Not a Paperback Writer, Then?

You Should Be a Film Writer

You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

Muh? Maybe?

Yesterday's segue from 'day' to 'evening' did not go well. The commute wasn't so bad, all things considered - my first bus wasn't overcrowded and the second one came along so quickly that I'd only just had one puff of my smoke, which I snuffed and put away so as not to waste it. It seems a thing to do, if possible or convenient. So when I got off the bus again closer to home, I took that one out and lit it. And this bloke comes up to me and asks for a cigarette. Now, I did have a few smokes, but I don't make it a habit to hand out my cigarettes to random strangers ... though I will sometimes, if the pack's basically full and/or I'm feeling generous. Neither of those were the case, and I didn't like the way he was looking at me, so I said, "No, sorry" and walked on past him.

Or at least, I tried to. Next thing I saw was this arsehole's hand approaching my face at speed. So I dodged enough to get my right shoulder between his hand and my face, and he managed to pinch-grab a section of my shoulder hard enough for it to still hurt now. I followed the dodge through and turned around to glare in total incredulity at this total nut-sack who had apparently decided that trying to grab a burning cigarette out of someone's mouth was a smart move and a reasonable thing to do when you've been told 'no'. I took the smoke out of my mouth at that point, figuring that if the mongrel decided to try something again, it would make a reasonable weapon. But in the face of glare and me essentially arming myself, the guy just gave me this sort of smirk that can be roughly translated to "Gotcha, bitch" and we both went out separate ways.

How do people wind up believing that it's okay to grab things from other people, just because they want them? How does it happen that simple courtesy and respect for others goes so far out the window so fast? I will never, ever understand.

And in other news, that's pretty much it for me and Doctor Who now. First Ecclestone had to go, and there are varying opinions about Tennant but even without the mad gurning, the scripts aren't doing him any favours in my view. Now Billie Piper's off at the end of this season, and I shudder to think who's next. On the other hand, it might be a shrewd move on the part of casting directors who figure that maybe they can get a Doctor's Companion who actually has the kind of chemistry with Tennant that Piper and Ecclestone had. I could go on, but I'm getting to the stage now where I can turn around to the people who say, "Tennant's not that bad" and say, "Maybe, but he's not that good either and it's a pity, but I think I'll just stick with my Ecclestone!Who box sets, thanks..." Matter of personal preference, I suppose, so not something to get worked up about. I will be paying attention to how Rose leaves the show, though, because I really hope they do her justice. It was a fantastic surprise to find out that Piper can act, and I'm glad she's moving on to other things, but if they don't give her some really good way to go out, I am going to find the scriptwriters and cut their hearts out with a spoon.

(Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more.)

Online WoD

Well, the good news is that things are picking up on the online RPG front. My Dreamspeaker's about to become a team rep for her Tradition from the looks of things, my Corax is trying to get to a corpse to drink its eyes and see how the man died, and Grace ... well, Grace is having an interesting time generally.

Okay, the situation goes as follows: there are two mechanics on the Hollow City board. One's Grace. The other is Alexei Korolev, kinfolk to one of the city's alphas. Grace is cute, dizzy, forthright and sweet, with a reasonably wide gamut of interests and a certain amiable charm. Alexei is also cute, kind of sweet in his own distracted way, and very, very focused on his truest love - auto repair and customisation. And of course, he's Kin and she's Garou. This sounded like it could be an interesting matchup however the relationship turned out, so we did some plot tweaking and made it so that Grace had to turn up at Alexei's garage for a job interview. She got said job, but throughout the interview and test process, neither of them had any idea what the other was, so were expecting to have to keep certain aspects of their lives quiet. However, when Grace went back to the flat she's now sharing with another Garou (who happens to work in the free health clinic that serves as a central meeting point for the Garou in SF) and mentioned Alexei's name, the flatmate pulled out a contact list and pointed out that Alexei was Kin. This amused Grace, but it also seemed providential, since in this game, Kinfolk are currently being sacrificed to demons.

So Grace went to work the next morning and started inching around to the subject and wound up getting him to blurt out another Kinfolk's identity before he twigged that she knew things she shouldn't. So he turned around and threatened her with a wrench, asking what side she was on, and Grace said all the right things and dropped all the right names (in typical ditzy style) and off they went to pick up his poor dead car from the clinic (so finally, Grace gets to go there). And as they're driving along in the tow truck, Grace mentions that she thinks he's cute. So now there's a date in the offing and it's looking pretty good for them because now they're sharing reminiscences about Pittsburgh, where he grew up and where Grace spent two months doing a total rebuild and custom job on a '83 DeVille.

So we have fun, and I get to game in Hollow City again, and I think I may have enough posts to point at to justify an increase in Grace's Perception soon. Which would be nice, because she is so thick sometimes... I completely blew a 'Getting to know the Urban Parent Spirit' thing by botching just one Perception + Empathy roll, and it sucks. Wah.

Right. Now off to do cheap but nice Japanese food with dodgyhoodoo. Then maybe blowing up Worms.