Gray day

This is one of those gray days that make you just want to sit on the couch and read a book. Well, maybe not you, but that's how they make me feel. I've decided I'm going to do some fun things today with my girls and spend time where my laptop doesn't have a wireless signal. That's usually pretty fun. Disconnect for a little while, enjoy the company of the people I'm with. I realize the irony of saying that after my post yesterday, but there are people I generally enjoy spending time with, contrary to how it may have sounded yesterday.

I hit on something yesterday in my blog post that I don't think I'd really thought about before it came out in type. I need to delve into my character sketches a little deeper to figure out what really makes them tick, makes them unique and weak. Most of them are fairly superficial, dealing mostly with what they look like and what that says about their personalities. I need to figure out what makes them uncomfortable, how they deal with that, and what they would do in a situation where their coping mechanisms are unavailable.

If you want an example of good characterization in that regard, look at the first season of Lost, one of my new favorite shows. But the way the characters are depicted is fantastic! In each episode, you see what they're afraid of, what they're running from, and how they react when their typical coping mechanisms are taken away since they've crashed on a remote island. Okay, I'm off to play now. Until later . . .