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Hi everybody! I know I've been away for ages and I miss it so much. I wish I had more of a chance to be more active in fandom, even though bandom seems pretty quiet. Just because bandom itself is pretty quiet doesn't mean I don't want to be hanging out and talking with people. Conventional Weapons seems to be shaping up to be an awesome album and MCR themselves seem to be slowly coming out of hibernation. I can't wait to download the songs (I've listened to them but not downloaded them yet. So far The Light Behind Your Eyes is my favorite)

Empires new video is great. Not like, super interesting, but it has Sean firing a flaming arrow (whhhhhyy bb do not do dangerous stuff you will DIE) and Max smiling and walking around and Doing Stuff. and Tom smiles! It's beautiful.

Life in La Hoya continues much as normal. Thankfully Sandy did not do much damage to us. We lost running water to the village for two weeks but nothing more serious than that. My students set their exams last week and did alright. I nearly lost my mind over grading but I love teaching and the students continue to be a joy, even when they're fricking pains in my ass.

One think I've found unable to do in the DR is write. I think it's the inspiration just not being there and also not being able to bounce ideas off people regularly. I can do a bit here and there but it's mostly tinkering, not anything that could be continued real writing. SO, a meme! A WIP meme, to be exact. I'll list names/summaries of all my WIPS, unfinished, never-to-be-finished and plotbunnies and if you comment with one of the names, I'll post an except or write a bit more of it or answer questions about it, whatever you want.

( WIPs )

Title: I Wear My Heart Where God Put It (On The Inside)
Author:girlmarauders
Bands and pairings: Panic! At The Disco, Brendon/Dallon
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 7,092
Warnings: Some potentially triggery issues for gender identity/genderqueer identity. It’s the 1920s. Attitudes are problematic at best. Incredibly unrealistic history. Distinct lack of fact checking. Blatant white-washing of gender essentialism. Seriously, the most accurate parts of this are the clothes and the cars.

Summary:
“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.” – F. Scott Fitzgerarld.

Brendon’s a little messed up and inclined to perform in a dress at Angels and Kings as Cora Anaconda, the sweetest voice ever to come out of the Chicago speakeasies.

He doesn’t have a plan at all but he certainly doesn’t plan to fall in love with the tallest rum runner this side of Boston either.

Author notes: Thanks misprintify for cheering and betaing, you were great as always. Thank you so much to focusfixated. Your art was amazing and I only hope I did it even a little bit of justice. Written for 2011 bandomreversebb

Original masterpost here( On The Inside )

I said on twitter I was going to make this post after I finished this week and its awful round of exams but I call bullshit. I've given up even thinking about revising for my math paper tomorrow. What's gonna happen is gonna happen and I'm just going to have to suck it up.

Last week I went away on a school trip with the Spanish department. Since we had four airports and three flights (to get to Spain guys. Scotland is not that far from Spain. and yet.) I decided I should try out this new-fangled podfic thing. I tweeted asking people for recs and masterlist and isweedan helped me out. This is what happened.

( conclusion: podfic is awesome )

Title: 4 Solo Transformations (I'll Find My Place In Space)
Mixer: delphinapterus
Track Listing:

Goldberg Variations Variation 21 - Bach
Cmaj K.421 - Scarlatti
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major - Bach
Sonata No. 7 Op. 83 - Prokofiev
Space - DJ Keoki
Moon Beat - LJT Experience
Space Maker - Air
Planisphere - Wakoo
Diaraby - Ali Farka Touré
Ashwa - Natacha Atlas
Konti - Baka Beyond
Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni
Burn - Anoushak Shankar & Karsh Kale
Surfin on a Rocket - Air
Obtener un Sí - Shakira
Ball - Craig Armstrong & The London Session Orchestra
Irodori - KODO
C'est Gai [Sad Thoughts] - Amina
Sumeria - Transglobal Underground
Reunion - Ravi Shankar
C'est Ca Le Vrai Bonheur - G-Swing
Download it here!

I love the use of different genres and different languages in the mix. It really articulates the mix of cultures The Home System is meant to be and gives an other-worldly, international feel to it.

The classical music, especially at the beginning, helps emphasize the overarching conservatism of the world that Mikey lives in. If I had to chose a favorite song, it would probably be Quelqu'un m'a dit because Carla Bruni has a sexy sexy voice.

Thank you so much to delphinapterus for an amazing mix!

So, this is not fic. But it's a promise that there will be fic and several recs for amazing stuff! It's also a much needed ramble.

( bandom is awesome but a little wierd, kay? )