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botherd ([personal profile] botherd) wrote2009-08-13 09:24 pm

I almost wish I'd been alive for more than sixteen months of this decade. (Almost.)

Doing ~research about the 80s for my fic is SO MUCH FUN. I've put together an almost-complete Spotify playlist of Now That's What I Call Music! 11; I've discovered that, much as I hoped, EastEnders used to air after Top of the Pops on Thursdays; I've looked at the all the number ones for the decade and squeed when I found that 'I Should Be So Lucky' was number one at the point in time that I'm writing about; I've watched the Top of the Pops opening credits that aired in the late 80s. Fun! So now I feel like I have a better idea of what Katie Fitch would be listening to in 1988. I also watched The Supersizers Eat... The Eighties, which has given me some culinary ~inspiration.

Of course, the other things I've been researching for this fic are like, AIDS and Thatcher and stuff like that, so it's not all been fun times. Really interesting, though. (The writing's not going too badly, either.)

[identity profile] old-wp.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, man, I seriously can't wait for this!!!

[identity profile] botherd.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, well, it probably won't be finished for ages; it's turning out longer than I expected. Would you like to beta, when it's done?