Nowt again.

It's hard for me to focus when I have tinnitus.

I took a walk this afternoon, and after I got back, a conversation on twitter got me to the Writing Excuses transcripts* (which I didn't know existed!) and a sense of things I need to work on to get this story moving. But I may be able to do that tomorrow or Sunday, once my tinnitus and general off feeling go away.

*I can't listen to podcasts. I can't pay attention long enough. My mind wanders, or I want to be doing something else. I also can't listen to audiobooks. Sometimes I can't even pay attention to a five-minute news segment on NPR.

Also, if you don't read my real blog, I've put "U8: Alexanderplatz (1989)" on my site. If you like it, share it with your friends.

The Lives of Others

If I've never mentioned it before, I love this movie. Even if I had to give up and turn the subtitles on because actors mumble or the sound effects are too loud or they use words I just don't know. It's really hard *not* to look at subtitles when they're there. (If there'd been an option to have it subtitled in German...)

This time, I noticed that Udo, the second Stasi guy, spoke Berlinisch. Ick, uuf, jut, meen.

So I have a page of notes that I plan to organize and break down using The Hollywood Formula (TM), to find out more about the character motivations &c. I'm not sure who's the protagonist & antagonist here, though. When I make the post, I'll invite anyone who's seen it to weigh in and argue with me about the thoughts I have. It's a fairly complicated fillum.

And I've managed to stay up later than I intended. Hrm.