Things I have accomplished this week

[guanin]

--Read history.
--Finish BSG.
--Read some more history.
--Finish thesis.
--Read so much history that I got vicious withdrawal from not having read fiction since who knows when and now on top of that my brain is complaining that I haven't read anything in Spanish since even longer, so much that I'm automatically translating lines into Spanish as I read them.

--Oh, and there's some writing in there, too. I'm working on one original novel, one Plaude epic, one novel/film/whatever proves most convenient thing that came out of the first novel and won't leave me alone and hopefully someone will find it amusing in script form, since the only other idea for a script that I have is (well, aside from the one that always gives me a depressive attack, probably because I got the bunny in the midst of a horrendous emotional breakdown), anyway, the other idea is me being insane and wanting do a movie on Mary I. Or her mother. Or the Battle of Trafalgar. Or possibly monkeys in space, which considering the slop Hollywood loves to go for, would probably get greenlit without a second thought. The others? Nah. (I’m kidding. I'm not really considering monkeys in space, although now I thought of Able, that monkey they sent off to space to test the rocket and if I continue in this direction, a goofy children's movie will erupt. I must be stopped).

My godfather's wife told me about this LA actor (or director, or something, my memory sucks) who took over this famous theatre in London and has been living the dream for 7 years. I want to be him. So much.

Has anyone done a movie about monkeys in space? Because I bet you could sell that idea so easily. Wait a minute, I think remember one now. Maybe I could change it to penguins. God. I'm too young to sell out.

Or maybe a Tudor comedy. I bet that hasn't been done before.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

ETA: And my original script idea is even goofier. Pirandellism (I so don't know if that's a word in English) and everything.

Oh, and I've been re-reading Good Omens, too. And I started learning HTML.

Comments

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

I will pitch you a Tudor comedy that you don't even have to credit me for: Catherine Tate as Elizabeth I. CE as someone else, you decide.

God, I don't know when's the last time I read something in Spanish. High school, maybe? Yeah, it's been a while. I think the actor you're talking about is Kevin Spacey. At the Old Vic, I think.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I'd watch that. And CE must appear. Of course. According to a post I found randomly on lj (and I agree), he's the only one who can make hose look badass. He's also the reason why I have this novel idea to begin with! This is what happens when I watch Elizabeth too many times. Although te novel is actually set during Henry VIII's time because of the religion thing. I've taken to calling him "my muse" lately.

I need a balance between the two languages, which unfortunately includes reading. It's very hard to satisfy that part of my brain here. Even though I'm living with my grandparents and I only talk to them in Spanish, it's not enough. Darn brain. That might be him. She couldn't remember who it was.

[g0shawk.livejournal.com]

I can't go very long without reading fiction, even if it's just something short... Quick, go read a fanfic!
Seems like you're getting a lot done!

Lol, I could see Hollywood doing a movie on monkeys in space. Go for it! :P

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Me neither. But I've gotten so wrapped up in the research for this novel that I lost track. There's so much I have to read. I should be reading some Greek poetry soon, at least.

I'm not really interested in monkeys in space. And there was a movie about that, except that was chimps. I just find it sad that that idea would sell over Mary I. Although if I toss the name "Bloody Mary" in there... A British studio might go for it, though. Trafalgar definitely, except for the whole big budget problem.