the luminous outset became the interminable middle

ETA: OMG LJ CUTS will be the end of me one of these days!

I saw this meme like around last November and I knew I wanted to do it, but then technical difficulties arose and I had to put it on hold. If you haven't done it yet, then go do the meme :) 

And now....How I got into bandom (the short edition)

1. Bandom fangirl since: Though this journal was created on March 27th, 2008, I'm going to say that I've been reading/lurking in bandom since November of '07. So not too long, but I guess I'm not a n00b anymore ;)

2. First band in the fandom: Believe it or not, I came in through the Wentz.

( Pics or it didn't happen--FOB )

3. How, why, and when did you get into bandom?

That is a long answer that I will definitely answer in a post filled with fic recs and pics and music clips and rambling (sort of like this) but for now, the short answer: polyfandomrecs , mixed in with some boredom, a really cool snippet, and a strong feeling of 'I want another kind of story to read, maybe this is it', so it was completely random :) It's actually been over a year ago, and I still love it. Sure the furor has died down a bit, because if I ran on that level of adoration constantly, I'd be mentally dead. Still here and having a good time.

( 4 is some patd grp shots )6. What was the first bandom fic you ever read?

This is the second fic I saved onto delicious. (Ryan Ross: Wedding Planner--go read it now if you haven't. It's a classic.) But the first bandom fic I remember reading was a FOB one (Pete/Patrick).

7. When was your first bandom concert experience? What was it like?

So HCT 2008, here is my first unfiltered reaction. Here is the longer one after I took some time to calm down. I should warn for CAPS and rambling, but you guys should know me well enough now to just expect that :)

So If I had been posting hours earlier, this post would have probably been sprinkled in emo and boredom; but, not anymore! Thanks to some sort of LJ freeze (IDK!), I stepped away from the internet (maybe I could say unplugged ;) and came back and my flist is full of good things:

*If there was ever any doubt about why I adore Patrick Stump and why he is not only preaching sex from a microphone stand but is also my favorite. His current blog post explaining the Blender brouhaha (I have always wanted to use that word, it's true) just solidified that. Though I still stand by my offer to hug Joe Trohman :)

*The LJ panic has died down, so we all can breathe easy and get back to our good work of writing porn.

*Critics are still confounding me about Panic at the Disco. And really, if I wasn't confused by critics, then I wouldn't be me, so that is a good thing.

*That prompt thing, it's coming together well. Hooray to finishing!

*Listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is always a good thing.

*TOP CHEF!!!!

* Did anyone watch Nip/Tuck?

I should accept the fact that I make up lyrics for FOB songs; and I can't really understand some of the words. I thought I'd share some of my mishaps:

( lyrics? what lyrics? )

So I've been all on LJ today, mostly catching up with comments and going on people's journals to see how people are doing. I purposely didn't read ton of fic that I wanted to because I really wanted to catch up with my f-list. Truly, I really enjoy the social part of LJ just as much as the fic. I used to think that I only needed the fic, but I missed talking to you guys. (Yes it's past midnight in my time, so I get a little sappy :)

Thanks to a lack of tedious schooling dragging me down, I can focus more on reading and writing this weekend. So hooray to free time! I have to throw out there that I detest editing but I have to force myself to do it otherwise there is no point. I'm slowly getting the sequel to Definitive Countdown done but I'm not in a rush. I feel sort of weird like I want to scrap it and retool the idea to be a Jon/Spencer, but then I would have to change so much so I just hold the insanity at bay by ignoring that urge. I'm in some weird mental space with alot of the writing stuff now. Though I did start sketching out this cute AU which I will probably never finish, anyways. 

Am I being weird by already getting excited for bandombigbang again? I know it's not for some months now; but I have so much more music and I can't wait to make another mix! (I know. I'm more excited about making a mix, but that maybe all I can do.) I think about actually writing something for bandombigbang but I don't want to sign up and then not produce anything. So yay to definitely mixing!

I did not forget about the music post. I truly plan to do that by Friday night :)

If I changed my name from 'that girl is trouble in her sleep' to something like 'detox just to retox' or 'i don't feel bad for suicidal cats' would you guys use it against me?                   

Usually I exist in a state of ambivalence towards people, so I generally didn't think of Amanda Palmer that much besides liking what I heard of/about her (and can anyone not like that pic with her shirt saying 'lick my legs'?). But I have to say that this issue with her video and her record company is so ridiculously horrible and now I want to go buy her album. Have any of you guys heard her new album? I know Neil Gaiman wrote an intro for it and he always talks about her on his journal.

Speaking of buying albums: I managed to obtain funds to buy music! I'm super happy about it but of course FOB doesn't come out until the 16th! Can I be frank and say that I possess the full ability to buy music and vote on the same day? Because I can. Honest. While I understand the reasoning when I tilt my head to the left and spin, I still wish I had the full album now and not a collection of singles.

Question: On What A Catch Donnie, what exactly is Brendon singing? What lyrics? I can match every other part except for his, and I looked it up online and it said something about love... and what song is that from?

So a recent post on patd gave rise to some comments about pretty.odd. being a flop and I just have to say that I disagree. I heard they sold 600 000 worldwide and while I know that is not close to what was sold domestically for AFYCSO, I have to throw out there that I don't think they were going to sell as well regardless. They might as well have done what they wanted to do. (Since I want to try and keep this post short, I will save my patd postulizing for another post.) But my point is, thinking that patd has lost popularity so their new Live in Chicago CD/DVD should be easy to find was a misstep on my part. Neither Target or Walmart had it so now I just have to lurk and find it whenever I stumble on it. Maybe I will just catch the exclusive one on sale online at some later date because I want those pictures :)

Did you guys read that snippet with PATD discussing possible new music for '09? I have to say that I am really excited for it. I am curious to where they take their music now. I do have some hopes though *more drumming!* *more Jon singing!* *more exciting music!* *stronger songs!*--what are you guys hoping for with the new album?

We just bought a new keyboard for this desktop and it feels amazing. The old one was sticking and deleting mass amounts of words, which made me want to throw out a window after it ate two sentences of my nano.

( Another Meme!!! )

Title: Melodies for the Deaf
Pairing: Gabe/Patrick
Rating: PG--though I'm never quite sure about ratings
Summary: Gabe has a plan.
Word Count: ~630
A/N: This is the other thing I wrote for super_bandom week 4. I figured since I mentioned it in another post, I may as well post it for those who aren't a member of super_bandom could look at it if they wanted. do_come_in  was awesome and looked over this for me :)
Disclaimer: So much fiction.

( the scene is set behind the cut )

So can we all just acknowledge the general fabulousity ( I totally stole that word from Mia Michaels) of arsenicjade ?
Because she just posted a fic featuring Mikey/Frank/Pete and I am reading and enjoying it. I swear, I think I just fangirl over her writing because normally you couldn't catch me reading threesome fic not featuring Spencer Smith in it, and now I am deeply engrossed in this epic piece of greatness.

So in short---go read!

(I know she is responsible for Wednesday Night Boys-another excellent fic that you need to read)