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::x-posted to the sinpozium dreamwidth and livejournal community::

As promised! and within a reasonable time frame!

As per my vague preamble before my vid show, the theme for Saturday was retrospective with an emphasis on the transition of vidding around 2002-2004

I started with "Both Sides Now" by Kandy Fong

and then straight into the show:

1 - "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" by Laura Shapiro. 2001. Multi-fandom.

2 - "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by alasen. 2002-ish said alasen when I asked her, posted in her lj 2003. Due South.

3 - "Polka Party" by Waldo. 2001. Multi-fandom.

4 - "Sorry" by sineala. 2002. X-Files Mulder/Krycek

5 - "In Your Eyes" by Lynn. 2001. Stargate SG1 Jack/Daniel (access is a bit tricky, follow the site instructions to get a password)

6 - "Opportunities" by Carol S, Killa and WOAD Society.2002. Highlander constructed reality/crime AU.
Uh, I can't find this online, I've had my .mov file of this vid since 2004, here is the fanfare page? SORRY!

7 - "Repeat After Me" by f1renze and sweetestdrain. 2006. due South, Queer As Folk (US) and Xena: Warrior Princess

8 - "The Mountain" by Melina and astolat. 2004. Lord Of The Rings.

9 - "Snakes on a Plane" by Dualbunny. 2007. Harry Potter.

10 - "This Is How It Works" by lim. 2006. Stargate Atlantis. Vid of Synecdochic's 'Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose'
The fanfare page for this vid is worth a read, as was shouted after the vidshow, don't read the fic unless you like crying!

11 - "Bohemian Like You" by PR Zed. 2005. Multi-fandom. (another password protected site but also available on the circuit archive here)

12 - "Anything For Love" by astolat and Speranza. 2012. I would class this as fannish meta ;)


Sunday vid show!

1 - "Wrecking Ball" by Talitha. Thor/Loki Vid Summary: Thor is a wrecking ball of emotions.

2 - "Gone Tech" by blithesea. Almost Human Synopsis: Once you gone tech, you ain't never going back.

3 - "Salute" by shinyjenni. DC Animated Summary: "Athena knows the League could use more female members."

4 - "Blank Space" by purplefringe and such_heights. Doctor Who, Master/Doctor Summary: So it's gonna be forever or and it's gonna go down in flames

5 - "She Keeps Me Warm" by such_heights. Saving Face (film) summary: This could be good. Wil/Vivian.

6 - "I Will Never Let You Down" by Trelkez. 21/22 Jump Street - Jump Street movies Summary: "You're a smart guy, and you're thoughtful and you're sincere, and you're sweet and you're loyal, and I fucking cherish you. ... Should we high five?"

7 - "we came to learn the sea" by Raven. Star Trek: TOS, TNG, Voyager, DS9, and Enterprise "You are my compass."
-Kathryn Janeway to Tuvok, "Prime Factors"

8 - "EXPO" by lim.

9 - "Centuries" by Milly. The Flash. Villains/Rogues SNART!

::x-posted to get together community on lj!::

Hey Guys! I really did mean to post this yesterday but uhhhh my laptop cable died and so I had to wait till I had a chance to buy a new one :)

1 - "Anything For Love" by astolat and Speranza. Multifandom - Fannish meta about how friendship can lead you into different fandoms.

2 - "This is Everything" by morrigan291 - Star Trek (multiple) - Worth reading the uploader notes.

3 - "Gun" by starlightandstatic. Pacific Rim - I feel like this vid is the flip side to Sound the Bells.

4 - "Hurt" by thatfangirl. Batman Beyond - Summary: "You could have it all." Spoilers for Return of the Joker.

5 - "The Sower" by Chaila. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I miss this show!

6 - "Machine" by Yunuen. Iron Man. "I'm hooked into, hooked into machine."

7 - "Orange Crush" by gwyn. Captain America movies. Time to serve your conscience.

8 - "It's Still Science Fiction To Me" by azurish. Multifandom - Science Fiction feels!


let me know if any questions or if I said I would link to anything else!


special bonus vid! The vid I showed at the end of my non-gore Hannibal pimp is the gory "If Somebody Hurts You" by KatrinDepp.

I just posted links to all the vids I showed this year to the sinpozium lj community here, meant to crosspost and didn't.

I should probably link to this on tumblr or twitter! mmmmmaybe later.

okay yes posting is hard okay, twitter and tumblr excuses etc

but! post for cider review! important business!

last night! tried 2 new ciders

Rekorderlig Wild Berries Cider and Kopparberg Winter Fruits

I had one mouthful of the Kopparberg Winter Fruits and couldn't drink anymore of it, thanks the the blackberry 'flavour' it has a hideous liquorice medicine flavour. Colour is the only nice thing about this drink it looks like a tasty apple blackcurrant drink but tastes awful. Would never ever ever buy again.

the Rekorderlig Wild Berries was lovely, and everything I hoped that the Kopparberg was going to be. light, tasty, very more-ish. More of a fruity sparkling drink than a cider, sneaks up on you and is delicious. would drink again.

of course, I only bought the Kopparberg because there was no Rekorderlig winter cider at the Dan Murphy's I was at. Winter Cider foreverrrrrrr. When it comes back I am buying a case.

I have a raspberry Kopparberg to try but the winter fruits has really put me off.

posting seems harder and harder between tweets and tumblr and everything else!

hello people! the spiral of xmas socialisation is descending upon me!

biscuit nazi: "A, you have the busiest social life of all the single people I know!"
me: < sarcasm >"Yeah keeping busy is the only way I can distract myself from the gaping hole of loneliness because I am unmarried/have no children"</ sarcasm>*

other things I wanted to tell you guys while I was at work today:
today I read a WIP 1950's teen wolf AU, it is pretty good?
I have a tab open that I think is a teen wolf au where stiles is a dog sledder and derek ends up on his team? IDK. Its a wip so I haven't read it yet. but some of the tags are magic and witches soooooo
100k new tazer/kaner AU to read!

I have star trek feeeeeeeeeeels! ALL THE FEELS! mainly anger that it is so long till it comes out?



* totally not what I actually said

I hate Ben 10, but I love Kevin Levin. Life is hard.

survivor season 16: micronesia(fans vs favourites) - most feminist season ever? Female alliance goes to the final 4 and at one point two of the women have a conversation about how one of them should always ask for what she wants because it works in survivor. and in her normal life she doesn't ask for things because she is too afraid to hear no.

<3

my favourite weekends are the ones where I get to rewatch old survivor seasons. usually i will stick to something in the boston rob oeuvre, but survivor ladies who are awesome are awesome.

hey hey guys! Sydney Slashers is this weekend!
Sanctuary Hotel at 3pm on Saturday.

If you are thinking about coming, you could also think about posting to your journals to signal boost.

man I am going to be wrecked on Sunday - I am going to a 'get someone drunk as he is getting a divorce' party straight after ss so that will be something!

Tonight I scrambled an egg for the first time in my life!

I was making a flat noodle thing fake pad thai thing and the recipe was all 'scramble an egg'. SO I DID.

this is exciting as due to childhood raw egg allergy and my mum nearly killing me with her bad cooking flapjacks when I was little, after that my mum (and then later me) wasn't taking any chances and so no eggs for me!

hello! I need to tell you ALL THE THINGS

* sinpozium was a couple of weeks ago! it was great!

* my teen wolf pimp at sinpoz went well as did my vid show - I got a compliment on how I collate a vidshow and I really felt pleased by that :)

* great to see all my have kiwis at sinpoz! I shall be returning the favour whenever get__together happens!

* went to perth to catch up with English KT my english friend who was my bestie in Vancouver! In conclusion, we are still bros, it is awesome that she lives in the same country as me again!

* you should read this fic!: "Whatever" by skoosiepants - It is a WONDERFUL original slash highschool fic, with coming out, a bit of angst, some awesome one-liners and seriously here is a sample of it's awesomeness:

Mike likes to think he’s popular, which is a good way to dive into junior year of high school. Mike’s in a sort-of band with three other popular dudes and Jason, who is barely cool by association, but they let him hang because he’s the only one who knows how to even fucking turn on the Casio. There’s all these switches and buttons, Mike always ends up getting it stuck on Extreme Gothic Organ or something.

* went to the closing night film of sydney film festival and saw "safety not guaranteed" It was really good! funny and had surprise Kristen Bell! For those who know me and my ~feelings~ about time travel, I didn't suffer a rage blackout! it was more a film about regret and other film festival film themes but I am still super happy that I went. Also, that I ate ALL THE FOOD at wagamama's beforehand

* I now have a tumblr! I am meeliesaysno mainly I reblog awesome things? IDK, still figuring tumblr out. Here is my opinion on one thing - safari on iPad HATES gifs. It resizes them to squares that cut off the text. so I played around with some apps, there aren;t that many dedicated for the iPad! the official Tumblr app is only for iPhone. The free apps are pretty rotten, so I splurged and bought Tumblita, I am liking it! My biggest tip: turn your screen to scroll through posts rather than having to select from the dashboard index. This is the article that I looked at that was pretty helpful

* also! like, the LA Kings won the Stanley Cup since I last posted! wow, I have been super slack in posting. I have been busy? and cold! I love that the true love story of Mike and Jeff being re-united has the ultimate happy ending!!

* My new job is still great! I calculated that my pay cut which was the main thing I was worried about, is actually only about $230/month. WORTH IT. SO WORTH IT.

* board games on sat night with eponymous, alasen and erilyn on sat night! Lots of fun! despite getting crazy board game eyes when I got cranky! Taboo was played - turns out I do best when all clues involve Batman, and alasen did best when we spoke in our own code:

the answer is beer:
me: this is something I like and you hate!
alasen: fun? people? alcohol?
me: more specific!
alasen: beer?
me: yes!

we still lost, but I feel we got to our winning points via a weirder, yet more satisfactory way.
the answer is beard:
me: If i was crying, this is what my tears would be!
alasen: beardy?
me: yes!

(this one only makes sense when taking hockey playoffs into account, and also the new International Sign for beardy tears that I invented a few weeks back)

* I have been watching with alasen and occasional gnine the Donald Strachey films! Soooo cute! Really liking it, I think the 2nd is my favourite, but I think we have one more(the 4th?) to go before I can give you my definite decision :)

* I watched Wil Wheaton's "Table Top" episode of settlers of cataan and enjoyed! I think I will need to finally by my own copy rather than relying on friends. the game review was clear and thorough while not being boring, I am looking forward to watching the reviews of games I haven't played.

* music recs!

Divide & Kreate – Dance Dreams [Eurythmics vs. Lady Gaga] It's the first dl link. I first heard this mashup in bradcpu's awesome Tron Legacy vid and eventually found a link for the mp3

now this one is a little more unusual and I am surprised I like it - it is a US football anthem re-mix - DJ Schmolli - Super Bowl Anthem [LMFAO vs. Madonna vs. Europe vs. Queen vs. House Of Pain vs. Reel 2 Real vs. Tag Team vs. MC Hammer vs. Metallica vs. White Stripes & others] It's so catchy! And the video for it is pretty good too(as long as you ignore the football?) Relatedly, here is an article about the origins of The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" as sports chant

there was a terrible mashup as well of the proclaimers, midnight oil and david guetta's "Titanium" that I thought I liked, but then realised I just liked the "Titanium" parts - the official video is also pretty awesome. It's like a songvid to a mutant/X-men character! Except it ends too soon :( WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO THE YOUNG MUTANT?? Is it wrong to want fic for a music video?

the other thing is that tegan and sara have a vaguely newish song - they do the lyrics on "Bodywork" by Morgan Page, which I kinda like? It is very much not a Tegan and Sara song, but if you like the "Feel it in My Bones" remix by Tiestro you will be more likely to like "Bodywork"? I love the Feel it in my bones as it is used in my favourite(the only?) The Vampire Diaries threesome songvid by greensilver.

* I am still reading a heap of teen wolf fic, but I am saving up the season 2 eps to strong like ox through?

* ALL THE WORDS