Tweets!

• 00:04 I could really go for some Lake Champlain Hot Chocolate right now. #
• 00:20 If you think you need a snuggie, I'm gonna turn you on to this wonderful new invention called a SWEATSHIRT. It will change your life. SRSLY. #
• 00:28 I want to watch A Muppet's Christmas Carol. But I just realized I let my step-sister borrow it. LAST YEAR. #
• 15:37 Does ths mean starting the season w/ ESPN goons? RT @YankeesWFAN: Yanks and Red Sox season opener at Fenway set for Sun night April 4 at 8pm #
• 15:57 @alial1222 UGH Mine too. I don't know anyone who can stand to listen to him and his ramblings. #
• 16:05 @rebecca_glass I don't either. Seems a little pointless to me. #
• 19:36 At Panera. Had Baked Potato in a bread bowl. Pretty much my favorite thing ever. #
• 22:45 Hear an exclusive acoustic version of @Mayday_Parade's single, The Silence bit.ly/5CC0iS #maydayparade #

This year was insane...and not always in a good way.

Post the first sentence from the first post of each month (but only the ones with substance - no Tweets, memes, surveys, etc.)!

Enjoy the highs, lows and insanity. Most of these sound ridiculous out of context.

January-OMG OMG OMG!! I canNOT believe it.

February-I can't deal with the personal crises of any more of my friends.

March-Something I never thought would happen has happened.

April-I've been letting Twitter update you all on what's going on in my life

May-Why do some fic writers refuse to use contractions when writing dialogue?

June-moetushie posted a link to a picspam that will seriously kill your brain over at alex_skarsgard.

July-My friends and I just enjoyed a stoney ride to McDonald's accompianied by S Club 7.

August-Had to change my journal layout since the other one was hosted on another site and isn't loading for some reason.

September-If you remember all the computer woes I was having a month ago, well wait no longer I'm having them again

October-The only band that I'm really dying to see at this point is Bayside.

November-So I'm kind of obsessed with Every Avenue right now and they've just been added to All Time Low's bill in NYC on December

December-It's December 1st (when the fuck did that happen BTW!?), which I hope means Bradley James has shaved that thing off his face.

Since there's a year in review theme year. Go to thedailyshow.com and watch their decade in review vids. Absolutely hilarious and will remind you of things that you'd forgotten about and those you wish you could.

Seeing Jon Stewart perform stand up was one of the highlights of my year.

Days 12-15-Movies, books and fics

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Top 10 movies that changed my decade or the movies I loved at first watch. (in no particular order)

1. Love Actually
2. The History Boys
3. The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio
4. Lord of War
5. Shelter
6. Milk
7. The Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
8. Death at a Funeral
9. She's the Man
10. The Bubble

Gay and/or British is how I like it.

Day 13 → A fictional book



I just finished reading The Eight by Katherine Neville. If you like historical fiction, historical mystery or Dan Brown you need to read this book right now. Dan Brown gets a lot of attention for his brand of fiction, but this book is the original, which is why I bought it like five years ago. I'll be honest I am a Dan Brown fan, though I prefer Deception Point and Angels and Demons to his other books.

There are two timelines in this book so if you know a lot about the French Revolution, which I unfortunately do, it's a lot more interesting. Tons of historical figures from Charlemagne to Catherine the Great to Benedict Arnold make appearances. Truly fantastic.


Day 14 → A non-fictional book

Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England by Nik Cohn. I found this book when reading shelves one day while I was working at my local library. It sounded like something I would love and I definitely did. I don't even think this book is still in print and I'm pretty sure I was the only person to ever take it out, but some of my favorite quotes come from this book. It truly gives you a look at places in England that most of us would never hear about let alone visit. If you're an anglophile of any kind, definitely give a search for it.


Day 15 → A fanfic

My fandom recs look something like everything in the GK fandom and anything that the_slash_pile you need to be.

Broken Wings by Katica Locke

79 chapters of epic gay fantasy. This probably isn't for everyone and I'm not even sure it's for me. But I read this in like two days of pretty much non stop reading.

The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek aka Chartreuse aka gomichan

One of the best novels I've read ever. It's a little fantasy, a little sci-fi, a little western, a lot gay and just amazing. Another one I read in a day. I'll buy it eventually, but for now it's available for free online. If you like your gay heavy on plot and action with minimal amounts of smut this is for you. Just read it. You won't be disappointed.

His fictionpress account where everything is gold. Especially Just Drive the Car and May's Ranch.

And if you haven't read Metaonia yet, you need to get on that.

Quinntessential by the milk bottle

Awkward roommate love. Angst and wonderfulness. I wish it wasn't a WIP but it happens. I need more.

I could rec all day, but I don't feel like searching for everything. I love the_slash_pile and you should too.