then there are blackbirds

Signal-boosting first: kairia has a linkspam on the flooding in Pakistan. If you haven't already, and you happen to have time and/or resources to spare, please hop over to help_pakistan and see if there's anything you'd like to offer or bid on! (Once again, in case anybody's interested, I am offering a short A:TLA fic here.)

Randoms:
+ Via angry asian man, Born in the USA is another excellent article on the history of Chinese immigration through Angel Island.
+ marina's put up five movie reviews with picspams, and all five of them look super-shiny!
+ zahrawithaz has a post that may interest those of you in Merlin fandom: The History of the Arthurian Legends in Ten Easy Steps (With Recommended Reading)
+ This is a note-to-self more than anything, but in case you are like me and haven't been doing much comm reading, fellow Saiyuki fans, the 7thnight_smut fics are up! (Everything is comm-locked, but I believe membership is non-moderated.)
+ vi's gorgeous Inception doodle has effectively kicked me back to excitement rather than resistance, ahaha- hopefully I'll get to watch the movie soon!

Coworker's played-list so far today has gone something like this: Lady Gaga --> Mary J. Blige --> Daughtry --> LOTR soundtrack (just another normal day in the lab...), therefore I give you meme responses. What? Randomness makes me think of random things.

OTP-meme answers so far:

heathershaped & eumelkeks asked for ( Merlin: )

such_heights and woldy asked for ( HP: )

ruffwriter asked for ( Havemercy-verse: )

moshesque asked for ( Saiyuki: )

I am totes willing to keep answering if you guys keep throwing fandoms at me! *g* I have LOTS of them. Also, have a rec! Via secretsolitaire: Between the Bars by hollycomb [Reboot; Sulu/Chekov; R]. IT IS GLORIOUS. GLORIOUS, I TELL YOU.

+ have just emerged from 7thnight_smut. OMG, so much great Saiyuki fic! there were a couple of scenarios that... bugged me, but for the most part i loved them to bits! :D i have not read outside my (39/58) pairings, but if there's something REALLY SHINY that you guys think i would like, please let me know. i'll post my own favorites at... some future point. ... yeah, no, screw that. ( favorites! [now edited post-author reveals] )

+ springkink Round VIII is gearing up; leave your prompts here! i am to sit on my hands this time around, JUST FOR THE RECORD; if i attempt to snatch a prompt, please to knock the crazy out of me with Internet Sticks. :P

+ i know you have seen the trailer 27091340945509468 times, so i will spare your flists, but: MERLIN S2. MY FLAILY EXCITEMENT CANNOT BE TEXTUALLY RENDERED. MULTISHIPPER FANGASM PARTY, CAN WE HAVE ONE? RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW? OMG. *\o/*

Title: Chasing the Sun
Fandom: Saiyuki (with references to Gaiden)
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sanzo/Goku
Summary/Notes: Prompt was watching, waiting, wanting: Goku and Sanzo, moments on the road west. Written for ditch_gospel for Round 2 of saltydogstories.

( The town they're approaching is off the map again. If Goku were of a cynical mind, he'd wonder if Hakkai was getting lost on purpose, but the fatigue from the latest twelve-hour drive is palpable even behind his perpetual smile. )