Updates!
A rundown on what is Going On.
Television
Homicide: Life On the Street: I just finished Season 4! Although I was sad when I realized that Ned Beatty and Daniel Baldwin had left the show, I really liked the new Mike Kellerman character they brought in, once I got over the fact that he was played by the same actor (Reed Diamond) who played the sadistic plantation owner in Meloni's "Underground" series. The stories, writing, characters, and acting are just so, so good. This season had meaty guest appearances by JK Simmons (playing a neo-Nazi, what a surprise!) and Terry Kinney, as well as recurring appearances by Zeljko Ivanek, Kristin Rohde, Granville Adams, and Sean Whitesell.
Reading
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero: I was so intrigued by the_emu's review of this adult book (sort of a "members of a Scooby Doo-like gang grow up into completely dysfunctional adults haunted by their mystery-solving memories"), that I went ahead and bought it. I'm about a third of the way through it, and IT IS AWESOME. I don't read enough, and this book is making me wish I did more. I'd forgotten how great it is to curl up on the couch and read, especially when....
Weather
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHEN WILL IT STOP SNOWING. Seriously, yesterday was the first day in a long time where we didn't get any snow here in lower Michigan. It feels like I've been stuck inside since Halloween. On Tuesday, I woke up to nearly an inch of snow covering the ground (although it melted pretty quickly). It's been like some bizarre never-ending winter. I think this is how Narnia felt under the White Witch's spell. Supposedly, it's going to get nice for the weekend, but I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
Writing
My big, long, epic Oz story: So, I started it. And, like I feared, it's going slow. But it's going! I wrote the first two scenes, which were basically just to establish the setting (i.e., mood/timeframe), and it took 2,400 words. LOL. I did take a lot of time to make it complete and polish it and feel comfortable with it, because I figure I need to get that beginning right so that the actual story has something decent to build from (and, hopefully, prevent me from getting so discouraged that I abandon the whole thing). Maybe the words will come a little quicker now that I'm moving toward the actual plot. *fingers crossed* I also did some poking around and found a really great Samuel Johnson quote that I think would fit in perfectly as the ending line for the story (or maybe the beginning). The quote has also inspired the story's tentative title. AND I also made some screencaps to use to maybe make a graphic to accompany the story.
I think this is what you might call "procrastination." :D
Television
Homicide: Life On the Street: I just finished Season 4! Although I was sad when I realized that Ned Beatty and Daniel Baldwin had left the show, I really liked the new Mike Kellerman character they brought in, once I got over the fact that he was played by the same actor (Reed Diamond) who played the sadistic plantation owner in Meloni's "Underground" series. The stories, writing, characters, and acting are just so, so good. This season had meaty guest appearances by JK Simmons (playing a neo-Nazi, what a surprise!) and Terry Kinney, as well as recurring appearances by Zeljko Ivanek, Kristin Rohde, Granville Adams, and Sean Whitesell.
Reading
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero: I was so intrigued by the_emu's review of this adult book (sort of a "members of a Scooby Doo-like gang grow up into completely dysfunctional adults haunted by their mystery-solving memories"), that I went ahead and bought it. I'm about a third of the way through it, and IT IS AWESOME. I don't read enough, and this book is making me wish I did more. I'd forgotten how great it is to curl up on the couch and read, especially when....
Weather
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHEN WILL IT STOP SNOWING. Seriously, yesterday was the first day in a long time where we didn't get any snow here in lower Michigan. It feels like I've been stuck inside since Halloween. On Tuesday, I woke up to nearly an inch of snow covering the ground (although it melted pretty quickly). It's been like some bizarre never-ending winter. I think this is how Narnia felt under the White Witch's spell. Supposedly, it's going to get nice for the weekend, but I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
Writing
My big, long, epic Oz story: So, I started it. And, like I feared, it's going slow. But it's going! I wrote the first two scenes, which were basically just to establish the setting (i.e., mood/timeframe), and it took 2,400 words. LOL. I did take a lot of time to make it complete and polish it and feel comfortable with it, because I figure I need to get that beginning right so that the actual story has something decent to build from (and, hopefully, prevent me from getting so discouraged that I abandon the whole thing). Maybe the words will come a little quicker now that I'm moving toward the actual plot. *fingers crossed* I also did some poking around and found a really great Samuel Johnson quote that I think would fit in perfectly as the ending line for the story (or maybe the beginning). The quote has also inspired the story's tentative title. AND I also made some screencaps to use to maybe make a graphic to accompany the story.
I think this is what you might call "procrastination." :D