idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.

Because I am never afraid to mince words I'm just going to say that IMO, Heroes is sucking the big sophomore ass this year. It's slow and monotonous and they are stretching themselves entirely too thin.

If you already have an ensemble cast, adding to that without utilizing what is already there is sloppy and wasteful. And also? Hella convoluted. Last night, I got up and walked away from Heroes, because there was nothing happening.* It pains me to see such a talented cast just picking the lint from their navels.

*I'm having shades of Smallville S2 here, people. Just saying.

( You've got a rodent infestation. You need to call the exterminator. Or how to Fix Heroes in Five Easy Steps. Spoilers for Season 2 )


I am not completely out of sorts today. Here watch David Anders singing. Oh, and Greg Grunberg too. Adrian, ilu.

Also, I finally watched Firefly the series. I know I am late, whatever. I only watched it b/c I'd watched Serenity six times. Hey, Firefly didn't have Chiwetel Ejiofor, Serenity did. I love everyone. I want a Mal. And a Jayne. And a Zoe. And now I see who made too-close siblings all the rage. Anybody want to recommend their favorite Firefly story to me? Hit me up. I am equal-opportunity anything and everything, except Inara who annoyed me to near-death.

The Man is keeping me from writing Act II of Make Sure They See My Face with his work shenanigans. Here I am trying to write Milo RPF and I am being THWARTED. *pauses* Now there's a sentence I never thought I would type. I also want to write more Chuck/Awesome, because well, they are Awesomecakes. You know who else is awesomecakes? Adrian. And sparky77. In fact, sparky77 is so awesome, that she wrote me the story of awesome, err, Adrian.

Go! Run! Read The Story of Awesome Adrian.

Sign up for the newest religous craze. It's totally sweeping the nation. And, yes, I take my responsibilities as a priestess of the Pasdarhood very seriously. This is my serious face.

I have a new project. It could only be 1000 words. Or like 10,000, who knows. Let's celebrate with some tunes shall well?

Frankenmix 18.5 (Mini-Mix) (<-- are you happy now, them0rgue?)

( The Spin-That-Motherfucker Mix )

I had a dream last night that I had to make this poll. It's just for curiousity's sake, but you know me, I may try to pick your brains later if I want one of my characters to start cursing at people in Russian. Even though my keyboard isn't equipped for Russian.

ETA: I define 'speak' as some degree of fluency/proficency where you can a) carry on a conversation b) curse prolifically and summon a policeman in said language and/or c) survive if you are kidnapped, tied up, dropped off in that country with nothing but your name, and can communicate well enough with other people (without sign language) so you can get back home.

Too much Burn Notice what?

ETA 2: Yes, kids, I know that Scandinavian and Eastern European are regions and not languages, but in some instances you have to generalize because unless it's for a paper, I'm not listing 600 languages.

[Poll #1077017]

1) Chuck was adorable last night. He is really growing me. He's Seth v 2.0 - but much more tolerable.

2) Okay, someone I trust implicitly tells me that Gossip Girl is the best thing since sliced bread, and while I am dubious, I understand that Spiers from Band of Brothers is on there in some capacity and I may at least have to view an episode. When's this crack on then?

3) Prior to last night's Heroes I got a text from serialkarma that said, "Nathan is fucking hot tonight" to which I replied, "That's like saying water is wet."

When is Nathan not hot? Tell me that. Remember that I loved The Beard.

Having said that, I think we all know my general reaction to 2.05 was ( Fight or Flight or Tie Adrian Pasdar Down and Lick Him. Heroes 2.05 spoilers )

Dear Flist:

I am looking for the following songs. Plz to help.


- Garbage 'The World is Not Enough'
- Hall & Oates 'Family Man' & 'Out of Touch'
- Herbert (anything besides 'Something isn't Right')
- Jason Mraz 'The Remedy'
- Kenna 'Make Sure they See My Face' (the LP)
- Ours 'Sometimes'
- Ours 'Leaves'
- R.E.M. 'Losing My Religion'
- R.E.M. 'Daysleeper'
- The Vines 'Get Free'

If the first thought you have upon returning from holiday, is "Wow, I totally should have stayed where I was!" perhaps that's not the best sign. I do hope everyone is well and all that bollocks -- Happy Belated Birthday to the most beloved sparky77! If there's anything I missed that you think might make me happy, by all means, HOOK ME UP!

I have a story idea which I hope to present to you soon (CRACK! Love the crack! Embrace the crack!) but mostly I am posting because Adrian Pasdar is Love! yuletide assignments came out while I was gone and Jesus fuck am I screwed and I wanted to leave a wee note for My Most Awesomest Yuletide-Type Person. Ahem.


Dearest yuletide type person:

HI! I hope this finds you well and not ready to string me up by my toes so you can bleed me out slowly. This is my fifth year participating in yuletide and probably the first time I've ever put "details" in my requests. I mostly did it because people seem to like direction, me, though you know, I'm not real picky. I'm sure there are lots of things I could hope to see in my story -- humor, crack, Best Friends Foreva!, more humor, slash, sarcasm, gen, humor, crack, friendship -- but the fact of the matter is that I'm pretty easy to please. I write lots of things, and I enjoy even more. The best thing you could do is to write me a story that *you* enjoyed writing, because those are the sorts of stories that always seem to turn out the best. I don't want you to feel like OMG how will I ever do this? It should be a fun experience, so, if you like it, chances are I will too.

Regards,
hackthis

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ETA: I had some requests while I was gone to re-upload the soundtracks for Under the Influence of You (Peter/Nathan Mix, Vol 1.) and The Way I Was Made (SV/TT/Superman Returns) and I don't normally do this, but like everybody knows, if you catch me at the right time on the right day, you can prolly get anything from me.

Under the Influence of You (Mediafire & SS)

The Way I Was Made (Mediafire & SS)

Did I mention that heidi8 made me a Nathan video to Leona Naess's 'Charm Attack'? I did? Oh, well, I'm mentioning it again. Watch eeeeet!

Did I mention that I <3 Torchwood, but after watching 1.13, decided everybody was fired (except for Jack, because Jack is love. Burning hotass love).

You know who else is burning hotass love? Adrian Pasdar. Let's talk about last night's Heroes shall we?

( I have always depended on the kindness of strangers, she said. They're more likely to piss on you if you're on fire. Spoilers for Heroes 2.04 - The Kindness of Strangers  )

Anyone know where I can find a Torchwood mood theme? For reals?

I am a great believer in paying it forward. Today I received one of the most awesome birthday presents EVAR from heidi8, and so I felt it my duty to write sparky77 something she requested for her birthday. I take no responsibility for the crack someone else requests; I just put it down on paper.


Heroes
Spoilers through 2.03
Sylar/Mohinder, Mohinder/Matt, R

It's What all the Post-Post-Modern Villains Are Wearing


( What the hell is he supposed to do with wings? )

It's that special time of year again! It's my birthday! Okay, actually, no, that's not true. My birthday is coming, in, uh, 40-something days,* but I was referring to The Yuletide Obscure Fandoms Exchange.

Yes, I am a yuletide baby. Why, you ask? Why this challenge, hackthis, and not mine?! See the thing is, I used to sign up for a lot of challenges, because my flist is a pimping sort of DO THIS list, and I wanted to participate in everything. Sadly that ended up turning into a "perform on demand" requirement, which took away a lot of the enjoyment, and this is why I don't tend to sign up for challenges and fic-exchanges, etc.

yuletide is my exception. I save myself for Adrian Pasdar yuletide.

I've participated every year it's been run and I've never been disappointed. I've freaked out. I've flogged myself and said, "You dumbass, why did you say you'd write that?" And the answer is, because it's challenging and once I write something for yuletide I don't sign up to write it again the next year. I've written The Usual Suspects, Spider-Man, Grey's Anatomy (het, which still shocks the hell out of me), Ocean's Eleven and Entourage and loved every last bit of it, fear and all.

In my mind yuletide isn't about the story you receive -- although you know, that's damn awesome -- but about the story you write. Nothing makes me happier than hearing that my recipient liked what I created for them. Sometimes you don't hear this though. Sometimes you get insulted (bad form, people, really). Sometimes you hear nothing at all. But sometimes you hear that you created just what someone else was hoping for and that warm fuzzy feeling makes everything worth it. And okay, there's always that moment of panic after you sign up and after you get your recipient where you think, "The fuck?! I can't write this? Why do I do this shit to myself," but that turns out to be, IMO, one of the greatest motivating forces: proving to yourself that you can do it. And yes, I pointed out above that it's nice to hear your recipient liked it, but you know what's even better?

Knowing that you did. It's about knowing you finished something you thought was going to bend you over the desk. So, yes, in a manner of speaking yuletide is about giving to someone else, but it's also about giving back to yourself, and really, don't you deserve some love too? Exactly.

Go sign the fuck up. Now. And then go get some celebratory icons from liviapenn. You can thank me after Christmas.



*What, like you'd ever expect a Slytherin to be modest in the first place? This is where I place my order for my ever-lost Adrian Pasdar clone and a Nathan/Peter video for Charm Attack. Or possibly Flagpole Sitta. Or any song that slodwick and I soundtracked. Life is too short to not ask for what you want.

Oh behalf of slodwick and myself, we hope you all enjoyed yesterday's Hackwick Production 'How to Be Dead'. Thanks to everyone who downloaded and commented, we have lots of warm fuzzies.

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This idea was presented first by skripka and kelly_girl here, so this is a homage to them and dedicated to sameoldhope. Except that this is just SHAMELESS. And cracky. And, uh, about Mood!Wings. Yeah. In short, it's shameless, cracky mood!wing fic, as all crack should be.

Heroes
Nathan/Peter
Rated a Cracky PG-13
Very vague S2 spoilers


Like a Sunset Going Down


( Of course Peter's wings would be as gay as he is. )