Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: The theme from "Dinoshark."

Some days, you're just not that deep.

Some days, you think about politics, philosophy, and art. Some days, Pliny and Socrates are the defining stars of your existence. Some days, the question of which came first—the chicken or the egg—is all-consuming, worthy of endless contemplation and consideration. Some days, just the movement of the heavens is enough to take your breath away, leaving you locked in endless awe of the cosmos and all its wonders.

Some days, you're just not that deep.

Guess what kind of day I'm having?

I spend a lot of time locked in intellectual pursuits. Maybe "figuring out strategic survival tactics and social innovations following the zombie apocalypse" and "building a better pandemic" aren't your standard thought experiments, but they're time-consuming and they take a lot of mental processing power. I guess it's only natural that I'd occasionally get exhausted and want to spend a few hours gazing off into space, counting air molecules while Food Network amuses the cats. (Seriously, they love Iron Chef, although Alice has been known to attack the screen when Bobby Flay comes on.) This also accounts for my love of movies like Dinoshark*, one more gem from the SyFy mines.

Tonight, everything will change. Tonight, I have edits to process on two short stories, a battle plan to write for tomorrow's official opening of the San Diego International Comic Convention hotel block, and at least eight pages of The Brightest Fell to get through. Tonight, I need to sit down and seriously outline two potential urban fantasy shorts, one Toby-based, one InCryptid-based. Tonight, I must brush the cat. But all of that is tonight, and right now, it's daylight, and I'm just not that deep.

Thinking is hard. Let's have strawberry ice cream.

(*Over the course of a two-hour movie, Dinoshark eats a kayak, several swimmers, an expedition boat, a crocodile, and a helicopter. Dinoshark is totally metal, yo.)
Tags: busy busy busy, con prep, contemplation, horror movies, utterly exhausted
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spectralbovine

March 17 2010, 14:54:46 UTC 7 years ago

How does the theme from Dinoshark go?

"Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino...Dino Dino Dino Dino Dino Dino(Dinoshaaaaark!) Dino Dino Dino Dino Dino Dino (Dinoshaaaaark!)"

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:20:20 UTC 7 years ago

...yes.

Yes, exactly that.

Just thought you'd get a giggle out of this.

snobahr

March 17 2010, 15:12:17 UTC 7 years ago

My 6 yr old son is in Kindergarten. Last week, they were studying the letter Z. One of their assignments is to write down 5 words that start with the letter (or sound) of the week. The first word he wrote down? Zombie!

Re: Just thought you'd get a giggle out of this.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:20:33 UTC 7 years ago

Your son is AWESOME.

tikiera

March 17 2010, 15:22:41 UTC 7 years ago

With Daylight Savings Time I am running on even less sleep than normal. My body is not fooled by the numbers on the clock, it knows what time it is supposed to be... and so the alarm comes so much early.

I commensurate with your day, and I second the need for ice cream, but I would like mine with a healthy side of way too much caffiene.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:20:56 UTC 7 years ago

Mmmmmmmm.

Caffeine.

xjenavivex

March 17 2010, 15:35:54 UTC 7 years ago

Sweet. Dinoshark!

I want ice cream.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:22:24 UTC 7 years ago

Don't we all?

dornbeast

March 17 2010, 15:37:56 UTC 7 years ago

"Alice has been known to attack the screen when Bobby Flay comes on."

Alice is a Smart Cat.

drakemagi

March 18 2010, 00:55:08 UTC 7 years ago

Hear, hear!

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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archangelbeth

March 17 2010, 15:57:46 UTC 7 years ago

Would this mini "horror movie" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4sZ2A04GrY -- fit in with your day, perhaps?

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:22:48 UTC 7 years ago

Mmmmmmmmmm.

Horror.

liret

March 17 2010, 16:06:23 UTC 7 years ago

I am pondering the deep and worthy question of where in my schedule I can fit a nap.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:23:10 UTC 7 years ago

It's a difficult but essential question.

kippurbird

March 17 2010, 16:27:30 UTC 7 years ago

Oh hell, the Comic Con hotels open up tomorrow?

*scurries off to do roommate begging*

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:23:38 UTC 7 years ago

Comic Con hotels open in thirty-seven minutes.

Not that I'm watching the clock or anything. Oh, no. Not me...

kippurbird

7 years ago

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cleothyla

March 17 2010, 16:55:45 UTC 7 years ago

Seriously, they love Iron Chef, although Alice has been known to attack the screen when Bobby Flay comes on.)
Alice has very good taste. And are they fans of Cat Cora?

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:24:47 UTC 7 years ago

They ignore Cat Cora.

deire

March 17 2010, 17:53:44 UTC 7 years ago

What's yer vector, Victor? :ducking:

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:24:57 UTC 7 years ago

I do not understand...?

deire

7 years ago

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martianmooncrab

March 17 2010, 20:08:33 UTC 7 years ago

Guess what kind of day I'm having

Brain Lite

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:25:07 UTC 7 years ago

Mmmmm, brains.

axejudge

March 17 2010, 20:36:32 UTC 7 years ago

*I* usually feel like attacking the screen when Bobby Flay comes on, the arrogant git. Good for Alice!

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:25:25 UTC 7 years ago

She definitely makes the Food Network more lively.

eevieivy

March 17 2010, 21:41:41 UTC 7 years ago

I need ice cream. And to turn my brain off.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:25:35 UTC 7 years ago

We should have switches.

deire

7 years ago

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ravenclawed

March 18 2010, 00:06:57 UTC 7 years ago

(Seriously, they love Iron Chef, although Alice has been known to attack the screen when Bobby Flay comes on.)

I concur with what everyone's saying -- Alice has good taste. Do the cats like Alton Brown?

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:25:53 UTC 7 years ago

They seem ambivalent on the question of Alton.

dragoness_e

March 18 2010, 02:23:40 UTC 7 years ago

Dinoshark was a Roger Corman film. He makes rather good grade-B movies and always has. I mean, main characters with personalities! Action and pacing that moves the story along! Internal consistency and foreshadowing! A guy, a girl, and a monster! What more could you want from a grade-B movie?

As opposed to Uwe "There is no video game I cannot massacre" Boll's movies, or whoever perpetuated that "Mega-shark vs. Giant Octopus" atrocity. IMHO, that was BAD, and not in a good way, or even a "so bad it's good" way.

seanan_mcguire

March 18 2010, 15:26:29 UTC 7 years ago

Mega-shark vs. Giant Octopus was vastly improved by drinking heavily.

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mythos_amante

March 18 2010, 03:23:34 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, wow! I had no idea you were involved with the SDCC administrative stuff! Cool!

mythos_amante

March 18 2010, 03:24:04 UTC 7 years ago

OH and everything else is very cool, too! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

seanan_mcguire

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lysystratae

March 18 2010, 19:38:22 UTC 7 years ago

here's a nice bit of brightness - amazon had emailed to say there would be a further delay on local habitation, and it wouldn't be out until 3-31. then on 3-17 i got an email billing me for it, so i turned on my kindle - and there it was! yay!

seanan_mcguire

March 22 2010, 04:57:46 UTC 7 years ago

Woo!