jadesfire

It is possible that this video saved my sanity today. No kidding. Bad morning. Happy lunch hour.

She should know already, but go tell

crystalshard how hard she rocks. Just click the vid to go to the YouTube page

[Unless...Chrys, if you spot this and want to put a public entry some place for folk... ;)]

I'm going to be singing this all afternoon...

I'm having a conversation elsewhere (non-LJ, non-fandom, tangentially libraries), where people are taking me seriously. Since this alarms me, and I jump every time a new email lands in my inbox, I felt the need to post something fun over here. It is Friday after all.

I suspect this is the kind of vid where you'll either love or hate what they've done with the cutting. To me, it seemed like an incredible technical achievement, as well as really, really working for Neal. Plus, it's really pretty.

White Collar. Scenes from all through S1, but nothing plot-specific (no honking spoilers, only baby ones)

Original post on LJ

Picked up from

nnwest. Passing on the genius.

As I keep saying (has anyone else noticed how much I repeat myself? I think it's something to do with a short attention span and having to keep remind myself what I think. Anyway,) I'm watching more and more vids, trying to understand them as much as enjoy them. For me, part of the fun of anything creative is understanding the 'how' as much as the thing itself.

So

festivids is all kinds of awesome, and I'm having a blast watching my way through these. Although I'm thinking it could be dangerous in fannish terms. There's sources here that I don't know but think look intriguing...

From sources I do know, so far I've watched the two Much Ado About Nothing vids. Both are as light and joyful as the film, which I've had an abiding affection for since I fell off my cinema seat laughing at it. Seriously, I can't even think about deckchairs without sporfling. Just a Girl is a fantastic celebration of Beatrice, and Your Song is one of those vids that you kind of feel *had* to be made, the song and film suit each other so well.

On the 'Danger: I Do Not Need Another Fandom", Names is an intriguing Vampire Diaries vid, and has made me want to seek out the show, and the other vids for it aren't helping. Meep.

At the other end of the scale, Never Be is a Criminal Minds vid, that just *flaily hands* The summary for the vid says: "women of criminal minds, being a victim does not mean you are defeated." I can't put it better than that. Oh show.

Have the Muppets instead.

With thanks to

taffimai for pointing me in its direction:

For all Torchwood and Doctor Who folks suffering from Fannish Ennui?

Spaceman by

kaydeefalls could be just what you need.

It's the kind of vid that reminds me why I'm a fan of these things in the first place. Sometimes I need something to just stop me and make me go "OH!" and this is it right now. Just wonderful

I'm home sick today (my knees won't hold me up, which I take to be a sign I should stay in bed) and I was going to demand entertainment from my flist, but instead, allow me to entertain you.

First of all, watch and giggle:

Second of all, I have 1500 words of Criminal Minds fic that needs betaing. Could someone who knows the show and is prepared to wallop the heck out of my prose take a look at it for me, please? *bats eyelashes* I gave you a funny Star Trek video and everything...

How's everyone else doing?

Current Mood: sore

This has been amusing me waaaaaay too much this evening. The genius icon is for the pandas rather than me. Obviously.

Current Mood: ded of cute

As some of you may remember, for about the past year, I've been saying that I had an idea for a vid, but since I didn't know how to vid, I was a bit stuck.

Well, my friends, I am stuck no more!

in_the_bottle who is made of awesome, took my vague, hand-wavey ideas and turned them into an honest-to-goodness vid. It is exactly what I had in mind, only better. I'm linking you to her site, where it's embedded or you can download it.

Here it is!

I am so far beyond squee that even I can't hear myself any more. After her artwork for Resonance, I thought that she couldn't possibly make me any more bouncy. I was wrong.

[Genie's notes:]

Title: Become
Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls
Vidder: Genie & Jadesfire
Summary: This is Martha's journey.
Notes: This is all

jadesfire2808's fault. See, she linked to her Fandom Free For All post, and I saw the request for a Martha vid set to this song, and after listening closer to the song, realised that yes, it would indeed make a good Martha vid. So, after some emailing back and forth, Jades coming up with an excel spread sheet, us re-watching episodes, and me fiddling with Final Cut and going nuts over the different aspect ratios of the source files, this thing got made.
Spoilers: All DW and TW eps that Martha appeared in. And one she didn't, but you probably won't notice... I hope.
Format: mp4 (Quick Time)
Length: 4:09min
Feedback: Yes please! [my note: Please. Please leave feedback, because this whole thing has made me so incredibly happy and I think some of that should be shared around]

Current Mood: bouncy

So, a while back I decided to stop being scared of vids and actually watch some. It never really took, though, and I stuck to ones that got heavy recs from friends or were by people I knew.

But sometimes taking a risk pays off.

micewerefurious has 4 fanvids. Doctor Who + the Musicals = Wins Everything.

I'm serious. Click here for Doctor Who does Les Miserables, and here for Miss Martha Jones does Cabaret (with Captain Jack as Elsie). No, seriously. Why are you still reading this? I mean it. Stop. Click. Leave a comment. Come back if you want but go. Go now.

Shoo.

( Cut for raving about the vids )

On a completely and utterly unrelated matter, does anyone out there speak Portuguese? I'm reliant on Babelfish for a fic, and that's never a good thing...

I slept for six and a half hours straight last night! SIX AND A HALF! That's the most sleep I've had in one go for a fortnight. It's not nearly enough to catch me up, of course, but it's such a good start. Six and a half. Woo hoo! This was probably because I think I got my Big Bang story sorted out, thanks to a patient-beyond-the-call-of-duty

miss_zedem, who doesn't mind my breaking off our chats to flail when an idea hits. I'm not sure I'll have it done in time, but at least I know what I'm writing now.

In celebration of all of this, I offer a video my mother sent to me with a warning that "the under 30s might not get it". I did, but I'm mature like that. Its original title was 'The Blonde goes back to work after many years', but since blonde is a state of mind, I don't think we need to leave anyone out.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Current Mood: happy

Regular readers will know that I don't really watch vids very much. I make exceptions, but generally speaking, they're pretty much a mysterious papery object to me.

But this one, I get. And will have to watch again. And again.

Jack-centric, spoilers for the first couple of episodes of Torchwood S2 and generally brilliant.

Torchthumping. Go! Watch! Grin!

Oh good grief.

This is what you find when you search You Tube for SGA.

Scooby Doo, where are you?

Seriously, folks. No drinks, no company, unless they're used to your giggling.

Current Mood: amused

I'm not much of a one for fanvids of any kind, but

nightdog_barks recommended this and it's just...well...go watch it!

It's like a game of 'name that fandom' I got Star Trek, B5, Buffy, Angel, Batman and dozens more that I recognised but couldn't name.

Utterly brilliant.

Us

You WISH your friends were this cool

All the depth of a puddle

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Pretties

I cannot brain today, I have the dumb

Run, don't walk

Let me entertain you

I told you they was organised!

Lookie what I've got!!!!

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