Meddle not in the affairs of the dragon; for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.*

[bending_sickle]

I felt veritably perky this morning! I don't know what's happened, but I was shimmying along to The Young Dubliners' "I'll Tell Me Ma" and Fiddler's Green's "Rambling Rover" as I was getting ready for the outside world.

I went off to the Hague for a walkabout, which wasn't really a walkabout but rather a "Oh gods I need food now" because leaving the house just around lunch time is not a good idea. Anyway, ridiculous amounts of money were paid for a sandwich and then I wandered around Chinatown, which was exploding all over the place with meters and meters of firecrackers and a charming red dragon bopping (which I could barely see because everyone in the Netherlands in bloody tall) in celebration of the New Year.

Now I've got delicious edibles and may just write some The Balloonist's Wife until seschat shows up for our movie night. (Oh, the squee, y'all!)


Meme - 30 Days - Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly):

"Almost Home" by Craig Morgan made me tear up mightily the first time I heard it, and it still chokes me up.

And, as an extra, here's "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" by Gary Allen, which is another little tear-jerker, but in a more hopeful way.

And lastly "Rosas" by La Oreja de Van Gogh. I don't know if it's the song that makes me cry, the whole live album, or if I just listen to this when I'm sad. Either way, it's a sad song about waiting for your love to come home (but you know it won't).

Previously:

Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 04 → Your favorite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy - GIFs
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy - Nature is awesome!
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic

Coming Soon

Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy


Links of the Day:

Supernatural:
dean_sam's flocked Matt Cohen (aka Young!John) Photos - *fans self*
cowards_kiss's Review My Bloody Valentine
exp0se's Icons
mata090680's Icons
wanttobeatree's Fanfic & Images Objects From the End of Days (Evil!Sam, of sorts)
usmc75's flocked Index for Supernatural/BtVS To Live and Die in LA (Dean, Faith) (Part 1)
missjack's Discussion Post on Castiel and Jimmy
tracy_loo_who's Review My Bloody Valentine ; The End (5x04) Fic Recs
ckll's flocked Fanvid My Bloody Valentine (YouTube)
imagines's Review My Bloody Valentine
sunnysideeggers's 5x13 Icons
strangeandcharm's Fic Coda to 5x14
fandomsecrets' thread on Jensen Ackles in Blonde, with picspam and excerpt download links
Misha Collins Interview

Watchmen:
inabathrobe's Fic The Past Keeps On Getting Brighter (Adrian has AIDS - Adrian/Dan)
smilesawakeyou's Icons
DeviantArt's Pachylla's Banner ; Mal the Shadow Lover's Chibi Art ; Biigurutwin's Chibi Art ; Eattoast's Chibi Art
FoodieFriday's Watchmen Cupcakes

Doctor Who:
tennant_love Reacts to the Tonner Doll Company's Ten!Doll - "What the HELL is this????"

Multifandom:
YouTube's Star Trek meets Monty Pythin
FearAndLoathingInNY's Some Cultures Are Defined By Their Cheese

Random:
teand's embedded Woman's Last Stand: Dodge Charger Commercial Spoof - Watch this!
theweaselking's Probability questions (contains velociraptor clones)


* Anon. or uncredited