An Aussie-movie watching, Evensong-singing, fic-writing and somewhat melancholy weekend

[thrihyrne]

I watched another Film Movement movie Friday night, a truly quirky Australian film that somehow I'd missed since it's coming out in 2003 (I do try to keep up somewhat with Aussie films), He Died With a Felafel in his Hand. I really enjoyed it, especially since the first part of it takes place in Brisbane in an old Queenslander, which just reminded

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[mrsquizzical]

internets ate my comment about how i'm a bad australian and haven't seen this film. the title makes me have a moment of cultural cringe, but i've heard enough good things about it to keep an eye out for it.

i do love that sense of place you get when you recognise somewhere in a film. the whole spectrum of memory and emotion that taps into.

[thrihyrne]

It definitely had some other cringe-worthy comments by some of the characters, but I also figured it had to do with their own backgrounds and in that sense, it was very true to life. And yes, to your second part there. Although they were having a solstice thing in the backyard in Brisbane and people were in short sleeves and I thought, "What??" I know that Brissy is tropical, but I also remember walking to school in winter in a wool jumper and wool jacket for school and seeing my breath on the air. It wasn't *that* warm in the middle of winter!

I'm again noticing my lack of an Aussie icon. Blast.

[sexyscholar]

Hee hee. I'm loving it. Granted, I'm only still in the first book, and am nowhere near Ashmael and Vaysh, but I'm loving it.

I was reading your summary for one of the parts of "M & M" and said -- out loud, "Immanion! I know what that is!"

I am a dork.

Oh, and aruna?

Guh. I...they...ooooooooooooooh.

[thrihyrne]

I'm only still in the first book, and am nowhere near Ashmael and Vaysh, but I'm loving it.

Well, Vaysh shows up after not all that long, I guess… but he won't much resemble the way I've been writing about him as he's so utterly changed by what's happened to him.

Still! You and I will be able to talk Wraeththu! ::squees::

Aruna is great. And per our emails, while Storm doesn't usually have long rooning sections, I love to write them. :)

[gingerspark]

I'm loving the raythoo fanfic posts... although I'm "dreading" the end as I know what the outcome must be...

Keep writing my dear :D.

[thrihyrne]

I've found myself getting both anxious and really, really sad as I've been thinking about writing what needs to happen. Eeeeep. Need to remember not to do quite so much author self-insert!

Thank you for your kind words! I'm just thrilled to have a few readers along with me. ♥

[callumjames]

Yeah, yeah... I know, it's all my fault ;-) Well I'm glad you seem to be picking up some more readers and, more importantly, are still getting lots out of the writing of it...

I laughed out loud to read sexyscholar's response to aruna :-D

[thrihyrne]

You're happily to blame!! Yes, still really grooving on the actual writing process, which is important. And making yummy icons to go with it. *g*

Oh, Mona is great!! I can't tell you how excited I am that she's going to have read the series as well.