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Put a song for every letter in your url!
Hard mode: Challenge yourself and make it a fan-mix or themed playlist!

This is kind of unintentionally fandom, as I was grabbing from the most recent songs I've listened to and most of them were from a playlist I use to plot a Stargate SG-1/Batman crossover I will never finish.

Also, it's just a list because the coding to link things is just too much for me tonight.

S - "Songs I Can't Listen To" by Neon Trees
P - "Pompeii" by Bastille
I - "I Don't Love You" by My Chemical Romance
R - "Read My Mind" by The Killers
A - "Anti-Hero" by Ray Garrison (Taylor Swift cover)
L - "Love Like Ghosts" by Lord Huron
I - "I Found" by Amber Run
C - "Candy" by Robbie Williams
I - "I Kissed a Girl" by Jill Sobule
O - "Orange Juice" by Noah Kahan
U - "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
S - "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" by Adele

This year is only my second Spotify Wrapped and this year actually had a lot of surprises for me. Part of this was I spent a couple months not using Spotify to listen to music at all and was only listening to music on YouTube, and I listened to slightly different stuff there, so while it was part of music I listened to this year in my mind, it wasn't included in this. I'm going to add songs that were on my regular rotation on YouTube to my main Spotify playlist. (Yes, I know YouTube is doing their own version of Wrapped this year and I am ignoring it.)

With that in mind, the number of genres, songs, and artists listened to are accurate to Spotify, they are not accurate to my overall listening.

According to Wrapped, I listened to 10 genres, which would probably be more if all the music I listened to had been included, but was not surprising. My top five genres were also not a surprise.

My top songs section shocked me. I would have never guessed my top song in a million years. I knew I had listened to it a lot, but I didn't think it had even cracked my top ten, let alone the number one spot. Out of the top five, two songs are by Fall Out Boy, which is only surprising in that I would have assumed more were on there. My number three song being by All Time Low is also not surprising, as I listened to them a lot this year, but the song itself was, because it is my least favorite of the songs by them on my playlist. I have no idea how Forever the Sickest Kids made my top five songs and artists. I like literally one song by them, but also Spotify feeds them too me a lot as suggested listening when I can't skip. I just didn't think it was that much.

My top five artists surprised me a little bit, only in that I didn't realize I had listened to NATI. enough for her to break into the top five, which is actually kind of cool. She deserves more love.

The biggest surprise though was at the end, they included a podcast stat for me. They only told me my top listened to podcast (I listen to quite a few, but irregularly), which was a frightening number of minutes listened to (I forgot to write down the number). Then there was the follow up info that I was in the top 11% of listeners, and that gave me a lot of mixed feelings. Part of the reason for that is it's an erotica podcast that I am intentionally not naming. I obviously listen to it a lot, but it's not one that I think to recommend to people because a) no one I know who would be asking me for recs, would also be into this one, and b) the reason I listen to it so much is not because it's my favorite or I love it, it's because its consistent, in both quality and posting schedule. It's fairly reliable when pretty much all the other ones I enjoy more are not - either their posting schedules are wild and erratic or the quality is all over place, or in a couple cases, both. I kinda wish I was more into it.

Stats under the cut.
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So apparently I have a Christmas/Winter/Yule playlist?

I was trying to clean up my Spotify account (I follow too many podcasts and playlists) and I discovered I apparently made a holiday playlist for Winterfest in July last year (2022). It needs some editing for sure, and I haven't figured out how to link it here, but I thought I would share the song list just the same.


Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Jason Manns & Jensen Ackles
a long december by girlhouse
Hating You For Christmas by Everclear
ugly xmas sweater party by girlhouse
This Year For Christmas by Sjowgren
Christmas Eve Can Kill You by Old Sea Brigade
It Never Snows In Florida (Holiday Version) by New Found Glory
Careful, Kid - Be Kind Version by The Staves
What's This? by Danny Elfman
Till the End of the Year (Bye Buy By) by Anna Nalick
Santa! Bring My Girlfriend Back! by The High Plains Drifters
Sally Sweet Tooth by Bad Bad Hate
Fireside by John Mark Nelson
Maybe Next Year by Jenny Owen Youngs
One More Sleep by The Dollyrots
This Year Can Kiss My Ass by Meiko
Whiskey and Winter by Hushtones
Flannel Sheets by Emma Wallace & Marie Guenther
Let's Hibernate (December Version) by Emma Wallace
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) by The Pogues
Last Christmas by Wham!
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Michael Buble

I did this at the library with the countdown clock staring at me the whole time, I should probably do it again when I can think, lol.

Snagged from razielim

Favorite Pseud: My favorite of mine is probably spiralicious, even if its origin story now has not necessarily the happiest feelings for me anymore. I have others that are certainly easier to spell and make more sense, but this is the one that has stuck.

Time Zone: PST

Star Sign(s): Cancer sun (Aquarius moon, Virgo rising)

Favorite Holidays: Halloween & New Year's Day

Last Meal: As in the last one I’ve had? I had leftover cream of mushroom soup with garlic and hamburger and oyster crackers, cranberry juice to drink, and I had a tester cookie for breakfast. I should probably eat something soon.

Current Favorite Musician: I wouldn’t say they’re my favorite, but my playlists have been heavily favoring Fall Out Boy & All Time Low lately.

Last Music Listened To: According to Spotify, it was “Dani California” by Red Hot Chili Peppers on my Cooking playlist (the playlist has nothing to do with cooking). Though I think in reality it was that selection of Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Florence and the Machine, The Front Bottoms, & other random things I’ve been relistening to over and over again.

Last Movie Watched: Rewatching The Shining as part of my horror movie and knit marathon.

Last TV Show Watched: People’s Court while I was getting ready this morning.

Last Book/Fic Finished: I binged a whole bunch of Stargate Atlantis fics last night (I am pretty sure some Batman, The Witcher [video game], Interview with the Vampire [tv series] fics were in there too.) But the last book was The Power of Style by Christian Allaire, according to Beanstack.

Last Book/Fic Abandoned: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. It was for book club, which met today and I didn’t finish it, though I am not sure I have completely abandoned it yet.

Currently Reading: I am starting a new book when I get home, I think it is Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers.

Books/Shows/Movies/etc. You Want to Get Around To: On my overly ambitious list for by the end of the year I have, Good Omens season 2, The Boys, the new Batman Christmas movie who’s name suddenly escapes me Merry Little Batman, finish Harley Quinn season 3 & watch season 4… and there are like 3 or 4 things on my HBO list I can’t look at right now and a stack of library materials XD Justice League: Warworld (2023), catch up Batman: The Audio Adventures, Prague Spring by Simon Mawer (though I will probably skip this one), Lumberjanes #11-13, The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator Mary Shelley by Catherine Reef, Ice Cream Man Sundae Edition, Volume One, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, This Book is Gay (2021 revised and updated edition) by Juno Dawson, Mushrooming by Diane Borgato, Samurai Champloo rewatch, Batman: Death in the Family interactive blu-ray, Yuri on Ice, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show rewatch.

Last Thing Researched for Art/Writing/Hyperfixation: curly haired animals and how bushy a racoon tail is exactly.

Last Eureka, Breakthrough, or Neat Fact/Concept Learned: I actually had a really important one like a week ago, but its probably completely TMI

Favorite Online Fandom Memory: I am going to be vague and go with old group chats.

Favorite Old Fandom You Wish Would Drag You Back In/Have A Resurgence: I honestly don’t have one. It feels weird to say that.

Favorite Thing You Enjoy That Never Had an Active or Big "Fandom" but You Wish It Did: There was a time when I could name a few things, but sitting here with the countdown clock going, my mind is blank.

After thinking about it for a day, I just want to add here that most of the time I think something doesn't have a big or active fandom, it either does and I just haven't been looking in the right spot or it ends up having one later. Also, I don't know if this counts, as its a weird crossover pairing from two fandoms that have no reason to meet whatsoever, but it is lonely over here on appropriately aged Zuko/appropriately aged Jason Todd island.

Tempting Project You're Trying to Rein In/Don't Have Time For: I have an AU idea for a no capes AU of the Justice League as Youtubers. It has gotten entirely out of hand. The post about it, just talking about the idea on DW, I started in September has gotten so out of hand/unruly I haven’t been able to get it posted.

Tempting Project You're 100% Going to Undertake: Filling as many requests as possible at fandomtrees and holiday_wishes.

ETA: To fix a typo, Add/fix titles on "get around to" list, and add too "favorite thing you enjoy that never had a big or active fandom

I... but... here:

Some Lists I found on Blender I found amusing:

10 Best Old School Rock Band Logos Ever
http://www.blender.com/10BestOldSchoolRockBandLogosEver/articles/24150.aspx

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time
http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696

The 13 Worst Hair Trends in Music
http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=21573&pg=0

The Worlds Most Oversexed Musicians
http://www.blender.com/TheWorldsMostOverSexedMusicians/articles/26094.aspx
There were only two women on that list

Bah. I felt bad about making the interview comment and not posting any links last time. I was going to do it sooner but I was enjoying my lack of roommate. So for recent HIM interviews just look down.

Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show interview from Sept 21st was the good but it is already down...but it has been put on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGG7Vwool3I

A bazillion videos from the secret London gig (Borderline):
http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2170929.html

Funny fake interview and ville as a Simpson:
http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2171185.html

The Him documentary from the Radio 1 Rock show with Daniel P. Carter (& the video trailer)
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4739583&blogID=313573018

Same thing different location: http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2174509.html

Interview with Ville in Florida in August 2007 during PR:
http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2177616.html

The Buzznet phone interview: http://www.buzznet.com/tags/him/journals/1065961/ville_valo_gets_personal_with_buzznet/

Somethings never change. Interview with Ville, Mige, and Bam during PR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglQG23gwJI

The Gauntlet interview (non video):
http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/938/HIM.html

Another text interview:
http://www.nighttimes.com/nt_main.asp?aID=1020

Ville and Mige on German TRL
(its kinda stupid but the boys are adorable & go to the comment thread because the youtube videos have been taken down):
http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2194684.html?thread=30751484#t30751484

It's another phone interview. I don't know if it is any good I didn't bother listening to enough of it other then to make sure it was in English (3 parts in 2 links):
http://musicametal.blogosfere.it/2007/09/him-intervista-esclusiva-con-ville-valo---prima-parte.html
http://musicametal.blogosfere.it/2007/09/him-audiointervista-esclusiva-con-ville-valo-seconda-parte.html

Videos from rock the duce from youtube because I can't make the ones on MTV2 work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqs-eDzWW7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YsZ5sBAkSM

Interview With Ville In The Norwegian Magazine Inpoc (its a cell phone magazine):
http://community.livejournal.com/valo_daily/2202117.html

AND....
Just because I like the cover of this song better than the original (it is Vanilla Sky covering "Umbrella") and the video is ville themed so it works with the rest of the post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_e2qLrsQE

Website of the day:
http://www.heathenworld.com/bandname/

So I haven't posted in about two months. So I shall try to catch up in small increments.
Fan-girling and related activities
Well first and foremost HIM has been on my radar the most because they have been doing the Project Revolution tour and the new album is coming out and Ville was in rehab so I spent quite a bit of time catching up at [Unknown site tag] . There were tons of photos and article scans coming in.

When Project Revolution was in San Fransisco, Live 105 did an interview with HIM (well it was just Ville and Mige if I remember right), as well as a couple other bands. The Interviewer was, perhaps, an idiot. He could have been having an off day, but it made the interview entertaining. I don’t know if it is still on Live 105’s website or not.

As I told Hairball, I have been a very good girl. The Venus Doom album is coming out soon (today in the us, everywhere else earlier) and I have managed to avoid all of it. Ok, not all of it I did watch the "Kiss of Dawn" music video and I have been reading the magazine articles but that is it. I want it to be a surprise. I didn’t do any of those stupid games at heartagram. I didn’t listen to any of the music, officially leaked or otherwise. I downloaded nothing. I watched no videos (other than the Kiss of Dawn video of course) fan made, record company made, or of concerts where they were singing the songs. I avoided reading the lyrics when they were posted. I have been very patient. I have behaved myself. But if I have to wait until I am at school to buy the album I may cry…or at least speak harshly to a clerk.

There are three versions of the Venus doom album. I looked them all up to decide which I was going to buy. I decided the regular album would be the one I would spend my money on. The special edition just didn’t look like it was worth it. But we all know that once I know for absolute certain that I will have my job and if there is a way for me to get the special limited edition I will snap it up as though my very life depends upon it. But I am not holding my breath.

I also have a ticket to the concert in Portland. I even sort of have a plan on how I am going to get there and back, but hopefully I can find someone to go to the concert with me and create a better plan.

They played the SNL that Hugh Laurie hosted. Yay! *fangirl-like squeal* Ok, so I am a bit sad and pathetic, deal with it. It was awesome and I loved it, his accent, I got to see him in a dress, the opening monologue, it was worth not changing the channel.

I went to the Slow Children’s concert at the Hideaway. It was good. It was nice to get out. I saw a lot of people from high school that didn’t recognize me and I didn’t feel the need to reintroduce myself. I also saw my friend that I shall call here Spazzy. She is just as crazy as ever. We got to talk for awhile. I met a girl that I know only from myspace. She is from St. Louis but recently moved to the area. It was cool and creepy at the same time. I haven’t even seen her on myspace for a year or so. She recognized me from my old picture and I recognized her screen name. I bought a cd, danced with a total stranger, and spent a few hours at Hippiewoman’s house. All and all I think I had a pretty full evening. I even drank, perhaps, a little too much, eventually.

I have been trying to frame my autographed Bam pic since I got home. Right at the beginning of summer I found a frame that I was going to decorate to make it more…Bamesque, I suppose. But then I lost the bloody frame. I found another frame that actually looks almost exactly like what I wanted to do to the other frame. So I bought I and put Bam inside of it, but of course, what happened? I found the other frame. So now I have gone out and got most of the stuff I need to decorate it how I want and I will figure out what to do about the I have two frames for one pic thing later.

I have also been reading far too much slash and smut in general. And you thought there wasn't such a thing.

Websites of the day:
http://www.angelfire.com/on/Wodensharrow/treeframe.html
http://www.ovaprima.org/
http://www.pinballrebel.com/fortune/fortune.htm
http://www.4711.com/en/webcam.html
http://www.life.com/Life/rocknroll/classic/parentsintro.html
http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/crossesa.htm

Yay my history of photography paper is done! Wait what? I have 2 more papers to write? Research papers?! And then I have finals! And sushi night was canceled!! *sigh* So why am I writing an entry? Oh yeah youtube obsession.

"Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley feat. Allison Krauss is such a pretty song and there are tons of youtube videos for I have discovered:
there are 3 POTC ones but this is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_eZJy8hRQY
Firefly version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbW3H1RY4wY
X-Men:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVwx0UJlCQ
remember Pretender anyone?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmyG9LcJWe4
LOTR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r4r3bFTfoU

I was also going to do a review of Uneasy Listening vol. 2 but lets just say I like it better than vol. 1, especially the first three songs and leave it at that.

website of the day: http://www.unusualmuseums.org/owl/