then there are blackbirds

[For those of you who don't feel like reading about anime flail WITH ALLCAPS, have fun with this Inception fic! Because The Adventures of Yusuf, Best Superhero Ever is MADE OF FABULOUS. ;)]

1. Tiger and Bunny: up to episode 9? I am surprised at myself! Superhero shenanigans are usually not my thing, much less a series about superhero reality TV, but whoever it was on tumblr who coined "Team Dad and Butthurt" got EXACTLY what hooked me in the end, ahahaha!

2. Spice and Wolf: all of it! Not quite sure why I bulled ahead with this one, either, though it was admittedly pretty despite the... quietness. And the quietness is maybe a little odd, come to think of it, considering the entire thing is- a traveling merchant and wolf goddess on what amounts to an endless road trip? I would have expected more mishaps from a WOLF GODDESS WHO ENJOYS GETTING DRUNK AND (LOTS OF) GOOD FOOD, I'm just saying. Also, I have a feeling people who are into economics/marketing might enjoy this more than me, considering the amount of ~supply and demand~ and ~trading tactics~. xD

3. Shounen Onmyouji: almost all of it! Pretty much everybody on this show is MY FAVORITE, which is a marker of the shows I like best, really. ;) Abe no Masahiro is the cutest onmyouji-in-training ever, and Abe no Seimei is THE MOST LOLARIOUS DOTING GRANDPA IN EXISTENCE (not to mention totally the Uncle Iroh of the show), and I am just going to stop before I hit spoiler territory, as;dlfjka;s. &hearts I would have finished the last two eps if I didn't want to be CRYING (MOAR) FOREVER OMG; thankfully sarashina was awesome and saved me with a summary of what is SADLY NOT PICTURED ON THE SHOW. :3 Not-too-spoilery icons to come, once my eyes have stopped crossing from the awesomeness of

4. Samurai 7, which I just finished! Too flaily to talk coherently about this, but- based on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, futuristic flying mecha, and full of POLITICKING AND REVOLUTIONS?? FUCK YES. :D Another show where pretty much everybody is my favorite, though I admit I have huge soft spots for Kyuzo and Heihachi and also Shichiroji!

Clearing out some tabs again;

+ @ deadbro: The Hunger Games: Racially Ambiguous? Perhaps Not.
+ Interesting links from la_vie_noire!
+ glvalentine's review of Red Riding Hood (via I think marina? or possibly inkstone) = DEATH BY LULZ.
+ 起狮, 行礼 (Rising Lion—The Lion Bows) by Zen Cho! GHOSTBUSTING LION-DANCERS FTW *\o/*

In other news, I have been watching some (more) Devil May Cry recently, and now the intro song has been stuck in my head for two weeks. Apparently I really do need to rethink my genre preferences, if horror and/or Things with Demons and Other Monsters of Interest* are going to be a continuing theme with me!

*Qualifier because... I really don't know what the appropriate category for "Dante fights demons and also eats pizza and strawberry sundaes and is generally grumpy and ridiculous" is, but it's not horror to me! xD

1. Have just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy, and just, wow. Also, I think it says a lot about the ways I've changed that I adore the second and third books so much more than the first. &hearts

2. LNYE VIDS!! FOR ME!!! Bad Romance and Cold War, omg eeeeeeeeee, still so entirely incoherent. Thank you, vidder(s?)!!! *showers hearts upon*

In conclusion, I have totally won the lottery for dangerous ladies today. *\o/* How's your weekend coming along?

1. I still haven't gone through the Festivids masterlist, but I plan to start tonight. I AM EXCITE!

2. More recs from the white_lotus exchange, with requisite capslocking:
- Evidence: MAI BEING AWESOME IN THE WAY SHE DOES BEST- STEALTH-MODE.
- Around Us: another vid of flail and happiness! Oh, SHOW. &hearts :3
- Never Say Too Much: Longshot and Smellerbee and Jet!!! MY GRINNY FACE, IT IS EPIC.
- The Finest Feeling: S:DFKS:DLGH:SLDFKJ IROHHHHHHHHHHHHH. &hearts &hearts &hearts

3. Deb Oh's debut album Cold Glory is available for download on bandcamp! I can't stop listening! AMAZING.

4. This looks interesting: Kartika Review: The 500 Project

5. rydra_wong linked to f.lux, and I have to say, two days post-installation, I am already feeling SO much less eyestrain, and actually walking away from the computer at a more reasonable hour. A decided improvement, considering the late-night reading habits I grew up with! *g*

eta: HOLY SHIT, I JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO GRAD SCHOOL. AND I'M NOT EVEN DONE WITH ALL MY APPLICATIONS YET!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH. I hope you all have a happy, happy Friday, everyone!

OMG YOU GUYS. SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WROTE ME AN APPA/MOMO TREAT AND IT IS ADORABLE!!! Thank you, anon! Also, wow, I was totally not expecting anybody to actually pick that up, so kudos for making it work. xD &hearts

(Ahem, people making judge-y faces, please to go and read that before you judge me. Go ahead! I'll wait! ;D)

Oh white_lotus exchange, you bring such goodies! I should... probably not admit to the number of times I have watched Watershed, huh. *g*

eta: ALSO. Four inventions Sokka never built (and one he did) is entirely made of delightful! *FLAILS*

GUESS WHAT YOU GUYS!

THE SISTER & I SAW THIS LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS GLORIOUS (also, freezing). And now I am really really sleep-deprived and a bit late to work, but it was so totally worth it. &hearts

Have some shiny!
+ magnetic_pole: Because It Is My Heart, brilliant brilliant Petunia/Alice written for woldy's informal HP femslash exchange.
+ Via crossedwires, an interview with Hiromi Goto!
+ rs_small_gifts: bonus round, Against the cold, For the Present
+ Ma-Yi theater company presents Flipzoids. I am kind of intrigued by this!

Via almost everybody, ( that end-of-year meme!- in which I think I repeat myself a lot. >.> )

First Deadline has been made! *\o/* (Okay, am a bit nervous about PDF previewing failure but I did check the online form about 230947 times, so.) Time for a celebratory linkspam, haha.

» some overdue fanspam
+ Check out the Merlin lexicon, risingsunpub!
+ zahrawithaz wrote some Morgana meta!
+ I have spent shameful amounts of procrastination time devouring Guide Me Home, a gigantor Ursa/Hakoda fic. >.>
+ Also, Disclosure will never stop being hilarious. Mai/Zuko complementary failboats, ahahahahahah! &hearts
+ game on: Mai vs. Iroh in a pai sho showdown! Also Mai/Zuko cuteness, hahaha.
+ rs_small_gifts has begun posting, yay!

» foodspam (now I want a food carnival!)
+ deepad: Doodh se Dhuli
+ vi: gross, weird, inedible
+ Jha's Lunar Year's End! AWESOME. &hearts
+ troisroyaumes: Seven things

» +1: Via deadbro, Keeping Hobbits White since 1937 made me laugh and laugh, but also prodded me into some ( thoughts regarding racebending. )

dhobikikutti has laid out much food for thought in Yuletide, AO3, and me, and bossymarmalade is brainstorming alternative rare-fandom challenges. That said, a recovery of my productive braining ability means I need to drop most of my fannish concerns for the moment, because I have so much to do omg. /o\

Some things to amuse you:

+ Sirius birthday fic!
+ 50 Fatwas for the Virtuous Vampire, by Pamela K. Taylor
+ yeloson: "too asian"
+ With Love from Mr. Hyphen: API/A Love Letter Project. (I've linked the project previously, but it's worth linking again.)
+ sheafrotherdon posted dear ______, a collection post for messages to survivors of sexual assault.
+ A:TLA fanart I've reblogged- this one is my current favorite! Ovary-exploding cuteness + foiled!Zuko = two great tastes that taste great together, okay.
+ wistfuljane has a list of Asian & other chromatic authors and illustrators!
+ angry asian man: Saving the Wat
+ white_lotus has a poll to gauge interest in an A:TLA fic exchange, possibly to coincide with Lunar New Year. To which, of course, all I have to say is *\o/* *\o/* *\o/*!!!!

Annnnd now I must be off to get some work done. I'll see you when I see you! &hearts

+ DADT enforcement struck down by California federal judge
+ Wisconsin law challenges race-based school mascots
+ mercredigirl: ontd_f fail
+ such_heights: let's talk about awesome ladies* [brief linkspam]
+ musesfool: but they will never be what she was to me
+ kristina wong, asian american women, and depression
+ Jenna Ushkowitz & Harry Shum Jr.: "Sing!"
+ artists interested in a nanowrimo-type challenge may want to check out nanomango!
+ zephre: Blue Violet Study [Gwen, Gwaine, G]
+ Camelot Remix at the AO3
+ W. Va. senate candidate has a little trouble with names (LULZ FOREVER)
+ ZUKO ONNA BOAT!
+ ladies at centre stage
+ Sara Bareilles: All the Single Ladies
+ Disney-Mulan!Inception, ahahahahah!
+ Only Poems Can Translate Poems: On the Impossibility and Necessity of Translation
+ via yeloson, MJ/Fela Kuti mashup
+ South Korean kimchi crisis
+ sheafrotherdon: 1824, incoming
+ Katara Toph Loathing, a fanvid of shiny and hilarious!
+ the_future_modernes has some links on Wiscon
+ access_fandom is looking to start up a challenge similar to dark_agenda for disabled characters & creators! If you happen to have time or resources to spare and would like to offer a helping hand, please hop over to this post!
+ & speaking of dark_agenda, we now have a nominations spreadsheet & masterlist of promotion posts!

This is quite possibly the last linkspam I will do for a while, as life just got BUSY. I may not fall off the face of the internet exactly, but will probably revert to relative radio silence, so. &hearts!

Still not really here (despite my procrastination via new layout fiddling), but I need to clear some more tab-space for my to-do list. So, in order of stumbled-upon:

+ Health Month! This should be fun, especially in the company of Team White Lotus. ;)
+ For orig-fic lovers: Strength, Gallantry, & Other Useless Bits was hands down my favorite story from the last issue of SSBB.
+ angry asian man (guest post): roundtable interview on multicultural lit
+ Undercovers interview (SHOWWWWW ILU!)
+ effex's amazing post on Yusuf
+ angry asian man (guest post): racism on youtube videos
+ Nisi Shawl: What I Want
+ Reverse Racebending: Mysterious Skin
+ Wiscon post soliciting suggestions & discussion regarding the concom's statement
+ US military documents (SHRIEKING INTO HANDS)
+ Merlin vid by such_heights: Backseat
+ marina: Sleeper Cell
+ 水火 aka AZULA LADIESBIGBANG FIC HOLY FUCK YESSSSSSSSSS!
+ more A:TLA (& Inception) recs from vi
+ angry asian man (guest post): the more things change the more they stay the same (Asian-American history and "hot-button" issues)
+ wistfuljane's top 10 pimps are still rolling in but I wanted to highlight this one because I am a bit crankypants today and it is MAI!
+ Lakme Fashion Week
+ Mexican Poprock Primer II
+ Caribbean corals will show bleaching this year
+ noldo: assimilation stories
+ more MoonFail links from coffeeandink
+ APIA Spoken Word Summit 2011
+ Stone Telling
+ Kalinago: Native Island Tribe Redefining Survival
+ ICS Lecture: A Re-reading of José Marti
+ An interesting article on the African diaspora in Gujarat
+ AVATAR mashup (a What These People Need Is a Honky vid)
+ Disability Blog Carnival: Identity
+ Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk
+ crossedwires put up a transcript along with the video for Elif Shafak's talk, The Politics of Fiction
+ HuffPost is running free buses from NYC to Jon Stewart's rally, apparently?
+ The Pressure to Cover
+ Kamran Pasha: Digging Up Muslim Graves
+ And finally, from a random email list I'm pretty sure I didn't subscribe to: there is a workshop on wheelchair dancing! Tomorrow! In Stamford! I WOULD ACTUALLY HARE OFF TO CHECK THIS OUT IF I DID NOT HAVE SO MUCH TO DO OMG.