THE DAY
So some of that fun is with the writing and some with a bunch of Facebook folks who finally convinced me to give Dr. Who a try.
I know: trivial, right?
But here’s the thing. We ALL need down-time. We ALL need to find something that stokes our creative juices, gets us excited.
Now, I have resisted Dr. Who for, like, forever. It just looked stupid. What, a time-traveler in a police box? Hokey aliens and silly special effects? (I distinctly remember a very campy Who episode with an actor I know now is Tom Baker: black and white, and I do believe there was a Dalek because now that I’ve actually seen one today, I’m almost positive that’s what I saw.) It looked dumb then; they look only slightly less silly now. Mostly, the Daleks look like oversized salt shakers with a bad temper.
So why waste my time?
Well, beats crap out of me. One guy suggested I start with Season 5 of the reboot, which would be the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. So I thought, okay, it’s on Amazon Prime; why not?
Watched the first episode. Actually liked it. Smith is fabulous at slapstick comedy; he knows how to be goofy and since this is an extremely campy show to begin with, he knows how to play things so you laugh with and at him.
So I had fun. I did. I had SO much fun I watched the next two episodes today, which is how I know about the Daleks and that “Silence will fall and the Pandorica will open.” I’m about to figure out what Weeping Angels are.
And this is fun ENOUGH that I told the husband that, after we finish House of Cards, I’d willingly watch these again with him from the beginning so he’d know what was going on.
I know; I know; I’m the last person on the planet to get into this. So sue me. But I can see why people like this, I really can. Now whether I can STICK with it–or it with me–is another matter. We’ll see.
So, anyway…yeah, so I’m working, too. I can tell you that I jerked awake at two this morning, thinking of all the things I must be sure to write down to add. This is a good thing.
WRITING OUT LOUD
Stay Dead (started 5/05; Days 1-4, false start)
Day 1: 1000 Day 23-26: 9450
Day 2: 1200 Day 27: (novella) 2000
Day 3: 1800
Day 4: 1350
Day 5: 1000
Day 6: 2000
Day 7-10: ~4500
Day 11-12: ~5000
Day 13: 1600
Day 14: 2300
Day 15-17: 4450
Day 18-19: 4500
Day 20-22: 5220
Blog Post: 540
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What I’m Watching:
First, The Americans (great, again). Then Dr. Who, Season 5: Eps. 1-3 so far.
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What I’m Reading:
What am I reading? Oh, yeah…the first story in King’s Bazaar of Bad Dreams. I was underwhelmed. I wasn’t the least bit sold that this is how a kid thinks. Still, an okay story if both predictable and a little too long (but almost all King’s stories are). The second story was not only predictable but boring (like I flipped ahead to the end and thought, Yup, knew it). On to the third story. Glad I got this one out of the library.
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What I’m Listening to:
Renaissance music. The husband came home in the middle of a Gregorian chant and asked who’d died.
