☂ l'esprit de l'escalier

title: growing old is getting old
notes: every year, I make a mix of the top song of each month of the year (with help from my last.fm); this was the mix for 2011
download: here

title: escapologist
fandom: The Magicians
notes: this is that fanmix for The Magicians that I mentioned I had been working on. thanks to nirvana_blues for her help and encouragement with this mix~ (and for recommending the book to me in the first place, it is so good omg and you should read it). also I am on some kind of fanmix binge right now.
download: here

title: a song for our fathers
fandom: Dark Tower
characters: the Ka-Tet of 19 [Roland Deschain of Gilead, Eddie Dean of New York, Susannah Dean of New York, John "Jake" Chambers of New York and Oy of Mid-World]
notes: as soon as I heard "Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)," I knew I had to put it on a Dark Tower fanmix. it's so perfect. and "The Ghost of Genova Heights" has been my OTP song for Susannah and Eddie since I first read the books. also, "Exit" fits Roland scarily well. (possible spoilers for the whole series?)
download: here

title: my family's role in the revolution
subject: better days to come
notes: for nirvana_blues & rozenkind, 'cause.
download: here

title: thick as thieves [a 58 fanmix]
fandom: Saiyuki
pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
notes: this was my contribution to the fandom charity auctions for Japan earthquake/tsunami disaster relief. the winning bidder, agarmentofwings, requested a Hakkai/Gojyo fanmix. it was so hard omg. >_<;; it's just that my recent taste in music has been very twee/indie, but that, aesthetically, doesn't quite work with Saiyuki, but I did my best and here it is, after much ado. (it's listed as 58, but really, it could be 85; "a 58 fanmix" just sounded better.)
download: here

title: lion-hearted girls prefer blond(e)s
notes: some songs have jut speak to you; these are some of the ones that speak to me
download: here

title: 10 February, 1947
fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
characters: Russia (Ivan), Finland (Timo)
rating: T(?)
notes: used a little Russian and Finnish, anything that isn't immediately obvious is footnoted (there's not much)

( 'I miss you, Finlyandiya.' )

title: untitled; prompt 10: letter
fandom: Harry Potter
character: Alice Worthington (← original character)
rating: K
notes: wrote most of this awhile ago, finished it tonight. contains pretty much entirely original characters, except McGonagall. posting for 10_prompts.

( 'I'm Alice Worthington,' she said. 'Ravenclaw Prefect. Welcome to Hogwarts.' )

title: ガイジンモン: ten months in Tokyo
subject: Tokyo
notes: a mix I made of songs that remind me of Tokyo; I originally posted this in my personal LJ, meepalicious, on the anniversary of the day I arrived in Tokyo; I'm reposting it here again today, on the anniversary of the last day of my first semester I was there. today was the day, one year ago, that I moved into my new apartment and all of my friends went home. no explanations or lyrics, just a playlist.
download: here

title: innan jag dig min vän överger
fandom: Hetalia
pairing: Sweden/Finland
rating: K
notes: for my Berwald, who I abandoned when finals started - while I was out of the game, all sorts of horrible things happened to Berwald, and Timo wasn't there to help him feel better. I hope this makes up for it. also, the title translates, roughty, as "ere you and I will be parted, my dear" (or so I've heard); it's from a song on this fanmix, which is fantastic and you should totally download for your Sweden/Finland needs. unlike the last Hetalia fic I posted, this one uses their human names.

( Only the moonlight illuminated them, silvering Berwald's hair and glinting off his glasses. )