fonts, punks, jedis, comics and little toy soldiers
got a review on my recently completed short story hindsight:

This is your best story to date. There is so much depth to this...I'll be pondering it for a while. Definitely must read again. Brilliant...and disturbing.*

yesterday, 3 november 2005, i put together both the high alphabet font and the low alphabet font for iridia (a neighbor to gardea that figures in the third gardea book quite prominently), with font creator also, i watched gus van sant's last days, which, like his elephant, was a nifty moodpiece, with long stretches of silence and bits of scenes occasionally out of order. both elephant and last days, in my opinion could have used a little more blood to get a stark contrast to all the peaceful silence

also, watched revenge of the sith. it's got it's parts that play well, but there's some horrible dialogue in parts and the structure could use some work (not unlike previous star wars films). odd thing: ewan's performance in his "you were the chosen one" speech didn't work so well the second time, but natalie's "you're breaking my heart" bit worked better. go figure

and, after dinner i read stephen king's short story battleground to the kids. it bugged me a bit how lacking the story was in style and writing, but it was still fairly clever

read this week's comics purchase:

• stray bullets 40 - a good use of silence, the main character in this issue having a hearing aid and all, but the plot was a bit confusing near the end, and the issue ended a bit abruptly without a satisfying resolution
• jonah hex 1 - went ok, but i'm not sure i care enougn for an ongoing hex book
• detective comics 813 - so, it all has to do with one of the various clayface guys, right? i haven't really read batman since the start of no man's land, so maybe this all ties into something else, or maybe it's something new. this, the penultimate issue in lapham's run--and while it's obviously winding down to its conclusion, i'm thinking it's not going to be satisfying. i'm almost in the mood to drop lapham like i dropped bendis last year. haven't regretted that one yet
• little star 5 - an odd issue for this book, which almost seemed like a conclusion, but five issues seems a bit short. flashbacks to the birth of the universe and the baby mostly and little added to the present story. still, even a lacking andi watson is better than a lot out there
• bulleteer 1 - nice, self contained intro story, with great bits about superhero porn, and did that subway crash tie into guardian and klarion perhaps?

and i watched a bit of the daily show, but i was exhausted and feeling sick, so i recorded it and the colbert report to watch today. also, meaning to get out to see saw ii this evening, and considering watching revenge of the sith with commentary, or at least listening to it, while i work on yet another font--i want to get my money's worth out of font creator right away

* it should be noted that review was from my wife, sarah