- I always thought that one of the best ways to ruminate about big picture things is to read sci-fi/speculative fiction. They are fun exercises of asking "what if." What if aliens came but hid in the deepest part of the ocean (The Kraken Wakes)? What if we discovered a compound that extends our lifespan to 200+ years (The Trouble with Lichen)? What if a virus annihilated all grass (The Death of Grass)? What if some asshat psychologist empowered the rich to indulge in random acts of group violence to... let out steam (Super Cannes)? What if aliens offered us the end of war, poverty, and disease (Childhood's End)? A lot of philosophy can be found in a tattered mass paperback novel and I'm an absolute sucker for it.
- I know I'm getting old because I question the clothes I choose for my daughter's school, Is it COOL? Modern? They have a set of rules I follow but even considering those I feel I'm out of touch anyway >.< It reminds me of the time mom chopped my hair short and styled my hair in a weird half side ponytail thingie that looked lopsided and awkwardly fluffy.
- Does Stephen King's endorsement mean a lot? I ask because the man is a prolific writer AND seems to also even read in his sleep. So it makes me question... does he read THAT much? Or if he does, does he remember enough? I know I forget half the stuff I read. It's been a long long time since I read his work, I probably should check something out.
- Spooky season reading is getting a little better ^_^ I read a cute manga series called Ghostly Things. I also read A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. It was ok, the pacing wasn't bad, and it was creepy at times. But I'm on the fence about it because my critiques are the very subversions that were intentional. Though I adore scathing social commentary, this book's didn't land for me. I think because it's the deconstruction of the traditional nuclear middle class American family. That dynamic has been analyzed to death for decades in the media. Subversion done a thousand times loses its edge. Like a carbon copy of a carbon copy of a bad joke. As a mom, I found the story sadder than anything. And I wanted to smack those parents down, which I know was the point, but still! There's a lot more that can be unpacked from this book, but I've already typed many words about my views about social stuff, and any more would just me making carbon copies too!
- Current Obsessions: Spooky reading, optimizing my synthesizing stuff for the final Atelier Resleriana boss (I was doing great until the darn boss paralyzed my team, meh).
Maybe I thought that if I just collected enough words, I could totally rewrite myself one day.
– Sarah Addison Allen (Other Birds)
