Good Science Fiction Stops me in my Tracks

Dear Blog,

I'd like to apologize to you, my dear Blog. This has been mainly a journal-like process, and although this isn't a bad thing, I think I need to break from a simple retelling of my day and more toward a tad of creative writing. I will still talk about my day, but I need more points to discuss, be they real or fake. Today I decided to try for a discussion on something other than me. I have no idea how much I will actually write, since I am tired and I'd like to sleep. But you're quite irresistible, my dear Blog. I like this compulsion to write. I hope I am able to focus in the future and actually create some substantial work. I'm planning for the structure of the academic year will yield a more steady output of written words for me to expand on over time. Poems, short stories, anything.

I watched the Season Two Finale of Torchwood on Netflix about an hour ago. I will admit, I teared up. Characters that I've become attached to actually died. You watch a show and the characters always escape death with narrow misses, quick thinking, or deus ex machina. It's rare that someone actually dies. And in this show, Torchwood, they have actually brought people back to life. So it's final. They are dead. Which makes me sad. And being sad makes me a happy, too. The story was good enough to affect me, I have emotion and that reaffirms my humanity, and the entertainment value of the show is increased in my mind.

I'd go on to list the other times the Whoniverse has affected me, but I'm not up to the task tonight. I recommend Doctor Who highly. And Torchwood if you want something a little grittier/adult. And I'm not the only one who likes Doctor Who. It has a huge following in the UK (or so I piece together from Wikipedia).

Blah, I suddenly lost my drive to write any more material tonight. I'm just going to listen to Chameleon Circuit, a band that created a bunch of songs that are about Doctor Who. A vlogger on YouTube, charlieissocoollike, has a couple vlogs dedicated to Doctor Who (and several mentions). He's part of Chameleon Circuit. Here is a link to his song "Exterminate, Regenerate". He's pretty much awesome. Makes me smile a lot. If I were good looking, had a nice video camera, and video editing software, I might want to make a video blog on YouTube, too.

I think I'll fiddle around with blog settings before bed. Maybe change the layout a bit. Or not. It really depends on my patience level and if Victoria tells me to go to bed. Have I mentioned that she's fantastic? She is. I try my hardest for her, but I still feel like I'm quite lame.

If I were to become immortal, I'd hope that I'd never be bored.

Until next time,
Daniel Golden