Kyle XY “Lockdown”

Aug 282007
 

I watched last night’s Kyle XY and I’m torn about where this show is going. I really can’t stand the Jesse character, even though they want us to feel for her by making Kyle care about her. His reasoning that she is like him and deserves to be saved…I’m not sure if that is enough. Her twitchy bug eyed expressions create this weird revulsion factor every time I try to watch this kid.

I do get what they are trying here. They have her as Kyle’s “evil” counterpart and he helps her…together they can take down the overall big bad. Uh huh. Right. I think Kyle would be better off having her committed, rescuing Krycek Foss, and then taking down the baddies. Might prove to be more fruitful an effort then.

As far as the family goes, I step back and examine the explosions happening around the family. I suspect this normally communicative group only needs to open their mouths and talk to resolve all of those issues. End explosion now.

Overall, this show needs to stop with the over the top pushing of acceptance among social differences. It’s too much and distracting to the otherwise quirky feel of the show. Although, I guess I should remind myself that this is on ABC Family.

Hullabaloo

Aug 212007
 

Perhaps I should have seen the fish as a sign. It’s not often you see one swimming between the subway rails. Actually, before today, I never had. Yet when I did, I didn’t think much of it. It is the City after all. Odd sights tend to be a frequent occurrence here. But if I could go back in time to when I first saw the fish, I would turn around, go home, and never return to this cesspool of gray.

I rubbed my finger again, wishing I could find a way to remove the ring. A sharp pain burned through my hand and I winced. The ring wasn’t going to come off. It meant I only had a few days. Hellish ones too, based on what I’d already seen. Then I would become one of them…a Borite.

To be continued…

Writing Prompt: Expanding on a Blip in Time

Aug 132007
 

Twitter is a site where moments of time are captured in snippets of text (up to 140 characters). Sometimes I find it interesting just to read what people post and imagine where they are in the course of their day. Or in some cases, what pray tell they mean by what they just posted. :P

Here are a few examples I found today:

“Hitchhiked to Prague from Germany in 11 hours.”

“[stapler haiku] I have to get out. / The gang’s all gone to Chotchkie’s. / I wish I could go… /”

“Eating lion head.”

Your writing prompt: Browse through the public timeline on twitter, or any profile you like. Pick one, then fill in the gaps to their story.

Another fun idea might be to try writing the story in 140 character blips of thought as well. Frozen moments of time that pieced together, create the complete story.

Enjoy!

Writing Prompt: Creating A Comic Book Character

Aug 062007
 

The All Star Batgirl drawn by Jim LeeToday I am inspired by this image of Batgirl, swinging through the rain with a look of determination in her eyes. I don’t know what’s going on here since I never read this comic, but I like to imagine that she’s just spotted whoever she’s after.

Your writing prompt: create your own comic character. Does your character have a tragic past? What is his/her motive for what he/she does? Hone your description skills by writing the character’s first entrance into a scene. What is he/she wearing? What are his/her physical characteristics. You get the idea. Have fun with it.

Enjoy!

Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris

Aug 042007
 

Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris Sweet and Deadly is a basic whodunit mystery. The main character is pretty simple. She lost her parents six months before discovering the body of her father’s nurse. Most of her time is spent in solitude, wishing people would just leave her alone so she can sit back, smoke, and read.

The overall pace of the story is slow. Things happen around Catherine. She doesn’t seek them out. She sits back and watches and thinks about what it is that occurs. I found this pace fitting…slow, steady, things working itself out when the time is right. It somehow seemed appropriate for a story set in the heat of the South. It also seemed perfect timing to me since it’s been pretty hot and hazy in the North these days too. The story moved at about as fast a pace as I can move lately.

I did find the segregation of the races in this town (Lowfield) to be uncomfortable, sending me backwards in time. However, I believe the author meant for the reader to be uncomfortable, which is why she wrote about the community being backwards in such a way. It added well to setting us up for when the killer is finally revealed and why it is he killed. His own secret was from backward times and based on a simple, uneducated mind, caring more about his own standing in society than anything else.

Ravenloft Gazetteer V

Aug 032007
 

Ravenloft Gazetteer VOh happy day! This is the one Ravenloft book that I’ve been missing and wanting so very much. Sure, there are others on the list I don’t yet have, but this is the only one I’ve actually been hunting for. Mostly I’ve been finding it as an ebook or for gobs of money. Bleh. This is what happens when a book has a limited print run. It’s so frustrating.

But there I was in a gaming store on Thursday night. From the bottom shelf, the Ravenloft logo caught my eye. I glanced down and froze. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Sitting right there, all by itself, was this very book. Woo-hoo! Even better…it only paid about $12 for it. Snoopy dance time indeed!

Between finding this and picking up the Fables #60 I was missing…yep, excellent finds all around and a great ending to an otherwise dreadful day. Huzzah! :)