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Jul. 23rd, 2013 09:13 pm1. I've given up on The Tudors - it just didn't hold my interest. I've no idea why. It may well be because I'm burned out on tv shows at the moment. So updated netflix queue. Revolutionary Girl Utena - the Movie is now available, as is The Dark Knight Returns Part I - an animated version of the Frank Miller graphic novel (which was a favorite of mine back in 1989). Another film, which I didn't know existed, but apparently discovered at some point and put in my queue, is Kenneth Brannagh's version of Shakespeare's Play As You Like It - that play is rarely done. And he's set it in feudal Japan of all places. I like Brannagh, not everyone does. And am debating on the Pippin Special Edition, Super 8, Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (amongst the few I've never seen), and Silver Linings Playbook. Am somewhat bored of tv shows...Dexter will have to wait until I'm in the mood. Really not at the moment.
2. Become weirdly obsessed with the romance genre. I don't know why. Annoying, no one else is, so can't discuss it with anyone. Oh well...I'll get burned out eventually. Considering I average 2-4 books a week, may happen faster than you might think. I read a lot of books. Always have. And it costs me money, because I'm allergic to libraries. Have to say, the kindle is a godsend. But...with one caveat - it's not good for books that you have to keep track of complicated characters or plots. Or anything with footnotes.
Currently reading all the Eloise James novels in her Essex Sisters series. Started with the last book, then jumped to the first one. Also debating getting the book that she wrote before it, but is connected to it and alluded to throughout. James likes to connect all her characters to each other. A practice I find a bit annoying in romance novelists, but admittedly is smart - in that it gets people to buy more of their books. Reminds me of comic books and the cross-overs. (Now why couldn't I be obsessed with comic books at the same time other people were? My obsession died completely in 2010.)
3. They interpreted the show I DVR during the day while I'm at work, with the Middleton baby thing (why do people care? More to the point why does the news media?) and the Anthony Weiner (a NYC politician running for mayor) latest sexual harrassment allegation (apparently he can't stop sexting?).
4. Downstairs neighbor, who has admittedly been incredibly nice and considerate...was attempting to leave a huge bookshelf in the hallway between flights of steps. He already has his and his girlfriends shoes in the hallway. I felt guilty for explaining why I couldn't handle a huge bookshelf partially blocking my access to the steps. Granted we have about a two foot perimeter..but not if you want to lug a cart up the steps, boxes or hobble with a boot and a cane. Also...I'm bound to run into it. I swear my life has become a series of obstacle courses.
5. I like to make lists. Then I forget about the lists or even if I made one.
For example? I'll make a list for groceries and either leave it behind, forget I brought it with me, or decline to follow it altogether. Used to make lists of things I had to do at work...only to forget the list or ignore it. Eventually gave up making them - ended up having more things to do then space on my desk to put the little post-it notes with the list. This has also happened with book, tv, movie, play etc favorites too - I'll make a list and then I'll forget what was on it, why it was ranked in that order, and if I even did it. I think I just like to make lists for the sake of making them? It's fun.
6) Memory is an odd thing. I can remember books I hated better than books I loved. Unless of course there was a movie...then I'll remember it, because of the movie. But won't be able to remember which plot was which. I also have an odd memory for numbers. Can't remember names, but can remember certain patterns of numbers. Has to have a rhythm to it.
If it's auditory, it is unlikely I will remember it. Lectures are wasted on me. I'm better at interactive discussions. And I'll drive people nuts by repeating what they say or forcing them to repeat it - otherwise I won't remember it. And I have to write it down. Songs? I'll remember a phrase or lyric, but not the rest. Can't remember a tune to save my life.
But...if it is a painting, a picture, a film, a tv show or something I can see - I remember it. When I read...I see it like a movie in my head. I will sometimes read the words aloud - because I have to hear them and see them for them to register. Or, if there is noise in the background, I'll listen to music...to help me focus on the words in front of me. To make them present.
Films, tv shows...that are sound and visual register more. Music...makes pictures register.
Music also calms me, helps me concentrate. Music and silence. I could never study in front of the tv, but always could in front of a stereo or record player.
I need to hear the words in my head for them to make sense. And they need to have a rhythm for me to remember. Words that do not have that rhythm...that do not flow...are harder to read. I have to re-read them more than once to make sense of them. I am a sight and sound reader. I need to see the words in my head and hear them. It's hard to explain.
How does one explain how one thinks? Particularly when you don't quite understand it yourself?
Sometimes I wonder if we understood how we all thought...if life would be easier?
2. Become weirdly obsessed with the romance genre. I don't know why. Annoying, no one else is, so can't discuss it with anyone. Oh well...I'll get burned out eventually. Considering I average 2-4 books a week, may happen faster than you might think. I read a lot of books. Always have. And it costs me money, because I'm allergic to libraries. Have to say, the kindle is a godsend. But...with one caveat - it's not good for books that you have to keep track of complicated characters or plots. Or anything with footnotes.
Currently reading all the Eloise James novels in her Essex Sisters series. Started with the last book, then jumped to the first one. Also debating getting the book that she wrote before it, but is connected to it and alluded to throughout. James likes to connect all her characters to each other. A practice I find a bit annoying in romance novelists, but admittedly is smart - in that it gets people to buy more of their books. Reminds me of comic books and the cross-overs. (Now why couldn't I be obsessed with comic books at the same time other people were? My obsession died completely in 2010.)
3. They interpreted the show I DVR during the day while I'm at work, with the Middleton baby thing (why do people care? More to the point why does the news media?) and the Anthony Weiner (a NYC politician running for mayor) latest sexual harrassment allegation (apparently he can't stop sexting?).
4. Downstairs neighbor, who has admittedly been incredibly nice and considerate...was attempting to leave a huge bookshelf in the hallway between flights of steps. He already has his and his girlfriends shoes in the hallway. I felt guilty for explaining why I couldn't handle a huge bookshelf partially blocking my access to the steps. Granted we have about a two foot perimeter..but not if you want to lug a cart up the steps, boxes or hobble with a boot and a cane. Also...I'm bound to run into it. I swear my life has become a series of obstacle courses.
5. I like to make lists. Then I forget about the lists or even if I made one.
For example? I'll make a list for groceries and either leave it behind, forget I brought it with me, or decline to follow it altogether. Used to make lists of things I had to do at work...only to forget the list or ignore it. Eventually gave up making them - ended up having more things to do then space on my desk to put the little post-it notes with the list. This has also happened with book, tv, movie, play etc favorites too - I'll make a list and then I'll forget what was on it, why it was ranked in that order, and if I even did it. I think I just like to make lists for the sake of making them? It's fun.
6) Memory is an odd thing. I can remember books I hated better than books I loved. Unless of course there was a movie...then I'll remember it, because of the movie. But won't be able to remember which plot was which. I also have an odd memory for numbers. Can't remember names, but can remember certain patterns of numbers. Has to have a rhythm to it.
If it's auditory, it is unlikely I will remember it. Lectures are wasted on me. I'm better at interactive discussions. And I'll drive people nuts by repeating what they say or forcing them to repeat it - otherwise I won't remember it. And I have to write it down. Songs? I'll remember a phrase or lyric, but not the rest. Can't remember a tune to save my life.
But...if it is a painting, a picture, a film, a tv show or something I can see - I remember it. When I read...I see it like a movie in my head. I will sometimes read the words aloud - because I have to hear them and see them for them to register. Or, if there is noise in the background, I'll listen to music...to help me focus on the words in front of me. To make them present.
Films, tv shows...that are sound and visual register more. Music...makes pictures register.
Music also calms me, helps me concentrate. Music and silence. I could never study in front of the tv, but always could in front of a stereo or record player.
I need to hear the words in my head for them to make sense. And they need to have a rhythm for me to remember. Words that do not have that rhythm...that do not flow...are harder to read. I have to re-read them more than once to make sense of them. I am a sight and sound reader. I need to see the words in my head and hear them. It's hard to explain.
How does one explain how one thinks? Particularly when you don't quite understand it yourself?
Sometimes I wonder if we understood how we all thought...if life would be easier?