hodgepodge

[whynot]

* My post on personal stories got picked up for the 4th Asian Women Blog Carnival \o/, which I'm pretty excited about. It looks like there's some good stuff over there so def check it out. This year's theme is "storytelling, or reclaiming our selves through our words". Unsurprisingly the first thing I read is a poem about Manila and, speaking of land=body, zempasuchil, remember that Hetalia fic you never wrote that I gave you feedback for? 'When the Waters Rose'? This is kind of like that, but set in the Philippines. "our middle ground exists / where floodwaters rise / to meet sinking shores"

* I'm beginning to wonder if I forgot about something important that happened last season in Heroes, 'cos what the hell is going on. On top of dumb superpowers. Why haven't I dropped this show yet?

* I'm assuming that things like Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter are riding on the coattails of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. I'm not a big Victorian lit fan nor am I a zombie nerd overmuch, but I do like the idea of the two of them fused together. So. Are these books any good?

* I'm not even in Trek fandom, but I just read and liked this fic by bravecows, which is set in a Starfleet Academy in Malaysia, featuring two female OCs who talk about why is it that only Westerners ever get assigned to certain missions and also why the Starfleet computer can't understand their accents. In other reccing ball news, I am also a fan of this Ty Lee/Azula fic and this Arthur/Gwen fic.

* The world needs more Ty Lee/Azula.

* I could make a legit Merlin reaction post but I'm kind of pooped, so have this two-word review instead: GAAAAIIIIUUUUUSSSSSSS! PENNNNNDRAGONNNNNSSSSS!

* fantasyecho embeds YouTube vids of Western pop songs being played on traditional Malay/Indonesian instruments. *_*

* And, for the hell of it:
- No Doubt's "Hella Good" vs. The Prodigy's "Girls (remix)"
- MIA's "Bucky Done Gone" vs. New Order's "Blue Monday"

And my favorites from DJ Earworm:
- 'No More Gas'. A dozen pop songs over Kanye West & Estelle's "American Boy".
- 'Together As One'. U2 (One), The Beatles (Come Together), Mariah Carey (We Belong Together), Diana Ross (Someday We'll Be Together).
- Top 25 pop songs from 2007, over Rihanna's "Umbrella".
- more for lulz: Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" vs. Coldplay's "In My Place"

You guys got mash-up recs to share?

* I'm gonna hunt for dinner and send at least one job application before bed. (man i was so productive last week)

Comments

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Yeah I would love to find some more. I was really excited when I saw there was a sequel to The Secret Garden and immediately ordered it, but then... but then it kind of sucked. There was that anthology of Sandman profic a few years ago that was pretty good. I'm not big into Austen or Holmes, soooooo I guess the Internet will continue to be my primary dealer.

[allothi.livejournal.com]

There's been some good stuff by people mucking about with classics (as in Greek and Roman). But I'm not sure if it'd be your thing?

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I don't shun it but I don't seek it out. I'm a fan of "Odds 'n Gods" by Tom Holt? And I guess Mike Carey's 'Lucifer' is technically Sandman fic.

[allothi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a general fascination with intertextuality. I particularly love Christopher Logue's War Music both for what he does with Homer and for the way he uses Homer to talk about things like modern visual culture, but it's one of those slightly sad loves because I don't know anyone else who feels it in the same way.