The Exceptional and the Quotidian
Jul. 25th, 2011 06:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aseSympathy to Norway in the wake of the tragic bombing and shootings. The world felt safer Friday morning; Friday night there were holes in the fabric of a lot of lives.
I also have to acknowledge Saturday's loss of Amy Winehouse. I really wanted her to kick her problems and make music stronger for her efforts, but now that's never going to happen.
This weekend's goals seemed realistic until late Saturday afternoon, when I realized I was maybe 60% done with the day's to-do list and about 90% out of oomph, especially after limping on after muscle strain.
Saturday's bus reading was Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett, a loaner from R. Something in my right foot went ow as I got off the bus, but I pushed on to the library in a quest for Fullmetal Alchemist volumes 4 - 11 and Kate Griffon's third Matthew Swift novel. I spent Saturday night icing aforementioned foot while watching Iron Man 2. There's some shared themes in this entertainment set I am refusing to acknowledge.
(Also, wouldn't it be awesome if Pepper and Scarlett Johansson's characters ran Stark Industries? In a totally "Pepper is the CEO and Natasha / Black Widow is the second-best exec admin assistant to pass SI's doors" way? The movie is sort of about Tony's manpain, and there's only three female speaking roles in it - Pepper, Natasha, Christine Everhart - but I like all three, so it doesn't feel off until I start analyzing the movie.)
I'm trying to stretch out FMA and read only one per work-day. If I am spoiled for future-to-me events, I will be very disappointed. I'll be updating as I work my way to volume 27 (and so far last) of the American translations. So far, Ed and Al are in Capital City for the first time. Ed is more entertaining, as a spectacle, but I like Al better as a character.
Summer blockbuster discussions are bringing home how much of my comics knowledge is actually from fannish discussion. So my view of the Marvelverse in particular is probably less heterosexual or normative, more feminist, and more internally consistent.
I also have to acknowledge Saturday's loss of Amy Winehouse. I really wanted her to kick her problems and make music stronger for her efforts, but now that's never going to happen.
This weekend's goals seemed realistic until late Saturday afternoon, when I realized I was maybe 60% done with the day's to-do list and about 90% out of oomph, especially after limping on after muscle strain.
Saturday's bus reading was Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett, a loaner from R. Something in my right foot went ow as I got off the bus, but I pushed on to the library in a quest for Fullmetal Alchemist volumes 4 - 11 and Kate Griffon's third Matthew Swift novel. I spent Saturday night icing aforementioned foot while watching Iron Man 2. There's some shared themes in this entertainment set I am refusing to acknowledge.
(Also, wouldn't it be awesome if Pepper and Scarlett Johansson's characters ran Stark Industries? In a totally "Pepper is the CEO and Natasha / Black Widow is the second-best exec admin assistant to pass SI's doors" way? The movie is sort of about Tony's manpain, and there's only three female speaking roles in it - Pepper, Natasha, Christine Everhart - but I like all three, so it doesn't feel off until I start analyzing the movie.)
I'm trying to stretch out FMA and read only one per work-day. If I am spoiled for future-to-me events, I will be very disappointed. I'll be updating as I work my way to volume 27 (and so far last) of the American translations. So far, Ed and Al are in Capital City for the first time. Ed is more entertaining, as a spectacle, but I like Al better as a character.
Summer blockbuster discussions are bringing home how much of my comics knowledge is actually from fannish discussion. So my view of the Marvelverse in particular is probably less heterosexual or normative, more feminist, and more internally consistent.