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tsukinofaeriiSleepy? Sleepy. Mmrm.
Okay, so I've been quiet lately. I really have no valid excuses, other than "lazy". I've been poking NaNoWriMo edits with a sharp stick (so.... close.... I hope D: ), actually went to the movies twice (!!!!), played a bit of Final Fantasy XII (coming up on 300 hours, oh gods) and generally let my brain turn to tasty tasty mush.
The movies seen were Princess and the Frog and Avatar. Princess and the Frog I adored. Naveen rocked. Tiana rocked. Everyone rocked, except maybe the theme at the end. I was very oO about that. It didn't fit at all. Avatar... well, it was pretty much what I expected. Very pretty graphics, but the story was exactly how it appeared (twists? What twists?), the Aesops were heavy-handed and it needed to do a lot of unpacking. I've been calling it SciFi Pocahontas Taken To Its Logical, Anti-Colonialism, Anti-Capitalist Conclusion. The use of Unobtainium was amusing though, and I kept getting distracted by the ears. I want ears that move!
In comics news, Fail!Comics Store has mysteriously moved, and I can't be bothered to find them again. Seeing as they regularly don't have what I'm looking for, it's really not worth the hassle to wander downtown during rush hour in order to find "the place by Chick Fillet on the left". I really do need to find another comics store. *sigh*
NaNo... Well,jazzypom is . No, seriously, she must have the patience of at least two, maybe three saints to slog through it. GDocs was evil and ate some of my edits (not all, which makes it much more difficult), and it doesn't like the document size and... (FLAIL) Needless to say, Jazzy is a gem and I commend her for not demanding my head on a platter, along with my eye-blinding highlighters (I BLAME OFFICE FOR THAT). Hopefully once it's posted (60k now, ashd;ajkh) my brain will feel free to wander off on other tangents, rather than continuously coming back to NaNo and my deliberately-constructed-yet-so-obvious plot holes.
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moontear and I are co-writing a fic, though! It's a Final Fantasy XII AU, located at her FF.N. It's het! Yes, how far I have fallen. Or risen. Or, possibly, traveled around in circles quacking. I've never done a co-write before, so it's kind of an interesting experience. More on that as it happens.
Yes, this is an update about why I haven't updated.;; Whoops!
Okay, so I've been quiet lately. I really have no valid excuses, other than "lazy". I've been poking NaNoWriMo edits with a sharp stick (so.... close.... I hope D: ), actually went to the movies twice (!!!!), played a bit of Final Fantasy XII (coming up on 300 hours, oh gods) and generally let my brain turn to tasty tasty mush.
The movies seen were Princess and the Frog and Avatar. Princess and the Frog I adored. Naveen rocked. Tiana rocked. Everyone rocked, except maybe the theme at the end. I was very oO about that. It didn't fit at all. Avatar... well, it was pretty much what I expected. Very pretty graphics, but the story was exactly how it appeared (twists? What twists?), the Aesops were heavy-handed and it needed to do a lot of unpacking. I've been calling it SciFi Pocahontas Taken To Its Logical, Anti-Colonialism, Anti-Capitalist Conclusion. The use of Unobtainium was amusing though, and I kept getting distracted by the ears. I want ears that move!
In comics news, Fail!Comics Store has mysteriously moved, and I can't be bothered to find them again. Seeing as they regularly don't have what I'm looking for, it's really not worth the hassle to wander downtown during rush hour in order to find "the place by Chick Fillet on the left". I really do need to find another comics store. *sigh*
NaNo... Well,
jazzypom is . No, seriously, she must have the patience of at least two, maybe three saints to slog through it. GDocs was evil and ate some of my edits (not all, which makes it much more difficult), and it doesn't like the document size and... (FLAIL) Needless to say, Jazzy is a gem and I commend her for not demanding my head on a platter, along with my eye-blinding highlighters (I BLAME OFFICE FOR THAT). Hopefully once it's posted (60k now, ashd;ajkh) my brain will feel free to wander off on other tangents, rather than continuously coming back to NaNo and my deliberately-constructed-yet-so-obvious plot holes. moontear and I are co-writing a fic, though! It's a Final Fantasy XII AU, located at her FF.N. It's het! Yes, how far I have fallen. Or risen. Or, possibly, traveled around in circles quacking. I've never done a co-write before, so it's kind of an interesting experience. More on that as it happens. Yes, this is an update about why I haven't updated.;; Whoops!
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Date: 2010-01-19 08:26 pm (UTC)Teach for you... Hm. You can load a video presentation. :D Put up an announcement to watch the presentation, list the assignment dates, then sit back and watch the learning begin! Or fail to begin, as the case may be.
People around here are used to tuning out my rants, but I keep shocking them with conversations that start "I saw Avatar this weekend" and then proceed directly south from there.
From where I sit in my comfy chair, the problem seems to be that the unexamined trope is easier, but has less value. I like movies that I take home with me to chew over. Clearly, this is a mark of insanity and I'm supposed to be satisfied with cotton candy when I want a steak. And when I'm told to expect a steak, and I get cotton candy with some garnish, I get very >:[. (Fortunately, I was forewarned about Avatar, so I've only myself to blame for watching it.)
Tutorials!
Date: 2010-01-20 01:14 am (UTC)Re: Tutorials!
Date: 2010-01-20 03:53 am (UTC)If you really think they'll help, it would be a pretty simple matter to copypasta tutorials from Word to LJ/DW whenever they come up. I can even do screenshots. :D