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One of these songs came up on Pandora repeatedly, and it bothered the corner of my brain until I realized why: it sounds bizarrely like another song that I like (same chord structure?).

( I do really like both songs. Here's some entertainment )

I was in a mood to buy music at Half Price Books today, during their sale:
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (fault: DDR; "Strict Machine" is on a later mix) Not done listening to this yet. About what I expected; groovy and kind of dark.

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (fault: Pandora; "Shut Up and Let Me Go" has turned up on a couple of my regular stations) Catchier than I expected. Favorite there: "That's Not My Name". Aaaaugh that cheerleading beat thing. It's in my head. Ohhh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, Hey Mickey!

The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (in that "What, I don't already own this?!" category. Also fault: Pandora; "We're Going to Be Friends" is so cute) Favorite: Still WGTBF.

Bowling for Soup - Sorry for Partyin' (have a couple of their other albums, all of which sound the same. This one is pretty meh, but the first track is funny)

Since I've been indulging a whim to buy Really Bad Music on iTunes lately, I feel that my music karma has balanced a bit. I've been treating iTunes in that "whee, I don't have to face a real live clerk" fashion that drives people to buy Fifty Shades of Grey on their Kindles. which I have not done. Not my bag. And most of that is fault: AMVs.

Speaking of which: work continues on the Probably Last Utena AMV, not at full tilt, but slowly and steadily. I don't feel like it's one of my personal best, not yet, but it's solid. Who knows; it could become more than the sum of its parts along the way. I'm planning to send the Princess Jellyfish video to Tekkoshocon anyway, so I'll still have that.

Also writing a lot lately. I'm happy with that. Wrote a pair of scenes involving a minor character (previously only mentioned in passing) who turned out to have a lot of personality, and in the meandering that resulted from that, I may have solved a long-standing plot problem elsewhere in the story. Maybe it's too pat, but right now I don't care. I'd rather see how this works first. Also, it's always fun to uncover entertaining side characters.

GOT: BDSM!Joffrey does not quite cancel out scheming!Margaery from last episode, but it comes close. Bleaaghghghggh.

Brain mint, please.

Thing I learned last weekend: Freezepop turned into a cuddlier Ladytron while I wasn't paying attention. I like it. I think this album is much more solid than the others I've heard from them. Given my track record, it's probably their least popular yet. I tend to do that. ;)

I've been doing nothing for the last few days except organizing the craft room. It was a bit of a wreck after the convention - sprinting to the finish line, and all of that. Somewhat better now. When I get a little more space opened up, I'll set up our spare coffee machine down there. Let's hear it for bribery!

Also writing a bit, but more reorganizing old scenes (spreading them out in time, etc.) than forging new ground. It's keeping my hand in. I had an alarming conversation with the hubs about writing a few days ago, after I confessed that some books make me feel like I can write better than I thought I could. (Not necessarily better than the authors could...it's complicated. And yes, it does sound conceited.)

The thought of having my stuff beta-read or published terrified me, so that suggests to me that I should stay the course for now.