trinityofone

So a while back, I wrote and wychwood illustrated a story called Four Quarters, in which John, Rodney, Teyla, and Ford (and later, Ronon) are in a band called The Puddlejumpers.

Obviously, a band AU needs a music mix to go along with it.

But there are also many more stories to be told in this universe, so a simple mix grew instead into a companion story, with the songs woven into the narrative (or perhaps more accurately, the narrative woven around the songs). wychwood made beautiful liner notes and formatted the whole thing.

And here it is.

Title: The Best of The Puddlejumpers: Bootleg Edition
Words: trinityofone
Pictures: wychwood
Rating: R
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Category: AU
Summary: And I felt like a star/I felt the world could go far/If they listened to what I said.
A/N: Special thanks to newkidfan, who provided two of the songs and inspired the whole thing with her terrific artword.

The Best of The Puddlejumpers: Bootleg Edition

Please comment if you download. We'd love to hear your thoughts on any aspect of this project.

I should also note that this story is posted on my website. "You have a website?" one might reasonably enquire. Yes, I do—thanks to the wonderfully generous isiscolo, who donated the space, and the talented and patient siriaeve, who designed it. I, however, am both a procrastinator and a perfectionist, and I haven't yet publicized it because I haven't been able to get it fully updated (or write a non-lame introduction). But don't let that deter you: check it out here, compliment Isis and Siria on their kindness and hard work, and then bug me to get off my ass and finish it already.

And when you're done: rock out.

ETA: I just want to make clear that tons of people have made amazing art for various stories of mine, and I love it all. However, only a small portion of that art (like only a small portion of my stories) is up on the site right now. If something isn't there yet, it doesn't mean that I don't like it--quite the opposite! It just means that I haven't uploaded it yet. I'm sorry; I suck.

Today I:

1. Went to my 9 a.m. tutorial on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and almost strangled a guy who first went off on a LENGTHY tangent about some nonsensical "post-colonial" reading of the text ("See, the narrative doesn't exist until Alice arrives--she imposes it on the citizens of Wonderland!" Right. That imperialist, seven-year-old bitch) and then told me it was "utterly pointless" for me to suggest that possibly, this was not what Carroll had intended. Sometimes I really hate English majors.

2. Wrote a draft of my history paper. It makes no sense and it's four words short (after dinner: add adjectives!) but do I care? No. My inner Hermione is rather peeved at me, but honestly, I could not give a shit. *loves the delightful doneness of being done*

I'm utterly exhausted now--I feel like a deflated balloon--but in the interest of being mildly celebratory, here is some music for y'all:

I promised smittywing more Mirah.

Sweepstakes Prize (That's the one I already gave you, right?)
Cold, Cold Water (lcsbanana, this song totally reminds me of that Stephen Crane poem you gave me for a prompt. Must write that fic!)
Special Death (This one's totally my Teyla song.)
Advisory Committee
Dreamboat
Don't Die in Me
100 Knives
Engine Heart (And these last three are all major McKay/Sheppard songs to me.)

custardpringle said, "Milla Jovovich does music?" Yes, she does! Here are three of my favorites.

It's Your Life | 2nd link
Don't Fade Away
Satellite of Love

(She wrote the first two herself; the third is, obviously, a Velvet Underground cover.)

Finally, here is something cool I got off audiography today. I think it's an interesting Atlantis or John-and-Atlantis song.

Big Science - Laurie Anderson

Enjoy! And, um, write more porn! I'm going to go pass out now...

Wait, except first: GIP! Extremely enthusiastic GIP! siriaeve is the best friend ever, and you should all shower her with porn and chocolate. *nods*

ETA: My favorite RL story of the day.

I always get nervous when I see author’s notes to the effect of, “Based on a song by [insert band here, the more emo the better].” I will be the first to admit that this is entirely hypocritical and unfair, as I have based at least three SGA stories on U2 songs, and just spent all afternoon working on one based on “The Ocean.” I realized that I could go through my (extensive) U2 catalogue and come up with cracked story ideas based on a bunch of songs in no time at all. So (since I don’t have anything better to do, like, I don't know, write the essay I'm supposed to be working on) I decided to do just that.

( 17 songs, 17 stories that will never be (although with the amount of crack I'm smoking, you never know) )

Now watch me actually go and write one of these, because I am honestly THAT INSANE.