this is a love song in my own way

[reflectedeve]

I find that, in certain parts of life, it's almost always more fun to join them than beat them. (As if you could!)

Which is why I totally sat down with sweetvalleyslut on Saturday night and watched so much bandom-related material (ALL of Life on the Murder Scene, and more youtube videos than I can count) that when we overheard Panic at the Disco playing on SNL (my roomie was watching it in the living room), I thought I'd gone crazy. Which was kind of hilarious.

I have the best best friend ever, because she could totally be getting a whole lot more mileage out of this. <3

I'm not entirely rid of my fear of commitment--it's a long and metaphorical story--but whee all the same. (Fic! Good fic! Lots of it! That hasn't happened to me in ages, bar yuletide.) It's a bit frustrating that most of the music really doesn't suit my workplace, because I need some time to process all that.

Also, B and I went shopping and bought lots of pretty girly clothing. And it was warm and sunny on Saturday! It's been a rather novel weekend all around.

(And er . . . no, I haven't started my painted_spires entry yet. I need to re-watch "Missing." I've been seven kinds of truant lately, as usual, but hey. I feel re-energized! That should help.)

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[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

*grin* Good, it's awesome. Pete/Mikey(/Alicia) is the first pairing I've fallen in love with (though I'm quickly adding more).

I know, Greta is younger than my brother. It disturbs me. I can't help myself, though (particularly not with the sexy new maturity of her vocals on "Goodbye Blues"). I'm much in agreement about Amanda, also (the Dresden Dolls being the one "bandom" band I've loved since well before I'd heard of the fandom). Actually, someone I know has several times mentioned that she might try writing lengthy, porny Amanda/Greta, and I feel faint just thinking about that. (I tend to stick to pairings with some substantiation, but I'm willing to stretch it for femslash, particularly between my two favorites in all of bandom . . . who barely get written about as it is. At least I know that they've met.)

Oh, gosh! Well, it wasn't lack of any kind of ticket . . . it was lack of ticket that wouldn't have me there by myself alone in a corner? The concert hasn't sold out, but sweetvalleyslut and the people she's going with didn't have an extra.

[fuschia.livejournal.com]

It was odd to me when I realized that the DD were somehow connected to bandom -- I'm the same way, having loved them for years, and basically otherwise being pretty ignorant of pop music. (I'm generally clueless about it, still.) Sheesh, I think I first saw the DDss at the Flywheel in Easthampton.

It's been interesting to go back and read Amanda's journals from when the DDs were touring with Panic...now I actually know who these boys are, above and beyond "the band whose fans were jerks to Brian and Amanda." She writes quite a bit about Ryan at one point, and, around the same time, also writes about meeting Gerard Way.

Yeah, we've had the same problem with the Boston tickets. Four of us have VIP tickets, but I'm not sure we're sitting anywhere near each other...

OK, now I really want to go to a Dresden Dolls concert, too, and they've only announced West coast dates so far. Maybe I'll try to go see Amanda at the Boston yoga conference.

And, yes, please encourage your friend to write Greta/Amanda; I would be a very avid and grateful reader. There isn't enough femslash in bandom!

[fuschia.livejournal.com]

Seriously, though, we do have an extra ticket, and I think I even have an extra VIP ticket for the CT HCT date. Just drop me a line. J's been remarkably sanguine about the whole thing, given how much money I've been dropping on concert tickets. I guess since Gerard's comic book pays some of our rent, it all comes around...

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

I've actually never seen the Dolls live . . . I've tried twice, and both times I wound up getting too sick to go. It was a little bit tragic. (B and I have talked about the yoga conference, actually, but she's not sure she can afford it after Panic and MCR, and anyway . . . yoga conference?)

I should read her journals. I've never been a terribly active music fan, pretty much sticking to just listening and occasionally attending concerts (with the possible exceptions of David Bowie and . . . Enter the Haggis, because I'm odd). I assume you've seen the "Dresden Dolls Vs. Panic!" Backstabber video? One of my favorite things ever. ^^

And, yes, please encourage your friend to write Greta/Amanda [. . .] There isn't enough femslash in bandom!
The one way in which bandom is pretty much like every other fandom of mine, ever. *g* I have a plan for encouraging her, although I'm trying not to push too hard; she has a ridiculous number of WiPs just now. ;)

I . . . okay. I would love to have the extra (Boston) ticket, sweetie, and thank you so very much for offering. I'm going to be miserable if I don't go, and if I can't sit with anyone, there can always be post-concert squeeing. You are my hero. <3