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Fire Walking

Silence is infuriating.
Mon Jul 02 2001

The Professor and I saw "AI" yesterday afternoon. I wanted to see it before there was a lot in print about the movie. I'd heard there were some interesting plot twists to it, and indeed there were. The Prof and I spent a fair amount of time last night finding flaws, inconsistencies and unexplained jumps in the plot, but for all that we found wrong with it, I'm glad I saw it early in its release. I couldn't imagine what a Spielberg/Kubrick collaberation would be like. The result was interesting, to say the least.

I set the chapter I worked on a couple of weeks ago aside for a while. I find I'm better at reviewing my own work if it has a chance to "go cold". And indeed, when I reread it last night I saw quite a bit I want to tweak on it. Now that the Professor is finished teaching for the summer, I'm not sure when I'll sneak the time in to work on it though. His vampire hours are worse than ever right now though. Today he went to bed at 6:00 a.m., just as I was getting up. I may be able to write weekend mornings, if he stays on this schedule for a while.

I'm looking forward to my Boston trip in a few weeks. I think I could really use the time off from work and away from the Prof for a while. He's been moody these past days, and I'm not dealing well with his silences. He always seems to find a way to turn it around on me as though its me who has the problem. When he first goes into "silent mode" I'll ask him if anything is wrong. He always says "no". I then start babbling about anything, essentially keeping up a one sided monologue until I run out of things to say. I'm usually tired of listening to myself by that point anyway. So I get quiet. Once that happens, he starts in on me, wanting to know what's wrong, why am I so quiet? All of a sudden, the silence is *my* fault, even though I may have struggled for upwards of an hour to break it.

3 Comments
  • From:
    Candle (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jul 02 2001
    Aahhh... the silence... I know this silence of which you speak. I have no tips on how to deal with it though. I do find that time apart helps a lot... makes me remember why I love this person who regularily annoys me... I'm sure you'll find the same with your trip to Boston.

    I've been seeing the previews for A.I. and I was curious too about the producer collaboration. Apparently Kubrick died before finishing the project, so Spielberg took over. It hasn't looked promising to me, and as you've said there were lots of things wrong with it, I'm glad I didn't bother going to see it.

  • From:
    Shay40 (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jul 03 2001
    Two things:
    First, as someone who has always withdrawn into my own mind and been 'moody', there's often nothing really to discuss about it, it's just a time when I like to be alone with my own thoughts and has nothing to do with those around me. You would be better off not stressing on quiet times with the professor, perhaps.

    The second: I have always found that I need to leave rough drafts alone for a while to edit them satisfactorily.
  • From:
    Moonman (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jul 04 2001
    "Silence is golden." - thinking of that saying, and your entry reminds me that there are no absolutes. Well, having said that, wasn't *that* an absolute? Argh! i have confused myself. Oh well, i shall now retreat to my own world...