It might eat and eat and eat...until it POPS!!!

So...yes, I am feeding my Divergent obsession a LOT.  I bought the dvd/blueray last week; I watched it once yesterday, but today...I watched once with the producer's commentary, once with the director's commentary, and the featurettes... Yes, my freakish fandom (fanaticality?) is just that: freakish and out of place for a woman of my age.  But, at least I recognize that! It's not as disturbing as it should be, it seems.  

Also, my love of Snow Patrol and Gary Lightbody's songwriting is back, full force.  It never really left, but was kind of...in remission? On hiatus?  On hold? I don't know, but it's something like that.

You're never too old to appreciate good music!!!! Going to see Robyn/Robyn S, for international readers, on 21 August!  Really excited to give that to Little Sis for her birthday!! 

I hope I can afford to go to concerts my entire life; I love seeing/hearing awesome musicians in person. And comedians, too -- Chris Hardwick was hilarious (and I hugged him!!!) ^_^

My New Obssession! Hope he doesn't mind :-P

So, yeah…still madly in love with Four/Tobias of the post-apocalyptic Chicago world of Divergent <3

Yes, I know the character is only supposed to be 18, but Theo James is only 2 years younger than me (12/16/84…I’ve done some research lol…and yes, technically it’s 2 years and ten days, but whatever), so I don’t feel like a dirty old lady – or a cougar; I’m way too young to be a cougar, btw!

But, uh…yeah…I adore both the character as written by Roth <well-developed and believable: cockiness of an 18 year old with the underlying naivete of an inexperienced young man>, and as performed, nuanced and realistic, by Theo…but moreso with the live-action Four, er, Tobias…Theo!

Alright, alright!  I confess: it’s more of a major crush on Theo James in the role of Four (<3), but I think I’ll take Theo in anything.  I can’t think of anyone who would play the role as well, but I’m sure anyone would bring something different to the role.  I just don’t think it would be the same.  Well, obviously it wouldn’t be the same, right?  A different actor plays a character differently, I guess, unless the director is very heavy-handed…but I wouldn’t know about that, as I’ve yet to land my breakout role!

Fangirling, big time!

Sorry, English husband who isn’t Theo James; he is my Brit du jour!

Divergent Review

Divergent, Veronica Roth (film)

I actually readily admit that I’m a sucker for a good YA book, at least, a book or a series set in an interesting, adventuresome premise…or funny ones…or just anything that’s not terribly, horribly, sad and sappy; I admit to enjoying the film versions, as well.  Though I’ve never read The Fault In Our Stars, I saw the film opening weekend, with my equally intelligent sister, and we both adored it, but neither of us thinks she could handle the book because it is just too sad; I’m a Potterhead from way back in 2000, when I re­ad Sorcerer’s Stone, way back when I was a young adult (17). I attempted to read Twilight, but the writing was just so terrible that I couldn’t make myself…and I was an English major, so I had to read some frightful things!

That brings me to Divergent, which truly impressed me!  Li’l sis and I, again, decided to give it a shot because the troika is so popular.  We were not disappointed at all, but rather, totally pleased with the film!

Beatrice, a humble daughter of Abnegation leaders, longs to be in the Dauntless faction because they are brave in the exciting activities everyone else sees.  When given the opportunity to choose her own way, she’s faced with a dilemma that ultimately leads her the way of her heart…or is it?

Four, a trainer with her new faction, is mysterious, challenging, but kind, and she kinda likes him.  Will she discover Four’s secrets amid revelations of herself?

Theo James plays Four perfectly, showing just the right amount of nuance and emotion.  He is exactly whom I’d have cast for the role, and his chemistry with Shailene Woodley is definitely evident in their realistic weirdness/awkwardness around one another.  It feels real, despite the dystopian setting of post-revolutionary Chicago.  Ms. Woodley portrays Tris believably, giving her the dimension she has in the novel.

Both performances were so good at bringing the characters to life, I bought the book; and in fact, am, just this moment, preparing to purchase the film through FIOS TV, so I will have it forever and for always…and while I’m at it, I may re-watch  The Inbetweeners Movie on Netflix.  Clearly, I must feed my newly-formed Theo James habit, which I don’t feel guilty about because he’s actually my age, and not the kid he portrays!  Note to self: Downton Abbey.

  

Blogs may be more visually appealing in future, but right now, I have a movie to watch!

The Unemployment Shuffle (see also, The Laundry Shuffle)

Unemployed.

It's a title I wear, a status I claim, a state of mind...an experience I know all too well, and one which I'm fighting tooth and nail!

I do not enjoy unemployment.  I want my life to be something other than monotonous, but not just any random something...I want to enjoy it, and I'm tired of only enjoying the days when someone else is here at home with me.

I forget what I need to do, neglect the dog, and ignore the cat.  Every day is exactly the same.  I'm so sick of it!  That's why I started this blog: to relieve the boredom, and just possibly to get noticed by someone who can use a good writer.

It's difficult to be entertaining, engaging, and humorous when each day brings the same circumstances and chores, with little variation, and it's hard to get things accomplished, even with the sameness of days.

I need help.

I've FINALLY started to blog!  Yea!!!!

Before today, and actually as I'm writing, the idea of blogging TERRIFIES me.  I don't know where to start, where it's going, or where I want to end it.  I've often wished I had a venue to make public some of my more brilliant ideas (!) known to more than my family and friends; it has been clear for quite some time that I need to start a blog, so my writing gets noticed and I get to write.  Unfortunately, having a frontal lobe injury makes the act of initiating absolutely ANYTHING, and possibly EVERYTHING, extremely difficult.  I need a purpose for my writing, some guidelines. 

That's where you come in: I would like you to give me ideas.  If you have an idea for a plot-line, character, personality dynamic, or anything else you'd like to see explored by the mind of an English-degreed woman who happens to live with a brain injury, leave it as a comment, please!

I will also write nonfiction and other opinion-type pieces, if you want: research is one of my many talents, and I'll bring my singular perspective to the topics of your choosing.

Give me a few days to think about your post and my approach, as well as any research the subject entails, and I should publish it on here in about a week...unless, you don't want it posted publicly.  In that case, email it to me for work and I will email it back to you, exclusively.

Note:  I maintain the right to publish all work to other publications, regardless of whose idea it was.  Sorry about that.