May. 23rd, 2004

vivien: picture of me drunk and giggling (Default)
Bliss... the first day in ever so many in which I had nothing that had to be done. Other than laundry or homework, of course, but those chores weren't too heinous. I slept 12 hours last night, so I think I might be caught up after Mrs. Toad's Wild Ride of the past week.

I am rereading The Hobbit for the first time in a very, very long time. It wasn't as enchanting to me as LotR, so it didn't get into the reread every year loop. I am being charmed by Mr. Bilbo Baggins now. I had forgotten just how much he came into his own on his adventure. By LotR I always thought him a bit silly, but now I see I've been in error.

Morrissey's new album, You Are the Quarry, is fab. I am enjoying it very, very much. The Smiths (along with Soft Cell) provided the soundtrack for my teen years, and I've enjoyed his solo albums, but this is a great album. My favorite song is "Come Back to Campden" with the following incredible lines:
Drinking tea with the taste of the Thames/sullenly on a chair on the pavement/Here you'll find/despair and I/and here is the very last plea of my heart/Where taxi drivers never stop talking/under slate grey Victorian sky/and here I am every last inch of me's yours/forevermore

Pretty, huh?

I am finally able to think about fic again - the Dom story is going again - very exciting. I started [livejournal.com profile] marigold's Hobbit challenge, which conveniently turned out to fit a plot bunny I've had for some time, so hurray! And I have a great psalm for [livejournal.com profile] musesfool's Psalm challenge. Some ideas are bubbling up for that too.

The Remix of my story, "Of Padraic and the Serpents" gave me shivers, it was that good. I was honored to have such a great story inspired by my little fic. Go here to read it. My remix was ever so conveniently a Narcissa story. Actually I remixed it from Andromeda's POV, but still. The Fandom Gods smile upon me. Or maybe that should be the Fanfic Cherubim. I got such a nice review today for Strange and Wondrous - the girl said I had made her cry, and no other fanfic had made her do that. Since I also cried when I wrote it, it made my day.

John Cusack was just interviewed at the Cubs game. He's a handsome fella. One benefit to having a Cub/baseball fanatic for a husband - sometimes cool folks come to games and show up on camera. *peers into stands looking for hobbit actors*

One more week of children at school and then they go away! Huzzah! I love them, but after a year, I get weary of them.

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