A trumphant return.
I'm back from Italy! I'll probably do a write-up of all of my ~adventures (and they were many) sometime in the next few days, if I have the time, but I'm kind of swamped with packing for college (leaving Saturday. Hectic hectic!). A brief overview:
~ Florence is a labyrinth
~ The de Medici family is absolutely fascinating and I adore history a lot, plus they're kind of the epitome of the word "hedonist" and owned 80% of all surviving Renaissance art
~ Venice is literally my favorite city I have ever visited, even with how touristy it is, and I'm kind of dreaming of living there someday.
~ Never trust Quinn when she tells you to board a boat, and never trust me when I tell you to go down a staircase.
~ Quinn and I fixed The Sideways House (as in, realized it was a book that needed to be completely non-linear a la House of Leaves or The Book of All Hours) and soon (very soon!) we'll be able to starts rewriting what needs to be rewritten and then talk more seriously about self-publishing it.
~ We also wrote half a musical about a love story we've had kicking around for about two years now without ever having a structure for it to fit into. It's about two cartographers (both male), and it's kind of off-beat and strange (they only meet face to face twice in the entire show), but I'm totally and completely in love with it. ♥
Lyrics excerpt (because I'm super proud of this whole song). They're at a masquerade, if that helps:
Diego: What are the traveler's choice
When he reaches the end of a trail
Is he content with stopping
Or does wanderlust prevail?
Rafael: The fool finds his destination
On every mountain peak
But the curse of the romantic
Is that he shall ever seek
The pasture where the grass is greener,
The valley on the other side -
There is no peace in stopping.
God knows that he's tried.
Together: Where do we go from here?
There are so many roads to take.
I want to keep this moment
But the world won't let us wait.
There is no peace in stopping,
We are all about the chase -
Rafael: It's quite a lovely mask, but I want to see your face.
So um. That's that! And like I said, I'm headed off to college (...oh my god) on Saturday, so I probably won't be around much as I get settled in and figure out how to live close to my boyfriend (!!!) while still having a life at college and making friends there, and also, you know. The schoolwork. Which I'm actually looking forward to ridiculously - I miss intelligent, structured discussion in face-time. Fandom definitely provides some of that, but it's just so much more satisfying in RL.
Anyway, anyway, everything is fantastic and crazy and busy and I love you all but I really must be heading off to pack. Let me know in comments what I missed, if it's important! ♥
~ Florence is a labyrinth
~ The de Medici family is absolutely fascinating and I adore history a lot, plus they're kind of the epitome of the word "hedonist" and owned 80% of all surviving Renaissance art
~ Venice is literally my favorite city I have ever visited, even with how touristy it is, and I'm kind of dreaming of living there someday.
~ Never trust Quinn when she tells you to board a boat, and never trust me when I tell you to go down a staircase.
~ Quinn and I fixed The Sideways House (as in, realized it was a book that needed to be completely non-linear a la House of Leaves or The Book of All Hours) and soon (very soon!) we'll be able to starts rewriting what needs to be rewritten and then talk more seriously about self-publishing it.
~ We also wrote half a musical about a love story we've had kicking around for about two years now without ever having a structure for it to fit into. It's about two cartographers (both male), and it's kind of off-beat and strange (they only meet face to face twice in the entire show), but I'm totally and completely in love with it. ♥
Lyrics excerpt (because I'm super proud of this whole song). They're at a masquerade, if that helps:
Diego: What are the traveler's choice
When he reaches the end of a trail
Is he content with stopping
Or does wanderlust prevail?
Rafael: The fool finds his destination
On every mountain peak
But the curse of the romantic
Is that he shall ever seek
The pasture where the grass is greener,
The valley on the other side -
There is no peace in stopping.
God knows that he's tried.
Together: Where do we go from here?
There are so many roads to take.
I want to keep this moment
But the world won't let us wait.
There is no peace in stopping,
We are all about the chase -
Rafael: It's quite a lovely mask, but I want to see your face.
So um. That's that! And like I said, I'm headed off to college (...oh my god) on Saturday, so I probably won't be around much as I get settled in and figure out how to live close to my boyfriend (!!!) while still having a life at college and making friends there, and also, you know. The schoolwork. Which I'm actually looking forward to ridiculously - I miss intelligent, structured discussion in face-time. Fandom definitely provides some of that, but it's just so much more satisfying in RL.
Anyway, anyway, everything is fantastic and crazy and busy and I love you all but I really must be heading off to pack. Let me know in comments what I missed, if it's important! ♥