Media + a thing I read at one point
Mar. 2nd, 2016 11:21 pmLook, my media intake these days is pretty much ~20mns of TV a day, for reasons of not having any time. I haven't watched any further than s2e3 of Agent Carter or s1e1 of Jessica Jones. I'm trying and failing to stay current with Supergirl (s1e2), Legends of Tomorrow (s1e3) and Lucifer (s1e3) because they're currently airing, but I think I need to just focus on the last two because they're not as far along. I'll just catch up on the first three when I have time. For what it's worth, I'm broadly enjoying all of these. I find Legends of Tomorrow's "fuck the timeline, let's start a bar fight" and Lucifer's "it's not a secret if I tell you the answer" attitudes towards timetravel and his identity as the Devil respectively very refreshing. (For some stupid reason, I am also watching the Clone Wars cartoon -- the eps are roughly 20mns so it's easier to fit one in than half an ep of a 40mn show.)
Okay no, I lie, I also listen to musicals a lot, but only ones that are sung through, are on youtube and I've already listened to, because I can drop in and out of the narrative as I (un)focus on other stuff and still follow along. So it's been a lot of Hamilton for me. And Notre Dame de Paris (which ads in the métro tell me is getting a revival). Actually I have thoughts on Notre Dame de Paris -- I know,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dhampyresa having thoughts, that never happens. Forthcoming at one point, probably.
ANYWAY, I've done no Actual Reading over the past week, so even if I did read some fic, I'm going to talk about some stuff I read at some point last year.
Books read in English
Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman: I distinctly remember reading several of these short stories earlier (October in the Chair, for ex) but some seemed new, so I don't think this book was a re-read. Although it might be, looking back at the table of contents now. Anyway, these ranged mostly in the meh-to-okay range, with some I really didn't like (The Problem of Susan) and some that were great. My absolute favourite was the "Raining Blood" section of "Strange Little Girls":
And it's late and I should go to sleep. Magnus Chase and the Sword of Asgard, by Rick Riordan and The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan will have to wait for another time.
( List that will wait for later )
And now, bed.
Okay no, I lie, I also listen to musicals a lot, but only ones that are sung through, are on youtube and I've already listened to, because I can drop in and out of the narrative as I (un)focus on other stuff and still follow along. So it's been a lot of Hamilton for me. And Notre Dame de Paris (which ads in the métro tell me is getting a revival). Actually I have thoughts on Notre Dame de Paris -- I know,
dhampyresa having thoughts, that never happens. Forthcoming at one point, probably.ANYWAY, I've done no Actual Reading over the past week, so even if I did read some fic, I'm going to talk about some stuff I read at some point last year.
Books read in English
Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman: I distinctly remember reading several of these short stories earlier (October in the Chair, for ex) but some seemed new, so I don't think this book was a re-read. Although it might be, looking back at the table of contents now. Anyway, these ranged mostly in the meh-to-okay range, with some I really didn't like (The Problem of Susan) and some that were great. My absolute favourite was the "Raining Blood" section of "Strange Little Girls":
( Quoted in full )It's quite short, as you can see, but I cried so very very hard. And again now copying it for this entry. (I'm not saying it's good, necessarily, just that it punched me in the heart.)
And it's late and I should go to sleep. Magnus Chase and the Sword of Asgard, by Rick Riordan and The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan will have to wait for another time.
( List that will wait for later )
And now, bed.