf


I am about 4000 words behind on my writing, but I feel pretty okay about it. Because writing is important, but so is having a life where I run into people I know and hang out with friends and leave my apartment. Besides, this weekend is looking quiet, so I can catch up some. And really, what's 4k, in the grand scheme of 410k?

I'm so looking forward to listening to that CFOB mixtape. If anyone reading this hasn't been able to download it, I can upload it.

Everyone and their mother has posted about Gerard's update, but here's the text again, mainly for the benefit of my mother.

( lol overinvested )

There are still no pictures or video of Frank kissing that guy in Texas, which surprises me. I mean, I trust blondiusmaximus and all, but - pics or it didn't happen. Them's the rules of the internet.

Speaking of Leathermouth. September 7th and 9th. Also known as the night before I probably start my new job, and the night before classes start. Made of win/made of fail? (I am still going. Of course.)

My mom called earlier. She wanted to tell me she had watched My Chemical Romance on Fuse (or at least as much of it as she could, with a storm fucking with the satellite dish). Also (dramatization):

Mom: And one of my students? I swear, he could be Gerard Way's son.*
Sofia: *seal clap* OMFG really?
Mom: Yeah. The first thing I noticed was his hair, but his whole face...
Sofia: *choked giggles* Eeee.
Mom: I said to him, '[name], do you know of a band called My Chemical Romance?'
Mom: And he sighed. 'Yes ma'am, I know I look like Gerard Way.'
Sofia: I kind of want to ask you to take a sneaky cameraphone picture of him or something.**
Mom: When I get the yearbook, I'll show you.
Sofia: *glee*

* I demand fic. I don't know what kind of fic, though. A variation on INOK-verse seems to be the logical choice.
** My mom totally doesn't have a cameraphone. And won't until that's the only kind of phone available.

Originally published at The Love Letter Sessions. You can comment here or there.

May 6th - MCR in Philadelphia
May 7th - MCR in Philadelphia
May 8th - PATD in New York
May 9th - MCR in New York (with Hugh)
May 11th - PATD in Boston

I have somewhere to stay in New York (and obviously in Boston, I live here), but does anyone who will be in Philadelphia for either/both of those shows have spare crashspace? I am tiny, quiet, and definitely willing to pay my share.

ETA: Accommodations found. But friendly person with a car would be helpful, too. I may not be able to leave my stuff at the hotel before that first show.

Originally published at The Love Letter Sessions. You can comment here or there.