Of this and that

I wanted to go and see Green Lantern this weekend - alas, the twins can't go, so no GL for me. Oh well, it's not that I was dying to see it *shrugs*

I've been spending my evenings listening to an audiobook, Kevin Hearne's "Hounded", first in the "Iron Druid" urban fantasy series. It's quite hilarious.

I got really miffed at the fandom in general yesterday. All bitching and moaning, hijacking threads and comments to stage petty wars. Seriously, I want to crawl inside some old or obscure fandom and pull the door shut behind me so that I can actually enjoy it in peace without having to stumble across these pissing contests!

I ordered a B-day gift for myself. My B-day isn't till next month but since I had the money and Amazon was giving me the "only so-and-so many in stock, order now!" notifications, I ordered all the remaining volumes in the "xxxHolic" and "Tsubasa Chronicles" series and "Green Lantern: Rebirth".

I wonder what to watch next, Geraldine McEwan's Marple, Idris Elba's Luther S1 or Kenneth Branagh's Wallander. Just something I can enjoy in peace for what it is without needing to pussyfoot around people with "issues".

Quote of the day!

"Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around."
— Kevin Hearne ("Hounded")

Fic rec: X-Men: First Class

"Fluorescent" by aaido | Charles/Erik | VERY dark | Erik & Charles end up in something akin to what Erik has always feared, lab rats for some agency, and Erik is used as leverage to force Charles to perform increasingly nasty things for their captors. | ~4.500 words

Charles swallowed thickly, his voice raspy from not being used for much other than screaming the last few days, “I want peace. I want to live in harmony. But we don’t always get what we want. Sometimes we must take it. Sometimes you must have war to win peace and by taking us, they’ve started a war. I intend to end it.”

Yikes, this is dark and so intense. Scary! O.O