deelaundry: man reading in an airport with his face hidden by the book (Default)
Hi, y'all!

Felt like sharing some good things happening lately:

- My new therapist said I seem like a warm and friendly person who would "add light to a room" *blush*
- I got recruited into an exciting new job and start November 7. From first message to me on LinkedIn to signed job offer: 8 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes. WHOA. Even better, current company said, "We'll miss you. If the new job doesn't meet your expectations, reach back out to us."
- Running three panels at ConFab this weekend: Our Flag Means Death (SQUEE), Kinktomato, and "Where's the Friends' List Option?" in which I will be asking people where today's LJ comms are
- Have TWO vids premiering at ConFab
- Signed up for Holmestice and Festivids, and am re-dedicating myself to fulfilling my FandomTrumpsHate commitments. One is done (those vids premiering at ConFab); two to go!
deelaundry: Woman sitting in lounge chair, man sitting on floor painting her toenails (Vanilla)
A friend mentioned a favorite song that she listens to on loop, so I decided to check it out.

There were so many surprises along the way.

1. The title "The Adults Are Talking" made me think, ooh, I love a good "calm down, Manbaby" tale.

2. I read the lyrics and thought ok, not what I thought it was about, but interesting!

3. I listened to the song (YouTube but while looking at another tab) and thought wow, did not expect that tempo, but this might be a good vidding song.

4. I watched the official vid and thought, as this commenter said:

while listening to the album I thought of a thousand different possibilites for a music video of this song
not a single one of them were baseball with robots
(Mateus505, 4 months ago)

Embedded vid under cut )
deelaundry: (Wilson)
Hello all! As my birthday is this month, I want to invite you all to my "Stay Home and Read a Book" party!

This is a party in which you:
- Stay home
- Read a book
- Come back to this post and tell me something about the book you read

Please comment with the title; author; one-word review of good/meh/bad; and anything else you like. In-depth critique, one sentence, bullet list, trivia, thoughts, quotes, tropes, whatever.
deelaundry: Woman sitting in lounge chair, man sitting on floor painting her toenails (Vanilla)
Reached one of my two 2020 goals:

I got a good job!

I started this week at a small consulting company, working on a federal contract in my field. <3 <3 <3 The health insurance is mega-expensive (it's a small company in the US, so of course) but the pay is even a little more than I was aiming for and they contribute to 401K retirement.

I am also, for the first time in three decades, an hourly worker so no unpaid evening/weekend work!

It's been a looooong, sad-sack-y twenty months of unemployment, y'all. So glad to be back in the working world.
deelaundry: person holding a cane and blue folder in the same hand (folder)
Title: Habitat
Author: Dee Laundry
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: PG-13, for references to sex
Summary: It’s my turn to talk. Do we need the turn stick?

Tags: Intellectual Disability, Brain Injury, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dialogue Only

Notes: This is based on Nightdog's fics Divergence, and Pumpkinhead, in which Wilson sustained brain damage as a child which caused him to have an intellectual disability. At the end of Pumpkinhead, House and Wilson made a first step toward friendship, and of course my mind took it forward to them being a couple. I wrote about them previously in Think, although that was gen, and this fic makes much more specific reference to their romantic and sexual relationship. By this time, they've moved in together. This was with the support/blessing of Wilson's parents, teachers, and case manager. Which is good, because Wilson didn't really give a shit what they thought; he was in love with his boyfriend and ready to take the logical next step of cohabitation. Huge thanks to [personal profile] nightdog_barks for letting me write in her 'verse.


What’s with the cranky face, Wilson? )

A title

Aug. 19th, 2018 03:28 pm
deelaundry: person holding a cane and blue folder in the same hand (folder)
I think I'll call my autobiography I'm Sorry I Didn't.
deelaundry: man reading in an airport with his face hidden by the book (Default)
Saw Camelot last weekend with [personal profile] bironic, and it was very fun.

The reviews have been uneven to say the least so I was a bit worried going in, but I loved it! Looking back at the reviews, they’re mostly like, This isn’t as elaborate as the three-hour version with Julie Andrews so boo to this.

I’ve never seen the three-hour version to compare it to, so I took this version on its own merits and thought it was quite fun. They did have some occasions when they very blatantly had a symbol stand in for something more elaborate (e.g., covered the floor in red to show that Arthur was standing where a battle had recently taken place) -- that worked for me. They didn’t try to pretend; they very clearly indicated when things were symbols. Another example: rather than close the curtain and move things on the set, they had the actors move things on the set. Generally that was done with a choreographed flourish from the actors, indicating “Ta da! We are doing this transition now!”

The set design in general was one I loved. Use of warm woods, movable set pieces, tall arches placed in foreground, midground and background for a sense of scale. In contrast to say, Prodigal Son, where the minimalist design of the outdoor scenes were too minimal for my taste, the set design in this version of Camelot gave a good sense of place in each scene.

Now why did I choose to see a play at a theater located 300 miles from my home? Robert Sean Leonard, naturally. He played Arthur, and looked good. He was SO MUCH more comfortable showing affection to Guenevere (played by a very good actress named Britney Coleman, who Bironic recognized as having been in A Very Potter Musical on YouTube) than he’s been in anything else ever, so that was nice. It looked like he had grown a tummy on him, but I don’t see how that’s possible in the few weeks since promo pics, so maybe that was the costume.

Singing isn't RSL's greatest strength but he acquitted himself fine (other than dropping the end of some of his words, seriously, RSL, finish what you start). He slid into the Rex Harrison/Robert Preston sing/talk mode (see the 1964 film My Fair Lady and the 1962 film Music Man if you don't know what I mean) and that was fine.

Did you see the promo vid where he was dancing, and it looked kind of dorky and uncoordinated? That scene takes place in Arthur & Guenevere’s bedroom, and they are joking around. So it’s supposed to look a little bit dorky and impromptu. :)

One amazingly fun part that wasn't RSL: Mordred, the villain. Bironic and I agreed immediately that he was very reminiscent of Seth Green ("Scott Evil!" I said) and that we loved the sparkle seen in his thighs and personality, both. ([personal profile] bironic's full write-up, which is better than mine, is here.

The actors didn’t come out afterward, so no autograph or close-up encounter, unfortunately. But all in all, it was a great time and I’m glad I went.

I'm even more glad that I chose to travel the way I did because it meant a lot more time with Bironic, and that was even better than the play. <3 <3 <3

Next up for RSL: back to San Diego to play Richard II in summer 2017.

Next up for me: Going to the UK for work in a few weeks and getting to see my awesome RSL-loving friend [personal profile] daisylily!

Dorky dancing that I was talking about:
deelaundry: man reading in an airport with his face hidden by the book (Default)
Waiting (semi-)patiently for the Sherlock special. Haven't decided yet whether I'll watch at the UK time or wait for US.


I watched the first season of The Flash this weekend on Netflix. Cheesy popcorn, but fun!! And SO MANY HOT GUY BODIES. O_O It also has better continuity than most of the shows I've liked (House MD hissssssssssssss).

RSL could guest star and fit in with all the male weeping, heh.

Felicity was my favorite character. (One of my kind, I'm just saying)

Favorite line: "I am your father" said by Luke Skywalker :rotf:

Second favorite line: "Am I the only one here who watches movies?" :rotf:
deelaundry: man reading in an airport with his face hidden by the book (Default)
The "being here" thing, that is (see previous post).

2011 will be the Year of Hanging Out on Dreamwidth on a Regular Basis. I have declared it to be so.

Happy New Year, All!

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