Tuesdayitis

May 26, 2009 11:41

I actually got out the door this morning a bit earlier, but lo-and-behold I ran into traffic all the way to work. No accident, just rubberneckers looking at construction. Murphy strikes again!

I had a good Memorial Day meal yesterday with both sides of the family. What's better than a grilling bunch of meat and veggies and consuming them under a warm California sun?

I'm starting on Ancient Scripts again. Let's see how long before this impetus fizzles out, shall we? My problem is I have too many goals but nothing immediate so I kind of give up because I have nothing to show. Blah!

My wife has been watching Legend of the Seeker on Hulu this whole weekend. I kept catching bits of it, and while it's kind of interesting, it just strikes me as a bit derivative. It seems to me that science fiction on TV and film has graduated from cheese fests and pedestrian story telling into true literary forms, but fantasy is still kind of in the sword-and-sorcery (or sword-and-sandal) comic book land. I think we need more complex characterization and more interesting philosophy than the run-of-the-mill good vs evil.

Or at least, can somebody smear some dirt on the lead female character's pristine white dress? Realism would be good too.

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