the people all call her alaska

trying to decide how to feel about today. The Pretenders have come back into my life and I'm not going to deny how much I love it. I am finally enjoying reading again. This is big. I was starting to worry that I was a philistine (specifically in reference to Jeff Daniels character's description of the word in the Squid and the Whale. Rent it or borrow it from me). I haven't been really into a book in about six months and finally I am. Iris Murdoch's, A Severed Head. It isn't perect but it is interesting me. It is actually reminding me a lot of Saul Bellow or at least More Die of Heartbreak. It's faster paced but it is dealing with a lot of the same issues. Maybe I just like books that are almost exclusively conversations or musings about relationships. I would put Women in Love in this category too. This probably says a lot about my improv. I should start reading spy novels or something.

LEwar

I am really enjoying Le war on twitter. I just wish Levar Burton would not be afraid of it and would fight back. I feel weird feeling like Michael Ian Black is my friend. I should not know what he had for breakfast, but I love that i do. This is him choosing to publish information on a public forum. I do the same thing and he could technically follow me too, if he chose to, but it still feels a little stalker like. maybe that is why im starting this blog, as penance for stalking pseudo-celebrities on Twitter. I also need to write more, sketch is helping, but I am still rusty and want to write things other than dialogue.

I had a lot of fun in North Carolina. I hate coming back to reality after suspending it for awhile though. My reality isn't even bad, I just like living in vacation mode a lot and think I could do it for a really long time without getting bored. This is why I can't wait to become a Golden Girl: Permanent Vacation. Not getting any real alone time for three days also made me realize how much time I normally spend alone. I like alone time and even need it, and probably would have gone a little nutty with another day of complete togetherness, but sometimes it's nice to be surrounded by people all the time and make decisions as a group. I guess what I really need is a dog or a boyfriend or maybe I just need to interact with my roommates more.