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valis2 ([personal profile] valis2) wrote2005-01-01 11:53 pm

A day of very little brain.

Nearly ready for sleep...just thinking about today's accomplishments.

I wrote up a fun little LJ entry that I will save for a few days from now, when people are back from the holidays, because I so hope it will be fun and I want people to play along. It's about creativity and the creation of art and I hope lots of the flist will participate.

I also completely overhauled a LJ entry I started a few weeks ago called Common Mistakes Beginning Fanfiction Writers Make. It is absolutely huge now, and I will be waiting to post this one as well, because it needs polish. Someone very kind (thank you, [livejournal.com profile] mortifyd) is taking a glance at it for me, and I'm really hoping that I haven't wasted a tremendous amount of time and energy with it...I hope it's of use to someone out there. I think I'll send a notice to [livejournal.com profile] daily_snitch when I finally do upload it. Only thing is, I'm a little worried that it's too long to be a single entry. Yeah, it's that big. Wow, I just checked it, and it's at 6,500 words. Whew.

But chapter 60? I am still stuck. Worse than ever, though I finally made headway and have added six sentences. I don't think I've ever been this badly stuck. I just keep coming up with ideas and rejecting them. I've gotten way too picky all of a sudden, when I need to just write.

I chatted with the witty [livejournal.com profile] mortifyd about Teh Pudge...anyone interested in the rather silly (and nearly endless) chat we had about poor Alan Rickman's pudge should check out his entries here and here. I must take delight in the fact that I actually wore out Mort and the topic of Pudge, which, before today, I would have thought impossible.

There was also brief chatting to be had with the lovely [livejournal.com profile] ginarsnape...so the day was entertaining, really, if nearly completely unproductive. What a way to begin the new year.

Oh, and I watched Shrek 2. Do children even understand this movie? I was hard-pressed to hear Puss-in-boot's dialogue (though I have to say he had some of the funniest lines in the movie, and I enjoyed his screentime the most), and I can't imagine that most kids would get half the jokes. It was fun, I suppose, but I guess I liked the first one better. And Mike Myer's accent was not as broad as in Shrek. I just...well, it was still enjoyable, but I have a large stack of DVDs from the holidays that I really would rather have watched instead. At least now I know where the giant-eyed cat icon that [livejournal.com profile] junediamanti was sporting for so long came from.

[identity profile] mortifyd.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm reading... I'm reading...

[identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't trying to crack the whip...honest. And thank you very much, btw.

[identity profile] mortifyd.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL I know... I just didn't want you to think I wasn't on it - I can be a bit of a space case sometimes. Wave teh Pudge in front of me... well, you know what happens. *grin*

[identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If I had Teh Pudge...I wouldn't wave it in front of you...that would be like a red flag to a bull. I'd be in danger of loss of limb.

Though I definitely would work out some sort of timeshare agreement...

[identity profile] mortifyd.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I can share... I think...

[identity profile] zoepaleologa.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What can I say? I just totally fangirl Puss in Boots. (I fangirl Antonio Banderas, anyway...) But the kitty, I just adored his big eyed bit.

[identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It was adorable, you're right.

And Antonio...wow...if they could bottle him, they'd never be able to meet the demand.

[identity profile] gillieweed.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They have. He has his own cologne now. Oh, that's not what you meant, is it?

[identity profile] gillieweed.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
My kids hated Shrek 2. And they're older (10 and 13 when they saw it) so I'm sure they understood it. I remain thankful they went with their cousins and I was able to avoid it. I didn't like the 1st one either. So sue me. Monsters Inc. was ten times better.

[identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com 2005-01-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I think my favorite of the bunch was Toy Story 2. That one had more humor and emotion than any of them, at least to me.