Thirsty Thursday Numero Dos: Vacation, Sherlock, and Kickball

Thirsty Thursday's back again! This is through Jenn at Going the Distance and Trish from Tales from Trish.

What's In My Cup?

My virtual drink of choice: Cupcake Moscato, given to me by the Lovely P!nky for my graduation from law school, enough for everyone to toast and join the celebration!

What's On My Mind?

Vacation, all a ever wanted, vacation had to get awaaay! 

Even though it's no place tropical or exotic, staying at my parent's house for the last week since post law graduation has been so nice! My grandparents were in town the first couple days this week.  I help Momma make dinner at night, I get lots of sleep, I FINALLY finish the book I started reading last summer, I go for nice jogs, oh yeah, and I do goofy things like this:

I'm also updating my vlog but am having trouble converting the files from RealPlayer to windows media for editing (supposedly RealPlayer does this but EVERY TIME I hit "Go" all I get is an advertisement to upgrade for $50, NOBUENO!), if anyone knows how to do this please let me know!

I am SHERLOCKED!

Image from Otters that Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch 

So we all know I'm an admitted anglophile, but don't think I'm only endorsing this based on my general love of  British things.  Not sure if any of you have seen the BBC production of Sherlock which is currently airing on PBS but it is FANTASTIC!  I watched last year's episodes last fall and was hooked.  Now they're not in a traditional format: three 90 minute episodes is all you get each season, but each mini-movie is so SPECTACULAR.  

While I enjoy Robert Downey Jr.'s action hero period Holmes, this one feels truer to the original books, partly because the mysteries are based on actual Sherlock Holmes plots.  What is REALLY innovative is that the whole thing takes place in modern times so they use text messages, skype, and instead of recording everything in a book, John Watson writes it all ON A BLOG  (and here I am blogging about it... woah this is getting meta)!  

Cumberbatch does a GREAT Holmes and Martin Freeman plays Watson just how you would like since Watson is the main way we experience and befriend Holmes in the books, he's kinda a projection of the audience, and I'd like to imagine myself as this Watson. The last episode to air, A Scandal in Belgravia, was seriously the BEST storytelling I have experienced in the last two years!

The next episode airs tonight at 8 and is based on the Hound of the Baskervilles, so be sure to catch it (or DVR it) tonight!

Kickball Kraziness

So tonight I brush the dust off my kickball cleats and take the field for the first time in 2012.  I'm not really nervous but I don't want to look too uncoordinated in front of people who have played a bunch of games already this year.  Wish me luck!

Free Write Every Day: #6

Well, I remembered to write all my posts for my assignment... even if I forgot to post the last one here... oops.
Anyways, I am taking a week-long "fast" from social media for a week, so if you're looking for an update in the next 7 days, sorry but it might be awhile =) But really, let's be honest, my blogging is sporadic at best anyways.
Last free writing assignment, I actually attempted to get creative with style and form before letting my time-crunch, procrastinating, gotta get it over with ways kicked in:

Sunday February 26 11:00pm
I’m currently back in Richmond and unpacked from a fun and refreshing trip to see the family. I’m surprised that I have not used this writing time more creatively but have merely used it as a journal or reflecting space for myself.  I have never spent time trying to cultivate a writing to this extent before so I guess I fell back on a default of writing as a reflection, or subjective report of events.  I’m going to try something else for the rest of today (the last day’s) entry.
Words or short phrases relating to the weekend:
technological detox, glittering blackness, reunion of friends, paleontological diets, she spoke with the adroit word choice and the cattiness of a roommate and almost friend, laughing while feeling a deep uneasiness, further motivation to regularly exercise: swimsuit shopping in February, exhausted and sore yet feeling like I accomplished very little, with the camera as a shield protecting mt from unwanted conversation, I ventured into the throng of people.
Meta-ReflectionSince that was harder than I thought and the deadline is short approaching (as well as the knowledge I must awake in less than 7 hours, I will strive for a mixture of quantity, quality, and ease to finish this last entry of the week before searching for reflections to share or writing a new one. I guess I never had really paid attention to how much of my writing is never manifested due to the delete/backspace button.  I used to wonder what happened to the used and then discarded letters.  Since they are a digital projection onto a screen, there is never any proof over what once existed, unlike writing by hand or typewriter, where the tell-tale trace of white-out at least belies the effort a writer undertook to adjust what was written. this can be sort of a metaphor for life in the digital age.  Photos are taken, reviewed, and deleted within seconds.  No longer does the casual or amateur photographer have to wait an hour at the very least to evaluate the shots.  140 character manifestations of thoughts are instantly broadcast to the world (and can be just as quickly deleted) through twitter.  Does this mean less thought, intention or planning goes into what we produce? Is there really any sort of valid argument to counter this thought?