phineasjones

• 13:05 a student just texted me to ask about rehearsal. idk why, but that feels really weird. #
• 18:03 giving out leftover candy from last year... gross? or just economical? #
• 18:19 those fuck city dudes are so in love with each other. it's exhausting. #

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inkjunket and i exchanged prompts last night. i got brendon/cash and the cape of fail. and the result is schmoop.

Lucky You
brendon/cash
pg
700ish words
thanks to inkjunket for the beta-type help. <3

( Are you telling me you went on stage without your pants? )

unrelated to the following - i got called for an interview for the church choir job! \o/



so, yeah, yesterday was warped tour here. and it was fun times and it was way too hot. both to be expected. also, there was trageckett mcporkett. so i was a happy phin. and i have a post for you with pics of bands and signed chests (not mine) and mullets (also not mine), etc. and some videos too. and some of the pictures actually came out well, thanks to the ridiculous amount of sunshine.

inkjunket is on her way back to MA. :( i've been consoling myself by writing up my thoughts on last night's HCT in denver. look, i organized my thoughts into neat little categories, for your reading pleasure:

( line times and zack shenanigans )

( the fillmore )

( phantom planet )

( the hush sound )

( motion city soundtrack )

( panic's awesome )

( panic's < awesome )

( conclusion )

( pictures )

i just edited my flist a little. mostly trimming off people i don't read much anymore and who i'm pretty sure don't read this. if i goofed on that, let me know? and if you're reading this and i don't have you friended? let me know that too.

i took a long, very hot shower this morning. the steam was so awesome. and now i'm sad i'm not still in it, now that all the sinus pressure is back. wah. sickly phin would like to not be sickly anymore. thank you.

and then i put on some kind of real clothes (no pyjamas)! and now i'm going to unpack. i'm feeling kind of human. it's pretty good.

and a few minutes ago, i heard the sound of rain and got all excited. because, hey! rain! pretty rare and exciting here. and we have all these flowers outside - lilacs and irises and stuff - that could totally use it. and then i went to look and nope, it was actually hail. hail that was pelting away at said flowers. :( but now, minutes later, it's over. so. no big?

wow, this is an exciting post. hmmm... what would make it more exciting? spencer smith? SPENCER SMITH!



ok, i know that spencer smith doesn't look like that now. but that is my favorite version of spencer smith, like, ever (also, the prettiest drum kit i have ever seen) and it is frozen in time in this photo.

SPENCER SMITH.

and now, now that you know the "RAY I SEE YOOUU!!!" story, i give you the hush sound story:

so, it started when anabelwumpkins and i were sitting and chatting in the area near the food stands at the BoA pavillion at the sunday hct concert. as i was munching on my fries and chatting with anabel, i glanced over her shoulder and saw a pretty girl in a maroon hoodie and then did a double take because hey! greta! and somehow it seemed like the thing to do to point vaguely at her and say - with a french fry in my mouth, anabel tells me - "you're cool."

yes, thank you, i am so very articulate. greta just made a tiny grin in my direction, really she looked kind of embarrassed for me, which is kind of her, and kept on walking.

and oh, but it doesn't end there.

later, after the hushies played and they were out signing stuff at their merch table, i think while motion city soundtrack was playing, inkjunket and i were standing off by the bathrooms. i was on the phone with mmm_cake. suddenly, ink spotted bob and chris of the hush sound walking by us. and, not in character for her at all, she pointed at bob kind of hugely and grabbed for my arm. i looked over to see bob looking at her like, WTF? as they went by. and we... followed them? just a little. because we were temporarily disconnected from our brains or something? and so we saw them go into the men's room. as people (usually men) do. i got off the phone and ink and i spent a while laughing hysterically at ourselves.

and then we paired it with the experience the other night and started with, "BOB! I SEEE YOOU!" and then, since they were in the men's room and all, i added, "BOB!!! I SEEE YOOU PEEE!" and pointing. which was, OF COURSE, when bob came back around the corner. right from the direction in which i was pointing.

yes. idk. it's possible he didn't hear us? but it's also possible he did. if i didn't love that band as much as i do, i would voluntarily ban myself from their future performances.

friday (mcr at msg): AMAZING. a.ma.zing.

saturday (hct in ct): SPENCER SMITH

sunday (hct in ma): happiest night ever. i love my friends. and hey, i totally didn't humiliate myself in front of panic. srsly! saved that for the hush sound. story later.

yeah, so i saw my chemical romance monday night? and i would really love to write a concert report. but my brain is just not having it. i have this weird residual fuzziness thing happening. and am not adjusting well back into normal life after the insane, intense goodness of the fangirl weekend. i will say two things about the concert for now:

1. I LOVE THEM.

2. if i were not planning to see them again in nyc, i think i would be crying.

beyond that, i suggest you read fuschia's post here for a real report.

i am just here to bring you tales - and pictures - of fangirl funtimes.



( here there be goofy good times )

first, unrelated to the rest of this post - HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERARD WAY. really, i mean that with all my heart.

now. let's talk brendon.

these days, i spend about 50% of my thoughts on brendon urie and 50% on everything else. and i am not alone. inkjunket made the clever connection the other day that brendon is like the sirius/remus of bandom. because there is SO MUCH in bandom that i love and am amused by and care about and that is meaningful to me. but brendon. he takes over my thoughts and i spend time, like, actively worrying and wondering about him ('thoughtful worrying,' as jjtaylor describes it). this is the first time this kind of thing has happened to me in a real person fandom and as such, it's a little confusing. am i thinking about brendon the character or brendon the person? i think it's kind of both.

i have things to do with my day so i can't really write the post about the things i think and worry about brendon. it has a lot to do with my belief that he is queer and how weird and hard that must be in the context of decaydance/fbr. and lately it has some to do with his relationship to the cab (hence brendon/cash) and to ryan and to his band. and... brendon!

and so now i feel the need to picspam. just some pics of brendon being brendon and brendon with his band. because... ( BRENDON )

i'm allowing myself some more lj blither bc rach is still not here and what's my morning tea without my morning blither?

nice job on the lyrics game, flist. ( here's what's left )

the first round of voting is over. the flist has spoken.

bye bye, bert! :(

brendon was a close second, followed by travis and william and then singer and patrick. no votes at all for gabe, gerard,or greta. it's all about the g names, apparently.


on to round 2!

if you, my beloved flist, were the voting audience, who would you kick off next in a battle of the singers? don't use american idol standards, just your own - whatever pleases or displeases you about their singing voices.

ETA: voting is over for this round. please go vote in round 3!

[Poll #1146587]

for your reference:

gabe * travis * singer * gerard * brendon * patrick * greta * william

and the other thing i've been thinking about - on a MUCH sillier note - is american idol. specifically, how bandom singers would fare on american idol. i amused myself thinking about this for a large portion of my drive home from estes park. i concluded that the ones who would do the best would be brendon, patrick and william. and brendon would win. because patrick's voice is awesome, but randy would call him "pitchy" (and would be kind of right, much as i hate that non-word, it really kind of applies to patrick). brendon has that whole looks-charisma-voice package going for him. gerard wouldn't make it far because, srsly, they only pretend their not looking for a certain sound/style. and he isn't it. i'm really fine with that, myself.

but, so, if you, my beloved flist, were the voting audience, who would you kick off first in a battle of the singers? don't use american idol standards, just your own - whatever pleases or displeases you about their singing voices.

here's the poll - vote for your LEAST FAVORITE singer:

ETA: voting no lounger counts. you can vote if you feel like it, but we have already moved on to round 2.

[Poll #1144387]

are you not really bandomish but you want to play? here's some links to our contestants' singing -

gabe * travis * singer * gerard * brendon * patrick * greta * bert * william

i made some icons this weekend. i needed some frank and gerard and some greta in her blue dress. and now there are way more than i will ever use. so.

14 frank&gerard
2 gerard
10 greta
15 mcr

preview:



( icons and some more icons )

so, with mcr coming to town and vicky-t enjoying her porn and awesome fic all around, i am feeling the bandom love. i saw bexless drop a love note to fandom earlier and blimey_icons offered up some heart brushes so... i made the photoshop equivalent of a scissors and paste valentine for you, bandom:

first of all,



secondly,

( rrrgl in denver - the videos. part 1. )

oops. another night procrastinated away. cooking, watching project runway and making icons. sigh.

i'm not sure any of the icons i made filled my own desire for a pete icon. i mean, they are pete icons. but i don't know if any of them are the one that i need. hello indecision, my old friend.

preview -

( 2 fob, 7 pete, 1 patrick, 2 pete&joe, 2 pete&patrick )