"This vermin speaks of affairs he knows nothing about!"

[greygirlbeast]

I'm so far from awake, and I have forgotten dreams I wish I could recall. I made it two whole days without Seroquel, then night before last I gave in. The withdrawal was very bad, and, the way things are, I find it difficult to tolerate sickness when I know I can simply swallow a pill and end the discomfort. But I wish I hadn't

Comments

[sovay]

the CEM for Cherry Bomb is inbound, and that I need to get it back to NYC by the twentieth. I do not relish the thought of reading that ms. again, but at least my editors are kind enough to continue sending me hardcopy CEMs.

Can I do anything to help with the proofreading?

It's a film about perception and identity and the loss thereof. It requires patience and concentration from the audience. Scarlett Johansson is splendidly eerie, convincingly inhuman.

Oh, good. I desperately wanted to see that film in theaters and it played around here for something like a weekend, tops. I'll look for it now.

[greygirlbeast]

Can I do anything to help with the proofreading?

Nah. I'm gonna give it a quick once over. It really doesn't warrant more than that. I just want this book completely out of my life. But thank you.

[greygirlbeast]

It sounds like you are trying to quit the Seroquel cold turkey.

Yes, I was.

Prior to reading this entry I was going to ask if you recommend seeing Lucy OR Guardians of the Galaxy if someone had to pick just one?

It depends what you're after. They're rather different sorts of films. So, I don't think I could answer your question.

[ext_2361926]

I can't recall, and your praise for Under the Skin and Lucy has made me curious-have you seen Her? It seems that Scarlett Johansson and SF can do no wrong when in conjunction with each other, at least this year.

[greygirlbeast]

I can't recall, and your praise for Under the Skin and Lucy has made me curious-have you seen Her?

Nope. But it's on the list.

[ext_2718178]

I loved the stripped-down nature of Under the Skin. The novel, I think, would have been unfilmable, depending to much on the literary medium, but the film told itself in the language of images and drew me in with my own imagination on its terms so that I started to watch from Isserley's perspective. By the end, the logging truck looked like some alien beast.

Sorry about the agony of withdrawal - I've been through detox myself so you have my informed sympathy. Shouldn't you taper it off for a couple of weeks instead of cold turkey or could your doctor prescribe something to alleviate the symptoms?

[greygirlbeast]

I loved the stripped-down nature of Under the Skin.

Exactly.

The novel, I think, would have been unfilmable, depending to much on the literary medium,

This is likely true.

By the end, the logging truck looked like some alien beast.

Indeed.

[esanko]

Movie night for me too- Under My Skin is next up- currently watching an IFC film- RAZE. It stars Zoe Bell, the Australian stuntwoman turned actress last seen riding the hood in Tarantino's Deathproof. Beyond hot. The movie is horrifically violent. I can't even describe it here for fear of being shunned.

[greygirlbeast]

I tend to avoid the extreme Australian spatter stuff (Wolf Creek, etc.). But I love Zoe Bell. So...hmmm.