End of Year Meme
2013 In The Beginning:
Where did you ring in the New Year? - In the street just outside seschat’s house amidst absolutely terrifying fireworks.
Who were you with? - My dearest bean and her folks.
Did you kiss anyone at midnight? - …no? *ponders* Maybe I gave Seschat a peck, I’m not sure.
Did you make any resolutions? - The same ones I always make.
If so did you keep them? - Not really.
2013 Your Love Life:
Single/Taken? - Single.
How many relationships did you have? - 0
How many break ups? - 0
How many people did you kiss? - 0
2013 Friends and Enemies:
Did you meet any new friends this year? - M. and precious peeps on the internet.
Did any of your friendships end? - No.
Did you dislike anyone? - I’m not too fond of my family.
Did you get into any fights? - Oh lord, so many. (See above.)
Did you make any new enemies? - No.
Did you resolve any fights? - No. We just let the hurt fester.
Who was your closest friend? - Seschat.
2013 The Holidays:
Did you have a Valentine? - No.
Did the Easter bunny visit you? - No.
Did watch fireworks on the 4th of July? Deleting this question because, as Marika said last year, “NOT EVERYONE IS AMERICAN”
Did you dress up for Halloween? - No.
What did you do for Thanksgiving? Again, Marika to the rescue: “SEE ABOVE (with the addendum that not everyone is canadian, either)”
Did you make a list of gifts for the holidays? - No.
Did you receive what you wanted? - No. It’s not even something I want.
2013 Your Birthday:
How old did you turn? - 30 *sobs*
Did you have a cake? - No.
What did you do for your birthday? - I had sushi with G. (which was awesome) instead of my mother because she had to drop me like a hot potato in favour of some business lunch of my father’s (which was less awesome).
Did you have a party? - No.
Did you get any presents? - Seschat sent me a care package <3
2013 Memories and Accomplishments:
Funniest Memory? - Writing headcanon with Seschat.
Saddest Memory? - When I broke down and sobbed painfully for hours after my mother called me that one evening.
Most Embarrassing Memory? - Spilling a whole mug of coffee all over the place when I was with Seschat.
Best Accomplishment? - Starting the whole New Zealand and PhD thing. It’s not done, though, which is why this is a qualified accomplishment, but hey, it’s something.
2013 Favorites:
Favorite TV shows? - Being Human (UK), Elementary, Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow
Favorite songs? - Halia Meguid’s “The Ravenstag”, Fall Out Boy’s “Young Volcanoes”, Brothers Bright’s “Awake O Sleeper”
Favorite bands?
Favorite food?
Favorite stores?
Favorite restaurants? - The sushi place omg sushi.
Favorite piece of clothing?
2013 All About You:
Did you change at all this year? - I change every year.
Did you dye your hair? - Yes! First time and everything.
Did you get your hair cut? - No.
Did you change your style? - No. I have a style?
Were you in school? - No.
Did you have a job? - No.
Did you drive? - No.
Did you own a car? - No.
Did you lose anyone this year? - Yes.
Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.
Did you move at all? - No, I lay on the ground for a year. (Sarcasm aside, no, I didn’t move.)
Did you go on any vacations? - Yes. To see Seschat for New Year’s, and a long weekend…somewhere.
Did you leave the country at all? - Oh, “at all”, is it, meme? Well screeew yoooooou. And yes. Germany. Also, the train station in Switzerland.
2013 Wrap Up:
Was 2013 a good year? - No.
Do you have any regrets? - All of them.
Did 2013 bring any new insights? - No. Just confirmations.
Do you think 2014 will top 2013? - IT BETTER DAMN WELL.
Do you have any goals for 2014? - All of them.
If you could relive any moment which would you choose? - Cuddling with Seschat.
If you could forget any moment what would it be? - 90% of the year.
Do you plan to do anything special for NYE 2013? - No.
Who will you be kissing at midnight? - No one.
—
Meme: How was 2013?:
1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? - Had New Year’s without family members. Visited Seschat. Went to therapy. Dyed my hair. Impulse bought expensive things. Started a PhD application process.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? - They’re the same every year, Pinky.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.
4. Did anyone close to you die? - Yes.
5. What countries did you visit? - Germany, Switzerland.
6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? - All the things. An income, a place of my own, a sense of purpose, a life.
7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory? - I don’t do dates. I do moments. So, cuddling seschat and my first therapy session are big ones.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? - Went to therapy (a qualified achievement as it didn’t really help must aside from starting the whole Kiwiland project which great but not the reason I went).Started the PhD process.
9. What was your biggest failure? - All the things.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? - The flu and an (unconfirmed) UTI.
11. What was the best thing you bought? - Food.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? - All my peeps on the internet and M.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? - My immediate family’s.
14. Where did most of your money go? - Therapy.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. (I could also say the Kiwiland project but honestly, that’s more terror and dread and anxiety than anything.)
16. What song will always remind you of 2013? - The entire Save Rock and Roll album by Fall Out Boy.
17. Compared to this time last year, you are:
Happier or sadder: I am dead inside.
Thinner or fatter: About the same?
Richer or poorer: Poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Those online courses. Also, more progress on the Kiwiland PhD project, but then, I do what I can.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? I could’ve done without the anxiety freak outs in Spring.
20. How will you be spending did you spend Christmas? Eating and pointedly ignoring the fighting.
21. What was your favorite month of 2013? I hate the whole year, but those days in January with Seschat were awesome.
22. Did you fall in love in 2013? No.
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? Fuck favourites.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No.
26. What was the best book you read? I’ve been shit at reading this year (most of it was spent finishing books I hated but had been dragging around for too long. Also Murakami’s 1Q84 was such a disappointment.), but North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski are high up there. (Of course, I haven’t finished either.)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? - Fall Out Boy.
28. What did you want and get? Well, I got hope, and that’s nothing to sneeze at.
29. What did you want and not get? All the things.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Of this year? Aw hell, I don’t know, none of the ones of this year that I watched were all that good. (I can’t even say The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, because I love it mainly because of ~my feels~.) Out of movies watched this year, I say Young Frankenstein (1974). But for movies that came out this year, I’d have to say Philomena.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? - I had sushi with a friend and turned 30.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Not being here. Having a purpose in life, my own income, place, etc.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? IT’S GODDAMN CLOTHES WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME, MEME?!
34. What kept you sane? Seschat and headcanons.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? It was a trifecta: Richard Armitage, Dean O’Gorman, and Aidan Turner. And then suddenly Luke Evans.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? All of them, none of them, I don’t even know. Tumblr’s burnt me out.
37. Who did you miss? All my peeps.
38. Who were the best new people you met? Tumblr peeps and M.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013: If your therapist is bad, stop going. Also, having a plan that you’re not 100% sure you want to do is better than not having any plan at all.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: “I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.” - The Mountain Goats, “This Year”
Media of 2013
Music of 2013
Fanfic of 2013
Look I Made Stuff in 2013
And there you have it. That's what 2013 was for me. I'm particularly proud of starting the Kiwiland project (still ongoing), the Frailty fanmix, and the Russian prison tattoo post, which I think I'll stick on here (along with the Hobbit review).
* Arctic Monkeys, "2013"
2013 In The Beginning:
Where did you ring in the New Year? - In the street just outside seschat’s house amidst absolutely terrifying fireworks.
Who were you with? - My dearest bean and her folks.
Did you kiss anyone at midnight? - …no? *ponders* Maybe I gave Seschat a peck, I’m not sure.
Did you make any resolutions? - The same ones I always make.
If so did you keep them? - Not really.
2013 Your Love Life:
Single/Taken? - Single.
How many relationships did you have? - 0
How many break ups? - 0
How many people did you kiss? - 0
2013 Friends and Enemies:
Did you meet any new friends this year? - M. and precious peeps on the internet.
Did any of your friendships end? - No.
Did you dislike anyone? - I’m not too fond of my family.
Did you get into any fights? - Oh lord, so many. (See above.)
Did you make any new enemies? - No.
Did you resolve any fights? - No. We just let the hurt fester.
Who was your closest friend? - Seschat.
2013 The Holidays:
Did you have a Valentine? - No.
Did the Easter bunny visit you? - No.
Did you dress up for Halloween? - No.
Did you make a list of gifts for the holidays? - No.
Did you receive what you wanted? - No. It’s not even something I want.
2013 Your Birthday:
How old did you turn? - 30 *sobs*
Did you have a cake? - No.
What did you do for your birthday? - I had sushi with G. (which was awesome) instead of my mother because she had to drop me like a hot potato in favour of some business lunch of my father’s (which was less awesome).
Did you have a party? - No.
Did you get any presents? - Seschat sent me a care package <3
2013 Memories and Accomplishments:
Funniest Memory? - Writing headcanon with Seschat.
Saddest Memory? - When I broke down and sobbed painfully for hours after my mother called me that one evening.
Most Embarrassing Memory? - Spilling a whole mug of coffee all over the place when I was with Seschat.
Best Accomplishment? - Starting the whole New Zealand and PhD thing. It’s not done, though, which is why this is a qualified accomplishment, but hey, it’s something.
2013 Favorites:
Favorite TV shows? - Being Human (UK), Elementary, Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow
Favorite songs? - Halia Meguid’s “The Ravenstag”, Fall Out Boy’s “Young Volcanoes”, Brothers Bright’s “Awake O Sleeper”
Favorite restaurants? - The sushi place omg sushi.
2013 All About You:
Did you change at all this year? - I change every year.
Did you dye your hair? - Yes! First time and everything.
Did you get your hair cut? - No.
Did you change your style? - No. I have a style?
Were you in school? - No.
Did you have a job? - No.
Did you drive? - No.
Did you own a car? - No.
Did you lose anyone this year? - Yes.
Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.
Did you move at all? - No, I lay on the ground for a year. (Sarcasm aside, no, I didn’t move.)
Did you go on any vacations? - Yes. To see Seschat for New Year’s, and a long weekend…somewhere.
Did you leave the country at all? - Oh, “at all”, is it, meme? Well screeew yoooooou. And yes. Germany. Also, the train station in Switzerland.
2013 Wrap Up:
Was 2013 a good year? - No.
Do you have any regrets? - All of them.
Did 2013 bring any new insights? - No. Just confirmations.
Do you think 2014 will top 2013? - IT BETTER DAMN WELL.
Do you have any goals for 2014? - All of them.
If you could relive any moment which would you choose? - Cuddling with Seschat.
If you could forget any moment what would it be? - 90% of the year.
Do you plan to do anything special for NYE 2013? - No.
Who will you be kissing at midnight? - No one.
—
Meme: How was 2013?:
1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? - Had New Year’s without family members. Visited Seschat. Went to therapy. Dyed my hair. Impulse bought expensive things. Started a PhD application process.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? - They’re the same every year, Pinky.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? - No.
4. Did anyone close to you die? - Yes.
5. What countries did you visit? - Germany, Switzerland.
6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? - All the things. An income, a place of my own, a sense of purpose, a life.
7. What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory? - I don’t do dates. I do moments. So, cuddling seschat and my first therapy session are big ones.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? - Went to therapy (a qualified achievement as it didn’t really help must aside from starting the whole Kiwiland project which great but not the reason I went).Started the PhD process.
9. What was your biggest failure? - All the things.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? - The flu and an (unconfirmed) UTI.
11. What was the best thing you bought? - Food.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? - All my peeps on the internet and M.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? - My immediate family’s.
14. Where did most of your money go? - Therapy.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. (I could also say the Kiwiland project but honestly, that’s more terror and dread and anxiety than anything.)
16. What song will always remind you of 2013? - The entire Save Rock and Roll album by Fall Out Boy.
17. Compared to this time last year, you are:
Happier or sadder: I am dead inside.
Thinner or fatter: About the same?
Richer or poorer: Poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Those online courses. Also, more progress on the Kiwiland PhD project, but then, I do what I can.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? I could’ve done without the anxiety freak outs in Spring.
20. How will you be spending did you spend Christmas? Eating and pointedly ignoring the fighting.
21. What was your favorite month of 2013? I hate the whole year, but those days in January with Seschat were awesome.
22. Did you fall in love in 2013? No.
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? Fuck favourites.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No.
26. What was the best book you read? I’ve been shit at reading this year (most of it was spent finishing books I hated but had been dragging around for too long. Also Murakami’s 1Q84 was such a disappointment.), but North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski are high up there. (Of course, I haven’t finished either.)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? - Fall Out Boy.
28. What did you want and get? Well, I got hope, and that’s nothing to sneeze at.
29. What did you want and not get? All the things.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Of this year? Aw hell, I don’t know, none of the ones of this year that I watched were all that good. (I can’t even say The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, because I love it mainly because of ~my feels~.) Out of movies watched this year, I say Young Frankenstein (1974). But for movies that came out this year, I’d have to say Philomena.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? - I had sushi with a friend and turned 30.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Not being here. Having a purpose in life, my own income, place, etc.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? IT’S GODDAMN CLOTHES WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME, MEME?!
34. What kept you sane? Seschat and headcanons.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? It was a trifecta: Richard Armitage, Dean O’Gorman, and Aidan Turner. And then suddenly Luke Evans.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? All of them, none of them, I don’t even know. Tumblr’s burnt me out.
37. Who did you miss? All my peeps.
38. Who were the best new people you met? Tumblr peeps and M.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013: If your therapist is bad, stop going. Also, having a plan that you’re not 100% sure you want to do is better than not having any plan at all.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: “I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.” - The Mountain Goats, “This Year”
Media of 2013
Films (in viewing order):
- Serenity (2005) - Repeat
- Domino (2005) - Repeat
- The Two Towers: Extended Edition (2002) - Repeat
- Return of the King (2003) - Repeat
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Cute
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) - Everything I ever wanted
- The Vlogbrother’s An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (2013)
- Kawa (2010) - Upsetting and angering but good
- Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) - Repeat
- Jason Manford Live 2011 (2011) - Funny
- Jon Stewart HBO’s 40 Years of Comedy (1997) - Funny
- Warm Bodies (2013) - Better than expected
- The Great Debate: The Storytelling of Science (2013)
- The Hobbit Production Blogs (2012)
- Death at a Funeral (2010) - Funny
- Rise of the Guardians (2012) - Cute
- Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) - Surprisingly good
- A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop (2009) - Gorgeous
- Mama (2013) - Good
- Over the Hedge (2006) - Lovely
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) - For a boozy evening
- World War Z (2013) - Ugh
- Enchanted (2007) - Charming
- Stick It (2006) - Surprisingly good
- Alarm (2008) - Pissed me off but it had Aidan Turner
- Sharknado (2013) - Hilariously bad
- Nerd HQ’s Hannibal Conversations with the Cast and Creators (2013) - *chinhands*
- Dawn of the Dead (2004) - Eh
- Drive (2011) - Quiet and good
- How to Keep Your Day Job (2012) - Nice
- The Notebook (2004) - Ugh
- Pacific Rim (2013) - Best soundtrack ever
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition (2001) - Repeat
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) - Repeat
- Fracture (2007) - Repeat
- Winter’s Bone (2010) - Wow
- Rec (2007) - Good
- Jeune et Jolie (2013) - Good
- The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - Eh
- Resident Evil (2004) - Eh
- On the Road (2012) - Eh with a dash of ugh
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - Decent adaptation
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - Eh
- From Paris With Love (2010) - Ugh
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Ugh
- Benvenuti al nord (2012) - Hilarious
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) - Good
- Snakeskin (2001) - Bad but it had Dean O’Gorman
- The World’s End (2013) - Eh
- Ring Bling (2013) - Disappointing
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - Good
- The Heat (2013) - Awesome
- The Dark Crystal (1982) - Lovely
- The Frozen Ground (2013) - Extremely upsetting but good
- The Internship (2013) - Predictable
- Django Unchained (2012) - Good
- Tutti i santi giorni (2012) - Good
- Aspirante vedovo (2013) - Hilarious
- La vie d’Adéle (2013) - No
- Stoker (2013) - Gorgeous
- Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Eh
- The Five Doctors’ Reboot (2013) - Cute
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) - Perfect adaptation
- Young Frankenstein (1974) - Hilarious
- Riddick (2013) - Eh
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) - Too much yet too little
- The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones (2013) - Made me so angry
- Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (2013) - Starts off good then…no
- Philomena (2013) - Excellent
- The Fall (2006) - Gorgeous and sad
- Along Came a Spider (2001) - Eh
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) - Hilarious
- L’immortel (2010) - I had no idea what was going on, I was so lost
TV Shows (alphabetically):
- Adventure Time - 1x01-09
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 1x0-02
- The Almighty Johnsons - Season 1-3
- Amar es para siempre - 218-221
- American Horror Story - Season 2-3
- Being Human (UK) - Season 1-5
- Between the Sheets - Season 1 (abridged)
- The Big C - Season 1-4
- Black Mirror - Season 1-2
- Castle - Season 5-6
- The Daily Show - 2013
- Desperate Romantics - Season 1
- Dharma and Greg- 5x12-18
- Doctor Who - Season 7
- Dracula - Season 1
- Elementary - Season 1-2
- Firefly - Season 1
- Game of Thrones - Season 3
- Generation Kill - 1x02
- Grey’s Anatomy - Season 9-10
- Hannibal - Season 1
- An Idiot Abroad - 1x01
- Legend of the Seeker - 1x17
- Leverage - Season 5
- Mad Dogs - Season 3
- The Mentalist - Season 5-6
- The Most Popular Girls in School - 1x01-02
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks - 21x11
- North and South - Season 1
- Once Upon a Time - Season 2-3
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - 1x01-02
- Orphan Black - Season 1
- Peaky Blinders - Season 1
- Robin Hood - Season 1-3
- Sleepy Hollow - Season 1
- Spooks - Season 7-9
- Strike Back - Season 1, 2x01-02
- Suits - Season 2-3
- Supernatural - Season 8-9
- Teen Wolf - Season 3
- El tiempo entre costuras - 1x06-09
- True Blood - Season 3
- The Twilight Zone - 1x01-09
- The Vicar of Dibley - 3x08-09, Comic Relief Special
- Vikings - Season 1
- The Walking Dead - Season 3-4
- Whose Line is it Anyway? - Season 9
Radio Plays, YouTube Shows and Podcasts:
- Anglo-Filles - Episodes 1-10
- Another Country
- Ask a Slave - Season 1-2
- Cabin Pressure - Season 4
- communitychannel - 2013
- danisnotonfire - 2006-2013
- Harmontown - Episodes 1-13
- The Hidden Almanac - Episodes Sept. 13-Dec. 6
- I Hate/Love Remakes - 2013
- Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap - 2013
- JennaMarbles - 2010-2013
- Made of Fail - 2013
- A Matter of Taste - 2013
- Monster Talk - 2013
- My Brother, My Brother, and Me - 2013 ; Sept. - Dec. 2012
- Neverwhere
- OlanRogers - 2013
- simonscat - 2013
- Welcome to Night Vale - 2012-2013
Books and Radio Plays:
- 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
- Beloved Enemies: Our Need for Opponents - David P. Barash
- Burning the Sound - Marika Kailaya
- Defiance - Lili St. Crow (audiobook ; unfinished)
- The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
- The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (repeat)
- House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski (unfinished)
- North and South - Elizabeth Gaskel (unfinished)
- Polyamory in the 21st Century: Love and Intimacy with Multiple Partners - Deborah Anapol (unfinished)
- Roverandom - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Le Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien (unfinished)
- The Worm Ouroboros - E.R. Eddison (unfinished)
Music of 2013
Albums (in listening order ; bolded are favourites):
- Amy Winehouse - Live Jazz - (fanmade album)
- Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
- Bastille - Bad Blood ; Other People’s Heartache Part 1 & Part 2
- Macklemore - The Heist
- Fall Out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
- Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (deluxe edition) ; Continued Silence
- Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
- Loreena McKennit - A Winter’s Dream
- Starsailor - Love is Here
- The National - Trouble Will Find Me
- Ramin Djawandi - Pacific Rim Original Soundtrack
- Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba - An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
- Larry and His Flask - All That We Know
- Poe - Haunted
- Louis Armstrong - Hot Five
Fanmixes (bolded are favourites):
- American Gods - Gods Die
- Batman - I’ve Done Terrible Things
- Captain America - In and Out of Stasis
- Copper Creek - The Art of Licking Wounds
- Game of Thrones - A Beast in Human Skin
- Good Omens - Ineffable
- Hannibal - For the Love of God Somebody Help Will Graham ; V I V I S E C T I O N ; Feed Your Head ; Lest Anybody Spy the Blood ; Help ; I’m Just His Daughter ; Afternoon of the Fawn ; Scorched Earth ; Will Graham Rising
- Harry Potter - Watch the Way I Navigate ; Lupins ; Loveller, More Dangerous ; These Violent Delights (Have Violent Ends) ; Motherfucker, You Wanna Talk Hufflepuffs ; Bright Star ; Remember When You Used to be a Rascal ;
- Hemlock Grove - Av Akal ; Make Me Feel Like I’m Breathing ; Paralyzed and Collared Down ; Te Bisterdon Tumare Anava
- The Hobbit - We’re Both Broken in Our Own Little Ways ; Khazad ; Arkenstone ; I Followed Fires ; Middle Earth Tales ; Clarity of Vision
- The Hobbit Modern AU (all by Seschat) - Pick Up Off the Floor ; Die Young (Again) ; You’re a Bad Penny ; Try, Try, Try Again ; Finally Found You ; Lead Me Home ; It’s Been a Long Long Time (with Sickle)
- The Hunger Games - Take My Love, Take It Down
- Inception - Delirium ; Dream of Paris
- Lord of the Rings - Doom of Mandos
- Marvel - Your Blood on My Hands
- Orphan Black - Vices
- Pacific Rim - Cancel the Apocalypse ; Stronger ; I Turn Blue ; Trigeist ; Into the Jaeger ; Crimson Typhoon ; So Punk Rock (No You Aren’t Shut Up) ; Thunderstruck
- Peaky Blinders - Before the Devil Knows Your Dead ; Red Right Hand ; Public Enemy No. 1 (Saints + Sinners) ; Why Did You Change Your Mind, Thomas? ; To Barmaids Who Don’t Count
- Sleepy Hollow - Ain’t No Party Like a Horsemen Party
- Sons of Anarchy - We Don’t Know Where We’re Going
- Spooks - Deafening Silence
- Supernatural - The Greatest Hits (Parts 1-3) ; Had to be You
- Teen Wolf - Time, Truth, and Hearts ; Get Free ; Cut Out Your Tongue
- Time ‘Verse - Farewell (by Seschat)
- Vikings - Music Fit For Vikings ; Heretic
- Welcome to Night Vale - Good Night, Night Vale ; Pretend to Sleep ; My Heart Was a Compass ; Perfect Pandemonium ; The Weather ; What Love Is ; I Made You a Mix Tape
General Mixes (in listening order):
- Happymaking Music ; Water Women (by Seschat) ; Get Through the Fucking Day ; We Run this Motherfucker ; Neck Deep in the Water ; I Will Rise Again ; Lousy Smarch Weather ; My Soul’s Not For Sale ; Långa Landet Falukorv ; Lay Down Your Head ; Sea of Love ; Electro Swing ; The Swamp Witch ; Icelandic Fun ; Scandinavian Love ; tind’s a different kind of dub juil 2011 ; dub to the dark, tind’s march 2011 mix ; Look at that Swing ; Whispers Wasted in the Sand ; Why Can’t I Cross this River ; Mad Girl’s Love Song ; Counting Bodies ; This is Gospel ; I’m a Motherfuckin’ Monster ; Constantly Updated - Favourites ; An Air Mall Stamp on a Still Warm Tongue ; Villainess ; About ; Pack Up ; A Drawing Room Entertainment ; This Town is Full of Monsters ; I Want to Be Used By You ; Smoke Machines ; Rattle this Ghost Town ; Lady Killer(s) ; Campus ; Gaslamp Sonata ; Lip Sync ; Hellhounds and Pentagrams ; Raising Hell ; The Days That Bind Us ; London ; The Danger is I’m Dangerous (How About Fuck You) ; So it’s Easier to Drown You ; A Very Greek Idea ; Fairytales ; We Played with Wooden Swords ; Fuck You Very Much ; Now I’m That Bitch ; Animated Movies: The Way It’s Meant to Be ; Fix You, Save You, Fuck You ; Looking for Ghosts ; Roses With Sharpened Thorns ; Devil’s Swing ; A Trick of Fate ; Sleepy Tunes ; This is Ours Not to Tell ; She Keeps Me Warm ; Let the Light In ; Killer Thriller ; Pop Music Will Never Be Low Brow ; Antidote for Anxiety ; Fucking Sing Along ; An American Summer ; Heels Bigger Than Your Dick ; Do They Got a Booty? (They Doooooo) ; Flowers in Your Hair ; I Hope You Choke (Fuck You!) ; Spooky Punk! ; They Sure Don’t Scare Like They Used To ; Pto Vallarta ; Περσεφόνη ; Final Girl ; Did You Hear That? ; A Girl is a Gun ; Skeleton Teens and Halloween Queens ; Fucking Sing Along (Part 2) ; Muchos Gracias, Señor Roboto (Eighties Mix) ; Yeah, I’m Hardcore ; Exaltation ; Easy Listening ; My Kind of Music ; Get Clean! ; Heaven’s Indie Playlist ; Swamp Witch ; Grit, Guns, and Gold ; It’s a Long Way Down ; Let’s Swing ; Old School, New School ; For We Recieve ; Songs of the South ; Femme Fatale: Ain’t No Southern Belle ; For Behold! The Kingdom is Within Us ; She’s Morphine ; Scream Queen ; I Killed a Man ; Cold Blooded ; Beyond the Confines of the Sick Game ; Something Old, Something New ; Après moi, le déluge ; Must be the Season of the Witch ; Dandelion Wine ; Brat Prince of Hell ; Love is Like Sin and He’s My Monster ; OT3: Gay ; Shall We Get Intimate Again? ; Crawled Out of the Sea ; White Flag ; Pirates ; Don’t. Look. Back. ; Sweet Sour ; For You ; Hell Jumpin’ ; Release Your Dead ; Spoopy Mix ; Swing That Thing ; Electroswinging That Sweet Body of Yours ; Gonna Lose Your Soul Tonight ; ††WINTER†† ; Lounging ; Power ; Banjos and Bibles ; Too Old to Die Young ; Maybe We Should Kiss a Little… ; Monstress ; Look To Your Kingdoms, I Am Coming For Them All ; The Bloody Hands of God and Man ; Gandalf’s Favourite Rap Songs ; Money Trees (High) ; House at the End of the Road ; Pop is for Popular ; Disaster Zone Boys ; You Was Born to Die ; Oh Boy, It’s the Blues ; Into the Field ; The Ruler and the Killer ; Sassy (And Then I Realized I Don’t Give a Fuck) ; Ultimate Study Playlists (Part 2) ; Robot Boyfriend ; You’re All Phonies ; Bad Karma ; We Were Born to Kill ; We Rule the World ; Lethal Ladies ; I Am What I Am ; London’s Underworld ; As Heard on SYTYCD (Parts 1-3) ; Hold Me Close ; Jazz Cats ; Rough Day ; Study Vibes ; 20 Fuckin’ 13 ; Good Boy ; Best of 2013 ; Thank Fuck It’s Christmas ; Is It Christmas Yet? ; Much to be Afraid Of ; Someone’s Dead and Now I’m on a Bender ; Bring Your Colours to the Floor ; Winter ; MuZZZic ; Transhumanism ; Not Just Money l War Paint ; ugghhh.txt ; Smoke and Leather ; Nobody Not Even the Rain ; Exodus 22:18 ; Bodies Breaking Into Light
Fanfic of 2013
The Almighty Johnsons
- angelofthelord’s Being Gods and Almighty Vampires
- bowyer’s 'Til It Is August
- stella_polaris’ Rule No. 1
- trollprincess’ Snap Out of It
Game of Thrones
- properhaunt’s And a Star to Steer Her By
The Hobbit
- 191615311’s How Opposed Would You Be ; Faster Than I Expected
- a-bit-ot-good-yeah’s Ficlet 96d ; Ficlet 96g
- aeternium’s Bright Blue City Lights
- ArwenLune’s Take My Hand and Leap
- BeansShadow’s The Night Watch
- bendingsignpost’s Thrust and Parry
- BlueMonkey’s Any Time You’re Ready ♥
- bofurrific’s Bearded Lady
- bombur-bastic-fanfiction’s Untitled [Angry!Thorin/Reader]
- brodeurbunny30’s Sick and Tired
- brodinsons’ Don’t Care Who’s Watching
- catarrhini’s Maiden’s Folly
- ceallaig’s Lion of Durin ; Where Once Was Light, Now Darkness Falls ; Strongest at the Mended Places ; Jewels in the Crown of Our King
- Chimerari’s Seven Day Mile ; With Perfect Grace
- Cicerothewriter’s Half of Me
- Elsajeni’s The Rewards of Death
- Fantasies’ Thorin Fantasy #1
- flollius’s Burning Bright ♥ ; Hollow Bones ; Man-Killer ; What Remains ♥ ♥ ♥ ; Frailty ♥ ♥ ♥
- gnimaerd’s Technical Difficulties
- KivrinEngle’s The Sons of Durin ♥♥♥ ; The Education of Princes
- Joeys Littlelady’s An Uncle’s Wish ; More Precious Than Thrones and Gold
- kay_cricketed’s All That Shine As Moonstone Leave a Discernible Mark
- Lipstickcat’s The Spare
- littleblackdog’s Blended in Measure uncloakenshields Something Permanent
- madame_faust’s Low Stature, Long Arms
- Malicean’s Family Tradition
- marissa_ann’s It’s All Fun and Games ; It Got Worse
- MissGoodPage’s Child of Captivity
- noalinnea’s Going Territorial
- TheSummoningDark’s I’m Not Dreaming
- pherede’s Blacksmith
- PrInCeSsFBi’s A Mighty Coat
- purajobot935’s Worth Proving
- purelycoincidentalcats’ Dwarf in the Middle
- RiniRhyme’s The Path We Came By
- Sigridhr’s Experience
- TheBeardofGloin’s Thorin/Reader
- themlittlesummerthings’ Cockblocked By Richard and James (and everyone else)
- thorinsmut’s Why Should He Not? ♥ ; Mr. Boggins ; Kili’s Beard (or Everything Together) ; A Bronze Pendant ♥ ; A Bronze Pendant: Epilogue ♥ ; Long Forgotten Gold ; Not All Who Wander Are Lost (But Some Are) ; One Last Time ; Separation ; To Remember This Day ; Oblivious Courtship Trope
- Thorny Hedge’s Unfulfilled ; In All Your Golden Glory
- toggledog’s The Ghastliness of Honour
- tolkienafterhours’ Untitled
- werecakes’ The Archer (prompt)
Matilda
- copperbadge’s Iron Man & X Men crossover At Tilde
Robin Hood
- Schryosel’s Shackled
Teen Wolf
- DawnieWrites’ It’s Where You Least Expect It (The Danger)
- littlejehan’s Untitled
- secondstar’s In This Twilight How Dare You Speak of Grace
Thor
- Peahen’s If He Be Worthy
Vikings
- Bjomolf’s Trickster Tongue Twister
- noisette (rawthorne)’s A Dealer of Men
Welcome to Night Vale
- InitialA’s The Devil Made Me Do It
- patho (ghostsoldier)’s a love song for schrödinger ♥
- skazka’s quite unbelievably, i want someone to be sweet to me
Look I Made Stuff in 2013
Fanmix:
- Repeat Songs of 2013 - Arise, Arise (early 2013) ; Looking for Sunshine (mid 2013) ; Run Away from the Fox (late 2013)
- Fanmix Yourself - A Mix About You ; I Am Becoming Song ; The Rising of the Sun and the Running of the Deer
- General - Singer & Song Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 ; We Ain’t Gonna Stop (Until the Clock Runs Out) ; Doing the Thing ; Happy 4th Anniversary! ; Songs of Grace Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
- The Hobbit - Fisher King ; Frailty (Straining Breaks the Bow)
- Time ‘Verse - A Gift for the Fallen Vol. 1 - Falling & Vol. 2 - Landing
- UNPUBLISHED: Durin Family Feels: Modern AU - It’s Been a Long, Long Time
Fanfic:
- The Hobbit - Durin Family Feels - Part 1: The One Where Kili Makes Thorin Laugh Instead of Yell At Him ; Part 2: The One Where Fili’s Hair makes Everyone Cry ; Part 3: The One with the Nicknames and Lullabies ; Part 4: The One With the Nightmares ; Part 5: The One Where the House of Durin Cannot Shake Off Death ; Part 6: The One Where Everyone Learns How to Braid ; Part 7: The One Where Fili and Kili Are Double Trouble ; Part 8: The One Where Fili is a Pyromaniac
- The Hobbit - Durin Family Feels: Modern AU: Drabble: Colin and Gardening.
- Being Human - There Ain’t Nothin’ Can Harm You
- UNPUBLISHED: 99% of Durin Family Feels and Durin Family Feels: Modern AU and 100% of Grace Feels
Fanart:
- A Softer World Remixes - The Hobbit - Say live and let die. ; No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed. ; Either with it, or on it. ; I’m in this big ass coat from that thrift shop down the road. ; The lightning bold made enough heat to melt the street beneath your feet. ; No, you’re just nothing, absolutely nothing. ; If you ain’t got no money, take yo’ broke ass home. (Version 1, Version 2, Version 3) ; I am going to make it through this year if it kills me. ; No regrets, no looking back, no goodbyes. ; I think I’ve had enough of the heartache and the sorrow. ; My heart is beating steady and I know it never lies. ; (You could tear out my heart.) ; The blood’s run stale. ; Rumours have begun to spread. The dragon Smaug has not been seen for sixty years… ; God save us everyone. ; The sins of our young. ; What to do if you find yourself in a fairy tale. ; Do not forget your manners. ; (I saved it all for you.) ; If you are not very careful. ;
You have no right to enter that mountain. ; I’ll kick you out of my home if you don’t cut that hair. ; I have a very bad feeling about this. - The Hobbit - Durin Family Feels: Modern AU - Collage Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, & Part 4
- The Hobbit (Other) - I finally figured out why I keep finding that photograph of Thorin unsettling and disorienting. ; It’s a dragon attack. ; The Hobbit Goes to Candy Mountain (Abridged): Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3 ; I wonder if a soldier ever does meant the bullet hole in his coat? ; Happy Durin’s Day!
- The Almighty Johnsons - The heart wants what it wants.
- Random - I’m fiiiiiiiine!
Original Writing:
- World War Z Review
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review
- Russian Prison Tattoos and Spooks' Lucas North
Other:
- Hair styles
- Recipes - Carrot Cake ; Banana Bread
And there you have it. That's what 2013 was for me. I'm particularly proud of starting the Kiwiland project (still ongoing), the Frailty fanmix, and the Russian prison tattoo post, which I think I'll stick on here (along with the Hobbit review).
* Arctic Monkeys, "2013"