i want to ride on a white horse
hmmmmmmmmmm. i've got a lot of thinking to do. i've started using my tarot cards again, and even though i didn't expect to get a very good reading after probably a year and half of lack of use, i am more than inclined to take their advise in this case. in many cases. they told me to be aware of taking the easy way out of things. they acknowledge my desire and attempts at new beginnings, but they also made it clear that i'm not out of the woods yet and i still have to put in a lot of work if i'm going to get what i want. which i can't argue with even though i may deny it out of lazyness all the time.
so what's been going on other than the tension in my shoulders and the pain in my stomach and lower back? karly and marius come over nowadays to watch heroes, making monday nights much better than they used to be. christina has been going crazy over the work she has to do for tv production and language of film analysis. so instead of her not existing due to the fact that she's unconscious most of the day, she instead exists primarly in the editing room. in fact, we went to bed at the same time for the first time in a while, which is a much more comfortable feeling than being overly aware of the glow of computer screen outside my sleeping mask and hearing the clatter of typing. i amended my schedule for next semester so that now i have three hours of goldie on mondays and wednesday, three hours of lucia on tuesdays and thursdays, and bhp on thursday evenings. leaving nothing for fridays, i'm very pleased with myself.
i finally got to read the watchmen. i loved it and found it incredibly exciting, though i think the shadow series ruined some of the climax for me really, being that they both run on similar premises, therefore i sort of predicted the diabolical plan without meaning to. however, it is obvious that orson scott card did not read the watchmen despite the similarities, because if he had there would've been some reference somewhere in the series. it's just too perfect a fit to not make it obvious. i'm sorry, i don't care if the story takes place like seventy years in the future, peter would've read the watchmen when he was like five and would've loved it. but then again, i take a lot of license with his character in my head. sometimes i wish other authors were just as campy as anne rice, so many writers underestimate pop culture. the ones that don't are the great ones.
speaking of which, i've got to think about what i'm going to write for my paper for anne rice class. the topic is completely open, which is something i've never been fond of. i don't want to write a summary of the vampire chronicles, but i don't exactly have suggested reference to work with. a freudian analysis would be fun but i don't know if i know enough of freud to do it; feminist would also be interesting but i would have to do either both interview and lestat or just the witching hour. i was actually thinking of doing something involving the golden compass, some sort of comparison, i don't know. i also have to come up with a solid final draft for my 10-minute-play. we're not doing the 40-minute anymore, which is a shame because i was much more attached to the idea i had for that one than the 10-minute. but maybe i'll make the idea into a screenplay one day. and sometimes you actually do have to work with what you've got instead of tossing it aside to build something new.
so what's been going on other than the tension in my shoulders and the pain in my stomach and lower back? karly and marius come over nowadays to watch heroes, making monday nights much better than they used to be. christina has been going crazy over the work she has to do for tv production and language of film analysis. so instead of her not existing due to the fact that she's unconscious most of the day, she instead exists primarly in the editing room. in fact, we went to bed at the same time for the first time in a while, which is a much more comfortable feeling than being overly aware of the glow of computer screen outside my sleeping mask and hearing the clatter of typing. i amended my schedule for next semester so that now i have three hours of goldie on mondays and wednesday, three hours of lucia on tuesdays and thursdays, and bhp on thursday evenings. leaving nothing for fridays, i'm very pleased with myself.
i finally got to read the watchmen. i loved it and found it incredibly exciting, though i think the shadow series ruined some of the climax for me really, being that they both run on similar premises, therefore i sort of predicted the diabolical plan without meaning to. however, it is obvious that orson scott card did not read the watchmen despite the similarities, because if he had there would've been some reference somewhere in the series. it's just too perfect a fit to not make it obvious. i'm sorry, i don't care if the story takes place like seventy years in the future, peter would've read the watchmen when he was like five and would've loved it. but then again, i take a lot of license with his character in my head. sometimes i wish other authors were just as campy as anne rice, so many writers underestimate pop culture. the ones that don't are the great ones.
speaking of which, i've got to think about what i'm going to write for my paper for anne rice class. the topic is completely open, which is something i've never been fond of. i don't want to write a summary of the vampire chronicles, but i don't exactly have suggested reference to work with. a freudian analysis would be fun but i don't know if i know enough of freud to do it; feminist would also be interesting but i would have to do either both interview and lestat or just the witching hour. i was actually thinking of doing something involving the golden compass, some sort of comparison, i don't know. i also have to come up with a solid final draft for my 10-minute-play. we're not doing the 40-minute anymore, which is a shame because i was much more attached to the idea i had for that one than the 10-minute. but maybe i'll make the idea into a screenplay one day. and sometimes you actually do have to work with what you've got instead of tossing it aside to build something new.