yesterday my dream was of you

[whitereflection]

Green Day's Last of the American Girls reminds me why I enjoy their music so much, and why my LJ's been named from a phrase from their Basket Case for near nine years now. Dear Green Day--Don't ever quit making stuff that gets added to my 'personal anthem' list. Thanks, me.

Anj shared her Tarja Turunan CD (My Winter Storm) with me, and oh my. So very pretty. I love her voice. I loved her Nightwish-era music, and just never was as into that group after she left it. One track though, she does a cover of Alice Cooper's Poison, and it is so wrongly-beautifully-amusingly awesome that I love it to utter bits.

Finally read Sauntering Vaguely Downwards (http://community.livejournal.com/butterflywrites/11668.html, J2, NC-17, ~56k words), and it was as adorable as I thought it would be. I definitely agree with those who recced it. Cute and sweet, and makes me miss going to cons like freaking crazy.

Think I'm perhaps in a down mood swing in general. Feeling oddly stressed about the HVAC work being done tomorrow, sort of worrying about all the bits that could go wrong and being a bit restless to think about people in the house all day and all the hubbub that will go on.

Also sort of out of sorts because of comments in DotA guild chat that kind of hit that 'don't fit in anywhere' button. Couple of people making negative comments about those that like certain subject material, and finding them creepy. And it just makes me unhappy to see things like that, because yes, you may run into 'things that can't be unseen' that bother you in regards to yaoi/slash, but trust me, there's that sort of thing for yuri/femmeslash, and yes, certainly among het works, and even among non-pairing works. Generalizations are wrong, and just make those you've lumped in with 'that crowd' feel uncomfortable and like an outsider. Gotta love being labelled as stupid or creepy or wrong because of having an interest in something another person doesn't care for. I wish more people would respect others enough to not knock what they like or value, just because they don't care for it--especially when those others are extending them that sort of respect already.

Comments

[canyon_deye.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you about Nightwish. It was such an amazing band with Tarja - I don't think they had a single song I disliked. And they just kept getting better and better over the years! But with Anette I think they're way more mainstream now and the music is just kind of boring. The depth is gone.

My Winter Storm is a lovely album. Her voice is just something amazing. ♥

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I feel about the way their music changed! Nothing against the new vocalist, but yeah, exactly what you say there. Lacks depth, power, intensity, and not something that would have really stuck with me as memorable, even if I would have heard that era of Nightwish before the older version. I remember the first time I heard Tarja-era Nightwish (Dead Boy's Poem, which still remains my favorite), I just about got chills at how incredible it was.

[lady-eilthana.livejournal.com]

Wow. 9 years is a long time for LJ. I'm impressed.

I haven't read that fic yet but I think it sounds awesome. But I don't have a clue about Pratchett or Gaimann - is that necessary for the fic so that it's not too boring?

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Nah, knowing those two authors aren't really necessary. There's minor references to how Jared and Jensen in the fic are fans of the authors, but nothing that would keep you from enjoying it, I think. Worth giving it a try at least :)

[lady-eilthana.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks for telling me.

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

Green Day rules!

Don't let that stuff get you down - people are in such a hurry to generalize and judge things they don't understand and sometimes the internet just makes it 10 times worse. Until my hobbies become murder/dismemberment/various evil deeds, I refuse to feel bad about what I like. And anyone who wants to sit in judgment on me for it can kiss my bootay. ^_~