and before you know it, you are walking on air

So... my art contribution to BBB is up \o/ woo!
This year I got so, so lucky! I had the opportunity to collaborate with the amazing sunsetmog on her steampunk!AU, A Presumption of Functionality (A Gas-Light Romance). It is one of the best stories I've ever had the pleasure of reading, not only because sunsetmog's style is pretty much the epitome of everything awesome, but also because it features a bossy governess, creaky floorboards, cherry cake, oil stains and a pet hedgehog (which I believe is an element that should be included in every story ever from now on).

Anyway, you can see my art while reading the story (because sunsetmog is a coding wiz and put it all inline) or you can view all the pieces together here (I suggest you go with option one, though! Really, BEST STORY EVER!) :)

*waves both arms* Still here! I'm not dead in a ditch!
It seems that BBB is sucking everyone in a vortex of amazing awesomeness, and who am I to resist the vortex?* I've been trying to comment every fic I read (I'm failing on that front /o\ I'm not good at commenting without sounding like a complete loser) and all the fanart (I'm better with those!).
Speaking of fanart, two of the pieces I drew are up!
One is the fanart for Tilting at Windmills by icanbreakthesky (very, very nice story! Usually I don't read Hush Sound fic much, but I liked the summary and I wasn't disappointed. I really like that she managed to write the characters and make them sound like the teenagers they are. Really, give it a chance :]). The other one is for fiddleyoumust's story "When Life Gives You Lemons (Say Fuck the Lemons and Bail)". I think this is one of the best Brendon/Spencer I've ever read (and I'm not saying that because I drew the art for it). I've read the draft I was sent at least ten times and I thought that there was no way that she could make it more awesome than what it was already, but she totally did! It's beautiful and hurty in the good way and wonderfully written and OMG go read it already/again!!! It also has a wonderful fanmix! I advise you to go download that one first and then read the story with the soundtrack because that way you'll reach Nirvana, trust me!
Also, I fell in love with "You Got a Face with a View" by cloudlessclimes. It made me bawl my eyes out, ok? I've read it twice and I cried both times! If you haven't read it yet, go do it right now! I'll wait.
Oh! And have you read okubyo_kitsune's "Series: Brendon the Cat"? It's amazing! Read that one too!**

Anyway, apart from BBB, I had a sudden urge to change the layouts everywhere. I found this and used the first one for my Twitter and I tweaked the fourth one for my dw. I changed layout on Lj, too, but I'm not happy with it. I wanted something more wallpaper-y, but I didn't find anything that screamed "Me! Pick me!". I'll keep looking. ETA! Found it! I kind of miss the sidebar, but at least it's wallpaper-y :)

I feel like I've been bad on the flist front because I haven't commented much lately. I'll try to make it better tomorrow :)

Oh! I have 6 dw invitecode! As always, if you need one (or two/three/four/five/six), just tell me so and I'll give them to you :)


* Did you know the third episode of Charlie the Unicorn was here? I love this series so much! My sister and I often use Charlie quotes when speaking to each other :D One of these days I'm going to buy this and then I'll have an excuse to yell "SWIM AWAY FUGU FISH! SWIM AWAY!" when pouring coffee out of the moka :D

** after reading that fic I felt like I should go and delete "We Are So Purring", but I didn't have the heart to do it: 1500 words written in a language that is not my mothertongue is kind of a big deal for me. So, sorry. *pets the story* "You're not easy to write, but I love you anyway" *pets the story some more*