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Jul. 20th, 2007 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cmk418Have I ever mentioned how much I despise writing sex scenes? Sometimes it works, others it's like swimming through sludge. I think it's part of the challenge to keep things new, but that means always trying to think of approaches that I haven't taken before. And that seems to be taking me to a point that can be a little bit limiting.
On a somewhat related note, it was fun to be able to see "Poison" again on the big screen. I was amazed at how much of an influence it had on me. I'm not recommending it to everyone because there are a couple of "avert your eyes"-type scenes in it. (In fact in the Aesthetics of Film" class where I first saw it, one of the students had a hissy fit after seeing the film and told the teacher that she shouldn't be showing that sort of thing in the class.)
Work has been a pain lately and wifey returns next Monday to make my life hell once again. All of our independent contractors have started to refuse to do last minute work for us, which means that Thursday afternoon, I wound up spending two hours plus out of the office on a special job. Apparently, they aren't wanting to make money.
I'm going to be in St. Louis again in a couple weeks (for my birthday). It'll be nice to see my family and I'm going to be going to at least one Cardinal game when I'm there (maybe a second, if we can get tickets for the Dodgers game). I was thinking today how lucky I've been to have had the opportunity to listen to three of the greatest commentators on the game - Jack Buck in St. Louis, Harry Carey in Chicago, and now Vin Scully here in L.A. (I'm listening to him now actually). And I get my Jeannie Zelasco fix tomorrow (okay, so that one's really not about baseball).
I still can't wait for hockey season though. Six weeks or so until training camp starts.
I still haven't decided whether or not to see "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry". I'm torn between being really offended and thinking it's really funny.
Quote of the day for all you HP fanatics (taken from ESPN.com's Page 2 - AM Jump - W2W4):
"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" goes on sale: Midnight
I don't tend to read a lot of sports books -- you know, except for this awesome one, but if you want to read a book about the sport of quidditch, the Harry Potter series is the best there is. (Oh, and spoiler alert: Harry Potter dies at the end by choking to death on an onion ring while listening to Journey.)
On a somewhat related note, it was fun to be able to see "Poison" again on the big screen. I was amazed at how much of an influence it had on me. I'm not recommending it to everyone because there are a couple of "avert your eyes"-type scenes in it. (In fact in the Aesthetics of Film" class where I first saw it, one of the students had a hissy fit after seeing the film and told the teacher that she shouldn't be showing that sort of thing in the class.)
Work has been a pain lately and wifey returns next Monday to make my life hell once again. All of our independent contractors have started to refuse to do last minute work for us, which means that Thursday afternoon, I wound up spending two hours plus out of the office on a special job. Apparently, they aren't wanting to make money.
I'm going to be in St. Louis again in a couple weeks (for my birthday). It'll be nice to see my family and I'm going to be going to at least one Cardinal game when I'm there (maybe a second, if we can get tickets for the Dodgers game). I was thinking today how lucky I've been to have had the opportunity to listen to three of the greatest commentators on the game - Jack Buck in St. Louis, Harry Carey in Chicago, and now Vin Scully here in L.A. (I'm listening to him now actually). And I get my Jeannie Zelasco fix tomorrow (okay, so that one's really not about baseball).
I still can't wait for hockey season though. Six weeks or so until training camp starts.
I still haven't decided whether or not to see "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry". I'm torn between being really offended and thinking it's really funny.
Quote of the day for all you HP fanatics (taken from ESPN.com's Page 2 - AM Jump - W2W4):
"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" goes on sale: Midnight
I don't tend to read a lot of sports books -- you know, except for this awesome one, but if you want to read a book about the sport of quidditch, the Harry Potter series is the best there is. (Oh, and spoiler alert: Harry Potter dies at the end by choking to death on an onion ring while listening to Journey.)
