steady rollin'

We watched Southland Tales last night. There are some movies which I find very hard to recommend, but that just blow my mind and give me a certain level of excitement for the future of film-making. It was fascinating on so many levels to me, visually obviously, but I particularly liked how much it made me think. Some of that I'm sure is due to how it's somewhat rambling and surreal so I couldn't just let a simple, linear plot wash over me, but it maintained this underlying current that managed to hold everything that seemed fantastical or bizarre together in such a way that I never felt that the most absurd things were actually absurd. The cast in and of itself was fascinating, since it made me keenly aware how much I mentally typecast so many of them. I'd love to let it sit in my head for a while and watch it again, which isn't something I really got from Donnie Darko. All in all, I adored it.

Also, someone should so write me Seann William Scott and Dwayne Johnson RPS or point me towards it if it exists. Everytime I see them together it makes me feel embarrassingly squealy. Seriously. I have such a massive crush on Dwayne Johnson, one which I can feel better about everytime he's in a movie I want to watch for the movie's sake and not just because I want to paw at his biceps and see him smile. I'm dying to go see Get Smart. Tomorrow hopefully. :x

het_challenge is still open for prompts until the 5th. This time it's a mix and match. I highly encourage people to drop by and leave some prompts so there are more fandoms and characters represented! Head over to this post and drop off a list of up to 5 pairings or moresomes of mixed gender and up to 5 scenarios for everyone to choose from!

Fic Rec:

Die Hard - Save As, John/Matt, by poisontaster for the Small Fandom Big Bang. I've hardly read in the fandom since John/Matt is not something I can see really easily, but she wins me over every time with the way she writes them. This is a fantastic story, with the sort of character development from beginning to end and the quality of writing that reminds me so thoroughly of everything I love about reading fanfic. The pacing and emotional intensity and omghotness had me ignoring everything this morning in favour of reading all the way to the end in a single sitting.

Round Four of porn_battle is on! This time it's running until "(roughly) midnight of Wednesday, June 18."

There are tons of delicious prompts up to write or draw for! Go check 'em out. ^_^

Rules are here.

porn_battle is gearing up again. They're taking prompts until late wed/early thurs. I had a ton of fun with this last time around, since there's zero pressure, a ton of prompts/fandoms and it only runs pretty much over the weekend. Plus, who doesn't love comment porn?

reijamira is polling interest in an spn newsletter to showcase the fandoms activity here on IJ. If you'd like to be an editor or link-hunter, swing by and fill it out.

Art rec: karasu_hime drew a really, really lovely pic of Sirius. Inspired by snark_n_bark, but you don't at all need to follow the rp to admire the image and its emotion.

J is finally awake, so we'll be leaving shortly and heading down to housesit for a week. Should be set up and back online before evening. ^^ New 1mr comic is up (with the mini-profile for Brainpan). After part two of this comic is posted, I'll probably start experimenting with styles. I'm excited. ^^

I just posted myrecipe for carrot cake over at my pancake/food blog. It's a vegan-friendly recipe, as I replaced the eggs with extra applesauce and a banana. I also used applesauce to cut out a lot of the oil and some of the sugar. If you don't like supersweet desserts, it was really easy to make and turned out delicious. If you prefer supersweet desserts or really love eggs, I also linked to the original recipe. :3

Also related to my pancakes, you should totally check out the newest additions to J's colour photo gallery. He posted some pics of when we were at the coffee bar and there was a dog in line ahead of us begging for treats from the barrista. Cutest dog ever. There are also some neat long-exposure night time shots from the hills above Berkeley. They look awesome.