LJ post up the wazoo!

[whynot]

+---+translation

Okay, now this is just fucking cool. Once upon a time, someone named Sasha_Engel emailed me asking permission to translate my X2 fic, Superglue, to Russian. I was squeeful and flattered like woah and gave her permission, asking for the URL of the finished product. She never replied back with a URL, but today I found it while Googling my email address.

Superglue (Russian translation)

How fucking awesome is that? I'm all a-squee!


+---+recs

You know, I thought I had all summer to write and finish off my WIPs, but suddenly my summer's ending in two weeks. What the fuck? I have a lot of shit to write, but for now I have non-shit to rec, in titular alphabetical order.

At The Pub by copperbadge. RPF. JK Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman. I don't believe you when you say you're not curious. PG.
As he puts it: "The book we'll never see..."
QUOTE: "Yes, the woman whose 'if you liked this book, try these!' lists my books always end up on."

Bruno Walton for Student Body President by rageprufrock & throughadoor. Bruno and Boots. Boots/Bruno. PG13.
I haven't feedbacked this yet, which is bad of me, because I really should. I also haven't replied to rageprufrock's beautiful post about immigrating to America, which I also really should. This is a collection of IC (i.e. amusing!) emails exchanged between Bruno and Boots in college.
QUOTE: Just in case my appreciation has not been made completely clear any time in the last five years, thank you so much for almost getting us suspended so that we could get a pool. Of all the times that you almost got us kicked out of the Hall, the time you almost got us kicked out of the Hall so that we could get a pool was definitely the best time.

This Is How It Happens by queenofhell. RPS. Ryan Gosling/Justin Timberlake. PG13.
I love how Proserpina writes, like, the randomest ships? And writes them well? And seriously, who doesn't love well-written rare ships? Chicka bow chicka bow bow!
QUOTE: This is how it happens: with “hello” and “nice to see you again” and a manly, backslapping, distant hug. You look at him and see yourself if you had gone another path, and you think, Thank God. Not me.
And then you think of yourself with your blonde hair and white-white smile on TV, and think, Okay, maybe me.


+---+icons

Also, I've found it is possible to get icon-maker's block. I've started some of those Help! icons, but it's hard to concentrate when your brain is going blaaaaaahlalalalalah all the time. So I only made two of those. I bring you Lock, Stock icons as well, but only eight.

1) 2)

3) 4) 5) 6)
7) 8) 9) 10)

In every rocking, rolling caper movie, there is the hot guy who is screencapped with a pensive expression on his face. This leads to artsy icons that MAKE NO SENSE. Like number 9 up there, among others. Well, guys, but a kid's got to emo what a kid's got to emo.

Anyway, you guys know the deal. Brush credits are here. If taking any, would you please be so kind as to credit 'lassiterfics' in the keywords. Not 'lass' or 'lassiter' or indeed 'fics', but 'lassiterfics'. I'd really appreciate it, because I don't want to be confused with this guy here, as I don't plan to have that kind of hairline until I'm well into my octogenarian years.

Seacrest out.

Comments

[exbababallerina.livejournal.com]

These are great! Taking nearly all and will credit (with your full name!). And you're completely right - emo kid must be pensive in crime caper. lol

You can't escape the emo kids these days.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks, I appreciate it.

It's Kosher.... as Christmas

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

3,4,5 & 8.

Will credit as always.

;)

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

*grins*
*does a cheesy thumbs-up*

[queenofhell.livejournal.com]

Well, technically Ryan/Justin isn't that random. They were mouseketeers together, and Ryan still gets asked about Justin (and Brit, and Christina) in a lot of interviews. But I'm glad you dug it. Yay, completely random ships!

Also, I love how you used porno music for a story that has, like, one kiss in it. At the very end. *g*

and subliminal messaging.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Ya, I got the Mouseketeer part from the story. Still, you get what I'm talking about. Weird ships hooray!, indeed.

And as for the porno music, it's what we call wishful thinking

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Oh emm gee the envy. But then, we've spoken on that before. ^___^ That's awesome about the translation, though. Congrats!!

I will go in and change the keywords on the Mr. Orange icon I took from you not too long ago. I didn't even know there was another Lassiter. Hm.

In fact, let's go dance naked in the moonlight.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think he's the real McCoy; I'm just an impostor.

Thanks! The Russian thing was seriously unexpected, dude. Woahwow. And, heh, ditch that envy, we're all about spreading the love here.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Perhaps "envy" is the wrong word. After all, instead of gnashing my teeth at these successes of yours, I'm thrilled for you. ::grins:: So I don't think that "envy" quite fits. But yes, teh_lurve. In abundance.

I do wish your muses could talk mine into being more productive. You know, give a motivational speech...or maybe put guns to their heads...

[cheshire-kords.livejournal.com]

nabbed 4 and 7
nice work
will credit properly

[megu.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love this movie. Taking #5 for future use, will credit. :D

[psychoticwonder.livejournal.com]

I just bought this movie, I love it. Taking 4&5 for future use!

[afropuff.livejournal.com]

Ganked #2 and #4. Thanks!

You're welcome. And...

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

What a lovely icon you have. Fight Club yay!

[lux--aeterna.livejournal.com]

*flaunts help icons*

yes, i did make 15 of them in an hour. yes.. they're all from help.

obsessed? who, me? whatchoo talking bout.

(psst stealing 10 for later use. awww intermission. aww frog!ringo. awwwomgbeatleshelpomgomgawww.)

[lux--aeterna.livejournal.com]

and yes they're all hellof plain and not artsy at all and most of them are black and white! i love myself when i'm lazy.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

Why is it so easy to get hooked on the Beatles?

[lux--aeterna.livejournal.com]

i have NO idea. i mean, i'm usually easily obsessed, but this sort of tops it, man. i don't know. i think it's a) they actually do have incredibly good music, and LOTS of it, so it's not like a movie where you're obsessed for about a week and then are like, eh, okay, new material needed and b) watching movies like help and hard day's night is just so intoxicating; the whole idea of the beatles is intoxicating. who doesn't want to spend years writing music and being famous and running around doing whatever the hell you want to and being loved for it, you know? it just all seems so fun, so perfect, even though you know how they broke up and all the fights they had and that paul was bossy and john was an asshole, etc. etc.

i also think that's why it makes me so sad to think about when they were fighting or john and george dying, not only because it is just a sad thing but because especially on film, they're just.. infinite. immortal. you can't imagine these young beautiful happy boys falling out of love with each other or what they're doing and thinking about it hurts in the way looking at your best friend and knowing that they'll grow older and have tragedies and die hurts. i think that's also why lotrips was so attractive to a lot of people for a long time; just a lot of people doing what they so obviously love, with people they're so obviously in love with (and i don't mean that in a romantic way, but just in that incredible once-in-a-lifetime friend way). and people really want that. i mean, i think that our generation in particular has been raised without a real way to form connections with people-- we have so many forms of communication, i.e. the internet and cellphones and

[lux--aeterna.livejournal.com]

...and it cut me off. but i saved what i wrote. so to continue:

we have so many forms of communication, i.e. the internet and cellphones and things, but they seem to just be in the way of forming a genuine connection with people. so when we see that connection in others (especially goodlooking talented others), we latch on, because we want it for ourselves.

er.... i'm going to stop talking now, lol. you probably didn't mean to inspire a whole rambling incomprehensive monologue. well, that's what you got. *grins*

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

who doesn't want to spend years writing music and being famous and running around doing whatever the hell you want to and being loved for it, you know?
Gah, you're right. Come to think of it, I'm so jealous of them.

Yeah, dude, most times I even forget they had fights. Sometimes in my reality, all that happened was that Yoko came into their perfect world, blew them all raspberries, stuffed John into a balikbayan box, then left with him.