2009 in review: a geekspam
Jan. 2nd, 2010 05:40 pmSo mainly 2009 will go down in history for me as the year we OMG-bought-a-freakin-house! But I did a bunch of other stuff too...
A year in ungodly quantities of media consumables!
( Movies watched... )
( TV watched )
( Listened to a bunch of music )
( And then I read some books...a little over 300 in 2009 )
A year in ungodly quantities of media consumables!
( Movies watched... )
( TV watched )
( Listened to a bunch of music )
( And then I read some books...a little over 300 in 2009 )
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Jan. 1st, 2010 12:00 pmWelcome to the fangirlish ramblings of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
boom_queen, formerly known as jcathm. This journal is partially friends-locked. My vids and crack!poems are all open to everyone. I only lock posts with personal information. Feel free to comment and let me know a little about yourself if you want to be added :)
boom_queen, formerly known as jcathm. This journal is partially friends-locked. My vids and crack!poems are all open to everyone. I only lock posts with personal information. Feel free to comment and let me know a little about yourself if you want to be added :)Insta-Rec for Fireflies from talitha78!
Dec. 27th, 2009 05:23 pmGo and watch it! FIREFLIES by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
talitha78. It is the cutest frakking thing on the planet and it will make your face and your heart explode with glee and awwwwww!
I hope everyone is having good holidays! I got the best vidding present ever: a shiny new 1 TB external hard drive, wheeeeeeeee!!! No more worrying about not having enough space for eps/clips for at least a few more months/fandoms :D
talitha78. It is the cutest frakking thing on the planet and it will make your face and your heart explode with glee and awwwwww!I hope everyone is having good holidays! I got the best vidding present ever: a shiny new 1 TB external hard drive, wheeeeeeeee!!! No more worrying about not having enough space for eps/clips for at least a few more months/fandoms :D
Holiday music mix and card thank-you's
Dec. 20th, 2009 05:55 pmAs promised ages ago, here are some of my favorite holiday songs.
It's equal parts goofiness (come on, guys, you KNOW me *g*), Crooner Christmas (courtesy of Mr BQ who looooves that stuff) and hippie/folky stuff (courtesy of my parents who are hippies and folk music nerds).
( Tracklist and download link )
Also, thank you to everyone for the cards: torandomreader_05 for the sparkly star, to latentfunction for my lovely J2 haiku, to on_the_ground for the colorful festive card, and to wentastic and wisteria_ (my Georgia girls!). I do so love snail mail :D
And belated ENDLESS LOOOOOOVE to everyone for all the delightful snowflake cookies. Thanks guys!
It's equal parts goofiness (come on, guys, you KNOW me *g*), Crooner Christmas (courtesy of Mr BQ who looooves that stuff) and hippie/folky stuff (courtesy of my parents who are hippies and folk music nerds).
( Tracklist and download link )
Also, thank you to everyone for the cards: to
randomreader_05 for the sparkly star, to latentfunction for my lovely J2 haiku, to on_the_ground for the colorful festive card, and to wentastic and wisteria_ (my Georgia girls!). I do so love snail mail :DAnd belated ENDLESS LOOOOOOVE to everyone for all the delightful snowflake cookies. Thanks guys!
New layout for holidays!
Dec. 16th, 2009 11:43 pmI had to wait until sundancekid had received her Christmas card before I could update to this layout.
Christmas cylon cartoon drawn by Mr. BQ for the amazing and lovely Al :D
( Original sized image behind cut )
sundancekid had received her Christmas card before I could update to this layout. Christmas cylon cartoon drawn by Mr. BQ for the amazing and lovely Al :D
( Original sized image behind cut )
Vid Recs and J2 fic/podfic recs
Dec. 4th, 2009 09:50 pmIt's been months since I made a vid recs post. [And what better what to proscrastinate on actually vidding than in rewatching recent faves for "inspiration"]
( Vid Recs: Leverage, Psych, SPN, BSG, and True Blood )
( J2 Fic and Podfic Recs )
Now your turn! Recs for me please :)
( Vid Recs: Leverage, Psych, SPN, BSG, and True Blood )
( J2 Fic and Podfic Recs )
Now your turn! Recs for me please :)
Yay for vidding/vidder love!
Dec. 2nd, 2009 04:16 pmMany thanks to sdwolfpup for hosting a fanvid love meme, as a complement to the fanfiction love meme making the rounds.
My thread is here if you are overwhelmed with the compulsion to say nice things about my vids/vidding :D
Happy words making thefestivid'ing go that much more smoothly!
sdwolfpup for hosting a fanvid love meme, as a complement to the fanfiction love meme making the rounds.My thread is here if you are overwhelmed with the compulsion to say nice things about my vids/vidding :D
Happy words making the
festivid'ing go that much more smoothly!So excited about Festivids!!!
Nov. 18th, 2009 12:19 pmYou guys, I'm so excited! I haven't gotten my assignment yet (and I am most certainly NOT compulsively checking my email to see if it has magically shown up in the least two minutes...) but I'll have it by Friday at the latest.
In the meantime, I've been listening through my iPod and floating ideas for all eight of the fandoms/sources that I offered. I've got at three to nine song ideas for each fandom now!!!
This has been such an awesome mental exercise for me as a vidder. I normally listen to music with my mental-visual filter firmly in place for the fandoms I have vidded for/plan to vid for (BSG, SPN, Buffy-verse, SGA, and Dollhouse). It has been unexpectedly liberating AND exciting to float through all of my music with eight new fandoms in mind. I know I'll narrow it down to one fandom once I get my assignment, but now I'm really excited about all the possibilities for new vids. Particularly the ideas I've had for movie vids, because the source footage is short enough that I could make ALL of those vid bunnies if my energy/muse/time all balances out.
I'm just crazy excited to be this excited about vidding again. I've had a slump for the last couple of months where several bunnies have been bumping around in my head and none of them have quite had the urgency/juice to make it to a completed product.
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festivids fucking rocks my muse so far!!!
ETA: I have my assignment and it is aaaaaaaawesome! *FLAIL*
In the meantime, I've been listening through my iPod and floating ideas for all eight of the fandoms/sources that I offered. I've got at three to nine song ideas for each fandom now!!!
This has been such an awesome mental exercise for me as a vidder. I normally listen to music with my mental-visual filter firmly in place for the fandoms I have vidded for/plan to vid for (BSG, SPN, Buffy-verse, SGA, and Dollhouse). It has been unexpectedly liberating AND exciting to float through all of my music with eight new fandoms in mind. I know I'll narrow it down to one fandom once I get my assignment, but now I'm really excited about all the possibilities for new vids. Particularly the ideas I've had for movie vids, because the source footage is short enough that I could make ALL of those vid bunnies if my energy/muse/time all balances out.
I'm just crazy excited to be this excited about vidding again. I've had a slump for the last couple of months where several bunnies have been bumping around in my head and none of them have quite had the urgency/juice to make it to a completed product.
festivids fucking rocks my muse so far!!!ETA: I have my assignment and it is aaaaaaaawesome! *FLAIL*
My Festivid Letter
Nov. 17th, 2009 10:29 pmDear Festividder:
Thank you so much for taking on one of my prompts! As you can probably tell by my requests, I'm a big fan of goofy, happy vids from goofy, happy fandoms.
I'm cool with all kinds of music styles (though I admit to favoriting upbeat and/or fast-paced music). A few favorites music artists of mine: any pop from the 1980s (Erasure and Depeche Mode in particular), Madonna, She Wants Revenge, Cake, Beck, Tori Amos, Muse, Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails, Postal Service, Fischerspooner, VAST, The Faint, Metric, and Zero 7. Just some ideas--seriously, go with whatever moves you.
And for tone, though I love goofy/happy, I'm happy with any kind of theme or pairing or mood that strikes you. I'm a slasher, so I definitely won't complain if that's where your muse takes you. I really can't think of anything you can do with any of these sources that I would totally hate, so go nuts!
Use/don't use my ideas, as you like. If you have fun making it, I'm totally sure that I will love it. Thank you for tackling any of these crazy mini-fandoms :)
( My requests: Willow, How to Steal a Million, Court Jester, Cry-Baby, Flight of the Conchords, Neverending Story, Labyrinth and Hackers )
Thank you and happyfestivids to all!
Boom Queen
Thank you so much for taking on one of my prompts! As you can probably tell by my requests, I'm a big fan of goofy, happy vids from goofy, happy fandoms.
I'm cool with all kinds of music styles (though I admit to favoriting upbeat and/or fast-paced music). A few favorites music artists of mine: any pop from the 1980s (Erasure and Depeche Mode in particular), Madonna, She Wants Revenge, Cake, Beck, Tori Amos, Muse, Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails, Postal Service, Fischerspooner, VAST, The Faint, Metric, and Zero 7. Just some ideas--seriously, go with whatever moves you.
And for tone, though I love goofy/happy, I'm happy with any kind of theme or pairing or mood that strikes you. I'm a slasher, so I definitely won't complain if that's where your muse takes you. I really can't think of anything you can do with any of these sources that I would totally hate, so go nuts!
Use/don't use my ideas, as you like. If you have fun making it, I'm totally sure that I will love it. Thank you for tackling any of these crazy mini-fandoms :)
( My requests: Willow, How to Steal a Million, Court Jester, Cry-Baby, Flight of the Conchords, Neverending Story, Labyrinth and Hackers )
Thank you and happy
festivids to all!Boom Queen
Things I am currently excited about
Nov. 3rd, 2009 10:38 pmI've been having a hard time watching TV synchronously with when it airs, so I feel like I've been missing out on a lot of the post-episode squee for several of my favorites. But! I have been watching stuff and keeping my eye on the flist.
( Stuff on my current TV watch list--Castle, sytycd, V, Glee, Bones, Supernatural and Dollhouse )
And in other upcoming exciting fandom news...I'm insanely stoked forfestivids (like yuletide but for vids in small/under-represented fandoms instead of fic). I submitted a bunch of TV and movie recommendations that I would love to see anyone make vids of. And I'm excited to snag someone else's prompt myself. I've kind of needed a prompt/challenge to get my vidding juices going again, and this one looks delightful.
Other upcoming challenges that I will not be doing myself but am still insanely excited about:j2_everafter is back!!!
Oodles and oodles of delightful Disney-fied J2 awesomeness. This is the challenge that brought us such classics as Keepsake--omg best fucking fic EVARRRRR byindysaur, The Incredibles AU by ignited, and the cracktastically delightful Cinderella update by obsessed1 and juice817. Think of all the new gems to come!
( Stuff on my current TV watch list--Castle, sytycd, V, Glee, Bones, Supernatural and Dollhouse )
And in other upcoming exciting fandom news...I'm insanely stoked for
festivids (like yuletide but for vids in small/under-represented fandoms instead of fic). I submitted a bunch of TV and movie recommendations that I would love to see anyone make vids of. And I'm excited to snag someone else's prompt myself. I've kind of needed a prompt/challenge to get my vidding juices going again, and this one looks delightful.Other upcoming challenges that I will not be doing myself but am still insanely excited about:
j2_everafter is back!!! Oodles and oodles of delightful Disney-fied J2 awesomeness. This is the challenge that brought us such classics as Keepsake--omg best fucking fic EVARRRRR by
indysaur, The Incredibles AU by ignited, and the cracktastically delightful Cinderella update by obsessed1 and juice817. Think of all the new gems to come!Picspam of random awesome things
Oct. 7th, 2009 04:33 pmTags:
- bsg,
- cylons in need of sexing,
- fangirling,
- gays in space:sga,
- girls who kick ass,
- having katee's babies,
- j2 for me and for you,
- jared is too pretty for his own good,
- jensen is a sexass,
- jflan's hair is better than yours,
- katee,
- picspam,
- plz to be having more naked eric,
- ronon pwns,
- spn,
- the winchester boys ftw,
- true blood,
- tv boyfriends/girlfriends,
- vm
Just had a delightful day of live fangirling with sundancekid, so now it's time for the weekly recap!
( Glee, in which I really really love anything where people randomly burst into song )
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( Warehouse 13, in which I squee over the Hogans )
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( Supernatural, in which EPIC bro angst is epic and I hope god is a woman )
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( Vampire Diaries, in which I still think Damon is hot but I need room on my tivo for Flash Forward so….too bad angsty vamps )
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( Bones, in which I love on Booth's wacky socks and the schmoop factor )
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Now I'm going to dig back into my re-read of Charles De Lint's Someplace To Be Flying--amazing urban fantasy incorporating a lot of Native American mythology, think American Gods but written long beforehand--while my download of Epitaph finishes. Need to get all caught up before Dollhouse season two starts!
sundancekid, so now it's time for the weekly recap!( Glee, in which I really really love anything where people randomly burst into song )
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( Warehouse 13, in which I squee over the Hogans )
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( Supernatural, in which EPIC bro angst is epic and I hope god is a woman )
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( Vampire Diaries, in which I still think Damon is hot but I need room on my tivo for Flash Forward so….too bad angsty vamps )
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( Bones, in which I love on Booth's wacky socks and the schmoop factor )
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Now I'm going to dig back into my re-read of Charles De Lint's Someplace To Be Flying--amazing urban fantasy incorporating a lot of Native American mythology, think American Gods but written long beforehand--while my download of Epitaph finishes. Need to get all caught up before Dollhouse season two starts!
Vid Recs: VVC09 and other recent beauties
Sep. 9th, 2009 06:08 pm( Vivid Con rec list so far--mostly Club Vivid because that's where my vidding heart lies )
( And a few other recent vid gems )
There is also the matter of my inexpressible SQUEE to discover that Acceptable in the Eighties was played at Club Vivid this year. That pretty much made my decade :)
( And a few other recent vid gems )
There is also the matter of my inexpressible SQUEE to discover that Acceptable in the Eighties was played at Club Vivid this year. That pretty much made my decade :)
BSG Vid - Regulators
Sep. 5th, 2009 10:31 pmTitle: Regulators
Song: Regulate by Warren G
Vid byboom_queen
Summary: Nothing fancy here, just a fun Kara+Helo=gangsta BFF on Caprica vidlet.
( Download and streaming behind the cut )
Song: Regulate by Warren G
Vid by
boom_queenSummary: Nothing fancy here, just a fun Kara+Helo=gangsta BFF on Caprica vidlet.
( Download and streaming behind the cut )
It's about that time again
Sep. 5th, 2009 06:16 pmAs much as I have enjoyed my summer romances with True Blood, Leverage and Warehouse 13...I am GLAD for my fall shows to come back on! I think I'm going to do my usual wide watch for the first few weeks and then weed out the newbies that aren't worth the time.
[Poll #1453725]
But I've got a lot of new books on deck to read, and I've also been considering netflixing SG1/Weeds/Moonlight/Arrested Development, so we'll see how long it takes for my ambitions for pop culture consumption to cave once I get all busy like.
[Poll #1453725]
But I've got a lot of new books on deck to read, and I've also been considering netflixing SG1/Weeds/Moonlight/Arrested Development, so we'll see how long it takes for my ambitions for pop culture consumption to cave once I get all busy like.
