Misc., really. There's no other way to label this.

[trinityofone]

I'm feeling oddly melancholy today. (Which might explain why I read this lovely Traders fic and sobbed all over spike21's journal.) I woke up irrationally angry with my mother because I had a dream that she was best friends with Paul Gross and she wouldn't let me meet him. What's with you, brain?

Anyway, here are some sources of distraction:

•Bono interviews Eddie Izzard. They are both awesome, and parts of this pertain to "Four Quarters" in interesting ways.

•Someone mentioned the Don't Stand So Close to Me video in the comments to Office Hours, which was oddly enough already on my mind, as I caught part of it on TV at Siria's house the other night. Sting is so hot in this. (Shut up, Siria! So's Pete Tyler!)

•Lyrics meme:

1. Your memory is here and I’d like it to stay / Warm light on a winter’s day --Pink Bullets, The Shins (guessed by slodwick)

2. Mama I’ve seen them the others like me / Once I could see it was all I could see

3. There is an old cliché / Under your Monet, baby --Believe Me Natalie, The Killers (guessed by megolas)

4. Don’t fall on your sword / Just play another chord / If you feel you’re getting bored --Numb, U2 (guessed by wychwood)

5. We thought we had the answers / It was the questions we had wrong --11 O'Clock Tick Tock, U2 (guessed by the_acrobat)

6. Graceless lady, you know who I am --Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones (guessed by lalejandra)

7. Taste the whip, now plead for me --Venus in Furs, The Velvet Underground (guessed by randomchris)

8. And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted / I know but too well what they mean --Begin the Beguine, Cole Porter [Trin likes the Sheryl Crow version] (guessed by etben)

9. Time’s tide will smother you / And I will too --That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, The Smiths (guessed by _inbetween_)

10. In starlit nights I saw you / So cruelly you kissed me --The Killing Moon, Echo & The Bunnymen (guessed by mandysbitch)

11. Nothing seems to penetrate my heart --Going Through the Motions, Buffy (guessed by slodwick)

12. I was there when they crucified my lord --When Love Comes to Town, U2 & B.B. King (guessed by inthekeyofd)

13. The good songs weren’t written for you, they’ll never be about you --American English, Idlewild (guessed by slodwick)

14. Love grows in me like a tumor --Fuck Was I, Jenny Owens Young (guessed by slodwick)

15. You speak of signs and wonders / But I need something other --Crumbs From Your Table, U2 (guessed by wychwood)

16. Say goodnight / She waits for me to put out the light --An Cat Dubh, U2 (guessed by the_acrobat)

17. Once I had a woman I could call my own / Once I had a woman now my woman she gone --Water of Love, Dire Straits (guessed by aurora_84)

18. We will endeavor the same as ever / To stand for no shit whatsoever --A Call to Arms, The Ordinary Boys (guessed by soupytwist)

19. A love so sharp it cuts / Like a switchblade to my heart --She's a Mystery to Me, Roy Orbison (guessed by wychwood)

20. Open the doors that lead on into Eden / Don’t want no cheap disguise --Into the Fire, Sarah McLachlan (guessed by aurora_84)

...Bit of a trend there. Not my fault, iTunes was on random. *g*

•Awhile back, I promised to upload some more Dandy Warhols songs for somebody, but because there's a problem with my brain being missing, I forgot. Here are some now:

Sleep
Big Indian
Welcome to the Monkey House
I Am Sound

I have way more, but the files are all on my finicky old iPod, so I'll have to try to snag them later. Sorry for being such a spaz.

•Finally, Beware the Army of Pigs!




Taken in New Square, the day of the Trinity Ball. Oh, college.

I really ought to go to the library. But first: a sandwich!

Comments

[siria]

...Sting. Oh, my child. Let five Hail Marys and three Hello Dollies be your penance for temptation away from the Path of the Hewlett. And temptation away towards Sting.

[randomchris.livejournal.com]

7 - Venus in Furs, The Velvet Underground.

(Although I always thought it was "bleed for me"?)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

When did I ever say that Sting is hotter than the Hewlett? He doesn't even come close! The Hewlett is the Zeus of hotness; Sting (young Sting, wearing glasses Sting) is just a minor god.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

1. The Shins, "Pink Bullets" ♥
11. ... Buffy? "Going Through the Motions"
13. Idelwild, "American English"

I am SOOOOO moody/melancholy today. Hopefully, I'll be able to channel that into my (late) kink fic. I wish I had my tunes.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I did, too, but the lyrics sites say "plead," and if you listen closely, that could be what he's saying. I'll triple-check.

[siria]

Well, should such blasphemy ever appear in your journal, I would know well that it hadn't been written by you. Still, any time spent contemplating others when one could be contemplating the Hewlett and his ass is wasted time.

(ooh, rain)

The library is very, very full, by the way. You'll have fun trying to find a seat, methinks.

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

It's a little bit embarrasing that the only one I know is Buffy...

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I think planet Earth is having an emo day. It just started to rain quite heavily.

Your guesses are all correct. Although...there's at least one more that you should be able to get, as you sent me the song! ;-)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

But you should never be embarrassed by Buffy-knowledge!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Please, like I'd ever actually try to study in the library. I check out books, feel falsely accomplished, and leave.

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

10. The killing moon - Echo and the Bunnymen!

I know ALL the words to that one!

Ah, my 80s youth...

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

Gawd. There are at least three more I'm >this< close to remembering, but I just can't, and Snow Patrol is making me weepy.

(OH! "Fuck Was I"! Shit... I can't remember who sings it!)

[siria]

Ah. Your strategy differs from mine, then. I sit in the research area, pile books around me, look studious and then... write five hundred words of Julian/Rodney. *headdesks* A loser is me.

[birdsflying]

#3 is Believe me, Natalie by the the Killers

Army of pigs!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I adore that song. It's so...rich. Decadent? I don't know. Have you heard the alternate, studio sessions version?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

OMG, have you really? You're my favorite person ever!

I've been poking at Julian/John, Julian/Nyles, and Julian & Lionel. I'll finish mine if you finish yours...

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Correct!

And yeah, Trinity was totally invaded not long after you left. The pigs, Meg, the pigs!

[siria]

Well, when I say 'Julian/Rodney', that's short hand for 'Julian/Rodney if and when I can a) get Julian in character, b) make them stop eyeing one another from across the room and c) make them fuck.'

Once more, I sully the hallowed halls of academe.

Julian/Lionel makes me say 'guh' quite loudly, even if it would technically involve writing a Danielle Steele fanfic. *shudders*

Julian/John involves so many issues that both my brain and my ovaries 'splode. But it's a good death.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

*g* Yeah. I'll probably give it to you, 'cause I doubt anyone else is going to get it. Plus, you gave me the song!

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

I adore that song.

Yeah, it was always a crowd-pleaser at parties. We used to sing it loudly and drunkenly.

Have you heard the alternate, studio sessions version?

I haven't, no... Well, I don't think I have... is it good?

[birdsflying]

I wsh I could have seen it! How was the ball? Did you get any sleep while people partied or did you go join 'em?

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, certainly not, just embarrased by my lack of anything-else knowledge. But I was secretly delighted by the fact that my ONE Buffy icon was so perfect for the occasion.

*distracts you with handwaving in order to use this mcshep icon*

[wychwood]

...Bono says he has no shame. This fails to surprise me in any way *g*.

4. Numb, U2
15. Crumbs From Your Table, U2
19. She's a Mystery To Me, U2 or Roy Orbison, whichever you prefer

...I'm spotting a theme in my attributions here *g*

PS Young Sting is totally hot and also looks like John Constantine. Yes.
PPS Good luck with your library :)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Eeee! More First Monday just went up! I'm downloading as we speak!

We should have a Julian party! At which we watch Julian and write Julian! And eat pie!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Judge for yourself! (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4EE53DE53A8577BE) *g*

(I like it. Not as much, but I like it.)