davetheanalyzer

At the end of another month and have gotten somewhat used to the new school routine. I count the number of pages the next readings contain and plot when I read them accordingly, and then pace how I post my thoughts and discussions with others. It does leave some time for other readings and writings but not always much. I got feedback on my pilot scent for the original story sent in and I thought it was reasonable. I have four or five weeks to revise and send it in but after that, I’ll shift to plotting out the first entry into the story. I’ll have to write a short story for my other class and I’m musing what ideas I could test pilot for this. I guess I’ll have to see.

Keeping a consistent sleep schedule is hard. I have to wake up at 7 am every weekday morning for my new duty and sometimes I get up an hour or two before but sometimes don’t go back to sleep fearing I might sleep past my duty’s time. I have slept in on weekends to make up for the time but to get back on schedule, I have had to get less sleep on Monday. The choice sometimes seems to be between keeping a consistent sleep schedule and getting enough sleep.

Took a break from Tumblr for a week again. I did say in June I planned to do it more often but habit got in the way. There was some part of me longing to post something or the other but it was fine and I used the time as best I could. I didn’t feel rushed having to squeeze postings in the day. I should do that more often, take weeks or skip days when I’m too busy. I have also suddenly remembered another cringy moment from years earlier.

There was an anonymous Power Rangers fic event I participated in on a whim where I made asexuality a joke. For anyone hurt or irritated by that story, I apologize. I was only vaguely aware of asexuality and didn't take it seriously. Looking back now, I cringe at this, especially since I now am aware I’m likely on the asexuality/aromantic spectrum. I'm much more aware of asexuality now and I won't do that again.

I have finally reached the part of my We Will Hold On Forever story where I see what effect my writing imitation exercise has on the story. I’ve been reworking on previous drafts of chapters since around April of this year and this is my first time outright writing new material. So far, nothing apparent. I’m trying to fill in four pages a weekday, which means writing as quickly as possible, which results in lots of dialogue and short description. I often don’t know how to execute scenes or connect them, so I basically throw a lot of ideas at the wall and see what sticks. I realized Thursday I was starting to put in some major information a scene early, so I deleted it and found the writing a bit more enjoyable. I’ll see how this plays out.

I saw the film Searching. I would have saw it in August but things delayed me but I don’t regret it. It’s a very good film, that uses its point of view from a computer really well. John Chou really sells David Kim as a concerned and distraught father when his daughter goes missing, snapping and even going violent on anyone he suspects did her wrong or gets in the way of the investigation. His low moments where he realizes he apparently didn’t know as much about his daughter as he thought and having to accept she might be gone were well-acted. Detective Rosemary Vick was mildly interesting, helping David while being an apparently sympathetic parent, so the twist involving her was shocking. She really would do anything to protect her son from consequences, even if it’s to kill a man and leave a girl to die.

The other characters were more bit but they all acted their parts well, David’s brother Peter’s reaction when David confronts him and Margot in her depression and her reactions to her struggles. Despite fears of this being a gimmick, I can see why this creative team went with having the story take place from the perspective of a computer. You can communicate clues and character thoughts through news headlines on websites, where the mouse pauses and hovers, what they type and rewrite in chats, and other things. Even when David’s face isn’t present, we can read his views by what he does on the computer. The videos were used well, and I loved a moment where we see a grainy one of David standing at Margot’s wake and Vick slowly turning her head and going to him. There were many twists but about who did it and what happened but I did like that there was a happy ending and it was foreshadowed at some point earlier in the movie. Since I thought it matched her reading tastes, I recommended it to my mom and she saw it a few days later and liked it too. Don’t know how likely it is, but it feels like the kind of film that I could rewatch when it gets released on video and streams.

That’s all for now. I have already vacuumed my part of the house yesterday and plan to do the same for other section while listening to more of “Vietnam: A Television History” to help pass the time and educate myself. Until the end of October, see you!