open-ended

[freckles_and_doubt]

Henry Jenkins (who is fast becoming my cultural guru) has an interesting discussion here of video games, and particularly open-ended narrative, as art. I don't know about you, but I kept thinking of LARPing, the definitive theoretical analysis of which I will one day write.

Yesterday's minor depression has had the usual effect, viz. to make me suddenly loathe my hair and want to cut it all off. What do you think?

[Poll #763266]

In other news, I have now finished watching the first season of Alias, and am shocked and horrified to report how badly I'm hooked. It's a bizarre, cheesily fantastic, completely unrealistic series, but it's got me, mostly because (a) it has gadgets, unlikely disguises and lots of stunts, so it's pleasingly like Mission Impossible without Tom Cruise, and (b) Michael Vartan, who I like enough to hold out real hope that my Bad Boy impulses are finally crushed. Shall now hunt down H, from whom I borrowed the first season, to get the next few, since the Vaughan-is-dead cliffhanger finale is causing me to gnaw my own elbows.

Comments

[ex-wytchfyn.livejournal.com]

I think taking it up just above the shoulder might be an interesting experiment. Long enough to ponytail without being entirely irretrievable if you decide you want to grow it back out.

[origamitiger.livejournal.com]

I am with wytch on this one. Pampering is good but don't take so much off that you will regret it when not depressed.

[(Anonymous)]

yes, what they said. And have a lovely long, luxurious bath afterwards, to complete the pampering part. Preferably with chocolate. And maybe some gin (or two). And a good book (or two).

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