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And I'd love to see someone with madder fanvidding skills than mine do this in a way that was more credit-like. :D

Recently (like yesterday), I posted a vampire fanmix called Taste of Blood. It focused on the angsty, even romantic aspects of being a vampire.

Well here's another vampire fanmix. But most of the songs on this one are more hard-driving, and focus on the "horror" side of things. (Although many have romantic, or at least sexual, undertones.) You might also notice many like to start out with spooky sound effects. :D

Most of these are songs I might not listen to a lot. But I like the lyrics, or the quirkiness of a verse or the chorus, or something. And, while putting this fanmix together, some of them have grown on me a little more than before.

Note: One of the songs isn't technically a vampire song. But I couldn't leave it out. And I think it fits nicely.

( To the Lyrics and Downloads )

So I was thinking, "Hey, why not make a vampire fanmix? It is Halloween, after all." So here it is.




01 - Come To Me -- Deborah Holland
02 - Moon Over Bourbon Street -- Sting & the Police
03 - Love Song for a Vampire -- Annie Lennox
04 - The Perfect Drug -- Nine Inch Nails
05 - Dracula Moon -- Joan Osborne
06 - Vampire's Kiss -- Midnight Syndicate
07 - Taste of Blood -- Mazzy Star
08 - Cry Little Sister -- Gerard McMann

Note: "The Perfect Drug" might not officially be a vampire song, but it so could be.

( Lyrics and Downloads Here )

Hey, I had to rec a vampire movie eventually.

Wisdom of Crocodiles stars Jude Law as Steven Grlscz (no vowels), a vampire living in modern-day London. And Steven is the type of vamp I usually dislike. He doesn't grow fangs. He can walk around in the sunlight. (But he doesn't sparkle.) And crosses don't bother him. *sigh* Still, despite these "flaws," the movie hooked me and held my interest.

Steven is affected by the emotions in the blood he feeds on. If he fed on someone who's clinically depressed, for example, it would make him extremely sick. (Think the vampire version of food poisoning.) So feeding on random strangers is out. He has to get to know his victims and get a feel for their general mood. Are they happy? Sad? Depressed? Content?

On the other hand, good emotions (like love) make for better blood. So Steven's MO is to meet a woman, woo her, make sure she's filled with happy, lovey feelings, and then...well, you know.  Here's a clip showing the end of one of his "courtships."
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Here's another Halloween movie rec for ya. Although it's sort of weird. Because, in this film, the monsters aren't the bad guys. But it's still plenty creepifying.

Nightbreed is a film directed by Clive Barker (better known for the Hellraiser films) and is about a race of beings who have lived alongside humans throughout time. These beings were the basis for just about every monster you've ever heard of. And because they were different, they have been hunted down and slaughtered by humans for centuries.

Some of the Nightbreed have survived, and now live in secret. The fact that most humans no longer believe in "the monsters" means they don't get hunted down and slaughtered like they used to. But one man (the real villain) finds out about them, and is determined to see them all destroyed.

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And here it is. The pièce de résistance. A screensaver featuring the opening title cards for all 5 seasons of Supernatural.

And I'm already using it. :-D

Here's what it looks like, in tiny form.



( Get Your Screensavers Here... )

I made a fanvid.

I know! Even I can't believe it. I think it's because of my mad, Supernatural screensaver spree. I just felt like I had to make something else.

Anyway, the vid is about Bonnie, the reluctant psycic/witch from The Vampire Diaries...a show I'm not completely, totally into yet. But I thought of this song, and I thought of this character, and the idea for the vid took over my brain.

I tried to embed the video, but that feature isn't working for me for some reason. So here's the link.

Bonnie Bennet - We Are Witch (A Vampire Diaries Fanvid)

This is the first video I've ever made of any kind ever. So don't be too hard on it. :D

And, finally, we have the screensaver for the opening of Supernatural's season 5. And it is a good one, I must say.

And, hey, I beat my deadline. (To do all five by Halloween.) So, yea!


( Get Your Screensavers Here... )

Okay, season 4's screensaver is ready. And, if I do say so myself, it's pretty cool.


( Get Your Screensavers Here... )

Before I get back to work on my screensavers, I'd like to make a moment to rec another movie for the Halloween season.

Demon Knight is one of my favorite horror movies. One of the major reasons I like it is that it manages to tread the fine line between horror and camp. A lot of horror movies that also try to be funny end up just being silly and ridiculous, and losing the horror element. And whatever the threat is is hard to take seriously. But despite some of the campiness in Demon Knight, it still manages to have plenty of scares and creepiness.

Here's a clip from the film to give you a little hint of what it's like.

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It's screen saver time!

Here is a screensaver of the title card for Supernatural season 3. Which will look something like this.


( Get Your Screensaver Here... )

Yes, friends. Here is the screensaver of Supernatural's season 2 title card.



( Get Your Screensaver Here... )

As far as I'm concerned, Halloween starts on Oct. 1. And I feel like I'm behind in celebrating the Halloween season. So I thought I'd rec a movie to help us all get in the mood.

New Nightmare is the seventh in the Nightmare On Elm Street series. And the whole point of this movie was to make Freddy scary again. At the time, Freddy had become sort of a figure of fun, thanks to all the wise-cracking he'd done in the various sequels. I think Freddy even won some poll where people were asked to name the funniest movie character. Well, this was a poll the PTB weren't happy to win. So they decided to make Freddy less of a homicidal comedian. Really, Freddy is dead serious in New Nightmare. Yeah, he makes a quip now and then. But, mostly, he just wants to kill some people.

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I made a screensaver of the season one title card for Supernatural. Saying I love it would be an understatement. And, now, I can enjoy it whenever my computer sits idle long enough.



The screensavers basically looks like what you see above. Only, with the sound version, you get the sound effects, too.

( Get Your Screensaver Here... )

One of my stories was nominated for a Smallville Fanfiction Award. Yipee!

The story is called Keeping Score, and you can find it in the Best Overall Super-Short category.

It is a Smallville fic, but I think it can be enjoyed by those who don't watch the show, especially if you know who Lex and Chloe are.

If you'd like to vote for the story (as well as check out the other categories, you can fine the ballot here.

http://community.livejournal.com/svfanfic_awards/2791.html

When I was a kid, I wanted so badly to be a super chick. (And kinda still do. :-D ) So I decided to make a list of my top five favorite (at the moment) super chick tv shows.



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There was a time when I was all about the Nickelodeon cartoons, and how irreverent and sly they were. But I have a new animated love. It's called Phineas and Ferb, and it airs on Disney Channel. Who would ever have guessed?

My favorite character on P&F is the main characters' pet platypus, Perry. (Try to say that fast three times.) And I think the following clip will illustrate why.



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I created a delicious account where I've indexed my fanfiction. The idea is that it makes it easier to find fic by fandom, pairing, genre, etc. It's still a work in progress, but check it out.

My Fanfiction

Man, it's been way too long since I've posted in my LJ. I tolde myself I wouldn't post again until I wrote another fic. It was supposed to be an incentive to get me through the writer's block. And, well, yeah. :-(

Anyway, I've decided, what the heck. I'll just post whatever I feel like and let the fic come in its own time.

So, continuing with my 80s cartoon theme song obsession, I wanted to give Jem some love.

( Theme Song Under the Cut )

Okay, this is pretty cool.

During one of my, "Let's look around and see what I can find" procrastination sprees, I found LJ Book, a free service that turns your LiveJournal into an ebook. Seriously. In fact, here's a quick pic of one of the pages from my LJ Book. (Click to see it enlarged.)




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