thirty pillows pilfered
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musesfoolI meant to post last night but I could barely keep my eyes open so I went to bed early (and missed a super rare Mets comeback in Atlanta!) and slept for 10 glorious hours! I felt great at work today, and got some stuff done, and made some suggestions about the September board meeting agenda that I am sure the CEO and the Chair will not like, but they wanted to get radical and also not overrun the meeting time by 45 minutes again, and I offered a good way to do it to my boss. We'll see if anyone bites.
I am off tomorrow for the dentist - it should just be a cleaning (though I am braced to hear I need yet another crown) but I am always so tired when it's over. And my team meeting on Tuesday got cancelled so I am tempted to take next Tuesday off since I'm already off Wednesday (my birthday), Thursday, and Friday of next week. My boss was like, sure! but I'm still thinking about it.
I thought I had something else to post about but I can't remember... oh right, I finally watched Project Hail Mary the other night. I enjoyed it but it was too long. And there was not enough Eva Stratt, who was the best thing in the movie.
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I am off tomorrow for the dentist - it should just be a cleaning (though I am braced to hear I need yet another crown) but I am always so tired when it's over. And my team meeting on Tuesday got cancelled so I am tempted to take next Tuesday off since I'm already off Wednesday (my birthday), Thursday, and Friday of next week. My boss was like, sure! but I'm still thinking about it.
I thought I had something else to post about but I can't remember... oh right, I finally watched Project Hail Mary the other night. I enjoyed it but it was too long. And there was not enough Eva Stratt, who was the best thing in the movie.
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general stuff and nonsense
Jul. 7th, 2026 04:41 pmtielanQuilting weekend away - went to a quilting retreat. Found myself sitting at the 'introverts table'. Friendly, but not chatty people. *sigh*
Otherwise, I got to hang out with a couple of women I haven't really been able to since COVID days - the group mostly split because the mothers weren't able to get away as much once their kids hit primary and mum's taxi became a full thing for weekends as well.
Retreat was set at a Catholic convent retreat centre. The food was surprisingly good for somewhere that was clearly set up for camps (complete with bunk beds). I got lots of sewing done, which was excellent, because I've gotten almost none done otherwise lately.
Now I just have to get the rest of it done! That's always the trick, isn't it?
Finished quilt top for Scrapbox Elegy:
So named, because I am hoping it will be the end of my scrapbox. (*insert laughter from all the quilters*) Yeah, I know. But we live in hope!
I like to make quilts that people can look at and think "yeah, I could make that". I think this one does it pretty featly.
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I'm feeling...really different right now. It might just be a function of my age, or my stage of life, but I'm feeling a bit...detached and ruthless, if that makes sense?
Reading through some of the fics for AtlA, they feel young. So many feelings! So much emotion! So much passion! So dramatic!
As much as I enjoy the dramatic stories, there's a part of me that rolls her eyes and thinks, "man, I don't remember being this young". Which, I feel like I wasn't. But also, I'm nearly 50 and I don't remember that shit anymore. Not to mention, when it comes down to it, the original stories are about teenagers - admittedly very talented, skilled, competent teenagers (with major major family and war trauma) - as a redramatic, passionate, emotional, and young is the order of the fandom. And most people came to it before they were fifteen, not when they were fifty.
Anyway, right now, I have two multichapters (although one is one story out of three, and the plots of the other two are slightly epic; may not get anyway) and one one-chapter-could-stretch-to-two smut.
I am finding myself writing character backstory to the stories I'm writing, though...
--
( do you ever think about death? )
Anyway, it was a really helpful weekend, and helpful in conceiving how I might be able to manage this if it came down to it.
Although, we're looking at the introduction of the bad strain of Bird Flu here on the East Coast. This is bad news.
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I haven't played hockey in weeks, and I won't be playing for another 12 days, so I guess now is the time to start conditioning myself, right?
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I need to send out the invite to my 50th Birthday Karaoke NIght.
Speaking of which, on the weekend, I was staying at a small town pub (they're called 'hotels' for a reason) and while the bed was very comfy, the place is not soundproofed, and they had karaoke night down below.
If I'd had any kind of a voice, I'd have gone down and sung some myself. Alas, I am still recovering from the lingering cold (another set of antibiotics were necessary, they finish today) and so I would have been...well, tbh, I'd have been about standard for the quality of the karaoke I was listening to downstairs.
[21:35]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:35 Tielan: I'm sitting in a small town hotel/pub, listening to the karaoke in the pub below.
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: great moogly googly, people cannot sing in tune
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: which I know, is not the point of karaoke
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: but I'm in bed, laughing like an absolute drain
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: right now, they're massacreing "Always" by Bon Jovi
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: several songs earlier, it was "Man, I Feel Like A Woman"
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: Initially, I thought it was a Very Bad Cover Band
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: karaoke is always best when you are too close to the speaker to hear the singer properly
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: or you're with friends and they're the ones butchering the song
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: then at least you get the hilarity
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: I mean, half the battle up here is trying to work out what the song is
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: rate the karaoke on how easy it is to tell what song they're murdering
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: 10/10 you butchered it but we know what it was
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: I don't think I know this song.
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: either that, or it's so butchered I don't recognise it
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: oh, another song from a previously in-tune singer was "My Life" (Billy Joel)
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: that was earlier
[21:43]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:43 Tielan: I am slightly tempted to go down and see if I can get in the line, but my voice is still recovering thx to this bloody cold
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: "A Guy Like Me" (Lifehouse?)
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: I think this guy has sung before
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: he's...not quite hitting the notes.
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: Sorry, but since I can't sleep, I might as well comment on the karaoke downstairs.
[21:54]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:54 Tielan: I don't know this song, but it sounds like whoever is singing it is doing a decent job of it
[21:56]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:56 B: if they didn't want to be a part of your liveblog, they shouldn't have been so entertaining
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: oh no.
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: someone is trying The Climb
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: "there's always gonna be another mountain..."
[22:01]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:01 Tielan: I wonder what time this goes until.
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:06 Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:14 Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:15 Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:17 Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:18 Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:03] Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03] Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06] Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11] Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11] Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14] Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15] Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17] Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18] Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23] Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23] B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23] Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:23] Tielan: I'd be a little less annoyed if they were singing in tune
[22:24] Tielan: Alas, it is Saturday night in Small Town NSW
[22:24] Tielan: if this town has more than 50,000 inhabitants, I will be Very Surprised
[22:24] Tielan: and no, livestock is not counted
[22:24] B: that seems big for small town NSW
[22:26] Tielan: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
[22:26] Tielan: the main street is a pub, a post office, a general store, a milk bar, a coffee shop, a laundromat, a realtor, and maybe a couple of craft-ish/antique shops
[22:27] B: yeah i'd bet on 15,000 max, town that small
[22:27] Tielan: I have no measure for a small town 😄
[22:28] B: town i spent some time in when i was a kid, had two primary schools and a high school. a hospital. just checked wikipedia - population 5,000
[22:29] B: maybe 12,000 if you count the local region around it
[22:30] Tielan: ...this song is so badly massacred I know what it is, but I can't make it out
[22:30] B: haunted by the song
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in time
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in tune
[22:31] Tielan: everything that's in this world is sure to fade?
[22:31] Tielan: 90s grunge?
[22:31] Tielan: too far away?
[22:31] Tielan: great moogly googly
[22:32] Tielan: NICKLEBACK
[22:32] Tielan: ded of laff
[22:32] Tielan: even Nickleback doesn't deserve this
[22:33] Tielan: damn this cold, if I had my voice, I would absolutely be down there belting out something like Pink's Trustfall
[22:33] Tielan: Take It Easy
[22:34] Tielan: I think there are max 3 people down there singing, and they're taking turns
[22:42] Tielan: Handle Me With Care
[22:43] B: are they handling the song with care?
[22:45] Tielan: no, but he's belting it out with a decent approximation of enthusiasm
[22:46] Tielan: I will accept enthusiasm in lieu of tunefulness
[22:46] B: enthusiasm does cover a lot of sins
[22:46] Tielan: exactly
[22:46] Tielan: a duet that sounds like it came from the 80s
[22:46] Tielan: has that balladic feeling
[22:49] Tielan: oh dear, it's the guy who can't carry a tune in a bucket
[22:49] Tielan: again
[22:49] Tielan: okay, I do him a disservice
[22:49] Tielan: he can carry a tune in a bucket, but the tune he is carrying isn't in the key of the song he's trying to sing
[22:50] B: he can carry a tune in a bucket but keeps picking up the wrong bucket
[22:50] Tielan: a far better simile
[22:50] Tielan: metaphor?
[22:50] Tielan: it's too late for me to remember which is which
[22:50] B: the second i think
[22:50] Tielan: also: I think he's singing about cowboys
[22:50] B: simile needs the word like in it i think
[22:50] B: from memory
[22:51] Tielan: ...I'm not sure if the cowboys are also a metaphor or not
[22:51] Tielan: no, that sounds right
[22:51] B: i was not great at english in high school
[22:51] Tielan: hey, look, it's nearly 11pm. I was kind of hoping to be asleep by 9, and I'm hoping this ends on the hour
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, he's definitely got the wrong bucket
[22:52] B: i don't know you'll be that lucky
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, I'm afraid of that
[22:53] Tielan: On the up side, at least there isn't a major sporting event on; I think there was the last time I stayed in this hotel
[22:53] Tielan: so not only was it noisy until midnight, but afterwards there were also a lot of drunk people yelling in the street
[22:53] B: ooof
[22:54] Tielan: we are back to enthusiastic guy
[22:54] Tielan: I Got A Love That Keeps Me Waiting
[22:57] Tielan: oh, someone is singing I Want That Man (Deborah Harry)
[22:57] B: we are getting an education in the music tastes of small town NSW
[23:00] Tielan: She can sing pretty well though.
[23:04] Tielan: 90s grunge boy is back: Glycerine
[23:09] Tielan: something country?
[23:13] Tielan: sounds like Springsteen
[23:13] Tielan: oh wait, no, Jimmy Barnes
[23:16] Tielan: yeah we are ALL OUT OF BUCKETS NOW
[23:16] B: the singing has kicked the bucket
[23:18] Tielan: okay, this is not a usual karaoke choice: The Way
[23:18] Tielan: "but where were they going without ever knowing the way?"
[23:29] Tielan: We Are The Children (?) dare I hope this is the last song?
[23:29] B: crosses fingers for you
[23:31] Tielan: oh well, they're belting it out now
[23:31] Tielan: I think all of them are doing it
[23:31] Tielan: ::giggles::
[23:31] Tielan: ooh key change
[23:31] Tielan: belter guy is doing the interspersions.
[23:31] Tielan: "we are the children" we are the children!
[23:32] Tielan: "We are the world!" we are the world!
[23:39] Tielan: okay, we are DONESKIES
[23:39] B: sleep well!
[23:39] Tielan: ...unless someone is about to start singing Don't You Want Me Baby because that's the background music that's just started up...
[23:39] B: oh no
[23:39] Tielan: no, wait, it's just pub background music
[23:39] Tielan: phew
[23:39] Tielan: BEDTIME
[23:40] Tielan: apologies to anyone who wakes to a bajillion pings on this channel
[23:40] Tielan: xo
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Anyway, no hockey training tonight, but we're doing dinner at the local club which sponsors us.
Otherwise, I got to hang out with a couple of women I haven't really been able to since COVID days - the group mostly split because the mothers weren't able to get away as much once their kids hit primary and mum's taxi became a full thing for weekends as well.
Retreat was set at a Catholic convent retreat centre. The food was surprisingly good for somewhere that was clearly set up for camps (complete with bunk beds). I got lots of sewing done, which was excellent, because I've gotten almost none done otherwise lately.
Now I just have to get the rest of it done! That's always the trick, isn't it?
quilting pics
Finished quilt top for Scrapbox Elegy:
So named, because I am hoping it will be the end of my scrapbox. (*insert laughter from all the quilters*) Yeah, I know. But we live in hope!
I like to make quilts that people can look at and think "yeah, I could make that". I think this one does it pretty featly.
--
I'm feeling...really different right now. It might just be a function of my age, or my stage of life, but I'm feeling a bit...detached and ruthless, if that makes sense?
Reading through some of the fics for AtlA, they feel young. So many feelings! So much emotion! So much passion! So dramatic!
As much as I enjoy the dramatic stories, there's a part of me that rolls her eyes and thinks, "man, I don't remember being this young". Which, I feel like I wasn't. But also, I'm nearly 50 and I don't remember that shit anymore. Not to mention, when it comes down to it, the original stories are about teenagers - admittedly very talented, skilled, competent teenagers (with major major family and war trauma) - as a redramatic, passionate, emotional, and young is the order of the fandom. And most people came to it before they were fifteen, not when they were fifty.
Anyway, right now, I have two multichapters (although one is one story out of three, and the plots of the other two are slightly epic; may not get anyway) and one one-chapter-could-stretch-to-two smut.
I am finding myself writing character backstory to the stories I'm writing, though...
--
( do you ever think about death? )
Anyway, it was a really helpful weekend, and helpful in conceiving how I might be able to manage this if it came down to it.
Although, we're looking at the introduction of the bad strain of Bird Flu here on the East Coast. This is bad news.
--
I haven't played hockey in weeks, and I won't be playing for another 12 days, so I guess now is the time to start conditioning myself, right?
--
I need to send out the invite to my 50th Birthday Karaoke NIght.
Speaking of which, on the weekend, I was staying at a small town pub (they're called 'hotels' for a reason) and while the bed was very comfy, the place is not soundproofed, and they had karaoke night down below.
If I'd had any kind of a voice, I'd have gone down and sung some myself. Alas, I am still recovering from the lingering cold (another set of antibiotics were necessary, they finish today) and so I would have been...well, tbh, I'd have been about standard for the quality of the karaoke I was listening to downstairs.
transcript of chat to friend on Saturday night
[21:35]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:35 Tielan: I'm sitting in a small town hotel/pub, listening to the karaoke in the pub below.
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: great moogly googly, people cannot sing in tune
[21:37]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:37 Tielan: which I know, is not the point of karaoke
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: but I'm in bed, laughing like an absolute drain
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: right now, they're massacreing "Always" by Bon Jovi
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: several songs earlier, it was "Man, I Feel Like A Woman"
[21:38]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:38 Tielan: Initially, I thought it was a Very Bad Cover Band
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: karaoke is always best when you are too close to the speaker to hear the singer properly
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 B: or you're with friends and they're the ones butchering the song
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: then at least you get the hilarity
[21:39]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:39 Tielan: I mean, half the battle up here is trying to work out what the song is
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: rate the karaoke on how easy it is to tell what song they're murdering
[21:40]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:40 B: 10/10 you butchered it but we know what it was
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: I don't think I know this song.
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: either that, or it's so butchered I don't recognise it
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: oh, another song from a previously in-tune singer was "My Life" (Billy Joel)
[21:41]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:41 Tielan: that was earlier
[21:43]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:43 Tielan: I am slightly tempted to go down and see if I can get in the line, but my voice is still recovering thx to this bloody cold
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: "A Guy Like Me" (Lifehouse?)
[21:49]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:49 Tielan: I think this guy has sung before
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: he's...not quite hitting the notes.
[21:50]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:50 Tielan: Sorry, but since I can't sleep, I might as well comment on the karaoke downstairs.
[21:54]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:54 Tielan: I don't know this song, but it sounds like whoever is singing it is doing a decent job of it
[21:56]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:56 B: if they didn't want to be a part of your liveblog, they shouldn't have been so entertaining
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: oh no.
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: someone is trying The Climb
[21:58]Saturday, 4 July 2026 21:58 Tielan: "there's always gonna be another mountain..."
[22:01]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:01 Tielan: I wonder what time this goes until.
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:03 Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:06 Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:11 Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:14 Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:15 Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:17 Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:18 Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23]Saturday, 4 July 2026 22:23 Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:03] Tielan: Okay, this one has a good voice and is in tune
[22:03] Tielan: don't know the song thought
[22:06] Tielan: ooh, someone has brought in cabaret. Bad Manners?
[22:11] Tielan: "Take Me Back To You" - I think it's the same guy who was trying for "A Guy Like Me". He has the yen for the 80s power-ballads
[22:11] Tielan: might be the same guy who did "Always"
[22:14] Tielan: I've Done All The Dumb Things
[22:15] Tielan: Singer has the feel and the voice and just managed an "AAOOW!" yelp in the middle of the song
[22:17] Tielan: Don't Stop Believing
[22:18] Tielan: can't mistake those chords; voice is okay, but no timing
[22:23] Tielan: Never Tear Us Apart
[22:23] B: should someone tear them apart from the mic?
[22:23] Tielan: I mean, mostly, I just want to sleep
[22:23] Tielan: I'd be a little less annoyed if they were singing in tune
[22:24] Tielan: Alas, it is Saturday night in Small Town NSW
[22:24] Tielan: if this town has more than 50,000 inhabitants, I will be Very Surprised
[22:24] Tielan: and no, livestock is not counted
[22:24] B: that seems big for small town NSW
[22:26] Tielan: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
[22:26] Tielan: the main street is a pub, a post office, a general store, a milk bar, a coffee shop, a laundromat, a realtor, and maybe a couple of craft-ish/antique shops
[22:27] B: yeah i'd bet on 15,000 max, town that small
[22:27] Tielan: I have no measure for a small town 😄
[22:28] B: town i spent some time in when i was a kid, had two primary schools and a high school. a hospital. just checked wikipedia - population 5,000
[22:29] B: maybe 12,000 if you count the local region around it
[22:30] Tielan: ...this song is so badly massacred I know what it is, but I can't make it out
[22:30] B: haunted by the song
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in time
[22:30] Tielan: he's not in tune
[22:31] Tielan: everything that's in this world is sure to fade?
[22:31] Tielan: 90s grunge?
[22:31] Tielan: too far away?
[22:31] Tielan: great moogly googly
[22:32] Tielan: NICKLEBACK
[22:32] Tielan: ded of laff
[22:32] Tielan: even Nickleback doesn't deserve this
[22:33] Tielan: damn this cold, if I had my voice, I would absolutely be down there belting out something like Pink's Trustfall
[22:33] Tielan: Take It Easy
[22:34] Tielan: I think there are max 3 people down there singing, and they're taking turns
[22:42] Tielan: Handle Me With Care
[22:43] B: are they handling the song with care?
[22:45] Tielan: no, but he's belting it out with a decent approximation of enthusiasm
[22:46] Tielan: I will accept enthusiasm in lieu of tunefulness
[22:46] B: enthusiasm does cover a lot of sins
[22:46] Tielan: exactly
[22:46] Tielan: a duet that sounds like it came from the 80s
[22:46] Tielan: has that balladic feeling
[22:49] Tielan: oh dear, it's the guy who can't carry a tune in a bucket
[22:49] Tielan: again
[22:49] Tielan: okay, I do him a disservice
[22:49] Tielan: he can carry a tune in a bucket, but the tune he is carrying isn't in the key of the song he's trying to sing
[22:50] B: he can carry a tune in a bucket but keeps picking up the wrong bucket
[22:50] Tielan: a far better simile
[22:50] Tielan: metaphor?
[22:50] Tielan: it's too late for me to remember which is which
[22:50] B: the second i think
[22:50] Tielan: also: I think he's singing about cowboys
[22:50] B: simile needs the word like in it i think
[22:50] B: from memory
[22:51] Tielan: ...I'm not sure if the cowboys are also a metaphor or not
[22:51] Tielan: no, that sounds right
[22:51] B: i was not great at english in high school
[22:51] Tielan: hey, look, it's nearly 11pm. I was kind of hoping to be asleep by 9, and I'm hoping this ends on the hour
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, he's definitely got the wrong bucket
[22:52] B: i don't know you'll be that lucky
[22:52] Tielan: yeah, I'm afraid of that
[22:53] Tielan: On the up side, at least there isn't a major sporting event on; I think there was the last time I stayed in this hotel
[22:53] Tielan: so not only was it noisy until midnight, but afterwards there were also a lot of drunk people yelling in the street
[22:53] B: ooof
[22:54] Tielan: we are back to enthusiastic guy
[22:54] Tielan: I Got A Love That Keeps Me Waiting
[22:57] Tielan: oh, someone is singing I Want That Man (Deborah Harry)
[22:57] B: we are getting an education in the music tastes of small town NSW
[23:00] Tielan: She can sing pretty well though.
[23:04] Tielan: 90s grunge boy is back: Glycerine
[23:09] Tielan: something country?
[23:13] Tielan: sounds like Springsteen
[23:13] Tielan: oh wait, no, Jimmy Barnes
[23:16] Tielan: yeah we are ALL OUT OF BUCKETS NOW
[23:16] B: the singing has kicked the bucket
[23:18] Tielan: okay, this is not a usual karaoke choice: The Way
[23:18] Tielan: "but where were they going without ever knowing the way?"
[23:29] Tielan: We Are The Children (?) dare I hope this is the last song?
[23:29] B: crosses fingers for you
[23:31] Tielan: oh well, they're belting it out now
[23:31] Tielan: I think all of them are doing it
[23:31] Tielan: ::giggles::
[23:31] Tielan: ooh key change
[23:31] Tielan: belter guy is doing the interspersions.
[23:31] Tielan: "we are the children" we are the children!
[23:32] Tielan: "We are the world!" we are the world!
[23:39] Tielan: okay, we are DONESKIES
[23:39] B: sleep well!
[23:39] Tielan: ...unless someone is about to start singing Don't You Want Me Baby because that's the background music that's just started up...
[23:39] B: oh no
[23:39] Tielan: no, wait, it's just pub background music
[23:39] Tielan: phew
[23:39] Tielan: BEDTIME
[23:40] Tielan: apologies to anyone who wakes to a bajillion pings on this channel
[23:40] Tielan: xo
--
Anyway, no hockey training tonight, but we're doing dinner at the local club which sponsors us.
coming home to a place he’s never been [by Saturn, Jack/Robby]
Jul. 6th, 2026 07:11 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
siriareads_feed“What the fuck?” Jack breathed, his attention locked across the bar, on fucking Robby, who was being led toward a back exit by his pool partner, the guy’s hand resting possessively on Robby’s lower back.
Robby returns from sabbatical, still trying to find his way forward, and it appears to Jack that Robby’s plans don’t include him.
Robby returns from sabbatical, still trying to find his way forward, and it appears to Jack that Robby’s plans don’t include him.
Writing meme
Jul. 6th, 2026 11:56 ampetraSend me an anonymous (or signed) summary of the fic you wish I would write. Maybe I will write a tidbit.
Maybe, if you're lucky, I'll get my UK on and write you a titbit.
Maybe, if you're lucky, I'll get my UK on and write you a titbit.
A few HR recs
Jul. 6th, 2026 11:55 pmmificSoft and cute AUs
tender by bysine. Shane is an Ottawa bureaucrat (procurement officer) and Ilya a retired hockey player coaching teens for a charity and grappling with the procurement system. Funny, sweet, great characterisation.
Unlikely Animal Friends by Distractivate - Zookeepers AU! Ilya works with apes and Shane's a coral expert. Great writing, funny, touching. (no animal harm or death)
No Friction, Just Chemistry by Vee - Farmer’s Market AU. Ilya makes pickles, Shane makes artisanal lube! Lovely details, romantic and funny.
And for something completely different, coffeeinallcaps an author I like very much who writes very hot, shortish, character-driven fics with excellent dialogue and characterisation. Four fics so far, all excellent. "i was born out in the cold" (Ilya-centric) is especially good.
In other news, I wrote another HR fic Just My Bloody Luck (Shane/Ilya) - magical realism (magical pussy acquisition) and crack treated seriously.
I'm somewhat hammered by various deadlines, but also keen to finally start a fic I've outlined (working title "Soft Dads") which I imagine will have an audience of 2 people and a dog (or less), as it'll be gen, about a developing friendship between David Hollander and George Grady (Kip's dad). I feel Kip's dad got shortchanged in the show when Scott called Kip down onto the ice for THE KISS. But that's just a small part of the fic. Now I just need to carve some time out from reading everyone else's excellent fics!
tender by bysine. Shane is an Ottawa bureaucrat (procurement officer) and Ilya a retired hockey player coaching teens for a charity and grappling with the procurement system. Funny, sweet, great characterisation.
Unlikely Animal Friends by Distractivate - Zookeepers AU! Ilya works with apes and Shane's a coral expert. Great writing, funny, touching. (no animal harm or death)
No Friction, Just Chemistry by Vee - Farmer’s Market AU. Ilya makes pickles, Shane makes artisanal lube! Lovely details, romantic and funny.
And for something completely different, coffeeinallcaps an author I like very much who writes very hot, shortish, character-driven fics with excellent dialogue and characterisation. Four fics so far, all excellent. "i was born out in the cold" (Ilya-centric) is especially good.
In other news, I wrote another HR fic Just My Bloody Luck (Shane/Ilya) - magical realism (magical pussy acquisition) and crack treated seriously.
I'm somewhat hammered by various deadlines, but also keen to finally start a fic I've outlined (working title "Soft Dads") which I imagine will have an audience of 2 people and a dog (or less), as it'll be gen, about a developing friendship between David Hollander and George Grady (Kip's dad). I feel Kip's dad got shortchanged in the show when Scott called Kip down onto the ice for THE KISS. But that's just a small part of the fic. Now I just need to carve some time out from reading everyone else's excellent fics!
The Unknowable History [by what_alchemy, Jack/Robby]
Jul. 6th, 2026 03:06 amsiriareads_feedAt first he thought he was hallucinating his grandmother.
OFMD: bloom & wilt by redshift
Jul. 5th, 2026 09:27 pmkingstoken posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakeFandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairings/Characters: Izzy/Ed, Izzy/Ed/Stede
Rating: E
Length: 31,803 words
Creator Links: redshift
Theme: Unreliable narrator
Summary: Izzy has spent years at Edward's side. The occasional petal here and there, the intermittent rasp that makes itself a permanent home in the hollows of his throat, the cough that comes and goes; it's all worth it, to be the person Ed turns to. It's a price he pays willingly.
Now, though. Now, Izzy knows what love looks like on Edward Teach, and it is soft and sweet and open and nothing like what Izzy has ever been able to give. Izzy's place is at Edward's side, and it's killing him.
That's okay. He's always wanted to die for something that matters.
Reccer's Notes: Izzy has hanakaki disease, and I love how the author writes it likes it's an almost chronic illness. Izzy is an unreliable narrator in how he thinks about Ed and Stede and their motivations. We as the reader can tell by their actions that their intentions are not what Izzy probably thinks, but Izzy's thought's are very much coloured by the experience he is going through and he's not seeing things for how they truly are, and of course he refuses to talk to Ed about his feelings and what going on, which only makes everything worse.
One note, this is canon-divergent after season one.
Fanwork Links: AO3
Pairings/Characters: Izzy/Ed, Izzy/Ed/Stede
Rating: E
Length: 31,803 words
Creator Links: redshift
Theme: Unreliable narrator
Summary: Izzy has spent years at Edward's side. The occasional petal here and there, the intermittent rasp that makes itself a permanent home in the hollows of his throat, the cough that comes and goes; it's all worth it, to be the person Ed turns to. It's a price he pays willingly.
Now, though. Now, Izzy knows what love looks like on Edward Teach, and it is soft and sweet and open and nothing like what Izzy has ever been able to give. Izzy's place is at Edward's side, and it's killing him.
That's okay. He's always wanted to die for something that matters.
Reccer's Notes: Izzy has hanakaki disease, and I love how the author writes it likes it's an almost chronic illness. Izzy is an unreliable narrator in how he thinks about Ed and Stede and their motivations. We as the reader can tell by their actions that their intentions are not what Izzy probably thinks, but Izzy's thought's are very much coloured by the experience he is going through and he's not seeing things for how they truly are, and of course he refuses to talk to Ed about his feelings and what going on, which only makes everything worse.
One note, this is canon-divergent after season one.
Fanwork Links: AO3
2645 / Fic - The Pitt/ER
Jul. 5th, 2026 08:32 pmsiriaStart Your Note in Evening Air
The Pitt/ER | Jack/Robby, Mel/Santos, Carter | ~3100 words | For![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
ghostalservice, who wanted something in my Brotherhood series, to the prompt 'karaoke.'
(Also on AO3)
( John and Robby do karaoke. )
The Pitt/ER | Jack/Robby, Mel/Santos, Carter | ~3100 words | For
(Also on AO3)
( John and Robby do karaoke. )
come out to meet me, run out to meet me
Jul. 5th, 2026 06:33 pmmusesfoolHad a couple of baking fails this weekend, so I guess it's granola bars for breakfast this week! Oh well. Eventually I will bake those myself too, but for now, store-bought is fine. *g* Luckily, this hoisin garlic chicken (NYTimes gift link) turned out well. I added soy sauce in place of salt, and also a sprinkling of Chinese five-spice powder instead of red pepper flakes, and it was delicious. And I have leftovers enough for a couple more meals. I also made bacon this morning, so it'll be another week of chicken bacon ranch wraps for lunch. Uh, not the hoisin chicken, though. Perdue short cuts roasted chicken strips.
And I had the first plums of the summer this weekend and they were so good. Plums! I love them so much! Cherries have also been good, but are much more expensive. And I figured out a use for the leftover seltzer for when Friend L was here - it's a good vehicle for the electrolyte powder I otherwise don't end up using, and this weekend it came in handy.
In other news, this morning, my cleaning service texted me asking if they could come tomorrow. I responded promptly saying, no, but I was available on these other dates. They have not responded. So now I'm like, are they coming tomorrow? Do I have to be ready? Because I am not ready and that is why I said no. Ugh. So now I will scramble to get ready and they won't come. Bah.
*
And I had the first plums of the summer this weekend and they were so good. Plums! I love them so much! Cherries have also been good, but are much more expensive. And I figured out a use for the leftover seltzer for when Friend L was here - it's a good vehicle for the electrolyte powder I otherwise don't end up using, and this weekend it came in handy.
In other news, this morning, my cleaning service texted me asking if they could come tomorrow. I responded promptly saying, no, but I was available on these other dates. They have not responded. So now I'm like, are they coming tomorrow? Do I have to be ready? Because I am not ready and that is why I said no. Ugh. So now I will scramble to get ready and they won't come. Bah.
*
petra5 valid reasons not to send Ryland Grace to space + 1 nigh-canonical asspull (600 words) by Petra
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carl/Ryland Grace, Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
Characters: Ryland Grace, Carl (Project Hail Mary 2026), Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Trans Ryland Grace, Trans Mpreg | Trans Male Pregnancy, Eva Stratt Doesn't Respect Bodily Autonomy, single parent, Margaret Thatcher Milk Snatcher Got Nothin' On Stratt, Drabble Sequence
Summary:
*****
Specially commissioned for the Petrova Project (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
Characters: Ryland Grace, Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Ryland Grace's A+ Pedagogy, Education, positive reinforcement
Summary:
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carl/Ryland Grace, Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
Characters: Ryland Grace, Carl (Project Hail Mary 2026), Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Trans Ryland Grace, Trans Mpreg | Trans Male Pregnancy, Eva Stratt Doesn't Respect Bodily Autonomy, single parent, Margaret Thatcher Milk Snatcher Got Nothin' On Stratt, Drabble Sequence
Summary:
Ryland Grace thinks with his heart. Eva Stratt makes ruthless decisions. Everyone, including Carl and Ryland, lives with the consequences.
*****
Specially commissioned for the Petrova Project (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
Characters: Ryland Grace, Eva Stratt
Additional Tags: Ryland Grace's A+ Pedagogy, Education, positive reinforcement
Summary:
Ryland Grace gets a delivery.
On The Nature Of Daylight [by ghostofithaca, Jack/Robby]
Jul. 5th, 2026 12:58 pmsiriareads_feedTerrified to leave, more terrified to stay, unable to bear the thought of being alone with himself for even a single hour longer, he did the only thing he had ever known how to do in moments like this, which was run blindly toward the person who frightened and comforted him in equal measure.
Media news - Frank and Percy
Jul. 5th, 2026 11:42 ampetraHey, friend, do you want a movie in which Roger Allam and Sir Ian McKellen are adorable?
Frank and Percy looks over-the-top great, with that cast.
Promo picture, which I saw go by on Tumblr and had a moment of, "Wait, is that Roger Allam in shorts and adorable boots? Am I really that lucky?"
Yes, we all are.
*
For anyone who has not in fact listened to Cabin Pressure, let me share my favorite Douglas Richardson bit from the Ipswich episode, starring Roger Allam, and, not, for the record, including any Benedict Cumberbatch.
In this clip, First Officer Douglas Richardson of MJN Air does professional development with all the other first officers from MJN Air and one beleaguered trainer.
Frank and Percy looks over-the-top great, with that cast.
Promo picture, which I saw go by on Tumblr and had a moment of, "Wait, is that Roger Allam in shorts and adorable boots? Am I really that lucky?"
Yes, we all are.
*
For anyone who has not in fact listened to Cabin Pressure, let me share my favorite Douglas Richardson bit from the Ipswich episode, starring Roger Allam, and, not, for the record, including any Benedict Cumberbatch.
In this clip, First Officer Douglas Richardson of MJN Air does professional development with all the other first officers from MJN Air and one beleaguered trainer.
Make It Up As We Go Along [by what_alchemy, Jack/Robby]
Jul. 4th, 2026 11:43 pmsiriareads_feedRobby gets a call that Trinity's in trouble. Again.
Nobody's perfect - SecUnit Fraser story
Jul. 4th, 2026 05:34 pmpetraNobody's perfect (588 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South, The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser & Ray
Characters: Benton Fraser
Additional Tags: Episode: s02e12 Some Like it Red, Alternate Universe - Murderbot Diaries Fusion, Genderfuck, Undercover as a Human Woman
Series: Part 11 of SecUnit Fraser
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South, The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser & Ray
Characters: Benton Fraser
Additional Tags: Episode: s02e12 Some Like it Red, Alternate Universe - Murderbot Diaries Fusion, Genderfuck, Undercover as a Human Woman
Series: Part 11 of SecUnit Fraser
Summary:
Fraser goes undercover at a single-gender academy.
Decisions, decisions
Jul. 4th, 2026 04:05 pmpetraOpen to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20
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Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.
Jul. 4th, 2026 03:02 pmfull_metal_ox posting in fancakeFandom: Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.
Pairings/Characters: Self-insert OC.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 287 words; 3:52
Content Notes: Unreality, stalking threats, death threats, Critical Research Failure (U.S. military), Lyrical Dissonance, macho edgelordship, profanity. The archived original 4chan forum discussion under the OP link gets even nastier.
Creator Links: Copypasta Sings:![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
copypastasings7991; the OP, for obvious reasons, remains ultra-classified.
Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Filk, Music, Non-AO3 Works, Social Media
Reccer's Notes: This trash-talking ßadass Boast by a Master of Gorilla (sic) Warfare and Top Army Sniper of the Navy SEALs has inspired a zillion adaptations and memetic mutations; dramatic readings have tended to the most gravelly depths-of-the-scrotum basso the speaker can muster.
Copypasta Sings takes it in a diametrically opposite direction, setting the lyrics to a sensitive singer-songwriter acoustic ballad.
Fanwork Links: Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZMbs5PC64
Pairings/Characters: Self-insert OC.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 287 words; 3:52
Content Notes: Unreality, stalking threats, death threats, Critical Research Failure (U.S. military), Lyrical Dissonance, macho edgelordship, profanity. The archived original 4chan forum discussion under the OP link gets even nastier.
Creator Links: Copypasta Sings:
Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Filk, Music, Non-AO3 Works, Social Media
Reccer's Notes: This trash-talking ßadass Boast by a Master of Gorilla (sic) Warfare and Top Army Sniper of the Navy SEALs has inspired a zillion adaptations and memetic mutations; dramatic readings have tended to the most gravelly depths-of-the-scrotum basso the speaker can muster.
Copypasta Sings takes it in a diametrically opposite direction, setting the lyrics to a sensitive singer-songwriter acoustic ballad.
Fanwork Links: Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZMbs5PC64
Song acrostic meme from Tumblr, where my username is longer
Jul. 4th, 2026 02:42 pmpetraSo you want to know what the music in my head sounds like, huh? Here you go. I can sing basically all of these from memory, or, in one case, hum it.
[A Little] Priest - Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Imelda Staunton & Michael Ball - I put this song on the first mix CD I made for my partner of 20+ years as fair warning of what he would end up listening to if he hung out with me for very long. He was entertained as well as weirded out. Warning: cheerful cannibalism.
Everyone Hates His Parents - William Finn, Falsettoland Off-Broadway Cast, Chip Zien, Danny Gerard, et al. -- I desperately want someone to vid this for approximately every single one of my fandoms.
Thousand Grandmothers - Holly Near - This one makes me cry consistently. A song of hope and defiance for people who believe in the power of women who have been through it and are still going.
Rolling Home - John Tams, performed by John Tams and Barry Coope - I have never performed this with backing music, only a capella, so the actual guy who wrote it performing it with electronic piano hits really weirdly. That aside, I love this song in the folk-processed version I know.
A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley - Everyone who has parents who are not right in the head needs this anthem.
Lift Every Voice And Sing - James Weldon Johnson & John J. Johnson - I will never sing this again without thinking ofrubynye and crying. Happy July 4th to absolutely all of the people in my country.
Everything Possible (2024 edition) - Rev. Fred Small - I love this song's message of love and hope, and this updated version includes nonbinary folks (like me) so it is an extra win. I first learned of the lyrics change when Rev. Small spoke at my friendbuggery's UU church. Warning: makes me cry.
Music In My Mother's House - Stuart Stotts, arr. J. David Moore, Bella Voce Women's Chorus - My mother taught me to sing, and I have sung this song at mothers' funerals and wept like a baby.
A Chat With Your Mother (The F-Word Song) - Lou & Peter Berryman, sung by Lou Berryman - I am not from Wisconsin, but I was raised on their music. Very silly. Never have I ever sung it to a group of teenagers who swore at me. You can't prove it.
I Dreamed A Dream - Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schönberg, Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Cast, sung by Ruthie Henshall - Since a friend pointed out to me that this is the best setting for the lyrics of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- cannot unhear. Also, I imprinted hard on this musical as a wee person.
The Gun Song - Stephen Sondheim, Assassins Off-Broadway Cast, Terrance Mann, Patrick Cassidy, et al. - It's been stuck in my head off and on since before I went to Buffalo withhannah and we saw a sketch of the relevant building in a museum. I can't imagine why it won't go away these days.
Roslin and Adama - Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica (2003) soundtrack - I have written so much fiction to the BSG soundtrack it isn't funny. This one is the lone instrumental, and it doesn't even have hurdy-gurdy, so far as I can tell.
Eternally Hard (Best Cock on the Block) - Seeing Bitch and Animal in concert was one of my first "Oh, hey, gender! Really truly not binary!" awakenings, and they crack me up, so I am cheating like anything to get this song, one of my favorites, into the list. Worth logging into Youtube for.
[A Little] Priest - Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Imelda Staunton & Michael Ball - I put this song on the first mix CD I made for my partner of 20+ years as fair warning of what he would end up listening to if he hung out with me for very long. He was entertained as well as weirded out. Warning: cheerful cannibalism.
Everyone Hates His Parents - William Finn, Falsettoland Off-Broadway Cast, Chip Zien, Danny Gerard, et al. -- I desperately want someone to vid this for approximately every single one of my fandoms.
Thousand Grandmothers - Holly Near - This one makes me cry consistently. A song of hope and defiance for people who believe in the power of women who have been through it and are still going.
Rolling Home - John Tams, performed by John Tams and Barry Coope - I have never performed this with backing music, only a capella, so the actual guy who wrote it performing it with electronic piano hits really weirdly. That aside, I love this song in the folk-processed version I know.
A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley - Everyone who has parents who are not right in the head needs this anthem.
Lift Every Voice And Sing - James Weldon Johnson & John J. Johnson - I will never sing this again without thinking of
rubynye and crying. Happy July 4th to absolutely all of the people in my country.Everything Possible (2024 edition) - Rev. Fred Small - I love this song's message of love and hope, and this updated version includes nonbinary folks (like me) so it is an extra win. I first learned of the lyrics change when Rev. Small spoke at my friend
buggery's UU church. Warning: makes me cry.Music In My Mother's House - Stuart Stotts, arr. J. David Moore, Bella Voce Women's Chorus - My mother taught me to sing, and I have sung this song at mothers' funerals and wept like a baby.
A Chat With Your Mother (The F-Word Song) - Lou & Peter Berryman, sung by Lou Berryman - I am not from Wisconsin, but I was raised on their music. Very silly. Never have I ever sung it to a group of teenagers who swore at me. You can't prove it.
I Dreamed A Dream - Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schönberg, Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Cast, sung by Ruthie Henshall - Since a friend pointed out to me that this is the best setting for the lyrics of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- cannot unhear. Also, I imprinted hard on this musical as a wee person.
The Gun Song - Stephen Sondheim, Assassins Off-Broadway Cast, Terrance Mann, Patrick Cassidy, et al. - It's been stuck in my head off and on since before I went to Buffalo with
hannah and we saw a sketch of the relevant building in a museum. I can't imagine why it won't go away these days.Roslin and Adama - Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica (2003) soundtrack - I have written so much fiction to the BSG soundtrack it isn't funny. This one is the lone instrumental, and it doesn't even have hurdy-gurdy, so far as I can tell.
Eternally Hard (Best Cock on the Block) - Seeing Bitch and Animal in concert was one of my first "Oh, hey, gender! Really truly not binary!" awakenings, and they crack me up, so I am cheating like anything to get this song, one of my favorites, into the list. Worth logging into Youtube for.