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Well, no gym today. Oh well. We'll consider walking my exercise this weekend.
(I hope I'm not getting lazy.)
Anyway, reading for English right now, which will soon be followed by studying for my philosophy exam. Please may I not fail, pretty please.
I read J.S. Mill as part of the assignment, and I have to say I really, really like his writing style. He doesn't try to overblow his writing and dress it to the nines; it speaks for itself and feels very honest, and I like that. I could also relate, since he was writing about his mental breakdown earlier in his life. Ironically enough when he finally started to get out of it, he came to similar conclusions I had.
Ruskin is Ruskin. I don't know what else to say about a man who romanticizes the past a little too much for my taste, using an architectural style I enjoy.
Well I finally got around to writing the story excerpt about the raid Kiki lost her parents in; I tried to be as descriptive with the senses as possible, something a little different from what I normally do. I tried to create a setting. It needs work. But I think there's a spark there.
I still need to go back and work on that futuristic vampire Western, and a few other pieces involving the TRXM universe. It'll get there, slowly but surely.
Plus my personal stuff.
I also recently bought the soundtrack for Arabian Nights, an old ABC miniseries and a movie I adored as a child. I saw it recently again over winter break after not watching it for years--and fell in love with it again, even though I viewed it with different eyes and noticed new aspects of it I hadn't caught as a child.
For one thing, I hadn't realized the exoticism and romanticism that permeated it like whoa. I can even hear it in the music, now that I'm listening to it. What's kind of interesting is the exoticism within the exoticism. In the stories Scheherazade tells, she also weaves extravagant stories about China which feel fantastical--like she made up the names and events and things without fantastic knowledge of China at the time. I don't know how to describe it. I know they're fantasy stories, but...still. I feel like it's in there.
And the poster! Actually the poster is kind of odd, because Aladdin (his story, one of the longest, takes place in China) is in the center on a flying carpet (which is not part of his story but the Tale of the Three Brothers, the last story and my favorite). The girl cling to him doesn't look like the princess, but a girl you see dancing in a bubble the Genie of the Lamp created to entertain himself. It's odd. And then next to him are Alibaba from Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, with the heroine Mulgiana hanging on to him as he holds his arm protectively around her. On the other side is the Genie of the Ring, and in the background you see Sultan Shariar and Scheharazade kissing after the battle with his brother, Schazzannan, when she rides into the fight with him. I find it kind of ironic that the main couple isn't even the main focus, and that Aladdin and Alibaba take up most of the postern even though there are more stories, such as Bacbac's and the story of the brothers. Also, I'm amused at the depiction of Mulgiana, considering she's one of the stronger female characters of the movie and saves Alibaba's life twice. It's...odd to me.
Anyway, done rambling. Enjoy your night.
(I hope I'm not getting lazy.)
Anyway, reading for English right now, which will soon be followed by studying for my philosophy exam. Please may I not fail, pretty please.
I read J.S. Mill as part of the assignment, and I have to say I really, really like his writing style. He doesn't try to overblow his writing and dress it to the nines; it speaks for itself and feels very honest, and I like that. I could also relate, since he was writing about his mental breakdown earlier in his life. Ironically enough when he finally started to get out of it, he came to similar conclusions I had.
Ruskin is Ruskin. I don't know what else to say about a man who romanticizes the past a little too much for my taste, using an architectural style I enjoy.
Well I finally got around to writing the story excerpt about the raid Kiki lost her parents in; I tried to be as descriptive with the senses as possible, something a little different from what I normally do. I tried to create a setting. It needs work. But I think there's a spark there.
I still need to go back and work on that futuristic vampire Western, and a few other pieces involving the TRXM universe. It'll get there, slowly but surely.
Plus my personal stuff.
I also recently bought the soundtrack for Arabian Nights, an old ABC miniseries and a movie I adored as a child. I saw it recently again over winter break after not watching it for years--and fell in love with it again, even though I viewed it with different eyes and noticed new aspects of it I hadn't caught as a child.
For one thing, I hadn't realized the exoticism and romanticism that permeated it like whoa. I can even hear it in the music, now that I'm listening to it. What's kind of interesting is the exoticism within the exoticism. In the stories Scheherazade tells, she also weaves extravagant stories about China which feel fantastical--like she made up the names and events and things without fantastic knowledge of China at the time. I don't know how to describe it. I know they're fantasy stories, but...still. I feel like it's in there.
And the poster! Actually the poster is kind of odd, because Aladdin (his story, one of the longest, takes place in China) is in the center on a flying carpet (which is not part of his story but the Tale of the Three Brothers, the last story and my favorite). The girl cling to him doesn't look like the princess, but a girl you see dancing in a bubble the Genie of the Lamp created to entertain himself. It's odd. And then next to him are Alibaba from Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, with the heroine Mulgiana hanging on to him as he holds his arm protectively around her. On the other side is the Genie of the Ring, and in the background you see Sultan Shariar and Scheharazade kissing after the battle with his brother, Schazzannan, when she rides into the fight with him. I find it kind of ironic that the main couple isn't even the main focus, and that Aladdin and Alibaba take up most of the postern even though there are more stories, such as Bacbac's and the story of the brothers. Also, I'm amused at the depiction of Mulgiana, considering she's one of the stronger female characters of the movie and saves Alibaba's life twice. It's...odd to me.
Anyway, done rambling. Enjoy your night.