I was a saint; I wed the breaking dawn

31 Days Day 3: Favorite Quote

I don't have a favorite quote, but this is one of my favorite poems:
( Bogland by Seamus Heaney )

Snowflake Challenge Day 2: Promote 3 blogs/communities/tumblrs/&c

1. stuckinabucket. I follow this blog for all of my crazy nature needs. The facts you learn are so great that you'll find yourself showing your parents the blog and then freaking out a little when your dad posts the link on Facebook, because it is also a general fandom blog. (Nothing particularly porny though, I checked pretty thoroughly after aforementioned Facebook incident.)

2. Star Maker Machine. I go through phases of following music blogs, but this will always be one of my favorites. Every two weeks there's a new theme, and the bloggers pick a song based on the theme & write about it.

3. Draw this Dress. Two wonderful artists draw people based on photos of vintage/antique/historical dresses, and their drawings bring the dresses to life. You can generally see the reference image by clicking on their drawings. It doesn't update often, but the updates always make me smile.

Honorable mentions (both music blogs): Said the Gramophone & Cover Lay Down.

Snowflake Challenge Day 3: Rec 3 Fanworks
I'm kind of terrified of the backlog AO3 bookmarks I have, so I'm gonna go with vids for this one.
1. Cuckoo by fiveyearmission (Iron Man). This is a Tony Stark character study based on the first two Iron Man movies and it's amazing; I love how the fractured, jumpy cuts so perfectly reflect Tony's persona.

2. Boy with the Bubblegun by bironic (The Hunger Games). This vid is what prompted me to finally watch the movie. I love the way bironic contrasts life in the Districts with life in the Capitol, and sets up the theme of revolution.

3. Moves by sisabet (Teen Wolf). This is a character study of Stiles through season 2 and is basically perfect. "These things get louder" paired with the increasing violence and death in Stiles' life and that minor chord (at least I think it's a minor chord?)--it's everything I want out of a character vid.

What is your comfort music? for siegeofangels

My comfort music varies a lot depending on the situation and what I've been listening to lately.

1. Bandom
My second summer home from college I clashed with my parents--especially my mother--constantly. I was working at a steakhouse and started going on drives instead of going home when I was cut for the night. I was just getting into bandom then. I'd go outside town limits, maybe 10 minutes away, and just drive around the backroads with my windows down and Panic and Fall Out Boy blaring. It sounds very teen angst now, but it's probably what got me through the summer with my relationship with my parents intact. Now, I listen to bandom when I need something to cheer me up. All of the wonderful fandom associations plus the generally upbeat music is great for my mood even if they lyrics are, uh, less happy.

2. Mount Moriah and Hiss Golden Messenger
Mount Moriah is a local, queer altcountry/folk band. I was just starting to recognize my bisexuality when I started listening to them (*cough* a recognition that definitely had nothing at all to do with the frontwoman *cough*), and hearing a Southern woman sing about queerness, and religion (because even though my immediate family isn't particularly religious, it's just part of life down here), and loving the South despite all its problems...well, it resonates with me pretty deeply. And, of course, the music is beautiful.

Hiss Golden Messenger is also local, although they're not originally from 'round here. The lyricist has a degree in folklore and their music is also a lot about navigating your relationship or lack thereof with God.

Both of them are great anytime music for me. I put it on and start to relax.

3. Sad music
I frequently deal with my difficult feelings by reading really sad fic and crying it out. It in no way addresses the root problems but it is cathartic :D? I listen to sad music for the same reason.

Favorite thing about working at the radio station? for cinco
I really like listening to music I wouldn't have otherwise, that I wouldn't even have known to look for. I've discovered some bands that are mainstays in my listening now that I hadn't ever heard of before I started at the station. I love feeling connected, not just to music in general, but to a specific music scene; to the rich history of music in the South, in North Carolina, and in the triangle of cities I live in. A couple weeks ago I went to an experimental noise show in a hipster DIY venue with DJ K because two of our fellow DJS were in the experimental noise jazz group that was opening. I never would have done that before I started at the station. My friendship with DJ K has been an awesome side effect of working at the station. She's my first and best friend in this city, I think.

I am getting more used to the idea that people--people I know, even, who aren't my parents!--listen to me. I've become more confident with my song choices and gauging where a song I've never listened to could fit in my set.

Basically, I like it a lot!

I have plenty of days left here, though I can't promise I'll answer them in a timely manner.

I think Disney released some of their best films between the time I was born and when I turned 10. I had a cassette soundtrack and singalong book for The Lion King and I listened to it on my Walkman whenever we went to Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents. The animation used on the establishing shots is iconic. It's been years (probably more like a decade, actually) since I've re-watched it, but I can picture the opening sequence with remarkable clarity.

I was partial to the animal movies: Lady and the Tramp (we had a cocker spaniel, so I really loved that one), Fox and the Hound, Rescuers Down Under, Robin Hood, The Lion King, Oliver and Company. I loved the (non-Disney) American Tail movies. I was absolutely obsessed with (again, non-Disney) The Last Unicorn. I think I must have rented it almost every time we went to the video store for at least a year.

When I was younger I think Beauty and the Beast was my favorite of the so-called "princess" movies; it's certainly one of my favorite tropes now, but it's hard to say if that's because of Disney or Robin McKinley.

We had Fantasia on tape. I think my parents had to turn it off before the last sequence because that's the only one I don't remember very well, and my memories are mostly of how much it freaked me out. I loved the pegasi and the ballet section the most.

Meme from likeadeuce!

You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five Dates Roy Mustang Regretted Going On," or "Five Fannish Gatherings that Sally Draper Attended"). I'll answer with a list of five things.

My eligible fandoms are Teen Wolf; Bandom; Harry Potter; any book by Robin McKinley; most books by Tamora Pierce; Howl's Moving Castle, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones; and the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. If you think there's another fandom I'm in/have been in that I've forgotten, feel free to ask about it!

Regional dialect meme via zeenell

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