Sunday was a lazy day.
Me? I often feel lazy, but apparently I'm not, at least by other people's definition. I always try to do something (in fact, I tried to learn knitting just so I could be doing something constructive when watching TV - I'm somewhat successful, in that I can knit a blanket and a hat). Yeah.
So Sunday was notable in that I did nothing but watch TV all day. My partner and I had rented The Hunger Games to watch with a friend on Saturday - a movie I hadn't seen in the theatre, nor have I yet read the book (I do own it - I've merely been waiting for a chance to read it as I feel I will gobble it up, as well as the rest of the trilogy). We watched the movie again. We started it with a pretense of studying the costumes - ha! I never watch movies twice in a row. After that we found some 'haunted town' documentaries, and then got engulfed in True Blood.
I've only read one of the Sookie books, and haven't seen any of the prior seasons. But I am now addicted. I so want to find out what happens next! (And I think the finale is this Sunday - something we'll watch and record on the DVR.) At some point I need to go back and watch the other seasons. If I may diverge (and really, are you going to stop me? Ha! I think not!), I think one of the reasons that the series is so addictive is because the stories come from the characters. Things happen because of what characters have done, what they wish they'd done, or what they want to do. Characters find themselves in sticky situations because of who they are. You root for some and hate others. You start to care what happens to them.
When I was a kid, I'd read a book in a day. Now, I'm a fast reader, which helped a lot. Apparently, though, story is catnip to me. I absolutely had to know what happened. There are some books where that's still true - I will stay up to finish them (and yes, I read all of the Harry Potters - at least for the first time - in as quick a time as I could manage: with the last few books I did have to take a break and catch some sleep).
It's so easy to forget how rejuvenating experiencing a story can be. I often feel I should be productive (no idea where that came from, but I wish it would stop). Perhaps I've had to be practical often enough that I forget at my core I'm an artist.
No resolutions to try to watch more TV, or see more movies, or read more - for one thing, making a resolution is like making a plan: way too practical. Instead, I acknowledge that I will be more open to experiencing Story in whatever guise she may choose and go on my merry way.
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