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Friday, August 11th, 2006
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10:37a - Amecon...and Beyond?
AMECON! We'll be leaving in around half an hour's time, and it will be fun. Yes, it really will! It'll be odd to actually leave Hazel House now, however, as I've really aclimatised to this place. Internet is still being tempremental, although currently, it's my laptop which is the only one able to go online, hence actually updating from my own computer for the first time in about a year. Woo! It also provided impetus to get out of bed early this morning, and I really feel quite relaxed and bright. I blame the shower, the excitement of Amecon, and the internet (with the music gained from it, case in point being the current music).
In the shower this morning, as I was enveloped in a cloud of lemon tang (new shower gel^^), I had a story idea I adore, and which I think has great potential, yet has a relatively simple core concept. I mentioned a similar idea a while ago, but never developed it. It would feature a sort of collection of myths...a fairly-rich young man in the late Middle Ages has little idea of how he wants to spend his life. In a tavern, he meets this old man who, in exchange for a drink, decides to tell him a story, about when he was young, and got caught up in a travelling caravan. Said story is the main material of the book (the rest is metafiction^^), and covers a journey from London to Peking and back again. However, it will be full of mythology and fiction, such as the twin kingdoms of Xanadu and Shangri-La which he visits in the Himalaya, and his enchounter with Baba Yaga in deep Russian forest. There'd be a twist at the end as well, of course. The combination of travelog and myth should make writing it both fun and far less complex than the location-centric stories I've attempted before. We'll see.
Speaking of travel, The Matt Harding video always makes me cry. I can't help it...it's the combination of the music (Deep Forest = Love) and the realisation of 'The Greatest Show IS Earth' concept. I cry at the Michael Palin series, especially when they approach their end, and I always cry upon coming home after travel. Holly just walked in and found me crying over such a video cute^^;;; As I said, I can't help it...I'm just senti-mental. Maybe someday I could dance around the world...travel broadens the mind, as does music, and the combination...well, I'm glad there is such beauty out there to counter the realism of these days. I'll just go and get a tissue now...
Okay, off to finish packing!
current mood:  bouncy
current music: Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (5 comments |comment on this)
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