Four to five helpings of angst per day helps keep you regular

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Team! Guess what? We have a banner and icons of our mascot, thanks to the lovely and talented sprat. Once I figure how to put the banner up on our comm we'll be in business. (I don't know CSS. I have gone out of my way not to learn CSS. And here I am...stuck figuring out how to learn CSS. Life IS hard and I fail at LJ coding).

We also have a soundtrack thanks to jamethiel_bane's hard work and willingness to spend hours uploading Tim Lehr songs. omphale23 also has some plans in the works for a second Team Angst soundtrack, and she asks that you put in some suggestions about possible songs, or help her cut the list down. (Apparently there is a lot of sad music about heartbreak and loneliness floating around out there. Who knew?)

Speaking of music, catwalksalone very nearly co-opted Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage" as a Team Romance song. I had to set her straight. Because that song? Is ANGST. As is most of Roger's ouvre. I've been in negotiations with catwalksalone (and no, I'm not sure how these representatives get picked) and Cat has claimed French for the official Romance language; we get German. And beer is our official drink. They get floaty dresses and, I dunno, capes and crap like that, and we get thick-soled stompy boots and black leather. I think that since we've already got a language, a dress code, an official drink and an animal mascot we're more organized than many small countries, but I'm sure there is still ground out there to claim. Icons and other team goodies are still being produced, ds_team_root is going strong, and the fabulous sdwolfpup has vid for our team called "Mountanic." It may be the greatest thing ever.

And finally our Drabble Tree is expanding nicely. I love our team so much! The drabbles posted thus far have been fantastic, and I know there are many more branches to come. If you haven't contributed yet please do so; there's still a lot of time before the prompts are assigned on Monday, and I know we've only begun to plumb the depths of despair and pain to which the Boys can sink.

Go team angst!

Comments

[omphale]

The beer thing is my fault, I'm pretty sure. Sorry about that.

And as for claiming Stan Rogers--I'm sorry. There is no way they get Northwest Passage. That stuff is all about the angst, the whole album is. They can have "Watching the Apples Grow" or something, because it's bouncing and happy and not nearly as impressive. Just like Romance.

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

*g* You're forgiven. And beer...well, I never think of it as a particularly angsty drink (Absinthe, maybe?) but some beers are bitter. I guess. *shrug*

And yes! I heartily agree!

[omphale]

You've never cried into your beer over a love gone bad? Drank cheap beer to drown out the pain of living alone in your trailer with just your mangy dog and a shotgun without shells?

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

I don't cry in my beer - I cry in my Biccardi Breezers. And...oh, the shotgun without shells. What a sad image. Poor lonely shotgun!

[omphale]

I know!

Got it down to 56 tracks, and the last set of cuts was PAINFUL. But still. I'm thinking of posting it locked over on my journal, and then crossposting it locked here. Does that work?

[catwalksalone]

Um. No. NWP is all about the sweeping epic adventure. Which is ROMANTIC. And he doesn't die at the end, no matter what nos is trying to make me believe.

Also, hi! *kisses you with romantical kisses*