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Title: Still, Even If
Author: bexless
Reader: swiiftly, bessyboo, melusina
Editor: klb
Fandom: Bandom - My Chemical Romance
Pairing: Frank/Gerard
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 3:52

Summary: "Would you still be into me if I were a guy?"

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Title: Size Queen
Author: bexless
Reader: swiiftly, bessyboo, melusina
Editor: klb
Fandom: Bandom - My Chemical Romance
Pairing: Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC-17
Runtime: 10:06

Summary: Frank and Gerard are girls! They have sex with a strap-on. Nothing else happens.

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Notes: These are both a product of the live group podfic party of Muskrat Jamboree 2013! One of my favorite parts of the con - a large group of fangirls camping out in my hotel room to make podfic together. I love these two ficlets from bexless - the first makes me wicked emotional, and the second is ridiculously hot, and it was super fun and inspiring to perform them with bessyboo and melusina. Somehow they talked me into reading straight-up porn in front of everyone (after a shot of whiskey to calm my nerves), and I was both blushing and grinning the whole time. If only I could record podfic like this ALL the time. ♥

...at least until I become plagued with anxiety about talking to people again, la la la.

SO. I've been refreshing youtube like a crazy person, and to-day this video of a radio interview popped up, and instead of totally spamming twitter with my thoughts, I'll just...quietly sneak on LJ and post some thoughts here...

-Every time I pause this video, it is on a frame of someone GRINNING LIKE CRAZY, and my heart cannot even handle it. I know that they didn't spend all these years sadly pining for Fall Out Boy or whatever, but like…seeing them all together and how happy they are feels amazing, to me as a fan, so I can't even imagine how they must be feeling right now? I don't know, I worry that I project ALL MY FEELINGS on them and romanticize the shit out of this band, but. Just look at them, man. It's amazing.

-When Pete is talking about that feeling of disbelief he gets every time ("my feeling is disbelief, it's like why is this happening, every time, pretty much") that all these people are there for them, the annoying interviewing dude is like, "so you don't feel like you deserve it?" and the way Pete just quietly shakes his head, GOD. Pete, never stop putting all your feelings right out there.

-I am still completely stunned that they managed to keep this comeback a total secret? Like, we had those rumors, but they didn't feel like anything more than silly rumors to me. This interviewer lady talks about how she booked this interview a couple weeks ago and then FOB denied the rumors and she was like "WHAT," but was forbidden to tell anyone. But like. There were probably so many random people that knew things were going on, and somehow, miraculously, word did not actually get out? I like that Pete keeps saying "we wanted this to happen how we, if we were fans of Fall Out Boy, would want it to happen" because this really was the most perfect comeback, as a fan. Just dropping the bomb of NEW SONG VIDEO TOUR SHOWS ALBUM all at once, instead of information trickling in, creating all kinds of expectations. They just DID IT and I am still on a high from that, uh, as you can all tell as I can't stop talking about it.

-BE MORE RIDICULOUS ABOUT PATRICK, PETE, I DARE YOU. "You're more like a pomeranian, pacing around, like PLEASE someone pick me up and pet me!" Ugh, LOOK AT THEM.

-The interviewer is pretty much an obnoxious jerk, and I like how at the end when he says something dumb and people awkward-laugh, Joe's face is basically :| :| :|, because Joe Trohman does not take your shit.

-Also, Pete has the WORST posture and sits all slumped over exactly like I do, and I love him for it.

Well okay, Fall Out Boy returning has officially turned me into a crazy person, because I was struck with the need to transcribe the Zane Lowe interview with Pete. All 2000 words of it. So I hope someone out there likes the idea of having it typed out as much as I apparently do? ALSO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, PLEASE COMMENT AND YELL ABOUT PETE WENTZ WITH ME.

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THAT TOOK A LONG TIME, GOODNIGHT.

So Fall Out Boy is back and there is an LJ entry I need to write about my extensive feelings about this band and these dudes and my relationship to this fandom, but right now I just want to bring some videos from the show last night to your attention.

Thriller - first song they played, and this video is ALL ABOUT Pete's motherfucking SMILE. Also, at the "plus one in the afterlife" line, Pete holds up two fingers and says "plus two" and I'm not sure what to make of that??? but in any case, PETE HAS FEELINGS.

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) - super good sound for hearing Patrick's voice on the new song :D

I Don't Care - Patrick adorably forgets the lyrics and Pete comes over to remind him.

Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner - in which the first ten seconds give me ridiculous chills, and then PETE PUTS A HAND ON PATRICK'S BACK AND POINTS AT HIM AT "NOTHING COMES AS EASY AS YOU" oh my god I had almost forgotten how ridiculous Pete is about Patrick. ALMOST.

Pete and Patrick banter - "So, if you want something for your facebook, take a lovely picture of the angelic Patrick here..." AKA, nothing ever changes.

(also notice Andy being a tattooed shirtless BEAST on the drums in these, goddamn)

I am so happy, you guys. So, so happy.

All right, friends. Everyone's doing it. In lieu of updating with anything about my actual life, here's a meme, because I miss everyone on livejournal and this way I can tell you how great you all are. ♥

Comment and I will...

1. Tell you why I friended you. If I remember.
2. Associate you with something.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Associate you with a character/pairing.
6. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7. Tell you my favourite userpic of yours.

Dear people of Chicago: does anyone have any recommendations for doctors/therapists/psychiatrists/etc? I kind of need to find myself a primary care doctor at some point, but more urgently I also think I need to talk to someone about some anti-depressants or something, but cities are big and I have a huge complex about making the wrong choice with these things, so if anyone has any advice, that would be great. Comment or LJ message or e-mail or whatever you would feel comfortable with if you have any input. Thanks, people. ♥

I don't know what's wrong with me that I listened to all 22 minutes of Roberto Luongo in his awkward radio interview, but that's totally what I chose to do with my time home alone the other day. Basically I feel like the Vancouver Canucks are all aliens. BUT THE POINT IS, it was totally worth it because I got to hear Luongo call Mike Richards a dick! someone asked him who was the biggest jerk on the ice during the Kings series, and Luongo replied "uh, I hate to say this because he was my teammate for Team Canada, but Richards" and the radio dudes were all "oh, so he was a dick?" and Luongo said "well, for lack of a better word..." While I wholeheartedly believe that off-ice Mike Richards is not an asshole, ON-ice Mike Richards is a different story and I just want to giggle into my hands at the fact that ROBERTO LUONGO CALLED HIM A DICK!! yes.

(apparently the secret to me actually writing LJ entries is to start with a Mike Richards story)

IN OTHER NEWS, andthenextday took me to the zoo to-day and it was excellent. Bizarrely, we saw a kid in a Toronto Maple Leafs shirt (and then saw him again later and discovered it was a PHIL KESSEL shirt which made it even more hilarious, because ha ha phil kessel), a dude in a Winnipeg Jets shirt, and some kids wearing Team Sweden hats?? IT WAS WEIRD but entertaining. okay chicago. okay.

More entertaining was THE POLAR BEAR WHO I WAS COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH. Mostly because it looked like my big fat white dog Champ who I miss. It jumped in the water and I'm pretty sure I like, TEARED UP because I was emotional about polar bears and/or dogs. This is what happens when I go to the zoo. I pawed at Kat's back a lot with excessive animal feelings.

also a bird pooped on my head/arm, probably as the universe's payback for the fact that I'm the obnoxious person who feeds the seagulls. which I did.

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I'm in a weird headspace in which I have a lot of free time and not a whole lot to focus on. I need a hobby?? I'm trying to read more books! Kat and I are zooooming through the Wire, because I hadn't seen it, and we're almost midway through season three, which is great. Next in the turn-Devin-into-a-real-person television quest is Arrested Development, I believe. I haven't been able to focus on a lot of fic recently, but I might actually try and read some of the bandom big bang stuff, even though I pretty much haven't read any bandom stuff since...2011, whoa. I DON'T KNOW. MY BRAIN IS SCATTERED.

aaaand I've reached the point in this entry where I run out of things to say. HI LIVEJOURNAL. HOW ARE YOU. I have too many hours to fill and I do not know how to entertain myself o_____o

This morning I had a dream about Mike Richards as an Olympic swimmer, breaking a world record but then fucking up his next event and being really grumpy about it, but none of this was the most ridiculous part of the dream - the fact that he was on TEAM USA was. MIKE RICHARDS SWIMS FOR AMERICA!!! also he had his full-on-homeless Stanley-Cup-winning beard while doing so. GETTING TO DETAIL THIS DREAM TO KAT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WAS BASICALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY.

(speaking of the Olympics, I am following them for the first time ever, and it's exciting! I don't know why I didn't have this dream when I was watching swimming trials every day, but whatever. sports, man. how did this happen to me? andthenextday's fault forever, as is true of most things these days. THAT JERK.)

Chicago has been about a zillion degrees every day for the past FOREVER. I'm really bad at summer. Also kind of bad at cities, as I haven't gone out much at allllll since moving here. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY GREAT, THOUGH. Except for job searching, which is completely soul crushing all the time, which I'm supposed to be doing right now but currently I am...writing this LJ entry and catching up on this season of Suits. But when I finish this entry! I will probably find at least one thing to apply for to-night! HOPEFULLY!

But yeah, everything really is super great. This thing where I get to spend time with people I like a whole lot every day is new and exciting and makes life about 357076047054 times better than it was when I was stuck in Connecticut.

(Watching Suits while trying to write this is super distracting because GINA TORRES EXISTS.)

Okay, I've run out of things to ramble about so I'm going to post some pictures of BISCUIT THE KITTEN, Kat's cat who was born of a stray cat in her grandparents' garage, who is the best cat I have ever met in my entire life and I even forgive him for biting my face at five in the morning to make me play with him because he is SO AWESOME.

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as always, I'm sorry I suck so much at LJ. I'm always reading! just failing at ever commenting /o\

OKAY, JOB SEARCHING TIME HERE I GO.

Here are some things that are great:

1. Last weekend I went to visit shiningartifact and it was an absolutely AMAZING time. I started the visit by getting to see C's process for compiling Franks of the Day for twitter, and it was GLORIOUS. HER SPREADSHEETS, YOU GUYS. *_________* it was amazing. Later I went with her and her girl and also brooklinegirl and mrsronweasley to see the Avengers for time number three, and this time was the one where I FINALLY DIDN'T SLIP INTO NAPTIME (no seriously what is wrong with me how could I fall asleep on two different viewings of an ACTION-PACKED, REALLY DELIGHTFUL movie? it just kind of happened. I don't know) and also had a whooooole lot of feelings.

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2. TO-MORROW I have another adventure to spend the rest of the weekend with brimtoast and laliandra! I'M REALLY EXCITED. I haven't seen Kara since September and I of course haven't seen Lal since MJ and I plan to snuggle and giggle with them all weekend loooong. I am just fitting in all the visits to people I love over here before I run off to the midwest, ahhh.

3. Blah blah hockey feelings LOS ANGELES KINGS, I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART. It feels kind of like cheating, that the year I get into hockey I fall for a team who has a very good chance at the Cup, and then more specifically that I get into the Kings at this point without having had to deal with sadness for years about them not having reached anywhere near this point, ha. I have a post in my brain about being a totally new sports fan, and another post in my brain where I detail all of my feelings about the Kings celebration and handshake line videos after winning the conference finals, but who knows if I will ever actually write these because I fail at livejournal.

4. On June 5th, there will be one andthenextday&co. picking me up at the airport in Chicago, AND I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY COOL OR SOMETHING.

(ETA: OH HEY INTERNET. Does anyone want or know someone who might want a ticket to see fun. in NYC on June 17th? because of item number four in this entry, I will not be anywhere near NYC on that day and must sacrifice seeing them again. Totally free ticket! And they are amazing live! SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE IT FROM ME.)

Title: stars fade into day
Author: radioaches
Reader: swiiftly
Fandom: Captain America (2011)
Pairing: Steve/Bucky
Rating: G
Runtime: 11:49

Summary: WW2. New York. An always-been-girls AU.

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Notes: I was so thrilled when I stumbled upon this story awhile ago, so when I was searching for the next thing to podfic, this totally stood out. I love how well-drawn this slightly different universe is, of these two as young women and how that shifts their story. It's sweet and beautifully understated and the image of these two girls has definitely stuck with me since I read it. Hope you enjoy, anyone who listens! ♥