randomness, kitchen adventures, vid recs

[kiki_miserychic]

I read on TMZ that Jeffrey Donovan (Michael Weston on Burn Notice) was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Sunday and my first thought was, "he didn't twitter that."

My neighbor's dog got out through a giant hole in their fence and the mail lady brought him to me, so I have a furry little ball of "OMGZIWANTATTENTION" licking at my fingers while I try to type. He's cute, but I don't like small dogs.

I've been cooking and baking a lot lately. I mean more than never when I say a lot. I made bacon and cheese stuffed beer burgers this weekend, which turned out well. I made ice cream cone cupcakes to take to a party too and they turned out freaking awesome.

ice cream cone cupcakes by ~miserychic.

I've also been making my own cold-brewed coffee, which is so good that I think I might like it more than Starbucks. I know, I know, blasphemy, but it's true.

I've been using twitter instead of LJ for little things I find interesting. I used to make posts about little things, but now they're all on my twitter and never make it to LJ. This is probably a good thing because it spares everyone my squeeing over Eliza Dushku, Zachary Quinto, and Olivia Wilde; linking to pretty photographs; laughing about how I set off the smoke alarm baking; and mourning having deleted the Torchwood Children of Earth miniseries only to get a vid idea 3 days later. Link to my twitter.

VID RECS:
newkidfan's Blood Makes Noise (Lost) - A gorgeous layering and coloring that is lush and full with jumpcut editing and wavering images. The interesting framing choices feel like the zeroing in on a microscope that amps up the intensity and tension along with the effects. It doesn't hurt that I gave her the musical prompt because I've wanted to see this song vidded well to Lost for as long as the show has been on the air.

danegen's Down by the Water (Southland) - I've never watched Southland, but that didn't matter because I was able to plug into the more emotional aspect of the vid. I know I'm missing the depth and understanding that would come with knowing the source, but the vid is still terrific in the use of imagery. It feels like a great study of objects and how people can become objects in that sense. I think my favorite aspect is how a woman's dead body is transformed into a landscape.

WashingTones' Dr. House is a wicked cool music video that uses footage of the band performing and source footage from the show, House, too. The end result is an engaging music video that has me bopping around and singing the chorus in the shower.

Comments

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

i never liked starbucks anyway.
i deny the existence of twitter.


ps. OOH, YOU SHOULD REALLY VID TORCHWOOD! do eet.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

LOL. I'm so over Starbucks. I go back and forth with using twitter a lot and forgetting about it. I used to do it from my cell phone, but someone asked me who I was texting and I couldn't bring myself to say that I was tweeting, so I stopping doing it.

I probably will vid it, but I think I'll wait until fandom has settled down. :)

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

*pouncetacklehug*

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

*glomp*

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

OMG CUPCAKES. WHY MUST YOU TEMPT ME SO??

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Would you believe me If I told you that they taste like dog poo?

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

No, because then they would not be "freaking awesome."

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

...Maybe I like the taste of dog poo.

[eomir.livejournal.com]

my first thought was, "he didn't twitter that." When I read the article my first thought was, "I wonder if he'll twitter about this?" :) Probably not something he's going to be too open about.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

He'll probably pretend it didn't happen on twitter. If I were a celebrity, I'd probably gloss over it too. Maybe he'll be cool about it and say something.