Movies! etc.
+ I watched "The Virgin Suicides" with my mother yesterday, and then I watched "ParaNorman" with Tom last night at bedtime. Oh, man, ParaNorman was actually super cute. In a creepy way, granted, but you know. That's all well and good. Neil was adorable - I liked him a lot. I kind of liked everyone, actually.
But "The Virgin Suicides" was pretty unsettling, and I'm not sure if that was a good thing or not - so I'm not sure if I liked it or not. I thought it was a good movie, but.
+ Remember that story I mentioned in this entry? The one based on an old yuletide prompt? Well, my phone has a voice memo recorder and on the way back home from my parents' house I wound up talking about the story for about forty minutes. It was so much fun, because I generated a lot of really lovely ideas. I hope I get this written, and it's not just one of those stories that I think about all the time but never fully realize.
+ I have SO MUCH stuff to do today; I'm taking this quick moment to write this because I wanted to flail about my story (I kept my mouth shut, notice! I am well-behaved) and rec ParaNorman and I really wanted to know what any of you thought about "The Virgin Suicides." (Is that supposed to be in italics? I'm suddenly blanking on movie titles. I think so. I think quotations is just for short stuff and plays and things. I don't know.) I know it's a novel, but I've never read it. Though, on that note, I want to start reading more. It's not like I neglect reading now, of course, I just feel like the greater variety of books I consume, the better my writing is.
+ And speaking of that, I'd really like to thank sunshineali for the words of encouragement on my last entry! I've got so many things I want to write, and I can either post snippets here in my journal, totally low-pressure and I don't need to edit, or I can polish the story up and put it on AO3 or whatever for others to see. So yeah, I'll probably be posting more, simply because I'm hoping to be writing more. (I'll have more time to myself soon, I think.) Not today, though - like I said, I have a ton of stuff to do. I need to be doing it now, actually.
But "The Virgin Suicides" was pretty unsettling, and I'm not sure if that was a good thing or not - so I'm not sure if I liked it or not. I thought it was a good movie, but.
+ Remember that story I mentioned in this entry? The one based on an old yuletide prompt? Well, my phone has a voice memo recorder and on the way back home from my parents' house I wound up talking about the story for about forty minutes. It was so much fun, because I generated a lot of really lovely ideas. I hope I get this written, and it's not just one of those stories that I think about all the time but never fully realize.
+ I have SO MUCH stuff to do today; I'm taking this quick moment to write this because I wanted to flail about my story (I kept my mouth shut, notice! I am well-behaved) and rec ParaNorman and I really wanted to know what any of you thought about "The Virgin Suicides." (Is that supposed to be in italics? I'm suddenly blanking on movie titles. I think so. I think quotations is just for short stuff and plays and things. I don't know.) I know it's a novel, but I've never read it. Though, on that note, I want to start reading more. It's not like I neglect reading now, of course, I just feel like the greater variety of books I consume, the better my writing is.
+ And speaking of that, I'd really like to thank sunshineali for the words of encouragement on my last entry! I've got so many things I want to write, and I can either post snippets here in my journal, totally low-pressure and I don't need to edit, or I can polish the story up and put it on AO3 or whatever for others to see. So yeah, I'll probably be posting more, simply because I'm hoping to be writing more. (I'll have more time to myself soon, I think.) Not today, though - like I said, I have a ton of stuff to do. I need to be doing it now, actually.