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Oh my God, I want Kate Beaton's babies so.much.
I've decided my cure for writer's block is sleeping a lot and holing myself up in the bathtub with lots and lots of Neil Gaiman.
Well... it's not so much a cure as it is a distraction.
I've also decided that there are fewer things I like writing less than opening chapters. Well, I'm sure there are all kinds of things I'd like writing less... essays on Puritan literature for example, but still... this is very tricky.
OMG *RUNS AROUND FLAILING* IKEA PORN!
I've decided my cure for writer's block is sleeping a lot and holing myself up in the bathtub with lots and lots of Neil Gaiman.
Well... it's not so much a cure as it is a distraction.
I've also decided that there are fewer things I like writing less than opening chapters. Well, I'm sure there are all kinds of things I'd like writing less... essays on Puritan literature for example, but still... this is very tricky.
OMG *RUNS AROUND FLAILING* IKEA PORN!
lethargic
Speaking of Swacit, here is a song that reminds me of the Swaciteers in the earlier years (especially Ru and Nik, but the other ones too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEEQu5O0
Also, as far as writers' block goes, I know this is gonna sound counter intuitive like whoa, but maybe on days where the novel isn't coming, you could do some non-swacit related exercises? Like honing your chops on goofy non-goal-oriented stuff so when the idea bunnies do come along, you'll know just how to prepare them?
What I'm saying is, do you want to play the Letter Game?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_gam
It's a lot of fun, and we could play in any sort of genre. (But I'd prefer to be allowed to break the "no talking about the story outside of the story itself" rule at least a bit.) Whaddya say, old chum? *puppy eyes*
I couldn't help it. It was like the greatest coloring book in the world!
Aw, I love your music recs.
My writer's block isn't so much not being able to write as it's not being satisfied with anything written. I just have an ass ton of exposition and it's tiresome having to try to figure out what needs to be said and when and with what rhythm, blah blah blah. The plot bunnies are there, they just keep nipping my fingers whenever I try to stroke them.
That said, I'm afraid your poor puppy eyes will have to wait. At the moment, I'm honestly just not up to writing much of anything (not even quasi-porn, can you believe it?) and I don't think I could keep up with you (in other words, I'd be a lousy badminton partner). But perhaps another time? When I'm not in a quagmire? Hopefully I'll be able to buck up and get some bloody work done and feel ~*inspired*~. Which will happen probably as soon as I get rid of this migraine.
I'm From Barcelona in general is a fun bunch, but that song in particular just summons up such a simple, innocent vision of young friendship and adventures. Maybe it's just because they're my Swacit OTP, but I also especially associate it with Ru/Nik, maybe because the lyrics on that one are so simple that an ESL kid could sing and understand it. "I have built a treehouse! I have built a treehouse! Nobody can see us! Cuz it's a you and me house!" I mean, replace "tree" with "snow" and you're good to go.
I'm afraid I'm going to continue the puppy eyes for at least a few seconds longer. Keep in mind, there'd be no expectations on you to create a flawless and fully-realized work of beauty. I'm pushing this mostly because I need more work hobbies, and I figured that a (even somewhat half-assed) writing game with you would greatly help to pass the time, since even when you're not feeling inspired, you're still funny and interesting. If you don't want to play, that's totally fine, I just want to point out that you wouldn't really be under any pressure. The level of discourse in these letters wouldn't necessarily be any higher than how we communicate on LJ--just, you know, made up. Could I maybe send you several totally unrelated fictional letters from various characters/settings/periods and then you can respond to some/all/none of them as you see fit?
Good luck with the migraine, btw. (I was about to write "Brain headaches are the worst", which...what? Okay, maybe I'm still a little drunk after all, oops.) So yeah, hope the brain headache clears up soon!
I mean, replace "tree" with "snow" and you're good to go.
D'awwwww.
Could I maybe send you several totally unrelated fictional letters from various characters/settings/periods and then you can respond to some/all/none of them as you see fit?
Oh, go on then. Perhaps one of them shall be inspiring.
Brain headaches ARE the worst. Well, except maybe for sore-tooth headaches, but then any kind of headache is really just no fun.
The Kate Beaton comic was amazing.
Oh, and remember the podcast I happened to talk about? I gave you a special shout out! And mentioned some inside jokes. So now you HAVE to listen! (And tell me what you think about the podcast of course!) And Darren from A Very Potter Musical invited other A Very Potter Musical people for our interview! So it's not just him! So please please PLEASE tell me you'll listen!
And I'm rather put-out by your friend pancakerrabbit06. I was gonna suggest the Letter Game as well. I just read a book where the authors had played that game as a summer writing exercise. When they were done, they realized that their letters were at the lenght of a novel. So they made it into a book! It's soooooo good. So I was gonna suggest it to you for your writer's block. (Damn you pancakerrabbit06!)
On a final note, I noticed that at the local mall, there was a bunny on the ceiling. The had painted the roof to look like a sky (it looks so gay), to make it family friendly. Then they paint one cloud to look like a bunny. I burst out laughing when I saw it. I've named him Sprog.
Eep! Shout out? Oh dear. Well, I'll definitely be listening to it (I've become far too obsessed with HP the Musical).
Do not be put out by Pancakerabbit06! For, she is the brilliant Jess crafter of adorable Ru/Nik IKEA fluff! lol, still, she beat you to it.
Aww, ceiling!Sprog.
Oh! Then props to her for the IKEA fluff! :D
I need to take a picture and post it to my scraps on dA.
*waves*
Oh, and um, hi, we've never officially met, but seeing as how we share at least three relatively obscure fandoms (Swacit, Kate Beaton, and --I'm assuming from your icon-- Gerard: Boy Princess of the Ocean), I think we can be on first-name terms. So yeah. You can call me Jess.
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Hee, I'd call a fanbase of, like, 5 people fairly obscure.
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Yes, but PMS is bound to end in five or less days! We can puppyeyes at you for weeks if need be! Well, maybe it's unfair of me to pull sfmdraw into this when technically he hasn't even agreed to puppyeyes at all, but anyway, do not question my commitment to puppyeyes!
Hey, it's quality, not quantity! Wouldn't you rather have me, Katelyn, Mrs. Ray, and this chap over the whole legion of scary Twihards?
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I don't think Swacit will ever be that mainstream. Too much ~gay~. Though any publisher that offers that as a criticism obviously does not understand what it is fangirls really want, so... their loss.
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And Swacit had BETTER be that mainstream! If not, I may be a bit sad. But as I've said many times, I'm definitely getting it when it's published. And promoting it.
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*Waves.* Hi! I'm Sean. If you've seen the Guy of Gisbourne / Ben Fairchild art floating around on Jackie's page... that's my fault. XD Haha, I <3 my icon. And yours!
http://www.theremembrall.org/
And here's the website exclusively for the podcast:
http://live.theremembrall.org/
Enjoy!
First off, it's so cool knowing what your voice sounds like. Second, LOL @ your Wizard of Oz figurines. So cute! The Wizard of Oz is the shit. It was my absolute favorite when I was little. I had dolls and music boxes and books and the movie and about a thousand different cartoon versions and I lubbed it so much. Also hee! at you as Babbity's cheerleader "GO, BABBITY!"
Next, omg, the interview was hilarious. Between Joe putting out the fire in full Voldemort kit and Darren's tangent on Baloo and pawpaws... totally awesome.
Finally, re: the shout out: AWW!
finish chapter 1... that's all I'm going to say
Heh, I'm trying. I'm trying.
HEE! @ Guy/Ben, especially because it occurred to me that to those who don't know what you're talking about (everyone besides you and I, really) it sounded like you were really giving two very quick shoutouts to guys named Guy and Ben. They say 'Hi'.
........actually, they don't. Gizzy just gave his sarcastic wave and Ben has elected to ignore you. He's such a shit.
Secondly: I LOVE THE WIZARD OF OZ! I Have the last VHS edition released before DVDs came around, the first DVD edition (1 disc), the second DVD edition (2 discs), the third DVD edition (3 discs and extra bonus material; copies of stuff from the premiere and stuff), and come November I'll have the FOURTH DVD edition, the 70th anniversary one! :D I also have "Return to Oz", the sequel that's time appropriate (Victorian 1899, not contemporary 1930's) and is much darker. And I can't forget The Muppet's Wizard of Oz. Oh! And I have the original 14 book series. I have four different copies of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from 1900 by L. Frank Baum. I'm obsessed.
Thirdly: Hehe, I thought you'd end up laughing at that.
I know, wasn't it? I could totally see Joe making that strangled sound of exclamation, too. LOL forever. Voldy is a good person after all!
Hehe.
And I didn't mean for it to sound like a separate shout out, but I noticed the same thing you did when I listened to the episode. So now over a thousand people at least (we have a thousand and s-odd-hundred fans on facebook) have heard my shout out to you! :D
Not funny, Gizzy. :P And Ben, you should be thanking me! Now more people can know your name and dream of you in their sleep. THANK ME! :0
(Lols.)
I could totally see Joe making that strangled sound of exclamation, too.
LOL totally.
And Ben, you should be thanking me! Now more people can know your name and dream of you in their sleep. THANK ME! :0
Ben: I shan't! That is indecent!
(lol, he's lying. He totally loves the idea of that).
*Kicks Ben in the shins.*
Btw... Harry Potter. That's all I'm gonna say. Stay tuned to find out what I'm referring to (besides the movie)... MUHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! >:D
I dislike a lot of the writing, but, as a story, Lord of the Flies is completely brilliant/horrifying. It's such a simple concept but says so much about human beings and our darker urges. It's a great allegory.
I love the writing, but the subject seems to... forced.
I don't think it's all that forced. He doesn't make it his business to shove the message down our throat. It could just as easily be read as an adventure story that takes a terrible turn.
My favorite analytical question about the book has always been "If it had been a bunch of little girls who'd crashed on the island, would the same thing have happened?" lol. I always figure that yes, it would have... it just would've taken much, much longer.
I could see that, but you'd have to be an idiot to not see the painfully obvious symbols in it. It's so obvious, it makes it seem forced. I mean, in chapter one, they're all like, "Oh, look! Our plane just crashed but we escaped without a scratch or even a bruise! And now we're stranded! But who cares; there's no grownups!" *Stands on head.* "Oh, let me get naked and go swimming, because I'm so carefree. Oh, look! More people who escaped the plane without a single scratch or bruise! And some are naked! Let's have a meeting. Let's be a tribe. YAY! There's no grownups YAY!"
Me: TT.TT Rly?
The situation is sooooo unbelievable.
Hahaha, and there would be catfights GALOR.
It's not any stupider than any other book/show featuring people getting stranded (and there are a lot). I mean, only about 15 boys survived, meaning that arguably dozens (if not in excess of 50+) of the other passengers died. It's obvious from the way the plane crashed the pilots would die, and I figure that they were the only adults aboard (with the except of a stewardess or two) given the plane's purpose. Maybe they're just a very lucky 15 little boys. I mean, stranger things have happened. And it doesn't surprise me that the boys weren't too upset about there being no grown ups, since they are 1940s English boarding schoolers, thus the only adults they've had regular contact with are extremely strict authoritary figures who I'm sure they wouldn't be sorry to see the tail-end of.
Plus, it's an allegory and a horror story, so a big part of the story really is fantasy. It's allowed some implausibility.
Oh, there totally would be. It'd be the bitchiest island EVER after about a week. I just find it amusing that all the seeds that start the destruction of the boys' society (the hunting, etc.) wouldn't have shown up for a far longer time in the girls' tribe. The boy's were all more or less "Kill a pig with a stick?! COOL!" and even the most practical of eleven-year-old girls I know would've been like "Ew. No."
IF THEY WERE GIRLS, POOR SIMON (SIMONE?) WOULD'VE LIVED!
Oh, boo, if they WERE girls, wouldn't that make Jack Jackie? Why do I have to be the villain?
Touche. I give in. You make a good argument. :)
LOLS! Simone and Jackie. Bwhahahahaha!!! Sucks for you. You have to hang with ROGER (Rogerita? Wtf) all day. >:D
Oh, go look at my journal!
Hee, Rogerita sounds like kind of tropical drink.
HA! You're right. Hehehe.