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A near-perfect Saturday
Mar. 18th, 2007 02:39 pmYesterday was my NLT (not less than) monthly not-a-date with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scotica and after ruminating on the inadvisability of planning any activities directly partaking of an Irish theme for St. Patrick's day I pointed out that there was currently a movie in the theaters starring Ioan Gruffudd that we hadn't seen yet, and she pointed out that St. Patrick was, after all, originally Welsh, just like Ioan Gruffudd, so this removed any need to come up with any other thematically-connected activity.
Movie Review: ( Amazing Grace )
It still being a brilliantly sunny day after the movie, we swung by the county park that heads up the hills west of Los Altos for as brisk a walk as can be managed without proper walking shoes. It turned out to be very productive because we started brainstorming ideas for a new "skins" story for me to submit for the new Sword and Sorceress volume and in the course of me reviewing the underpinnings of the magical and social structures of the stories so far, a Question and a Concept emerged that rapidly spawned a Puzzle and a Conflict with an intriguing Guest Character Appearance and an as-yet vague Method of Resolution. So in the space of a hour I went from "I need to come up with an idea for a new story" to "I need to start getting this down on paper!" Having started the brainstorming process by tossing around ideas for titles -- since the titles so far all have some sort of "skin" reference that ends up being a twist on the usual meaning of the reference -- I'm still debating a title.scotica leans toward Skinned Alive but I'm doubtful because the usual sense is too close to what it would mean in the context of the story. I'm leaning towards Skin and Bones although we'd originally brainstormed that for an entirely different storyline.
Edited to add: I have been reminded that I'd later moved on to prefering the title 'Under My Skin'. Clearly the question is still under consideration in my back-brain.
Restaurant Review: ( Aldo's in Los Altos )
scotica and after ruminating on the inadvisability of planning any activities directly partaking of an Irish theme for St. Patrick's day I pointed out that there was currently a movie in the theaters starring Ioan Gruffudd that we hadn't seen yet, and she pointed out that St. Patrick was, after all, originally Welsh, just like Ioan Gruffudd, so this removed any need to come up with any other thematically-connected activity.Movie Review: ( Amazing Grace )
It still being a brilliantly sunny day after the movie, we swung by the county park that heads up the hills west of Los Altos for as brisk a walk as can be managed without proper walking shoes. It turned out to be very productive because we started brainstorming ideas for a new "skins" story for me to submit for the new Sword and Sorceress volume and in the course of me reviewing the underpinnings of the magical and social structures of the stories so far, a Question and a Concept emerged that rapidly spawned a Puzzle and a Conflict with an intriguing Guest Character Appearance and an as-yet vague Method of Resolution. So in the space of a hour I went from "I need to come up with an idea for a new story" to "I need to start getting this down on paper!" Having started the brainstorming process by tossing around ideas for titles -- since the titles so far all have some sort of "skin" reference that ends up being a twist on the usual meaning of the reference -- I'm still debating a title.
scotica leans toward Skinned Alive but I'm doubtful because the usual sense is too close to what it would mean in the context of the story. I'm leaning towards Skin and Bones although we'd originally brainstormed that for an entirely different storyline.Edited to add: I have been reminded that I'd later moved on to prefering the title 'Under My Skin'. Clearly the question is still under consideration in my back-brain.
Restaurant Review: ( Aldo's in Los Altos )
