Existence Is Futile
May. 10th, 2004 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dxmachinaAt least that's sort of how I've felt lately. Not bad, not good, just sort of coasting along, existing. I have little to talk about, so I haven't said all that much. My current book is First Contract by Greg Costikyan. It's okay. Nothing great, nothing awful, nothing memorable.
I've been buying DVDs and actually watching them. Picked up My Favorite Year and Lilies of the Field, two favorites of mine. Hadn't seen Lilies in ages, and still like it a lot. It's such a gentle, charming story. There's still a big plot hole in the middle of it, when Homer has the big blow up with Mother Superior and drives away. He's gone for a couple of weeks, and then just shows up one Sunday morning as if nothing happened. Where did he go, and why the hell did he come back?
Other additions were A Merry War and Big Fish. I stopped watching War (aka, Keep the Aspidistra Flying) about a third of the way through, despite the fact that it has some wonderful actors, the lead character is just such an obnoxious, whiny git that I gave up. Fortunately, I only paid $6 for it. I need to watch Big Fish again, because I was running the dishwasher while trying to watch it, and I couldn't hear half of what was being said. It wasn't quite what I expected, but not in a bad way.
There was one highlight to the weekend, which was going out Friday night with a few of the Somervillains to celebrate![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
helvirago's impending degree. That was great fun.
I've been buying DVDs and actually watching them. Picked up My Favorite Year and Lilies of the Field, two favorites of mine. Hadn't seen Lilies in ages, and still like it a lot. It's such a gentle, charming story. There's still a big plot hole in the middle of it, when Homer has the big blow up with Mother Superior and drives away. He's gone for a couple of weeks, and then just shows up one Sunday morning as if nothing happened. Where did he go, and why the hell did he come back?
Other additions were A Merry War and Big Fish. I stopped watching War (aka, Keep the Aspidistra Flying) about a third of the way through, despite the fact that it has some wonderful actors, the lead character is just such an obnoxious, whiny git that I gave up. Fortunately, I only paid $6 for it. I need to watch Big Fish again, because I was running the dishwasher while trying to watch it, and I couldn't hear half of what was being said. It wasn't quite what I expected, but not in a bad way.
There was one highlight to the weekend, which was going out Friday night with a few of the Somervillains to celebrate
helvirago's impending degree. That was great fun.
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Date: 2004-05-10 09:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 09:50 am (UTC)I sympathise with the coasting thing. In fact, I've gotten to where it's okay--you know? At least nothing catastrophic is going on--I'll take it. But *I* think you're just conserving your energy and animation for F2F. That's my story and I'll stick to it. Hugs, meanwhile.
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Date: 2004-05-10 10:03 am (UTC)I also completely understand the coasting thing. {{{DX}}} Sending you lots of love.
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Date: 2004-05-10 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 02:20 pm (UTC)