disappointment

[cornerofmadness]

I hurt. This is the first time both formerly broken ankles acted up in concert. ouch. my shoulder is so bad my muscles are in a spasm all the way up to and including my left jaw. I slept bad as a result but we were going to have six inches of snow. I hobble to the window in the morning, hoping the damage is enough I can just go back to bed and what do I see, six inches of bare dirt. spiffy. Oh but all that rain yesterday? yeah it froze into an iceberg filled with cars out in the parking lot. Disappointing

TV shows that disappoint. Well I've talked about THe Cape and Bob's Burgers. have some true crime stuff that disappoints.

(I Almost) got away with it - I guess they decided to tell the crime and how the criminals were apprehended from the criminal's pov which ends up being a pity party for the scumbag. um no.

Stolen Voices Buried Memories - this takes a riff from hollywood where we hear the victim talk in her/his own voice. Okay in real crime it's freaking creepy and the advertising for htis is annoying, they use the young cute girl's portion and make it the ad. if it's an older woman/man we don't see it.

James Ellroy's LA (or whatever it's called) Okay I like Ellroy's fiction but he is seriously weird. i knew this from Murder by the Book where he looked at his own mother's murder (and accused her of leading him in an incestous relation with her). He likes to talk with this overblown 1930's radio melodrama voice and at the end he was talking to a semi-animated dog. WTF???


I'm also disappointed that my 21 meditation challenge via Deepka Chopra's group, is streaming audio only. last time we could download. sigh.


As far as writing is going, two springkinks done, no big bang progress and here check out this on saving a scene. check out jan 27’s post I wish i could link just to the article but i can't figure out how on this blog. Also check out jana_denardo





his surgey isn't healing. I'm going to try and jump him into a vet visit tomorrow. But here he is being cute. now of course the day i have the camera ready he won't chase his shadow

Comments

[marynachaotica.livejournal.com]

See how cute I am momma? I'm the kitty gotta wuv me!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

he is cute

[marynachaotica.livejournal.com]

I miss my kitties

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Evil cat.

Semi-animated dog? Uh. Okay then.

Sorry you're in so much pain.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

he is

it was a spuds mackenzie,cgi'ed i think

thanks

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That's like amazingly bizarre. The dog.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you're hurting so much.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[seatbeltdrivein.livejournal.com]

Ouch ): I'm sorry you feel so crappy. Maybe you'll get to stay home tomorrow?

That LA thing sounds weird as hell. An incestuous relationship with his murdered mother and then an animated talking dog? Uh, okay... >_>

And I'm working on that fic as I type! :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

maybe but tomorrow i only have one hour so who cares. I need to get out of here to take kitty in

oh so weird. he is a very odd man

cool thanks

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

The cold probably doesn't help the joint and muscle pain. :-(

Poor kitty! But he knows how to be cute.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i'm fine with the cold. it's the rain. i have the same issues in the summer. too bad i don't like the desert

he's trying to eat my ankle right now. cute but evil

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I agree with what that blogger says about the rhythm and "music" of a scene carrying a reader from moment to moment. It's useful but I disagree that ensemble scenes are always bad. I actually love them - they're just more challenging to pull off. She's right that they're not the place for intense drama unless you have most of the folk form a silent "audience" for two - but they're great for comedy. Convos between a big group of friends or family (say about five? I've noticed in RL there's a tipping point after that when people split into smaller groups carrying on parallel conversations) tend to be more shambolic and less linear, people interrupt each other and go off at tangents, etc. I find them a good way to bury boring exposition in character comedy and one-liners.

Also, they can relieve drama in a way that heightens it just because they're less intense and focused. My current Big Bang chapter has a lot of intense two-person scenes, so I feel the need to relieve it with a busy, warm comedy scene of the tachi being goobers.

An astute reader of NSI once pointed out to me another disadvantage of focusing too much on two person drama scenes: you end up having characters only interacting with those they have dramatic conflict or very close attachment. So I had Ed only really interacting with Al and Roy, Rebecca talking to Havoc, Riza and occasionally Roy - sometimes you have to pull back your focus and break this stuff up, especially if you're dealing with a larger cast like a team or a family, by showing them all interacting together and reminding us they're a unit.

/dissertation

I glanced down the blog and found another that recommended that you solve writing problems by "turning them over to Jesus". Not a method I'm likely to be trying soon (but before I mock too much I should probably say that acceptance and letting go might actually be quite useful), but it made me want to there to be a "Jesus is my beta" icon. XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

From my own writing, I think you can see I'm with you on the idea of scenes with lots of characters. While I'll agree with her that it's easy to get lost in that sort of scene and I have done that, i don't think it necessaryily means its bad.

I've gotten out of the habit of reading comments on blogs like this mostly because I see them like news articles and I've been scared to death by comments. I have yet to have Jesus come help me write. I've seen Hanuman in a few dreams. Does that count?

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Yes, I nearly posted that too, I did recall you do ensemble scenes quite a lot. It's definitely worth thinking about why each character is there and what they/the size of the crowd is contributing to the scene.

Did he help you fix a plot hole? XD

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Also, re. Soul, what timing! I'm just drawing Al's new cat and need tabby-and-white marking reference, and here is little Soul with the exact same markings! *goes to hunt for more Soul pics*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha there you go. I could deluge you with Soul pictures tonight if you need them

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Soul reference used and result posted! I could email you the pic if you like since you're not reading the fic? It's not shippy unless the ship is fat kitty/chewing Ed's hair while he sleeps.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. Already found it. I do go and look at the art

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

I used three, count 'em, pics of little Soul for reference here, plus a couple of pics of enemy's Abby and her old cat Nickels, and one I took especially of Okkoto at the right angle (for the body and face shape, this kitty is a substantial one). Thank you and thank Soul!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i noticed that he was substantial. Soul says this is the best thing to happen to him all day

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

The cat is huge. At one point it sits on Ed when he's lying on his belly and it's like having a couple of bricks on him. XD

Aww, Soul. Even better than surprise buttsex with his brother?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha i know what that's like

No surprise sex for Soul today. he's been licking his incision sites so his balls (well what's left) are all swelled up and sore and we had to go in the carrier for a ride thru the snow to the vet's

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

Poor Soul. This is gonna put a crimp on the buttfucking schedule.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it most assuredly is. It's going to crimp him getting held since he's mad and won't come to me

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that you're achy and ouchy. of all the times when you want the school to be closed.

I've pretty much been having constant headaches from the fronts. But I've gotten good at ignoring the minor ones.

Kittttttyyyyyy. So adorable. So evil.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

today it has a 2 hour delay. today i teach one class at noon.

yeah i get those too. that sucks

you summed up soul well

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

I will not watch "I (Almost) Got Away With It". I'm already pissed off at the world... no need to throw a match on the gasoline trail.

As for "Stolen Voices Buried Memories" - too freaky. Don't want to hear a dead person telling me how they died.

Lastly, James Ellroy needs to find a circus that is hiring freaks. He'd be great.

I will admit I like the "Main Street Mysteries"... especially since they featured a murder from Ironton, OH, on it! LOL!

I will never be able to visit your house as I would try to steal Soul. He is beyond cute!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you. I almost got away with it pissed me off.

he would be. did you see that show? OMG. what?

I do like that one. I just had hopes for the others (well not so much James's I knew he was weird)

hahaha today i'd give you the monster