Even If I Get A Little Bit Heavy
Jul. 26th, 2004 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
One of the sure signs I'm getting older, past the college-age/usual-twentysomething set, is the fact that VH1 has been an ever-increasing staple of my TV watching habits. Over the past two or three weeks I've been gorging myself on "I Love The 90s," (yeah, I've seen every single year by now -- except 99), "VH1 All Access," and "Celebrities A to Z." What's worse is that they're one of the few music channels that actually still play music, and I really *really* dig what they play. I've been kind of listening to my own stash or recommendations from friends for a long while, but now I'm digging folks like Maroon 5 and Modest Mouse. And they play the new Beastie Boys video, which adds several ticks in the cool category. Still; as I'm approaching 24 years old, there's more of a distinction between what I like and what's 'pop' these days. Don't even get me started on bands like Linkin Park and Nickelback.
I've also been digging a little more into stuff that I've come to be associated with, namely macrophilia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic theory, Buddhism and the like. I have every intention to sit down at some point and write about all of it, but I keep catching myself in smaller pockets of time that won't give me the room to expand my thoughts properly.
Got my bus tickets to Austin on Friday, so everything for the trip is pretty much squared away. I want to buy presents for a few people before I leave. I think I'll have a good bit of money in pocket before I leave, but this also means I'll have to stop spending so indiscriminately for a while. I've been trying to be better about money so I can save it for Australia, but man...it's just hard when there's company over and people want to do stuff, or I'm really itching for say, mini-golf or eating out with a friend and they have no money. :P I'm going to make a goal for myself; no spending money at all this week. We'll see if I can stick to it.
We'll also see if I can stick to the idea of writing every day.
I've also been digging a little more into stuff that I've come to be associated with, namely macrophilia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic theory, Buddhism and the like. I have every intention to sit down at some point and write about all of it, but I keep catching myself in smaller pockets of time that won't give me the room to expand my thoughts properly.
Got my bus tickets to Austin on Friday, so everything for the trip is pretty much squared away. I want to buy presents for a few people before I leave. I think I'll have a good bit of money in pocket before I leave, but this also means I'll have to stop spending so indiscriminately for a while. I've been trying to be better about money so I can save it for Australia, but man...it's just hard when there's company over and people want to do stuff, or I'm really itching for say, mini-golf or eating out with a friend and they have no money. :P I'm going to make a goal for myself; no spending money at all this week. We'll see if I can stick to it.
We'll also see if I can stick to the idea of writing every day.
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One of the sure signs I'm getting older, past the college-age/usual-twentysomething set, is the fact that VH1 has been an ever-increasing staple of my TV watching habits. Over the past two or three weeks I've been gorging myself on "I Love The 90s," (yeah, I've seen every single year by now -- except 99), "VH1 All Access," and "Celebrities A to Z." What's worse is that they're one of the few music channels that actually still play music, and I really *really* dig what they play. I've been kind of listening to my own stash or recommendations from friends for a long while, but now I'm digging folks like Maroon 5 and Modest Mouse. And they play the new Beastie Boys video, which adds several ticks in the cool category. Still; as I'm approaching 24 years old, there's more of a distinction between what I like and what's 'pop' these days. Don't even get me started on bands like Linkin Park and Nickelback.
I've also been digging a little more into stuff that I've come to be associated with, namely macrophilia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic theory, Buddhism and the like. I have every intention to sit down at some point and write about all of it, but I keep catching myself in smaller pockets of time that won't give me the room to expand my thoughts properly.
Got my bus tickets to Austin on Friday, so everything for the trip is pretty much squared away. I want to buy presents for a few people before I leave. I think I'll have a good bit of money in pocket before I leave, but this also means I'll have to stop spending so indiscriminately for a while. I've been trying to be better about money so I can save it for Australia, but man...it's just hard when there's company over and people want to do stuff, or I'm really itching for say, mini-golf or eating out with a friend and they have no money. :P I'm going to make a goal for myself; no spending money at all this week. We'll see if I can stick to it.
We'll also see if I can stick to the idea of writing every day. <:) I started in on an essay about Fayetteville's smoking ban issue at the beginning of this weekend, inspired by <user site="livejournal.com" user="joshuwain">'s post about a similar thing happening in MN right now. I thought it might help, in my blinding ego, but it turns out upon further reading that a lot of my sentiments echo his own. :) I'll still write the essay, just to get the practice in, and I'll probably post it here.
I'm also writing essays on Buddhism, Zen and meditation practice to cement/relate my own thoughts on the subject and as a kind of preliminary for talks I plan to give at <a href="http://www.oklacon.com">Oklacon</a>. I'm unofficial head of Spirituality over there, so I want to make sure I can pull the whole thing off well.
Feeling a bit more comfortable with talking about things that I get excited by, that matter to me. Usually I live in mortal terror that people will tell me what I'm into is excessively stupid or that my reasons for believing what I do are naive and ignorant or whatever. I've gotten a lot cooler about apathy or even disdain; just because someone says something doesn't mean it's true. And if it is, I can always work to change it.
Speaking of which, <i>Fables</i> has become my favorite comic. In the absence of Grant Morrisson's greatness on <i>New X-Men</i> (now dropped of the "New" to become regular old X-Men with regular old Austen writing it), and with Whedon still gearing up steam for his run on <i>Astonishing</i>, *and* with Claremont seeming to completely fuck up <i>Excalibur</i> while holding his own on <i>Uncanny</i>, I'm turning to Willingham to set the standard for excellent comics...and that he does in spades. His grasp of mythology, characterization and balancing what we know of these fables with modern sensibilities and how they've changed over hundreds of years is nothing short of masterful. The stories keep twisting and turning in surprising (almost shocking!) ways, and there are so many plot elements that offer great continuity (the injury of Snow White, her eventual pregnancy; the whole Little Boy Blue arc; the fallout from the "Animal Farm" storyline) while Willingham makes sure every story can stand alone and still make sense. Excellent, excellent storytelling. I'm in love. :D
Can you tell I've just gotten <i>Fables</i> 27? :)
Picked up a few X-titles too; including the first <i>Exiles</i> with Beak as a regular team member. Yay! :) The jury's still out on the "X-Men Reloaded" idea; everything's still too new and the dust hasn't settled to really see whether it was a good thing. Now that I'm a bit boned up on X-Men history (thanks so much, <user site="livejournal.com" user="foxen_alopex">!), I have a bit more grounding on why characters are the way they are and what not. Read: Cyclops is still the biggest choad in the Universe.
I really should clean my room; I've been procrastinating about it for like, ever.
I've also been digging a little more into stuff that I've come to be associated with, namely macrophilia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic theory, Buddhism and the like. I have every intention to sit down at some point and write about all of it, but I keep catching myself in smaller pockets of time that won't give me the room to expand my thoughts properly.
Got my bus tickets to Austin on Friday, so everything for the trip is pretty much squared away. I want to buy presents for a few people before I leave. I think I'll have a good bit of money in pocket before I leave, but this also means I'll have to stop spending so indiscriminately for a while. I've been trying to be better about money so I can save it for Australia, but man...it's just hard when there's company over and people want to do stuff, or I'm really itching for say, mini-golf or eating out with a friend and they have no money. :P I'm going to make a goal for myself; no spending money at all this week. We'll see if I can stick to it.
We'll also see if I can stick to the idea of writing every day. <:) I started in on an essay about Fayetteville's smoking ban issue at the beginning of this weekend, inspired by <user site="livejournal.com" user="joshuwain">'s post about a similar thing happening in MN right now. I thought it might help, in my blinding ego, but it turns out upon further reading that a lot of my sentiments echo his own. :) I'll still write the essay, just to get the practice in, and I'll probably post it here.
I'm also writing essays on Buddhism, Zen and meditation practice to cement/relate my own thoughts on the subject and as a kind of preliminary for talks I plan to give at <a href="http://www.oklacon.com">Oklacon</a>. I'm unofficial head of Spirituality over there, so I want to make sure I can pull the whole thing off well.
Feeling a bit more comfortable with talking about things that I get excited by, that matter to me. Usually I live in mortal terror that people will tell me what I'm into is excessively stupid or that my reasons for believing what I do are naive and ignorant or whatever. I've gotten a lot cooler about apathy or even disdain; just because someone says something doesn't mean it's true. And if it is, I can always work to change it.
Speaking of which, <i>Fables</i> has become my favorite comic. In the absence of Grant Morrisson's greatness on <i>New X-Men</i> (now dropped of the "New" to become regular old X-Men with regular old Austen writing it), and with Whedon still gearing up steam for his run on <i>Astonishing</i>, *and* with Claremont seeming to completely fuck up <i>Excalibur</i> while holding his own on <i>Uncanny</i>, I'm turning to Willingham to set the standard for excellent comics...and that he does in spades. His grasp of mythology, characterization and balancing what we know of these fables with modern sensibilities and how they've changed over hundreds of years is nothing short of masterful. The stories keep twisting and turning in surprising (almost shocking!) ways, and there are so many plot elements that offer great continuity (the injury of Snow White, her eventual pregnancy; the whole Little Boy Blue arc; the fallout from the "Animal Farm" storyline) while Willingham makes sure every story can stand alone and still make sense. Excellent, excellent storytelling. I'm in love. :D
Can you tell I've just gotten <i>Fables</i> 27? :)
Picked up a few X-titles too; including the first <i>Exiles</i> with Beak as a regular team member. Yay! :) The jury's still out on the "X-Men Reloaded" idea; everything's still too new and the dust hasn't settled to really see whether it was a good thing. Now that I'm a bit boned up on X-Men history (thanks so much, <user site="livejournal.com" user="foxen_alopex">!), I have a bit more grounding on why characters are the way they are and what not. Read: Cyclops is still the biggest choad in the Universe.
I really should clean my room; I've been procrastinating about it for like, ever.
