Seeing Over the Wall

Music

Listening to Pandora. My stations are all electronica except one. So far they are Paul Van Dyk, Paul Okenfold, Hybrid, and Ulrich Schnauss. Guess I sort of like Der Gerrrmans and the Brits.

Sites

Also fooling around on Stumble!, specifically writers’ sites, but sort of disapointed today. The best site I found today was a blog post called Life After Net Neutrality. It’s worth a read because it suggests that the Internet will only get stronger using Mesh networking and the telcos will be shooting themselves in the foot.

Books

Yesterday I bought yet another writer’s guidebook. My others are all packed away with the idea that I’m supposed to be moving. But everything is in limbo until we sell this house (which, by the way, I still love). Whenever I go to B&N I zoom right to the writer reference section to see what’s new. I recognize about half of the titles as being on my own shelf. But I rarely come away empty handed. This time I bought Page After Page by Heather Sellers. I like those near-pocket-size hardcovers written by colorful chics with arty covers. This book has artwork on the borders of every page and a ton of ideas on how to get past my own resistance.

Films

Then for nostalgia’s sake, I finally searched two old black and white European films I fell in love with years ago, then lost track of them. One is called The Cow and I (or The Cow and the Prisoner) about a Frenchman who escapes Germany during WWII by leading a cow through the countryside. The other is called Girl with a Suitcase with Claudia Cardinale. There is something so sexy-sweet-sad about that film. I have a weakness for subtitled films.

So, I’ve been sort of insanely wasting time today. Guess I’d better go do some writing exercises and look busy for a change.