tj_dragonblade | Alive and mostly well, if you'd wondered...

So. Fic deadline met, though not as timely as I'd have liked. The fic is still in the polishing process, despite its entry. It was more about setting and meeting a goal, though, than any real hope of placing or prize-winning. So I'm...half-satisfied? I drafted it, sure, which is technically 'finished' according to some, but...it's still not finished to me. I guess that would be the goal to set for myself next time - finish and polish and have beta'd and revise to my own satisfaction by a deadline.

Anyway. This means I've got roughly a month and a half of flist to catch up on, and it'll take me awhile, assuming that I get to it at all. If there are fic or pic postings I've missed, or Posts of Great Interest or Personal Importance that I ought to see sooner than later, I encourage the dropping of links.

Elsewise. Have a couple songs with which I've recently become acquainted, both with a very high Personal Resonancy Value:

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Assemblage 23 - Drive

Pleasantly pulse-pounding electronic trance music, a strangely-fitting almost-monotone-y delivery worthy of every Heero Yuy cliche you've ever read, and fabulously resonant lyrics:

The open road unwinds before me
An onyx ribbon spreading out
No idea where I'll be going
Sometimes the journey is what counts

Sometimes I drive
To run from all my demons
Sometimes I drive
So I can be alone
Sometimes I drive
To see the world in a different light
Sometimes I drive
For no reason at all

To which I say: Hell yes. Except that the price of gas means that most times, I just drive to work and back. -_-x

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Nightwish - Lagoon

Feeling lonely and content
At the same time
I believe
Is a rare kind of happiness

I got ahold of some Nightwish early work and rarities while waiting for the new album to be released come the end of the month. This one stands out, mostly because I was delighted to discover yet another Ocean Soul song from them. ^_^ It's very isolated-moonswept-beach-at-midnight in its melodies; the lyrics are sparse and simple, Tarja's voice is very soft, and the rhythms are mid-tempo and lovely. Middle-of-the-road Nightwish style, neither uber-operatic nor uber-metallic, and rather synth-heavy. It's a very good listen, if shorter than I'd like.