catisidor

ramblings on writing.

2009-11-30T18:40:59Z

You know, and this is a fairly random thought, if short stories can win awards, can be turned into movies...

Why is it that there are those out there that lump "creative writing" in with writing a lot. I don't mean writing often or being prolific - I mean if you've a story to tell and keep it short in length this is some how not creative.

This makes no sense. In fact some times writers who write long books or whatever, are actually not thought of as great because they write so much beyond what they really needed to.

Wouldn't a really good writer find the method of writing that suits the story rather then simply applying the same method to all types of stories and characters?

If a character is a no-nonsense quick to anger, quick to act person who doesn't mull things over as he should - wouldn't it make sense that a story about him be told in a method that reflects that?

So 'he looked around and saw a living room' would be more appropriate then listing what the living room looked liked and all the furniture in it.

Nothing's happened or anything but this is merely a realization on why I've become so reluctant to RP anymore in other rooms, other places. You get people that are so expecting and when something that doesn't fit their way of thinking....it's wrong wrong wrong wrong. Instead of, this is different maybe it's interesting.

Instead there are front doors with signs that effectively say if you don't write a certain way don't bother entering. And even if there is no sign - people will say they're open but tend not to be. "Your post was two sentences that's to short. "

Bah.

Read some books sometime people, pay attention to reality - people do not write in massive paragraphs nor do people live like that. It's generally much more rapidly paced. Contemplation occur in massive paragraphs or chapters with little dialogue. The bulk of multiple people scenes is dialogue and actions. The contemplative parts are usually around the beginning or end of a chapter or here and there but not before and after every bit of dialogue.

At least that's how it seems to me...

catisidor @ 2009-09-12T16:33:00

2009-09-12T20:38:12Z

ROTFLMAO @ Supernatural season opener... and... "Becky" AKA "Webmistress@morethanbrothers.com"

Seriously. LOL They're SO not helping themselves. It's hysterical.

And in other news I'M ON VACATION! HUZZAH!

Well that's egg on your trunk...

2009-06-15T18:49:47Z

Some time last night my car was egged and now the paint is screwed up.

WTF? Why? Why the hell do people have to do shit like that? Go egg your own friggin car you moron! GRRRRR I try to take care of my car and then some one friggin EGGS IT!

One egg. One stinking egg that if I get it fixed will probably cost hundreds of dollars to repair!

If there is karma in the verse, this person should get bit on the ass. Literally by a dog.

Literally.

Or attacked by a rabid squirrel.

Writer's Block: In a Jam

2009-04-02T13:10:38Z

If you were in trouble or ran afoul of the law, which fictional detective or investigator—from tv, movies, or books—would you want to help you?

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BATMAN! Hahaha.

Or Harry Dresden.

catisidor @ 2009-02-07T19:25:00

2009-02-08T00:27:57Z

Robin's net is back down... :(

Robin is Offline..

2009-01-29T14:56:54Z

Robin's offline, quite literally - Her power as of right now is still out. In case anyone was wondering. :-)

Happy Hanukkah night 2

2008-12-22T21:39:50Z

It will be the second night of Hanukkah tonight but since my mom works today we did the gifts already. Yesterday I got a Kitchen Aid mixer (they look like and were created by the same people that make Hobart mixers which I use at work) and 3 jars of chutney in differant flavors. I gave my mom a big box of different trail mixes. (Don't laugh, the scales will even out lol)

Tonight I got a DVD-Writer and the new James Bond game. She got a terabyte drive for her desktop and a wireless network card for her laptop.

I kinda like this a few gifts at a time business... lol It's like ooh what's next tomorrow.

Interesting note: There is a Hanukkah station on XM Radio. Also Rabbi Bob Alper. FUNNY.

Writer's Block: Prohibited

2008-12-05T22:29:25Z

Today marks the passing of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which repealed Prohibition. It might seem crazy to us now, but alcohol was illegal in the U.S. for 13 years. What common vice do you think is most likely to be outlawed in the future?

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Duh cigarettes. And those of you "oh how could they" Um...they already are in most major cities and whole states.

It's coming.

Do I agree with it? No. But that doesn't mean much lol

..wait I thought they were free kittens?

2008-12-02T10:37:49Z

In 2008, catisidor resolves to...

Find a better music.
Pay for my cats on time.
Learn to play the phantasmziggylj.
Connect with my inner laurelverse.
Backup my nigelisidor regularly.
Give some worshipyourgods to charity.

Writer's Block: Tales from the Registers

2008-11-28T19:12:18Z

Whether you call it Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day, today is going to be a long day for those who work in retail. The customer might always be right in the store, but here on LJ let's hear some stories about times when the customer was wrongedy wrong wrong.

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How about at this New York Walmart where Black Friday sales seekers TRAMPLED to death an employee?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html

This is horrible, and it seems like something like this happens EVERY YEAR!

The sales are not THAT good! They're not worth this!

Walmart AND the shoppers should be ashamed of themselves.

Writer's Block: Secret Ballot

2008-11-04T20:00:54Z

It's hard to ignore the fact that today is Election Day in the U.S. If you went to the polls today, tell us what it was like. Long line? Free stickers? Hanging chads? We want the details.

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Went, voted, no line at _all_ but there were was a person running for the council that was actually hanging around the voting place entrance.

No stickers. :(

catisidor @ 2008-10-26T08:16:00

2008-10-26T12:17:25Z

OMG!!!

Robin!!

WE'RE GOING TO LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow... ;-)

Not so different...

2008-10-20T19:58:31Z

*blink*

So... I was watching Clinton "stump" for Obama on CNN in Nevada. And some country song "only in america" is playing. Then after I got bored of him shaking hands I clicked on the Palin campagning in Colorado video (both were live feeds) and THE SAME SONG is playing at different points in the song. And it's not something CNN was doing. I thought that was kinda amusing.

I've to admit though - Clinton does speak as well as we remember he did. Bush makes you forget that poloticians are supposed to be GOOD at talking. It's usually a thing we use against them - that they just are so slick they can make anything sound good.

Anthony Stewart-Head and...Paris Hilton!?

2008-10-18T01:28:42Z

Okay so I just watched the trailer for Repo! The Genetic Opera.   First of all - what made me aware of it was a TV Guide headline that read "Does Paris Hiltion have the pipes for opera."

So right away you KNOW this isn't a normal opera.

So after a quick google of "Repo Opera" Get it?   Anyway, found the official site and saw a poster for where they'd be playing this and there is good ole' ASH (Buffy, Doctor Who) !   Now if you aren't a fan of his ( and by fan I mean know what he's been in the past and own his album) you may not realize that not only can he sing - he sings really well. So WTF is he doing in a movie with PARIS HILTON!?

Singing as the title character.   It looks extremely cheesey but I think probably that's the point. So likely it will be good gory fun. Maybe Hilton's not quite as dumb as we all thought (ie: the dumb blond routine's an act....)

Writer's Block: Comedians as Journalists

2008-10-18T00:49:14Z

Distrust of the media has grown to the point where many people only trust the news if it comes from a comedian. Who do you trust more: Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart?

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HAH duh, Stephen Colbert. I mean, come on I watch FOX news all day.

...wait you mean Colbert's not really....OMG!!!! That's it...I'm never watching the Colbert Report again!

...in other news.

Lies lies lies...

2008-10-08T19:39:56Z

This is pathetic. Just...pathetic. Someone/group is trying to intimidate people not to vote by way of using fear of being arrested.

This is from Philadelphia.

There are other things that are all sorts of ways people go about trying to get people to not even bother voting. It's pathetic. People are so afraid their candidate will loose that they lower themselves to this nonsense.

No one but poll workers should be able to challenge a person's right to vote. This being out of incorrect registration or other legal legitimate reasons...

Register.

Vote.

Life on Mars and Terminal 5....aquarium?

2008-10-07T00:26:14Z

So in ABC's reimagining of the BBC's Life on Mars, Philip Glenister's character of Gene Hunt is NOT being played by Colm Meany. :( Instead they've recast the role with Harvey Keitel. I've heard the name but...I don't quite see it as much as I did with Meany - an irish american cop seemed like a duh American version of the Gene Genie.

Michael Imperioli of Sopranos fame looks more like Chris Skelton then whom they've actually cast him - Ray Carling.

Johnathan Murphy, who's been in...exactly nothing I've ever seen is Chris.

And much like the rest of the cast (except for Imperioli and Keitel) Annie is played by a actress I've never heard of; Gretchen Mol.

So we'll see how that goes.

And in another advert I saw on BBCAmerica, British Airways Terminal 5 (in Heathrow I imagine?) is filled with water, fishes whales and....turtles.)

...yeah.

catisidor @ 2008-10-06T07:20:00

2008-10-06T12:31:59Z

So... Yesterday was my birthday. 28 years old. Heh

Kind of a *shrug* age. Long since old enough to do what I want, but still young enough for people not to take me seriously. I guess that's something of a time old thing - it happens everywhere, people older then you don't take you seriously because you're younger and can't possibly know as much as they do.

I got a cool coat and blue tooth earbuds. I also got a birthday cake:

And my cat, Eric enjoyed the ribbon from my presents:

Journey to the End of the Knight

2008-10-03T23:09:27Z

So it's episode two of Knight Rider this week and I still want to love the show.

However, that said...PLEASE GET RID OF THE BLUESCREEN DRIVING sequences! They're AWEFUL! Kitt isn't even ON THE ROAD half the time because the footage is so bad.

I beg you Knight Rider makers, PLEASE stop making these awful scenes!! The old show probably had only a quarter of your budget and some how made do -surely you can! Get Michael out in a car ON THE STREET and stop with this nonsense! The race scene is just...AWFUL I mean, one minute in attack mode the windows are pitch black, the next they're clear. GAWD. They edited better (not much I grant you but still) back in the 80s!

At least it wasn't quite as GLARINGLY awful as it is in this show. Just...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get rid of the blue screens, Green screens, whatever they are. They're really bad. Yuck.

But then, THEN after the really stupid green screen races...they remind viewers they remember the old show and do this:

It's only a few seconds but SQUEEEEEE LOL

But also this keeps me watching too I think:

While I think Sara and Kitt go at it way better, Michael and Kitt are starting to work well together.

Yes it's a cheesy show but that's ok. :-)

...a man who does not exist. Again.

2008-09-26T21:48:18Z

So I'm slightly worried by the less then turbo ratings Knight Rider got for it's first ep.

Yes, the show is cheesy but that's the appeal I figure. To much tv takes it self way to seriously.

So check out Knight Rider. I mean come on, Val Kilmer is Kitt! (I'm pineing for a Kitt meets Kitt episode. Or new kitt poses as old kit (if it can turn into a pickup it can turn into a t-top LOL)

Writer's Block: Everything That's Fit to Print

2008-09-18T21:05:43Z

The New York Times was first published on this day in 1851. How important is print news to you? Does the internet render circulation obsolete, or will print never die?

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Well my mom is an editor at a newspaper so...pretty darn important! I think it will be a while before print fully dies if ever - The newspaper is still the cheapest way to get information about the goings on of the world. And because of this, it will have an audience for a good while.

Buffy Meme

2008-09-17T21:38:47Z

When you see this, post another Buffy quote in your LJ. Let's see how long this can go on.

Ah but there are so many...And you know mostly all Spike ones...

However my favorite Spike line is of course from Lover's Walk:

"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, you'll shag and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains children, it's blood. Blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it."

The media gasps asks questions...

2008-09-07T15:18:00Z

I love NPR.

Check out this story from them in their show On The Media:

At the Republican National Convention this week, politicians and their spokespeople levied harsh criticisms at the elitist, " left-wing" media. The main complaint seemed to be reporters' insistence on asking questions about vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Will the media fall for it? Brooke and Bob weigh in.

I do have to say I love any reporter that doesn't let the person they're interviewing get away with not actually answering a question. The BBC are great for that...

Broke....agian. No fixin it...

2008-09-05T00:35:18Z

My opinion may differ from yours. It doesn't mean I hate you...
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In other news I've washed a cat, given several of them flea meds on their necks - 4 down 1 to go.
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One month til my birthday as of tomorrow (today was my mom's b-day).
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Soon oh so soon I'll be in London w/Robin having fun with the crazy brits. wee.
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Don't ask me about money...I suck. Royally. I can't seem to do anything right with money...I seriously need a really good payin job. lol I feel like an idiot you don't even know. Stupid stupid stupid stupid. And on the other hand I don't care. at all. It's like...well this is life - it sucks. Oh well.

By comparison to a lot of people I'm probably decently off and spoiled and still I'm miserable but I feel bad about being miserable and complaining. Figure that one out.

Rant -you've been warned.

2008-09-04T18:35:35Z

Guess what. No not everyone in the world is gonna agree with you and may NEVER agree with you.

I have friends whom I love to chat with, who are big fans of a lot of things I am a fan of and yet two of them are republicans (one even went to the Republican Convention in Philadelphia) . We disagree obviously. Do we think the other is stupid? No.  We respect their opinions, tell them the basis for our own and that's it.

I think people forget what an arguement actually is. Do I need to drag out the Monty Python skit for you?

Just because one person doesn't agree doesn't mean "You're wrong" or that they're right. Or wrong. It simpley means ...you don't agree.

And guess what?  THAT is the beauty of living in a country like the US.

We can say whatever we want, we can argue it until the cows come home, we can agree to disagree and no one gets hurt. No one dies. No one gets arrested. (public demonstrations aside it's kind of how you get your protest stripes, getting arrested while protesting in public.)

Just because I point out my disagreements (why I disagree with you) does not mean I think you're stupid. It means I disagree.

SHEESH.

You know people do have the option of turning off comments right?  I mean...if you don't want comments turn them off. What do you expect all the people on your friends list to agree with you?  Well...Sorry I don't agree with you. That makes me the big bad monster? I don't think so.

Still if you don't want to hear other people's opinions on what you ahve to say - turn off comments it's EASY. Just go to the box that says "Allow Comments?" and select "Disabled". It's that simple. You can even screen comments if you want!

You could also ask people not to comment. Though that wouldn't work for everyone obviously.

But please don't tell me I'm giving you shit on your own journal...when you have the ability to not have anything said at all. Not everyone's gonna be "I agree with you" sorry welcome to the real world.

Please feel free to comment as you like. But be prepared for a response...

catisidor

ramblings on writing.

catisidor @ 2009-09-12T16:33:00

Well that's egg on your trunk...

Writer's Block: In a Jam

catisidor @ 2009-02-07T19:25:00

Robin is Offline..

Happy Hanukkah night 2

Writer's Block: Prohibited

..wait I thought they were free kittens?

Writer's Block: Tales from the Registers

Writer's Block: Secret Ballot

catisidor @ 2008-10-26T08:16:00

Not so different...

Anthony Stewart-Head and...Paris Hilton!?

Writer's Block: Comedians as Journalists

Lies lies lies...

Life on Mars and Terminal 5....aquarium?

catisidor @ 2008-10-06T07:20:00

Journey to the End of the Knight

...a man who does not exist. Again.

Writer's Block: Everything That's Fit to Print

Buffy Meme

The media *gasps* asks questions...

Broke....agian. No fixin it...

Rant -you've been warned.

The media gasps asks questions...