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further proof of my fangirlish nature

I. So,

lady_moriel and I were on the phone until twelve-thirty last night, which was basically The Best Thing Ever, except I woke my mum up because I was shut up in my closet for no good reason. (It's kind of cosy in there. Besides, Remus lives there. With his random piles of Time and various newspapers and books he keeps nicking off my shelves, and our vintage Life magazines from the seventies and eighties, and a lot of sandwiches.) Also, we made up the Best ScarletWoman!Ginny Fic Ever, which involves Antarctica and Random Hot Scientists and transfigured penguins and Dead Unimportant People and Molly's Amazing Clock of Eerie Accuracy. (CLOCK: [hand points to SHAGGING RANDOM STRANGER]. MOLLY: Must--go--to--Antarctica!) Also, Sirius uses netspeak specifically to irritate Remus (until he gets bored with typing funnily and finds something else), and we both read the Pony Pals when we were young and were probably vaguely ashamed of it even then. Heeee. AND! We are going to picket for Werewolf Rights!!(P.S.: Il Divo was on instead of Monty Python. AAAACK. *woe* I NEED MY FIX NOW.)

II. I am such a girl. Even without meaning to be, which is, I think, almost worse. Case in point: Saturday, my boots, blouse, and nail varnish all matched. (The varnish, which I found in my closet, is part of my semi-annual attempt to Not Bite Nails. Instead, I peel the stuff off with my teeth.) ERU SAVE ME. (I got really killer red boots for four bucks on Friday, though. The heels sink into the ground when I walk, which feels springy and weird and sort of awesome in a bizarre kind of way. And I got a purple floor-length skirt and something that looks kind of like an English riding jacket.)

III. I'm writing Eagle of the Ninth fanfiction. This is kind of scaring me (not least because I have the utmost reverence for Rosemary Sutcliffe). Is anyone else cool enough to even know what I'm talking about? :D Also, I had to do Wikipedia research for a passing mention in a vignette, wherein I discovered I got something wrong. Ack, historical fanfiction.

IV. L.M. Montgomery is pretty much the literary equivalent of mint and chocolate right now. *fangirls* Yes, I'm on a kick. Even though the first and third Emily books vanished mysteriously from the library two years ago. *cries* ~~Also, I think I might be a Dean Priest fangirl. This is REALLY TERRIFYING.~~

V. Because I was talking to

lady_moriel basically all night and watched a movie with the family last night, my internet usage has been disgustingly patchy. Am still working on comments & things.

VI. DO NOT SCOLD ME ABOUT THE TIME.

VII: It's Christmastime! I am so absolutely enchanted by this; I must dedicate an entry to it soon.

VIII: I STILL HAVE A PRIDE & PREJUDICE MOODTHEME. *squee*

VIIII: Shut up, I am going to bed. Also, I have a sinking feeling that I am getting the Roman numerals wrong.

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The world would be a better place if everyone had a little Remus on the brain. :)
That is altogether too true. :D

I'm guessing that a stripped-down approach is also good?
Yes, most definitely. Which for some reason is weirdly difficult to find. I thought I'd got a diverser collection than this, drat it! I'm looking through my more traditional-themed folk music, and am really frustrated at my utter inability to find things that don't refer to very specific things. Um. There wouldn't be any situation which I have completely forgotten despite countless re-readings in which Dean referred to a particular bit of folklore or a ballad? :p Guh, and Richard Shindell also sounds perfect, but I haven't found any actual songs that could apply, except with a very, very great deal of loose interpretation.

Ooh, have you looked at Vienna Teng? I know you've got a lot of her music, and of the few songs I've got/heard on her MySpace/heard on last.fm radio, her sound seems relatively compliant with what we're aiming for.

I've got some tentative song ideas here, thanks to Mum being at a doctor's appointment all afternoon and me trying to accomplish far too many things at once and listening to iTunes at the same time:

- Rowing Song (http://www.uppercutmusic.com/artist_p/patty_griffin_lyrics/rowing_song_lyrics.html) by Patty Griffin, which is an acoustic guitar song with some pretty horns. Patty's got a nice stripped-down sort of sound, but most of her songs are too--Americana, I suppose--for Dean. Lots of bluesy or alt. country sorts of things, mainly, which are wonderful and brilliant, but not suitable to this. This one doesn't sound out of place, though, and it goes with the travelling theme, too.
- Puedo Escribir (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Puedo-Escribir-lyrics-Sixpence-None-The-Richer/9B7C03B471A848434825692A00231475), Sixpence None The Richer. Okay, breaking my own conditions here, because there is a prominent electric guitar, but...it's a Beatles-esque sixties sort of one, right? Anyway, it consists of fragments of a Pablo Neruda poem, and Dean would have totally read Neruda if...Neruda weren't a little too late in the century for him. The song has an excellent Spanish beat to it--not Latin-Spanish, but, you know, actual Spanish-Spanish. Awesome.
- Too Late (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/fisher-too-late-lyrics.html), Fisher. Piano and smoky female vocals. ♥ A bit unsure on the lyrics, but they have got the travelling and unrequited love, although it sounds a little too much as though it was Dean's choice to seperate from Emily.

If you want the mp3s, just ask. :)

There wouldn't be any situation which I have completely forgotten despite countless re-readings in which Dean referred to a particular bit of folklore or a ballad?

No, there are no music references in anything of Montgomery's, really. I have no idea what music was like that that time. Gah.

DO I KNOW VIENNA TENG. DO I KNOW VIENNA TENG. I LOVE LOVE LOVE VIENNA TENG! :DD

*calms down*

Er, yeah. She's one of my favourite artists, and I own all of her CDs. ;) I will listen to it all tonight and see which songs work best.

In terms of the angsty violin piece, this is the angstiest song on my iPod: Ignis Fatuus (http://www.sendspace.com/file/8ksazk). Patrick Wolf is a god and I am in love with him.

And ooh, I really love the lyrics of all the songs you've suggested -- they fit perfectly. I'll have to find copies of them to get an idea of how they sound.

The thing I hate about fanmixes is having to cut songs because of lacking musical compliance. :(

In terms of the angsty violin piece, this is the angstiest song on my iPod: Ignis Fatuus. Patrick Wolf is a god and I am in love with him.
Sweet Arda. I think I am in love now too. (Oughtn't there be a comma or two in there someplace? Agh, typing past midnight = bad for sanity.) I have recently discovered that, as much as I adore string sections, a violin or cello (or a string bass, but those are rare) all by its lonesome is just...love. (My vocabulary is very eloquent tonight. Can you tell?)

Er, yeah. She's one of my favourite artists, and I own all of her CDs. ;) I will listen to it all tonight and see which songs work best.
Yay!

No brain tonight, unsurprisingly, so nothing further to say, really. Ack. Weirdly enough, I am actually very awake.

The thing about string sections is, sometimes they can be a bit too much. Especially with artists who are just finding their way, there are some perfectly good songs which become not-so-good songs because their string sections drown them. Anyhow.

In terms of Vienna Teng...

"Feather Moon" is a lovely, slow piece. Very atmospheric, the sort of thing that brings to mind Dean and Emily walking across moors in the mist.

"Momentum" and "Gravity" are both lovesongs, piano-based (Gravity has a gorgeous string section).

"Unwritten Letter #1" is basically the song for unrequited love. It has a more upbeat tempo, a dark, sultry feel.

So, er... any of these would work, I think. It's more of a question of choosing based on what they sound like? When I get a chance I'll upload them for you.

You can find the lyrics to any of those here (http://www.songmeanings.net/artist.php?aid=8589947853).

I've just recently realised that another theme we probably ought to bring out is a love of nature, as it's such a huge part of everything L.M. Montgomery writes--I wish I could write about the city the way she writes about the natural world, with such poetic clarity and intimacy. And, y'know, stars & constellations might be nice. ^-^ Then again, I may be throwing too many themes out there, but maybe one of them will jog either of our memories as to songs we've got knocking about.

Anyway, and I suppose on that topic, I've got another song that may or may not work--the main problem is that it's about nine minutes long, which could be awkward. It being so very long, not every bit fits, but--look, the song is even called Emily (http://www.fromamouth.com/milkymoon/lyrics.htm#Emily), and it's got that love of nature, and lines like 'you came and lay a cold compress upon the mess I'm in'. The live version I've got (which is, unfortunately, not up at Milky Moon at the moment) sounds like...Appalachian and classical music mixed together with something indefinable. Did I mention Joanna Newsom is a harpist? (And she also has the weirdest voice ever, but I love it. Check out her video (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-310541-videos--Joanna-Newsom) for 'The Sprout & the Bean'.) Hopefully I will be ordering her album Ys from Amazon Marketplace soon with some of my Christmas money.

Lyrically, I'm particularly fond of 'Feather Moon' and 'Gravity'--'Feather Moon' has got some of the same colours in it that Montgomery's writing often does. I am definitely sensing a rich shot of crimson. (Er. Yes. I'm one of those barmy people who thinks in colour. ^-^)

...I wonder if we could shake our muses into order and attempt to write wee ficbits to go along with whatever tracks we end up choosing for the final mix? I daresay my muse needs a good dusting and possibly some oil. ~~And, y'know, the universe needs Dean-fic.~~

Hmm. I can't think of any appropriate songs about stars -- most of my music is "city music", to tell the truth, because that's where I live.

Ooh! Thea Gilmore's "Pirate Moon" is very evocative of night and nature, actually. It paints a pretty picture, and I think it's the sort of tone we're going for.

I actually went and downloaded "Emily" off of Limewire, and I have to say... yeah. Joanna Newsom does have a weird voice, but I think the song is beginning to grow on me. I think we should put it on the mix, definitely, but we'll have to account for the fact that... it'll probably turn a lot of people off?

I am definitely sensing a rich shot of crimson. (Er. Yes. I'm one of those barmy people who thinks in colour. ^-^)

I am too! Thursday has always been a very purple thing for me. I have colours for all the days of the week, all months, etc., actually. Aspiring synaesthete, over here.

...I wonder if we could shake our muses into order and attempt to write wee ficbits to go along with whatever tracks we end up choosing for the final mix?

:DD I like this idea very much. It ties in to our master plan to take over the world via Emily fic, too!

Most of my music is city-music, too, because it is where I love, even though I currently live in a cross between a city and a town, which is rather dull and hasn't much atmosphere. :p

It took me several listens before I decided that I actually liked Joanna Newsom's voice; I listen to a lot of odd-sounding people, but I think she is the oddest. (I did discover her through a fanmix, though, so, um, maybe it won't be too bad?) By the by, did you get a listen of the other songs I suggested? If not, I'll upload them for you.

Thursday isn't purple, it's--very dark blue.

lady_moriel and I once had a row about what colours the months were. Hee. I think I see everything in colour if I think hard enough about it, and music is especially potent--I often see pulsating colours and not-quite-shapes when listening.

There was this fascinating programme on, um, I can't remember now--some 60 Minutes-type show for about a month, going into medical and psychological oddities, and it mentioned the seeing-in-colour thing, which has a really awesome name I have already forgotten, and an even weirder one: people who taste everything they say. Like, they can't even say some words on account of how awful they taste. (I thought this was completely barmy until I realised today that the word 'pep' never fails to make me feel nauseated. It tastes of baking soda and water. Ick. I think that's the only one, though.) Also, people who taste in shapes. That was fascinating--'oh, this tastes pointy!'

I like this idea very much. It ties in to our master plan to take over the world via Emily fic, too!

*flashlight under face* MWAHAHAHAHA. :D

I didn't end up finding them, no. Limewire is sort of unreliable for me -- half of the days it won't even go through my firewall, it's very hit-and-miss. If you could upload them, that's be wonderful. ♥

THURSDAY IS PURPLE, AND THAT IS THAT. :P

Ooh, I know exactly what you're talking about -- I had an obsession with it a while back. "Synesthesia". Or "synaesthesia", depending on which spelling you prefer. I WANT TO BE A SYNESTHETE, it's not fair. *stomps foot*

Ugh, I don't like the word "pep", either. But I hate, hate, hate "phlegm". Probably because of the mental association, but.

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