...um. Hello world. I didn't die. I just moved twice and started VERY A LOT OF ART SCHOOL. Also, I don't have internet at my house. Hence, absence.

I'M SORRY! IT WON'T GET BETTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON AND WON'T FOR SOME TIME.

As an apology for my existence, here is a picture of Dan Whitesides baking you one million cakes:



What? Why yes that is Quinn standing on the dining room table baking cakes with his laser eyes. Yes I know you don't bake frosted cakes. I don't sleep anymore, leave me alone.

I love you internet. I hope you guys are having fun. I miss you.

....BYE.

The usedfic Multi-Media Exchange is better than Christmas! I can't wait for the morning, when I will make waffles and cure all of life's ills with sweet, sweet fic about disgusting rock boys. HOORAY.

I made a comic for it and it is here. It contains Dan/Jepha, Dan/Quinn, lots of swearing and some pee! You are warned!

I have been back in the States for a week now. I am a wrecked zephyr. I have no idea what's going on. I think I might be sad, but it's hard to tell when we keep doing things like plugging my dad's iphone into the car speakers and driving down the highway blasting fart noises out of the turbo bass. What. What. What.

There is a lot of sand in my hair, and also some seaweed.

Over and out.

GOODBYE FOR A WEEK, INTERNET. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL ENDURE OUR TIME APART.

It is truly of the suck that I don't have time for fanworks at the moment, because the best motherfucking shit is going on in the Thursdayverse fandom right now. I am astonished. I cannot believe I am allowed to play with these people. Life is awesome.

(DO NOT CLICK THOSE LINKS IF YOU DON'T LIKE BLOOD. I AM NOT KIDDING, EVEN A LITTLE BIT.)


In other news: HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!



imofish DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE ARE DOING NEXT WEEK? I WILL GIVE YOU A HINT IT IS NOT NOT SEEING THIS MAN IN THE HILARIOUS T-SHIRT.

BA HA HA HA HAAA HA!

Tonight in Tenjin we saw alternate-reality Quinn Allman, on a BICYCLE.

His mustache was horrible, but the resemblance was so apparent that we stopped in our tracks and went "Awwwwwkwaaaarrrrd!!"


In other news, when I return to the States, I will miss all the crouching that goes on in this country.

BLAR BLAR BLAR I don't know how to talk about anything because the startling fewness of my days left in Japan has turned my brain into... like... Batty from Ferngully. But we went to see Harry Potter for the express purpose of hating it afterward (or, you know, more like ENTHRALLED ENTHRALLED FLAIL SCOFF FLAIL HYSTERIA VOMIT-- "...meh.") and to that I will say 1000% NOT ENOUGH BLOODY BATHROOM FIGHT. But I don't mean to rain on parades.

OTHER: I love Sherlock Holmes a whole lot. He is the goddamn PIMP. I am VERY PLEASED that there is going to be more, big-screen style. Here, have a moment from "Murder By Decree."




DOMESTICITY IN DYNAMIC DETECTIVE DUOS. IT'S GRATE.

Hello. I am doing a terrible job of reading Big Bangs, and a worse job of commenting on them! Slowly slowly through that massive pile I will slog. But I am totally impressed with everyone who even attempts to write for bandombigbang, and I'm really enjoying all the accompanying art and music. So good job, folks.

I drew for two, if anybody wants to see.

Here for nurikins's Less Like a Lake and More like a Moat (master post)

and here for writingblind's Round and Round the Garden (master post)

Seriously good work, dudes. Be proud of yourselves.

Dude, I just hope that even when the distance between the Other Motown and Toon Town separate us, we will still be dedicated to texting each other about our various physical ailments and what they smell like.

♥

I am what maybe we will call "an accomplished kitchen ballerina." Which is to say that my solo dance parties are epic. Like, lovechild-of-a-giraffe-and-a-hippo-on-rollerskates, alternatively, Goofy-goes-nordic-skiing level epic. It's a life choice. Anyway, this morning I had a pretty good amount of leapery and spinning going on to this song:



The way he pronounces every word of this song is magic. Good show, Mr. Wolf.


( And now! Prove to me how wrong everything I made up about you is! )

THURSDAYVERSE STORY INDEX
Property of swear_jar and apiphile

This is the way I want to read about love.
I don't care what you thought your fandom was. This is your new fandom.

theopteryx's "Draw Your Own Black Parade Uniform" art meme is really fun, guys. Every entry is batshit insane and totally unique.

WHAT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO OF WHICH YOU SPEAK? I DIDN'T THINK SO.



Today had skateboarding AND ice-skating! And WTF did I really pay ¥390 for underwear that says "PUNK ROCK!!" on the butt? Yes I did, without blinking. No, Thank You Mart. NO THANK YOU, MART.

New songwriting technique: DECIDED.





...I mean, you don't really need more in a song than "Basement dog, basement dog, BASEMENT DOOOOOG!" do you?

...that's "hat," not "hate." Today is goooood.


So I fell off the planet again; it happens. In the face of... anything, LJ comments are the first to be sacrificed. Then dishes, then hygiene. That's a lie, I do the dishes waaaay more often than I shower. Um. What are we talking about?

ANYWAY. There is a lot I want to draw. Today, though, I am sitting here listening to the Italian version of the theme song to "The Snorks," and snrrking at graceoftheworld's Branden Steineckert picspam. I recommend, Used fans. Even if you're firmly in the Dan camp, there are some great shots in here. At one point they are all in a tent... there is a puppy... I'm just saying.

Are you reading Thursday-verse?

Do you like pan-bandom mob AU with beautifully written violence and blood and grossness and violence and hilarity and violence and heartcrushing characters and violence and shockingly tender friendship and deadpan murder and Jepha as a pit-fighter and also violence? ARE YOU READING THURSDAY-VERSE?!

swear_jar and apiphile have teamed up to destroy me with awesomeness. It's working. I have never been so gut-punched by fic in my life. Every characterization is brilliant, every interaction is electric. It's so funny, and so shocking, and so exquisitely crafted. There isn't enough to say about it. Frankly, I can't get over the fact that it exists and I'm allowed to read it. SO QUICK, GO READ IT BEFORE THEY DECIDE WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

In order, and more to come:

Thursday Kids Like to Cause by swear_jar (Pete/Patrick, Bob/Frank, past Andy/Gabe) Andy Hurley’s glamorous life, everyone.
Died on a Wednesday by swear_jar (Bob/Frank) Bob has been angry for a long time.
Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting (So is Friday) by apiphile (Joe/Travis) If Joe Trohman – Joe Troh, Joe the baby of the Fall Out boys – has a life motto at all, it's "don't die over stupid shit."
Black Monday by apiphile (various pairings, mostly gen) In the end, what better epitaph can you give a guy than "he was true to his friends"? That's all Quinn Allman really wants. Not that he necessarily has any real plans for dying just yet. But.
Tuesday in the Woods by swear_jar (Gabe/Andy, Nate/Vicky-T) "Hello. My name is Victoria. I am an addict. I am powerless."
Burning Down the House by apiphile (Jepha/Bert, Jepha/Dan) Quinnery Allman burns.

And there are character bios and cast illustrations!
The Used
The Cobras
EDIT: and now, The Fall Out Boys!

Also, strangecreature is a magical fanart machine with amazing illustrations for Black Monday (here), Tuesday in the Woods (here), and Burning Down the House (here). AMAZING.

I wanted to play too. So here's another one for "Tuesday in the Woods." Vicky-T and her beloved bat.



.....SERIOUSLY READ THURSDAY-VERSE.

Hello!

This is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. If you like animation, or stories about gods, monsters, heartbreak, ancient India, San Francisco, Brooklyn, asshole husbands, flying things, monkeys, flying monkeys, monkeys on fire, birds that sound like clarinets, dancing cows, and pretty ladies shimmying to old-timey jazz... this will be fun, I promise.

Sita Sings The Blues" is animator Nina Paley's explosive retelling of the Ramayana, and also that time her husband broke up with her over email. It is mesmerizing, hilarious, and contains all the emotions! We're not sure how long it will be available online, so please don't miss it. It's about an hour, I think, and it will make you see rainbows.

Um, so. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE INTERNETS stereomer BROUGHT FORTH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FRANKS OF ALL TIME.

THEN sinsense LIKE, WROTE ABOUT HIM A LOT AND MY LIFE GOT REALLY AWESOME. THEN SHE DID IT AGAIN, AND A PATTERN WAS ESTABLISHED? HINT? (PLZ NEVER STOP EVER?)

...anyway, I'm just really happy to live in a world where hot-headed asshole!Frank can be our collaborative internet plaything. BEST GAME EVER. All of you responsible have my eternal gratitude.

Here, have a picture:

( CLICKER. )

This won't make any sense to anyone without a long, embarrassing prologue about me having no sense of what is appropriate behavior at soccer games and stalking German models in the hope that they will realize that YOU JUST WANT TO HELP THEM... but we'll skip that.

imofish! THIS IS MY VALENTINE TO YOU.


( ANASTASIA: BALLAD OF A TRAGIC ORPHAN BOY-PRINCESS )

...sort of very sincere apologies to Ufuk Talay, Mike Havenaar, and Raphael Mukomilow.

ETA: WAIT, I THINK THEY BOTH ACTUALLY GOT TRADED?! Neither Ufuk nor the Unicorn appear on the Avispa roster anymore! ANASTASIA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

I have this new thermos, so I thought I'd just keep pouring coffee and laughing at dudes on the internet until I started to feel reeeeal bad about wasting daylight. I don't yet.


...Jorma Taccone, you have UPPED THE ANTE with that saxophone.

Once upon a time... this was more topical than it is now. Them's the breaks.


( Kewpie Theater #3: Gerard and the Holograms )
Kewpies by imofish