{ FIC REC }

[delga]

To anyone who appreciates good, solid prose (and frankly, that should be everyone on the flist because dude, why do I know you else?) go and read this beautiful work by my most awesome crack dealer wliberation. In seriousness, this is the good stuff, guys. It is that part of fandom in which you wish you could live forever, the place where the true blue is grown. Check it out and then tell her how wonderful it is and how wonderful she is. GO AND READ THE WONDERFULLY SOLID PROSE.

Comments

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Stop making me blush!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

No :P

*icon love*

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

...okay.

I just couldn't resist.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that in all the excitement, I forgot to tag the post, heh. *goes to tag post*

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Pst. We have 60 members, exact, and I feel like we should do something special. Or just post a Picspam of Happiness.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Tsk. Bad mod. :) (Says the mod who has forgotten to add things to the comm's memories since, oh, Challenge #2.)

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Ooh! *nods* Indeed!

In a total turn of random? I want to make postcards featuring Carson the Bear and Carson the Penguin. Unfortunately, Carson the Penguin resides 100 miles from my current position.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

TCH TCH!

..wait. Who are you and what have you done with wliberation?!

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

...You have a Carson the Penguin!? ...Oh, yes. You do. I'm sure you've mentioned that - I have a vague memory of such - but I just... can't remember. It's fuzzy. But you have Carson the Penguin! And yes, that postcard definitely must come into existance.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

I have done nothing to her! It's just that... There's the perfectionist side of me and then there's the goddamn lazy side of me, and this time the latter won. It usually does.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

But yeah, we should do something for the sixty member mark. Mega spam? Fanmix? ???

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Also, can you think of eps/scenes where Carson is smile-y? Because I can only think of that one scene in Duet, and I already posted that the other week.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Ooh. Megaspam with fanmix!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

...LASS FOREVER! *waves mini hypothetical flags*

OK. So, I can type hypothertical without looking at the keyboard and yet "mini" proves to be too difficult for the brain. *brainpalm*

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, there's that scene when he's teasing Rodney about the retrovirus. And there must be others surely? I don't know about S1 considering I haven't seen much of it. And what I have seen of S2...Duet. Heh. Wow, I'm being sooo useful today.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Yay! You are teh smart.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

...Though, a fanmix might take a bit to put together. And I'm working tonight. Unless we make an exception and agree that it's alright if we slip slightly onto Thursday's side. And that sentence just didn't make any sense. But I mean that, you know, you can think of songs there and I'll think of songs here, and then later, when I come home at around 23 my time, we can put our wise heads together and... mix. SHAKE AND MIX! DON'T STIR!

...um.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Retrovirus? Do you mean that scene in Hide&Seek?

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

And the irony of that comment is that you spelled hypothetical wrong the second time around. :P

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Haha. I'm a dork, lol.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Whichever one is the one in which Sheppard tosses Rodney over the balcony. Heh.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, I have two more hours of Wednesday than you do. That's not strictly true, it's just that it works out that way.

EXCEPT WOE. I suck at fanmixes, lol. OK. I will have to put on my thinking cap beret.

...where is my thinking beret, yo?

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Heh. I suck at fanmixes too - just consider the fact that I've been doing that Rodney mix since, oh, October? And no worries, we can do it together. I'll probably be up anyway. (And heh, I just whipped up a cover of sorts. I'm such a dork.)

I'm not sure if we should make a serious one or a fun one with song like that "Doctor, doctor, give me the news" one. Funny doesn't last, that's the problem, but it's fun. Oh, the difficulty of choice. And. ...Okay, I just completely forgot what my point was.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Nah, you're just...adorkable :)

Funny mixes are great except I can think of a total of two songs that I would put in a funny mix. That being said, if we did a serious one, we'd need tracks that epitomise The Carson. *difficult*

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

:)

Yeah, it is difficult. But I'm sure we can figure something out. And no matter how much the perfectionist in me (that bitch) is screaming in agony, it does not have to be perfect. So I think we can do alright even with the short notice.

Okay, so, I've been going through my files and picking out songs that might possibly fit. Have to check those out properly later, but for now, here are two songs that might be alright.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hidden Song
Okay, so this was originally on the soundtrack of The Never-Ending Fic (yes, I have a soundtrack, don't roll your eyes *g*), and in my head, it's Rodney's serenade to Carson on the things that happen in the fic, so I'm not sure how well (if at all) it could work for this purpose. As my judgement is ruined by the previous assosiation, I'll leave it for you to decide.

Kings of Convinience - Live Long
Well, we want him to live long, don't we? How profound.

I'll probably have more songs when I get back from work.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I will have to first turn my brain off from "I Need Some Fine Wine" (I think you gave me that one? THANK YOU. My love for this track knows no sane bounds) and switch to Carson Radio.

Ooh. *downloads*

Have fun with work, btw. And don't hurt your back. Remember to stretch! :P

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Heh. (I did give you that. It is a wonderful song, yes indeed. Also, ditto, because you gave me In The Sun, and I have been listening to that like non-stop because oh, the melody and flow and the fact that the godness in it doesn't bother me which is, well, shocking.)

*stretches*

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. In The Sun. Isn't it absoultely wonderful? And do you feel a little desperate as the song goes through the second verse? (That could just be me. My reaction to most songs I like is this quiet, niggling sense of wanting. It's bizarre).

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

No, it's not just you. It gets me into this... misty place where things are quietly desperate and sort of needy, and, well, I can't explain it, but yes, it is such a fantastic song filled with such strong emotion that... I'm just hypnotized by it.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I have two other versions of it. I think I gave you the live one which means there's the studio version and then Howie Day's version. The latter turns the notes down and so doesn't haunt in quite the same way; it feels sadder. The guitar work is pretty awesome.


Want?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Also, no laughing. Because soundtracks for fics? I have so done.

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not. But I must say, I really, really adore this version, I do.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Hidden Song? That sound is pure sex. I do not lie. It is.

OK, I can't tell by the song labels which version is which so I'm sending both REM/Coldplay versions.

[one] (http://www.sendspace.com/file/rysby5)
[two] (http://www.sendspace.com/file/voq3ns)
[howie day] (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ugahjg)
[joseph arthur] (http://www.sendspace.com/file/587jzq) I found another version that I didn't even know I had. But the one I sent you first is the best.