So, a while ago on Youtube, John and Hank had a debate about whether or not Batman was a good super hero. And they both made good points. (And then someone turned their debate into a song).
So when I watched the Justice League movie, this part made me laugh my head off.
(Speaking to Batman): What's your super power?
Batman: I'm rich.
I'm not super familiar with what Batman does aside from fighting villains. But does he donate a lot of his money to helping people and the environment?
Dude, I just wrote my first kiss scene? At least the first one that wasn't kinda tragic.
I've read so many kiss scenes, and they usually make me roll my eyes. They all feel more or less the same to me (keeping in mind that it's rare for me to find a romance I actually like). My own scene kinda feels tacky just writing it. But it's probably better than I think it is. I don't usually say that about my own writing - I just recognize the fact that I'm rather clueless about writing romance XD Even as low-key a romance as this is.
Now I'm really curious to see what other people think. Except this short story needs a helluva lot of cleaning up (and it's also based off of a longer story, and it may not make as much impact unless you've read the long one?).
I hadn't even planned for this kiss to land on Valentine's Day. I didn't even know it was coming. I got to the end of the story, and realized that the characters were going to kiss.
Anyway, I'm sitting here, kinda laughing about my tacky first written kiss.
Yeah, I'm really weird.
A while ago, I watched the first Fullmetal Alchemist live action movie.It confused the heck out of me that the end of the movie suddenly leapt to the very end of the series.
I just learned that they made two more movies. I thought I'd give them a try.
There were a few scenes that they perfectly recreated in live-action. That was pretty awesome.
And I gotta say, the characters are impressive. I immediately knew who everyone was the moment I saw them. And for some reason, it never occurred to me that Ling would show up in the movies. I guess because I never saw him in any content outside of the main series.
But they also packed in too many characters. Actually, they packed in too much. They tried to shove an entire series into three movies. They did a pretty good job, but I don't think anyone could really fully follow it unless they'd already read or watched the series.
A while ago, I wrote a post bemoaning the fact that I gave three of my main characters very similar names. Arith, Arrin, and Ashlyn. I also said I'd probably have to change Arrin's name. But I really don't want to.
Right now, I'm writing a short story with Arrin. And I'm calling her "Rinn" to hide the fact that her name is too much like the others. Except I keep forgetting and calling her Arrin.
Either way, I'm probably just delaying the inevitable.
Here's some holiday lemurs!
Red fronted brown lemur
For Christmas, Nick got tickets to the Frozen stage play. And he invited me along. I was excited that they had a live orchestra. And of course they had a whole choir.Live music is the best.
Although I think the best feature was the awesome reindeer. Sven was beautiful.
I didn't expect it to be so different from the movie. They changed the order of things so that Let it Go would lead to intermission. Which makes sense (a blatant steal of Defying Gravity! But let's face it - Let it Go always was. And they're both freaking awesome songs). The play had relatively little dialogue and they added a ton of songs. Plus they took out some songs. And Anna was more extreme in her weirdness (the little girl that played kid Anna was amazing).
I also didn't expect a full nude song and dance.
The singers were good, but not fantastic. Though that didn't stop me from singing "Summertime" during intermission. The people sitting nearby just ignored me. And Nick's used to me being weird.
It's fascinating to see how they adapt a story for stage, though I think they changed this one more than usual (maybe? I only know a few stage plays).
Of course on the drive out, we listened to the original Frozen soundtrack.
I just wrote the first draft of a story that takes place in the Congo. I've never been to the Congo, so I'm worried about making the location convincing. Especially since I found myself drawing inspiration from the Amazon to write about an African village. I don't think a village in a flooded South American rain forest is going to be very much like a village in the African mountains.
I have a couple references that will help, though I need to go over them again to pull out helpful information. For example, Jane Goodal's writings of studying chimpanzees on Lake Tanganyika. And the Wildlife Conservation Network has some videos from an okapi conservation group in the Congo.
I wish I could go to the Congo easily. Though it's a rather troubled area (surprise, because Europeans screwed up the area). I need to do more research.
But research can never substitute for experiencing something first-hand.
And now I'm working on a short story that takes place in Kenya. All the same problems. But I have some potential research sources for this too.
I just stumbled across a line by Walt Disney. It went something like this:
Don't make movies for the young, but for the young at heart.
That's what I love: stories that you can enjoy them no matter how old you are. They're not dumbed down, but they're not overly violent or anything.
I mean, there are some exceptions. But I love the "young at heart" stories. I try to write that way too.
Time to throw some more animals at you!
Aldabra tortoise
