Hello there!!!
It has been quite a while since my last posting; since then I have finished my first semester as a graduate student (in International Relations), begun summer school at the University of Oslo’s International Summer School (taking Norwegian Literature and Newer Norwegian Literature along with Johnny), and been addicted to World of Warcraft for the second time. I am in Norway at the moment (as you may have guessed with the UoO mentioning above) and am doing my darndest to enjoy my time here (which is difficult when going off to summer school at the wee hours of the morning). I have not seen as much of my friends as I would like to, partially due to our different day schedules and partly due to my gidda-laus-ness (being routinely tired takes its toll).
These days I am working on the latter half of my school semester, getting back in touch with friends, family, and new people online, and watching through The 10th Kingdom. It is a fantasy miniseries featuring a fairy tale world (based on the Grimm brothers’ collection of folk tales) that exists parallel to Earth and connects with Central Park through magic traveling mirrors. The series is fun in itself, though the concept is much more interesting than the actual execution. The screenwriting and the direction are the two most disappointing facets, unfortunately. I often found myself questioning how the story and characters developed, as both often took sudden turns (that were expected to come through more gradual changes) and contained unsound occurrences (how would three trolls from a fantasy world be able to comprehend a New York – Manhattan street address from an Earth-based wallet during their first visit to Earth?). There are some pieces of dialogue that fall pancake flat and some failed comic delivery. Ahhh, the things I would have loved to do with it (may share some ideas on here as I develop them; first to go would be the visibly breathing corpses).
From semi-disappointing series to imminent bedtimes; to get enough sleep before I go to school, I have to get to bed at around 21:00 (9:00 PM). This means that I will end it for this time. I hope you all are doing well and taking care of yourself and yours.
Regards,
Nick :-)
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