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Why do you think I love you? ♥
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i'm feeling a bit: 
accomplished
accomplishedthe voices in my head say: The Chain -Fleetwood Mac
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Of Cabbages & Kings
The Incurable Romantic
10 May 2012 @ 06:24 pm
I hear you gasp in shock at the title! V, doing a proper TILT again? Quick, check if the pigs have taken flight!
Yes, it's been a while since I've done a TILT and this really doesn't count as one, I don't think. It's mainly just me rambling about things I like to cheer me up because today has been very weird indeed.
Yes, it's been a while since I've done a TILT and this really doesn't count as one, I don't think. It's mainly just me rambling about things I like to cheer me up because today has been very weird indeed.
09 April 2012 @ 03:40 pm
It's what you're supposed to do, as a writer, but I'm a coward and facing my fears is hard. Engaging with my fears to create a good story is hard for me. Which is strange because I am usually more than willing to open myself up, to let the world see me, flaws and all, because I'm fairly confident in who I am.
But for some reason, my writing today is different. The story is different, though the character is the same, some nameless She who acts as a barely-concealed replacement Me. It's so obviously Me that's admitting her fears. How do you people do it?
It's scarier to put down in words what I'm afraid of than to deal with the thing itself.
Hmm, maybe if I clean that up, I can do something with that bit, too.
But for some reason, my writing today is different. The story is different, though the character is the same, some nameless She who acts as a barely-concealed replacement Me. It's so obviously Me that's admitting her fears. How do you people do it?
It's scarier to put down in words what I'm afraid of than to deal with the thing itself.
Hmm, maybe if I clean that up, I can do something with that bit, too.
the voices in my head say: florence
01 March 2012 @ 11:45 am
For my Genre Studies class, our first assessment is a 1000-word textual analysis, where we pick one text (one episode of one show, for example) and describe how it exemplifies a certain genre, etc.
I chose Buffy, because our first week was spent talking about hybridity and how many shows today don't fit in one genre, but rather take characteristics from multiple genres. BtVS is a great example of this. But I'm having a hard time choosing an episode.
I don't want to choose one of the big ones, because so much has been written on them already, so I made a list of the ones I could do and I'm narrowing it down, but it's hard. Right now I'm between Helpless (s3) and Conversations with Dead People (s7). (And maybe Graduation Day, 1 & 2 or Fear Itself)
Helpless: horror (obvs), teen drama (coming of age), family drama (father-daughter relationships), vampires (I consider it its own genre, at this point), and girl power (which, again, isn't a proper genre, but I think I can make my case).
Conversations with Dead People: horror, teen drama, soap opera (I'm not sure, but I think the Willow/Tara and Buffy/talking about her feelings stuff fits in soap the best), and themes of redemption and family, which are huge.
Graduation Day: horror, teen drama/teen soap, comedy
Fear Itself: horror and comedy
I'd love to do one that exemplifies Joss' use of horror and comedy, but I'm worried so much has been written on the really good ones.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
28 February 2012 @ 03:19 pm
Hello out there! I've just been very distracted by tumblr and London and my London blog (and by the time I write up my London blog I don't have much left to say that is of much interest) and classes and did I mention tumblr and London?
(Btw, I think the guy who's fixing the kitchen just started whistling the RDJude Sherlock theme music.)
Anyway, so, yes, hello! How are all of you? I miss you! What's been shaking? Lots has been happening in my world, even though it feels like not a lot--idk, my thoughts are all over the place lately. I blame too little sleep and too much caffeine (Starbucks plus multiple cups of tea plus chocolate while watching Whitechapel equals a slightly hyper V).
Things wot have been shaking:
+ Classes. For the most part, they are awesome, but sometimes (like Tues/Thurs evenings when I don't want to get up the energy to go to Arabic) they're erghhh.
+ I went to London Fashion Weekend on Saturday. Ohmygooooood. The closest I will ever get to a proper Fashion Week and runway show and it was a lot of fun.
+ Yesterday was Sherlock Holmes day with a couple friends of mine. We wandered around London, hit up North Gower St. and Baker St and the Sherlock Holmes Pub on Northumberland. A jolly good time was had by all.
+ I am going to see Ben Miller in The Ladykillers this Saturday and I am way too excited!
+ And, uh, yeah. Those are the highlights, I suppose, though if you want to know what's been going on, you can read the blog.
In other news, I need to fangirl about Whitechapel. Who's in?
(Btw, I think the guy who's fixing the kitchen just started whistling the RDJude Sherlock theme music.)
Anyway, so, yes, hello! How are all of you? I miss you! What's been shaking? Lots has been happening in my world, even though it feels like not a lot--idk, my thoughts are all over the place lately. I blame too little sleep and too much caffeine (Starbucks plus multiple cups of tea plus chocolate while watching Whitechapel equals a slightly hyper V).
Things wot have been shaking:
+ Classes. For the most part, they are awesome, but sometimes (like Tues/Thurs evenings when I don't want to get up the energy to go to Arabic) they're erghhh.
+ I went to London Fashion Weekend on Saturday. Ohmygooooood. The closest I will ever get to a proper Fashion Week and runway show and it was a lot of fun.
+ Yesterday was Sherlock Holmes day with a couple friends of mine. We wandered around London, hit up North Gower St. and Baker St and the Sherlock Holmes Pub on Northumberland. A jolly good time was had by all.
+ I am going to see Ben Miller in The Ladykillers this Saturday and I am way too excited!
+ And, uh, yeah. Those are the highlights, I suppose, though if you want to know what's been going on, you can read the blog.
In other news, I need to fangirl about Whitechapel. Who's in?
18 February 2012 @ 10:55 pm
I didn't regret the hour and a half I spent in the theatre, but it really wasn't worth 7.80
( Ironically, I was listening to S&M by Rihanna while composing my thoughts )
( Ironically, I was listening to S&M by Rihanna while composing my thoughts )
13 February 2012 @ 07:14 pm
The Doctor Who Experience is fucking awesome.
Write-up here. What the write-up doesn't say, however, is how much I was dying when I walked onto the TARDIS set they had for the experience part. I don't think I've ever felt my want to be a companion that deeply before. I was legit tearing up at the video, of Eleven being his adorable madman with a box self and I Am the Doctor in the background.
*rolls around in fangirl glee*
12 February 2012 @ 01:10 pm
B. and I hit up the 8.30 Woman in Black showing last night...and ended up buying wine and chocolate and then watching Star Wars instead of falling asleep. It was that scary. And so good!
For those who don't know, when my parents and I were here in London back when I was 13 (that 12-day period when I fell in love with London and promised myself I'd be back), one of the three plays we saw in the West End was The Woman in Black. It was a two-man play with about three props, in a small theatre, with stark lighting, fog machines, and a terrifying finale. There are about three things I remember about that experience: the three boxes being used as all sorts of props, the rocking chair scene, and not being able to get to sleep the next few nights. The DanRad film kept two of those three things; the only difference was the background, it being an actual film and all.
I made a list whilst watching The Phantom Menace last night:
( Spoilers, sweetie! )
For those who don't know, when my parents and I were here in London back when I was 13 (that 12-day period when I fell in love with London and promised myself I'd be back), one of the three plays we saw in the West End was The Woman in Black. It was a two-man play with about three props, in a small theatre, with stark lighting, fog machines, and a terrifying finale. There are about three things I remember about that experience: the three boxes being used as all sorts of props, the rocking chair scene, and not being able to get to sleep the next few nights. The DanRad film kept two of those three things; the only difference was the background, it being an actual film and all.
I made a list whilst watching The Phantom Menace last night:
( Spoilers, sweetie! )
01 February 2012 @ 09:15 pm
SO. Whitechapel.
You know what's excellent about being in England? I mean, apart from the very fact of being in England for an Anglophile; it's having access to shows that I like. Like Whitechapel.
( Not particularly substantial thoughts about the episode )
You know what's excellent about being in England? I mean, apart from the very fact of being in England for an Anglophile; it's having access to shows that I like. Like Whitechapel.
( Not particularly substantial thoughts about the episode )
