the Lady of the Forest and other moss-covered things ~

[lookingland]

today i've been contemplating how much i don't want to do anything and yet have everything to do (a rather confusing position to be in).

so i've been watching movies and not doing much, though this morning i had to send a costume sketch to my brother for the Lady of the Forest. this is what i came up with, though it screams "Mariology" more than i had intended. it might go through some tweaking on its way to a final draft.

in other news, i'm sort of tired of blogs and boards these days ~ maybe i don't have anything to say. or maybe i feel like i'm not exactly feeling receptive to what others have to say. tired of the same-o-same-o ~ need to see some growth in the world, but in the realm of virtual space, that's somewhat rare to come by perhaps.

even though i dislike Hairy Potty intensely, i have been enjoying the enthusiasm of others over the phenomena ~ nice to see people excited about something, i guess. at least there's that. i've never been much of a "fan" type except in my own little weird world, so it's something i stand on the outside of and enjoy, but have no desire to participate in. it does make me miss the old days of comic books and hunting down those elusive issues of Ghost Rider ~ that was fun back then. oh to be twelve and sneaking off on the bus again to race down to Tories with a month's saved allowance to buy three or four books for 60¢ a piece (or maybe splurge for those 80¢ ones!)

ever since i cleaned house i can't seem to get anything done. all these cleared desktops are so daunting. and the truth is i don't really know what i want to do. there's so much and yet nothing is grabbing me and body-slamming me and saying: me me me! work on me! life feels hopelessly suspended in an odd limbo of unknowing.

well i've rambled more than i intended.

there you have it and there it is.

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[sparowe]

so i've been watching movies and not doing much, though this morning i had to send a costume sketch to my brother for the Lady of the Forest. this is what i came up with, though it screams "Mariology" more than i had intended.

So me thinking of kind of a Native American Mary wasn't entirely off base?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

no, that's what i was going for ~ just thought i might do it a little less obviously ~ ha!

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[psalm23.livejournal.com]

The HP craze that's going on right now because of the new book makes me think about picking up all the books and reading them...and the latest one, so many keep saying they've cried and cried because of it. But...ehh, a new fandom...*scratches her head* *^^*;; I think for now...*clings to the few anime she likes* :B;;

there's so much and yet nothing is grabbing me and body-slamming me and saying: me me me! work on me!

I know the feeling all too well. *sighs* *^^*;;

~ Laura.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

the craze makes me want to put as much distance between myself and the books ~ hahahahaha ~

there's a lot i find off-putting about the books, not the least of which is Rowling's writing style. it's just too block headed for me. i'd try to explain that, but it's the same problem i have with a lot of narrative styles: hamfisted overkill. i spent all the first book trying not to scream: yeah already!!!! get on with it!!!

somehow i have more patience for Hawthorn going on for 13 pages about a dilapidated hen house than i do for Rowling taking 3 pages just to get Hairy to put the stupid hat on. i think it has to do with how predictable the story is. i'd be more patient if there was some actual genuine suspense ~ but since there isn't, it's one long exercise in waiting for her to get around to telling you what happens when you already know ten pages in advance.

okay, before i go off on a bender, i better stop.

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[geckobird.livejournal.com]

That drawing is really awesome ~ I really like her clothing especially! :D

I'm not really into Harry Potter either ~ I read the first three because they were amusing (though the third was starting to turn more serious), and the fourth was not that amusing, so I gave up. But then I never did really connect with Harry... I liked his two best friends ~ Ron and Hermione~ far more. Though I stopped reading them quite awhile ago... don't particularly feel like reading them either.

I wish Manga costs 80 cents! ^_^ But ten dollars isn't too bad... since most good books are twenty or more...

Maybe one of these days, one of your stories will creep up behind you and bite you into working on it! *giggles*

Isn't rambling fun and well... almost relaxing at times? Or maybe that's just me... ^_^

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

ha ~ ! maybe that's the whole thing with Hairy Potty for me too ~ he's just a whiner and i don't find him personally interesting. in fact, i don't really find any of them personally interesting. the only thing about book one that i liked was that Snape turned out to not be the bad guy. otherwise, it was a dreadful bore.

Re 80¢ ~ you have to realize (ulp) this was twenty years ago and Tories was a sort of way station for old trashy junk. Even so, 80¢ was a lot of money for me then. when i think about the fact that a regular comic sells for nearly $3 now, i still balk. hahahaha ~

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