Inspired by the speech given here, I made a list of some of the basic categories in filk and SCA music, only the very basic stuff but enough that I can have some inspiration to write more music, maybe find where I'm fitting in style-wise. And then I made a bingo card of it.

The list itself, very out of order as of yet: ghost story, lullaby, Arthurian legend, love song, fight song, SCA home group, Robin Hood, Greek myths, Norse myths, Celtic myths, Kiple, space opera, origins of a Disney story, ballad, personal origin story, sailing song, drinking song, scary mythical creatures, funny mythical creatures, traditional lyrics with new tune, traditional tune with new lyrics, favorite holiday, winter holidays, instrumental with a story, revenge, parody your own piece, absolute nonsense, computers, food, sf television / movies, favorite animals, rock song, fantasy television / movies, LOTR, hope for the future, fantasy books, sf books.

My bingo card, via the Bingo Generator here:

traditional tune with new lyrics Here We Come a-Murdering	drinking song Rumblind	Robin Hood	Greek myths	fantasy stories
fight song	ghost story Superstitions (IP)	sf television / movies A Toast to Unknown Trekkies	food	Celtic myths
Norse myths	Arthurian legend	absolute nonsense A Parody is Still a Valid Art Form	LOTR	revenge Trinities
favorite animals Famished Feline's Prayer	fantasy television / movies Elevenses (IP)	lullaby Goodnight Opportunity	love song	funny mythical creatures
hope for the future One Ship More	personal origin story How Did I Never Find Filk For So Long?	computers Hugo Lightfingers (The Anti-Computer Song)	Kiple Law of the Jungle	sailing song A Real Steampunk Story

I'm currently working on I4 (fantasy movie) and G5 (Kiple), with some ideas for a sailing song and Arthurian legend piece. This card will probably last me at least until the end of the year, though.

Update 11/20/18: beginning to put strikethroughs on completed prompts with annotations of which song filled it. Not all are posted by the time of strikethrough, but they exist in draft form which counts as good enough by me.

Update 2/13/19: including partially done ones now, just to keep track. And eek I have a LOT.

Update 3/3/19: first line complete. Working towards blackout now.

Update, copy found!

This may be the weirdest CanIHazPDF style request I'll ever put out, but uh, does anyone happen to have a copy of From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement (the end result of NASA & the Polar Programs folks getting bored and having a conference back in 1987) tucked away somewhere? A new copy is upwards of $100, and all I'm using it for is SF novel research, so I can't really justify the cost, but I'd happily borrow/rent it from somebody who has a copy. (Crossposting to various places, just in case.)

...I blame Kanef. (And Cecilia Eng's hydrangeas.) ((And Ysabet's native grasses.)) TTTO Re: Your Brains.

( Re: Your Brains )

So this happened in a Zoom filk circle, just now. Typoed off of "rumblings".

( Rumblind )

The rendition of choice for this year: a very good Rickroll.

Standard yearly reminder that I will be posting a Rickroll, because that is, in my opinion, the extent of what April Fools' should be. (I have a quota of Nonsense I am obligated to meet each year to quiet my brain, and this is one of those things. Speedfilking is another.)

 Just picked up my first two vials of testosterone cypionate, with all the injection things. Still need a sharps box. Training to inject is next Thursday (so first dose then, and weekly subq to start from there. May switch to im injection later on; we'll see).

Y'all.

Eep.

(Thanks for all the support; this ain't done yet, this is still despite family wishes to the contrary. But I'm putting my mental health before family at this point. I've got everything I critically need to get out. If that relationship crashes and burns from here, I can tell it's for the best, because y'all are better support than they've ever been.)

 I know some of my followers are in the general southeast MA area. If any of y'all want fresh produce in the coming week, before next Sunday specifically, message me. My mother's garden has officially gone into overload and we've got probably five pounds of tomatoes per day, in addition to too many green beans, zucchini, and peppers. Also turnips that I can pull up. Also basil. Basically, want food and can travel a short distance to grab it, I will HAPPILY hand it off.

(Also, yes, am at parents' house for one more week. Then probably just a few more days ever.)

Considering I still haven't seen Good Omens, I'm doing a helluva job of filking Tennant's antics in relation to it. Song to be updated if/when I get more verses (aka if/when I hear about more of his antics).

( Tennant Drove a Car On Fire )

Given that I'm currently catsitting for my sister and cousin in a relatively rural spot, there are MANY birds I don't get to see at the parents' house or at college that are here. Today, there's been a mated pair of cardinals, a blue jay, numerous seed foraging types, SO MANY robins, and what was likely a northern flicker that I only identified thanks to the Audubon website. (I played the calls for the cats, and they whipped around toward my computer, so there's definitely a northern flicker in the area even if that was mistaken identity.)

Also, I found a six-leaf clover and a five-leaf clover yesterday, with two more six-leaf, one more five-leaf, and three four-leaf clovers today, all in one corner of a small backyard that runs on the power lines. This was in about five minutes of searching yesterday and seven minutes today. I'm a little scared of how good at this I'm getting. I also REALLY need to filk this skill at some point.

Supposedly, there's a fox in the area as of a couple of days ago, but I haven't seen it yet. I know there are a few herds of deer; I've seen those before, just not this visit. I have, however, seen the resident under-porch chipmunk, in addition to too many squirrels to count.