I'm not going to follow you like some nervous poodle.

[hackthis_archive]

1. I am going to write a story called Fire on the Exhale, which is a shooting reference for those who don't spend too much time watching the Military Channel.

2. I don't think I'm doing yuletide this year, which will be the first year since it started that I haven't signed up, but I just don't have it in me. I am kind of sad about this, but I have to prioritize.

3. Dear White Collar,

The idea is that the shows are supposed to get BETTER as you go along, not worse. Each episode from the pilot has gotten progressively less interesting and more bland. Despite popular belief, you cannot hold my interest on looks alone. Looks are meant to enhance, like a very nice hat, they cannot be the sole substance. Fail, man. You also can't magically exchange one minority for another and not expect anybody to notice.

You are on notice. Clean up your act or we're over.

No love,
X

This once again leaves me with ZERO shows until January 12. Oh my god, Cooper and Ben and Lydia hurry up.

4. I am looking for music. I'm interested in trying out anything by Colin Hay (I have waiting for my real life to begin and I just don't think I'll ever get over losing you) and Iron & Wine (I have Sodom, South Georgia, AB's Song, Flightless Bird, and a few others) so, if you have a favorite, please feel free to share it!

I am also looking for Big Brovaz 'Favourite Things', New Edition's Heart Break album, and the Double CD of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

I am also looking for a single, straight, hotass, Recon Marine between the ages of 28 and 35, with a brain between his ears, at least one good moral, and who doesn't mind Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald and The Roots on rotation. [Edited for explicit sex acts] Oh, and he needs to be male.

Hey, everybody has to have goals in life.

Comments

[antheia.livejournal.com]

What's important is that you've set a standard, at least. Or something.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I think we both know that my standards are not the problem...

[wordsalone.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one!

Yeah....White Collar hasn't been doing it for me lately. I loved the pilot but the last few episodes haven't impressed me. I still find the characters charming but eh. I don't know.

And where the heck did Diana go? I miss her.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I want Diana back!

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

I don't have anything you are looking for (music or marine) (and I love you but if I had one of those marines I would be hard pressed to give him up!) but I am totally looking forward to #1, a reference I understand wholly from my reading of GK fic and the related books. :D

I haven't watched this week's episode of White Collar yet but I was disappointed in last week. I thought the danger they put the witness in was kind of ridiculous and lame, which reflected the weak plot, I guess. Matt Bomer sure is pretty though.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I don't have anything you are looking for (music or marine) (and I love you but if I had one of those marines I would be hard pressed to give him up!) but I am totally looking forward to #1, a reference I understand wholly from my reading of GK fic and the related books. :D

I have developed this... thing. I don't know if you've noticed or not.

I haven't watched this week's episode of White Collar yet but I was disappointed in last week. I thought the danger they put the witness in was kind of ridiculous and lame, which reflected the weak plot, I guess. Matt Bomer sure is pretty though

I am not impressed at all. I want Diana and June back.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

I am also looking for a single, straight, hotass, Recon Marine between the ages of 28 and 35, with a brain between his ears, at least one good moral, and who doesn't mind Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald and The Roots on rotation. [Edited for explicit sex acts] Oh, and he needs to be male.
Dude. I have a whole stack of them in my closet. I've been hording.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

YOU EVOL TRICK! I knew somebody was keeping mine from me. You hand him over at once!

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

*MAKES GIMME HANDS*

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Is he even still living in Diane Carrol's character's amazing house anymore, or did she just go on vacation and leave him house-sitting? She needs to be in every episode, being worldly and awesome.

Ms. Replacement FBI Agent also played Wendy Watson in The Middleman, so I was happy to see her even if we lost that other very good character.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I wasn't into The Middleman, so this replacement person has no thrall on me. I find her flat; I'd rather have Diana back.

[jujubinha.livejournal.com]

and Iron & Wine (I have Sodom, South Georgia and AB's Song and a few others.

I can upload Around the Well, The Creek Drank the Cradle and The Shepherd's Dog for you. Oh, and also Iron & Wine and Calexico's In the Reins.

I have a thing for his music. :)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Are those whole albums or songs? Whatever you have is much appreciated. I do not know this Calexico you speak of.

[niciasus.livejournal.com]

Maybe if the replacement had started out first... I just want Diana back in the show.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Me too!

*stomps foot*

[shaney.livejournal.com]

I think this week's White Collar is not too bad, definitely an improvement from last week, and so far I'm still entertained, but I definitely want Diana and June back, and I want better cases. So far their villains are rather lacking in expertise and intelligence. However I really enjoy the characters' dynamics and that is keeping me going for now.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Really? I felt like it was worse than last week. Whatever it is, this downward trajectory is not good. I WANT JUNE! Otherwise, I agree 1000% with everything you said. It is not fair to be all awesome in the beginning and then just fall off. This is like a bad dating experience. He tells you he's brilliant and has a place over looking the water. Turns out he's average and has a place overlooking a water tower.

[betsyli.livejournal.com]

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL ABOUT WHITE COLLAR. Thank you.
*resists the urge to choke the writers for building up expectations with the pilot*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

WORD!

[londondrowning.livejournal.com]

The idea is that the shows are supposed to get BETTER as you go along, not worse. Each episode from the pilot has gotten progressively less interesting and more bland.

This sums up entirely how I feel about Glee, thank youf ro the words.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I'm not a Glee person, but I feel you.

[thorne-scratch.livejournal.com]

Jezebel, Woman King, Passing Afternoon, and The Trapeze Singer from Iron and Wine, zip. Those're the only four songs I have on this computer, but I don't think they're in the albums already uploaded above, except for Trapeze Singer, maybe.

If we get any likely adopted marines at our Thanksgiving dinner, I will send them your way, though they may be tested for quality control purposes prior to shipping. Extensively tested.

(You should have said so sooner! I could have corralled some off during the Marine Corps Marathon last month!)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Did you run the MCM? DOOD! I want to run that, how was it? Did you keep getting waylaid by all the hotass? Tell me all! Also, if you get orphaned hotass Marines around your dinner table THINK OF ME! (And send me photos).

Thank you for the music, too, bb.

(Where is my GK fic from you? Don't think I've forgotten).

[snarkaddict.livejournal.com]

RE White Collar: YES! While I did squee about the OT3 scene at the dinner table, the replacement FBI was pretty annoying with her bland acting, especially with the jealousy bit. WC, YOU ARE ON NOTICE. Also, I *so* want Diana back!

Hee! I love that military term.

As for I&W, I love Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song) and Jezebel (from the album Woman King, Love Vigilantes (from Around The Well) and Naked As We Came (from Our Endless Numbered Days). If you don't have them, tell me! I'll upload them for you as all of my I&W albums are at home. Oh, have you heard I&W and Calexico covering Wild Horses by Rolling Stones? Awesome!

I have some songs uploaded for you to try out here (http://www.box.net/shared/4pn4vtm7q0). Some of the songs are slow ones while others are rock-ishly loud.

Here's more slow songs I had lying in my box net account.
Sia - Academia (http://www.box.net/shared/l3gdj5omuz)
How can you not find lyrics like this awesome?
I’m a binary code that you cracked long ago
But to you I’m just a novel that you wish you’d never wrote

Regina Spektor - Samson (http://www.box.net/shared/p78uezpp31)
You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first

A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover (http://www.box.net/shared/2h6ggeyub1)
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

We want Diana! We Want Diana! Also, I have the Sia and absolutely love Regina Spektor and thusly already have Samson, but thank you! I will check out the other songs.

[themicemen.livejournal.com]

The White Collar fail makes me a bit sad, even though I still look forward to each ep only to be disappointed. >_<

Try yourself some Castle! :D I started watching for the Jon Huertas and stayed for the plot. :D

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I do watch Castle, I just don't talk about it b/c my Castle viewing tends to be OMG! WTF! POKE ILU!!! followed by me filing my nails waiting for Jon Huertas to show up on the screen again. Rinse. Repeat.

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

3. WHERE IS JUNE?!?!? For reals.

4. Hmmm, music... I don't have what you're looking for but I shared some files earlier today so hey, a little copy+paste. Maybe you'll find a thing or two you like.

Alone Again Or by Calexico - a very nice cover; feels smoother and more resigned than the original.

Troubled Days by Bengal Lancer - in this song, Billie Holiday meets Sonic Youth, morphs into Debbie Harry, I fall in love with the drummer sight unseen, the end comes too soon. It's AWESOME.

Tiempo de Solea by Ojos de Brujo - this is hiphop flamenco. It's superhot.

Lie Without a Lover by Robi Rosa - really, really nice bass line. And the boy can growl like nobody's business.

Un Ano de Amor by Luz Casal - the song from this scene. Sublime.

Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis - sex, drugs, and... acoustic folk. Works quite well.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Hip hop flamenco. DOOD.

I will download now! Thank you!

[aurora]

I see someone has already uploaded 'The Trapeze Swinger', which is my favorite Iron & Wine song. Have a zip with three other great I&W tracks - Each Coming Night, Freedom Hangs Like Heaven and Upward Over The Mountain.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Fire on the Exhale

I totally got the shooting reference! ::is proud::

The idea is that the shows are supposed to get BETTER as you go along, not worse.

Inorite?! ARG!

I am also looking for a single, straight, hotass, Recon Marine between the ages of 28 and 35, with a brain between his ears, at least one good moral, and who doesn't mind Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald and The Roots on rotation. [Edited for explicit sex acts] Oh, and he needs to be male.

Hey, everybody has to have goals in life.

I approve of these goals! If I had one, I'd send him your way. No, wait. If I had one, I'd keep him for myself, but if I had TWO I'd send one your way. For now I just have cookies.

ETA: Oh, and Diana will be back. Um, someday.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

ETA: Oh, and Diana will be back. Um, someday.

When I first suspected they'd done a POC swap I checked myself and said, no, surely not. Here, let me check IMDB. And Marsha Thomason is *listed* as being in seven episodes and I said oh, okay, they didn't do that -- but she's not showing up. The Baby hackthis is NOT happy.

[sundappled.livejournal.com]

I loved the White Collar pilot but the last episode couldn't even hold my attention for the whole hour. When I realised I was slogging through it solely for the purpose of drooling over Matt Bomer it seemed a bit pointless if I can just watch videos of him on YouTube.

My new music love is Bon Iver, who have an Iron and Wine kind of sound and I would recommend checking out if you haven't already. My favourite songs thus far are Skinny Love, Blood Bank and For Emma.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I loved the White Collar pilot but the last episode couldn't even hold my attention for the whole hour. When I realised I was slogging through it solely for the purpose of drooling over Matt Bomer it seemed a bit pointless if I can just watch videos of him on YouTube.

WORD!

[maurheti.livejournal.com]

1. I would read that story in a hot second. Also, I just picked this up. The jury is still out; I think there are probably better books on the subject, but hey, this one was $2.

3. The snark around the table chez Burke was nice in the last episode, idem Matt Bomer's forearms. The rest fills me with great sadness. I mean, Diana clearly trumps Lauren. Also, WHY NO JUNE?!

4. Tell me more about Ella and Louis -- do you mean this CD? Because if so, and if I can figure out how to upload a whole CD (well, two, technically...), I can supply.

As far as the single, straight, hotass Recon Marine goes... Yeah. That would be nice. [/understatement] (There are actually quite a few hotass Marines floating around in these parts; I keep meaning to mount an expedition. I shall report back...)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

1. Tell me how the book is. I do read amazon reviews and those did not seem particularly pleased, but for $2 I'll try most things :D

2. I described the lack of June and Diana and general awesome thusly above: It is not fair to be all awesome in the beginning and then just fall off. This is like a bad dating experience. He tells you he's brilliant and has a place over looking the water. Turns out he's average and has a place overlooking a water tower.

3. Re Ella and Louis, I meant this complete works boxed set (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ella-Fitzgerald-Louis-Armstrong/dp/B0000047EI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257797821&sr=1-4), which I just need to suck up and buy, but I would LOVE it if you'd be willing to help me out in the meantime.

4. You are hording all the Marines too! Why is nobody sharing. *sobs* Everybody is being mean to me! *sniffs* I WANT BRAD!

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

which is a shooting reference for those who don't spend too much time watching the Military Channel.

I totes knew that from my research into snipers. (See icon.)

My open letter to WC is: More Burn Notice, less Monk.

I am also looking for a single, straight, hotass, Recon Marine between the ages of 28 and 35, with a brain between his ears, at least one good moral, and who doesn't mind Johnny Cash, Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald and The Roots on rotation. [Edited for explicit sex acts] Oh, and he needs to be male.

Hmmmm. Would a retrofitted Sam Anders-model Cylon work? *gets out wrench set and soldering iron*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Sniper research is totally a legitimate past time. I'm just saying.


Hmmmm. Would a retrofitted Sam Anders-model Cylon work? *gets out wrench set and soldering iron*

Um, no, but only because I remember what happened to that last model.

[gen241.livejournal.com]

WC fandom needs to take up the slack and write fic that is as awesome as the pilot. thus far it seems that in the absence of a fic explosion, there's too much expectation placed on the show to be bring the happy. and it's really not...