Finally figured out how to download from the camera! Ha! Will upload in a bit, have almost 700 pics from the past few days.

 

So something I didn't know about Toronto before coming here, it has a THRIVING Graffiti Artist community. It's not just tagging (although there is a lot of that) but graffiti art, some of which people pay quite a bit of money for, and some which is not.

 

We are currently in the middle of 'The Event Season'. In Chinatown, there was a parade. The posters I could read included getting family members out of jail, stopping random and illegal organ harvesting, and China's new era starting once Mao was out of power.

 

Then there was this:

Found myself in Queen's Park at the same time as a 'Legalise Marijuana' Rally/Protest.

 

As I was walking up, and could see the haze covering the park, an elderly man approached me about what was going on, then encouraged me multiple times to 'join in, kick back and relax'. I thanked him, but declined. The historical University next to the park was much more interesting, and I could see the gathered police testing out bull horns.

 

Several thousand people lighting up all at the same time. ....The line for the sole vending truck was EPIC.

need to update here, but have been completely overwhelmed.

 

Have been updating twitter frequently with photos and comments.

 

http://twitter.com/#!/ickaimp

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Pretty sure Riff-Raff from Rocky Horror was doing the gate announcements when we landed in Dallas. Valiently resisted the urge to shout 'BINGO!'.

 

Made it to the East Coast safe and sound. Currently watching Yu-Gi-Oh TAS movie with Megs and Mike.

 

NYC and Sherlock Premiere tomorrow! \o/

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Fan fiction is not happening this week. Specficially, 12 Days - Golden Week.

Every time we sit down to write, my brain keeps going: OMG.
Get to see Megs.
Going to the East Coast.
Get to see Mike.
Going to New York.
Get to see Benedict Cumberbatch, Steven Moffett and Sue Vertue
Going to Canada
Get to meet Isa
Gotta put a dick in a box and paint it gold.
Gotta finish documentation.
When am I gonna sew?
POPPIES!!!

... Soooo... um.... Killing people and dealing with their corpses is kinda gonna hafta wait. Sorry. I know people were looking forward to it.

.... And the radio decided I needed to listen to Metric's 'Help, I'm Alive (my heart keeps beating like a hammer)' to write this. *laughs*

So a week or so ago, I jokingly sent Megs a link to a contest for two tickets to the premire of BBC Sherlock Season 2 in New York, saying if she won, I'd fly out. We both laughed over it and I at least, forgot about it.

Until I came back from a muffin run this afternoon to find frantic IMs and a Text message.

She won.

-I'm flying out 1 May. The intent (plans make the gods laugh) is to spend the day in NY, see the premire and have tea with fellow Sherlockians. Saterday and Sunday we're heading to Toronto Comics and Arts Festival, in Canada.
.... I've never been to Canada. *starry eyed*

And then heading back home on the 8th. Which ought to make the Baronial A&S competition on the 12th interesting, because I had originally planned (see? making gods laugh) to finish my entry over that weekend. C'est la vie.

In the meantime, need to figure out things to do/see in New York and Toronto, since Megs knows me well enough to know I'm likely to wander off and get lost and doesn't mind. ((Snuggles))

Suggestions?

Donated to Ao3 about two months ago, was actually kinda confused that we couldn't link it to our account. Huh.
Anyway. We're actually kinda picky about what we put up on Ao3, there's so many good authors/fics up there that I try to post either the fics we're especially proud of, or small rare fandom. Which usually amounts to the same thing.
Don't actually have a lot of DC/MK up, because we've written so much that I've kinda forgotten everything we've done, and am not really sure about what to post. (suggestions are welcome)

Odd thing, all three of our Sherlock fics made our top 10 hits. o_O So did all the smut on that account. ~_~

( We have a kinkmeme sockpuppet on Ao3 as well, and two of those fics would have placed above #8 if included. )

That was a bit embarrassing... Went across the street to pick up something, am juggling purchases and wallet, turn from the counter and trip over the foot of the guy standing behind me.

Threw my arms around him in a loose bear hug to get my balance, which is when I realised that I was looking down at a shield on his chest and a gun on the hip.

Babbling apologies, I quickly let go and fled, but not before the Border Patrol Officer assured me that it "It was quite enjoyable." and "He needs those every so often."

#^^#

Icka!: "When I grew up, my folks just didn't dance."
Elinor: "Pfft. They could dance if they want to."
Icka!: "They could leave their friends behind?"
Elinor: "Well, if their friends don't dance."
Icka!: "And if they don't dance?"
Elinor: "Then they're no friends of mine."
*Icka! and Elinor glance around the office, then Elinor silently steps back and walks away*

So I was thinking that I could combine my love for Murder Mysteries, Zombies and Historical Re-Enactment.

Make a couple of Blood Puddle Pillows, do up a few canvas tarps with 'blood' splatter (may have to do some forensics research for types of spray and smears, each one could be a story), to cover the ground and/or chairs, and could have a nice portable murder scene for where ever I go.

^__^

We have been writing like a MOFO!!! \o/ And it feels good!

Back during the end of December, tried writing and posting a chapter a day for murdery mystery, The 12 Days of Murder. It was supposed to be a one-off, but the universe was so much fun that I'm gearing up do do another one, this time for Golden Week, 29 April through 5 May. ... Although less of a body count this time... ~_~

But in preperation, doing short fics for various holidays between. It helps that they figured out whose POV goes where. Japanese Holidays are from Kuroba's POV, Western Holidays are from Hakuba, which make a certain amount of sense.

Links are embedded in the fic if people have questions on things. Or, yanno, just ask.

3 Feb - Setsubun
Oni Out! Happiness In! The day before spring in Japan.

8 April - Easter Sunday
Rabbits don't poop eggs-?
This one was a bit tricky, since our headcannon for the series had Baaya as either Jewish or Roman Catholic, so I polled people to see which she should be. Either way meant research into customs, which is fun!

27 Jan - Down the Rabbit Hole
-Posted to Tumblr, since it's short and non-sensical. And follows a story not posted yet. *sighs* Oh, linear thinking, why must you be so hard?!

Thanks to winterjameson introducing me to Comment_fic, have also been doing lots of Phineas and Ferb general short fics. Trying to figure out how to post them to Archive of our Own, either seperately or as a collection, since they're under 1,000 words each.

Other than that, after almost three months and a two-week break, we're almost caught up on One Piece anime. Mmm.... One Piece.... Why isnt there more fic with Iceburg and Paulie?

So this weekend was completely uneventful aside from the fact that I was sent home from the Zombie Walk Fundraiser because I looked too dead.

No, seriously. o_O

So the mexican restaurant across the street (the owner who sadly passed away last month) was celebrating his birthday today with $1.50 tacos. Elinor and I decided that this sounded tasty, and we'd go there for lunch.

We walk in, and there's balloons, cupcakes, Eegee's slushies, and loud disco music. We order, get some horchata to drink and rock out dancing to 'Stayin' Alive' (curse you Muppets).

And another song goes by. And another. I learned that the lyrics to 'Bad Moon' are 'A bad moon on the rise' and not 'A bad man on the right'.

It gets shoulder to shoulder packed crowded, I stepped outside and bop to some more music, then dance with a little kid and his Mom. About which point, I'm starting to worry about time. Elinor needs to clock in promptly, unlike myself, so she heads back and I wait some more, boogying to more disco. Apperantly someone had plaed a HUGE order before us, they were laying out food in giant foil to-go platters stacked across a table.

Finally, our name gets called, and the ladies at the counter thanked me repeatedly for not only our patience, but for dancing as well. They really liked that someone was dancing, since it was a party. I smiled awkwardly back and thanked them for the food before dashing back across the street.

I couldn't tell them that I didn't know if they had a bathroom, didn't wanna take my horchata to the bathroom, and I really, really, really needed to pee....