In which A is strange, random and oh yeah BACK FROM THE VOID

[blamethewizard]

1) Computer fixed over a week ago, but still a little absent around here because...

2) I was in the hospital for a week. Infection. Other issues. Was able to read LJ and comment some but didn't get full computer access until Friday.  I remembered how utterly boring hospital stays are. Thankfully, I had recently downloaded a ton of podfic, which seriously SAVED MY SANITY. I feel like I need to write a "Thank you" letter to all those lovely podficcers and possibly buy them presents. Or something.

I also wrote Merlin/Arthur fic in a little notebook, which may or may not be typed up and posted. It's all angsty and probably addled. SPEAKING OF ADDLED...

3) I am so behind with LJ and other online stuff and I'm just beginning to get caught up. SO I ASK YOU, flist, WHAT IS THE 411? WHAT ARE THE COOL JAMS? 

Then again, it's only been a week...but it was a terribly long one over here.

4) In my addled state, I pre-ordered Merlin Season 1 on DVD from Amazon, WHICH IS COOL AND ALL, but it's not coming out until April 26th and I wasn't going to buy it until next month. I was supposed to spend my March self-allocated ~$30 "monthly extras" budget on a paid LJ account (I KNOW, I'M LAME AND BEHIND THE TIMES) but in some kind of excited haze I forgot. It's probably because....

5) I saw the little "Merlin Season Premiere" corner thingy pop up on the SyFy channel and got a little too excited. I think I pointed at the screen and said "OMG look" which probably looked silly and frankly was silly because it's not like I didn't know it was coming. Maybe it was just my response to seeing Colin Morgan's face on my television screen...I've only ever seen it on a laptop. I'm looking forward to the marathon next Sunday.

Speaking of things to do on a Sunday...

7) Today my friend and I took a little trip to an abandoned state mental hospital to walk around and take some photos. We're kind of UrbEx addicts and while this wasn't exactly that it was a nice trip nonetheless. I love abandoned places/things and while today wasn't great for photos (too sunny!) it was beautiful to walk around. I don't know if any of you are interested in that kind of thing (and my digital camera is a little crappy) but here are are a few of the photos if you'd like to see them:








  



















8) I came back to my LJ to feeling the need for new icons. I need to go clicking around for more, but definitely have things I need to be doing instead. I could keep them but having 15 at a time means I need to refresh my stock instead of adding to it. IDK why I am mentioning this. ANYONE OUT THERE MAKE ICONS??? POINT ME TO YOUR CREATIONS!!

9) FLIST I MISSED YOU!!

Comments

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

Hope you're feeling better!

OMG podfic. OMG. <3 I finished listening to Teacup and then I listened to an 8 hour long Harry/Draco fic. Do you have any favourite readers?

OMG I don't even know what's happened, a week is too long for me to remember lol. I do not believe you've missed any Bradley or Colin appearances... idk go through feilongfan and gealach_ros's journals, they post the important stuff. :) If you are interested in facebook pics (I know some people are against it but I thougt I'd mention in the interest of thoroughness) check ontd_merlin.

LOL I freaked out when Merlin previews were on TV here as well - every single time, too. Once, I came into the kitchen after watching the ad, and got Dad to feel my heartbeat, and he was like "Have you been running?" and I was like "No, the ad for Merlin was just on!" :D

[blameitonmerlin.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Podfic is amazing...I didn't know if I was going to like it or not, but I tried it and was hooked. It makes me want to try and record some. I really enjoyed eos_rose, pennyplainknits and FayJay as readers. I got everything from merlinpodfic, which I am so glad to have found!

Thanks for the update! The more I think about it I feel kinda silly for feeling like I missed things in only a week, but it did feel like a very long one.

Merlin makes heartbeats race. It's a documented fact :P

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

Me either! I started with 'Misrule' read by twilight and then I was just HOOKED. :P iTunes tells me I have 84 podfics - 3.3 days worth XD

Oh, FayJay is my favourite and I love Penny as well! Have you listened to Lord Drake's Bequest? eos_rose is good too - and so prolific! What a trooper :D

You can browse podfic from all fandoms over here :D

[blameitonmerlin.livejournal.com]

Wow..that is a lot of podfic! I don't even have a day's worth just yet :)

I got to listen to Lord Drake's Bequest this past week and I loved it. I was awed by FayJay's 4.5 hour recording of "In Time Of Trial" because damn that must have taken a long time.

Thanks for the link! I can't wait to check out more

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

The longest I've listened to is We're a Storm in Someone Else's Teacup which is 11 hours long - that just blows my mind XD. If you like FayJay though I really recommend 'Defenders of the Realm' and 'Crown of the Summer Court'! As in, I CANNOT RECOMMEND THEM ENOUGH.