After months of laying low and lurking on the edges of fandom, I suddenly looked up and realized I've been hiding away for half of the season and we only have four episodes left until the uber-summer hiatus! And now I'm starting to feel like I'm missing out on all the interesting episode discussions/recaps, meta, vids and ... everything. :(
The workload is still the same, but I'm realizing that I don't have to do 110% all the time, esp. if it does nothing but stress me out and takes up the little "fun" time I have. So here's to lowering my personal standards. *raises glass* We'll see how it goes starting this week with photocopying intro. pages from a lab book for pre-readings like everyone else instead of completely rewriting my own. Also, tonight I could finally stomach the sight of meat and was feeling good enough to actually cook an entire dinner. And even better I ate a little bit of red meat for the first time in months and *looks at watch* so far so good. \o/ It was SOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOO YUMMY. Sorry to you vegetarians out there, but meat is delicous, fat and protein and gravy and mmmmm. *wants more*
So as I was properly fed and feeling ambitious (and procrastinating), I cleaned out my hard drive tonight and stumbled across never finished fic, half baked meta, and cinematography stuff, and now I'd rather work on that than my real work. I think my brain is starting to decompartmentalize itself as it realizes the freak out my body has been having for the past 4 months is not going away any time soon. But more importantly, I found amazing insta-rec vids that I didn't share previously when I was in hiding. So in lieu of anything of my own complete enough to contribute to fannish glee, I'll pass along these recs instead.
This vid, Somebody's Child, by![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
sabaceanbabe is well done and one of the most unique vids I've seen. The use of a secondary screen along the sidebar allows for multiple interpretations of the lyrics and lends to its alternating (or omnicient if you look at it another way) POV. Dividing attention between a large and a smaller screen has an interesting effect, and you'll probably have to watch this vid more than once just to see exactly what's going on. Also, because of the size of the small screen, to get the intended effect either download the vid and watch it in its original size or maximize it to full screen. The song catchy, achy, and fitting for a future look back on the "Winchester gospel" (*chuckles* that still cracks me up) and the sequences during each play of chorus are beautifully chosen and will probably make you choke up (but maybe I'm just an over-emotional sap right now). Go watch, you won't be sorry.
This vid, Kinetic, bymaichan808 is gorgeous and flows from clip to clip almost seamlessly. It's seem to be more of study of camera movement and impressions than a narrative-based vid. I really like the severe desaturatization and blurriness; I think it fits nicely with the music. If you want to see some of the most striking pans and crane shots of the entire series (with the exception of the awesome overhead umbrella shot in "Scarecrow" ... more vidders should use that in my very biased opinion) take a look at this vid.
The workload is still the same, but I'm realizing that I don't have to do 110% all the time, esp. if it does nothing but stress me out and takes up the little "fun" time I have. So here's to lowering my personal standards. *raises glass* We'll see how it goes starting this week with photocopying intro. pages from a lab book for pre-readings like everyone else instead of completely rewriting my own. Also, tonight I could finally stomach the sight of meat and was feeling good enough to actually cook an entire dinner. And even better I ate a little bit of red meat for the first time in months and *looks at watch* so far so good. \o/ It was SOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOO YUMMY. Sorry to you vegetarians out there, but meat is delicous, fat and protein and gravy and mmmmm. *wants more*
So as I was properly fed and feeling ambitious (and procrastinating), I cleaned out my hard drive tonight and stumbled across never finished fic, half baked meta, and cinematography stuff, and now I'd rather work on that than my real work. I think my brain is starting to decompartmentalize itself as it realizes the freak out my body has been having for the past 4 months is not going away any time soon. But more importantly, I found amazing insta-rec vids that I didn't share previously when I was in hiding. So in lieu of anything of my own complete enough to contribute to fannish glee, I'll pass along these recs instead.
This vid, Somebody's Child, by
sabaceanbabe is well done and one of the most unique vids I've seen. The use of a secondary screen along the sidebar allows for multiple interpretations of the lyrics and lends to its alternating (or omnicient if you look at it another way) POV. Dividing attention between a large and a smaller screen has an interesting effect, and you'll probably have to watch this vid more than once just to see exactly what's going on. Also, because of the size of the small screen, to get the intended effect either download the vid and watch it in its original size or maximize it to full screen. The song catchy, achy, and fitting for a future look back on the "Winchester gospel" (*chuckles* that still cracks me up) and the sequences during each play of chorus are beautifully chosen and will probably make you choke up (but maybe I'm just an over-emotional sap right now). Go watch, you won't be sorry.This vid, Kinetic, by
maichan808 is gorgeous and flows from clip to clip almost seamlessly. It's seem to be more of study of camera movement and impressions than a narrative-based vid. I really like the severe desaturatization and blurriness; I think it fits nicely with the music. If you want to see some of the most striking pans and crane shots of the entire series (with the exception of the awesome overhead umbrella shot in "Scarecrow" ... more vidders should use that in my very biased opinion) take a look at this vid.
cheerful
How are you doing baby wise? I'm dying to hear all about it. LOL. I'm glad you finally got your meat. Heh heh. And that you are taking it a bit easier.
Missed you!
*hugs
I've missed talking to you, too. If you get a chance, let me know when you'll be on IM and I'll see if it matches my schedule and maybe I can drop in. :)
Zaz
Addicting, eh? :D
I've already filled up my iPod, so I've had to remove all video files, *sad face* so I'm not much help when it comes to converting video files and uploading them to an iPot. However, I'll be bringing my laptop to VanCon in case you want to take a peek at the vid on IMEEM or elsewhere.
Zaz
And I'm glad to hear that you could eat meat again. Hopefully, it makes you grow big and strong now. *ignores flashbacks of the YED talking about feeding demon blood to baby!Sammy* *shudders* Obviously, the smart thing to do would be to not channel the YED, because now I feel violated. :P
Ooo, recs. I have a vague feeling that I've maybe seen "Kinetic" before but that first one was definitely new to me. Both look very awesome, though!
And the funny thing? Nobody else seems to notice. So I could've been doing this all along... *snortlaugh*
yay for fannish things eating your brain.
Yes, now that my brain is well fed. :D
Obviously, the smart thing to do would be to not channel the YED, because now I feel violated.
And my first thought was, "I miss Azazel and his crazy, secret plan." On a related but not-so-related note, my big burning fan question now concerns Lilith and Azazel and if they were connected somehow and/or working toward the same end game or if they were adversaries or just part of two demon fractions that didn't really give a rat's ass about each other. *brain pretzel*
I hope you had a great Easter and maybe even some turkey now that you can eat meat again. And of course chocolate. Hm, I think I'll make cupcakes, feed a cold, feed a fever right? Heee! Yep, still sick. Still keep going, just a bit slower. I think I read somewhere cupcakes cure the common cold and if I didn't ... then I wrote it. And I should know.
I hope you've sufficiently fed your cold. Cupcakes are the cure all for most anything; anything cake-like with buttercream frosting can't be bad. :)
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I suppose learning that it's OK to prioritize and just "get stuff done" to get by in lieu of directing your energy toward more important/pressing things is part of life. Nobody can do everything all the time. I look forward to the day when I'm finally older and wiser. Which reminds me, I found two really long silver hairs the other day (not gray, not white, but sort of sparkly silver). Dude. This kid is already giving me "gray hair" and it's only as big as an orange. Watch out, by August I might be sporting a full head of silver/white/gray! XD