Thothmuffin
Don't get any crumbs on the scale of judgement.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Movie Review: "Nothing"
I recently watched the movie "Nothing"...pretty much because it had David Hewlett in it. I love DH as Rodney, but after watching "Nothing" I wonder if he's either typecast or is just one of those actors who always plays himself. Mostly it's his verbal patterns; it seems like he can't not talk like Rodney. Purin has seen more movies with him, so maybe she'd know if he has a broader range.
I'm not sure I'd recommend "Nothing" unless you really like French absurdist theatre or "Waiting for Godot" type stuff. The basic premise is that two loser best friends get fucked over by the world and then hate everything away until they are alone with only their house in a sea of nothingness...and then they have to figure out how to live with each other. Pretty soon you see where it has to end up. There were some very funny parts, and an adorable turtle named Stan, but over all, kind of a "Huh?" experience.
I'm not sure I'd recommend "Nothing" unless you really like French absurdist theatre or "Waiting for Godot" type stuff. The basic premise is that two loser best friends get fucked over by the world and then hate everything away until they are alone with only their house in a sea of nothingness...and then they have to figure out how to live with each other. Pretty soon you see where it has to end up. There were some very funny parts, and an adorable turtle named Stan, but over all, kind of a "Huh?" experience.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Problem with Impulse Control
Conversation from 2/15/06, approx. 11 PM MST
Thothmuffin: aaah i just tried to file my nose, i have no idea why i did that
Davesque: *dies*
Davesque: *on the floor*
Davesque: *laughing hysterically*
Thothmuffin: *laughing too*
Thothmuffin: i can't help it! my nail file was just sitting there, and...and it looked like it should be on my nose.....
Davesque: *back on the floor*
Thothmuffin: it actually wasn't the worst thing ever
Thothmuffin: *pleasantly surprised*
Thothmuffin: let's just say i did it for science and move on ^_^;;
Thothmuffin: aaah i just tried to file my nose, i have no idea why i did that
Davesque: *dies*
Davesque: *on the floor*
Davesque: *laughing hysterically*
Thothmuffin: *laughing too*
Thothmuffin: i can't help it! my nail file was just sitting there, and...and it looked like it should be on my nose.....
Davesque: *back on the floor*
Thothmuffin: it actually wasn't the worst thing ever
Thothmuffin: *pleasantly surprised*
Thothmuffin: let's just say i did it for science and move on ^_^;;
Monday, February 13, 2006
February Poems on Death and Life
Do You Smell That?
I left work early today
because my panic
smelled like burnt sugar
I thought was poison
tipping my brain.
Tortillanado
Today the wind
Wrapped me in the world
Like it was making a burrito.
But it didn't tuck in the ends
So the beans of life and I
All fell out.
I left work early today
because my panic
smelled like burnt sugar
I thought was poison
tipping my brain.
Tortillanado
Today the wind
Wrapped me in the world
Like it was making a burrito.
But it didn't tuck in the ends
So the beans of life and I
All fell out.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
NaNo 2005 Update
I've been dithering around with my NaNo 2005 book, but now I have a hard deadline to have all the unwritten holes filled in and the whole thing edited at least once through for consistency and sense. That deadline is March 15. Madness! I have to meet this deadline, though, because I have to send a printed copy to a friend of mine in far-off lands. Excellent motivation. I was going to get back to BotI, but possibly that will be backburnered again...I'm starting to think maybe I should make an outline for the rest of BotI. In truth, though, motivation for me is a careful balancing act of having no idea what my characters will do in a scene and yet a very clear idea of what each chapter will accomplish. I am sort of lacking the latter for BotI right now.
I'm astonished to think that The Protector might end up being my first "pitchable" novel--done, edited, long enough, original, something I wouldn't mind having my real name on, and pretty entertaining. Wouldn't that be a dose of irony!
I'm astonished to think that The Protector might end up being my first "pitchable" novel--done, edited, long enough, original, something I wouldn't mind having my real name on, and pretty entertaining. Wouldn't that be a dose of irony!
