seantmstiennon (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} seantmstiennon) wrote,@ 2009-06-30 10:36:00 |
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Chuckles and creeps
First, this absolutely cracked me up:
Anyway, this post will herewith be divided into three sections.
Section the First: Writing
While I'm waiting for some folks to finish reading/critiquing my current revision project (Working title: THE FORKED ROAD), I've started drafting a new novel, featuring a fellow who might be familiar to anyone reading this blog: Shabak. It'll be a full-length novel that begins at the moment when Drace leaves the Talon Point cave to begin his life in the wider world. I'm very excited about it thus far. . .although class/work/anime haven't given me as much time to write as I'd like.
002: Shooting my eyes out
I recently re-watched ALIENS, and realized afresh that it's a nearly perfect movie. Probably goes on my list of "films I can watch over and over without getting sick of". A pretty short list, that, and is probably the first such compilation where ALIENS is placed alongside Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
I'm not really much of a movie-watcher to start with. This might surprise people, given that I write, revise, and complete 110,000 word novels, but I regard myself as a man with the attention span of a quail. I frankly have difficulty both setting aside two hours of time and spending every minute of those two hours with eyes fixed on a screen, sitting in the same chair, maintaining a sequence of similar bad postures. It helps if I have a drink. It also helps if I'm watching it with other people. I think movie-watching is best as a shared experience.
I think that's partly because, honestly, I find talking to be overestimated. Sometimes it's cool to just keep company with people in silence. Movies are a fine medium for it, providing a shared experience at which to laugh, gasp, sob, and skewer.
I also combat my gnat-like concentration by watching lots of anime, which comes in neat, 25-minute segments. In the last few days I've also begun seeking TV shows to view on DVD. So far I'm highly intrigued by Supernatural and Dead Like Me. Watch this space for a post of what I experience in my dive into the world of people television! So far, I note that--with Supernatural at least--the writing is extremely tight, tighter than most movies I've seen.
Three:
Kendo proceeds excellent, even if putting on, taking off, and tying the armor into a bundle requires at least seven different knots, none of which I know how to tie. Knots are one of those areas where I've never had much skill. Even with mnemonics like, "Okay, so the rabbit goes into the hole, around the tree, into the pub, mixes radish juice with carrot juice, and wakes up with a hangover. Then pull it tight and there's your knot!", I usually wind up with a mess Alexander the Great couldn't untangle.
Ah, well. One more skill to be acquired, along with leaping when I strike and "snapping" my arms when I bring the blade down.
Peace, all!
First, this absolutely cracked me up:
Anyway, this post will herewith be divided into three sections.
Section the First: Writing
While I'm waiting for some folks to finish reading/critiquing my current revision project (Working title: THE FORKED ROAD), I've started drafting a new novel, featuring a fellow who might be familiar to anyone reading this blog: Shabak. It'll be a full-length novel that begins at the moment when Drace leaves the Talon Point cave to begin his life in the wider world. I'm very excited about it thus far. . .although class/work/anime haven't given me as much time to write as I'd like.
002: Shooting my eyes out
I recently re-watched ALIENS, and realized afresh that it's a nearly perfect movie. Probably goes on my list of "films I can watch over and over without getting sick of". A pretty short list, that, and is probably the first such compilation where ALIENS is placed alongside Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
I'm not really much of a movie-watcher to start with. This might surprise people, given that I write, revise, and complete 110,000 word novels, but I regard myself as a man with the attention span of a quail. I frankly have difficulty both setting aside two hours of time and spending every minute of those two hours with eyes fixed on a screen, sitting in the same chair, maintaining a sequence of similar bad postures. It helps if I have a drink. It also helps if I'm watching it with other people. I think movie-watching is best as a shared experience.
I think that's partly because, honestly, I find talking to be overestimated. Sometimes it's cool to just keep company with people in silence. Movies are a fine medium for it, providing a shared experience at which to laugh, gasp, sob, and skewer.
I also combat my gnat-like concentration by watching lots of anime, which comes in neat, 25-minute segments. In the last few days I've also begun seeking TV shows to view on DVD. So far I'm highly intrigued by Supernatural and Dead Like Me. Watch this space for a post of what I experience in my dive into the world of people television! So far, I note that--with Supernatural at least--the writing is extremely tight, tighter than most movies I've seen.
Three:
Kendo proceeds excellent, even if putting on, taking off, and tying the armor into a bundle requires at least seven different knots, none of which I know how to tie. Knots are one of those areas where I've never had much skill. Even with mnemonics like, "Okay, so the rabbit goes into the hole, around the tree, into the pub, mixes radish juice with carrot juice, and wakes up with a hangover. Then pull it tight and there's your knot!", I usually wind up with a mess Alexander the Great couldn't untangle.
Ah, well. One more skill to be acquired, along with leaping when I strike and "snapping" my arms when I bring the blade down.
Peace, all!
