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my_daroga is letting me use hers. I wanted to continue with Tuesday-posting, even though I can't actually post all the stuff I've been writing. I haven't been caught up on DW/LJ in a long time, but . . . well, if you've posted it I've probably missed it. Don't think I'll get a new comp/get the old one fixed for a couple weeks. But in the meantime, some quick things:
-Tell me something you did recently that made you happy. It can be something you're proud of, or something you did to please yourself, or something you did for something else. I want happy things!
-I still think Avatar: The Last Air-Bender is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread. This is kind of sad since I was really getting into Star Trek again. I also have a fairly strong thing for BBC's Sherlock. But Avatar. I think, "OMG Zuko," and then find myself saying, "OMG Sokka," and then, "OMG Katara" and IrohTyLeeMaiTophAang. Sometimes even, Oh Roku or Kyoshi or Ursa.
-What do you think about hypertext fiction? A fictional story that has hyperlinks within it? Have you seen it done; in what context; was it supplemental to the story, or integral?
-I always thought people liked James Dean for the reasons they like Marlon Brando. You know, because he was bad and hot. I didn't know it was the whole sweet-vulnerable-tries-to-be-bad-and-hot-(maybe all because he's in love with Marlon Brando) thing. Wow. I sort of love him now. And really need Jim/Plato from Rebel. . . (Btw, I adore Marlon Brando! But James Dean ain't Brando. So I was confused.)
-The Wire is one of the best shows that exists. I'm not fannish about it. It's just one of the best.
-I'm going to Michigan and then Houston this Friday. It will be nice to see home and family.
my_daroga is letting me use hers. I wanted to continue with Tuesday-posting, even though I can't actually post all the stuff I've been writing. I haven't been caught up on DW/LJ in a long time, but . . . well, if you've posted it I've probably missed it. Don't think I'll get a new comp/get the old one fixed for a couple weeks. But in the meantime, some quick things:-Tell me something you did recently that made you happy. It can be something you're proud of, or something you did to please yourself, or something you did for something else. I want happy things!
-I still think Avatar: The Last Air-Bender is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread. This is kind of sad since I was really getting into Star Trek again. I also have a fairly strong thing for BBC's Sherlock. But Avatar. I think, "OMG Zuko," and then find myself saying, "OMG Sokka," and then, "OMG Katara" and IrohTyLeeMaiTophAang. Sometimes even, Oh Roku or Kyoshi or Ursa.
-What do you think about hypertext fiction? A fictional story that has hyperlinks within it? Have you seen it done; in what context; was it supplemental to the story, or integral?
-I always thought people liked James Dean for the reasons they like Marlon Brando. You know, because he was bad and hot. I didn't know it was the whole sweet-vulnerable-tries-to-be-bad-and-hot-(maybe all because he's in love with Marlon Brando) thing. Wow. I sort of love him now. And really need Jim/Plato from Rebel. . . (Btw, I adore Marlon Brando! But James Dean ain't Brando. So I was confused.)
-The Wire is one of the best shows that exists. I'm not fannish about it. It's just one of the best.
-I'm going to Michigan and then Houston this Friday. It will be nice to see home and family.
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Happy, right? Aang gets to ride
A giant Lion Turtle!
... Apparently Avatar + haikus makes me happy, anyway.
Just popping up to say hi, and also because your comment on hypertext fiction immediately made me think of something: Scott McCloud's rhapsodising about the infinite canvas of the internet page at the end of Understanding Comics, and how pretty soon we'd all be posting comics that required vast amounts of sideways scrolling and clicking.
Which, ok, it was 1993 or whatever. Which is perhaps also the sort of time there was first a kerfuffle about the infinite possibilities of hypertext? Aaand, I haven't read a story which includes it, although, heh, the idea of reading stories on the internet with any regularity is sorta new to me, so yeah.
Which I suppose is a long-winded way of saying that my first thought on encountering such a story might be 'oh, dated!' But then again I can imagine it being stunningly effective if used well? It would definitely blur the lines between text and performance of a sort, I guess. Oh internet!
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Oh dear. The 'vulnerable' is why every generation has a sad James Dean wannabe. Like Dylan on 90210...
And hey, enjoy your travels.
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I've been been swinging wildly back and forth between writing my crazy-ass sexswap story and making a big set of ATLA icons.
OMG Joy! One thing you should bookmark for later is
I've seen people link to visual aides. Like, they'll set a scene in les Tuileries or someplace, and link to a photo on Wikipedia.
I...think I remember other works, here and there, one in Buffy and one in SGA, where people tried to incorporate hypertext. I found them exasperating, to be honest, because I spent mental energy worrying about what to read first, and whether I was going to miss a part. I would want a thoughtfully designed index.
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Agreed!
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--Can't you be into more than one thing? Star Trek is super awesome, and Avatar is super awesome. Let them be awesome together. (But not together together because ST/ATLAB crossover would be so weird....maybe you should do it.)
--I have seen one hypertext fiction and I found the links to be actually really distracting.
The Wire IS awesome, but I'm really digging Sherlock and want there to have been more episodes in the first series. Also, if you liked Sherlock, you need to check out JEKYLL.