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[heidi]

I'm having a lovely day! Good things happened in the realms of FictionAlley's March challenge (going up tomorrow), Phoenix Rising hotel and event arrangements, Portus 2008 website & email goodies and other shiny things, and I got POlice tickets which are about 1/2 to 1/3 the cost they are in other cities (it's probably cheaper to fly here and see them than it is to see them in NYC, if anyone wants to come down) plus I got my hair colour updated and it's a lovely shade of reddish, squee! Plus, LJ is working again with tweaks on the Update page and things are again loading and I'm considering changing my LJ theme - what would you suggest I switch to? It needs to be something that works well on my handheld, and I'd love to be able to include a tag cloud...

But there are things to post about!

First - does anyone know where I go to change my LJ viewing options regarding seeing things behind a cut when I load my flist?

Second...
fannish5's question of the week is:
What five fannish vids would you make if you could?

These are the videos that live in my brain:
...maybe if the new desktop gets purchased for Hubby's birthday next month, I will finally re-learn vidding (I did it on tapes for years in high school & college) and get to make...



1. A Rose-centric one to the Camera Obscura cover of Modern Girl. It's a folky, plaintive and very toned down cover of the Sheena Easton song and it just *screams* post-Doomsday Rose.
"She's getting by doing what she can. She is free to be what she wants to be..."

2. A Petrelli-focused one to Crowded House's World Where You Live. One of their many songs about space and knowledge and learning about the people in your life and understanding and... "Come on now, there must be something missing. That golden one leads a double life - you'll find out. Tell me, I don't know where you go - do you climb into space to the world where you live?"

3. A Supernatural-focused one to the Finn Brothers' Won't Give In. "Once in a while, I return to the fold, to the people I call my own. Even if time is just a flicker of light and we all have to die alone. What does it mean when you belong to someone, and you're born with a name and you carry it on?"

See a Finn Brothers theme going on here? I've got these fanmixes I've been working on for both Heroes and SPN that are *all* Finn Bros songs because nobody does magic and science and sky and earth and roadtrips and kitchens and families and brotherhood better. Ever, and for all time.

4. A Sirius-centric one to A Boat on the Sea from the Grace of My Heart soundtrack. The song could be, to my mind, partly from harry's perspective and partly from Remus's and it's just heartbreaking but there aren't enough images from canon yet and maybe after OotP?
I remember when I met him
He blew in like the wind
No one was more beautiful
Or dangerous than him
He blew through my soul
Like a tangerine wind
He'll be coming out soon

5. Another Petrelli-one - more Nathan than Peter this time, I think, to The Only Living Boy in New York, as covered by Everything But the Girl, because the beat is just a little more upbeat than the Simon & Garfunkle original (which you can find on the Garden State soundtrack).

Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where,
And we don't know when.
Tom, get your plane right on time.
I know you've been eager to fly now.
Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine
Paul wrote it for Art when he was about to do a film in Mexico, but the evocation of New York and flying and... It just feels right.

And if there was a sixth, it would be a Jack-centric one incorporating Torchwood and Doctor Who and it would be set to "It's Alright With Me", but I'm hoping for good clips from the next season of Who so I'm not really mentally working this one through yet like I am for the others.

And if anyone wants to gack any of these ideas, PLEASE DO!

Comments

[bibliophile81.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're having a good day.

And great choices for the vids. I have to relearn how to make vids, as well. I recently acquired a copy of Vegas, but I have no idea how to actually work certain features that I really want to use.

No way am I going back to Windows Movie Maker, though. So it'll just have to wait another few months. Some of my more recent ideas are:

1. Pride and Prejudice
"Long Way Down" by Pete Yorn

I don't love you, so why should I compete with other guys? --> So Darcy, that line.

2. Doctor Who
"Driftwood" by The Moody Blues

Time waits for no one at all
No, not even you.
You thought you'd seen it all before.
You really thought you knew.
...
Oh no, don't leave me
Driftwood on the shore.

This is one of the most perfect songs for the whole "Doomsday" angsty video that I one day hope to make. Either this song, or "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure. Classic depressive song, that. ;D

3. Doctor Who
"She Waits" by Zero 1

She waits,
And I pretend that I'm not coming back
She waits
for me to find my way back home again.

Such a Doctor/Sarah Jane shippy song.

4. Harry Potter
"Just a Job to Do" by Genesis

I've got a name,
And I've got a number
I've got a job to do.
I've got a name,
And I've got a number
I'm coming after you.

It's so angry and awesome. This is going to be a very good Deathly Hallows song. Yes, I plan years in advance, because I'm a loser.

5. Harry Potter
"Trouble" by Ray Lamontagne

I've been saved by a woman.

I can't wait for Half Blood Prince. This will be a fantastic Harry/Ginny song.

Oh man. Now I want to slack off on the schoolwork and make vids. You evil, corrupting person, you. ;D

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I couldn't dream of vidding on this computer. It runs slow when my husband plays Civilization so....

Btw, I'm not getting any TITM emails and marck hasn't replied to any help requests. Do you have an addy for him that I could try?

[bibliophile81.livejournal.com]

I don't have an address for Marck, since he hasn't posted to the list in a while, but the list address is ch@lists.wsu.edu

You could post a general "how do I subscribe?" message there. And if that doesn't work, I can do it for you.

The problem is that the list changed servers (or something ... I'm not sure of the technical term), but the subscribe information at frenz.com hasn't been changed.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I just tried to sub with a gmail+ address (heidi8+CH) and hopefully it will work!

[bibliophile81.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed*

Cute new journal layout, by the way. :)

[sundancekid.livejournal.com]

What a great meme! I'm off to do it in my LJ.

And every time I see your default icon, I get so sad! :( :( :(

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey. But it's a metaphorical death!

[roguebitch.livejournal.com]

nobody does magic and science and sky and earth and roadtrips and kitchens and families and brotherhood better. Ever, and for all time.

Amen, sister. Nobody does that alchemy of the domestic better.

I've decided my car's name is "Angel's Heap" and I've been working out how I can fit it on a license plate.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

NGLHEAP?

I just need to finish the "cd covers" and I'll get the fanmixes uploaded.

[kimmyblair.livejournal.com]

I <3 tag cloud

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I am having such fun playing with it!