Wasn't me, didn't do a thing

[samvara]

Any reports of half naked women swimming in South Perth can be attributed to Yours Truely, since the dogs were totally BLIND and happy to swim in circles and after shells I threw in to help give directions, I had to do the fetching myself. Ugh, it was squishy and yucky underfoot. Thank goodness I was wearing nice underwear. [waves to various picnickers]

Training was fabulous, am very carefully stopping when when my hip starts to pull but I still feel like skipping senior training and only training 2-3 times a week is finking out. [guilt] Was accidentally clocked in the head but I had my revenge.

BSG 13 and 14 were disappointing, I feel more like someone watching specific buttons being pushed than someone engaged with a storyline. 15 was more interesting but I guess I shouldn't spoil.

Close Range by Annie Proulx is breaking my heart, it's so ugly, surreal and depressing. I've read seven of the eleven short stories and I'm saving Brokeback Mountain for last assuming I have the emotional stamina to go the distance. The Blood Bay was definitely the easiest to relate to with it's macabre, awful yet funny ending.

Comments

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Hee!

I'm only part way through ep14, but so far I'm far more happier with it than 13. Only good thing about 13 was getting more Roslin,I adore her lots, but reserve the right to headdesk. A lot. about how they did it. I just can't help hoping the writers will have something up their sleeves to patch that one up/explain it better in later eps, otherwise...blech.

I haven't actually read the whole of Close Range, but yeah, if I'd been on the ball more I would have warned: quite dark! sorry. The Blood Bay creeped me out on at least three levels: there was the gore bit, what I felt was some pretty heavy sexism (admitedly in character), and the timeloop thing. Or at least, "not gettin' out of this one, and the dawn is never going to come..." *peeks out the curtains at the lightening sky* *g*

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling like 13,14 and 15 were much more isolated looks at different aspects of the fleet and after all those To Be Continued... episodes with the intense timeline it's a real change of pace.

Plus having plot problems.

Close Range... I knew it was going to be challenging - I saw Brokeback Mountain! [flexes angst muscles]

I like the writing in that it is powerfully expressive but it's not an emotional area I'd care to linger in.