Finished all the dialogue notation for Episode 7 today. Three more episodes to go. 

This episode is the most obviously sad. Loki tries to avenge Jarnsaxa's betrayal, and hits the wrong target. It's hard to listen to these characters doing painful things to each other, because I can put faces with the voices. 

The day we recorded, I saw Ethan-as-Loki, looking at Amy-as-Sif, her face and whole body a wide open trusting welcoming embrace, and his absolute hunger, enjoying the thought of what he was going to do to her, all the possibilities of what he could do with that trust and how it could affect her and those who love her. 

The episode gave me physical chills (which saves on air conditioning, although it wasn't that hot today).  Part of my brain kept grabbing at distractions and running away from the story- oh, look, I could cook dinner, oh, I should take a shower. I ended up having to use a timer and take breaks to get finished. 

Sif is the goddess of fertility. The line I never got to write into the story, which I wish was there, is "do not confuse my generosity with foolishness." She seems like a simple little sweetie pie, but I also see her as being the kind of girl who'd come across a dead bunny rabbit in the forest, say, "poor little thing," and then shove her long, delicate fingers into its decaying carcass, digging it into the soil, mixing it in so it can fertilize the earth, whispering gently, "refresh, refresh," then wiping her hands on her apron and trotting on her way. 

Because when my brain hurts, it lunges for comedy, I keep imagining this story as a sitcom called Everybody Loves Loki. and Loki's sitting grumpily on the couch, wearing his big horned helmet, trying to watch the football game (Vikings vs. Eagles, most likely), while Sigyn shows him this lovely new Pyrex bowl she'd gotten at the mall, and asking how his day went, and did his boss Mr. Odin give him any more trouble? 

Meanwhile, next door, Sif is sitting at her kitchen table holding a can and a can opener, carefully reading the ingredients on the side of the can. 

"Everyone says it's a mistake to open a can of worms, but I can't imagine why. All it says under ingredients is: 'Contains worms.' How can that be a problem?" and then opening the can. 

Then Thor comes in. "NO!" Hurls Mjölnir. KABOOM! 

"Hoooneeeey!"

I bought Adobe Illustrator today and I'm using Skillshare to teach myself how to use it. I watched some of the lessons, then opened up Illustrator and chugged along, doing the lessons along with the lecture. Then Safari froze, so I decided to knock it off for a bit. 

There's a lot I can do, but I still haven't figured out how to draw a triangle yet. I'm doing this because I want to do the graphic design for the podcast. I will learn this eventually. 

So, it feels like I goofed off all day doing fun things. I guess it was productive. I want to do more, but I'm getting tired and my back doesn't want to be sitting up anymore. ​