Everything always comes at once....
Jun. 14th, 2017 04:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
insaneladybugSo, while I'm still in the process of debating whether to risk that seller's 92% positive feedback and get the Hello Kitty messenger bag, Build-a-Bear has to decide to send a good coupon at long last, only good for the weekend. I've been wanting Starlight Glimmer, but I wanted to wait for a good sale or some such so I wouldn't have to pay full price. There's a slim chance I could go out this weekend, if Dad decides to go to a picnic on Saturday (and if I'm not incapacitated over the weekend, but I'm pretty sure I will be, ugh). Also, I still kind of want a Wonder Woman doll.... And there's the problem of wanting Beauty and the Beast but not liking the current price.... And the problem of wanting to save some money for the Scottish Festival.... Heh.
We are also still without hot water. That may be rectified today, if the part finally comes as it's supposed to. Mom has been going bonkers without hot water and I didn't feel I could wash my hair satisfactorily by pouring big yogurt containers of hot water over it, so I took a cold shower instead. A very cold shower.
Adventures with the cats continue. The female cat, whom I have called Sweet Baby for years as a pet name and now can't imagine calling her anything else, still likes to rub me and sometimes to lay on my shoe so I can't leave. I haven't tried petting her anywhere except on her head, as she definitely seems to still like that. The male cat was christened Rocky Road, because he's always in my path as I walk and I've almost tripped on him repeatedly. This past night I did trip on him, gah. He got startled and yeowled and Sweet Baby didn't seem to want a pat right afterwards. I wondered if she thought I'd deliberately stepped on Rocky and thus felt leery, even though she doesn't like him. But she seemed to settle down later and wanted lots of head-pats, so hopefully she realized it was an accident, as I've also backed into her a couple of times in the past. Rocky didn't seem inclined to get in my way and it would be nice if that would continue, but at the same time I hope he doesn't think I did that on purpose. He seemed a little chilly afterwards.
I finished my fic, love it, and feel that the characters and I all need a break, so I started writing a slice-of-life fic for the next one. It will have a lot of fall-out/recovery from the previous fic, character studies, and fun times with Bebop and Rocksteady wanting a day off, LOL. It probably won't be long, but it will be a nice bridge to whatever is the next escapade.
I also wonder why everyone and their dog says the Howie Hardy songwriter character's appearance is based on Woody Allen. Okay, there are similarities, but I fail to understand basing a rock-and-roll songwriter on a movie guy. Buddy Holly seems like a much more plausible inspiration choice. Especially since I saw a picture of him and discovered that he had curly hair (whereas I previously thought he didn't). Unless there's some official word that Howie was based on Woody Allen, I will continue to feel that Buddy Holly was the real inspiration. (Or heck, maybe both were an inspiration. Maybe Howie's voice is like Woody Allen's; couldn't prove or disprove that by me.)
Also, Google Translates Sings is one of the funniest things ever. They take a song, translate it into several languages and then back to English. It's like a really hysterical game of Telephone; most of the time it comes back sounding utterly ridiculous. Crescent Blue introduced me to it and I've been laughing at their YouTube videos for the last couple of days. I'll Make a Man Out of You is still my favorite, but Be Our Guest, The Phantom of the Opera, and some nursery rhymes are up there too.
Lyric samples:
"Mysterious as the dark side of the moon" came back as "mysterious as the dark long of the shoe."
"Be Our Guest" came back as "Be Our Guestroom" (and the guy did an incredible Jerry Orbach impression!)
"The Phantom of the Opera" came back as something different each time the phrase was used. LOL. One usage was "The demon of the opera." **snerk.** It only got better from there.
"This old man goes rolling home" came back as "The old people rolled into the house."
ROTFLOL.
Also, "Hellfire," probably Disney's creepiest song, made one of the most hysterical parodies throughout. Their Lion King songs were pretty funny too. But wow, I haven't heard "Be Prepared" since I was a child and when I read the original lyrics that ran across the top of the video ... wow. Pretty unsettling song for a kids' film. Pretty much all of that song went completely over my head as a kid, even though I did get the basic gist of what it meant.
We are also still without hot water. That may be rectified today, if the part finally comes as it's supposed to. Mom has been going bonkers without hot water and I didn't feel I could wash my hair satisfactorily by pouring big yogurt containers of hot water over it, so I took a cold shower instead. A very cold shower.
Adventures with the cats continue. The female cat, whom I have called Sweet Baby for years as a pet name and now can't imagine calling her anything else, still likes to rub me and sometimes to lay on my shoe so I can't leave. I haven't tried petting her anywhere except on her head, as she definitely seems to still like that. The male cat was christened Rocky Road, because he's always in my path as I walk and I've almost tripped on him repeatedly. This past night I did trip on him, gah. He got startled and yeowled and Sweet Baby didn't seem to want a pat right afterwards. I wondered if she thought I'd deliberately stepped on Rocky and thus felt leery, even though she doesn't like him. But she seemed to settle down later and wanted lots of head-pats, so hopefully she realized it was an accident, as I've also backed into her a couple of times in the past. Rocky didn't seem inclined to get in my way and it would be nice if that would continue, but at the same time I hope he doesn't think I did that on purpose. He seemed a little chilly afterwards.
I finished my fic, love it, and feel that the characters and I all need a break, so I started writing a slice-of-life fic for the next one. It will have a lot of fall-out/recovery from the previous fic, character studies, and fun times with Bebop and Rocksteady wanting a day off, LOL. It probably won't be long, but it will be a nice bridge to whatever is the next escapade.
I also wonder why everyone and their dog says the Howie Hardy songwriter character's appearance is based on Woody Allen. Okay, there are similarities, but I fail to understand basing a rock-and-roll songwriter on a movie guy. Buddy Holly seems like a much more plausible inspiration choice. Especially since I saw a picture of him and discovered that he had curly hair (whereas I previously thought he didn't). Unless there's some official word that Howie was based on Woody Allen, I will continue to feel that Buddy Holly was the real inspiration. (Or heck, maybe both were an inspiration. Maybe Howie's voice is like Woody Allen's; couldn't prove or disprove that by me.)
Also, Google Translates Sings is one of the funniest things ever. They take a song, translate it into several languages and then back to English. It's like a really hysterical game of Telephone; most of the time it comes back sounding utterly ridiculous. Crescent Blue introduced me to it and I've been laughing at their YouTube videos for the last couple of days. I'll Make a Man Out of You is still my favorite, but Be Our Guest, The Phantom of the Opera, and some nursery rhymes are up there too.
Lyric samples:
"Mysterious as the dark side of the moon" came back as "mysterious as the dark long of the shoe."
"Be Our Guest" came back as "Be Our Guestroom" (and the guy did an incredible Jerry Orbach impression!)
"The Phantom of the Opera" came back as something different each time the phrase was used. LOL. One usage was "The demon of the opera." **snerk.** It only got better from there.
"This old man goes rolling home" came back as "The old people rolled into the house."
ROTFLOL.
Also, "Hellfire," probably Disney's creepiest song, made one of the most hysterical parodies throughout. Their Lion King songs were pretty funny too. But wow, I haven't heard "Be Prepared" since I was a child and when I read the original lyrics that ran across the top of the video ... wow. Pretty unsettling song for a kids' film. Pretty much all of that song went completely over my head as a kid, even though I did get the basic gist of what it meant.
