© by Gerald So | geraldso.blogspot.com | 6:15 A.M.
Yesterday I made a video of my poem "Four Weeks Before the Wedding":
Four Weeks Before the Wedding
by Gerald So
Your fiancé’s name
shows on Caller ID;
I imagine
my RSVP
upset you
more than I know,
and he's calling
to say
it would mean
the world
if I attended.
I pick up,
say hello twice,
and hear you
far enough
away to tell
you butt-dialed me.
The text was originally published in the February 2011 issue of Mat Black Online Magazine, and it's included in my ebook of twenty-four poems on love and chance, We Might Have.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
DOCTOR WHO Series 8
© by Gerald So | geraldso.blogspot.com | 3:00 A.M.
Having seen last Thursday's Christmas special, I can now take stock of Series 8. Everyone has favorite Doctors and others with whom they are less taken. While I enjoyed Matt Smith's youthfulness, it led me to better appreciate Peter Capaldi's contrasting, cantankerous Doctor, who I thought well set up to clash with experienced Companion and schoolteacher Clara Oswald.
I liked the range of emotions Clara showed, staying through The Doctor's regeneration, showing him the ropes, getting frustrated enough to leave him. Then, in the Christmas special, The Doctor's return showed how much Clara meant to him. It was, again, a nice contrast to the easier chemistry between other Doctors and Companions.
Having seen last Thursday's Christmas special, I can now take stock of Series 8. Everyone has favorite Doctors and others with whom they are less taken. While I enjoyed Matt Smith's youthfulness, it led me to better appreciate Peter Capaldi's contrasting, cantankerous Doctor, who I thought well set up to clash with experienced Companion and schoolteacher Clara Oswald.
I liked the range of emotions Clara showed, staying through The Doctor's regeneration, showing him the ropes, getting frustrated enough to leave him. Then, in the Christmas special, The Doctor's return showed how much Clara meant to him. It was, again, a nice contrast to the easier chemistry between other Doctors and Companions.
Looking Back and Forward
© by Gerald So | geraldso.blogspot.com | 2:15 A.M.
With age, I find I look back less often. Hence this reflection post just as one year is ending and another is about to begin:
Novel I Most Enjoyed Reading: Willful Child by Steven Erikson
Short Story I Most Enjoyed Reading: "Class Reunion" by Robb White
Short Story I Most Enjoyed Writing: "King of the Sea", published in Pulp Modern #7
Poem I Most Enjoyed Writing: "A Definition of Noir", published in Noir Riot: Volume 1
TV Series I Most Enjoyed Watching: Doctor Who: Series 8, NCIS: New Orleans, Bones: Season 10
Film I Most Enjoyed Watching: Guardians of the Galaxy
In 2015, I'm looking forward to Syfy's The Expanse, based on the books of James S.A. Corey, Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix, and the Peanuts movie.
With age, I find I look back less often. Hence this reflection post just as one year is ending and another is about to begin:
Novel I Most Enjoyed Reading: Willful Child by Steven Erikson
Short Story I Most Enjoyed Reading: "Class Reunion" by Robb White
Short Story I Most Enjoyed Writing: "King of the Sea", published in Pulp Modern #7
Poem I Most Enjoyed Writing: "A Definition of Noir", published in Noir Riot: Volume 1
TV Series I Most Enjoyed Watching: Doctor Who: Series 8, NCIS: New Orleans, Bones: Season 10
Film I Most Enjoyed Watching: Guardians of the Galaxy
In 2015, I'm looking forward to Syfy's The Expanse, based on the books of James S.A. Corey, Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix, and the Peanuts movie.
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