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3rdragon ([personal profile] 3rdragon) wrote2008-11-25 11:05 am

Short babbling on classes

So, La virgen de los sicarios (aka death-crumpets movie, and the English title is apparently Our Lady of the Assasins) was just as depressing and DISTURBING as expected, if not more so (the dream sequence was MUCH freakier in the movie, and I'm not sure if this is because it was freakier in the movie, or if I just missed how freaky it was in the book). It may well have been more so, particularly if you consider that the first of the teenage boy hitmen bore a strong resemblence to my brother, and certainly wasn't any older (in fact, he reminded me not of my brother now, but of my brother a few years ago when I was more familiar with his appearance, so he may well have been younger).
I did notice, though, that I didn't feel like the protagonist was being nearly as CREEPY-child-stalker as the guy in the other book/movie, even though this one was older and it was quite obviously a sexual relationship. (Possibly because the terms of the relationship were much clearer, somehow. But probably just because there were no children in this book. There were cynical old men in the bodies of boys who never lived to see twenty.)

And that paper that I've been putting off for the past four days and has been an annoying feature on my List of Things To Do? That paper?
I wrote it in half an hour this morning. I still need to proofread it and write a few sentences to conclude it, but that won't take more than 15 minutes. There is something to be said for writing before breakfast.

Speaking of writing, have a wordcount:
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
41,872 / 50,000
(83.7%)

[identity profile] fan-de-espana.livejournal.com 2008-11-25 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! I don't understand what this wordcount thing is...is it for each paper? is it for livejournal? I'm so confused...

[identity profile] fan-de-espana.livejournal.com 2008-11-26 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's so great! I'd love to do NaNoWriMo, but I just never seem to find the time. I think one month of the summer would be more convenient for me. You are doing quite well then! (of course, November is over in a few days...Still trying to wrap my brain around that one! Back to homework!) Thanks for the explanation!