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Sunday morning stasis
Oct. 14th, 2018 03:06 pmWell, that other entry, as so often happens, did not come to fruition. -_-; The title of this post is brought to you by the song of the same name by Joseph Fink, which was used as the weather in an episode of Welcome to Night Vale. The song sounds a little nicer than my actual morning, though. This is from one of the earlier episodes, but I've continued to listen to WTNV faithfully even after the fervor died down a few years ago. Mostly, it has been out of habit and love of the world, but some of the recent episodes have been surprisingly great. The second novel, It Devours, is one of my favorite things to come out in the last few years out of anything.
But that's enough about older fandoms that are past their expiration date. Back to reality, boo.
I have reached the halfway mark in my final semester as an undergraduate. Come December, I will be done with my undergraduate career forever. Graduate school will probably come next, but the point is that I'm done with this chapter of my life finally.
As for more immediate concerns, I should probably be doing other things right now. I have to write 600 words about the partition of India like I know what I'm talking about in my post-colonial lit class. I have to catch up on my responses to the short stories and poems from my creative writing classes. I've been trying to keep up, but I'm always so exhausted when I come home from school, and I can't seem to accomplish very much in the mornings before I leave. Finally, I have to pretend that I know what I'm talking about on my American poetry midterm this Wednesday. It'll probably be fine, but I feel pretty scattered and disorganized.
My poetry has been extremely well-received this semester. It has gone even better than I had hoped. I've only taken one poetry creative writing class before, but it feels like something in my mind has just clicked. I feel like I am flourishing creatively. Yet, none of this creative flourishing has found its way into my fannish life. I would really like to participate in Yuletide for once, but my time management skills say no. I hope I can try to squeeze in a treat or two, but again, my time management skills and finals may work against me.
I've been trying to have some fun this semester without overloading myself. It's so hard to strike a happy medium, though. On Friday, I went to Downtown Disney for a break. As it just so happens, I ate at the new Salt and Straw location on opening day, and I didn't even realize it until afterwards. The store was absolutely swamped, though, so that should have been a clue. I got one of their Halloween flavors called Creepy Crawly Critters, which actually contained real bugs unless my reading comprehension skills are totally worthless. When I was in the store, I thought that "real bugs" was just a joke, but based on their other flavors, it wasn't. So, I had real chocolate-covered crickets and mealworms in my matcha green tea ice cream. I also had a chicken tamale at Tortilla Jo's and a flor de Jamaica agua fresca, which I loved. *_* I'm currently
obsessed with that flavor and anything hibiscus. Downtown Disney isn't quite as fun now that it has all the security and increased prices for the parking lot, but I was happy to be there before the rain hit. I feel like I should be madder at the Walt Disney Company than I actually am.
Yesterday, I went to the grand opening of the Tokyo Central store in Yorba Linda. I've been meaning to go for aaages but never found the time. We ate from the buffet, and I had yakisoba for the first time. It's really good! ^_^
This morning, I woke up and turned my TV on to find a showing of Toy Story on Disney XD. I knew it was on yesterday, but I didn't realize that they'd be showing it again. This movie came out when I was in elementary school, so it is hugely nostalgic for me. I think that I love it even more as an adult, but that's Pixar for you. Toy Story 2 is on now, which I don't think I've ever watched in its entirety. I know I watched part of it on a bus ride during my school trip to Washington D.C., and I've caught bits and pieces when it has been on TV.
I'm behind on the new season of The Good Place, but I've watched the first episode of the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. I really like her, and I'm happy to see the Doctor as a woman. I have a tendency to think of the Doctor as more male, but I really like the idea of Time Lords changing biological sex and/or gender. It jus makes sense. Watching Doctor Who again makes me want to catch up on the episodes with the Twelfth Doctor that I've missed because I really enjoyed Capaldi. I still have older seasons with David Tennant and Matt Smith to catch up on, though. It just reminded me of how much I love the show's mythos and concept.
Anyway, I was feeling a little depressed before I wrote this, but I guess I just wrote my way out. :3
I also just read Anne Rice's latest Vampire Chronicles book, Blood Communion, because hey, why not? It was short, but it felt like a return to form in many ways. Needless to say, I quite enjoyed it because it wasn't as out there as the one about Atlantis. There were some good parts, and the new characters didn't annoy me that much. However, ( A little bit spoilery ) I may have more to say later.
I had a hell of a time getting this entry to post correctly, so I'm just posting it now even though I wrote it this morning. I'm trying to clean up the typos right now because they make me self-conscious, but I will probably miss some.
But that's enough about older fandoms that are past their expiration date. Back to reality, boo.
I have reached the halfway mark in my final semester as an undergraduate. Come December, I will be done with my undergraduate career forever. Graduate school will probably come next, but the point is that I'm done with this chapter of my life finally.
As for more immediate concerns, I should probably be doing other things right now. I have to write 600 words about the partition of India like I know what I'm talking about in my post-colonial lit class. I have to catch up on my responses to the short stories and poems from my creative writing classes. I've been trying to keep up, but I'm always so exhausted when I come home from school, and I can't seem to accomplish very much in the mornings before I leave. Finally, I have to pretend that I know what I'm talking about on my American poetry midterm this Wednesday. It'll probably be fine, but I feel pretty scattered and disorganized.
My poetry has been extremely well-received this semester. It has gone even better than I had hoped. I've only taken one poetry creative writing class before, but it feels like something in my mind has just clicked. I feel like I am flourishing creatively. Yet, none of this creative flourishing has found its way into my fannish life. I would really like to participate in Yuletide for once, but my time management skills say no. I hope I can try to squeeze in a treat or two, but again, my time management skills and finals may work against me.
I've been trying to have some fun this semester without overloading myself. It's so hard to strike a happy medium, though. On Friday, I went to Downtown Disney for a break. As it just so happens, I ate at the new Salt and Straw location on opening day, and I didn't even realize it until afterwards. The store was absolutely swamped, though, so that should have been a clue. I got one of their Halloween flavors called Creepy Crawly Critters, which actually contained real bugs unless my reading comprehension skills are totally worthless. When I was in the store, I thought that "real bugs" was just a joke, but based on their other flavors, it wasn't. So, I had real chocolate-covered crickets and mealworms in my matcha green tea ice cream. I also had a chicken tamale at Tortilla Jo's and a flor de Jamaica agua fresca, which I loved. *_* I'm currently
obsessed with that flavor and anything hibiscus. Downtown Disney isn't quite as fun now that it has all the security and increased prices for the parking lot, but I was happy to be there before the rain hit. I feel like I should be madder at the Walt Disney Company than I actually am.
Yesterday, I went to the grand opening of the Tokyo Central store in Yorba Linda. I've been meaning to go for aaages but never found the time. We ate from the buffet, and I had yakisoba for the first time. It's really good! ^_^
This morning, I woke up and turned my TV on to find a showing of Toy Story on Disney XD. I knew it was on yesterday, but I didn't realize that they'd be showing it again. This movie came out when I was in elementary school, so it is hugely nostalgic for me. I think that I love it even more as an adult, but that's Pixar for you. Toy Story 2 is on now, which I don't think I've ever watched in its entirety. I know I watched part of it on a bus ride during my school trip to Washington D.C., and I've caught bits and pieces when it has been on TV.
I'm behind on the new season of The Good Place, but I've watched the first episode of the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. I really like her, and I'm happy to see the Doctor as a woman. I have a tendency to think of the Doctor as more male, but I really like the idea of Time Lords changing biological sex and/or gender. It jus makes sense. Watching Doctor Who again makes me want to catch up on the episodes with the Twelfth Doctor that I've missed because I really enjoyed Capaldi. I still have older seasons with David Tennant and Matt Smith to catch up on, though. It just reminded me of how much I love the show's mythos and concept.
Anyway, I was feeling a little depressed before I wrote this, but I guess I just wrote my way out. :3
I also just read Anne Rice's latest Vampire Chronicles book, Blood Communion, because hey, why not? It was short, but it felt like a return to form in many ways. Needless to say, I quite enjoyed it because it wasn't as out there as the one about Atlantis. There were some good parts, and the new characters didn't annoy me that much. However, ( A little bit spoilery ) I may have more to say later.
I had a hell of a time getting this entry to post correctly, so I'm just posting it now even though I wrote it this morning. I'm trying to clean up the typos right now because they make me self-conscious, but I will probably miss some.
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