Trust me, I am a complete nutter fan of fantasy, although I'd rather kill than admit that to anybody.
But really, unconsciously, I have read most "fantasy" stories before they made it on the big screen.
Like, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter (I still thought the last book sucked), eragon, the philip pullman trilogies, and not to mmention, sucked in by robert Jordan's I-dunno-what-it's-called never ending series. Yes, the man's DEAD and the last book is lost in space with no one willing to take over the writing for fear of not doing justice to his fans.
But anyway, my point is, when the twilight craze came out, I was apprehensive, because not only did they make the movie out of a book.. they made it out of a book I hadn't read yet! So when I watched the movie... I expected great things, lemme tell you that. But what I got was a soppy love story and my friends' insistence that it wasn't supposed to be as awkward as that.
I hatedthe lead characters both in the movie because it was plain obvious to see that yes, they were both gorgeous but not together, they simply lacked the onscreen chemistry that should have been the entire point of the movie. And I thought (since I watched the movie in KL whatwith all it's notorious cutting) that I was missing something. That perhaps there was another scene that's supposed to tie the film together cos it felt lacking, somehow.
So i thought, god, if the movie is THAT awful. What more the book?!
But knowing me. and knowing my utter inability to put a book down.. even if it was some boring self-motivational book or philosophical text... once I flipped to the first page, I got hooked.
But I was sad to say, after reading the whole twilight book in the span of 6 hours last night, it was nothing like the accursed stupidity of Frodo in LOTR, or the unending promise of the Last Battle in Robert Jordan's series, or the expected ending of Voldermort in Harry Potter or even the thrill and fear felt through Lyra in the Golden Compass series.
No. It was not like any fantasy novel I've read. It was NOTHING like that. I guess I should have believed them when they said it was an "action-packed, modern day vampire love story". But no, there was hardly ANY action! Only a love story. And I guess Meyer's a good author. Good enough to actually make me read through a love story! But Danielle Steel's stil the one to look for if you're a hardcore romance -lover.
Hahaha! And now I find myself itching to get to popular to buy the 2nd 3rd and 4th book. And I have yet to finish Brisingr, the last of the eragon trilogy (: WHY! do I have so much time on my hands!!
>3:44 PM
Finally finally finally finally!
I can finally breathe! But my life has got used to such an impossible routine that I find myself kinda lost at the moment.
Getting used to bedtime at 5 am or later.
Getting by on no sleep.
Getting friendly with the pockets under my eyes.
Forgetting how to feel hungry.
But wellllll. it was all worth it. The scarylarry seemed pleased, so I have nothing else to complain about I think. The 1st thing I felt when I left that studio was...
"GAWD! I'm so HUNGRY!"
Emptied of the butterflies, my stomach suddenly realised that it was, and had been empty for quite a long time.
Anyway. I'm still too excited to rein my thoughts in enough to write anything properly.
So here are photos from earlier today.
Packing my work for assessment. It was at this point in time that I realised I don't have 6 hands! to carry 6 HEAVY BAGS!
Sketchbooks!
My assessment table!
Alamak, termasuk seekor hulubalang dalam gambar.
My Assessment table from the other side.
Hahah! you can see the mother and the preggy sister.
I random terribly blurred image I took on the way home.
>11:04 PM
How would you feel if all your sisters talked about were their boyfriends?
How would you feel if all the plans of going out were about double dates or triple dates?
How would you feel if they plan to go out right in front of you and yet conveniently excluding you?
Whenever they go out together, the boyfriends come along since they're good buddies with each other already.
But me?
I'm married to school and work. And I can't bring them for double dates.
And then I'd feel sad and horrible. Not because I'm bitter. And surprisingly, it doesn't make me want to go out there and find a bf.
Gawd. Just typing it down makes me shudder.
It makes me want to go out there and find another excuse to keep busy.
The more time I spend working, the less time I have to think about such shit.
I'm addicted to work because in front of a class, I feel powerful. It's a selfish emotion, maybe. But I feel that I can really be myself when I teach. It's the only times when I am sure of myself. Hell, sometimes, it's the only time I feel happy.
And then the time of the month comes and it all unravels and I realise what a mess I've put myself in. It's odd. An odd sense of fulfillment. But at least, spending all that time away, I get money at the end of the month. Thank god for capitalism.
>1:39 AM