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Day 10

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. (Or a few!) Tell us what makes it work for you, and why it appeals to you so much. Talk about what you like to see in fanworks featuring that theme most. Feel free to include recs and examples!

OK, so… I almost don’t want to say. Which is horrible, because I’m pretty much kink-shaming myself. :-P If that is making sense.

Because I like darkfic. And I don’t mean just a little-spanking-so-called-darkfic. I mean down the rabbit hole absolutely horrible darkfic that could give you nightmares. That kind of darkfic.

It’s not written often, especially not in all fandoms. I think it depends on the fandom. Where darkfic is the ‘biggest’, if you could say that according to my experience, is in the Buffy-fandom. Because there’s vampires. And they survive anything and heal anything. (I’ve read fics where vampires have been cut to pieces. Literary. And been kept that way. Ehm…) So so much good darkfic in that fandom.

But to my surprise, once I learned how to use the fic warnings in various archives, there’s quite a lot of darkfic going on in the Tokio Hotel fandom to. Once you know HOW to look for them, they’re there. There’s more than you might think. And a lot of it is really good!

Not that much in the Pirates-fandom. Interestingly enough since there’s various variations of zombie-pirates… In the Pirates-fandom there’s, however, a lot of cliché fic! All the pirate-clichés you can think off! *lol* However, in the Pirates-fandom there’s quite a few fic where the writer has incorporated real historic people, pirates from history. Which is interesting. :-)

Oh, another fandom where you could find quite a bit of darkfic was in the Sons of Anarchy fandom, but that’s not so strange, is it? That whole TV-show was a darkfic in and off itself. *lol* Since the show has ended though there’s not much action going on in the fandom. A shame.

So… WHY do I like darkfic so much? I think it’s the same thing why I loved dark biographies when I grew up. I mean, I read some seriously dark stories when I grew up, apart from all the fantasy books I read. As an example two of my favorite books from when I was… 14 or 15 years old are Phantom by Susan Kay and And I don't want to live this life - A mother's story of her daughter's murder by Deborah Spungen, which should tell you a lot. :-)

And then there’s the little thing about my loving tru crime stories, and that’s pretty dark to, isn’t it? So I guess I just like dark stories, be it fiction, biographies or fanfic. :-)

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Day 1

In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?

I've never participated before, but I've seen it around here and there. I never know what fandom to focus on though, since I've been in so many. But this year I decided to hell with it and to join in! :-D I'll just focus on whatever fandom I feel the most inspired for that particular post. :-)

What I hope it'll accomplish for me this year is to make sure I got used to post regularly in my journal again. After all these years, this has become a home of mine. I just don't always post. :-P I hope others will find it interesting to. Hopefully. I don't think my posts will be very long though. :-)

Day 2

In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, crazy times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone.

First time I got into fandom? Oh gawd.... Well, me and my best friend Yllytyg did fandomstuff without knowing it was that we were doing during the 1990's when we were watching Robin of Sherwood on TV and bonded over it. But we didn't have internet then, nor computers. And no connections to get a hold of any fanzines of any sort either.

The fandom I properly discovered online and that there were things called fanart and fanfic that was Xena the WarriorPrincess. I got a computer and everything then. So yeah, then I started to be active in a fandom.

My favorite fandom-memory must be the one and only convention I went to. A Xena convention at a hotel really close to Heathrow Airport in London. I got to meet some of the actors (not Lucy Lawless nor Renee O'Connor, but quite a few of my favorite villians...). But the best part about that con was that a lot of people from the board/forum I frequented daily back then had decided to meet up there. And we were from ALL OVER THE WORLD! So that was AMAZING and one of my favorite fandom memories. :-)

Day 3

In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.

Knowing quite a few writers, I'm bound to hurt someones feelings. So I apologize beforehand if I didn't rec a work you think I should have.

Going through my bookmarks and cleaning them up, I was so happy to find this Robin of Sherwood fic. It remains an amazing story no matter how you look at it.

Another substitute for screaming - Robin of Loxley/Will Scarlet. Dealing with loss the outlaw way... It's.. somewhat dark with mayor character death and stuff, but yeah. Amazing. Just as old as the TV-show I'd guess, and still holds up well to this day.

Age of Unreason - You want something epic? I give you this. The world the writer builds in this is just... I have no words. It's dark. Extremly dark. And, of course, it's Spike who gets the bad end of the stick here. The pairings from the Buffy-verse are all over the place. I think she manages to get nearly all, fanon and canon and everything in between. But what sticks with me is the world she builds in this. It's a very long fic, but if you have time and the stomach (see: extremly dark), it's so worht it! Also, you need to friend glassdarklyuk to be able to read it.

Transition - I actually helped the writer with this. Not beta, I suck at grammar. But to iron out the story. And what a story it is... It centers around Georg, this story. Yeah, it's Tokio Hotel, so RP-slash and all. Anyway, this is again an extremly dark story, so beware of that. Transgender issues, dangers when it comes to gay clubs, rape drugs... There's just so much going on here. And the story is just out of this world. Do read it if you can stomach it!

Sugar I'm going down - A fic actually written for me. I know. I've had a few fics written for me in the Tokio Hotel fandom, and it is just as amazing every time! This is, again, very dark and deals with mental issues so beautiful. This whole fic is just... I have no words. None. Just read it. During all my active fandom-years, this is one of my absolut favorite fics, no joke.

When you're talking Tokio Hotel fanfic, there's a few writers that I just have to mention.

Snowstormskies - Who ended up a very dear friend of mine, and who writes emotion like I don't even know what. She really gets into the head off her characters.

Raiju What patience earns, King of Kings... Do I even have to say more? I've still to finish off King of Kings, because I just can't even... o.O

Steinsgrrl - What to say off her? She ran the fiction archive for quite a long time. She's been around in the fandom for very long to and is an all around amazing person and writer.

and last but not least

Zarlina - who is probably one of the most productive writers I know! And she's GOOD to!

And if I've forgotten any writers that I know, PLEASE forgive me!!!

Right on, I have a hole in a tooth that hurts like a motherfucker, so tomorrow morning there will be a visit to the dentist. Feel sorry for me? More fandom stuff tomorrow!

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I promised to say if I got any fun calls on The Swedish Number as a random swede. And I did some time ago actually. While doing dishes. In my pajamas. X-D

I had made myself available to take calls, and I got a call. And it was from a radio station in Paraguay. And I was suddenly live talking on the air.

...

Yes, I'm not even kidding. X-D We had a bit of a language problem since I couldn't speak spanish and they could barely speak english! *LOL* But we made do, and it worked out moderately fine. They wanted to know why I was taking calls, if I thought it was fun. Approximately where I lived in Sweden (so they could look on a map) and the best things I could recommend about Sweden (NATURE, NATURE, NATURE! And Allemansrätten!).

That was a FUN call! The guys were really cute. One of them could speak moderately well english. And I found out he'd learned it from movies. In particular, the Star Wars movies. Apparently such a big fan, he was called Jedi. Ha ha ha! SO AWESOME! They tracked my twitter down after I gave the name to them, so now I know what the station is called. Mandiorama! A bunch of true gentlemen, to be quite honest! So if you know spanish, well... ;-)

Here's their twitter: @Mandiorama and their Facebook: Mandiorama.

Since then I haven't taken that many calls, though. :-P I've amused myself to catch up on the the swedish TV show Let's Dance instead, which is the swedish version of Dancing with the stars. :-) It's very campy and cheesy and filled with clichés, but I can't help but love it.

I also follow a very nice documentary series that try to understand the many many beggers from Romania we have here in the city were I live, Borås. It has become a problem, and the question is HOW to help all these people the best? The documentary series is not saying it has an answer, it just wants to show that these are people too, they have a reason for being here and have lives like everyone else. It's gut-wrenching to watch, but important to, I believe.

What's more been going on? Not much. After Alexandra's run in with high fevers and that fever cramp, things has been going on as normal with her. Nothing strange there.

We visited mom and celebrated her birthday, which was GREAT! :-D When I asked mom what she wanted she said she wanted socks. OK then! The woman wanted socks, she’ll get socks. *LOL* So I bought a lot of fun ones from SockDreams. Made me giggle, and I knew mom would love it. :-)

Only problem was that for some reason they had some problem in the US, namely LA, when the package was to be shipped, so I didn’t get it until it was too late. And I’d ordered it with plenty time to! So she got some flowers instead and we decided she’d get her gift when next we meet.

Two days after we got home, her socks arrived. Which Alexandra thought was so much fun, so day after they’d arrived she decided that we were going to post grandma a package with her socks. *LOL* And Alexandra was SOOOO DETERMINED! So we wrapped them up, we sorta wrote a letter and after dinner we went to the nearest post office and posted it. Alexandra thought it was SO MUCH FUN!

( Alexandra and the package to grandma! )

Silly girl. *lol* Mom loved to get a surprise package though, so I’d call it a success. :-)

Work, well… it’s insane as ever. Preparations for our move from our temporary premises is in full swing behind the scenes. I’ve seen furniture and shelves for the new library presented from four companies, and it looks wonderful. Once everyone else have decided what company they like the most, it’ll be decided and work to start furnish the school and library will start. This a slow process though, and I’m already stressed over August when school starts up again. (That’s healthy… not.) I’m really looking forward to have a totally fresh and new library though! :-D

When not working I’m totally fangirling online like always. A lot of time goes to roleplaying with @Duodeathstar. And to help tattooofhername with her MASSIVE fic Transition! Dark, so very dark a fic. But DAMN! It’s SO GOOD! Proud to be a part of that. :-D

Talking off fandom’s and such, one of my new friends on my friendslist, denorios, has written SUCH an interesting piece of meta on the evolution of fandoms. And it’s SO GOOD! You need to go read it stat! Who is the best fan? The one who followed the band/actor before they were popular? Or the fans that just discovered them? Or are ALL fans just as good? ;-)

What are your thoughts on the evolution of fandom?

You can probably guess my view on the matter. ;-)

Sad thing lately, and well… All of 2016 is all the artistic icons that keep dying this year. Latest in the list is Prince who died last night (my time).
He was such an amazing artist and seemed to have been an amazing human being to. I’m quite sure he’ll be greatly missed. Not only by fans, but family I’m sure.

Here’s Prince’s halftime show from SuperBowl 2007, which is so damn impressive. Pouring rain, lightning and thunder… And what does he do? Rock on in one hell of a halftime show on a slick stage with electric lights, playing several electric guitars and walking around on crazy high heels. The man rocked. Hands down.


( Prince rocking out on stage in pouring rain! )

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Wow... I am really getting back into this LJ-thing, aren't I? It just feels really damn GOOD! :-D Like I'm coming home. Which, you know... It basically is. *checks* My first entry was posted in December of 2003. Damn... o.O Could say I've spent a significant part of my time here.

Work has been good today. REALLY lazy, so I got in some fanfic reading in the midst of it. :-) Well, not 'normal' fanfic reading. I did, what I call it, my 'commenting-thing'. Where I read through a fanfic before it's finished or made official and see what makes sense and what makes no sense etc. Can't be a proper beta, because well... swedish. Plus I suck at grammar in my own language, so having me as a proper beta would just be a disaster waiting to happen. *LOL* Apparently this 'commenting-thing' is popular, since I have done it for three writers. Currently "only" doing it for two. :-) It's A LOT of fun though, or I wouldn't be doing it.

Had some really cute encounters with kids/teens at the school today. :-) I mean, I know this is one (of two) of the most troublesome schools in the city, but that doesn't mean that ALL kids are hooligans. There's some seriously AWESOME kids in this school, from ALL OVER the world. And that is pretty neat. And the best part of this job, to be quite honest. I learn SO MUCH! Also, both headmasters are very pleased with what I've done so far. And rumors has it that my predecessor/previous eccentric colleague won't be coming back. Which means, this library will be mine. *SQUEEE!!!* :-D

Future is looking fucking bright, if you ask me. ;-)

And to finish this post off, as I do from time to time, I'll share stuff I've found online.

First off I give you this. From this Christmas somewhere in the US. I'm always amazed at how much time US-people spend on the light on their houses. This was pretty cool though, and I know my kid would have peed herself with joy over this, the fangirl that she is. :-D

Frozen lights blinking in time with Let It Go...

This I found hilarious. I live in a straight relationship as it were, so couldn't even imagine. How on earth can people actually say this? It's just... nuts.

( Things people ask gay dads... )

On a bit more somber note, this is both disturbing and interesting all in the same time. Because really, only women is beaten, right? Wrong...

( Domestic abuse advert Mankind )

This on the other hand made me laugh. All big hearty belly laugh, as it were. :-D And perfect for International Woman's Day!

( Revealing dress -lady and old almost dead -lady on the tram... )

Talking off International Woman's day... I give you some kick ass strong women in comics. And I ain't talking super hero comics. I'm talking Elfquest, best comic ever made. And this article tells you just why you should read it... if nothing else for the awesomeness that is the female characters in said comic.

To hunt, to howl, to live free - Heather Johannsen on the powerful women of Elfquest

And... Now I need to go to bed. New day to strangel hooligan kids tomorrow. ;-)

Oh! And lastly, those coming over from 'that meme'... WELCOME! I'll do an about my post tomorrow! PROMISE! :-D Glad to have you here!

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I've collected so many things that I've wanted to share, that it’s a bit insane. So now I am going to! I’m sure there’ll be something for everyone that might be of interest in this… Serious, funny, cute, sad or just interesting. :-)

First up is both a sad and cute one. We all loved Jim Henson, right? Apparently the artists at Disney did to, because when Jim Henson died, this was the condolence card sent to the company… So sweet and cute and sad…

( There there... )

You've all heard about 50 Shades of Grey, right? Well, so have I. And I've read the first book, even if it was a very difficult struggle. Because even though it is written like a love story, it is so very very clearly not. All the things that are written as romantic traits in Christian Grey are abusive traits. And I can not understand why someone would write it like that. Anyway, here’s one of the best articles I've found as of yet on the subject abuse in 50 Shades of Grey. Might be a little bit triggering.

Fifty Shades of F**king Abuse

You think that’s it? Oh no… No, no, no… The internet is abuzz with 50 Shades of Grey pros and cons. (I hate it, but I guess you've figured that out by now.) And this… THIS is really REALLY interesting. Especially if you’re involved with fandoms and fanfic reading and/or writing. How 50 Shades became so popular and where it comes from… and how the Twilight fandom works. I wasn't privy to all that is written in this post, I'll be honest to say. It’s originally from Reddit, and the original link is in this post, but this was just a neat way to read it to me who is not a Reddit fan. :-)

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Reddit Origins Essay

Now for something nicer. :-) Like some art. Art is soothing, right? And sometimes you stumble upon an artist that is so good you get a headache. *LOL* This artist is amazing, and I beg you to go check out her gallery, since you’ll have your jaw at the floor in no time. Geezes christ the detail this woman draws…

Midnight Ramblings - …the sketches & scribblings of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law…

I follow her on Instagram as well, and man... Her progress-photos makes me weep.

Stephanie Pui Mun Law on Instagram

If you’re swedish or know the language, I do sugest you check out this interview. :-) It’s one of my sweet friends, Owlfoot, that is interviewed in swedish television since she don’t want kids and had a Sterilization done when she was 28. It’s a great interview, and I must say I am proud to have such tough intelligent and wise friends. :-)

Måste man ha barn i en lycklig relation?

And this? This is kinda cute with an important message… :-)

( Human Rights - The Harry Potter version )

Talking of Harry Potter, my friend [Bad username or site: ”snowstormskies” @ livejournal.com] gave me a new view of the character Dumbledore, who I usually like. Very interesting.

Dumbledore is not a nice guy

And then there’s this. And this seriously cracked me up! X-D Men, at least you don’t have it as bad as the male honeybee! *lol* Sometimes I think Mother Nature does these things just to fuck around with us…

The male honeybee...

If you don’t know who John Cleese is, then you fail at life. *lol* Seriously, this man and Monthy Python and the Flying Circus has influenced comedy SO MUCH! Whether you like them or not you have to give them credit for that. And now John Cleese has released a biography about his life called So Anyway… which I for one really look forward reading! It has been translated and may libraries have it in their collections now….… And in preparation of that John Cleese got interviewed. By Eddie Izzard. This is, in a word, brilliance! It is a LOVELY interview! Seriously! Go look!

( Eddie Izzard interviews John Cleese about his comedy influences and more )

( Eddie Izzard talks to John Cleese about his school days and when he discovered comedy )

I don’t know much about Taylor Swift, I will admit. Her music is not what I usually listen to. But I will say this was very cool! It went, if not viral, then it sure made it’s rounds around Christmas. And I've rewatched it quite a few times. All the props to Taylor Swift for doing this. I don’t know many celebrities that would. To get a personalized gift from your idol? That… is pretty cool. :-)

( Taylor Swift's Gift Giving of 2014 )

And here be some lovely lovely library porn. Give me a break. I’m a librarian. These tickle me like not much else. And I would love to go on a trip to explore various libraries in the world, just for the hell of it. I’m a silly sod, I know. :-D

House Of Books: The Most Majestically Beautiful Libraries Around The World Photographed By Franck Bohbot

Here’s a bit more modern a library, but damn.. It’s really cool still!

( Modern gorgeous library... )

To end this post on a laugh! (A bit NSFW-laugh, but still…) Here’s an image that was shared on Plurk that seriously cracked me up. X-D

( Toothbrush porn... )

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I swear!

I've just been busy, I'd say.

Kid / Alexandra / mini_viking (I've gotten back to update her LJ, btw!)

Especially these last two weeks. Because Alexandra has started daycare at one of the day care centers around here. Oh yes. Even if I am partly unemployed and just hired by the hour, she is still allowed 15 hours each week according to Swedish rules.

But she had to get used to the place and the teachers working there and all them other kids. But since I've been smart enough to always bring her with me everywhere and going to sing-a-longs and baby swimming class and Open Preschool and all that... Alexandra is used to people and other kids. She likes to hang around with others. She is a social kid already. So I wasn't that worried.

First days we were just there a little, progressively longer days. I was with her the whole time! Although, she didn't care much about mom, crawling off to play with all them kids. The other kids are from age 1 - 5 or 6. (You start school at age 6 here in Sweden.) So it can get a bit loud sometimes. Alexandra don't care though, she was happy crawling around. And all the other kids fussed over her, since she is the smallest one in the group. It was really cute! :-)

Second week, I started leaving her alone there, a little at a time. First time just 30 mins, and then longer and longer... Friday she was there from 8:30am until 1pm.

And she has done GREAT the whole time! The teachers that work with the kids in that group keeps telling me what a cute, brave, independent, secure in herself kid she is. I really don't know what to answer to that. Because... somehow I must have done something right along the way.

Although, I have no idea what. o.O

The day care center is AWESOME though! :-D And the teachers/staff that works there are brilliant. It wasn't our first choice, so it's a bit to walk there. Takes me 20-25 mins to get there in the morning. NOT fun. :-/ Our first choice is like... 5 mins walk from here. A bit of a difference. We are still in line for that one though, and hopefully there'll be room for Alexandra there within 6months.

So that's been keeping me VERY busy.

Alexandra will be there 8am - 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every week from now on.

What will I do in the meantime? LOOK FOR A JOB!!! GAWD! I need to get out of here and hang out with other adults.

Family

Yesterday we visited my little brother who had his 32nd birthday. I've been, admittedly, very worried about him what with the divorce and his ex-wife being so... different than who she used to be it is crazy. And of course worried about my niece and nephew, Alexandra's cousins. Them kids live one week with my brother and one week with his ex-wife. So far it seems to be going really well since they live close to each other thanx to work and such...

Apparently she got another guy already though. My brother had his suspicions, but she wouldn't come clean for quite a while, but now she has. I thought that would make my brother even more upset and such... But instead he is relieved. Because now there's nothing hidden between them anymore, and he can move on. So he is way happier again, and in turn that makes the kids feel better to! Apparently they are more happier when they stay with my brother than with their mom. It's a bit crazy with his ex-wife, really...

They've been together since they both were 16. And I guess you change a lot during 16 more years...

Anyway. I am DAMN proud of how far my brother has gotten after all this. Already, I might add! It hasn't been that long since they filed for divorce. But on the other hand, the marriage hasn't been that good for long, so... *shrug*

Had a brilliant time with him and mom and my relatives yesterday though! Alexandra was exhausted when we left and slept in the car on our way home. I think she had fun to playing with cousins, grandma and such!

Fandom

I inherited a community, tokiohotelslash! YAY! With over 900 members! YAY! Or... wait, what?!? Because there's some seriously suspicious journals I've seen when I've checked the members list randomly... (Not updated since 2007? Not updated AT ALL? No birthdate? No info what so ever? Yes. Suspicious...)

Also, the tags is a bit of a mess. I am sure there was a plan there at some point, but it has since been lost when the community has kept changing hands.

And I want to do something with the place. Currently I do pimp-posts, once a week. Pimping fic with a specific pairing. I am also considering running some sort of fic-challenge, but how to make it different? The FQF's that are run by the BRILLIANT mods at th_fanfic twice a year is all the rage, not to mention Secret Santas, so I am not sure if I should...? And if I do... how to make them different? Drabbles? *shrug*

One thing at a time, I suppose. I'll have tackle the tags and members problem first.

I will admit it is a bit exciting though! And I hope I'll do a good job with it. :-D

Still keeping up my Project of Doom, as I lovingly have named it as well. :-) I keep checking TokihotelFiction.Com every day (or every other day) to see what fic has been updated, and what pairing... collecting data to see what pairing is the most popular and HOW much popular it is compared to others. It's very interesting! I've kept it up for this entire year, and it'll be fun to see the final results in December!

I feel quite proud over the fact I've managed to keep it up for 9 months! :-D I wasn't sure I'd be able to when I started, to be honest. Now I think I'll make it to the end of the year! *determined*


Anyway, that's me right now. :-) All over the place, like always. *grins* :-D I hope everyone is doing good though, or as good as can be!

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I am an expert at procrastinate. And that is not always a good thing.

See, I have my pile of shame on my desk. That is, the pile of important papers I SHOULD deal with as soon as possible. Problem though. I procrastinate and just don't get to it. :-/ NOT of the good. This almost made me lose the space Alexandra got in public daycare. FUCK! Gladly I could solve this over the phone, but damn! That was a close call. NOT good!

Sometimes I really hate being an adult. *sigh*

I've read some really good fanfic lately though! I usually don't take time to read any fanfic, but the other night I did. :-) I can never resist a good threesome fic, and then there was a prequel to, so hey... All of the good, right? Only, I'd never read anything in said fandom before, so I was very much the virgin. And it was awesome! :-D What a great fic that was!

So I do recommend checking it out. It's written by snowstormskies and her friend (and bunny-farmer) casey270.

They made these fic into a series called Growth and Change, so I hope there'll be more. :-)

First is called A Place To Grow and the second is called A Time To Change. It's in the Adam Lambert fandom with Tom Kaulitz thrown in for good measure. ;-)

When I'd finished reading that thing I cruised around the community where that thing had been posted here on LJ. And what do I find. But a fic mixing up the Adam Lambert fandom... and Buffy the Vampireslayer fandom. X-D In specific them two vampires Spike and Angel! *laughs ass off* I swear to gawd them vampires show up EVERYWHERE! Either that or everyone wants them to fuck everything... or get fucked by everything! *is highly amused* I think I have to read that fic to, just for the hell of it. Snarky vampires? I am SOOO there! X-D

Tomorrow peting73 goes back to work after his long LOOOOONG vacation (5 weeks), so it'll be just me and Alexandra alone again. I think I'll take her to the library. We need to change up the picture books here anyway. :-) Plus she broke a cookbook I borrowed earlier, so I need to... probably get a bill for that. :-P If I can't talk my way out of it. And I need to get an appointment to cut my hair at the hairdresser downtown.

At least I have some sort of plan to entertain her tomorrow. And me. *grin*

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Spreading the word!

Via steinsgrrl:

2013 September FQF Prompt Grab posts are OPEN, y'all!

Linkage is here.

We ended up with 229 prompts this year, which is ridiculous and fantastic and there has seriously got to be a prompt for every writer. And not only that, for the first year, we're allowing art submissions, so there are plenty of art prompts, too!

And writers, to make things a little more informal, we're doing away with the minimum and maximum word counts!

fyredancer, Zeph317toho, and I would love if you'd check it out and we hope you'll find a prompt to claim!

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I have a bunch of stuff to share right now, so... have a sharing post! Filled with, hopefully, stuff that'll be amusing, interesting, thought-provoking or... just plain old fun. :-)

I'll start off with a swedish link for those swedes and/or scandinavians that might read this place. :-) A link about how tough girls who love horses REALLY are... written by a man and discussing the difference between the so called macho-hobbies that boys usually do and what it really takes to care for a horse and ride it to...
Häst-tjejer VS Macho-män
(Google-translate link that is so, so... but understandable in english, right HERE!, let me know if some words do not make sense.)

The comments on that article are pretty awesome to, with some brilliant stories. :-)

Another swedish link, since I sat laughing at this an entire evening when reading it. X-D And this link is VERY NSFW! The name says it all really: Telefonhoran / Phonehooker. It is a woman who worked on a hotline, talking sex with guys who paid for her time. And in this blogg she put up examples of what kind of phone-calls and costumers she had. And dude... DUDE! X-D The people she had to talk to! Some men, I mean... Really? SEIROUSLY??? X-D I could do this. EASILY! *laughs*
Telefonhorans Blogg
Google translate link that is so, so... but again somewhat understandable in english right HERE. If you need help with words or sentances, ask me!)

Fun , eh? X-D Onwards!

Some more fun! This was hilerious, and I laughed my ass off watching this vid! These two guys are apparently vid-bloggers and good friends... and again, apparently, they have a fan-following... that writes M/M fanfiction about them. And they found said fanfiction and are in this vid reading it aloud! It cracked me up. SO BAD! Just think if any of the TH-boys would do this! X-D Good lord...

( Fanfiction comes to life! )

Now tell me you didn't laugh your ass of just now watching that... ;-) X-D They are really getting into it, aren't they? X-D

To keep on the gay side of life... well, at least when it comes to all sorts of fiction! Here's a great little article/blogg-post/what have you about how awesome it really is that there are a lot of women out there that write about gay-romance! :-D It is a great piece of reading, since it goes from how did I get into this? And how do I work it now? :-D I loved reading it anyway!
The face of Gay

Next is a vid that will make sure you don't need drugs.. *lol* Watching this and doing exactly as it tells you to will make you allucinate! I am not even joking. My walls were moving for a couple of seconds when I tried it... I didn't believe it would work, but dude. It did. Pretty cool!

( Trippy - this video will make you hallucinate! )

Then another awesome thing I stumbled upon the other day. I think I found a new band to fangirl! *lol* This band, The Mini Band, is really really awesome! The oldest member is 12 years old... A few years ago they made a vid where they played the song Enter Sandman by Metallica that went viral on YouTube (when they were 8-10 years old). So viral, in fact, that Metallica themselves saw it... and made a video-message for them kids. How cool is THAT??? :-D

( Enter Sandman - The vid that went viral and Metallica saw... )

( The video message from Metallica to The Mini Band! )

Those kids probably peed their pants when their idols actually sent them a message! :-D So awesome! Here's them kids website, btw! Well worth a checkout, since they are now writing and recording THEIR OWN MUSIC! Did I mention the oldest one is currently 12 years old? Yeah, just... WOW...
The Mini Band!

Talking of bands, let's fangirl a bit over Tokio Hotel! Or well... laugh at these AWESOME badly drawn fanart! X-D And yes. They are badly drawn. (Stick-figures.) And yes, they are awesome! (Such a wonderful sense of humor!) And yes, you can send them a message on Tumblr asking for a drawing! :-D
I SURE DID!!! And after that, I THANKED THEM! As one should. ;-) They seem to be a fun bunch, and I do wholeheartedly recommend this Tumblr!
Badly Drawn Tokio Hotel!

Now to get a lil serious... After recent events, it is easy to lose faith in humanity. But we have to remember there are some really awesome people around to! As this list shows! Really, those people mentioned rock SO HARD!
20 images that will restore your faith in humanity

Also, as most of you probably know, I really REALLY hate Twilight with a burning passion! I do... And 50 Shades of Grey is just worse, since it is a badly written Twilight fanfiction that made everything that made me hate Twilight even worse. It is THAT bad... And still there are those out there that say that Christian Grey (Edward Cullen copy, and the so called white knight and romantic lead of the book) is the best man ever and eveyrone should strive to get such a man.

Excuse me while I throw up.

This is the reason why we whould not strive for such a man. Warning for triggery subjects. I kid you not.

Need more evidence that 50 Shades is about an abusive relationship?!

It is scary what kids read these days sometimes...

And while we are on the subject, this is BRILLIANTLY written and shows the difference on how women and men is portrayed in the media. I loved it. Read it and give it a good think-through.

Jon Hamm Needs To Stop Dressing Like a Total Slut

Also, remember THIS VID that pretty much went viral... well, almost. And is damn impressive, I won't lie... Why do I get the feeling it was only made to draw attention and as a commercial vid for THIS website selling a yoga-product? Might be because the damn vid appears and is mentioned all over the site, pretty much! :-/ Really put a downer on something that impressive, don't it? Bet they got a lot of costumers when said vid went viral. :-P


Anyway, sorry to end on a bit of a downer-note, but it just happened that way. Onwards with life, eh?

*does just that*


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Can't wait for tomorrow! :-D It'll be awesome! And somewhat interesting what with Alexandra with us...

Because tomorrow me and peting73 will get our tattoos! And they'll be the same! I know where I am going to have mine... Not sure if peting73 will have his at the same spot on him... But we'll see! And it is connected to Alexandra to! Oh, it'll be so awesome!

Having a baby at a tattoo-studio though for several hours will be an interesting experience. *lol* I'll make sure to pack plenty food and diapers... plus some toys. And we'll be fine, I hope. ;-)

Also, someone needs to stop me from waisting what little time and internet I have on reading fanfic. Dude. I read so much fanfic these days! o.O

I think it is because since we changed our modem (like the company wanted) the interent is nearly none-existant... Strangely, Tokio Hotel Fiction still works sorta fine. O.o So I read fic. What is even more troublesome is that our phone went belly up on us and died. NOT AMUSED! And it was fairly new to. WTH? Very annoying. And it all happened after we'd changed that modem. Gotta check up on that. I mean, people are trying to call us! *sigh*

But enough of that!

Tomorrow: TATTOOS!!! :-D *excited*

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