owls owls owls
I really like owls. ♪
Also, I have watched Sherlock (which, pertinently, is only 3 episodes atm) over and over the past couple of days. I must have these episodes memorized. It's not even counting how many times I watched them this past semester. SHERLOCK, JOHN, WHY ARE YOU SO AMAZING.
My brother offered this theory about Holmes and Watson:
Bro: "Maybe Holmes and Watson never actually met, and the Sherlock Holmes stories are Watson's self-insert fanfiction."
I couldn't stop laughing!
My favorite episode is definitely the first one (though it's very hard to pick). They included the original 60-minute pilot on the DVD, which is basically the same as the first episode but with a few major plot differences. This is because when they first showed the pilot, it was liked so much by the BBC that they asked for 90-minute episodes instead. Which is awesome. Makes a 3-episode feel feel like 5 or 6. So when they rewrote the pilot to become the 90-minute first episode, they kept roughly the same plot, but made some tweaks both in plot and characterization that I think are a big improvement. I would have liked the pilot just fine, but I really think the new version is so much more interesting. I'll write more about it another time.
I got the paperwork for my job today. I was gonna be a sub this year, and I'm still a sub, but apparently I'm still likely to be working every day, both because we're always understaffed and because it's my fourth year doing this and they know me. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I'm a little tired with the drama that comes with this job. Every job has drama, so I keep telling myself that even if I'd found something elsewhere, I'd probably be complaining about it and wishing for this job that at least I'm used to. But on the other hand, that new job probably wouldn't include baking in the sun ten hours a day, and then having absolutely no energy to do anything else. My plan is to give myself a break this summer. I'll schedule a few days off just for me. The past three years, I've never been able to spend the entire summer at the camp. The first year it was because of New Student Orientation and GAP. The second it was because of study abroad. The third was because of JASC. This year, I can stay at the camp right up until the moment I have to go back to school, which admittedly is still before the camp season actually ends, but is much closer to the closing day than ever before. This is fine with me, August is usually a pretty good month. July is when it's too hot, too rainy, and everyone's on edge. So if I give myself a few days break in July (which is totally acceptable, most counselors take a break for vacation etc.), I think I'll have a much easier time with the job in general. The one thing that's gonna be tough as a sub is bouncing around from group to group. I did that a little last year and it wasn't fun. I prefer to have a routine that I know well with people that I know and rely on. So it's gonna be a little tough going from group to group, but maybe it will surprise me and be easier than I think. The nice thing about moving around will be that I'll get to meet a lot of different kids.
Off to RP with bibliophile_ali , kazekisu , and forgottenkanji !
Also, I have watched Sherlock (which, pertinently, is only 3 episodes atm) over and over the past couple of days. I must have these episodes memorized. It's not even counting how many times I watched them this past semester. SHERLOCK, JOHN, WHY ARE YOU SO AMAZING.
My brother offered this theory about Holmes and Watson:
Bro: "Maybe Holmes and Watson never actually met, and the Sherlock Holmes stories are Watson's self-insert fanfiction."
I couldn't stop laughing!
My favorite episode is definitely the first one (though it's very hard to pick). They included the original 60-minute pilot on the DVD, which is basically the same as the first episode but with a few major plot differences. This is because when they first showed the pilot, it was liked so much by the BBC that they asked for 90-minute episodes instead. Which is awesome. Makes a 3-episode feel feel like 5 or 6. So when they rewrote the pilot to become the 90-minute first episode, they kept roughly the same plot, but made some tweaks both in plot and characterization that I think are a big improvement. I would have liked the pilot just fine, but I really think the new version is so much more interesting. I'll write more about it another time.
I got the paperwork for my job today. I was gonna be a sub this year, and I'm still a sub, but apparently I'm still likely to be working every day, both because we're always understaffed and because it's my fourth year doing this and they know me. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I'm a little tired with the drama that comes with this job. Every job has drama, so I keep telling myself that even if I'd found something elsewhere, I'd probably be complaining about it and wishing for this job that at least I'm used to. But on the other hand, that new job probably wouldn't include baking in the sun ten hours a day, and then having absolutely no energy to do anything else. My plan is to give myself a break this summer. I'll schedule a few days off just for me. The past three years, I've never been able to spend the entire summer at the camp. The first year it was because of New Student Orientation and GAP. The second it was because of study abroad. The third was because of JASC. This year, I can stay at the camp right up until the moment I have to go back to school, which admittedly is still before the camp season actually ends, but is much closer to the closing day than ever before. This is fine with me, August is usually a pretty good month. July is when it's too hot, too rainy, and everyone's on edge. So if I give myself a few days break in July (which is totally acceptable, most counselors take a break for vacation etc.), I think I'll have a much easier time with the job in general. The one thing that's gonna be tough as a sub is bouncing around from group to group. I did that a little last year and it wasn't fun. I prefer to have a routine that I know well with people that I know and rely on. So it's gonna be a little tough going from group to group, but maybe it will surprise me and be easier than I think. The nice thing about moving around will be that I'll get to meet a lot of different kids.
Off to RP with bibliophile_ali , kazekisu , and forgottenkanji !