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Am taking a few minutes out of my hellish work day to think about something other than work. Just a few minutes.
This weekend I actually tidied up a bit. Changed my bedsheets and everything. I'm hoping that this next weekend, I'll actually clean and do my taxes, and maybe then I'll actually be able to write something. Does that ever happen to you, where if everything around you is neat, it unclutters your mind? I'm wondering if that's been my problem with writing lately. (Wouldn't it be nice to have a definite answer for writer's block?)
How good were the basketball games this weekend? I probably would have gotten more cleaning done if GA Tech and Duke had just blown out their opponents instead of letting it come down to the wire like that. But I kept thinking, "Just a minute longer ... I'm going to watch a minute longer, and then I'll get up and clean." Only, of course, the "minute longer" was when the games were over.
In order to stop myself from going beyond this week's reading assignment for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
literocracy, I finished three books this weekend, and started another one. Oh, nothing too impressive, so don't goggle at the number. They were: Slowness by Milan Kundera, The Princess Diaries 5: Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot, Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler, and Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon.
Slowness: Really enjoyed this one, though I had to be in the mood to read it. The language was gorgeous and the concepts tickled my brain.
The Princess Diaries 5: Princess in Pink: God I love these books. So fun. I am completely :O over Tina/Boris!!!!!! I cannot even believe what a bitch Lilly was. Michael still = Best Boyfriend Ever. Though I have to say I thought the conclusion was a bit too pat, what w/ the city granting all busboys health benefits, etc. Plus it seemed to veer off toward a different direction after a certain point in the book. Like, I thought Meg was going somewhere, and then she changed her mind and made it totally different. Or maybe I'm on the crack. The whole Prom thing was a bit disappointing. And I'm glad that Baby Boy Thermopolis (you knew it was going to be a boy) has been born at last. These books should come out every 6 months!!
Love and Other Four-Letter Words: This was okay. Pretty much your typical run-of-the-mill coming-of-age story.
Why Girls Are Weird: This is the one I've started but haven't finished. I'm not really into it so far. I don't like the way Ribon's portrayed the online world, and it doesn't make any sense. Like, where would this chick post her stories, exactly? And why would anyone be looking at it randomly? Please. And I know these are just mechanics and not the point of the story, but they bother me and I'm not sure I can get past it. Plus, at the moment, I don't like the heroine or any of the peripheral characters all that much.
And finally, Alias: The Frame
Well, blah.
That wasn't a very good follow up to a great episode last week, particularly the last scene from the last episode. So, okay, the net is that no one knows about Lauren, still. And I find it hard to believe that Jack would buy into the coverup, given that what made him suspicious in the first place had nothing to do w/ any of that. He heard her repeat Sark's line word for word, for God's sake. Of course, that's circumstantial at best, but Spy Daddy ought to know better, trust his instincts, etc.
The more they make Syd moon over Vaughn, the less sympathetic I am to her plight. What the hell happened to the Syd who raked Vaughn over the coals when she came back? Who is this doormat??????? I'm desperately hoping that this is the final straw, that this will be the thing to make her snap back into the strong person we know she is and push Vaughn aside once and for all -- at least until he can apologize for what he's done and BLEED. Do they not realize that he has a lot of making up to do??? Why are they making Syd pine after him and compromise herself over him??? That seriously irks me.
Not to mention -- where did this thing of him wanting to separate from Lauren come from, anyway? We have been given NO INDICATION that he's been so unhappy in his marriage that he's wanted to leave. In fact, we've been shown quite the opposite -- that even though he obviously still cares for Syd, he also loves his wife. And now, out of the blue, because it's convenient for the plot, he suddenly wants to separate?? PUH-LEASE.
The character I'm starting to like more and more is Lauren. She's taken over for Syd right now in terms of someone I identify with. Seeing her parents has made it understandable as to how Lauren turned out the way she did -- and even her revealing that she believes the Covenant cause is just (whatever that cause is) is a great way to build her character. Lauren's mum probably brought her into the Covenant fold! (Am hoping that Mrs. Reed does not have more intimate knowledge of Sark. *shudder*) Syd, on the other hand, is totally losing me. I just cannot be in the place she's at. The whole Vaughn thing is even undermining what I believe she's capable of in the field.
I'm glad Lauren couldn't shoot her father -- not only does it show that there are some lines she won't cross, but it also allows the heart she grew last week to not be contradicted (though I still thought it was stupid). And at the end, did I feel sorry for Syd because Vaughn did the predictable Boy Scout thing? Nope. I knew it was coming. My only thought was, Go Sark and Lauren for playing 'em so well.
Am feeling for Sloane. Am worried about his impending execution, even though there's no way it'll actually happen. And even though he's probably in on the whole thing, I can't help but feel like he's being unjustly accused. Could it be that he is unjustly accused? They're so good at playing me re: Sloane.
Have no idea WTF is going on w/ the Covenant or who Djimon Hounsou is or anything wrt the plot.
Am still hoping Sark is playing them all.
Also, I have discovered the guilty pleasure of Bonnie Bell cosmetics. I don't know whether to apply it or eat it.
This weekend I actually tidied up a bit. Changed my bedsheets and everything. I'm hoping that this next weekend, I'll actually clean and do my taxes, and maybe then I'll actually be able to write something. Does that ever happen to you, where if everything around you is neat, it unclutters your mind? I'm wondering if that's been my problem with writing lately. (Wouldn't it be nice to have a definite answer for writer's block?)
How good were the basketball games this weekend? I probably would have gotten more cleaning done if GA Tech and Duke had just blown out their opponents instead of letting it come down to the wire like that. But I kept thinking, "Just a minute longer ... I'm going to watch a minute longer, and then I'll get up and clean." Only, of course, the "minute longer" was when the games were over.
In order to stop myself from going beyond this week's reading assignment for
literocracy, I finished three books this weekend, and started another one. Oh, nothing too impressive, so don't goggle at the number. They were: Slowness by Milan Kundera, The Princess Diaries 5: Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot, Love and Other Four-Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler, and Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon. Slowness: Really enjoyed this one, though I had to be in the mood to read it. The language was gorgeous and the concepts tickled my brain.
The Princess Diaries 5: Princess in Pink: God I love these books. So fun. I am completely :O over Tina/Boris!!!!!! I cannot even believe what a bitch Lilly was. Michael still = Best Boyfriend Ever. Though I have to say I thought the conclusion was a bit too pat, what w/ the city granting all busboys health benefits, etc. Plus it seemed to veer off toward a different direction after a certain point in the book. Like, I thought Meg was going somewhere, and then she changed her mind and made it totally different. Or maybe I'm on the crack. The whole Prom thing was a bit disappointing. And I'm glad that Baby Boy Thermopolis (you knew it was going to be a boy) has been born at last. These books should come out every 6 months!!
Love and Other Four-Letter Words: This was okay. Pretty much your typical run-of-the-mill coming-of-age story.
Why Girls Are Weird: This is the one I've started but haven't finished. I'm not really into it so far. I don't like the way Ribon's portrayed the online world, and it doesn't make any sense. Like, where would this chick post her stories, exactly? And why would anyone be looking at it randomly? Please. And I know these are just mechanics and not the point of the story, but they bother me and I'm not sure I can get past it. Plus, at the moment, I don't like the heroine or any of the peripheral characters all that much.
And finally, Alias: The Frame
Well, blah.
That wasn't a very good follow up to a great episode last week, particularly the last scene from the last episode. So, okay, the net is that no one knows about Lauren, still. And I find it hard to believe that Jack would buy into the coverup, given that what made him suspicious in the first place had nothing to do w/ any of that. He heard her repeat Sark's line word for word, for God's sake. Of course, that's circumstantial at best, but Spy Daddy ought to know better, trust his instincts, etc.
The more they make Syd moon over Vaughn, the less sympathetic I am to her plight. What the hell happened to the Syd who raked Vaughn over the coals when she came back? Who is this doormat??????? I'm desperately hoping that this is the final straw, that this will be the thing to make her snap back into the strong person we know she is and push Vaughn aside once and for all -- at least until he can apologize for what he's done and BLEED. Do they not realize that he has a lot of making up to do??? Why are they making Syd pine after him and compromise herself over him??? That seriously irks me.
Not to mention -- where did this thing of him wanting to separate from Lauren come from, anyway? We have been given NO INDICATION that he's been so unhappy in his marriage that he's wanted to leave. In fact, we've been shown quite the opposite -- that even though he obviously still cares for Syd, he also loves his wife. And now, out of the blue, because it's convenient for the plot, he suddenly wants to separate?? PUH-LEASE.
The character I'm starting to like more and more is Lauren. She's taken over for Syd right now in terms of someone I identify with. Seeing her parents has made it understandable as to how Lauren turned out the way she did -- and even her revealing that she believes the Covenant cause is just (whatever that cause is) is a great way to build her character. Lauren's mum probably brought her into the Covenant fold! (Am hoping that Mrs. Reed does not have more intimate knowledge of Sark. *shudder*) Syd, on the other hand, is totally losing me. I just cannot be in the place she's at. The whole Vaughn thing is even undermining what I believe she's capable of in the field.
I'm glad Lauren couldn't shoot her father -- not only does it show that there are some lines she won't cross, but it also allows the heart she grew last week to not be contradicted (though I still thought it was stupid). And at the end, did I feel sorry for Syd because Vaughn did the predictable Boy Scout thing? Nope. I knew it was coming. My only thought was, Go Sark and Lauren for playing 'em so well.
Am feeling for Sloane. Am worried about his impending execution, even though there's no way it'll actually happen. And even though he's probably in on the whole thing, I can't help but feel like he's being unjustly accused. Could it be that he is unjustly accused? They're so good at playing me re: Sloane.
Have no idea WTF is going on w/ the Covenant or who Djimon Hounsou is or anything wrt the plot.
Am still hoping Sark is playing them all.
Also, I have discovered the guilty pleasure of Bonnie Bell cosmetics. I don't know whether to apply it or eat it.
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Date: 2004-03-30 03:20 am (UTC)i've started, but not finished it...
when you're part of something like this...then it is hard to get what this girl is doing...
or maybe it is just me...i don't make up shit..and i think it would be so difficult to make up a whole other life when mines is weird enough :p
*shrugs* i dunno
anyways, hope you're well :)
*mwah*