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Down, Not Completely Out
I tried watching Keen Eddie, at least the one that was on last week tonight, which I understand is the pilot episode... managed about half of it, and it was so not perking up my interest in any way. It was nicely shot, and the scenes were interestingly structured, but I was not at all caught up by Eddie, and the strange way the investigation was presented seemed unnecessarily complicated.
I didn't even like the dog, and when I don't like a fuzzy animal, you know something is wrong.
But maybe it's me, I'm off. I know the other night I got kind of down on myself -- or rather, my writing -- in IRC. Writing stories isn't directly ego-enhancing for me. Of course I like feedback, but as much as that is nice, what is nicer is producing a work of art, something that is truly neat, that has levels and nuances, reveals something about human nature, something that pushes "wow" buttons. That's what I want to do, and it feels like that I'm doing the artistic equivalent of wandering blindfolded in an art museum, occasionally bumping into something that feels like art.
Did I say I'm off? Yes, I guess I am. Yum Yum isn't helping matters any -- I have by dint of stirring up her food again and again, gotten her to eat somewhat under 1/4 of a can of the food, which as far as I know is the only food she's gotten into her since this morning. This can't be enough, can it?
I didn't even like the dog, and when I don't like a fuzzy animal, you know something is wrong.
But maybe it's me, I'm off. I know the other night I got kind of down on myself -- or rather, my writing -- in IRC. Writing stories isn't directly ego-enhancing for me. Of course I like feedback, but as much as that is nice, what is nicer is producing a work of art, something that is truly neat, that has levels and nuances, reveals something about human nature, something that pushes "wow" buttons. That's what I want to do, and it feels like that I'm doing the artistic equivalent of wandering blindfolded in an art museum, occasionally bumping into something that feels like art.
Did I say I'm off? Yes, I guess I am. Yum Yum isn't helping matters any -- I have by dint of stirring up her food again and again, gotten her to eat somewhat under 1/4 of a can of the food, which as far as I know is the only food she's gotten into her since this morning. This can't be enough, can it?
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