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i'm feeling good and optimistic-ish today so far. dinner is in the slow cooker, bach is on the stereo, willa is sleeping in her carrier. i have as much of the day as she'll give me to get ready to start rehearsing carmina burana tonight.
i've never performed carmina before. so many people love it, but my prof from my current (stalled out) program hates it. and after spending a lot of the past week with it, i can see all the sides. from the choral singer's perspective, it's pretty easy. at least in terms of note-learning. there are some vocally challenging spots and there is a LOT of text in latin and german, but overall, it's surprisingly simple. which is probably why my prof hates it and i can understand that too. orff was composing when stravinsky was, which makes this music looks like a child's drawing next to a kandinsky. but. it's fun. and i think that's what it really comes down to. we'll be performing it with a wind ensemble - two of their concerts in may and one of ours in june. i'll conduct the june concert and there's no way that won't be incredibly fun. big and noisy. i can be down with that.
this weekend was lovely. we had a picnic to celebrate my birthday (a little early). and we went to cora's first birthday party. i still find it so hard to believe she's just about 7 months older than willa. she's walking around and understanding what people say to her and eating real food and... all kinds of stuff i really can't picture willa doing. it's so exciting to know that's coming, though.
in the mean time, willa had a good weekend after a bad week of night waking and crankiness. i should say that to me 'night waking' means waking up and staying awake fussing or crying - or sometimes just making noise, not just waking up to eat, which she does every night and i'm at peace with that. we've been seeing a homeopath and i don't know if the remedy has been responsible for changes and improvements, but if not, it's an impressive coincidence. at the very least, our homeopath is a very involved and calming presence and it's really nice to have someone else taking the colic/fussiness seriously and working on figuring it out.
one of the most amazing things in the world is willa waking up in the morning. when she wakes and realizes that we're awake too and it's morning time, her whole face lights up with this amazing smile. it's pretty much the best way to wake up that ever was. it makes an optimistic morning possible.
i've never performed carmina before. so many people love it, but my prof from my current (stalled out) program hates it. and after spending a lot of the past week with it, i can see all the sides. from the choral singer's perspective, it's pretty easy. at least in terms of note-learning. there are some vocally challenging spots and there is a LOT of text in latin and german, but overall, it's surprisingly simple. which is probably why my prof hates it and i can understand that too. orff was composing when stravinsky was, which makes this music looks like a child's drawing next to a kandinsky. but. it's fun. and i think that's what it really comes down to. we'll be performing it with a wind ensemble - two of their concerts in may and one of ours in june. i'll conduct the june concert and there's no way that won't be incredibly fun. big and noisy. i can be down with that.
this weekend was lovely. we had a picnic to celebrate my birthday (a little early). and we went to cora's first birthday party. i still find it so hard to believe she's just about 7 months older than willa. she's walking around and understanding what people say to her and eating real food and... all kinds of stuff i really can't picture willa doing. it's so exciting to know that's coming, though.
in the mean time, willa had a good weekend after a bad week of night waking and crankiness. i should say that to me 'night waking' means waking up and staying awake fussing or crying - or sometimes just making noise, not just waking up to eat, which she does every night and i'm at peace with that. we've been seeing a homeopath and i don't know if the remedy has been responsible for changes and improvements, but if not, it's an impressive coincidence. at the very least, our homeopath is a very involved and calming presence and it's really nice to have someone else taking the colic/fussiness seriously and working on figuring it out.
one of the most amazing things in the world is willa waking up in the morning. when she wakes and realizes that we're awake too and it's morning time, her whole face lights up with this amazing smile. it's pretty much the best way to wake up that ever was. it makes an optimistic morning possible.
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just checking in to say... we're headed to the hospital. GULP. like, right now. so, you know. see you soon? with baby?
*deep breaths*
*deep breaths*
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i got out of bed and just about instantly started laughing/singing as i puttered around. why? it's cold! not really cold. it's sunny and beautiful but it's not 90 degrees out there today and it's not going to be. high in the low 70s today. 70s!!!! i'm giddy with delight and relief. the heat has not been kind to pregnant me this summer. i am super duper absolutely extremely ready for fall.
wrote a post earlier in the week when i was not at all giddy but actually really down and bleh. and then i didn't post it because i felt annoyed with my own crankiness. i'll put it here under a cut so you can easily skip it. ( Collapse )
no, ok, real summary:
-all rehearsals and concerts went well.
-doctors really, really want to find problems with pregnancies. it pays their bills.
-i will relent and pee in a jug for 24 hours.
-i'm pretty positive me and the baby are just peachy, if slightly iron deficient.
it also helps that last night we started cleaning the house. we have more to do but it got a little out of control when we went away and then right away had guests (the loveliest
inkjunket and
hominidj!) upon our return. clear surfaces help me clear my mind.
man, i have all this stuff i could post about! we had a baby shower in boston! it was beautiful! and we painted the nursery when ink and j were here! it's beautiful too! and i've been taking some outfit pictures lately. see, all these happy posts. i'll have to start making lots of them. for now though, a little more cleaning and enjoying the weather, and then another lovely guest is coming for the weekend.
wrote a post earlier in the week when i was not at all giddy but actually really down and bleh. and then i didn't post it because i felt annoyed with my own crankiness. i'll put it here under a cut so you can easily skip it. ( Collapse )
no, ok, real summary:
-all rehearsals and concerts went well.
-doctors really, really want to find problems with pregnancies. it pays their bills.
-i will relent and pee in a jug for 24 hours.
-i'm pretty positive me and the baby are just peachy, if slightly iron deficient.
it also helps that last night we started cleaning the house. we have more to do but it got a little out of control when we went away and then right away had guests (the loveliest
man, i have all this stuff i could post about! we had a baby shower in boston! it was beautiful! and we painted the nursery when ink and j were here! it's beautiful too! and i've been taking some outfit pictures lately. see, all these happy posts. i'll have to start making lots of them. for now though, a little more cleaning and enjoying the weather, and then another lovely guest is coming for the weekend.
why you maybe want to watch hawaii five-0, or maybe not
i would to blither a bit about hawaii five-0, sort of in the way of a pimping post, but not exactly. because i'm still not sure how in it i am, really, and maybe i want to sort that out a little. so i'll try to break things down. and there will be probably be some spoilers in here. h50 doesn't make it into the category of shows i care about spoilers for, sorry. i won't drop anything major.
reasons to watch hawaii five-o:
-the scenery. for me and many to most in my flist/circle, it's winter right now and it's cold and snowy and nasty. looking at lush, warm, green, gorgeous hawaii for 43.5 minutes is not a hardship at all. and getting tossed tidbits of hawaiian culture is interesting, too, though i do take them with a grain of salt.
-the bickering. i have seen many people claim that h50 is the slashiest show on tv. i guess i'm not really sure what else is on to compete with it but i know there have been many slashier shows in the past. so... idk, maybe? however. whenever the main characters, steve and danny, get in the car together, beautiful things happen. i love me a bickery pairing and that is what we have here. with danny "i'm from new jersey, i must rant about everything" williams and steve "expressions hurt my face" mcgarrett," you know you're in for some good bicker. what's that? you want examples? ok!
they're in the car! of course they bicker about music.
danny's from NJ! of course they bicker about that.
and of course there is a cheesy, edited youtube compilation of bickery moments.
-steve drives danny's car. i love this and i can't really explain why. it's not really explained in the show, either. danny brings it up a couple of times but it doesn't change. it's... cute! idk!
-chin ho and kono/daniel dae kim and grace park. i already knew the actors were awesome and their characters are pretty awesome, too. i would say chin's probably the most interesting character on the show, with the big question marks in his past and being shunned by work and family. well, family except kono. kono the tiny badass rookie who loooooves her cousin. i would totally read chin/kono but they get along too well to do any satisfying bickering so i haven't really gone looking for them as a pairing. their cousin-love is possibly dirty but definitely endearing. also, the two of them could act circles around scott caan who could in turn act circles around alex o'loughlin, but that's just my humble opinion and all that.
-everyone's pretty. at first, i had no interest in the show in part because steve and danny were so physically unappealing to me. one's tall and one's short but they're both kind of beefy/muscular and that doesn't turn my crank. but... well, somehow through the bickering they have become more attractive. and i didn't need any convincing about chin and kono.
this one point goes in the middle because it's neither here not there, but did you know that through very minimal googling of scott caan, you come upon a picture of his junk? i don't really know how i feel about this, but there is it.
reasons you might not want to watch hawaii five-0:
-the writing. yeah, that's sad, right? but it's true. the plots of the shows are... fine, i guess. i'm kind of lightly drawn in to their little mysteries. it's more fun to see the characters i like playing around in their roles than anything. but the dialogue. oy. it varies from funny to decent to painful. they clearly anticipate a somewhat stupid audience because they continually sum up or explain what's going on to each other in nice, simple words that make everything feel completely awkward. i'm hoping the show will mature over time and the writing will get less stilted and weird.
-steve's angst. it should be the driving force of the show but it ends up feeling really manufactured. chin's angst would be so much more interesting to me, but chin is portrayed as pretty emotionally healthy, if slightly damaged, so we're supposed to be moved by steve's attempts at angsty faces. i see what they're going for, but it doesn't quite work. it is, however, fertile ground for fanfic, so that's the upside.
-doesn't pass the bechdel test. kono is awesome but she's the only main character who is female and i can't, off the top of my head, come up with one time she's talked to another woman. the governor is also kind of awesome, but she only ever talks to steve. thumbs down.
-you don't read fanfiction. i mean, really, i'm a little bit drawn in to the show itself, but mostly i'm drawn in to the copious amount of fic that is coming out and i want to keep up with the canon.
aaaand, the good part now. recs! all danny/steve, but if you have recs of other pairings, please share!
inked by thehoyden - what could be wrong with a fic in which danny gets steve's name tattooed on his ass? for a case!
all the girls out on the stoop by mirabella - ok, really, it's a fic in which danny is part veela. i figured it would be a quick, funny little ficlet but actually it is on the longer side and... now i can't really stop believing that danny is, in fact, a veela.
might as well let you in (between the sheets) by giddygeek - it's schmoop, and these guys do schmoop surprisingly well.
motive and means by lamardeuse - "Your standard undercover-in-a-gay-bar cliché, complete with fellatio."
fix definitely as desired by giddygeek - first fic in the fandom that i looooved.
when all of new york city misses you by leupagus and sutlers - good and angsty.
break the lock if it don't fit by austen - i'm a total sucker for fics in which they move in together. total sucker!
riding on two wheels by lamardeuse - also a sucker for danny-grace-steve as a family fic. <3!
hope you enjoy! or, you know, don't. :)
(oh right, i don't have an h50 icon, so i'll use the best-ever cop pairing in their place.)
reasons to watch hawaii five-o:
-the scenery. for me and many to most in my flist/circle, it's winter right now and it's cold and snowy and nasty. looking at lush, warm, green, gorgeous hawaii for 43.5 minutes is not a hardship at all. and getting tossed tidbits of hawaiian culture is interesting, too, though i do take them with a grain of salt.
-the bickering. i have seen many people claim that h50 is the slashiest show on tv. i guess i'm not really sure what else is on to compete with it but i know there have been many slashier shows in the past. so... idk, maybe? however. whenever the main characters, steve and danny, get in the car together, beautiful things happen. i love me a bickery pairing and that is what we have here. with danny "i'm from new jersey, i must rant about everything" williams and steve "expressions hurt my face" mcgarrett," you know you're in for some good bicker. what's that? you want examples? ok!
they're in the car! of course they bicker about music.
danny's from NJ! of course they bicker about that.
and of course there is a cheesy, edited youtube compilation of bickery moments.
-steve drives danny's car. i love this and i can't really explain why. it's not really explained in the show, either. danny brings it up a couple of times but it doesn't change. it's... cute! idk!
-chin ho and kono/daniel dae kim and grace park. i already knew the actors were awesome and their characters are pretty awesome, too. i would say chin's probably the most interesting character on the show, with the big question marks in his past and being shunned by work and family. well, family except kono. kono the tiny badass rookie who loooooves her cousin. i would totally read chin/kono but they get along too well to do any satisfying bickering so i haven't really gone looking for them as a pairing. their cousin-love is possibly dirty but definitely endearing. also, the two of them could act circles around scott caan who could in turn act circles around alex o'loughlin, but that's just my humble opinion and all that.
-everyone's pretty. at first, i had no interest in the show in part because steve and danny were so physically unappealing to me. one's tall and one's short but they're both kind of beefy/muscular and that doesn't turn my crank. but... well, somehow through the bickering they have become more attractive. and i didn't need any convincing about chin and kono.
this one point goes in the middle because it's neither here not there, but did you know that through very minimal googling of scott caan, you come upon a picture of his junk? i don't really know how i feel about this, but there is it.
reasons you might not want to watch hawaii five-0:
-the writing. yeah, that's sad, right? but it's true. the plots of the shows are... fine, i guess. i'm kind of lightly drawn in to their little mysteries. it's more fun to see the characters i like playing around in their roles than anything. but the dialogue. oy. it varies from funny to decent to painful. they clearly anticipate a somewhat stupid audience because they continually sum up or explain what's going on to each other in nice, simple words that make everything feel completely awkward. i'm hoping the show will mature over time and the writing will get less stilted and weird.
-steve's angst. it should be the driving force of the show but it ends up feeling really manufactured. chin's angst would be so much more interesting to me, but chin is portrayed as pretty emotionally healthy, if slightly damaged, so we're supposed to be moved by steve's attempts at angsty faces. i see what they're going for, but it doesn't quite work. it is, however, fertile ground for fanfic, so that's the upside.
-doesn't pass the bechdel test. kono is awesome but she's the only main character who is female and i can't, off the top of my head, come up with one time she's talked to another woman. the governor is also kind of awesome, but she only ever talks to steve. thumbs down.
-you don't read fanfiction. i mean, really, i'm a little bit drawn in to the show itself, but mostly i'm drawn in to the copious amount of fic that is coming out and i want to keep up with the canon.
aaaand, the good part now. recs! all danny/steve, but if you have recs of other pairings, please share!
inked by thehoyden - what could be wrong with a fic in which danny gets steve's name tattooed on his ass? for a case!
all the girls out on the stoop by mirabella - ok, really, it's a fic in which danny is part veela. i figured it would be a quick, funny little ficlet but actually it is on the longer side and... now i can't really stop believing that danny is, in fact, a veela.
might as well let you in (between the sheets) by giddygeek - it's schmoop, and these guys do schmoop surprisingly well.
motive and means by lamardeuse - "Your standard undercover-in-a-gay-bar cliché, complete with fellatio."
fix definitely as desired by giddygeek - first fic in the fandom that i looooved.
when all of new york city misses you by leupagus and sutlers - good and angsty.
break the lock if it don't fit by austen - i'm a total sucker for fics in which they move in together. total sucker!
riding on two wheels by lamardeuse - also a sucker for danny-grace-steve as a family fic. <3!
hope you enjoy! or, you know, don't. :)
(oh right, i don't have an h50 icon, so i'll use the best-ever cop pairing in their place.)
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so. i have been consuming holmes fan media for weeks now. it's time to share. and if there are things you think are missing from this list, TELL ME PLEASE. :)
vids
your ex-lover's dead by
misread_. if this vid doesn't rip your heart out, you probably don't have one. the saddest thing about it to me is that it's totes true to canon. hoooolllmes! :(
fever by
talitha78. i think everyone's seen this by now but it's good to have on hand as a peppy antidote to the first vid.
art
NSFW. holmes and watson in a chair by
laurazel.
NSFW. holmes and watson on a bed by
laurazel.
mixes
fanmix by
lamentalone
haven't downloaded and listened to this one yet, but it looks interesting. though obviously the song red is really about merlin and arthur. duh.
consequences by
plastique
also haven't tried this one out yet.
these flickering moods by
zarah5. this one i have listened to, quite a bit. it's true enough to the movie that is pretty seriously angsty. and some of the songs are really impressive fits - in lyrics and in overall sound. recommended.
(you could be my) unintended by
lastling. ok, i haven't listened to this one yet either, but this one is also a picspam and a fic and it led to the tragically awesome vid listed above.
fic
a silly phase by
zarah5. characters turning into children is not really my thing but this is pretty freaking cute.
scientific inquiry by sasha_davidovna. holmes needs to know about sex. for science, you see. (holmes/adler, holmes/watson)
hard to look so easy by
giddygeek. ficlet on the prompt: Watson is impressed by someone else (another detective, a better violinist, etc etc) and Holmes is super annoyed and gets competitive. love the idea and love the execution.
the things we say with our hands by
ariadnes_string. lovely, short, h/c fic. watson's war injury(ies) comes in so handy for these h/c fics.
the maiden voyage of the tiresias by
astolat. involves some cross-dressing. completely awesome.
this day to the ending of the world by
candle_beck. an h/w origin story that contradicts the book canon but is extremely well done.
a little vanilla is good for the soul by
toestastegood. "With any other person Holmes would no doubt have grown bored by this point."
time is the best doctor by
toestastgood. sweet and dirty.
scientific inquiry (different from the other one by that title) FIC+ART by
lizardspots and
longleggedgit. short, sweet, adorable, nice, semi-worksafe art.
katie forsythe's fic:
all her holmes fic is here and i haven't encountered one yet that i don't like. all book canon, as far as i know. it's a little hard to square these characters up to the movie characters, mostly because of just how devoted her watson is - not that he doesn't get annoyed and angry, just not in the same eye-rolly, he's-such-a-pain-in-my-ass way as movie watson. but i love her versions of these characters. and these are my particular favorites -
full of grace. i think i don't want to read established relationship fics and then i do it anyway and sometimes it's awesome like this. this fic deals with oscar wilde's case and how it touched holmes and watson's world. the ending it so lovely and romantic i can barely stand it.
four minor interludes for the solo violin. long, satisfying, first-time romanciness. i'm absolutely convinced of them falling in love with each other in this and it's kind of hard to remember that it's not actual canon. followed by hallowed be thy name - even longer.
undiscovered country - h/c fic like awesome.
an april journey - they figure things out on a train. :)
eh, just read them all. pretty sure you can't go wrong.
several nc-17 linked by
foxxcub - i totally second these recs:
annoying little things. includes NSFW art. i totally believe this holmes. fits in perfectly with movie canon and in that way is pretty heartbreaking.
the art of balancing by
shockselectric. i believe these characters too and ugggghhhh, the heartbreak. why is the movie canon so evil? did i say evil? i must have meant awesome. wait, no, i meant evil.
unconventional cures by
toestastegood. whew, this one is... rough. WARNING FOR DUB CON. and all around painfulness.
an interesting little problem by cimorene. hot and just the kind of sweet i believe they would be - particular in the pre-'09 movie canon.
other
page of recs and links to various authors's works. pre-'09 movie
archive/recs page - pre-'09 movie
some good picspam, gifs, recs, etc in here. mostly '09 movie canon.
youtube clip. jude law wants you to know that it's not a bromance, it's a romance.
the mysterious case of the marginally gayer alternate reality by
longleggedgit. cracktastic picspam/story. love it.
vids
your ex-lover's dead by
fever by
art
NSFW. holmes and watson in a chair by
NSFW. holmes and watson on a bed by
mixes
fanmix by
haven't downloaded and listened to this one yet, but it looks interesting. though obviously the song red is really about merlin and arthur. duh.
consequences by
also haven't tried this one out yet.
these flickering moods by
(you could be my) unintended by
fic
a silly phase by
scientific inquiry by sasha_davidovna. holmes needs to know about sex. for science, you see. (holmes/adler, holmes/watson)
hard to look so easy by
the things we say with our hands by
the maiden voyage of the tiresias by
this day to the ending of the world by
a little vanilla is good for the soul by
time is the best doctor by
toestastgood. sweet and dirty. scientific inquiry (different from the other one by that title) FIC+ART by
katie forsythe's fic:
all her holmes fic is here and i haven't encountered one yet that i don't like. all book canon, as far as i know. it's a little hard to square these characters up to the movie characters, mostly because of just how devoted her watson is - not that he doesn't get annoyed and angry, just not in the same eye-rolly, he's-such-a-pain-in-my-ass way as movie watson. but i love her versions of these characters. and these are my particular favorites -
full of grace. i think i don't want to read established relationship fics and then i do it anyway and sometimes it's awesome like this. this fic deals with oscar wilde's case and how it touched holmes and watson's world. the ending it so lovely and romantic i can barely stand it.
four minor interludes for the solo violin. long, satisfying, first-time romanciness. i'm absolutely convinced of them falling in love with each other in this and it's kind of hard to remember that it's not actual canon. followed by hallowed be thy name - even longer.
undiscovered country - h/c fic like awesome.
an april journey - they figure things out on a train. :)
eh, just read them all. pretty sure you can't go wrong.
several nc-17 linked by
annoying little things. includes NSFW art. i totally believe this holmes. fits in perfectly with movie canon and in that way is pretty heartbreaking.
the art of balancing by
unconventional cures by
an interesting little problem by cimorene. hot and just the kind of sweet i believe they would be - particular in the pre-'09 movie canon.
other
page of recs and links to various authors's works. pre-'09 movie
archive/recs page - pre-'09 movie
some good picspam, gifs, recs, etc in here. mostly '09 movie canon.
youtube clip. jude law wants you to know that it's not a bromance, it's a romance.
the mysterious case of the marginally gayer alternate reality by
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hiiiiii. ugh, i'm tired. the past couple of weeks when i haven't been around lj at all have been really excellent times.
anabelwumpkins was here for a lovely visit and then i was in utah which turned out to be beautiful and i loved it and then
inkjunket and
hominidj were here for more fun times and it has all been great but when i top that off with the late night drive to the airport and stella vomitting on our bed in the wee hours of the morning, i'm just tired.
i have a ton of pictures from the utah trip to share but it will probably have to be tomorrow since i need to dedicate this morning to getting back on track with my various projects i was working on before all this. vacation is over. i do not approve.
and now if i don't get right in the shower, i'll probably fall asleep with my face on the keyboard. so here i go.
i have a ton of pictures from the utah trip to share but it will probably have to be tomorrow since i need to dedicate this morning to getting back on track with my various projects i was working on before all this. vacation is over. i do not approve.
and now if i don't get right in the shower, i'll probably fall asleep with my face on the keyboard. so here i go.
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i'm off to salt lake city this morning! i can't quite believe i'm about to get in a car and drive for 8 hours, but... i am. i'm all packed up, mixes made, some deathly hallows and some podfic to listen to on the way. i am indeed taking I80, the boring route through wyoming. i'll let you know how that goes.
anabelwumpkins's visit was so lovely, save for travel delays on both ends. we had good times around our neighborhood and denver and sang together at church on sunday. man, i miss singing with anney. nothing else like it.
and now i get to see my parents tonight! if i ever leave. i suppose i should get on that. i think i'll be twittering from the road (when i'm stopped, of course) if anything interesting happens. not really anticipating that so much, but you never know.
see you in salt lake!
and now i get to see my parents tonight! if i ever leave. i suppose i should get on that. i think i'll be twittering from the road (when i'm stopped, of course) if anything interesting happens. not really anticipating that so much, but you never know.
see you in salt lake!
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forgot to say in my last post, i have 3 dreamwidth codes free to good homes. just let me know if you want one.
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