I Had A Bobby, His Name Was Brother....

[said_scarlett]

Whatever slump or burn out I was emeshed in, I think it's safe to say it's over. I've written four things in 24 hours - one which will not be posted, for a variety of reasons - and my brain is still crackling and popping like an electrified fence.

I think I was having withdrawals. Though it was weird, what fandoms my mind turned to first. Instead of my most recent fandoms (Silent Hill and Venture Bros) or my staple return-to fandom (HBC), I went for Xenogears and damned. Half of it has to be the simple fact that I accessed my old music. Which meant all my David Bowie and my Duran Duran. The rest...well, I think there are things I've just been missing badly lately.

I'm dragging horribly on The Dark Tower. Mainly this is because of the simple fact that if I don't finish the last book, it's never really over. And it's been a long time since I wanted something to not end like this. Plus there's the epic foreshadowing, and my insane fear of character death. And I know not everyone's going to make it, but there are two characters I really want to see make it to the end. Sadly, I have a bad history with Stephen King killing off my favorite characters. To drag things out, I'm reading Desperation at the same time.


After a very, very long day for the Silent Hill household yesterday, nijawial and I are kicking back today with our Stephen King DVDs and a very large pizza order from Domino's. Nija has to work again tonight, and I figure I'll take this evening to work on more writing. We watched disc two of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. The End of the Whole Mess was amazing. I don't see why I wasn't reading stunning review after stunning review for this one. For anyone who's read the original story, this is a rare treat. Nothing was changed. Nothing was taken out or added in. The only thing different was that in the adaptation, Howie is a documentary filmmaker instead of a journalist. I'd just been reading the story a few days ago (Nightmares and Dreamscapes was my bathroom book until I replaced it with Desperation) and the dialogue was word-for-word perfect. The Road Virus Heads North was pretty well done, too. No, not dead-on accurate but an entertaining piece and a fair adaptation.

Then we hit The Fifth Quarter. I was watching the opening (heavily camera filtered angsting of a wife and child) and trying to figure out which story it was. I had thought I knew, but as I watched, I was doubtful and wondering if maybe I really had come across a short story I hadn't read.

But no, the plot had just been butchered so badly that it was unrecognizable. Once they got to the part about the map it all clicked, and I was a bit appalled. We actually shut it off. Now Accepted is on Comedy Central, and I consider that a vast improvement.

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[nitro-straggler.livejournal.com]

Do you RP at all using fan made Mario Universe characters like koopas and yoshis? (I'm looking for a koopa) Or do you know anybody that would be interested?

[drusillas-rain.livejournal.com]

re Dark Tower. I have a friend who is still reading the series, 5 years after he read the first one. I'm done the series and expect to be able to talk to him about it in 20 ;)
He very much doesn't want the story to end either. But yes, the series was spectacular and I really enjoyed reading it! (I got into it just before book #5 Wolves of Calla, so we had to wait for each release.)

Jeez Louise

[mnschoen.livejournal.com]

The shit going down in the comments on this post made me laugh after a horrible day, so than you for that random cracktasticness.

I have nothing to add except: how do you like my stalking? Am I doing it right?

[dame_grise]

I should answer that email that I put off when you started having computer troubles.

I am glad to see you around again. I was afraid you'd be missing for much longer.