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[yuuago]

Mnh.
Not sure whether to backdate this thing or what. WELL we will see....


I'm in one of those moods where like - I'm not bored, but I feel as if I'm boring. Like, I'm enjoying myself, but talking to people is more difficult than usual for some reason.

Well, hopefully this won't last for very long, because it's a really annoying feeling.

I managed to get SO much writing done. But... I'm kind of looking forward to Chocolate Box being over, because at the moment I'm kind of drowning in WIPs, haha. Oh, well, only a couple more weeks. And then I can use February as an "edit and finish stuff" month, I guess. There are plenty of things that I can use to post to fulfill my "post a thing that isn't for an exchange" challenge with dhampyresa, so that works out fine.

Started another Chocobox Treat, speaking of which. But I'm... not happy with it. Argh. The draft is complete, it's typed up, and I'm not happy with it. Insert giant frowny face here. It's going to need a lot of pruning. Or expanding. Or... oh, hell. Maybe I'll just sit on it for a while and re-read the recipient's letter and see what happens when I look at it with fresher eyes.

...Do you ever just see something and think to yourself "Could you not." #vagueblogging

Anyway. Shaeiira opened up commission slots. *_* I'm so glad that I was able to grab one. I was feeling kind of down as far as that stuff goes, because I'd had some bad luck with things not working out commission-wise recently with more than one artist (unreasonable turnaround time/lack of contact, thankfully I hadn't paid anything). But so far, so good. She's already finished the sketch and AHHH I can hardly wait to see the final....

Finished Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. It was so good. Sooo good. Well - okay, toward the end, I got a little bit bored. But almost all of it was awesome. So, I'll read the next one, I think. Eventually. Not right away.

Poked around the library after that, didn't want to pick up too many things because I have some unread books sitting at home that I should get to. But I did come across a display of poetry, and I picked up a volume of love poetry by Pablo Neruda. I'm not familiar with his work, but hey, why not give it a try... I've been more open to poking around poetry lately, since I've been trying to get back into the habit of writing it myself.

Mnhhh... I should try to get in bed at a reasonable hour, shouldn't I.

Comments

[scowlface]

I swear there's just something about this time of year that gets people in a funk. I was in a bit of my own mood, and I've seen others feeling down too, so hang in there.

Yay for getting tons of writing done though!

[yuuago]

Yeah, probably just the SAD blues. [/grumps] Oh well, it's sloooowly getting lighter... SOON.

[dhampyresa]

...Do you ever just see something and think to yourself "Could you not." #vagueblogging

...Y-yes?

[yuuago]

Ahahaha. Let's just say I was having a lot of "Excuse u, how about no" moments yesterday.
...And today.

[dhampyresa]

Right now it's "let's not and say we did" for me, lmao.

[kanadka]

ahhh, I understand that chocolate box feel so well. And the SAD feel, tbh. January and February are just such let-downs and March is a drag. Maybe it'd be different if December actually featured the Christmases of our youths. /hugs!

But hooray for Dark Tower! Never read 'em, but always wanted to - just wasn't sure if it was on the good side of epic stories. I figure if as prolific a reader as you gives it a thumbs up, it must be pretty good.

[yuuago]

SAD is the worst. I am so ready for winter to be over. Too bad there's still a lot to go... <3 I'M JUST so sick of all this dark. Need my sunshine. u_u

Well, I enjoyed the Dark Tower a lot, but I'd like to throw in some disclaimers. I read a lot of trash, so just because I like something, doesn't mean it's actually any good. Secondly, I like Stephen King's work overall, and whether you like this or not might depend on how you feel about his work in general, though this is less "horror" so much as it is "vaguely post-apoc fantasyish western weirdness". Aaaand of course I'm only through the first book so far. BUT I definitely do suggest grabbing it from the library or something if it sounds interesting, yeah.

[kanadka]

SAD is the worst. The symptoms just sort of seem to creep up on you. I can't wait to start feeling like a real person again?

Ahaha, I also read a lot of trash, but it was very highly recommended. But then it was also very highly recommended by people who also recommended highly the Wheel of Time, which was not really my cup of tea. All the King I've read was Carrie, but I liked his style in that (which was my main beef with WoT). On a scale of one to Firefly, how post-apoc fantasyish western weirdness are we talking?

[yuuago]

Haa, okay, at least we're on a similar page.
Er... Hm. I've never seen Firefly.
The vibes I got (aesthetic-wise) were "Kind of like Trigun, but like, really bleak" (Which probably is not helpful if you haven't seen Trigun, but I digress). It starts off very Western-y, and then gradually gets weirder and more fantasyish as time goes on.
I'm not really that familiar with this specific subgenre, so there isn't much I can think of to compare it to.

[kanadka]

Yeah, I didn't realise there were so many works in 'space western' as a genre (to warrant it being called a genre, even) until I googled it just now. And that was besides Firefly and Cowboy Bebop and Trigun - I've never seen Trigun, but the words 'really bleak' have me more than a bit interested!