Today I realized that it has been far too long since I’ve done certain things.
It’s been way too long since I looked at Mr. Neil’s site. www.neilgaiman.com.
Spending 5 minutes on that made me feel better.
In the meantime, post-tornado, I did go out of town, it did keep my head from exploding, I did a bit of writing, and enjoyed the beautiful atmosphere of Boulder Hotsprings. The suite that I wanted became available at the very last minute, so that all worked out perfectly. I also visited Nurse Paula’s gorgeous ranch, and was introduced to all her goats, horses, peacocks, dogs, cats, and an accidental snake. There was a goat named Little Bonnie that I dubbed LB, and it seems to have stuck. That goat leapt all over me like a big dog does when it’s happy to see you. It was hilarious.
I’m not even going to comment about work. I was hired by another agency, but turned them down on the basis that they wanted me to work for peanuts, and I can’t do that. The search, and private practice, and writing will continue.
I have had an opportunity to review some pretty spectacular technology lately. The iPad is awesome. It’s as cool as the iPod, but of course with the larger screen. It’s great for surfing, typing if necessary, gaming, music, and reading. We are very happy with ours-a wonderful belated wedding gift. THANK YOU!
I wound up with a Nook instead of a Kindle. I initially thought I would like the Kindle better, but after holding each, and realizing I didn’t like the keypad buttons at the bottom of the Kindle, I went with the Nook. I think the Nook is better for people who entirely prefer touchscreen, as with the iPod and iPad. In my mind, Kindle is for people who like to type on their Blackberry. I’m a Droid girl myself.
We also got a PanDigital, which is a digital book reader. It is heavier than both the Kindle and the Nook, and the screen is not as easy to read in the daylight-it provides its own light. However, it is much better at night due to its internal lighting. It is also entirely touchscreen. Not a bad deal, and available at Bed Bath and Beyond.
Terribly disappointed with The Last Airbender movie. Shymalan is a really good writer and director-I don’t know what the hell happened here. The cartoon is wonderful and entertaining, and really didn’t need much changed to it to make the story go as a movie. All the special effects needed to be about 2-3x faster than they were, the editing needed to flow-it was quite choppy, and they did very little character development. The end result was a movie that dragged along, making it so people didn’t really care much about the characters, and occasionally going, “WTF?” If I had not see the cartoon, I am not sure I would have liked it even remotely. So that was weird. The only way they can fix this is if they do a sequel, and make it clear through some exemplary writing and directing in the sequel that they MEANT to do that in the first one. That will take some doing.
Inception is great! It gave me nightmares, recalling things from the depths of my subconscious that were sunk long ago, but the Inception tsunami brought them to the surface. It is Matrix-like in its layers of reality, but moves along like a Bourne movie. A good combination. It moves and ends like a piece of literature, letting you decide some things for yourself. Students will write papers. =)
3D TV’s are coming out, and this makes me feel very happy.
Now, where is my Jetpack? We were promised Jetpacks! I am not entitled to one, like someone giving it to me. I am not a trustafarian. However, if I have trustafarian readers, I definitely want to be your friend. I just want to be able to motor around like they did on the Jetson’s. The jetpacks were all I liked about that show. Seriously. There might be something wrong with me because of that, but I don’t care.
I really do want a Jetpack, but since that’s not happening right now, I will settle for birthday presents, because that is happening pretty soon.