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nihilistic_kid is not a pedophile ... per say...
nihilistic_kid is not a pedophile ... per say...Aug. 15th, 2008
smart people
Aug. 15th, 2008 01:39 amTonight Rice and I viewed Smart People. It started well enough, but in the end the premise was a much better idea than its execution. The script definitely ended up falling apart, and it's possible the editing did, as well. (Didn't go digging for any deleted scenes that may have added moments of revelation.) The actors did, however, all do their jobs just fine, and the film did have some lovely lines, e.g.:
Him: Why would you have a baby with me?
Her: Because you don't know how to properly use a condom.
I could have watched Six-String Samuri instead, with the Red Elvises, which, you know, totally wouldn't have sucked.
Him: Why would you have a baby with me?
Her: Because you don't know how to properly use a condom.
I could have watched Six-String Samuri instead, with the Red Elvises, which, you know, totally wouldn't have sucked.
The more I get back into my normal life after Clarion West I'm discovering that I've forgotten some skills I've been using for the past twenty-some years. So far, I've forgotten how to cook and how to read music. Okay, so I haven't completely forgotten how to cook, but as of week two I was starting to become pretty clueless and it's not as intuitive as it used to be, and whatever I make doesn't come out as it used to. I also haven't completely forgotten how to read music, but I've sat down a few times to play the piano (as it's the instrument I'm most comfortable with), and am having a hard time remembering what a lot of the notes correspond to, particularly in terms of the bass cleff. I'm considering picking up the guitar and seeing if that's any better.
I only played the piano once whilst at Clarion West (which was probably stupid of me to not play more, but who had time?... and anymore making music is a very personal thing for me anyway...) and that was at the very beginning. So, I'll have to listen to someone play Debussy for a while instead of really playing it myself. But I'm going to continue to work on the cooking thing and the music thing. I'm determined both will come back.
During Week 4, Connie Willis talked to us about memory and learning and how it's possible to "forget" skills when information is being transferred from short term to long term memory. I figure that I learned so much and am processing so much intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically that my brain forgot certain things I do all the time. Or used to do all the time, pre-Clarion West.
I only played the piano once whilst at Clarion West (which was probably stupid of me to not play more, but who had time?... and anymore making music is a very personal thing for me anyway...) and that was at the very beginning. So, I'll have to listen to someone play Debussy for a while instead of really playing it myself. But I'm going to continue to work on the cooking thing and the music thing. I'm determined both will come back.
During Week 4, Connie Willis talked to us about memory and learning and how it's possible to "forget" skills when information is being transferred from short term to long term memory. I figure that I learned so much and am processing so much intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically that my brain forgot certain things I do all the time. Or used to do all the time, pre-Clarion West.
