holiday cheer like light in the darkness

[meitachi]

Exam period has started, so I'm off cramming for finals - apologies for not being around much. But I bring some cheer with me, becase we could all do with a little more happiness this time of year, right?

So! Some things that make me happy:
- The Nightmare Before Christmas OST, particularly this song:

And I adore the covers too - from Fall Out Boy to Marilyn Manson, yes yes to derivative works forever.

- Speaking of derivative works, the twelve-year-old girl inside of me will never stop loving Disney princess art. I love all the different adaptations and interpretations and styles. ♥

Princesses as superheroes!

by kreugan@dA (link to where the file was originally stored, though I think the artist has since removed it)


SCARVES, god. These are the Jasmine and Ariel scarves; link also has Mulan and Tiana.


from here

All of them are stupid gorgeous and outrageously expensive. D:


- And always always Disney music. I know so many songs by heart it should be embarrassing, except I have no shame about these sorts of things.

- While still on Disney, I watched Tangled last weekend! It's soo cute and hilarious with some great songs and great lines and a gorgeous gorgeous paper lantern scene. *___* Would watch again!

- On a totally different topic, FERNANDO TORRES' SON BORN TODAY. /creeps like a creeper, but so happy for him! ontd_fb was taking bets on baby names and joking that Nando'll pull a Crispy and name the kid after himself so he won't have to get a new tattoo - already got Fernando written on his arm in Elvish, after all! (Yes, really.) But the kid's name is Leo.

- Since Olalla went into labor, Nando missed today's match against Aston Villa. BUT IT WAS OKAY. Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa! Oh LFC, it's sad when every victory is like the biggest deal ever haha. But I am still happy - Xabi was there! Pepe's 100th clean sheet! LFC now #8 on the EPL charts, omg, highest this season. Now I just want Agger and Stevie back, please?

- NEW MACDONALD HALL FIC OMGGG: this was posted for Yuletide 2009 but I always forget to check up on it. Browsing AO3 today helped me stumble across it, you guys, you guys, I don't think I can put into words how fucking much I love Bruno & Boots and the entire MH cast, forever and ever and ever amen. ♥

An Elementary Guide to Courting (or Don't Feed the Plants!) by lrmerlin
Bruno/Boots, PG, 7700 words, humor
When Cathy asks for a favour, the boys of Macdonald Hall know better than to refuse. However, Bruno seems to have an agenda of his own. It all would have gone according to plan, if it hadn't been for the flesh-eating plants.

Hee, so feel-good and fun.

- On a RL note, my little brother's birthday is a week before Christmas, but being the age he is, he absolutely demands separate gifts for each occasion. Maybe it's the big sister instinct in me, or maybe it's because I hardly ever see him and feel the need to buy his affections, but I really want to spoil him and buy him everything on his wishlist haha. So far I'm 2/4. I could make it 3/4 fairly easily except, ugh, money. I could just...not eat for three days! *halo* No, kidding, it's nowhere near that bad. I'll think more on it.

- NEW HAWAII FIVE-0 TONIGHT EEEEEEEE. Does anyone actually want me to write up reaction/thought posts combined with picspam and primer-esque stuff? Because I will! But only if anyone cares to read it; otherwise I will be far too lazy. Whatever, have some recs!

- Oh and obligatory end-of-year-meme. You're in no way obligated to leave a comment, but if you want to, it would be super cool too. ♥

【THE TIME CAPSULE MEME】

Comments

[emeraldcrystal.livejournal.com]

I have been listening to What's This non-stop for the past few days! :D AND NEW MACDONALD HALL FIC? /READS

Haha, my brother has been bugging me to get him Starcraft 2 and I'm tempted to, just to get him to stop asking.

ALSO, YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS UP FOR H50 ANYTHING, RIGHT? SO EXCITED FOR TONIGHT'S EPISODE. HEEEE. ♥

[meiface.livejournal.com]

WELL FOR A CERTAIN DEFINITION OF NEW-- That is, from last December that I just hadn't gotten around to reading, hee. Did MH make Yuletide's list of fandoms again this year? I hope so. I hope there is fic. Always, always. *__*

IF YOU ARE ONLINE TONIGHT WE CAN FLAIL AGAIN. ♥♥

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

OMG SUPERHERO PRINCESSES. they are all so awesome. man, i really want to rewatch Pocahontes...

[meiface.livejournal.com]

KICKASS PRINCESSESSSSS with all the new ones too! I have no idea what their superpowers would be, but I'm sure they would be fun and ridiculous because otherwise it would not be right.

I want to rewatch Tangled! :3 Have you seen it? It's such ridiculous fluff, god, I really feel 12 when I watch it, but it's so funny too.

[papered.livejournal.com]

MEI MEI THOSE SCARVES ARE SO GORGEOUS (AND EXPENSIVE)

[papered.livejournal.com]

AND OH YEAH, TIME CAPSULE MEME. I WILL ... DO THAT LATER. ! ;_; /PROCRASTINATES AT ALL THINGS

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I KNOW RIGHTTTT - I think I love the Ariel one best, but sort of *__* over Mulan too. Always biased, lol.

I think I'm going to treat myself to The Art of Disney Princesses if I can make some money on selling back my textbooks. God, books, I want to own them all.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Omg your last one is tomorrow morning? I'm jealous. My first one is tomorrow morning... As you can see, I am also...cramming hard. Well, I have studied lots, I promise! I will review later tonight though~

Good luck with your exam tomorrow!

[meiface.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA SUCH AN APPROPRIATE ICON -- it's actually been forever since I've seen the movie (must go rectify this...after exams!) but I adore the soundtrack. And I've heard the songs off Nightmare Revisited but I think I need to go acquire the full thing. :D

NEW H50 omg let me be a creeper fangirl for a moment and go \o/ about all the awesome people whose writing I used to stalk in old/past fandoms who are now watching this show. ♥♥♥ I hold out hope for fic from them~

[peachpastiche.livejournal.com]

tangled is like the best movie ever and i love rapunzel and her frying pan and i want fic of it and to decorate my lj with it and basically i am 8 years old again

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I am actually kind of shocked that there wasn't a Rapunzel movie before this! But seriously I would watch it again, it was funny and cute and omggg. ♥ Fairy talesss.

[jibrailis.livejournal.com]

This post is full of amazing things! Disney princess superheroes! Macdonald Hall fic! The Nightmare Before Christmas! AND THOSE SCARVES. I WANT THOSE SCARFS SO MUCH I AM ACTUALLY SLOBBERING AT THE MOUTH A LITTLE. ew.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Yes, in the midst of CRAMMING FOREVER, I have stumbled across many things that are pretty happy-inducing. *___*

Omg N, omg those scarves and that art and asdkghdf. The book is cheaper than the scarves. I may just treat myself to the book post-exams.

Btw, cards went out this morning! So expect them in approximately a week~

[transitorial.livejournal.com]

What's This is an amazing song. And also hilarious and awesome in Japanese.

Again, THOSE SCARVES OMG. Why am I not made of money. T_T

Baaaaaby! I've been on a baby kick recently, I don't know why? But seriously, fat-cheeked babies = instant adorable. /weirdo

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO BE MADE OF MONEY. So much in life would be so much easier. ;__;

And yes babies baaaabies. Fat-cheeked babies (that are not mine) are the best. /cuddles forever

[regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com]

Nightmare came on TV the other day and I was all set to walk away because man, I've seen that movie so many times and ugh, how many time can you watch one movie before you're just sick of it? And then the opening music started up and my roommate and I spent the entire movie quoting almost every line back at it. xD

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Have you seen it that often? For some reason, I haven't seen it in years. D: So I must rectify this as soon as exams are over! I basically just live in the soundtrack haha - applicable to Halloween and Christmas~

[meritjubet.livejournal.com]

My sister was overwhelmed by me being awesome at the birthday that she has said I shouldn't get her anything for Christmas. Lol. She's still getting me something though! :D

Tiana's costume so looks like a Poison Ivy costume! And I could so see Aurora's costume as from the Legion of Superheroes. *will resist fitting them into DC canon*

Omg baby.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Eee you must have been quite awesome for her birthday then! I have to do his birthday and Christmas gift impressing at the same time haha. But at least it's only really once a year, I guess?

Hee, fit them into DC canon, do it! It would be sort of amusing to have a crimefighting Disney princess AU. I'd read that. *__*

[catskilt.livejournal.com]

Why was Xabi there? Did he come back to visit Anfield?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Yup. RM had 4 days off and so he came back to visit Anfield, watch this game, tweet about it (http://twitter.com/#!/XabiAlonso/status/11903316749455360), etc. :D

[herocountry.livejournal.com]

this post makes me happy :'D at first i was like EH THOSE SCARVES ARE ALL RIGHT then i clicked detail view and .___________________. d. w.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

OMG I'M SO ANGRY RN ALKSDHDJF FFFFF

also haha you are hxc half-shaved rocker inside, and I am a 12 y/o pink-wearing fairy princess. ;_;

[ilu.livejournal.com]

i read through most of the disney princess art book at a bookstore in disney world! there are some extraordinarily gorgeous ones, i wish it were easier to... pirate... picture books...

[meiface.livejournal.com]

hahaha well the disney princess comm has a few posts where people took pictures of the book! I guess that's as close as we can get...

[forochel.livejournal.com]

I particularly like Fiona Apple's cover.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

hehe just saw a commercial on cartoon network for new show: young justice! featuring tim and kon and co. omggggg tim is short. but tim/kon, tim/kon! :D