Sunday 11 April 2010

What should I be doing?

My time on the internet recently has felt a lot like wondering around a bric-a-brac stall, endlessly searching.

I look for the end of the subs box on YouTube, I look for the glint of insight in a tumbl or a shining ray of beautiful inquiry on formspring. I think I'm desperately seeking some kind of thing for me to latch myself onto.

I have started frivolously spending my money as I go out with my friends from the "real world" and I have enjoyed myself. But it has left me sat at home wondering when money will return so I can do it again. It has left me financially moored in dry-dock waiting for a bus that accept seashells as fare.

Any interaction online is free and requires little personal preparation or timekeeping. Yet I long for something more personal and physical to happen in my life and I long to consume media with friends.

I long for house parties and time spent in pretend and displays of false reality that dazzle and confound in equal measure. I long for a day-to-day that can be both intriguing and thoughtful while displaying wit and charm and repartee.

I think I should probably be trying harder to change things in my life to make them better. "But I don't know how".

"Join the queue, Dave! Many people have been waiting in this boat for years and you think you can cut in line with your fancy rhetoric and verbose floundary?"

True, imaginary ship captain, I am by no means the only one in my situation. But I am the only one who is me. I wonder if I can find another.

Until I'm next drawn away from constantly checking for replies to comments I haven't made, I wish you all of the wish that you desire.

If that wish is me shutting up btw, wish gr-

Saturday 3 April 2010

Doctor of Who!!!

New Doctor Who!!!! [He exclaimed, with both necessity and frivolity]

I enjoyed it. Let me list things that I liked about it.

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Oh yeah this is my blog, I don't need permission! ^_^

First things first; I like the new titles. Something about the font and the images brought to mind the New Adventures books and that is a #VeryGoodThing. Not sure if it was our sound settings but we had a couple of comprehension issues with the sound, therefore I'm not yet certain if the new theme is housed within my memory yet and therefore I'll comment on that later.

I'm not sure if it's wholly to do with the HD-ness but I'd say I certainly felt that the whole thing had a book-like atmosphere to it. Again the New Adventures feel buzzed over me and there was a very completely realised yet very "fantasy" world feel to the whole thing. Equally, there were references to all the social networking sites, internet porn, computer viruses and the completely modern-world-ubiquitous camera-phone.

I feel like Stephen Moffat is making a very beloved series into a very well crafted tale of legend.

As it should be.

Matt Smith -is- The Doctor. Manners and all. He doesn't appear to be acting at all which is wonderful.

Karen Gillan is very confident in her role and I look forward to seeing her tackle the variety of positions that her companionship will throw at her. I think we may well see her shine when Amy is emotionally challenged.

Very right of them to have a new set of directors this year and I definitely felt that the whole of it was shot for shot, visually interesting and well framed. Again, storybook with depth is screaming at me like a harpy ^_^

In short, I loved it and am very pleased that it's here and in it's present form.