My Mind, or: The Haunted House

Not only #2, but I also want to celebrate my 50th blog entry today (of this blog, semi-recently I wrote on  http://konrad-recovery.blogspot.com )! I'm pretty pleased that my writing seems to be coming along. At the very least, I FEEL that I'm absorbing a MAGNITUDE of knowledge in socialising with people and talking to them. Recently I met the Erban Cheff. It's pronounced like a real Jamaican "er'bin", but is obviously a double meaning for "urban." Lemme just say, this guy is fuckin' cool and raps like a BAWSS!!! His freestylin' in my study was like Biggie coming to my house for a private show. It was INSANE! He also shares my attitude about AFRICA, and chills/jams/parties with just about anyone. I experiment A LOT. Holding that in mind, I wanna try write a little bit more, maybe throughout the day. Hey, I write whenever I feel the need to shed the stuff on my mind. Fortunately, thoughts are really flowing at the current time. I think p...

Dear Wynand On Friday night, I was with R, L, C and C (:-P) @ Grafters'. Also D, but that's another story entirely (TRIVIA NIGHT!). Before the game, L told me she thought 4 - 1 to Spain. I think she was half-joking, but SHE DID think the Netherlands would probably lose. I was a tiny bit more optimistic (I've been nearly manic this last while, though NOT AS BAD as you, at all. :-D) but I was still tending towards España winning. Maybe 2-1. *Maybe* draw 2-2.   I largely base this on Spanish teams dominating the UEFA Champions League Final. True, they could have (and usually do have) players from mostly all over the world. Still. It influences national morale.  They are the reigning World Champions after all. For a while, POSSESSION-FOOTBALL was KING. Not anymore. Been watching a lot, and it's a different style now dominating. FUCK, IS DUTCH MORALE THROUGH THE ROOF! #5pa1n !!! S.C. shared this, and it's so clever! That's why L and I were ^5ing ...

So #2, out of all the T.V. series ever crafted, lovingly, like an old man bent hunchback over his tools, but headlamp ON, is... THE WIRE. ALL THE SEASONS. /ƾƾ (Don't those LOOK like musical notes? A tiny bit, yeah? Song lyrics...) SHAKE THA' WHOLE THANG! /shakes that booty like a 'ho/ ƾƾ/ Getting back to The Wire, I could go on for days talking about how MAGNIFICENT this was. R, Agree with me? Wondering about #1, yeah? :-) There's a certain something to be said for the realism with which this was portrayed. I FELT for the poor people. The gangstahs were awesome! /waving his gun out, SURPRISE! Shooting! BANG BANG!/ :-D Those happen to be the exact words I quoted to memories of Wynand in my head (memorial address). Listen, I need to step away for a second. I want to dedicate the next entry to Wynand, the cute blond-haired boy who'd have been very proud of me now. I imagine him as Mr. Miyagi tending his bonsai with grace but utmost affection. ...

First of all, big ups to the Netherlands tonight, @21h00 on SS3 (Hopefully SS3HD, yeah, R? :-D). It's been billed as "15- Scratch, that sorry ladies and gents. Correction! 19 rounds of HEAVY-WEIGHT ACTION between the defending champ, the sly and treacherous (sometimes! :-D) Espaňa ---/gasps from the crowd/ And in the orange corner, the ever-young and striving ever-so-hard, never quite succeeding Holland."  Never been the champs, EVER!  /Winston Churchill in his chair, puffing on a fine cigar-  "We'll make it. ----...SOME DAY, son. *lazy puff*"/ :-) #WW2 :-D Listen, the video is off-the-hook cool! Song's not bad either. You know who I am by now. HOLLAND. Cool connection though, don'tyathink? :-) "Konrad?...But, like, by how much??" say you. /I look at you. Are you involving $$$ ?/ Blech. I'm like that Toydarian from Star Wars, Episode 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE.  "Despite what you've heard, ...

I would like to say that this is the extra factor I focus on, when judging series especially: characterization. Do I use the dictionary definition? I've checked it before, and I think it is. But what I mean by the word, is described simplest as the manner in which the characters feel rich and real, perhaps like real-life friends and people you've met. Shakespeare certainly had a VERY elegant command of his created personas. He's considered pretty good, but at school at times, until varsity, I felt he was overrated. Like a great many things, I realized I was wrong. I think the reason why he should be considered superb, doesn't come across well in our culture or education. He made PLAYS. They were meant to be seen, and are best appreciated today as plays (never been to one) or films. Actually, just writing this, I realized you obviously need BOTH. Literature, plus visuals. There's no point to only teaching the written work. Even a real script would be much better ...