Sound of Music II

I would like to apologize to the world for this.  That is all.

Goodies!!!

Nope, sorry, not the next chapter of What Fates Impose already.  Sorry, but don't click out of the window, good things lay ahead, I promise!  A couple of new gifts on the downloads page, for one thing!

Click the link for more details!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WEP!!!!!!

So, funny story:

I had it in my head that April Fool's Day was Wepdiggy's birthday, which I thought was appropriately apt and fitting.  But the thing is, I don't celebrate April Fool's Day, as I prefer people not to know when I'm pranking them, so I didn't do this design yesterday, as I didn't want people to think it was a prank.  However, the joke was on me, because it is actually today that is Wepdiggy's birthday.

Whoops.

What can I say about the fantastic Wepdiggy that his mug shot from his birthday party last night can't?  Not much, but I've now officially known him for around a year, and I'm glad to have met him!!  His friendship, his witty contributions, his awesome way of looking at life, his writing, and just the fact that he is everything you think he would be and more...all of that?  Makes him pretty great.  So here's to you, you fantastic fish.  I've decorated the blog just the way I feel it should be decorated on your big day (aka, I've 'cocked it all up for you!), and I'm sorry that I didn't have time to write you that epic Adorable Psycho story, The 405 Gets Plowed Again.

Happy Birthday, Wep, from all of us here at Castle Inanity!  You've never looked so good for 58!

:)

Frea

Happy Valentine's Day!

So bad news: I was supposed to deck out the blog for Valentine's Day.  I even got the fabulous crystal.elements to make me a fabulous banner and everything, and this morning when I woke up, I thought, "Hmm, I was supposed to do something today," and then promptly forgot about it.

Which means no V-Day layout.  HOWEVER, Crystal did such a fantastic job with the banner, I want to share it here:

Is that not the most awesome thing you've seen all day?  (Hint: the correct answer to that question is yes)

And to apologize for not dazzling your world with Morgasey, I've made you a gift: I converted the old story Chuck vs. the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Really Bad Day (Okay, this bugs me since that book was my favorite when I was, like, six. IT SHOULD BE VERY, NOT REALLY) into an ebook, and it's available on our ebooks page, right there up at the top!

Have a great Valentine's Day, everybody! Sorry it's not chocolates, but I love each and every one of you.

Except for you.  You know who I'm talking about.

Frea

iTunes Fun!

The Complete TRON Collection (So Far)

Pictures are after the break. Most of these aren't wallpaper-sized yet. It'll happen eventually, I'm sure.

Administrative Note (And a Free Wallpaper)

Given that I've now added crazy fun wallpapers to the site, I've killed two turkeys with one boulder and made the ebooks page a "Downloads" page.

And here's the shiny new wallpaper.  It's the same as the other one, only orange instead of blue.

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CHON

Okay, maybe not CHON. CHON sounds kind of silly. But anyway, with the new TRON movie finally, finally, finally hitting theaters yesterday, there's been an upsurge in really cool lighting/TRON-like Photoshop tutorials. Last night, I was talking to mxpw and looking at some gorgeous fan-made posters, one thing led to another, and then this happened:

And then I thought, this would make a great wallpaper, soooooo....

Some Stuff

First off, you've probably gotten the email or seen the Tweet or whatever by now, but there's a new chapter of What Fates Impose up.  Chuck like you've never seen him before!

Second off, we're going to be a day late with the next mxpw vs. Frea.  We'll be watching Chuck vs. the Wookie for this one, so if you want to follow along or prepare, I'd recommend turning to those DVDs you hopefully purchased and reveling in the goodness that is Yvonne Strahovski, Zachary Levi, and Mini Anden in the same scene (funny story: when I went to see The Tourist in the theater the other day, there was a movie trailer with Jason Statham.  I kept my eyes peeled for Yvonne, thinking it might be for The Killer Elite, and therefore was sad that I didn't see more than a split-second flash of anything that could be her, until the title popped up at the end and proved it was actually a trailer for The Mechanic.  And the split-second flash that I thought might have been Yvonne?  It was Mini Anden.  No joke).

Thirdly, remember those comic book covers I did?  Sarah - Wrath of the Giant Blonde Shemale?

I Learned a New Trick

So one of the things I've been teaching myself is how to do things in Photoshop.  It's partially fascination and partially practicality, but sometimes, I have to wonder.  Anyways, a few days ago, Nathan Fillion tweeted a fan-made Castle comic book cover that looked really great and retro and I thought, "Ooh, that's neat!"  And I instantly wanted to know how to do that myself, so I spent some time studying the picture.

And then it occurred to me.  You know what else would make a great comic book cover?

Video Ideas...

So this probably won't be happening anytime soon, since I'm still very busy with school, but my video editing bug is starting to eat away at me again. At first I thought I'd try my hand at another Sarah Walker-esque video—a Sexy Bitch: Part Two, if you will—but decided to hold off on that for a bit longer, maybe until the fourth season is over and I've got more footage to work with. (Cue groans of complaint from the majority of the male population, lead by mxpw.)

Anyways, I just came across this song on Youtube:

I am now seriously considering making a completely over-the-top Chuck/TeamB promo using this song. Thoughts? Other song suggestions? I'm open to any opinions at this point, since I have about a month or so to mull things over before Winter Break comes along. Would love to hear anything you guys have to say. :)

CHUCKtoberfest Video

Everybody, if you could spread this video around, let's really get the ball rolling and help out our pals at Chuck This, yeah?

As the promos say, "Spread the Nerd!"*

- Frea

* Fates Sarah: I'd like to spread the nerd...

Always One Step Behind

So I was a little bored this morning.

No, I have no idea where this came from.

No, I don't think it has a point.

Unless it made you smile.

In which case, that's the point.

Enjoy!



- Frea

Fates Extras

Recently, Ayefah asked me for a floorplan of the Heartbrake Hotel, given that a lot of action took place there. Well, I have no future as an architect, but here are some drawings I whipped up in Photoshop, as well as a name chart to help you keep up with some of the cover names in Fates. You can click on the pictures and get the larger versions.

It's here!!!

Enjoy, and as always, feedback is appreciated! 

And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to sleep away the next two days to catch up on all the Z's I missed making this video.

A Chuck/USA Promo!

For the record, do not take this seriously.  Chuck is not moving to USA.  This is just a fun what if that...kept Frea away from writing Fates...

Hm.

I think I'll run away now.

:)

Frea

Updates, updates...

Well, besides Photoshopping pictures just for these posts, I've actually been hard at work. For those of you not over at the Google Groups, there's been a change of plans! The story I had planned that was originally based off Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? It's officially been merged into Kill Bryce.

What exactly does this mean? Only good things, folks! Not only do you get a story that's published sooner (I tend to freeze up when I have too many projects on hand, so who knows when these would have been posted otherwise), but now you get twice the Awesomeness. Combining the two stories has actually made the plot better than either one was originally! Yay!

Coming Soon to a Screen Near You

So I don't know if I'm actually going to write this, but if I do, I have ideas in mind that combine one of the few episodes of Doctor Who I've seen (sorry, Liam!), a tasteless Osama Bin Laden joke, and possibly an irrational fear of lizards.  Who exactly fears the lizards, I haven't decided yet.  Crystal and I have a deal that both of us will write a story, as the Cabal has been after me to write Adorable Psycho for months. 

But either way, I cut a short video to be funny, and I'm finally sharing it here: