civil war, indie-style (among other things)

i write a lot of lj entries that i never post. i suspect a lot of people do this. i also know some people just post compulsively everything that comes to their fingertips. having just deleted a lengthy discourse on style and influences prompted by a question in queenoftheskies journal, i wonder at all the lost posts in the Land of Nod.

morning ramblings.

since last we discussed enid blyton, she would have completed at least a novel and a quarter at this point. by mid-week she'd be more than halfway done with the second.

and what have i done lately?

i'm quitting ADV after this contract is up in december. it's too much work and even though the money is great, i was so crabby yesterday from having worked all week and then having to spend my saturday grueling away at yappy animé that it can't possibly be worth it. okay, there's the matter of that huge school bill looming over my head, but between death and debt, i think i will choose debt for a change. i've had enough of death.

in reading: i'm gearing up to tackle a Dr. Who in the Civil War novel that my friend utter_scoundrel sent me for my birthday ~ at a quick glance it looks to be epistolary in nature and very cool! i'm excited. meanwhile, reading some stephen crane and a book about friendly fire as palate cleanser from that last blechhy book i read.

in film: my mailman (who i am convinced is a perfect idiot) broke my netflix dvd by cramming a package on top of it. so, having nothing to watch at the end of the long day, i went and rented a couple of flicks. last night i watched a small-budget indie film called Wicked Spring. it was well-intentioned to be sure, a curious little film. not great, but i am glad i saw it.

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not a great movie, interesting to watch, some really fine attention to historical details, but far-fetched and rather talky once it gets into it. if you're a Civil War freak you'll dig it for the visuals. otherwise i wouldn't recommend it. kudos to the production company that put it together though. i'll always support stuff like this when i can and will prolly buy a copy just to give them my money.



check out the Lion Heart film works site link here:
Wicked Spring