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It's all right for you to cry.
All right, many things to rant about. First of all, we've just seen Shaun of the Dead, and it ROCKS. Not being a zombie movie fan or anything, the references pretty much went over my head, but it was still incredibly funny. And so very English. I love English films.
Still in the movies area, UGC invited us to a screentest. We didn't know which film we were gonna see, and we'd have to give our opinion on it. So we went, and saw Merry Christmas, a film that happens during WWI. But it's not your regular war movie. It's about the farternisation that happened between enemy tranches over Christmas. It was very good. Not the best script ever, but great dialogues, great performances, a great use of music, the kind of film that makes you go from laughter to tears in a heartbeat. Very moving. Must now hurry up and watch Goodbye Lenin, since that amazing actor from Merry Christmas whose name I can't recall stars in it too. If they had any sense when they cast Goodbye Lenin, he'll be one of the protagonists. He is too good an actor.
Oh, 'cause of course it's a multilingual movie. French, English (or should I say Scottish English? yay!) and German. Which makes for a happy Fan', too. How I love languagesno matter that I really really suck at German by now.
Now, any of you actually cares about what I think of Rescue Me's latest episode? Despite how utterly, completely hetero-beauf he is, I can't help loving Sean. (Hetero-beauf is a cliché, for you non-French or not-in-the-gay-community people. Just like gays have turkeys, straights have "hetero-beaufs". It's a whole concept, I don't really know how to explain. Beauf pretty much means... The epitome of beauf is the guy staying in front of his telly with beers, who often makes macho jokes and has so many preconceptions, stuff like that. But it's not just that. As I said, it's a whole concept. But for instance, the going to Whatever Anonymous meetings to get laid? So very hetero-beauf.)
To go back to the point? I love Sean. Because the kid just doesn't have a clue, does he? And he's less bad than Mike. (Sorry, Mike, but that ticket pick-up line? Very hetero-beauf, too. So very.) And their karaoke moment? It was horrible, in so much as it had me laughing, whereas it was intercut with the most angst-ridden scenes from the chief's POV.
Also, as someone who's quite a bit in the gay community? We have parties that aren't like that. Really. And Pete? Having such a horribly clichéd gayfest? It's not the road to acceptance. Seriously. As much as I'm for tolerance and kinda pissed at the chief for his, well, intolerance, I think that just wasn't fair on him.
That said, I love Kenny. I think each episode is making me adore a different character above the others. Last one was Franco, this one is Kenny. He and the call-girl are just too cute. I don't know what she's playing at but I'm very afraid. And hopeful.
I'm really wondering where they're gonna go with Tommy now that his prayers have been granted. And I hope he's not gonna stay pissed off at Johnny. Johnny doesn't deserve that. I love Johnny. (Which hasnothing close to nothing a fair bit to do with Dean Winter, granted.) Also, Mick's obsession with Father Murphy is having me be rather dubious. I mean, it's not really healthy and stuff. But if he's right? We all did get that vibe when we saw the priest and the kid.
Now, the Franco/Laura fallout? It had me really annoyed. If Franco could just stop bullshitting her. How he was all offended until she mentioned the nurse, and then all calling her baby... Don't get me wrong, I adore Franco, but I still see his flaws. But oh how I love him. I mean, I'm really not sure he could actually really change, but they could have had that couple years she mentioned.Now he should just go have comfort sex with Sean.
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greenie_breizh and I watched the pilot of House MD. I adore Hugh Laurie, and seeing Robert Sean Leonard was a very good surprise. So was Lisa Edelstein. I adore Lisa Edelstein. But mostly, I love the character of House. He's fascinating. His scene with Allison, at the end, about why he hired her? Brilliant. I'll download more next week. Yay!
And, last but not least, Berserk. No, ok, I won't rant about it. Because that would take hours. I'll just say that my brother was so very right when he told me I'd like it - I'd just told him the reason why I liked so much the few episodes of Samurai Champloo I'd seen was because of the brilliant characters, and he was like, you want good characterisation? Try Berserk. And, well, yeah. Spot-on. That was a streak of genius on his part. I love them all. Even Gatsu/Guts/however you wanna transcribe his name, even though he fairly annoyed me at first - but reading the manga gave me much more background on him and, ok, I love him too. And Caska, and Judeau, and oh ye gods, Griffith! Griffith... He's a chilling character, and yet so fascinating. And even Corkas, who's such a jerk... he just mouthes off a lot, is all. And Pippin, the total opposite to our hobbit-y sort of Pippin. And hero-worship-y Rickert. And did I mention Caska? And Judeau? *sends love to Judeau* Ok, so I ranted a bit, but I stayed spoiler-free, and... well, it's not even just the characterisation, it's also the epic dimension to it. But I'll shut up now.
And to conclude, here's a writing meme gakked fromgreenie_breizh.
1) Where do you write?
Anywhere! Really. On my bed, on the desk, the armchair. On the train. On the floor has happened, too. I'm really not bothered.
2) Do you use/have a laptop?
A world of yes. Else the writing everywhere would be much harder to pull off. (I can't write on paper anymore, not fiction. Well, no, I can, I just really don't like to. But I occasionally do.)
3) What distracts you from writing?
What I let distract me. Which isn't much.
4) What makes you write even more?
A boost of the muses? Encountering good fiction, I guess. It's like dancing, I suppose. When there are very good dancers in your vicinity, you suddenly find that you yourself are dancing better. Or maybe it's just me. Well, same here. You read good fiction, it makes you wanna strive for something even better, and ta-daa, you write more.
5) What do you have set up for yourself so that you can write even more?
Requests. Once in a while I take requests, or I sign up for ficathons, things like that. It makes me write things I never would have written otherwise.
6) What do you do when you're stuck?
I move on to another story. If I'm stuck, I'm stuck. It's usually because I don't have the right feel, I don't know how to write something or what exactly to write, something doesn't click. So I let that story rest and let my unconscious work on it while I work on something else. It can take a while, or I can stay stuck forever, but if I don't have the right feel, I feel like I'm just writing crap. And I hate that.
7) Do you write from beginning to end... or do you jump around as the mood suits you?
I very much jump around. Which is bad, considering the number of fics I am working on at any given time. Of course, there are some things I write from beginning to end, but I tend to jump around for my longer pieces of writing. My muses just seem to jump around a lot themselves, probably so that my unconscious can deal with some stuff in the meantime.
8) When do you write?
Whenever I can! I tend to write at night more, but I'm a night kind of person so it's hardly surprising.
9) If you're a novel-writer of any sort... how do you set up your story, or do you? do you make outlines, write character descriptions, etc? Or do you just start writing?
I don't always (*cough*never do*cough*) plan everything, but I have some outlines, and I know who my characters are. But once in a while, I surprise myself. Which is usually good.
10) How do you stay motivated to write... to keep going, even if you've been rejected time and time again?
I don't try and get myself published, so I can't say that I've ever been rejected. Lack of feedback, however, can sometimes feel that way. In which case I trust the opinion of my betas and the precious few who did comment when they tell me it's good. And I suck it up and move on! I couldn't not write anyway.
Still in the movies area, UGC invited us to a screentest. We didn't know which film we were gonna see, and we'd have to give our opinion on it. So we went, and saw Merry Christmas, a film that happens during WWI. But it's not your regular war movie. It's about the farternisation that happened between enemy tranches over Christmas. It was very good. Not the best script ever, but great dialogues, great performances, a great use of music, the kind of film that makes you go from laughter to tears in a heartbeat. Very moving. Must now hurry up and watch Goodbye Lenin, since that amazing actor from Merry Christmas whose name I can't recall stars in it too. If they had any sense when they cast Goodbye Lenin, he'll be one of the protagonists. He is too good an actor.
Oh, 'cause of course it's a multilingual movie. French, English (or should I say Scottish English? yay!) and German. Which makes for a happy Fan', too. How I love languages
Now, any of you actually cares about what I think of Rescue Me's latest episode? Despite how utterly, completely hetero-beauf he is, I can't help loving Sean. (Hetero-beauf is a cliché, for you non-French or not-in-the-gay-community people. Just like gays have turkeys, straights have "hetero-beaufs". It's a whole concept, I don't really know how to explain. Beauf pretty much means... The epitome of beauf is the guy staying in front of his telly with beers, who often makes macho jokes and has so many preconceptions, stuff like that. But it's not just that. As I said, it's a whole concept. But for instance, the going to Whatever Anonymous meetings to get laid? So very hetero-beauf.)
To go back to the point? I love Sean. Because the kid just doesn't have a clue, does he? And he's less bad than Mike. (Sorry, Mike, but that ticket pick-up line? Very hetero-beauf, too. So very.) And their karaoke moment? It was horrible, in so much as it had me laughing, whereas it was intercut with the most angst-ridden scenes from the chief's POV.
Also, as someone who's quite a bit in the gay community? We have parties that aren't like that. Really. And Pete? Having such a horribly clichéd gayfest? It's not the road to acceptance. Seriously. As much as I'm for tolerance and kinda pissed at the chief for his, well, intolerance, I think that just wasn't fair on him.
That said, I love Kenny. I think each episode is making me adore a different character above the others. Last one was Franco, this one is Kenny. He and the call-girl are just too cute. I don't know what she's playing at but I'm very afraid. And hopeful.
I'm really wondering where they're gonna go with Tommy now that his prayers have been granted. And I hope he's not gonna stay pissed off at Johnny. Johnny doesn't deserve that. I love Johnny. (Which has
Now, the Franco/Laura fallout? It had me really annoyed. If Franco could just stop bullshitting her. How he was all offended until she mentioned the nurse, and then all calling her baby... Don't get me wrong, I adore Franco, but I still see his flaws. But oh how I love him. I mean, I'm really not sure he could actually really change, but they could have had that couple years she mentioned.
Also,
greenie_breizh and I watched the pilot of House MD. I adore Hugh Laurie, and seeing Robert Sean Leonard was a very good surprise. So was Lisa Edelstein. I adore Lisa Edelstein. But mostly, I love the character of House. He's fascinating. His scene with Allison, at the end, about why he hired her? Brilliant. I'll download more next week. Yay!And, last but not least, Berserk. No, ok, I won't rant about it. Because that would take hours. I'll just say that my brother was so very right when he told me I'd like it - I'd just told him the reason why I liked so much the few episodes of Samurai Champloo I'd seen was because of the brilliant characters, and he was like, you want good characterisation? Try Berserk. And, well, yeah. Spot-on. That was a streak of genius on his part. I love them all. Even Gatsu/Guts/however you wanna transcribe his name, even though he fairly annoyed me at first - but reading the manga gave me much more background on him and, ok, I love him too. And Caska, and Judeau, and oh ye gods, Griffith! Griffith... He's a chilling character, and yet so fascinating. And even Corkas, who's such a jerk... he just mouthes off a lot, is all. And Pippin, the total opposite to our hobbit-y sort of Pippin. And hero-worship-y Rickert. And did I mention Caska? And Judeau? *sends love to Judeau* Ok, so I ranted a bit, but I stayed spoiler-free, and... well, it's not even just the characterisation, it's also the epic dimension to it. But I'll shut up now.
And to conclude, here's a writing meme gakked from
greenie_breizh. 1) Where do you write?
Anywhere! Really. On my bed, on the desk, the armchair. On the train. On the floor has happened, too. I'm really not bothered.
2) Do you use/have a laptop?
A world of yes. Else the writing everywhere would be much harder to pull off. (I can't write on paper anymore, not fiction. Well, no, I can, I just really don't like to. But I occasionally do.)
3) What distracts you from writing?
What I let distract me. Which isn't much.
4) What makes you write even more?
A boost of the muses? Encountering good fiction, I guess. It's like dancing, I suppose. When there are very good dancers in your vicinity, you suddenly find that you yourself are dancing better. Or maybe it's just me. Well, same here. You read good fiction, it makes you wanna strive for something even better, and ta-daa, you write more.
5) What do you have set up for yourself so that you can write even more?
Requests. Once in a while I take requests, or I sign up for ficathons, things like that. It makes me write things I never would have written otherwise.
6) What do you do when you're stuck?
I move on to another story. If I'm stuck, I'm stuck. It's usually because I don't have the right feel, I don't know how to write something or what exactly to write, something doesn't click. So I let that story rest and let my unconscious work on it while I work on something else. It can take a while, or I can stay stuck forever, but if I don't have the right feel, I feel like I'm just writing crap. And I hate that.
7) Do you write from beginning to end... or do you jump around as the mood suits you?
I very much jump around. Which is bad, considering the number of fics I am working on at any given time. Of course, there are some things I write from beginning to end, but I tend to jump around for my longer pieces of writing. My muses just seem to jump around a lot themselves, probably so that my unconscious can deal with some stuff in the meantime.
8) When do you write?
Whenever I can! I tend to write at night more, but I'm a night kind of person so it's hardly surprising.
9) If you're a novel-writer of any sort... how do you set up your story, or do you? do you make outlines, write character descriptions, etc? Or do you just start writing?
I don't always (*cough*never do*cough*) plan everything, but I have some outlines, and I know who my characters are. But once in a while, I surprise myself. Which is usually good.
10) How do you stay motivated to write... to keep going, even if you've been rejected time and time again?
I don't try and get myself published, so I can't say that I've ever been rejected. Lack of feedback, however, can sometimes feel that way. In which case I trust the opinion of my betas and the precious few who did comment when they tell me it's good. And I suck it up and move on! I couldn't not write anyway.