Project MAPLE, Hiatus
I decided to put Project MAPLE on hiatus until June. It is not an easy decision: it is one of the longest projects that I endeavoured and, despite the long production cycle, one I which regularly developed.
But along the way I let myself be too consumed with making it as good as things like Fred Clarke's Left Behind analysis, Stoney's LDS-Sparkledammerung or anything Spoony has put out. Nowadays, I spend loas of time just staring at a finished phase, continuously asking myself "How can I make this as good?" and coming up with nothing. Because, in the end, Project MAPLE was supposed to be different. It was supposed to be in-depth, but not over-analytical. It was supposed to bring new insight into Twilight, but also a smile to the reader's face. It was also supposed to be irreverent as fucking hell. Project MAPLE was about the emotions Twilight stirrs up in me and I feel I have lost touch with those emotions.
I believe this is because of over-exposure. Before the first movie, I could still think of Twilight as not such a big of a deal, which made it easier to lambaste. Now, it is a big deal. A multi-million dollar big deal and wherever I turn, I can Jake, Eddie and Bee-bee. It is impossible to maintain the emotions in a world saturated with this thing. I need a Twilight break. I need to forget about the hate.
Then, when I reopen the book, I will foam at the mouth. I'll beat that foam, add flour, some cocoa as dark as my hate, a stick of bile-butter and bake them into Project MAPLE hate-cookies.
So be sure to keep your waist line managed, because come June we are going to gorge ourselves and grow fat on the fail of Twilight.
PS. The Twilight Rifftrax? Pure genius. Check them out. They are funny.
But along the way I let myself be too consumed with making it as good as things like Fred Clarke's Left Behind analysis, Stoney's LDS-Sparkledammerung or anything Spoony has put out. Nowadays, I spend loas of time just staring at a finished phase, continuously asking myself "How can I make this as good?" and coming up with nothing. Because, in the end, Project MAPLE was supposed to be different. It was supposed to be in-depth, but not over-analytical. It was supposed to bring new insight into Twilight, but also a smile to the reader's face. It was also supposed to be irreverent as fucking hell. Project MAPLE was about the emotions Twilight stirrs up in me and I feel I have lost touch with those emotions.
I believe this is because of over-exposure. Before the first movie, I could still think of Twilight as not such a big of a deal, which made it easier to lambaste. Now, it is a big deal. A multi-million dollar big deal and wherever I turn, I can Jake, Eddie and Bee-bee. It is impossible to maintain the emotions in a world saturated with this thing. I need a Twilight break. I need to forget about the hate.
Then, when I reopen the book, I will foam at the mouth. I'll beat that foam, add flour, some cocoa as dark as my hate, a stick of bile-butter and bake them into Project MAPLE hate-cookies.
So be sure to keep your waist line managed, because come June we are going to gorge ourselves and grow fat on the fail of Twilight.
PS. The Twilight Rifftrax? Pure genius. Check them out. They are funny.