Round One Winners have been announced at Villainous Imagination Awards and Round Two is now open for submissions.



You guys should all go check out the winning vids, they're freaking fantastic, and made the round really tough to judge (but still TONS of fun). The awards turned out pretty good and I'm really happy with the new Matt Good themed layout (I also changed my LJ layout a few weeks ago as the old one had been up for awhile -- plus Jared = love).

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I'm nominated in the Best of the Best Round at the Art of Vidding Awards, so...




...if you are so inclined ;-)

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I've been frantically trying to get my Sweet Charity vid done in time, but my muse refused to co-operate until like a week ago. Luckily candygramme is very understanding and is OK with waiting a little bit longer.

Once I'm done that, I'm going to start working on a Dexter vid as I've found the PERFECT song! I'm just itching to get my hands on the DVDs so I can just get it made already!

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I know I haven't been around much (again, some more), but I'm planning my return to LJ and fandom in general for mid-August, after I get back from vividcon (*flappy hands* Less than two weeks away!!!).

And now, a little poll, so I know who I can look forward to seeing in Chicago next week:

Poll #1030531
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

Are you going to Vividcon this year?

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I got the new Matt Good album and it is fan-freaking-tastic (I'll likely be sharing it with you guys when I get the chance to upload it)! Also, I just bought tickets to see his acoustic show in October! Eeeeeee!

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I finished Book 7 of Harry Potter a few days ago (was able to read it at work because being on chats thankfully requires very little actual work) and freaking LOVED it to bits and pieces!

Also went to see Order of the Phoenix last week and really enjoyed it (though the fact that I was watching it in Imax probably helped me to ignore all of the discarded plot points), the 3-D at the end was freaking cool! I just hope they don't keep that effect in when the DVD comes out, otherwise the entire climax of the movie will be pretty much useless for vidding purposes.

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I know I should probably comment on the SPN season 3 spoilers at some point, but I don't really have the energy. I'll just say thank GOD Kripke finally cleared some things up so fandom can stop imploding already.

Trust in Teh Kripke, people.

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( RL has been really stupid lately... )

*delurks momentarily*


Here are 3 of the 6 videos I just can't get enough of lately:


"Omaha" by halcyon_shift - Heroes, Bennet character study.

"Steady As She Goes" by obsessive24 - Ugly Betty, Mark character study.

"Ramalama (Bang Bang)" by kiki_miserychic - Dexter, Dexter character study.


The other 3 vids I'm going crazy over are submissions to VI Awards so they will be recced later once the round is over ;-)
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Also? OMFG the new Matthew Good single is AMAZING!

"Born Losers" - Matthew Good

Waiting a month for the album to come out is going to be torturous!

ARGH!!! I fucking HATE OC Transpo!!!

( Pointless ranting, feel free to skip... )


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Speaking of homicide, OMFG why didn't any of you tell me how mind-blowingly awesome "Dexter" is?!?

I mean seriously. It's absolutely incredible!

I checked out this vid by xandra_ptv (which is GORGEOUS and amazing but if you haven't watched the show you might want to hold off on the vid until after you've watched the show, because it is pretty damned spoilery) and was so intrigued I looked for the show online and was watching the pilot within minutes.

Wow. I've never been as INSTANTLY hooked on a show before as I was with this. I watched all 12 episodes within 48 hours. SO good! Seriously, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out ASAP, you won't be disappointed (but you might want to stay away if you are bothered by the sight of blood, because it can get pretty heavy on the gore at times).