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A Rich Intellectual Life
Nov. 12th, 2020 03:14 pmI didn't post yesterday, though I meant to. I still haven't been reading a ton, but I've been watching a lo of anime.
I just finished Ergo Proxy, which was very smart, trippy, philosophical cyberpunk/science fiction. I highly recommend it, if you've never seen it. I've also been working my way through Lupin III, while doing the dishes, but man those old 70s anime are clunky. The first series, which I'm watching now was produced in 1971, no less. i do need to find something new for my evening viewing, so if anyone has any specific recommendations, I would love to hear them. The sort of stuff I like is fairly broad. I tend to love science fiction, but have seen a lot of what's out there in that category. I will watch romances and slice-of-life, but I prefer a bit of fantasy elements. I'm not big on very silly or completely gonzo stuff, but otherwise I'm pretty open. I have access to US versions of Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Crunchyroll and Funimation.
Oh, and it's Thursday, so I can watch the new episode of Akudama Drive, which I started enjoying somewhere around the second and third episodes.
I finished a short story that I was working on for an anthology. I wonder if I should tell my editor-friend that the previous anthology that I was involved with seems rather cursed on Amazon.... (we are still working to get His Magical Pet up and running. And I LOVE my story in that!!! I want the world to be able to read it!)
Next up is some plotting for a lesbian cyberpunk space opera that I think, (speaking of anthologies I've appeared in,) going to exist in the world of "God Box." "God Box' is a short story of mine that was published in King David and the Spiders of Mars. "God Box" was a horror story, and this is going to be light adventure, BUT why create another whole universe from scratch when one already exists, I say! There were a lot of interesting tidbits I dropped into the background of that one, so it will be fun to pull those back out and do a deeper dive.
It's nearly 6pm and there's still hours to go until my class tonight. I am still pondering what demon possessed me to say "yes" to a 10 pm CST class, but we gained another new student last minute, so the Loft might be on to something with their "night owl" programming. To be fair, I've been presuming these are all local folks, but West Coasters could be attending a very decently hour-ed 8 pm class, so.... there is that.
What else have I been doing? Well, a surprising number of this year's crop of International Pen Friends are reaching out to me. This week alone I've gotten a letter from Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, and two from Italy. That's just fun. I've been enjoying writing back to them.
Yeah... that's me?
How's you?
I just finished Ergo Proxy, which was very smart, trippy, philosophical cyberpunk/science fiction. I highly recommend it, if you've never seen it. I've also been working my way through Lupin III, while doing the dishes, but man those old 70s anime are clunky. The first series, which I'm watching now was produced in 1971, no less. i do need to find something new for my evening viewing, so if anyone has any specific recommendations, I would love to hear them. The sort of stuff I like is fairly broad. I tend to love science fiction, but have seen a lot of what's out there in that category. I will watch romances and slice-of-life, but I prefer a bit of fantasy elements. I'm not big on very silly or completely gonzo stuff, but otherwise I'm pretty open. I have access to US versions of Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Crunchyroll and Funimation.
Oh, and it's Thursday, so I can watch the new episode of Akudama Drive, which I started enjoying somewhere around the second and third episodes.
I finished a short story that I was working on for an anthology. I wonder if I should tell my editor-friend that the previous anthology that I was involved with seems rather cursed on Amazon.... (we are still working to get His Magical Pet up and running. And I LOVE my story in that!!! I want the world to be able to read it!)
Next up is some plotting for a lesbian cyberpunk space opera that I think, (speaking of anthologies I've appeared in,) going to exist in the world of "God Box." "God Box' is a short story of mine that was published in King David and the Spiders of Mars. "God Box" was a horror story, and this is going to be light adventure, BUT why create another whole universe from scratch when one already exists, I say! There were a lot of interesting tidbits I dropped into the background of that one, so it will be fun to pull those back out and do a deeper dive.
It's nearly 6pm and there's still hours to go until my class tonight. I am still pondering what demon possessed me to say "yes" to a 10 pm CST class, but we gained another new student last minute, so the Loft might be on to something with their "night owl" programming. To be fair, I've been presuming these are all local folks, but West Coasters could be attending a very decently hour-ed 8 pm class, so.... there is that.
What else have I been doing? Well, a surprising number of this year's crop of International Pen Friends are reaching out to me. This week alone I've gotten a letter from Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, and two from Italy. That's just fun. I've been enjoying writing back to them.
Yeah... that's me?
How's you?