In honor of the holidays...
I might be writing about monsters and strange places soon-ish. It's one of the projects I mentioned in my last post and things are advancing on it at a decent pace.
So yeah, coolness.
Which means I really need to sit down this weekend and push through some of my short story. Luckily though, I wasn't stupid and didn't agree to do so much of this new project I couldn't do both.
Which is a real danger when you're between gigs actually. You want to work, work, work and sometimes agree to budget your time for sleep, sleep, sleep, and food, food, food. To say nothing of actually being social and stuff.
On the fun side of things:
1) I've been enjoying Borderlands on the 360. It's a fun shooter with a ton of guns and a decent sense of humor. It's something to have fun with while I take a break from Champions Online, which I love but know I'll be playing more soon when the holiday events start popping up.
2) I've also been reading a book called Leviathan (no, not the Hobbes one). It's a fun alt-history with steampunk mecha and genetically engineered monsters set before WWI. It's nominally young adult/teen fantasy but honestly I think that's more because publishers and bookstores say "Oh, the main character is a teenager! Put it in YA!" In any event its a fun read and one that I recommend.
3) TV's been pretty darned good this season. House has been great. Heroes is good this year too. Sanctuary and Stargate Universe both show a lot of promise. And Supernatural and Sons of Anarchy...oh, how good are these shows? There's barely any words to do them justice. Sons is probably a bit better overall, but Supernatural has maintained 5 years of quality and for that I will always love it- no Supernatural equivalent to Buffy Season 6 or Angel season 4 in sight.
And a bit more on Supernatural:
And Whedon fans reading this can just start calling me names now, as much as I loved Buffy and Angel I think Supernatural is a more consistent and well put together show. If nothing else, it has a few less repeated themes and better soundtracks. Also, I really love using actual folklore and legends in the show. The Buffyverse tendency to make everything up was fun, but it meant that no matter how much of a folklore and mythology geek you were you had to have the show explain things to you (except for a handful of creatures like vamps and werewolves). Supernaturals melding of myth and American culture really hits home with me. From Wendigos to H.H. Holmes, the show takes the viewer on a tour of the US through this weird mystical lens that I really appreciate and which often I can figure out while watching. Which makes it also a sort of detective show. Admittedly we've lost a bit of that in the most recent season, but it's still angels and demons and the like and not Glornebian Demon Weasels or whatever (which is fun, but not really the part of Buffy I felt was the actually the best).
Plus Supernatural really made me appreciate classic rock again...which is nice.
So yeah, coolness.
Which means I really need to sit down this weekend and push through some of my short story. Luckily though, I wasn't stupid and didn't agree to do so much of this new project I couldn't do both.
Which is a real danger when you're between gigs actually. You want to work, work, work and sometimes agree to budget your time for sleep, sleep, sleep, and food, food, food. To say nothing of actually being social and stuff.
On the fun side of things:
1) I've been enjoying Borderlands on the 360. It's a fun shooter with a ton of guns and a decent sense of humor. It's something to have fun with while I take a break from Champions Online, which I love but know I'll be playing more soon when the holiday events start popping up.
2) I've also been reading a book called Leviathan (no, not the Hobbes one). It's a fun alt-history with steampunk mecha and genetically engineered monsters set before WWI. It's nominally young adult/teen fantasy but honestly I think that's more because publishers and bookstores say "Oh, the main character is a teenager! Put it in YA!" In any event its a fun read and one that I recommend.
3) TV's been pretty darned good this season. House has been great. Heroes is good this year too. Sanctuary and Stargate Universe both show a lot of promise. And Supernatural and Sons of Anarchy...oh, how good are these shows? There's barely any words to do them justice. Sons is probably a bit better overall, but Supernatural has maintained 5 years of quality and for that I will always love it- no Supernatural equivalent to Buffy Season 6 or Angel season 4 in sight.
And a bit more on Supernatural:
And Whedon fans reading this can just start calling me names now, as much as I loved Buffy and Angel I think Supernatural is a more consistent and well put together show. If nothing else, it has a few less repeated themes and better soundtracks. Also, I really love using actual folklore and legends in the show. The Buffyverse tendency to make everything up was fun, but it meant that no matter how much of a folklore and mythology geek you were you had to have the show explain things to you (except for a handful of creatures like vamps and werewolves). Supernaturals melding of myth and American culture really hits home with me. From Wendigos to H.H. Holmes, the show takes the viewer on a tour of the US through this weird mystical lens that I really appreciate and which often I can figure out while watching. Which makes it also a sort of detective show. Admittedly we've lost a bit of that in the most recent season, but it's still angels and demons and the like and not Glornebian Demon Weasels or whatever (which is fun, but not really the part of Buffy I felt was the actually the best).
Plus Supernatural really made me appreciate classic rock again...which is nice.
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