the luminous outset became the interminable middle

sastra_fuss  on patd & tweets

about a month ago i accidently pocket-blogged "ppp" from my phone. it remains the most commented post.
about 7 hours ago from web Jon's Tweet


of course. thank god it wasn't a string of numbers, it would be like a lost forum up in here

That is so true man. I could only imagine the theories if the ppp had been a string of numbers. Fandom, I love you. Craziness and all.


Plus, Jon Walker blogging and tweeting is made of all things good.

Also, Brendon's laaaav youuuuu made me grin.

Sometimes twitter is evil and a timesuck but sometimes is is wonderful.

1) Comment to this and I will give you 3 people.
2) Post this meme with your answers.
3) Provide pictures and the names of 3 people.
4) Label which you would marry, shag, and throw off a cliff.

misermob gave me Pete, Ryan, and Jon Walker. This was not a hard decision.

( Hard decisions, guys. Hard decisions. )

Okay that is all :)

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 :)

LJ Question: Many people believe that what you do on New Year's Day sets the tone for your entire year. How did you spend the first day of 2009? Do you think it will influence the rest of the year?

God, I hope how I spent the first day is not an indication of my theme of the year, considering I spent it mostly dazed due to sleep deprivation and a slight migraine from not eating correctly; to add to my exciting life, I only went out to run an errand at Wal-mart---so no, It better not be an indication of they year to come :)

Don't worry, I know you guys were much cooler than me on the first day. I hope you guys had a great time on that. dumspiro is my twitter username and I'm active on it, so add me or something :)

Jossip posted of Movies 'We' Can't Wait to See. I would like to recall it Movies They Can't Wait to See for some of them. One that did pique my interest; it was The Picture of Dorian Gray. As hot as I find Prince Caspian and Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton gets me all frenzied in that pleasant matter, I have to ask, wasn't Dorian blonde in the novel? I'm not one of those canon-police, but there weren't any actors with the hair color? Will Caspian be blonde in this one? (Wasn't Caspian supposed to be blonde in the Narnia movie? Is this some sort of conspiracy by Ben Barnes (ha! I do know his name \o/) to increase dark hair visibility?)

What movies are you guys excited for in '09?

How about music? I sort of want to hear the new Lily Allen; and, despite Panic making rumblings about new music, I wouldn't hold my breath for it until 2010---don't worry, I won't be upset if you guys mock my cynicism when the boys actually release new music in '09. I think I heard something about new Yeah Yeah Yeahs---umm, yes please!

In a random note--how creepy do you guys find the new FOB video? It made me think of the drug trip that I don't want to take. Some Hunter S. Thompson mixed with Dali. Hey Monday's Lead Singer reminds me of a younger female version of Pete for some reason. The whole circus theme makes me think of Panic's cousin; like in some AU, FOB is some creepy circus. Yes, I've read some bandom circus AUs out there but I'm talking bizarro!demented!Circus.

So today is someone's birthday. It's foxxcub 's birthday and she is entirely made of great things (like if you haven't read her stories and journal then you are missing out on excellence and sweetness!) but she is also great because she inspires great things, like the following story. So here is a rec, which everyone will eventually read, but just in case, here is some good peer pressure.

Title: If You're Not There To Sing Along
Author adellyna 
Pairing: Jon/Spencer
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5700
Summary: It's not that Jon isn't hot. It's that Spencer absolutely, positively cannot fuck up Ryan's band. It's an AU.


I don't know what else I have to say to sell it; but this is such a great AU. It's funny and slightly romantic. Excellent cameos. So here is an excerpt, if you need more reasons:

The second round of auditions is even more of a disaster, if such a thing is possible. Spencer puts a carefully worded ad up on Craigslist and receives a slew of dick pictures for his efforts.

"This is disgusting," he tells Ryan, jabbing his finger at his screen. "And irrelevant. Unless this guy is planning to play his guitar with his dick, in which case..."

"I don't think so," Ryan says thoughtfully. "He's uncircumcised."

It's a fallacy that a decade and a half of friendship enables you to understand every word out of someone's mouth. For this, Spencer is sometimes very grateful.

Go read!

This is another meme, but I really love it so I think everyone should do it too. I did it for PATD, FOB, and MCR (PATD need to make more songs, I'm just saying). Here it is :



- Choose a singer/band/group
- Answer the following using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group

( Memes!meme!Meme! )

Hello!

So I went ahead and joined nanowrimo :) I do hope to finish but even if I don't, it'll be nice to actually write more than two paragraphs at a time. When I actually finish my profile, I'll link you guys to it and, if any of you guys are doing it too, we can be writing buddies.

Speaking of writing--- I hope to sit down and edit that story I've been talking about for the last two weeks. It would have been done earlier, but I'm fighting off colds and other maladies, and I really can't look at a pc screen while I have a headache. 

I did start sequel for both the nate/patrick story (Definitive Countdown) and the patd one (yeah, the one I haven't even finished editing yet--) but those things will be on technical back shelf until November is done.

Now on to a meme:

List my favorite 10 songs from Panic at the Disco....

This is in no order!

Northern Downpour-- is the video out yet? This is one of my favorite songs from them and it just is one of my favorite songs. This is the song I played on repeat for an extremely long time and it's the song I play to people who don't know about PATD. I missed your skin while you were east-- guys, every time I hear that line, I still smile and get ridiculous.

Lying is the Most Fun....-- This is the song that actually pay any attention to them as a band. I was actually irritated with the 'I Write Sins' but the minute I heard this song, I was like 'ok, this band is cool', unfortunately, I didn't even realize they were the same band. This was also during one my musicless periods--I'll explain it later.

That Green Gentleman -- It's this song that made me unable to listen to the rest of the Pretty.Odd. I heard it one time on a Friday night, I didn't even hear the rest of the album until days later. TGG hopped onto my Top 25 in an obscenely short time.

Camisado -- It took me longer to actually get into this song; but I still love the desperate breakdown in the middle.

Time to Dance -- okay this was the song that made me actually buy Fever. This is also why I'm so sad to be missing Rock Band tour because I have yet to get the TTD live experience (with drums!). I love Acoustic!Brendon, but I want my drumming on Time to Dance!

Esteban-- mainly just for the drumming. What? You guys see who dominates my icons.

There's a Reason...--- I adore Gatsby and Fitzgerald. I love the jazz age! How could I not love this song? Yes, I do try the snapping thing Brendon does with 'you're a diva' and yes, I still fail half of the time.  ( I never claimed to have rhythm).

Mad as Rabbits -- just because I love dance parties; and it's one of the times I can really appreciate Spencer. Also, the song just feels jaunty to me :)

Karma Police -- okay, it's a cover. I can do that. I just really love the interplay towards the end with Ryan coming in with 'well I'm afraid that I...'  and 'for a minute there, I lost myself' and how Brendon sings that last line.

Tonight, Tonight -- love these lyrics and how Brendon sings them. The opening music is still lovely for me.

Alright, if you guys don't have these covers, tell me. I will upload them for you. I pretty much have every PATD cover now, I think. Plus, if you want, you could totally do this meme to with any band.

Okay so I was going to wait and post a giant list of stories I've enjoyed during my 'hiatus' (and I am still going to do that) but this story forced me to rec--they are just that great.

Alarm Clocks Fell On Their Heads by simplemitosis 
Rating: R
Word Count: approx. 1000
Pairing: Brendon/Spencer

This is a beatnik au and it's gorgeous. If you have read simplemitosis's fic before then you know how excellent she is, but if you haven't, then you are missing out. The main pairing here is Brendon/Spencer and their relationship is just conveyed in beautiful ways.

Excerpt:

Brendon on stage is this blur, this long streak in Spencer's mind of words that barely make sense, laced together words like, Jesus got mad at an apricot tree, and surprised laughter runs through the haphazardly pieced together crowd. He paints, he sketches this portrait with his easy words, and if they weren't written on his hands and forearms you would think his sentences were just falling out of him like he's too full of the English language to swallow anymore.