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Oh my goooooooood I am a sluuuuuug.
I keep forgetting that I can't do this anymore, this staying-up-until-1-a.m.-in-the-throes-of-inspiration and then be able to get up at 5:30 a.m. to get to work on time. I nodded off in front of my laptop twice before work, and fortunately Pernelle was quite confused at my behavior and kept trying to eat my hair, otherwise I might not have made it to work on time.
Work is stress, but not the same sort of stress. Our company has been bought by a much bigger one and there is much apprehension to be had by all. This is not a bad thing, in fact it will open new doors and new opportunities, but there is still a general pall of unease as the transition occurs.
I saw several movies over the long weekend, I can cross off "Chronicle", "The Woman in Black", and "This Means War" off my watch list. Non spoiler reviews as follows:
Chronicle - an alternate universe retelling of a Superman origin story. I enjoyed it, the story itself was sadly easily mapped from plot point A to B to C, but you genuinely felt bad for Andrew the entire time. I can't say I wouldn't have dropped his bastard of a father off the side of a bridge somewhere given half the chance myself. The editing, in particular, was incredible - especially the patchwork of security footage, news footage and cell camera footage for the climax.
The Woman in Black - I did a stupid thing and saw a scary movie by myself! Fortunately it was such a heavy, thick Victorian atmosphere that I did not take any of that home with me. The primary draw for me was an atmospheric horror movie, as well as intense curiosity at Daniel Radcliffe's first post-Potter leading role. He seemed too young to be the father of a four-year-old child, and his voice in particular kept taking me out of it at the beginning, but by the end of the movie I had already disconnected the thought. The ending, I don't know know if I liked it or not. I have to say through the latter half of the movie I was methodically chanting "salt and iron, salt and iron, GET SOME SALT AND IRON."
This Means War - I tend to vehemently dislike romantic comedies, but I thoroughly enjoy this. There was overplayed, practically married bromance - complete with manly embraces and utterings of "I love you" completely straight-faced - ridiculous situations, and I actually liked Reese Witherspoon's character. If there were more car chases and explosions in romantic comedies I'd probably like them more. Chris Pike played, essentially, James T Kirk. Tom Hardy's character looked distressingly like Jensen Ackles to me, and thus my mind was elsewhere for a lot of the movie. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and recommend it to anyone looking for some fun fluff.
tl;dr: MOVIES. MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES.
In other news, here is a fanart update:
( Cat!Ed, PG )
( Abandoned Headcanon Pictures, Rian & Edward )
( Kurosaki Ichigo )
( Brothers, PG )
( Goodnight, PG )
Okay, and if you've made it through all the spam, I just have one final thing to say.
I FUCKING FINISHED WATERSTONE.
I FUCKING FINISHED IT
Of course there is editing and proofing to do and other technical doodlybobs but OH MY FUCKING GOD DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE.
And now, on to my next bigbang: WEREWOLVES.
I dunno if I'll do au_bigbang this year, but I'm already committed to an epic nightbreed fic, so. We'll see what happens.
I keep forgetting that I can't do this anymore, this staying-up-until-1-a.m.-in-the-throes-of-inspiration and then be able to get up at 5:30 a.m. to get to work on time. I nodded off in front of my laptop twice before work, and fortunately Pernelle was quite confused at my behavior and kept trying to eat my hair, otherwise I might not have made it to work on time.
Work is stress, but not the same sort of stress. Our company has been bought by a much bigger one and there is much apprehension to be had by all. This is not a bad thing, in fact it will open new doors and new opportunities, but there is still a general pall of unease as the transition occurs.
I saw several movies over the long weekend, I can cross off "Chronicle", "The Woman in Black", and "This Means War" off my watch list. Non spoiler reviews as follows:
Chronicle - an alternate universe retelling of a Superman origin story. I enjoyed it, the story itself was sadly easily mapped from plot point A to B to C, but you genuinely felt bad for Andrew the entire time. I can't say I wouldn't have dropped his bastard of a father off the side of a bridge somewhere given half the chance myself. The editing, in particular, was incredible - especially the patchwork of security footage, news footage and cell camera footage for the climax.
The Woman in Black - I did a stupid thing and saw a scary movie by myself! Fortunately it was such a heavy, thick Victorian atmosphere that I did not take any of that home with me. The primary draw for me was an atmospheric horror movie, as well as intense curiosity at Daniel Radcliffe's first post-Potter leading role. He seemed too young to be the father of a four-year-old child, and his voice in particular kept taking me out of it at the beginning, but by the end of the movie I had already disconnected the thought. The ending, I don't know know if I liked it or not. I have to say through the latter half of the movie I was methodically chanting "salt and iron, salt and iron, GET SOME SALT AND IRON."
This Means War - I tend to vehemently dislike romantic comedies, but I thoroughly enjoy this. There was overplayed, practically married bromance - complete with manly embraces and utterings of "I love you" completely straight-faced - ridiculous situations, and I actually liked Reese Witherspoon's character. If there were more car chases and explosions in romantic comedies I'd probably like them more. Chris Pike played, essentially, James T Kirk. Tom Hardy's character looked distressingly like Jensen Ackles to me, and thus my mind was elsewhere for a lot of the movie. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and recommend it to anyone looking for some fun fluff.
tl;dr: MOVIES. MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES.
In other news, here is a fanart update:
( Cat!Ed, PG )
( Abandoned Headcanon Pictures, Rian & Edward )
( Kurosaki Ichigo )
( Brothers, PG )
( Goodnight, PG )
Okay, and if you've made it through all the spam, I just have one final thing to say.
I FUCKING FINISHED WATERSTONE.
I FUCKING FINISHED IT
Of course there is editing and proofing to do and other technical doodlybobs but OH MY FUCKING GOD DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE.
And now, on to my next bigbang: WEREWOLVES.
I dunno if I'll do au_bigbang this year, but I'm already committed to an epic nightbreed fic, so. We'll see what happens.
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