drakyndra

So, apparently I am not the only one in the iPartment suffering from injuries this weekend. Apparently the HouseMatt got hit by a car when he was riding his bike on Friday. Fortunately, he got away with only bruises and grazes, but his bike was totally.

It makes me wonder if someone's gone and put a curse on the iPartment or something. Watch out,

fa11ing_away, it could get you next!

Anyway, today I went to the football with Mum and The Sister. Which was entertaining - Richmond lost by a heap, so I got to mock The Sister's pain, which is always fun - and sort of puts an end to my organised Easter break stuff. I'll probably get all my homework done out of boredom, since I don't plan on doing anything that involves much walking until my toe is less ow.

In Internetland things, Amazonfail seems to be the big things, since half my flist seems to be posting about it. All I really have to say right now is: Amazon >:(. See if I buy anything from you any time soon.

And since my fannishness compelled it of me: new FMA episode review!

I've watched it twice so far, and it definitely worked much better the second time round, since I was no longer doing a compare-and-contrast between the episode and old!anime and manga versions (Actually, I've found this holds for most adaptations, you need to see them more than once to appreciate them as their own thing).

Incidentally, I remain terribly curious as to how an utter n00b to FMA is responding to the new series. Everyone in fandom is, well, in fandom and so they're all comparing it to the manga and/or the old series. I wonder how people without that background think.

( Cut for mild spoilers anyone who knows FMA is aware of. Plus some episode details )

For what was basically a backstory-infodump episode, it was pretty well done.

And as I said in a comment to someone, it's an animated version of FMA manga plot, and it's decent. All they need to do is slow the pace a little and it'd be perfect.

Current Mood: chipper

Tags:

Well, since yesterday's post was about Monday, today's shall be about yesterday. But that's okay, since I didn't really do much of anything today. Except attend a lecture, and catch up reading the comment of the aforemention Huge Snape Wank.

Anyway, the main attraction of yesterday was workshopping my play - or the first three scenes of it, anyway. (Remember that thing I was bitching about not having ideas for? The ideas showed up.)

In any case, it was kinda fun, in a very odd way. I got to hear what people who don't share my brain think of my ideas. But it didn't seem to go down too badly for the most part, even if I had to explain a bit (the whole not finished thing, y'know...)

Main criticisms from the tutor: It's too televisual, rather than theatrical. Which I can understand perfectly well - when storytelling I tend to think more filmically than stagelike. Which might require some adjustments, but that can be worked on.

The second one, which both amused and vaguely annoyed me, is that my "couple in love" in the story appartently don't seem in love enough. Apparently they should be less bickery and more "lovey". At which point my head decided it wanted to become intimately involved with my desk. (I like bickery couples, okay! I like banter! Soppy couples bore me)

But that shall be worked on for the next while, oh well. I will also being my tutor about it next Tuesday, so I'll try and have the other scenes at least sketched out by then, and these reworked.

And I also need to get a title. Shall wander around Teh Interwebs looking for quotes, but in case anyone can help, does anyone know of any literary quotes or the like referring to the "Orpheus goes to the Underworld" story? It'd be a help...

And, fandomly there's nother rec down. Actually, I meant to do this last night, but I was too tired.

ETA: To the random (and quite stupid) person whose LJ I stumbled across - Posting your mobile phone number and your address online (complete with directions on how to get there) is not a smart move. I haven't a fucking clue who you are, but who knows what shit someone could pull with that info.

Current Mood: thoughtful

Tags:

Next rec up at

crack_van! (You really think I could go all month without at least one Ten/Reinette fic?)

In other fandomly news:

Jacob's TCI recap is up. It's as pretentious and tl;dr as ever, but as far as I could tell the word "intimacy" did not show up at all. (If it did I blocked it from my memory). But, I am glad to note, it touches on the "Rose losing her self/humanity" theme multiple times -

nostalgia_lj might be interested to hear that. And there's a Peter Pan metaphor used in there at one point. You can kinda tell he's seen all of S2, really.

In fact, Mr Jacob himself went and showed up at the OG TWOP thread. And I was interested at his logic behind this strategy: "Plus, I have to conquer the shippers, don't you see? Or else S3 will be a bitch, and I'm ever so lazy."

Iiinteresting.

On another fandom note, does anyone else find that when people they know and whose opinions they respect find something about their canon rageworthy, you feel vaguely... guilty for just liking the show, and not noticing these things? As in, you can see their point, and you know there are some deep issues in the writing, and yet when you are watching, you love it so much you really don't care? I feel like I'm a bad person for liking things, sometime.

And away from fandom, and onto Uni.

We used Clag in my Astronomy prac today. Clag! At Uni! It made me giggle wildly, it was just so strange. Oh, and Astronomy test results are back. I got 17 out of 20, which I was happy with, considering it's the test out evil teachers sprung on us unexpectedly, and I hadn't studied for.

Wardrobe notes: Hot pink fishnets over purple opaque tights looks really quite funky.

And, some amusing non-fandom wankiness: Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal spell-checker?

ETA: People who list their address in public posts worry me a little. No, it isn't anyone on my flist. Which is sort of the point.

Current Mood: calm

Tags:

If I talk about fandom, will I make the curse go away?

Still living in the past

Random and Fandom.

Profile

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags