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[pensnest]

BIL has gone back to his own place, to prepare for his hideous economy-class journey to Australia next month. My Bro and his girlfriend came for lunch yesterday, which was particularly nice—I rarely see him, and we had some amusement sorting through the gigantic box of photos and sundry stuff that came from my Dad's house. None of us seems to have a picture of him as a baby with our mother, which is kinda sad.

We still have Pig to consume, though it has seen us through three meals and several hot pork sandwiches now. Today's was coated with a mixture of maple syrup, honey, sherry and other nice things, and tasted pretty good, although I should have made the coating rather thicker. I was pondering putting the head on a spike in the front garden, but had better not cultivate too much of a reputation for being barking mad eccentric if I want to sell tickets for our shows. I'll post pictures when my pestilent Beast manages to upload them, as they're on his phone.

Have sent feedback on 17 MTYG stories so far, and am thus well on my way to being a Hero of MTYG. If you can also be a Hero, there is a reward available, also on LJ. Meanwhile, I'm hoping to see some rec lists, squee posts and so forth. MTYG readers seem very quiet this year!

A little signal-boost for a new community here on DW, simply_soap, made by raynedanser, who has been having a lot of fun and some frustration with soap-making of late.

And, because *everyone* should see this, Lance and Lisa Lampanelli singing together on YouTube. Oh, Lance.

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[lauriebreb.livejournal.com]

Firstly, thank you for that link! He is freaking adorable in his purple sweatshirt and silly smile. Secondly, why the heck isn't he singing for a living? I hear him like that and it drives me mad. He has a gorgeous voice......

[morgana-st.livejournal.com]

I had a Christmas visitor today, so I had my Christmas playlist running in the background. It includes Nsync, of course, which inevitably leads to The Search For Lance's Part. Because whenever I listen to Backstreet I can pretty much parse out all their voices, but I can't do that so well with Nsync. Obviously Lance is the lowest register, but they've obliterated him in production, or something. He and Joey disappear. (The other thing that's noticeable is how often Chris gets to sing bits and pieces of lead on their Christmas album. Obviously that was before the money people decided he needed to be pushed more to the background.)