Blood Roaring in My Ears

[itsallovernow]

Quick question to anyone reading Blue Eyes. If I finish it today, would you rather have the last chapter in two posts - today and tomorrow, or one gigantic post. And also, do you want to wait for the epilogue until the whole thing is edited, or have that before the edit?

kernezelda made me a Beavis and Butthead icon. But I'm a dumbass and haven't uploaded it yet.

I really loved last night's West Wing, even if the conflict was awfully pointed. Toby and the Jack Daniels and the floundering amidst the old men of government, John Goodman who is just fantastic in everything and whom I loved in this, and James Cromwell, the Woodrow Wilsony democrat, fastidious and moral and idealistic. A really good example that they can still be sharp and pointed and beautiful without Sorkin. And "It's sad. It's just sad." With that beautiful light, those white chairs and green grass and silence broken by the phone ringing.

We also watched That '70's Show. I told M. he was Fez. (Because he spent the entire day on the couch yesterday drinking vodka sours and trying to convince me to invite my girlfriends over for a topless party. He's such an adolescent when he's drunk and I finally just went to bed. His parting words were, "But everyone loves boobs." I don't doubt that this is true, but still. It's obnoxious. It's not offensive, but it's sort of beyond endearing, in a bad way. I find him a pathetic sterotype when he acts like that. Overgrown, and bored, and kind of sad and I hate looking at him that way).

My TV kind of popped and turned green, and now the screen is sort of alien green. I'm assuming that's a bad thing, right? Any suggestions? My last TV had an unfortunate fast forward meltdown. But this one's only two years old.

I'm also reading Jitterbug Perfume again. I needed some Tom Robbins and my mom has my copy of Skinny Legs and All. Haven't read it since I was 18, and I hope it fares as well as it did then. Tom Robbins was one of our example authors in defense of the west having rooted writers. Stegner's theory is that the west is too restless, that the literature has that feeling because the writers from this region are effected by the sprawling edginess of it, that Eastern writers are rooted and it produces a more grounded, defined type of work. I still don't know if Tom Robbins is a good example or not, but he always makes me glow, so I'll read him regardless.

Comments

West Wing

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I too liked last night's ep, and thought it held much in common with what has always made the show great. Which is funny, since I was whining for Sorkin on LJ earlier in the day. With the scene at the Lincoln statue at the end, I commented to D that the cinematography has stayed so consistent, and is one of the real strengths of the show. And I worried a LOT about Goodman in this role (he irritated me beyond belief on Roseanne), and I have been pleasantly surprised with his very solid performance -- sooooo creepy, soooo endearing, sooooo wrong, and soooooo right, all at once.

Re: West Wing

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I didn't miss the Sorkin influence, at least not last night, I like the quiet that his infused the show. Sorkin tended to fill everything up, and silence plays a much more important role now, i think.

I just loved Toby in drowing in the the sea of past leaders, standing a head taller than all of them, running his mouth, and just being astonished. And Charlie covering for him:) I also loved that.

Re: West Wing

[raithen.livejournal.com]

Ya, Toby was wonderful in this ep!

[(Anonymous)]

I'd like two parts, plus the epilogue before the editing is done. No patience. :)

I've been reading since part one (sorry for never replying before) and enjoyed it mostly. It's a very interesting twist that really plays up Aeryn's strengths by having had her life run independently of John's for so long. Naturally, my heart is breaking for her right now. (Not so much for John. Chip aside, he has it easier.)

It's a great piece, and I can't wait to read it all in one, in edited form. But I'd like to know how it ends before then, epilogue and all, because I always find even more joy in a fic upon re-reading´. When it's had a chance to simmer in my brain, hehe.

Agent Rouka

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for replying (really, feedback at any point in the process is more than welcome:) Glad you've enjoyed it for the most part:)

I'm not sure that John's had it easier, though. He's been suspended in time, not able to do anything but exist, and then suddenly has to deal with a set of events that he didn't plan on. And, after agreeing to be frozen, still ends up giving the info to Scorpius:) I suppose it hasn't really been easy on anyone.

And I think, regardless of whether I post in one or two parts, I'll post the epilogue before the edited version. Anyone who's stuck it out through this unwieldy monster deserves to know how it ends!!

[lomer.livejournal.com]

re: Fez

*lol* Now see I'm evil and I'd probably respond to the request for topless parties with a "We had a huge topless party with the girls yesterday. Sorry we didn't invite you though... boys interfer with the wild hot lesbian sex. Plus you'd make the goat jealous."

But that's only because I'm evil... *g*

[pdxscaper.livejournal.com]

I love Tom Robbins. The first book of his I ever read was Still Life with Woodpecker and he blew my mind with his writing and storytelling. I haven't read Jitterbug Perfume.

Stegner's theory is interesting. I've never read any of his writing. I've seen you mention him a few times. What book of his would you recommend someone read to get a good introduction to his writing? The only title I know is Angle of Repose.

I love writing about the West, whether it is historical or contemporary. Have read Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain which I really liked. Also, Blood Meridian--very intense and dark. Tom McGuane's books are always good, wacky like Tom Robbins. I don't know how they compare to Stegner, but they come to mind when I hear the term Western writers.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Stegner is beyond good. Angle of Repose is a perfect book in a lot of ways. But if you're interested in western writers, I'd first pick up, 'When the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs" (There's gotta be some words off in that, but the subtitle is Living and Writing in the West). It's a collection of essays and their really brilliant.

I love Tom Robbins too. Twisty words and brilliant sentences and wacky characters:)

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Snort. He'd just take that as encouragement:)

[pdxscaper.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recc Thea...I'll have to add both to my list of things to read!