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Pulling through.
Jan. 12th, 2018 10:25 amIt's been a week, that much is certain. I feel like so much has been happening, even though not really a lot has happened at all.
I survived going to jury duty. It was more an orientation and explanation of duties than anything. I spent the whole orientation fidgeting with anxiety, which was not fun. At the end I spoke to the judge about my mental health issues, and he granted me a permanent excuse from duties. So I don't have to do anything after all, which is a Huge Relief.
I also had some mental health testing done this week, on Thursday. My therapist wanted to get a more refined diagnosis, and to see if I might fall on the autism spectrum. So I did all that over two and a half hours yesterday. The only really difficult thing was some of the logic puzzles, and also taking the MMPI again. (The MMPI is a personality inventory, where you answer true/false statements about the beliefs and feelings you hold and so on. It is also 567 questions long.)
Other than those two things, I really haven't done very much. Well, apart from going out of town to see The Shape of Water, finally. It was a beautiful dream of a movie, one I didn't want to wake up from. It left me feeling happier, lighter, enchanted. I loved it, and I want to see it again. I want to see it over and over, and discern new details from its symphony of design and story and character. What a film.
I started reading a new book: Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death. I'm only a handful of chapters in, but it's a very gripping book so far. I think I might actually finish it, if I sit down and devote time to reading it.
I've been watching Doctor Who again. Starting with the Eleventh Doctor, because that's what I have on DVD/streaming, and also I just like the Eleventh Doctor more? Also also, I am still harboring the hope that I can write reviews of all the episodes from Series 5 on, like I did for Series 1-4 + the Specials. I got a (re)start on it last year, but yesterday I wrote my first review in a while, and I'm hoping to get more knocked out this week and into the future. They'll all be posted on my Wordpress blog, so if you're interested you can check them out under the "Movies, Television, and More" category in the sidebar.
I've also dived back into the Doctor Who with my writing. No fics, but I am taking my Series 1-4 + specials reviews and trying to consolidate them into a collection of essays on that particular era of Doctor Who and what I did and didn't like about it. I've just written an introduction (that will probably need some rewriting), but I'm hoping to articulate my opinions without coming across as being critical for the sake of it. There's a lot about that era I don't like--the over-the-top cheesiness mainly, but also a lot of character decisions and genuine plot holes--but I don't hate it. I can't hate it, because it's what got me into the show to begin with. I obviously kept watching for a reason, and one thing I want to do is suss those reasons out. So we'll see how it all turns out.
I am hoping to get some fiction work done today as well. The Outpost still needs work done on it, and there are a couple stories I'd like to try planning out this year, too. It's just a matter of putting the work in, and since it's basically a snow day today, I have plenty of time to get it done.
Also yes, it's a snow day today. I'm not in school or anything, but a quarter inch of ice on the roads, plus snow on top of that, makes it 100% certain that I'm not going anywhere today. I will stay cozy inside the house, thank you very much. Though I guess I'll have to get out to get the mail at some point, since I'm expecting a package of yarn today. Still, not driving anywhere, so it's a shut-in sort of day.
That's all from me, really. Hope you're all doing well, and that life is treating you all right.
I survived going to jury duty. It was more an orientation and explanation of duties than anything. I spent the whole orientation fidgeting with anxiety, which was not fun. At the end I spoke to the judge about my mental health issues, and he granted me a permanent excuse from duties. So I don't have to do anything after all, which is a Huge Relief.
I also had some mental health testing done this week, on Thursday. My therapist wanted to get a more refined diagnosis, and to see if I might fall on the autism spectrum. So I did all that over two and a half hours yesterday. The only really difficult thing was some of the logic puzzles, and also taking the MMPI again. (The MMPI is a personality inventory, where you answer true/false statements about the beliefs and feelings you hold and so on. It is also 567 questions long.)
Other than those two things, I really haven't done very much. Well, apart from going out of town to see The Shape of Water, finally. It was a beautiful dream of a movie, one I didn't want to wake up from. It left me feeling happier, lighter, enchanted. I loved it, and I want to see it again. I want to see it over and over, and discern new details from its symphony of design and story and character. What a film.
I started reading a new book: Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death. I'm only a handful of chapters in, but it's a very gripping book so far. I think I might actually finish it, if I sit down and devote time to reading it.
I've been watching Doctor Who again. Starting with the Eleventh Doctor, because that's what I have on DVD/streaming, and also I just like the Eleventh Doctor more? Also also, I am still harboring the hope that I can write reviews of all the episodes from Series 5 on, like I did for Series 1-4 + the Specials. I got a (re)start on it last year, but yesterday I wrote my first review in a while, and I'm hoping to get more knocked out this week and into the future. They'll all be posted on my Wordpress blog, so if you're interested you can check them out under the "Movies, Television, and More" category in the sidebar.
I've also dived back into the Doctor Who with my writing. No fics, but I am taking my Series 1-4 + specials reviews and trying to consolidate them into a collection of essays on that particular era of Doctor Who and what I did and didn't like about it. I've just written an introduction (that will probably need some rewriting), but I'm hoping to articulate my opinions without coming across as being critical for the sake of it. There's a lot about that era I don't like--the over-the-top cheesiness mainly, but also a lot of character decisions and genuine plot holes--but I don't hate it. I can't hate it, because it's what got me into the show to begin with. I obviously kept watching for a reason, and one thing I want to do is suss those reasons out. So we'll see how it all turns out.
I am hoping to get some fiction work done today as well. The Outpost still needs work done on it, and there are a couple stories I'd like to try planning out this year, too. It's just a matter of putting the work in, and since it's basically a snow day today, I have plenty of time to get it done.
Also yes, it's a snow day today. I'm not in school or anything, but a quarter inch of ice on the roads, plus snow on top of that, makes it 100% certain that I'm not going anywhere today. I will stay cozy inside the house, thank you very much. Though I guess I'll have to get out to get the mail at some point, since I'm expecting a package of yarn today. Still, not driving anywhere, so it's a shut-in sort of day.
That's all from me, really. Hope you're all doing well, and that life is treating you all right.
