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1. Sigh, the upstairs tenants have gotten bored and decided to move furniture and go on a cleaning frenzy. I can hear them pounding about upstairs and vacuuming. Reminds me that I need to send the robot vacuum around the apartment again. I'm extremely quiet tenant - because I don't wear shoes, etc. They aren't bad, for the most part they've been relatively quiet - the tenants before them were far worse.
I'm debating what to do with my day off from work. I have a three-day weekend. Considering taking a walk, it's cloudy and cool - maybe there won't be many people outside? Also, considering going on a supply run - but not sure I want to brave the grocery store quite yet. My mother keeps telling me not to whenever I discuss it with her - mainly because my last tale of braving the grocery store was not well, pleasant.
Also debating laundry - it's been three weeks. But it's just me and I'm not that dirty. The towels seem fine. And I have extra towels and sheets, so really not an issue. Plus I'm a New Yorker - I have enough underwear to last a month or two.
Not to mention clothes. Not wearing socks at the moment.
Maybe I should go on a cleaning spree?
2. Eh, scary charts...
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3. Why I write meta and making sense of the non-sensical.
I've been playing about on a GH fanboard. We've had two lengthy arguments.
The first was about which character has done the most horrid thing possible. Or the old, well "Character A" did these "horrible things" and got redeemed, why can't they redeem Character B, and more importantly why can't you find a way to give Character B the benefit of the doubt and a chance, along with their arc?
Answer? Because I don't want to, dammit.
That's really the most honest answer. Because let's face it any fictional character can be redeemed or be found to be likable by somebody. It's not a matter of whether or not they can be, it's a matter of whether or not the viewer or reader wants to deal with it.
( meta on disagreements over characters and why I write meta )
The other thing we fought over was whether a necklace was gold or silver. It's a prop, and obviously fairly cheap - so it can look gold or silver depending on the lighting and definition of the television set. Not all Television Sets are created equal. Several people, including myself, and my mother saw a silver necklace, the rest including the board moderator saw a gold one. (Note - my mother is NOT on the fanboard. I would never go on a discussion board with my mother - and she doesn't like those things anyhow.) It was important, because a character that most of us despised was shown to have the other half of the necklace. That half was gold. It was important - because apparently the character with the necklace that appeared to be silver had a missing daughter. Her mother who sold said daughter on the black market, gave the other half of the necklace to the daughter she'd sold. It was an important detail and people were fighting over it - mainly because they didn't like the direction the story was going and wanted it to go another route.
It reminds me of the arguments we had online in Buffy, Doctor Who, etc - over minute details that didn't work. Such as how come Spike has a reflection in a window, when he's a vampire? Is there inner meaning to that? (No, they forgot to edit it out.)
What works for me is to figure out why. If I can analyze it and come up with an explanation - then I have control. It makes sense. I move on. I like to make rational sense of things, to grab some semblance of control over something that bugs or confuses me. I'm detail oriented and analytical - I like things to make sense sometimes. It comforts me.
So this is the other reason I write meta or long posts on the internet - to make sense of the world around me, and to connect to others of similar dispositions. To make sense, and to feel less alone. Less afraid. Less uncertain. To have control.
If I can make sense of the non-sensical, it helps.
I'm debating what to do with my day off from work. I have a three-day weekend. Considering taking a walk, it's cloudy and cool - maybe there won't be many people outside? Also, considering going on a supply run - but not sure I want to brave the grocery store quite yet. My mother keeps telling me not to whenever I discuss it with her - mainly because my last tale of braving the grocery store was not well, pleasant.
Also debating laundry - it's been three weeks. But it's just me and I'm not that dirty. The towels seem fine. And I have extra towels and sheets, so really not an issue. Plus I'm a New Yorker - I have enough underwear to last a month or two.
Not to mention clothes. Not wearing socks at the moment.
Maybe I should go on a cleaning spree?
2. Eh, scary charts...
( Read more... )
3. Why I write meta and making sense of the non-sensical.
I've been playing about on a GH fanboard. We've had two lengthy arguments.
The first was about which character has done the most horrid thing possible. Or the old, well "Character A" did these "horrible things" and got redeemed, why can't they redeem Character B, and more importantly why can't you find a way to give Character B the benefit of the doubt and a chance, along with their arc?
Answer? Because I don't want to, dammit.
That's really the most honest answer. Because let's face it any fictional character can be redeemed or be found to be likable by somebody. It's not a matter of whether or not they can be, it's a matter of whether or not the viewer or reader wants to deal with it.
( meta on disagreements over characters and why I write meta )
The other thing we fought over was whether a necklace was gold or silver. It's a prop, and obviously fairly cheap - so it can look gold or silver depending on the lighting and definition of the television set. Not all Television Sets are created equal. Several people, including myself, and my mother saw a silver necklace, the rest including the board moderator saw a gold one. (Note - my mother is NOT on the fanboard. I would never go on a discussion board with my mother - and she doesn't like those things anyhow.) It was important, because a character that most of us despised was shown to have the other half of the necklace. That half was gold. It was important - because apparently the character with the necklace that appeared to be silver had a missing daughter. Her mother who sold said daughter on the black market, gave the other half of the necklace to the daughter she'd sold. It was an important detail and people were fighting over it - mainly because they didn't like the direction the story was going and wanted it to go another route.
It reminds me of the arguments we had online in Buffy, Doctor Who, etc - over minute details that didn't work. Such as how come Spike has a reflection in a window, when he's a vampire? Is there inner meaning to that? (No, they forgot to edit it out.)
What works for me is to figure out why. If I can analyze it and come up with an explanation - then I have control. It makes sense. I move on. I like to make rational sense of things, to grab some semblance of control over something that bugs or confuses me. I'm detail oriented and analytical - I like things to make sense sometimes. It comforts me.
So this is the other reason I write meta or long posts on the internet - to make sense of the world around me, and to connect to others of similar dispositions. To make sense, and to feel less alone. Less afraid. Less uncertain. To have control.
If I can make sense of the non-sensical, it helps.