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clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2012-12-24 08:52 am

Not a creature was stirring

First, [livejournal.com profile] pennswoods, I got your card. It's beautiful! Thank you.

Second, it's not even 9:00am and I'm kinda tipsy. LIFE IS GOOD.

Third, vids!

There's this thing called the 2012 Sherlock Awards on Tumblr, and this is what won best vid of the year. It is brilliant.



This is by the same vidder who produced this amazing piece, which I've shared before:


I very much liked the TV show Friends, and the opening credits have been parodied before, but of course I found the Sherlock version especially charming:



I don't ship Mycroft/Lestrade, but this video is good and heartbreaking. It amazes me how vidders can manipulate clips to make us see what they want us to see.



For those of us who still love The Lonely Island guys:


Found on Tumblr: I remember this comic from my childhood. I remember being made curious by how much I liked the blonde in that outfit. Did anyone else grow up in a home that, in retrospect, seems creepily religious? Our church even had Chick tracts.

We went to a gun expo on Saturday, but I'm not sober enough to write about that now.

Most of the time I prefer to be alone, but last night I felt like being social. Alas, the inclination didn't hit until after 7pm. [livejournal.com profile] mckitterick had already left for a social event of his own, and I'd had more wine than I thought I should be driving on, so I was at home alone and feeling slightly bereft. And then I discovered there's something wrong with the charcoal I bought for the hookah and I couldn't get it to stay lit so I couldn't even smoke. It was a disappointing evening.

I wish I had millions of dollars and could fly some of my far-away internet friends here to see me. Hello, [livejournal.com profile] alryssa, [livejournal.com profile] aprilstarchild, and [livejournal.com profile] pennswoods, I am looking at you especially right now.

Update: I sobered up a little, showered, did my nails, and am now tipsy again. LIFE IS STILL GOOD.

[identity profile] pennswoods.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So glad the card arrived in time for Xmas! It's almost 7pm here, and I am feeling tipsy as well. Someday, a visit will happen. In one direction or another. It would be awesome for people to come here. Crashing at my place would save hugely on food and hotel, but I know the plane tix are ridiculous. I don't know when next I will be near you! I will be in Dallas in March, but that isn't exactly close.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for tipsy! I plan to nurse this state for all waking hours until Wednesday morning.

I will be in Dallas in March, but that isn't exactly close.

Yeah, and the highways in Oklahoma are dicey at best in early spring. =/

My plan for 2013 is to get my health under control to the point where I feel like I could travel without it causing too much stress. After that, WATCH OUT WORLD.

[identity profile] msmitti.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm jealous that you are tipsy and have been since 9 a.m. I figured I would wait until it got dark so I am not falling over drunk by then. Zero productive anything today thus far, despite being up since 5:30 a.m. Maybe I should go ahead and crack the wine open now!

As for last night, I watched a movie I rented from the library. I didn't even check the rating, because it was from... THE LIBRARY. It was called "Latter Days" and it is about a Mormon missionary who is assigned to LA and discovers he is gay. Not a ton of naked, but there was a lot, more than they normally show for men.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I should go ahead and crack the wine open now!

I support this.

[identity profile] redheadfae.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I thoroughly support this post. We got my folks tipsy last night on that wicked Pennsylvania Dutch eggnog. Dad had bought a *handle* of it and we drank it all and then cracked and half consumed a bottle of Christian Brothers. Whhhooooeee!

ETA: Sorry about the duplicate post.. LJ lied to me and said Frank ate it.

LOVE for all the videos!!

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for all of that!

[identity profile] alryssa.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
yay tipsy! :3

*hiccups*

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Image

And I started out xmas morning with mimosas!

[identity profile] aprilstarchild.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
I remember seeing that first video sometime this last summer and laughing until I wheeeeeezed. It's so perfect. It's the kind of thing I'd happily show to Gatiss and Moffat et. al as an example of the genius of fans.

The last one. THAT LAST ONE. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Speaking of laughing until I wheeze.

I CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH IT and now I"m going to watch it again and then post it to tumblr for everyone to see because HOLY SHIT.

[identity profile] aprilstarchild.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
ALSO

HUGS HUGS HUGS I hope your Christmas is fabulous and if I had a million dollars I would totally visit you. Or have you visit me.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
YES.

[identity profile] pennswoods.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So glad the card arrived in time for Xmas! It's almost 7pm here, and I am feeling tipsy as well. Someday, a visit will happen. In one direction or another. It would be awesome for people to come here. Crashing at my place would save hugely on food and hotel, but I know the plane tix are ridiculous. I don't know when next I will be near you! I will be in Dallas in March, but that isn't exactly close.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for tipsy! I plan to nurse this state for all waking hours until Wednesday morning.

I will be in Dallas in March, but that isn't exactly close.

Yeah, and the highways in Oklahoma are dicey at best in early spring. =/

My plan for 2013 is to get my health under control to the point where I feel like I could travel without it causing too much stress. After that, WATCH OUT WORLD.

[identity profile] msmitti.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm jealous that you are tipsy and have been since 9 a.m. I figured I would wait until it got dark so I am not falling over drunk by then. Zero productive anything today thus far, despite being up since 5:30 a.m. Maybe I should go ahead and crack the wine open now!

As for last night, I watched a movie I rented from the library. I didn't even check the rating, because it was from... THE LIBRARY. It was called "Latter Days" and it is about a Mormon missionary who is assigned to LA and discovers he is gay. Not a ton of naked, but there was a lot, more than they normally show for men.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I should go ahead and crack the wine open now!

I support this.

[identity profile] redheadfae.livejournal.com 2012-12-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I thoroughly support this post. We got my folks tipsy last night on that wicked Pennsylvania Dutch eggnog. Dad had bought a *handle* of it and we drank it all and then cracked and half consumed a bottle of Christian Brothers. Whhhooooeee!

ETA: Sorry about the duplicate post.. LJ lied to me and said Frank ate it.

LOVE for all the videos!!
Edited 2012-12-25 06:47 (UTC)

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for all of that!

[identity profile] alryssa.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
yay tipsy! :3

*hiccups*

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Image

And I started out xmas morning with mimosas!

[identity profile] aprilstarchild.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
I remember seeing that first video sometime this last summer and laughing until I wheeeeeezed. It's so perfect. It's the kind of thing I'd happily show to Gatiss and Moffat et. al as an example of the genius of fans.

The last one. THAT LAST ONE. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Speaking of laughing until I wheeze.

I CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH IT and now I"m going to watch it again and then post it to tumblr for everyone to see because HOLY SHIT.

[identity profile] aprilstarchild.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
ALSO

HUGS HUGS HUGS I hope your Christmas is fabulous and if I had a million dollars I would totally visit you. Or have you visit me.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2012-12-25 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
YES.