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Sometimes, I slip completely and it can be difficult to pick myself back up.
Truthfully, I can't think of much to say here, except that it's kind of crazy how life can eat you if you let it. I was still doing all the important things (work, eat, sleep), but struggled to complete even very basic projects even more than normal, and spazzed hard on a lot of my internet stuff.
Weather wise, after a long, uncomfortably warm winter, the season decided to descend all at once over the last couple of weeks. It's down to 14? 13? degrees Fahrenheit outside, which is very cold by the standards of my area.
I am down to the last hundred pages or so of From Here to Eternity, and have been for the last few months, in truth. The book is hardest to read for me when it gets to the relationships, which are both very 40's and very broken. Who would have guessed alcohol, poor communication, a tendency to get snipe at each other, and attempting to balance a relationship with a woman who either refuses to marry you because you aren't rich (Prewitt) or is outright already married (Warden) would turn out ugly?
God, they drink so much.
I can't say I'm a fan of the decidedly 20th century views on sex and woman that pop up every now and then, either, even as I'm forced to admit taking them out would likely have diminished the book's sense of verisimilitude when it comes to the period, something I'm sure James Jones cared about.
Other news - man, Avatar released a new album!? Feathers and Flesh is still my favorite, but this one's a banger, too. I like the snare drum that they bring into the opening song.
I did manage to draft out a very short Danny Phantom fic, mostly in the hopes that if I could finish something small, it would help me get back into some of the big projects I have lying around. I've got the first chapter published down on Ao3 (hurray!) and have the second draft of the second chapter mostly written out. Like all my other stuff, I just need to find some way to pick it up again.
It's not too long before Christmas, and after that, 2026.
Truthfully, I can't think of much to say here, except that it's kind of crazy how life can eat you if you let it. I was still doing all the important things (work, eat, sleep), but struggled to complete even very basic projects even more than normal, and spazzed hard on a lot of my internet stuff.
Weather wise, after a long, uncomfortably warm winter, the season decided to descend all at once over the last couple of weeks. It's down to 14? 13? degrees Fahrenheit outside, which is very cold by the standards of my area.
I am down to the last hundred pages or so of From Here to Eternity, and have been for the last few months, in truth. The book is hardest to read for me when it gets to the relationships, which are both very 40's and very broken. Who would have guessed alcohol, poor communication, a tendency to get snipe at each other, and attempting to balance a relationship with a woman who either refuses to marry you because you aren't rich (Prewitt) or is outright already married (Warden) would turn out ugly?
God, they drink so much.
I can't say I'm a fan of the decidedly 20th century views on sex and woman that pop up every now and then, either, even as I'm forced to admit taking them out would likely have diminished the book's sense of verisimilitude when it comes to the period, something I'm sure James Jones cared about.
Other news - man, Avatar released a new album!? Feathers and Flesh is still my favorite, but this one's a banger, too. I like the snare drum that they bring into the opening song.
I did manage to draft out a very short Danny Phantom fic, mostly in the hopes that if I could finish something small, it would help me get back into some of the big projects I have lying around. I've got the first chapter published down on Ao3 (hurray!) and have the second draft of the second chapter mostly written out. Like all my other stuff, I just need to find some way to pick it up again.
It's not too long before Christmas, and after that, 2026.
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