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cornerofmadnessThis vid from festivids (thanks to sholio for pointing me this way) sums it up
Woo Hoo (Archer vid, also I love that stupid show even though I shouldn't. It's SO wrong).
Also dig around the collection, there's some fun stuff like this Miss Fisher's Mysteries one for her lesbian doctor friend, Mac
Anyhow I'm woo hooing because I got my sabbatical! I'm SO excited. I was over the moon. My parents who had been asking me a lot of questions about it were somehow unmoved when I finally had an answer which is partly my fault. You see I get home to find a very friendly orange, long-haired tailless cat on my porch. I'm not sure if s/he's someone's here (they like to let their pets out around here) but she's very clean. I can't really have two cats but I might have to put her in the bathroom or something if she comes back because of the wind chill. So we started talking about that which led to a conversation about the proposed federal law about animal abuse which somehow leads into a rant about socialism from Dad.
WTF? I blame Prejudice girl and hateful husband. They're about the only outside of the family friends Dad has any more (His friends were all work friends, don't do this everyone, just don't. One day you won't work and those friends may or more likely will not stay. I've seen it SO many times). Dad WAS a democrat until those two.
Anyhow that was the whole phone call. Not me and my sabbatical. Mom had to call me back to say congrats.
So now I'm just sad because the whole family reaction has been who gives a crap.
I'm still planning on where I'll go for my research. I'm hoping some of the all-female medical schools from the late 1800s-early 1900s are still standing. I want to visit. I know I'll go to Boston and Philly as some of the first women in medicine in America came from there.
The oddest part of this was I called earlier to tell them too (but they were making dinner) and all Dad could talk about was the cutest AF sheep I had sent him a link to (swear to god he's bipolar)
So yet another fan track, one that I had written a long time ago for the same thing as the Royai one, but this one is Fullmetal Alchemist as well but for all the soldiers. Some of my choices for this are even weirder (again we're talking 11 years ago)
1. Land of Confusion – This sums up very nicely the state of Amestris and the soldiers that both protect and tear it down.
2. Wild Boys – ‘Wild boys never chose this way’ – I think Maria and the boys can really relate to this, not to mention Roy, Riza, Armstrong and Hughes. The violence of a soldier’s life comes across here.
3. Get Drunk and Be Somebody –This soundtrack could have been relentlessly dark so there are a few songs that speak to the men and not their profession that are a little lighter. This is one of those especially since there are plenty of pictures of the boys letting their hair down.
4. XXL – Still in the light vein this song sums up Major Armstrong. ‘all the girls love a double XL’
5. Truth about Men – A song to make Maria and Riza roll their eyes. I’m sure Mustang is singing along with the rest of the boys.
6. One – Given Havoc’s fate in the manga, this song from my youth sprung to mind, a horribly injured soldier wishing for release.
7. Toy Soldiers – While Martika’s song has nothing technically to do with soldiers, they can easily relate to watching their comrades fall one by one.
8. One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) –suggested by evil_little_dog, this childhood song about war fit very well.
9. Unknown Soldier – I came across this Doors song while researching the soundtrack and it just fits the fate of the boys in blue so well.
10. Invincible – This defines the attitude the boys in blue need to have to make it through what is coming.
11. Quiet Warrior – Maria needed a song to separate her from the boys and this one captures her well.
12. Erin – ‘When the battered streets are bleeding,’ you would expect the Irish to have a few songs about battles and this one didn’t disappoint.
13. Fighting for Strangers – Every soldier knows this feeling.
14. Didn’t I – For all their sacrifices, soldiers are often met with hatreds at home for their trouble, leaving them wondering what they did wrong. This song catches that sad state of affairs all too well.
I wrote a few stories for this (on FFN) Didn't I? Armstrong centric
Quiet Warrior Maria centric
True Colors Roy/Riza (which technically belongs with the other one
And oh, you can find the music here
sholio for pointing me this way) sums it up Woo Hoo (Archer vid, also I love that stupid show even though I shouldn't. It's SO wrong).
Also dig around the collection, there's some fun stuff like this Miss Fisher's Mysteries one for her lesbian doctor friend, Mac
Anyhow I'm woo hooing because I got my sabbatical! I'm SO excited. I was over the moon. My parents who had been asking me a lot of questions about it were somehow unmoved when I finally had an answer which is partly my fault. You see I get home to find a very friendly orange, long-haired tailless cat on my porch. I'm not sure if s/he's someone's here (they like to let their pets out around here) but she's very clean. I can't really have two cats but I might have to put her in the bathroom or something if she comes back because of the wind chill. So we started talking about that which led to a conversation about the proposed federal law about animal abuse which somehow leads into a rant about socialism from Dad.
WTF? I blame Prejudice girl and hateful husband. They're about the only outside of the family friends Dad has any more (His friends were all work friends, don't do this everyone, just don't. One day you won't work and those friends may or more likely will not stay. I've seen it SO many times). Dad WAS a democrat until those two.
Anyhow that was the whole phone call. Not me and my sabbatical. Mom had to call me back to say congrats.
So now I'm just sad because the whole family reaction has been who gives a crap.
I'm still planning on where I'll go for my research. I'm hoping some of the all-female medical schools from the late 1800s-early 1900s are still standing. I want to visit. I know I'll go to Boston and Philly as some of the first women in medicine in America came from there.
The oddest part of this was I called earlier to tell them too (but they were making dinner) and all Dad could talk about was the cutest AF sheep I had sent him a link to (swear to god he's bipolar)
So yet another fan track, one that I had written a long time ago for the same thing as the Royai one, but this one is Fullmetal Alchemist as well but for all the soldiers. Some of my choices for this are even weirder (again we're talking 11 years ago)
1. Land of Confusion – This sums up very nicely the state of Amestris and the soldiers that both protect and tear it down.
2. Wild Boys – ‘Wild boys never chose this way’ – I think Maria and the boys can really relate to this, not to mention Roy, Riza, Armstrong and Hughes. The violence of a soldier’s life comes across here.
3. Get Drunk and Be Somebody –This soundtrack could have been relentlessly dark so there are a few songs that speak to the men and not their profession that are a little lighter. This is one of those especially since there are plenty of pictures of the boys letting their hair down.
4. XXL – Still in the light vein this song sums up Major Armstrong. ‘all the girls love a double XL’
5. Truth about Men – A song to make Maria and Riza roll their eyes. I’m sure Mustang is singing along with the rest of the boys.
6. One – Given Havoc’s fate in the manga, this song from my youth sprung to mind, a horribly injured soldier wishing for release.
7. Toy Soldiers – While Martika’s song has nothing technically to do with soldiers, they can easily relate to watching their comrades fall one by one.
8. One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) –suggested by evil_little_dog, this childhood song about war fit very well.
9. Unknown Soldier – I came across this Doors song while researching the soundtrack and it just fits the fate of the boys in blue so well.
10. Invincible – This defines the attitude the boys in blue need to have to make it through what is coming.
11. Quiet Warrior – Maria needed a song to separate her from the boys and this one captures her well.
12. Erin – ‘When the battered streets are bleeding,’ you would expect the Irish to have a few songs about battles and this one didn’t disappoint.
13. Fighting for Strangers – Every soldier knows this feeling.
14. Didn’t I – For all their sacrifices, soldiers are often met with hatreds at home for their trouble, leaving them wondering what they did wrong. This song catches that sad state of affairs all too well.
I wrote a few stories for this (on FFN) Didn't I? Armstrong centric
Quiet Warrior Maria centric
True Colors Roy/Riza (which technically belongs with the other one
And oh, you can find the music here
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Date: 2019-01-29 04:44 am (UTC)Philly is a fun city is you do visit there. I haven't been in years, but there is a lot of history and sort of a unique neighborhood layout (Boston is a mess and NYC is easy to follow a map).
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Date: 2019-01-29 04:58 am (UTC)You know, I grew up in PA but never have been to Philly except to interview at Temple's med school. I want to see the Mutter museum. I'm very familiar with Boston (plenty of friends and relatives) and in spite of working in both Harlem and the Bronx, I never saw a damn thing in NYC because back then you could work a resident 36 hours straight. I was always too dead and too poor.
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Date: 2019-01-31 03:14 am (UTC)Yeah, honestly I feel the same. The P.I. season wasn't as good as it could have been. Dreamland was fun but the tropical island dream was...a stretch