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[cleolinda]

Independence Day coming along really well. Just... really, really slow. I hate this--I'm having great ideas, but I was supposed to be finished with the whole book as of last Friday. Craaaaaap.

Anyway. I know y'all are probably going to hit me, but I can't tell you the extent of my relief upon finding out that last night's Lost was a repeat ("Outlaws"). This is not to say that I don't love the show, or that I don't love recapping it. My problem is just that--the show takes one hour and then the recap takes another three, and those three hours involve some hard, fast writing. It takes a lot out of you. I don't have anything left to be taken out of me right now, what with being over this deadline and all. I hear next week is the big clip show, which... I'm not sure how that's going to work. Like, are they all going to get together and try to remind Claire of all the stuff she never knew anyway, because it's other people's flashbacks forgot, or is it going to be, like, a show actually hosted by the actors? Because I'm thinking it's going to be way cheesy either way.


Pimp Request Amnesty Week continues:

From freethegayboys: Subject: PIMP ME!!! *dances... erotically to get your attention*

"I don't know if you're still taking PIMP requests, but this one (For me) is kind of important... I'm planning to write an essay on the nature of fandom, and I want as many different sides of fandom, and all types of fandom-people to respond. I really do need a HELL of a lot of information for it to work. If people want to comment here... I'd really appreciate it... a lot. *grin* "


Also,lorien__ is looking for a couple of songs, if you could help us out: "The songs are 'Nightmare by the Sea' and 'Witches' Rave' by Jeff Buckley and it's from the album that was released after his death, My Sweetheart the Drunk."


Speaking of music, something for y'all while I'm down here in the comedy mines:

The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (original)"
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/a1af0d710c5f3c5f7341a8f9f3246a54.html

The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (King Unique Vocal Remix)"
Not to be confused with the "King Unique Frogger Dub," by the way. I really love it--I actually think the song works better with a layer of techno over it. Very nicely blended--not one of those remixes that just repeats half a line over and over again against a techno beat and an intermittent WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP. I mean, Strong Bad can get away with it, but it gets tired after a while.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/abbb9746e1aece81b43f9ef57e552130.html

The Killers: "Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix)"
Starts off with two and a half minutes of nothing but remixed guitars, and is awesome.
http://s3.youshareit.com/files/7aa6583eb1145e14cf19a888d0680a34.html

And guess what? No download limits! SWEET.


Misc:

Wow... they don't sell Surge anymore? Wait... it has less sugar and caffeine than Mountain Dew? The hell? Surge used to make my frickin' heart race, y'all! I remember they'd bring the Surge truck around to the school parking lot and I'd be all like, "Nah, you guys, that shit's gonna kill me. I got to stick to doing the Dew, y'all." In fact--you know how J.K. Rowling's website has her little interactive desk covered with gum wrappers? Yeah. If that were my site, it'd be covered with Mountain Dew bottles rolling around and falling off the shelf onto my head.

Just for that, I'm putting a Surge joke into Independence Day.



ETA, because I can't believe I forgot to say it: Thanks so much for all the good thoughts for Mom. All of them meant so much to me.

Comments

[kittenscurious.livejournal.com]

i never tried surge...it always kind of scared me...probably a good idea that they stopped making it...

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

Don't forget that next wednesday's Lost is a special recap of all the backstories told so far. Then come May, it's all new episodes every Wednesday with a Finale spanning 3 hrs. 1 hour on May 19th and 2 hours on May 25th. You may have all the fun in the word with the episode title "Exodus". Will Walt part the waters for Locke to pass? Will Sawyer start reading the bible? Only the monster knows...*flaps away*

[crunknwj.livejournal.com]

we totally used to make surge even more sugary then what it was. we would drink half of it, then take one of those giant pixi stix and dump it in. it turned the drink a puke brown and made our teeth grind together. but it gave us that surge of engery *no pun intended* for marching band. we were kind of weird in high school...

[brittanygrace.livejournal.com]

AAH! YOu did that too???

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

how do you feel about the various MD flavours? are they welcome additions to your fix, or are they brazen infiltrators of the One True Dew?

and what about Pibb Xtra? or Jolt? i <3 fountain Jolt, particularly with raw sugar.

and what about energy drinks, such as Red Bull? they're tasty and good, but admittedly can get rather expensive. unless you get yourself a case of the Thai variants, in which case they come in neat little stubby gold cans that are rather interesting to stack up, too.

mmm, caffeine. <3

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I've actually never had an energy drink--or any other flavor of Mountain Dew, although I wouldn't mind trying another flavor. I do kind of worry about energy drinks, for some reason.

[majormeg7.livejournal.com]

I had to babysit a kid who's mom had just bought him a bottle of Surge for being good while in the supermarket. For the love of crap, that kid was wired. I think I got more exercise that day than any field hockey practice gave me.

[altairkrystona.livejournal.com]

There's a reason my mom never let me have that stuff...and do you know they're not allowed to transport it through tunnel passes in the mountains? They have to put the crap in a special hazardous material container and a semi has to go the long way around. Scary stuff, man....

[elbales]

*mouth open*

Nuh UH. You're... kidding?

[riadsala.livejournal.com]

My mom was really against giving me and my brother Mountain Dew because of all the, well sugar and caffeine, so once at the supermarket they were giving out free samples of Surge and she said we could have it if we promised never to ask for Mountain Dew again. And of course, Surge being the omgsocool thing it was back then, we agreed, and honestly? I don't think I've had Mountain Dew since then. Go mom.

[lezopez.livejournal.com]

*is totally more than willing to forgo a week of Lost recaps if it means we will get the book*

I already gave you what's left of my sanity. I shall now just send pop by the truckload to keep Cleo going.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww, bless.

I'm going to watch the clip show, but I have a sneaking suspicion it's going to end up feeling like a remix itself. I don't know if that means I should cut-and-paste from old reviews or not even bother.

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

Jeff Buckley is dead? Wow, where have I been. Wait, maybe I did know this...

Mt Dew rocks my world, yo. I love that stuff, and can't for the life of me figure out why.

[freethegayboys.livejournal.com]

that was MY first reaction to this post, and i'm freakin well mentioned in this one...

[brittanygrace.livejournal.com]

AGH! My boy and I were just talking about starting a bring back Surge campaign the other day.

...and here we thought we were original.

[jennnk.livejournal.com]

I miss surge. it came out the summer after freshman year of high school, and my friends and I drank caseloads of that stuff...I liked it better than mt. dew (sacrilege, I know), and I miss it *pouts*

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I have both of the Jeff Buckley songs, but I can't upload them until tonight. I'll do it if no one else has them. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/lorien__/]

*faints*
WOOOOHHHOOOOO!!!!

*on hands and knees* thank you thank you thank you thank you etc etc

L.
*kisses your icon feets ;)*

[herigstad.livejournal.com]

I remember, Surge was the first soda I ever drank when I moved to America in 5th grade. And the place that I had it, my old school's football stadium's snack shack, is the only place I know of that still sells it. In fountain form, obviously. Which resuts in an annual pilgrimage back there, and sitting through a sporting event with half my town, just for some Surge.
Come to think of it, after moving away, I never really drank any other soda.
Except for root beer and cream soda, but those are in a category above regular soda.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Yay for the root beer and cream soda! I love them too.

[palmetto.livejournal.com]

Surge was like carbonated Ecto Cooler.

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

Holy shit they stopped Surge? Sonoma...and the bottles cost HOW MUCH on Ebay?

I remember the rumor it had the same stuff in it that shrank certain parts of the male anatomy. One of my male friends was drinking a bottle and I told him that, and he gave it to me. Good times. Good times.

[freethegayboys.livejournal.com]

that's cleo, you is the cool, and you even fixed the link for me. If you can find the time, and the will power, I'd be interested to see what you have to say on the issue as well...

*goes to download*

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

They still sell Surge at the Chuckee Cheese's in Fort Walton. Which makes no sense...because Surge + kids = pissed as all hell parents.

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

Um, on the subject of putting a Surge joke into the book, since they're not selling it any more, and it never was available outside the US (to my knowledge, or rather I've never heard of it) it may fall flat with any international audience you might have. Just a thought, feel free to ignore it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. The line in question is [in the context of someone looking at a pile of empty cans, "...wow, they sure do drink a lot of Surge." I think people will at least be able to grasp the context. I hope.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. I'm seeing that Killers song everywhere now. A friend went to NY and some... thing? Where a portion of it was a bunch of drag kings lip-syncing to it. And he told me about it. And then ANOTHER friend sent me a whole bunch of Killers songs, that one being one of them. AND THEN it was on the radios, and NOW you're talking about it! I'd never heard of it before the start of this month.

Freaky....

[notemily.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm pretty sure that in order to be considered an actual writer, you have to miss a certain percentage of deadlines. A very high percentage. :D

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

OMG SO GOOD. I like it better than the original.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Which one, the King Unique? Because that is totally boss. Although right now I'm listening to the Mylo remix, which is great because it has fewer actual lyrics to distract me. Mmm, guitarrrrs.

(I have a few other remixes of the song I haven't listened to yet, except for one that really was all WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP.)

[andromeda-77.livejournal.com]

I love The Killers. Soooo good.

Speaking of "book supposed to be finished last Friday" - how many movies do you have left? Is Independence Day the final one? I've lost track.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I purposefully haven't been too forthcoming about how much is left, because it's kind of a depressing amount of stuff. It ain't the last one, let's put it that way.

[ersatzinsomnia.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine made a discovery about Surge... if you mix it about half-and-half with scotch, the two flavors actually canceled one another out and you got a surprisingly good drink.

We called it a "scourge".

I suggested adding a drop of holy water, making it an "Atilla the Hun"

"The scourge of God."

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[http://users.livejournal.com/lorien__/]

thanks cleo ;) *hugsies*
you is the best ;) yes you is

L.

[kimera.livejournal.com]

Man, I miss Surge. They never even sold a decaffienated version here, like they do with Mountain Dew. Every time I went shopping in the States I'd always stock up on those.

Arrgh, now I *really* want some caffienated Mt. Dew.