| Frank X. Gibson ( @ 2008-05-28 02:02:00 |
Days ?-?
Today has been pretty slow, I got to visit another cafeteria and honestly slept most of the day. Jetlag has hit me harder on this trip than it did even in London, I think it's due to the compromised sleeping situation here in Becky's dorm and the light that streams in during the morning. My amazing blackout/crackhead curtains at home clearly haven't made it here as they are using clearly terrible venetian technology.
At one point I was sleeping with the lights on at 5pm today. Not so good. Also I've been eating some fairly rough American food, like McDonalds (so Becky could get a Speed Racer toy) last night, which is tearing through my digestive tract like a... car? I suppose? Poignant/timely simile? Ugh.
I'm still having a great time though, last night we did in fact see Speed Racer and it was great to see it with a bunch of people (visual arts students) who saw it from a purely aesthetic perspective. It is a beatiful, bright and cartoony movie. Becky also has Trixie's haircut, which is amazing. It's probably the movie that has come the closest to capturing the 80s cartoon aesthetic that many have failed at (See: Flintstone's Movie, which John Goodman was also in).
All the college kids (and some are kids! 5 years younger than me, good god!) draw in groups, but I don't find I can write like that as I don't really have a conscious process, and since I'm not writing anything longform now (soon I will be), I can't work through it in a formulaic fashion. I occassionally duck out of the room to write, but mostly just talk a lot and watch The Golden Girls. They are good fun and put up with me though. Also I need to charge my DS but I keep forgetting to.
Tomorrow I plan on having some adventures, so I'll keep you all posted. Also I want to write some dang comics, I wish the Macbook would arrive from Amazon, because a laptop would allow me to write more socially (screw Notebooks).
Soon there will be photos!
Today has been pretty slow, I got to visit another cafeteria and honestly slept most of the day. Jetlag has hit me harder on this trip than it did even in London, I think it's due to the compromised sleeping situation here in Becky's dorm and the light that streams in during the morning. My amazing blackout/crackhead curtains at home clearly haven't made it here as they are using clearly terrible venetian technology.
At one point I was sleeping with the lights on at 5pm today. Not so good. Also I've been eating some fairly rough American food, like McDonalds (so Becky could get a Speed Racer toy) last night, which is tearing through my digestive tract like a... car? I suppose? Poignant/timely simile? Ugh.
I'm still having a great time though, last night we did in fact see Speed Racer and it was great to see it with a bunch of people (visual arts students) who saw it from a purely aesthetic perspective. It is a beatiful, bright and cartoony movie. Becky also has Trixie's haircut, which is amazing. It's probably the movie that has come the closest to capturing the 80s cartoon aesthetic that many have failed at (See: Flintstone's Movie, which John Goodman was also in).
All the college kids (and some are kids! 5 years younger than me, good god!) draw in groups, but I don't find I can write like that as I don't really have a conscious process, and since I'm not writing anything longform now (soon I will be), I can't work through it in a formulaic fashion. I occassionally duck out of the room to write, but mostly just talk a lot and watch The Golden Girls. They are good fun and put up with me though. Also I need to charge my DS but I keep forgetting to.
Tomorrow I plan on having some adventures, so I'll keep you all posted. Also I want to write some dang comics, I wish the Macbook would arrive from Amazon, because a laptop would allow me to write more socially (screw Notebooks).
Soon there will be photos!