I Love My Home State! ♥ Also: BRING OUT 'YER FIC! (Shouted Python and the Holy Grail-style)

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The Background: Newsweek ran an article that placed Grand Rapids on a list of dying cities in the US. (Quoted from that article: "Michigan dominates much of this list, with several cities experiencing significant declines in population as the state suffered high unemployment rates and above average foreclosures in recent years due mainly to the collapse of the auto industry.")

Well, needless to say, the people of Michigan are a little tired of being kicked around! Our economy sucks, we have the highest unemployment rates in the country, the auto industry is dying: and to add insult to injury, magazines and newspapers and constantly naming our cities among the most miserable, most dangerous, the poorest...I could go on, but I'm getting depressed.

MOVING SWIFTLY ON!

So what are the people of Grand Rapids going to do about it? Well, they're going to get 5,000 people together and create a video of the largest lip-synch to Don McClean's "American Pie", of course! DUH!

There are flames, NERF guns, weddings, acrobats, helicopters, and some hilariously bad lip-synchers! But the video gives me the warm fuzzies, and I hope it does the same for all of you. :D

I asked on the Sharing Sunday post over at doctoreleven, but I also thought I'd ask again here: Has anyone found any good fic from current series of Doctor Who? I've found some good stuff (mostly porn. Go figure...), but I can't help but think there MUST BE MORE! Anything dealing with the current revelations of Series 6 would be appreciated, especially if it has Amy and Rory in it! Thanks. :D

Comments

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

And that is exactly why the rust belt is way more redeemable than people think it is. Awwwwww, Grand Rapids, you are so adorable.

[jobey-in-error.livejournal.com]

Oh, bravo Grand Rapids! Seriously awesome fun and optimism and sheer goofiness. We should all bring on more of this. ♥

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

awww that was so cute! i have to go share that vid on facebook now ;)

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

Awesome video! That looks like that was a lot of fun, Illinois never does cool stuff like that. :( Though one of the colleges in my town recently broke the record for the most people licking ice cream at one time.

Go figure, the only really good S6 fic I've found so far doesn't have Amy and Rory in it at all. It's Captain Jack and the rest of Torchwood (all OCs and surprisingly well-developed) fighting the Silence and meeting Canton along the way. It's pretty good. It's a WIP, but the author updates pretty frequently. Also there is some Jack/Canton, not sure how you would feel about that. Anyway: Assignment: Unremembered.

Just found this one as well, it's the Doctor telling Amy about the Corsair. Short and sweet. Memory and the Sea.

[bwblack.livejournal.com]

That made me almost absurdly happy that vid and I've never even visited Michigan.

Although my sister had a job interview in Troy just last week. The company she interviewed with said they had loads of trouble finding qualified execs because people didn't think of the Detroit area as anything other than industrial.

I suspect the season 6 fics will pick up next week when the mid-season cliffy airs in the UK this week.

[javidan.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS VIDEO...why is it making me cry?
I started tearing up as soon as I saw fire trucks, lol.

And I'm not even a native.

I'll be sharing the love with this one---thanks for posting!