On Any Random Sunday

[mundens]

It tuns out that according to the Facebook Match "Things That Attract Me" quiz, I am "Twins" with bekitty and "Two of a Kind" with both jenni_talula & neongraal. Then again with only a small number of things to rank, it's probably not that surprising to get a few such matches even if everyone sorted randomly.

Listened to this interview from Naomi Wolf (best known perhaps for The Beauty Myth) about her new book The End of America. There's nothing new in it, but it's a good review of history, and a discussion of the blueprint for dictatorship. (Thanks meesto)

Watched a lot of season 2 Dexter. Really enjoying it, it's great for us closet socio-paths to see a like-minded character as a TV show lead (Bones is the other fun one). Y'know, although it might be rather scary for them, I think people who want to know what goes on in my head would learn a lot from Dexter's struggle to fit in. Luckily, I don't have such a strong desire to kill as Dexter does, but the other, possibly more noticeable, problems he has, and the feeling of not being human, that's all very familiar to me. And his desire, nay, in his case need, to remain in control, and the feeling of panic when he loses control or when he starts to feel "normal" emotions, exactly reflects my own feelings, though somewhat amplified given that this is TV and he's a serial killer.

The other characters are great too. His sister still trying to deal with the events of the last season, and the way the FBI man plays her, obviously knowing from experience what people like that are capable of, even the character of the used car salesman, a beautiful portrayal of a habitual liar, lovely how Dexter admires his ability, and realizes he doesn't have it.

Another thing is the lack of need or desire in this series to try and squeeze a "case" into every episode like other CSI-style shows. It leads to a more realistic portrayal of police-work, harking back to series like Taggart which was one case per season. Minor things, like showing Dexter turn up at a crime scene in the morning, and showing him still there after dark. No "walk in, spend five minutes, and drive off in a flash sports-car" for these detectives. Door knocking and being told to fuck off. Morgan having to sit and deal (or not deal) with the many people hoping the sixteen-odd bodies they've found are the bodies of their missing people. And that she has to do this because of a momentary lapse of her lieutenant, distracted by partner problems, in front of a reporter.And that this chain of events is what leads her to the first real break in the case... the whole structure of the show built around the premise that life is a series of events often traceably caused by earlier events. Characters make assumptions and have insights, but often they are the wrong ones, and events continue on. Like Sgt. Doakes letting up on Dexter coz now he believes he has a drinking problem. All completely coincidental, and Dexter couldn't have planned it any better because the idea came from Doakes himself.

Also really enjoying Heroes now. The second season has finally hit it's stride, with people being pushed to their limits in all directions.

Bought tickets to London today. Bought tickets to DragonMeet last night via PayPal and arranged to pick them up via email with angusabranson. So next weekend's schedule is now fixed. I arrive at London St Pancras (domestic) at ten to seven Friday evening on an East Midlands service. Tell me where to go when I get there please, guys! Pub, club, restaurant, street vendor, whatever, but give me a street address!

Last Friday, as we were going to work, I'm pretty sure this stone owl :

on the roof of the school across the road from us, winked at me.

As cha0sslave seemed to like "Alice" the T3 Guitar Hero model, I'm sure he'll like this X-Box advertising campaign from Poland, especially this (NSFW) "action shot" :)

I'm still listening to NMA's High a lot, and while I know what they're really about, the lyrics of Nothing Dies Easy are giving me theme ideas for Changeling games!

And nothing dies easy, it holds on until the end
It takes all of your power to push the blade in
The last glow in the ashes, a last spark in the eye
Breaking the glamour, breaking the spell
Breaking another bad part of myself
Breaking the glamour, breaking the spell, nothing dies easy

And, for the Mage players, if Drake wasn't dead, I think Wired would have to be his theme song. Then again, for those that remember that far back, it could almost be something that Spyder would have done. I think I'm missing role-playing, let's hope the DragonMeet fix will tide me over till I get home.

Damn I'm missing not having a guitar with me. Tempted to buy a crappy one, and throw it away when I leave. But I find that hard. My guitar at home is a crappy one, but even so it's mine, and to me a guitar is like a sword is to a samurai. Heh, cheesy animé idea right there ! Re-do Bleach but with musiicians and guitars. Sure Moorcock did something similar with the real-life band Hawkwind in Queens of Deleria, and Truman's Grimjack played battle rock in the Demon Wars, but they didn't do the guitar samurai thing! :)

Finally, while the song is actually talking about why there are suicide bombers and soldiers, the following lyrics seemed rather appropriate given what seraphs_folly is working on (he says cryptically :) ).

There is something in us all that wants to surrender
To be guided through it all like star-eyed children
...
I am part of something I am one of the Chosen

Can you tell I'm alone with nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon except listen to music, watch TV and surf the web, and ramble on?

Enforced idleness is good for one thing though, I feel my batteries of "wanting to do things" charging. It's like forty days and nights in the desert, and like the album I'm listening to and the messiah in the dessert I am high above a desert. Admittedly, I am in the comfort of a penthouse apartment and the desert is a city full of people I don't know, and the chains that keep me here are of my own making, and there's not really a thing preventing me from getting royally pissed and going to a strip club, not a wife, not money, not fear, not morals, just a sense of asceticism and no real desire, a sense of being happy with what I have and the afterglow of a late night/early afternoon phone conversation with my lover.

I should stop this is already far too long.

Comments

[debxena.livejournal.com]

We are enjoying Dexter just as much this season as the last - the continued character growth (or stultification, in Doakes' case) is fascinating to both Ben and I. Not to mention I can't decide whether I think Lilah is good for Dexter, or terrible for him ...

[mundens.livejournal.com]

:) I loved how obvious it was Dexter didn't even register that Rita might find it worrying that Lilah was his sponsor when she was first pointed out.

[seraphs-folly.livejournal.com]

I can haz owl pls? K. Thx. Bai.

;)

Seriously thats gorgeous and Barn Owls are a special animal to me. See if you can get one in your hand luggage and Ill pay you back!? *grin* (maybe the local supermarket stocks them)

<-- /end silly.

[mundens.livejournal.com]

I will remember your liking of owls! :)