tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82702865833548140322024-03-13T00:29:37.319-07:00Reaching for the Sky and Achieving My DreamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-26325523657364112492014-07-08T22:50:00.000-07:002014-07-08T22:50:02.972-07:00Snicker's JourneyLast weekend, on the fourth of July, after we had begun packing the car for our once every two years family reunion... my beautiful baby girl, Snickers Olsen, a full-size dachshund, reddish brown, 15.8 pounds, collapsed.<br />
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Her rear hind legs just gave out, she began dragging herself, like a wet seal, across my carpet to the couch, as I cooed to her, to come see her mommy.<br />
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I had no clue that she had just been paralyzed with a type 2 disk degeneration. It broke my heart. We were just on our way out to finish loading our luggage into the two cars, we dropped everything to say goodbye to Snickers Olsen.<br />
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I pulled her body across mine, gently laying her down in my lap, stroking her beautiful, slightly matted fur, murmuring words of love, comfort, as I spread kisses across her face, head. Her body weight was entirely shifted onto my numb leg, which she laid on, but I could care less. The only thing in the world that mattered was my Snickers.<br />
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My dad phoned our vet friend and he told us, from the looks of it, Snickers was going to have to be put down. At 14 years of age, she was getting too old. Her body couldn't handle the enormously expensive 4,000 surgery that she might need and the fracture she sustained would most likely be too much.<br />
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We would have to say goodbye. My mom, generally insisting she doesn't love all three of our dogs, knelt down, laid her head across Snickers', kissed her forehead, tears dribbling down her cheeks. My sister screamed, ran to her bedroom, to cry in silence. My brother, Jon, mostly stoic, was clearly upset.<br />
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And my little brother, Riley, was even crying, gently petting Snickers, comforting her. We packed her into the car, with her favorite blanket, toys, in my dad's lap and transported her to the vet's office in Riverton. What seemed like an eternity, but was really twelve-to-fifteen minutes, and we arrived at the clinic.<br />
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I opened the door, hustled my dad, who bundled Snickers, into his arms, into the office, my remaining family members trailing behind us. We were a troop of solemn soldiers, preparing to pay our respects, to our fallen comrade.<br />
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We were ushered into the largest room they had, offered lukewarm, small, bottles of water. The room for being their "biggest" was small, slightly cramped. It contained a medicine cabinet, a scale to weigh dogs, a counter to lay them upon and six small chairs. Otherwise, the sparse room was decorated in cat paraphernalia.<br />
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Snickers was panting, heavily, still, clearly in a deep amount of pain. Our vet arrived, tested her, weighed her, gave her an x-ray. When he took Snickers away, in his arms, for the x-ray, I feared I would never get her back. That he was secretly signaling mom and dad, to let them know, he was gonna put Snickers down, to sleep, that there was no hope for my baby girl. My girl, who would make the angels cry at one glance at her.<br />
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Then he pronounced, a slight, trembling smile on his face, said, "the situation is<b> optimistically hopeful. </b>Snickers will live. Here's some medicine. You have a four week trial period. If she improves, she lives. If she doesn't..."<br />
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We shuffled out, parted ways. At home, dad said a tearful goodbye to Snick and everyone but Mom and me left for the family reunion. Snickers was the world's worst patient.<br />
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Our first day, she jumped off the bed, nearly straining her back. She couldn't potty. She couldn't do it by herself. She couldn't walk. We had to hand-feed her. She was refusing solid food, still is. We feed her medicine through peanut butter on a spoon.<br />
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I'll update more on the situation, later, but my baby is struggling.<br />
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I hope I don't have to put her down.<br />
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I love her.<br />
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She's my everything.<br />
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My sun. My moon.<br />
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There is no world without her.<br />
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I don't even want to see the sunlight, when I know, on a nice day, I can't enjoy it in the park with her. I don't want to see the day, when I know she could be walking beside me, trotting, growling, demanding, cutely, for a treat from the jerky bag in my fingers.<br />
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I would do anything to make sure she was okay, to ensure that my world remained intact, with Snickers Olsen, in my life.<br />
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Just long enough even for her to see me graduate high school.<br />
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I would give her every year I had left of my own near 18 years of life to ensure that.<br />
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I'm praying for a miracle.<br />
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---EmilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-38698470238016980452014-06-06T10:45:00.002-07:002014-06-06T10:45:11.262-07:00Edge of tommorrow movie review <img alt="READY, SET, ACTION! We were actually on the edge of our seats" height="198" src="http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/i/2014/05/22/edge-of-tomorrow-tom-cruise.jpg" width="320" /><br />
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Tom Cruise has outdone himself this time. In The Edge of Tomorrow, he not only managed to keep his shirt on (the entire film), but also hook us into a world that is true to it's tagline, "Live, Die, Repeat." The movie begins with Major William Cage, a coward, less than gracefully moving in the front lines to the English Channel.<br />
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But let's rewind for a brief moment and explain exactly what Cage does.<br />
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He is the slick, charming, ever-smiling UDF PR spokesman, the smoother than oil "talking head" of the United Defense Forces. And when he charms the masses, The General <span class="description">(Brendan Gleeson) </span>decides to force him into the front-lines to capture heroic footage of their spokesman.<br />
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Cruise panicking is a welcome sight, even the nervous, "I'm not a soldier" stutter is surprisingly enduring. <br />
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So Major William Cage does what all desperate, sleazy spokesman do best: he stutters nervously, in a surprising move of boldness, tries to blackmail the General.<br />
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That lands his pretty, panicked face in the front lines for the hell of it. Cruise's reaction is perfect and proves that he can definitely underplay emotion when necessary to better the script. After a few major failings, one of them being his 2013 Oblivion, a movie no one remembers, that fades just like its title. <br />
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Thrown to the wolves, he wakes up in an unknown location, uncertain of his surroundings. He's quickly treated to a rude awakening by a stern, deep fried Sergeant (Bill Paxton), labelled a deserter, handcuffed and led to his new team and a suicide mission: the J squad, the misfits of the army, who squabble and play poker. (Despite the consequences from the sergeant, such as forcing them to eat the poker cards because, "Their fate is in their own hands."<br />
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Untrained, ill suited for the job, Cruises muscular body is suited up in high tech robot armor, ready to propel strange Ailen metallic cresties away. Once he learns how to work it, that is...<br />
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Forced to confront his greatest fear, death, Cage, armed, is strapped into a plane, with the J Squad, failing to get advice on where the safety is on his suit. The plane is immediately hit, near-exploding. <br />
Panicked, he struggles to "drop" from the plane as the rest of his J Squad is already on the ground. Seconds near death, he drops and falls into the water, right in the middle of the battle.<br />
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He wades through the battlefield, successfully evading death, even as his fat team-mate, immediately gets it. But his suit is foreign to him, he grapples with his blaster. <br />
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And after watching the glorious, Full Metal Bitch, aka the Angel of Verdun, Rita Verdanski (Emily Blunt), all muscles and business, in action, he shoots a blue creature and bites the dust.<br />
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The screen goes black almost immediately. And Cage wakes up, once more, back at the begining. What is going on here?<br />
<br /> Cage is forced to relieve the events of the day over and over again, video-game style, until he gets the day right, wins the war. Going through a super-cool training sequence, he repeats the day, trying to force them to realize the plane is going to be bombed, they will be immediately attacked, forced to drop down, unprepared.<br />
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Cruise, unfairly, has clearly re-lived this day, over and over again, learning new things about his team-mates to convince them to be on his side, things we never got to see. Finally, after dying more than 60 times, Cage finds Rita, shooting at all the right places, saving her life, proves that whatever blood he absorbed is now giving him the power to re-set the day, over and over.<br />
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Rita glances at him, desperate burning in her eyes and demands he find her when he wakes up. Then they both die in a fiery explosion, he is back at the beginning.<br />
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This time, he says and does all the right things, participating in training. Making a cheeky remark, he is forced to do 50 pushups, after doing 5, sees which truck she is in, rolls under it, getting run over, dying immediately.<br />
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Three more times is the charm and he rolls, perfectly, under the car and scurries onto the training grounds, dodging metal training bots about to scissor his body, finds her, doing a push-up, her body gloriously fit. Cage's eyes can't leave her and they argue, he convinces her, they begin making a plan of attack to use this power, as a team, defeat the beasties.<br />
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But first, she trains him in a very cool, combat sequence. Unfortunately, after coming so close in the battlefield, they desert the army and trek together, using a stolen car, to a farmhouse. Cruise's true emotional abilities are shown, beautifully, as he pained, begs Rita not to start the chopper. Once the engine starts, the metallic cresties show up and she dies. She never gets farther than this farmhouse.<br />
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Rita firmly, learning this knowledge, that he just wants her to survive, demands, "Why is my life so important? I'm a solider..." And ignores him, starts the engine.<br />
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Desperate, Cage dives into the action, but Rita is still dead. So when he repeats the day, again, he goes on without her.<br />
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Eventually they reach a point when they realize the monster brain is using Cage to learn how humans fit, just like Rita was chosen for. Turns out, she offered humanity at victory at Verdun, but it wasn't real for the ailens allowe dher to win to observe nad master her tactics. Once they figure this out, they recognize they must get one step ahead of the aliens and anticipate their play one move in advance, in order to make their advance towards the final battle in Paris.<br />
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I highly recommend you watch this film. It is one of Tom Cruise's best movies. For the first time in a long time, he is not just a sexual object of women's fantasies. He is an actor who gives it his all, truly enjoys this concept of Live, Die, Repeat.<br />
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As one of the last actors of a previous era, still fighting for time on the big screen, Cruise does a fabulous job. Perhaps, this is his greatest acting up to date (despite never taking his shirt off, not once, ladies). It might never win an award, but it definitely will help the box office this June.<br />
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Edge of tomorrow receives an A-. Running time: 1 hour and 53 minutes. Pg-13<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-4779682480162189162014-01-16T17:13:00.000-08:002014-01-16T17:13:00.377-08:002014...Bitches!<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Greetings, bitches!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I heard that off a T.V. show yesterday and it just called to me. To anyone who still reads this blog, it's 2014 and I am back.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What has 2014 been like?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Honestly, it's a blue Thursday. I've been depressed, struggling with the ACT, I lost my best friend, J, to boys. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And yes, I know that girls like boys and boys like girls, but when all you want is to spend a little time with her, she rejects you in favor of guys, what can you do...but feel a little bit hurt, rejected?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>On a brighter note, this is my first real attempt at writing again. I've been quite struggling to read or write lately, much less get up off the couch. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I now own two lovely, beautiful dachshunds, in addition to my dog, Snickers, also a dachshund. Their names are Peanut and Butter, they are 5 and they love me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am still not over this gorgeous guy I've been crushing over for a like a year now. It's inappropriate, not my place to feel this way, because of work reasons, but I do.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm fighting it, it's working, but its still a struggle, especially when half the time all I can do, is put my foot in my mouth, try not to stutter.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yet, losing my best friend to a few bad boyfriends, the bottle, has made me realize that I can incorporate all this in my story, Obsessed and repurpose it like I've done for the last six years. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maybe 2014 is my year to shine.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Luck to all.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I will start updating this again. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Weekly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Live long and prosper as SPOCK would say.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-12139675526369343582013-11-15T22:25:00.000-08:002013-11-15T22:25:26.927-08:00Seminary: Relevant or just a damn waste of time? I confess I am less than your...shall we say, perfect Mormon. Far from it.<br />
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I attend seminary, but only because I pretty much have no choice. No way of changing classes without parental approval, no way of leaving, because my car...is nonexistent, so I AM stuck in that building for an hour and thirty minutes of pure hell.<br />
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At least in church if you pull out your phone, you don't have belligerent teachers breathing down your neck, fanning in your face, insisting you put it away. HELLO, this isn't a real class. It never has been.<br />
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It's basically a course where teachers, who think, they are smarter than you, better than you, more religious than you, can change "students life" but really they stick their nose in your business, look down on you, discuss "morals" all while being judgmental pricks.<br />
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And this is in my opinion of "course", so no hard feelings for those religious caring folks.<br />
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But seriously, if I have "free agency" then why can't I pull out my damn phone and just use it? If I want to study chinese during "bible time" and ignore the teachers warnings, or study "serial killers and their effects on society", who is to stop me?<br /><br />
Seriously, this is my life and if I sound angry, belligerent and unreasonable, then "it's their fault".<br />
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I take full responsibility for wanting to pull my phone out, but who is to say that I cannot wander the halls, leave class, exit out the doors, bag in hand.<br />
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It's not like I'm out there, smoking weed, in the grass in front of the whole school. I am merely leaving a class that doesn't count for a grade that I don't feel like attending.<br />
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What do you think? Am in the red zone?<br />
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Was I wrong?<br />
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Was I angry?<br />
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Should I SUFFER for a whole year and another year in that hellish, judgemental gospel hell?<br />
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Is there a way out?<br /><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-62824697362196623922013-09-25T15:06:00.000-07:002013-09-25T15:06:21.677-07:00Song of the Week: Save the World by Swedish House Mafia<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ever imagined escaping, to that happy place, where you can hunch your shoulders and disappear?</b></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Well, during school hours, I can't, so my happy place is a little modern invention we call the iPhone, which I adore, use quite frequently.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>This week's amazing song, is by <i>Swedish House Mafia</i>, called<i> Save the World.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Every girl or boy has imagined being a superhero once in their lifetime, no matter their age. Heck, I'm a girl and I dare to dream about being Tony-frickin'-Stark, every once in a while, because Iron-man, just plain awesome!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>And he's hot, rich, and in his own words a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, who settles down with the down to earth, equally hot, lovely, Ms. Pepper Potts.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Whose life can get much better than that, not to mention a pink Iron man suit would compliment me, awesomely. But the point is, everyone dreams, everyone falls, everyone is inspired by heroes.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>And in my mind, that is what this song, accomplishes. Built more for dancing, than lyrics, I enjoy the simple lyrics of two lines.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One, </span><i><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></u></i></b></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 115%;"><i><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s far from home,</span></b></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This song reminds me, somewhat, that like this blog was made for, dreams are always capable of being achieved, that somehow, somewhere, deep down inside, we are built for dreaming, we dream, we come alive, just like Tony Stark, Clark Kent, Wonderwoman, that is inside all of us.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-76588102185789829702013-03-01T17:55:00.001-08:002013-03-01T17:55:22.410-08:00Yard Saling Tips!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Pills, pills for everyone! Just kidding, now as you all know or will know, I am an avid garage sale addict!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Me and my neighbors: Lori, Lynell, Melanie and sometimes their husband's, kids, and daughters go garage saling with us all over Utah every Saturday beginning in May to late October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I'm going to share our very best secrets with you, so that when you see a yard sale, you know whether to pull over or go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tip number 1:</span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Bring a car with great gas mileage and plenty of seats!</span></b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <i>If your as addicted and in love as I am with sales, then you are definitely going to be hitting all the spots around the town, so make sure you got a car that doesn't have to hit every gas station in Utah to run!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or as I like to call it "the phone call" that ties to my imminent soda/ high school survival. Because I need money for Doctor Pepper and it is expensive. Like 7 dollars plus tax for 20 cans that will be gone in less than a week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I applied for my favorite Movie Theater about ten to fifteen minutes from my house, The Megaplex.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's really a nice theater with comfy, cushioned seats that recline slightly back, just enough that you can enjoy the movie, as long as you sit in the backrow. Also, if no one is sitting behind you, you can rest your feet on the chair next to some poor unsuspecting bystander's head.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And their concessions, totally unreasonable in prices. But the bonus for going there and buying the 11 dollar cup plus tax? </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 dollar drinks, with no tax! In a frickin' awesome machine that has dozens of sprite and fanta flavors ranging from regular orange or lemon lime sprite to strawberry and pina colada!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But that's beside the point. So it's Tuesday, right? I'm sitting at home, on the computer, typing up my outline for Nanowrimo and listening to my music. Mainly, Three Days Grace's new album, Transit of Venus (which rocks by the way! My favorite songs are: Time that Remains, Give me a reason and Anonymous). </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And suddenly my mom answers her cellphone, because she insisted I put her number down cuz I'm bound to lose my cellphone. So she gets this odd look on her face, says something I can't hear and then whispers to me, "Emily, it's for you!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I take the phone from her fingers and answer cautiously, "Hello?" </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because I never know if I'm talking to our friend, Courtney Ricks, or one of my grandparents. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And then I hear a woman's voice on the end of the other line, I think her name was Jeanette, say, "Is this Emily Olsen?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Yeah."</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This is the Megaplex. On your application you said you can work afternoon's monday to friday. Can you work Sunday's?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Absolutely," I replied, and I thought my heart was gonna drop to my stomach, and I was gonna keel over from a heart attack.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But this was a problem for me because every sunday I have no choice but to go to church from 11 am to 2pm. And my parents strongly disapprove of me working Sunday's. But if I said no, then like my brother, I'd have no chance at the job.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another problem? I get home at 2:40 from the bus, and closing time doesn't start and end until 11pm. My parents couldn't pick me up to take me home that late every night. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said something I didn't hear, and then said, "We're having interviews while students are on Fallbreak. I can get you in on Monday. They're from 9-12. What would work best for you?"<br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What?" I asked her. "Could you repeat that. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you."<br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"What time would work best for an interview?" I practically hissed at her. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"But what would work best on a monday?" I implored her, desperately not wanting to keep the woman possibly becoming my future employer, waiting.</span></div>
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<b>Zap2it: In Season 2, you guys told the story of Caroline's
transition to being a vampire so beautifully. How do you expect Elena's
transition to be different, so that it feels like a new story?</b><br />
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Plec:
I think the differnce here is that you have two vampires, two brothers
who love this girl equally, who are going to have significantly
diverging opinions about how it should all go down and what the most
effective way to be a vampire is. One of the things we've seen in the
last three years, especially this season in the [1912] flashback, is
that neither of them particularly took to vampire life all that well.
Damon was bitter and pissed off about it for 50 years before he realized
he could have fun, and Stefan had his own demons, his Ripperhood.
They're both going to have an opinion on how to <a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-4-elenas-vampire-side-may-see-damon-in-a-new-light-as-the-love-triangle-d.html#" id="_GPLITA_2" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">help</a>
Elena. Stefan's method was very successful for Caroline, and we'll see
him trying to teach Elena, where Damon is taking the opposite point of
view. We're going to have a lot of conflict attached to those opinions.<br />
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<b>Do we know whose blood Meredith used to turn her? We know she did have a stash of Damon's blood.</b><br />
<br />
That will be a good question to ask and answer when we come back. <br />
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<b>Was there a debate in the writer's room as to whether she would choose Stefan or Damon in this episode, or did you always <a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-4-elenas-vampire-side-may-see-damon-in-a-new-light-as-the-love-triangle-d.html#" id="_GPLITA_1" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">agree</a> that it would be Stefan?</b><br />
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We
were heading toward the end of the road knowing that as a human, Stefan
was Elena's choice. We also knew what was going to happen at the end of
the episode. Elena is no longer a human when she wakes up and when the
memories come back and when her whole life goes upside-down. Who's to
say what that does to her? Who's to say what kind of person she becomes,
and how that impacts who she loves and why she loves them? I'm not
saying that's going to send her running instantly into Damon's arms,
absolutely not, but it's going to <a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/05/the-vampire-diaries-season-4-elenas-vampire-side-may-see-damon-in-a-new-light-as-the-love-triangle-d.html#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">cloud</a> the issue even more.<br />
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<b>Her kiss with Stefan in her house was the first one they've shared all season.</b><br />
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We
really wanted to see Stefan and Elena come back together after a really
long and really horrible season. She was his champion and fought for
him, even when he didn't deserve to be fought for, she still came back
and said "I couldn't stop loving you, I could never stop loving you."
That deserved payoff. When we wrote "The Last Day" last year, we knew
where Stefan was going, and that was the last romantic episode those two
were going to have probably for a year. We knew it was all going to go
to hell, so finally being able to have one tiny moment of intimacy was
nice.<br />
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<b>The flashback to Elena and Damon's first meeting was a
big shock for fans. In terms of your thought process there, what was the
purpose of it? How did it drive the story?</b><br />
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It serves
multiple functions. When Damon shows up in the pilot, he knows a lot
about Elena, so there's always been a question about where he's been and
what he was up to. How did he know all this? He clearly didn't just
walk into Mystic Falls with his crow. He's been around too. We always
said that one day we'd find out what he's been doing. It was us wanting
to give Damon something to fight for. Ric is unbeatable, a jillion times
stronger than Damon. Damon was a dead man, and Ric was relishing
beating him, and Damon had nothing left to live for, having been passed
over once again. It was just that slight little thing that she said to
him, when she was just trying to take the sting off: "Hey, maybe if you
and I had met first." She was just trying to soften the blow. But in
reality, he had this memory that gave him the will to fight back. I love
that moment, where Ric's about to drive the stake into him, and he's
like "You know what? I'm not ready to die today."<br />
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<b>Bonnie took
charge in this episode, helping Klaus into Tyler's body. Was that a
function of her being tired of being kicked around all season, or was it
the influence of the dark magic she tapped into for the spell last
week?</b><br />
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It's definitely a result of being kicked around all
season. It's Bonnie saying, "I'm not the pawn anymore. Don't
underestimate me and don't tell me what to do." I think the witches
sending her to Alaric really burned her, because she'd already been
fighting to get her strength against the vampires, and then her own
"sisters," as they said, betrayed her. For Bonnie, this is like "Hey,
look. I've got a point of view, I've got the ability to do something
about it, and damn it, I'm going to do it." To tap into that kind of
power she had to dig even deeper into her darkness. In the first episode
back, I can't imagine that we won't be looking for some kind of magic
to prevent Elena from having to transition. It'll be a question of how
far Bonnie is willing to go to help her friend, and what are the
repercussions and consequences attached to that.<br />
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<b>Does Klaus owe Bonnie one now? Or does he never owe anyone anything?</b><br />
<br />
I think that this definitely changes the dynamic between Klaus and Bonnie a little bit. <br />
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<b>When "Tyler" was saying goodbye to Caroline and talking about her beautiful future, was he already Klaus, at that point?</b><br />
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Yeah.
We definitely were hinting at that with the "you're beautiful and
you'll have a great future" line. That was a classic Klaus-Caroline
line, so we wanted to give a little hint there. All that smooching and
all that emotion wasn't Tyler at all, in fact, was Klaus. <br />
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<b>We didn't see Klaus's body turn to ash, so I assume there's some plan in place to keep Joseph Morgan in the mix.</b><br />
<br />
Yep. I'd say there's a fairly significant chance, if not a 99.9% likelihood that body did not burn up in that coffin.<br />
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<b>Before we see him return to that body, is he going to have a little fun being Tyler?</b><br />
<br />
Yep.
He's definitely going to prolong his stay, at least in the first
episode, due to circumstance. Whatever goes down between Caroline and
"Tyler" in the first episode will actually be happening between Caroline
and Klaus, so we'll have some fun there.<br />
<br />
<b>I know you said
Stefan and Elena will definitely make a go of being in a relationship
again, but outside of that, where is Stefan's head right now? How is he
looking at the choices that he made? He looked absolutely wrecked in
that final scene.</b><br />
<br />
He was destroyed for so many reasons.
Meredith had already broken the news to him, so in that moment of lying
over Elena's body, he was mourning her as a human and realizing that
ultimately he was unable to save her from the one thing she never
wanted, which was to be a vampire. That's going to weigh on him really
heavily and it's going to piss Damon off like nobody's business, that
Stefan saved Matt instead of Elena. Stefan had a big burden in that
moment and what he had to do was be true to Elena. It's like choosing to
take someone off life support because it was their wish or to keep them
on because you can't let them go. It was what she wanted, and Stefan,
if nothing else, has always been able to let her make her decision. If,
as a vampire, she starts to make the wrong decisions, then we'll see a
shift in Stefan and how he feels about helping Elena through things. I
think we'll start to get a glimpse at the different sides of Stefan in a
relationship, where it's not going to be all peaches and cream and love
and unconditional, unwavering support of Elena's decision. Elena is no
longer Elena.<br />
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<b>Would you say that the love triangle will be stronger than ever next season?</b><br />
<br />
Yes.
I say that at my own peril, but yes. People can get frustrated by the
love triangle, people can find it grating or whatever, but the premise
of the show is two vampire brothers and their love for the same girl.<br />
<br />
That's where we started and it's always going to exist in the landscape
of "The Vampire Diaries."<br />
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Some years it'll be more in the forefront than
other years, when it's delicately laid in the background.<br />
Elena
becoming a vampire will make it fresh. It changes things, and makes us
ask new questions. It makes things a lot deeper. It's all part of this
process of growing up.<br />
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As our characters are working toward graduation
and all kinds of life decisions -- do I go to college, do I leave my
hometown, is my high school boyfriend going to be my college boyfriend
-- all those life things, it's all going to be supported where Elena is
with Damon and Stefan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-8616784262289507292012-05-19T11:09:00.004-07:002012-05-19T11:12:10.219-07:00Vampire Diaries Interview 2: Plot Points, Elena, and DAMON...?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A major chunk of <i><a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/the-vampire-diaries">The Vampire Diaries</a></i>‘ fan base was bummed when Elena (<b><a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/nina-dobrev">Nina Dobrev</a></b>) straight-up chose Stefan (<b><a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/paul-wesley">Paul Wesley</a></b>) over Damon (<b><a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/ian-somerhalder">Ian Somerhalder</a></b>)
on last night’s season finale, but “Delena” shippers probably shouldn’t
throw in the towel just yet. “Nothing’s ever set in stone — ever,” Nina
told <b>HollywoodLife.com </b>at the unveiling of her “Got Milk?” ad May 10 at <i>Seventeen</i>‘s NYC headquarters. “Everything changes all the time, whether it’s people or <a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/05/11/vampire-diaries-season-4-elena-damon-future-nina-dobrev/#" id="_GPLITA_2" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">relationships</a> or experiences.”<br />
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Considering the finale’s big twist ending, I’m thinking Elena’s feelings for Damon are going to change <i>drastically </i>when the show returns in the fall. </div>
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During their <a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/05/11/vampire-diaries-season-4-elena-damon-future-nina-dobrev/#" id="_GPLITA_1" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">phone</a>
call, one of her main points was that things might have turned out
differently if she had met him before Stefan. </div>
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Well guess what? She <i>did</i>! </div>
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And now that she’s becoming a vampire, there’s a good chance Elena will
remember that fateful first meeting Damon compelled her to forget.</div>
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On the subject of Nina donning a pair of fangs, she also told me she
was actually relieved that vampire Katherine was M.I.A. for much of
season three.</div>
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“My sleep habits don’t miss her, because I’m getting a lot more rest
and I’m much healthier,” Nina admitted. “But it is fun playing
Katherine. Variety is always good in any regard, but it’s all about
moderation.”</div>
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And given that lead-in, I couldn’t help but ask Nina about the possibility of playing <i>three </i>characters next season: Elena, Katherine and Tatia — the original Petrova who was pointedly mentioned earlier this season.</div>
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“I guess we’ll have to cross that bridge when we get there,” she
said. “I literally have to figure that whole thing out — if and when
that happens.”</div>
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OK, so <i>that </i>remains a question mark. </div>
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But one thing Nina <i>can</i> count on is Elena’s platonic bestie Matt (<b>Zach Roerig</b>) always being there for her. In fact, she told me she thinks every girl should have a Matt Donovan in her life.</div>
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“I think every girl has to have a really good <a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/05/11/vampire-diaries-season-4-elena-damon-future-nina-dobrev/#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">girl friend</a>
and a really good guy friend, so you can bounce ideas off them and have
objective opinions from both sides,” she explained. “Our minds are
wired so completely differently, so yeah, it’s always great to have a
guy friend and a girl friend.”</div>
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<i>How do you feel about Nina’s outlook on Elena and Damon next
season? </i></div>
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<i>Do you think Elena will change her mind when she remembers she
met Damon first, or will she stay true to Stefan?</i></div>
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<i> And do you miss
Katherine as much as I do? </i><br />
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In fact, the finale gave us a LOT to look forward to next season, so
allow me to break down the five pivotal plot points I can’t wait to see
in the fall:<br />
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1. Elena remembering her meeting with Damon:</h3>
When you become a vampire, all compulsion wears off, which means Elena will remember that she actually met Damon (<a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/ian-somerhalder">Ian Somerhalder</a>) before she met Stefan (<a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/tag/paul-wesley">Paul Wesley</a>).
And considering she told Damon things might have worked out differently
if she’d met him first, I could see that being a victory for Team
Damon.<br />
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2. Elena adjusting to life as a vampire:</h3>
Elena has always talked about someday having a vampire-free life, but
that’s going to be pretty difficult, you know, now that she’s a vampire
herself! Once she gets over the self-loathing — if she ever does —
it’ll be intense watching her feed and fight for the first time. I know
we’ve seen Nina as Katherine, but Elena as a vampire is going to be a
completely different beast. Literally.<br />
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3. Damon and Stefan fighting:</h3>
Any way you slice it, Stefan let Elena drown by saving Matt (<strong>Zach Roerig</strong>) instead
of her, and that’s why she’s now a vampire. I can’t imagine Damon will
be too pleased with his little brother’s decision — and I think Elena
will be even less thrilled. Great, as if the Salvatores need another
reason to be at each other’s throats!<br />
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4. Everyone realizing Klaus is alive:</h3>
Damon and Rebekah (<strong>Claire Holt</strong>) may have watched Klaus’ (<strong>Joseph Morgan</strong>) physical body go up in flames, but as we all know, his spirit is still very much alive inside of Tyler’s (<strong>Michael Trevino</strong>) body — which, is good <a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/05/11/vampire-diaries-season-4-predictions-elena-damon-reunite/#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">news</a> for “Klaroline” shippers, as every romantic scene between Tyler and Caroline (<strong>Candice Accola</strong>) in the premiere will actually be a scene between <em>Klaus </em>and Caroline scene. Oh boy.<br />
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5. Finding out if Tyler survived the switch:</h3>
On the flip side of Klaus being alive, the other question on
everyone’s mind is whether or not Tyler survived the body swap.<br />
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Did
Bonnie (<strong>Kat Graham</strong>) put Tyler’s spirit inside Klaus’
body, or are both spirits currently inside Tyler’s body, with one just
waiting to be expelled?<br />
<br />
Magic is so confusing sometimes.<br />
<br />
<br />
<em>What are YOU most looking forward to in season four? </em><br />
<br />
<em>Do you think
Elena will change her mind and decide to be with Damon?</em><br />
<br />
<em> Do you think
Tyler will ever be Tyler again? </em><br />
<br />
<em>Do you think Klaus will ever get his body back?</em><br />
<em> </em><br />
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</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-33021585304034280792012-05-10T14:54:00.001-07:002012-05-10T14:54:24.717-07:00Vampire Diaries Interview with Julie Plec<span style="font-size: medium;"> VAMPIRE DIARIES SEASON FINALE SPOILERS AND INTERVIEW.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">I no longer watch the show, but I couldn't resist putting this on my blog for I adore Damon and Elena and LJ Smith's original story before the show became a bit screwed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So here it is. Enjoy! </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">While the cast and creators of THE
VAMPIRE DIARIES are notoriously tight-lipped about sharing spoilers or
anything about the upcoming final two episodes of Season 3, at a recent
Q&A in a roomful of press, executive producer Julie Plec and cast
members Candice Accola, Michael Trevino, Steven R. McQueen, and Zach
Roerig shared a few candid thoughts on what to expect as the 3rd season
races towards its climatic finale and their hopes and speculations for
Season 4.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alaric</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “He’s very clearly a badass
vampire killer with a pretty magnificent, deadly and unburnable stake,
so I definitely think he’s going to be a conflict provider. Not to make
it an understatement, but he’s not going to be the friendliest version
of Alaric that we’re ever met. He’s going to be pretty hardcore, which
is going to be kind of equally exciting and devastating, obviously
’cause one of our heroes is no longer one of our heroes.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Turning Vampire-Hunter Into a Vampire</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “We knew he needed to be
stronger, as strong, resilient, immortal, fast, furious, fierce, and the
idea of kind of ironic symmetry of having the witch who is desperate to
irradiate vampires and this alter-ego of Alaric’s who hates vampires,
and knowing that in becoming a vampire your darkest impulses and your
greatest wants are magnified to such a degree, it felt like it was this
way of bringing the Original Witch’s part in this mythology full circle.
Her kind of passing the baton to a villain who actually could succeed
at the task that she’s been failing at all season.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Are Alaric & Elena Bonded Now Because of Her Blood?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “I have no idea! I don’t know. You’ll have to wait and see about that.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Klaus v. Alaric </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “That’s next week’s episode.
Tune in next week. That will probably tell you more. Alaric wants the
Originals dead and the very first thing that we see in the next episode
is Alaric in the high school where Caroline and Rebekah are having a
little post-dance clean-up. So things only get worse from there. They
start hot; they stay hot. It’s a very extreme, hardcore episode of
Alaric sort of on a tear, and no one is safe.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Which characters are in the cross-hairs?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “There’s are going to be a lot of
people that we’re not going to be sure if they’re gonna make it to
Season 4. That’s all I’ll say. . . No one ever [is un-killable]. Would I
be so quick to write anyone’s death sentence? No.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> But I definitely
think that you have to have the risk that someone can never be seen
again. Otherwise, the death doesn’t matter. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do we like telling people
goodbye forever? No. As you’ve seen, we’ve sort of emotionally found a
lot of different ways in our narrative to bring people back that we
love, for better or for worse. For better, for us. This year is not
without its emotional casualties.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Is Elena vulnerable?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “For sure. I mean, she’s got a Katherine. She’s got god knows how many dopplegangers are out there.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Katherine </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “You will not see hide nor hair
of Katherine until Klaus is gone for good. So his survival ties in to
her appearance, or lack thereof.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dare to Kill Off Klaus?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “It is logistically possible. It would be very, very traumatic, but possible.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stefan</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “Stefan’s whole struggle this
year has been, one, he’s been clinging on by such a tenuous thread for
the first half of the season, then he lost his mind for a nice chunk in
the middle and so he’s been terrified of opening himself back up and
letting his feelings in. It’s been a slow, slow permeation of
[Stefan’s] emotional life over the latter section of the season. In this
moment, seeing her in her most vulnerable and needing to give her the
support that she’s been trying to give him the whole season. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s
finally him sort of saying, ‘It’s okay to feel. I heard you all of
those times when you told me: It’s okay to feel and it’s okay to have
hope. I heard you and now let me give that back to you.’ I think that
all of this is just illuminating for this girl at this point in her
life. These two men that are so important to her, and she has no one,
and almost everyone who’s ever mattered to her, and how do you choose in
a moment like that? The last 2 episodes of the season are really about
her asking herself that question and really trying to understand how
she could possibly let one of them go when she’s already lost so much.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Elena’s Choice</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “It will effect everything…
you’re going to have to ask me that question after the finale airs,
because then I can expand on it a little bit more. . .If Jeremy had his
way, it would be, ‘I choose neither of you vamps’ Jeremy obviously is
very protective of his sister, and would probably choose Team Matt if
given the choice. <em>[Laughter]</em> . . . </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the things that we
set out to do during this whole year — as Damon found himself more and
more deeply in love with his brother’s girl and all the things that came
along with that — was make sure that the brothers found their way back
to each other . . . They would get stronger instead of weaker as
brothers, in spite of this looming conflict. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This looming decision.
There’s a really nice scene in next week’s episode that kind of shows us
that they might survive this no matter how this plays out. That when
all is said and done — what is it? ‘Bros before hos’? — but I think
that the cliché is that the girl tears them apart, and so how could we
let the girl bring them even together, which of course makes her
decision even more difficult.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">CANDICE: “Caroline is such a Stelena
worshipper. Also, Damon and Caroline wouldn’t have the cleanest past of
the bunch either. So I think that she just recognizes that Stefan is
someone good for Elena, and she is rooting for her to open her eyes and
give him a chance. I think Caroline, deep down, does have that little
‘He is the best for you. He is your one epic true love. I’m not going to
let you just throw him away because you’re getting distracted by shiny
Damon things’.”</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jeremy</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “It’s a big burden on him now.
He is the man of the house and he and his sister are all that they
have. So there’s going to be a lot that he has to do to grow and keep
himself together, and be a champion for Elena as she is always trying to
be a champion for him. . . Jeremy is on the up right now. We don’t
have any secret manipulations buried for him for the rest of the
season. He is very much in that ‘batten down the hatches, protect the
family, guardian just died, how am I going to get through this?’ kind of
mode.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jeremy’s Ring</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “The stakes of death and
resuscitation are possibly not as intense for Jeremy as they were for
Alaric, because obviously [Alaric] had something happen on the
other-side. There’s always going to be a concern of consequences for
cheating death too many times. It just might not come in the form of a
Jekyll and Hyde alter-ego. . . The rings are going to stay in play for
awhile because ultimately it’s that kind of coin-toss of ‘I can’t be in
the fray, fighting the good fight, if I can be killed.’ So you roll the
dice.”<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">ZACH: “Hey, I roll the dice!” <em>[Laughter]</em></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Klaus</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “He started this season — once he
realized that the Original Witch was screwing with him from the
other-side, he was like, ‘I’m going to batten down the hatches, I’m
going to pull my family together, but prior to that he’s going to build
an army of hybrids. Klaus has big plans for himself, and now that he
realizes she will not stop coming after him, whether it is her own self
or what she just did with manipulating the witches, so this is a second
call to arms for Klaus, who may have gotten a bot distracted by pretty
blondes and paintings and horses, and all that. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the reminder
that this guy means business, and he’s not going to let his guard down
again. So it’s a nice kind of reboot of the villain. . .We like our
villains — when they are acting against the best interests of our heroes
– to have a deep emotional core that lets us understand them a little
bit. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Understand their wants and their why. When our villains have to
work with our heroes for a shared agenda, we love our villains to be
especially naughty, violent and bad because we love them in spite of
their behavior. . . Klaus will never be a hero. That is not to say he
won’t do heroic things in this journey. Just like Damon will never be a
true good guy, and Stefan will not be a true hero all the time. Life
is more complicated than that.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Klaus’ Ultimate Goal</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “He is someone who wants purpose,
and with purpose comes intent to do something for someone. For the
love of someone. To have someone. To not be alone. So building the
army is to protect himself and those that he cares about. The problem
is that his behavior tends to reject more than it magnetizes. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think
Klaus, when all is said and done, all the bodies strewn on the
battlefield — would like to life with a nice Caroline Forbes kind of
girl to carry on through eternity knowing that they will be forever safe
and untouched, no matter what kind of villain comes at them. But he’s a
work-in-progress. He’s a messed up dude.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Caroline & Klaus</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">CANDICE: “I love getting asked the
question, ‘Oh, Caroline and Klaus?’ ‘Cause Caroline, she’s made so many
mistakes and put her foot in her mouth and fallen for the bad guy. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
is the first time where she is staying true to her feelings and not
getting caught up in the guy with the accent. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She loves her high school
love and boyfriend. But the only thing is, in high school, how can you
not think of all a sudden when someone is putting into your head
thoughts of places to travel and semesters abroad?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> All of these
experiences you’re going to have when you grow up and grow older. It’s
hard not to think about them. So I think that’s the only way she’s wooed
by Klaus. The idea that there’s another world out there. But right now,
in the present, she is fighting like hell to just have a normal
relationship with her boyfriend in high school. It’s all she wants.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tyler & Klaus</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">MICHAEL: “What we’ve seen with Tyler is
he’s biting his tongue, especially with this sire-bond that now has been
broken through. So, you know, enough’s enough. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Between the two of them
[Tyler and Caroline], he’s like, ‘I shouldn’t have let him dance with
you.’ . . I think in these last two episodes, if not next week’s
episode, we might see him actually take some action against Klaus, and
maybe not follow his orders when it comes to Caroline. . . Next week,
Tyler finally sticks up for himself. He is tired of being b*tched
around and he acts on it — and it gets messy.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matt & Elena</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “Matt is one of the vestigial
representatives of this life that was clean and simple for her. Their
friendship dates back to when they were in the sandbox together. So we
get a nice little flash of what it was like when they were dating, and
that they were themselves a troubled relationship. So even though she’s
remembering a simpler time, her problems were actually just as
complicated.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Caroline Warning Matt About Elena at the Dance</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “That was meant more to imply that people that love her and care about her, tend to get hurt.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">ZACH: “She really beat that one home, didn’t she?!” <em>[Laughter]</em></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matt & Rebekah</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “What do you think about that, Donovan?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">ZACH: “I can handle it! Though I’m also happy being single at this point.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “Exploring your options?”<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">ZACH: “Hey, I’m happy being everyone’s ex-boyfriend at this point.” <em>[Laughter]</em></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> </em><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “Should Matt be so lucky to
survive Season 3 and should Rebekah be so lucky to survive Season 3,
there’s a little crush brewing on her side there, so maybe there’s some
story there to tell.”</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Flashback in Finale</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “It’s a small little runner that
goes throughout the episode as Elena is looking back at a part of her
life when things were more simple, at least from a supernatural level. .
. We actually will get a little flash of something else that happened
during that time that we really never considered and it’s more an
emotional thing than it is a suspense thing.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Meredith Fell</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “If Dr. Fell is lucky enough to
survive Season 3, I think that every town needs a nice pretty doctor and
Damon might need a new drinking buddy — ‘cause we’ve already
established her as a day-drinker, so there might be something nice
friendship that could happen there. . . As a caretaker and as a
compassionate human being, she and Elena will probably have a bond that
could develop into a nice friendship as well."</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Was Bonnie Possessed?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “She was very clearly under some
sort of witchy influence, which is really Bonnie’s issue now. Like,
‘what the hell, man? I’ve got vampires telling me what to do. I’ve got
other people telling me what to do, and now I’ve got my sisters — the
witches — telling me what to do. Where’s my free-will? Where’s my
choice?’ And that’s going to impact her character moving forward.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What the Show Really About</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “We obviously have supernatural
stakes; we’ve got the ‘Death Toll List’ is reaching a hundred; we’ve got
danger in every act break; villains and people battling for life and to
rescue the love of their lives; and in the midst of all of that we’re
still intent on telling a very human story about very human people who
live in a small town and go to a small high school, and who are falling
in and out of love and dealing with issues with their parents and issues
with their friends — questions of loyalty, friendship and family. . .
The emotional stakes of this series are about these young people
partnered with these people who have lived and will continue to live an
eternal life; and all the complications of that and everything that
means and stripping these kids from the comfort of a loving and caring
and supportive family and giving them the challenge of survival,
emotional and literal survival. . . This is a show about young people
coming of age and into their own adulthood facing some of the most
horrific and difficult part of life, which is when you have to go at it
alone.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Season 3 Finale</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “The penultimate episode is very,
very adrenaline-infused and there’s some big mythology moves that
happen and it’s a pretty big deal. Whereas the finale is definitely
more emotion, but it is by no means the epilogue to the season. If
anything, its half closing the door to one year and then blowing the
freakin’ lid off the door to the next.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Season 4</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">JULIE: “We’ve already started talking
about Season 4, which will take us through the rest of these guys’ final
year in high school. As they’re all going through some pretty
extraordinary changes in their own emotional lives, their own personal
lives, romantic lives, and supernatural lives, they are making decisions
about their future, and what that will bring and all those great things
leading up to graduation and choices of: does I stay or do I go?”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Note that while Julie was careful not
to specify who she and the other writers are planning the Senior Year
trajectory, given the level of confidence from the cast in the room at
the Q&A, they are feeling pretty good about their characters making
it into the next season. That is not to say that Caroline, Matt, Tyler
and Jeremy are not at risk, but the actors themselves seemed pretty
self-assured about being back for next season. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">And we are all but
certain that Elena, Stefan and Damon are also safe – probably Bonnie too
since she is their one witchy link to the other-side. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Which leaves the
guillotine ax ready to fall on possibly Klaus, Rebekah, Esther, Elijah,
Kol, Alaric, and Dr. Fell. Surely one or more will be holding Death’s
Card by the end of the season – and we cannot wait to find out who!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-43307854069829724532012-04-06T11:01:00.001-07:002012-04-06T11:01:43.888-07:00Character Naming Lists: A break from my scriptDo you have a super secret list of character names for future use kept under your bed or in a closet, maybe even hidden in a word doc? I do.<br />
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It's something I like to keep on hand.<br />
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It's how I eventually decided on the names Dana Reeves and Carter Hampton.<br />
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An excerpt of my list of first names:<br /><br />Alexandra.<br />
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Veronica.<br />
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Daniel.<br />
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Evelyn.<br />
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Sarah.<br />
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Tess.<br />
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Katherine. <br />
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Last names:<br />
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Lazarus<br />
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Mercer.<br />
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Qin-Lee-So.<br />
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What's your list and what does it involve?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>E.L. </b></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-28596947685432035412012-04-04T19:51:00.001-07:002012-04-04T19:51:07.957-07:00Script Frenzy Days 3 and 4: Hunger GAMES AWAITS<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u><b>Wondering, searching, hoping, for a water source. No going for the weapons, I have to find water. WATER, rushing, water is nearing, I can hear it, loud and echoing. I search along the path on foot, eventually wander towards a bubbling brook of water.</b></u></i></span><br />
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I fill my canteen, once, twice, three times and wait thirty minutes as a I purify it with iodine before drinking. Eurika. Then a big, hulking tribute from District 4 carrying a sledge arrow rushes forward, aiming for my head, and I duck numbly, throwing myself into the water. I'm drowning in my own screams...I'm gonna die...<br />
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Then the screen turns blank, I return to the couch, nestled next my dog, and I breathe a sigh of relief.<br />
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Day 3 and 4 and I have a page count of 20 pages! GO ME! I'm 4 ahead for tomorrow!<br />
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Game change is going great.<br />
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Best of luck to all who do Script Frenzy!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: x-large;">E.L.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-83678803914414515192012-04-02T09:31:00.003-07:002012-04-02T09:31:44.215-07:00Script Frenzy Day 2: Relaxation is for Dummies<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Ever wondered why people relax after getting ahead of their goals? That has now been answered: they aren't thinking. </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>I may be ahead by four pages, but if I can't get in another four, I'll fall behind when math homework crushes me at my weakest. </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>So...what do you do? When relaxation comes, you keep up writing your script and throw it back in your inner editor's evil, demonic, cruelly laughing face, with a triumphant scream.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Four pages will be completed...</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> On scriptbuddy.com, if I can figure out how to put it into PDF form without paying 15 dollars and .50 cents.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Anyway back to the drawing board.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Back to the jungle.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<i><b>I'm stumbling, tripping over my feet, and I pitch forward. There's no light, all I see is blackness. I sense my imminent death, and...the script stops. </b></i><br />
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<i><b> </b></i>I'm back in my own chair, writing. That is where I have been, typing out my script as fast as I possibly can for the past two hours.<br />
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My goal for Script Frenzy is every screnzy's goal: 100 pages.<br />
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My current page number of my script for Day 1: 10 pages.<br />
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I now have a day and a half of rest ahead of me, after I finish my math homework, my science homework.<br />
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Go me!<br />
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Keep writing for anyone who has a script in mind as we keep working towards a hundred pages.<br />
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Your very own-tiger-tamer, (not true by the way in case your wondering), <br />
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Is anyone going to the midnight showing? You won't catch me there. No, I need my sleep too much to risk two and a half hours for a movie I long to watch. So no, I will go this Saturday at 1 pm when the theater at the Megaplex is not nearly as full, with my mom, my sister, possibly Bryli our neighbor, my dad, and maybe my triplet brother, Jon. <br />
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I challenge anyone and everyone to do Script Frenzy in April. I have put it off for two years because I was afraid. I, Emily Lane, was afraid of writing a 100-page script because I couldn't believe in myself enough to pull it off.<br />
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It changes now. In April I will be writing a script and it will suck, but don't all first drafts suck? So go for it, go crazy, write a serial killer and a cult, a clown and an assassin paired together by tragic circumstances, an under-water submarine and a business-man stuck permanently on an island with no chance of escape, because life in essence is too short.<br />
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What's your Script Frenzy Script about?<br />
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Mine is beginning to form in an outline.<br />
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Evelyn Shaw, college-drop out, has never been paid more than minimum wage in her life. The woman has no hope of ever getting a job outside Mcdonalds, and then she gets an offer from, Daniel Beaufry, handsome, generous, and her new boss, if she chooses to accept. She says yes, and gets whisked into his world. But it won't be so easy for poor Eve, between color-coordinating his outfits at midnight, dealing with his crazy, obsessive, greedy ex-wife Veronica, and planning a month's worth of events into a week long schedule.<br />
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So yeah, it has tons of flaws and holes and I don't even know if it'll be worthwhile in the end.<br />
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But writers need change, and this is my time to prove it to myself I can deal with change, by writing a script and perservering to the end, with no exceptions.<br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">My supply list:</span></u></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">TWO liters of Doctor Pepper Ten.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">Candy.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">Ice cream (preferably rocky road, Chunky Monkey, Sherbet of any kind, or chocolate).</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">Notebooks.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">Cool pens that cost ten dollars (yes, I am the fool who paid ten dollars for a useless, only cool-looking pen that wouldv'e cost me much less at the flea market).</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">A new pen when I win.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">My dog, Snickers, a little daschund who loves me with all the love in her big heart, and tiny body can muster.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><u><span style="font-size: large;">Ipod with a fresh playlist.</span></u></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So tell me, who wore green and who did not? If you did not wear Green, how many times did your family and friends pinch you? I did not wear green (I know, I'm a total rule-breaker), but my family nor my friends pinched me. Probably because I would have retaliated with a vengeance.</span></span></i></span></span><br />
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Did anyone kiss someone Irish? I sure hope not, or your cursed. At least that's what I hear when someone wears one of those four-leaf clover shirts that SPELL: KISS ME, I'M IRISH.<br />
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I decided to cut this short and give you ONE AWESOME picture of St. Patrick's Day Fun.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">To be in the presence of so many people who loved what I love, who all have similar goals: to write, and hopefully, make it a life-long profession.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Brandon Mull was amazing. Truly, the man is a writing genius and an inspiration. He oozed creativity, spoke of Literature, writing, and it's many elements with a passion that only someone as dedicated to his craft as he is could do.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Brandon Mull was the keynote speaker, and only had one class, and a 50 minute presentation that I attended with a potential friend, Erika, from my math class surprisingly enough. Good thing I sat by her.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Brandon also did signings for an hour at lunch, and ten to forty minutes before he started his presentation and his class.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> He answered my long-waited question about a hot, dangerously lethal, and equally beautiful Vanessa Sontaro (forgive me if i spell the name wrong). She was not created in inspiration of anyone, but rather, was a fantasy of his. </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">He said, and I do not remember his exact words, something like, "He wanted to create a dangerous and beautiful character, and Vanessa was the outcome."</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> I thought he based her off someone, and my relief to know, she was his creation, not based off someone else was immense. I don't know why. </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Anyways, I went to five or six classes including: Show Don't Tell me by Bethany Wiggins, Imagine That Creating Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, Beating out your Novel by Elana Johnson, Voice: Unleashing Doctor Frankenstein by Kristen Chandler, Character Bible by J. Scott Savage (who signed by notebook), Writers Cubed: Chit Chat Workshop Your Dialogue (which was cool, but I kinda wanted to go to Tyler Whitesides class instead, after I had sit on the floor and endure stuff I sort of already knew how to do). Not that i'm being arrogant or anything. </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Lastly, I wish I could've gone to Elizabeth Mueller's Cutting Through the Pages.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">All the classes were equally fabulous, and I regret not being able to go to Tyler Whitesides, who is the Author of Janitors, a good book, if you have not read it. And also not being able to go to Frank Cole's: Creativity is a super power. </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">All the classes were great, LUNCH was pretty good, I had a kinda dry ham and cheese sandwich on a really dry croissant, pasta salad that was cold with balsamic vinaigrette's all over it (yuck), grapes, four cookies, two of which I gave to Erika, my partner of the day, and a lay's chip bag, (original). </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Then I DRANK three Code Red cans of soda in my unlimited, refillable UVU soda bottle which can be reused at home with my own soda.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">I filled it six times in total, two with Code Red, four with Doctor Pepper, no Diet included. And I tried a little apple beer which was pretty good, I have to admit.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Then, I WENT to my classes and at the end, after the Kindle Drawing which I did not win, and the signing of my copy of BRANDON MULL'S fourth Fablehaven book and a little chat with the brilliant writer, I got my feedback from my First Chapter Contest of which I submitted my story lessons in love and lost.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">My consolation prize: a free Jr Frosty at Wendy's. I got a five from someone who loved my story and thought it could and I quote, "Was a breath of fresh air and could hold it's own in the adult section."<br /><br />Anyways, I GOT a 5, 3, and 1 FROM someone who must've really hated Romance. But hey, to everyone's own, right? </span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">I'll do better next year and hopefully win in the next one.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">That was my experience. I learned more, I listened a lot, I took a bunch of notes and all in all, it wasn't a bad day after all, I got ENDLESS soda refills.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Besides, I have a potential friend now.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">And she goes to Westlake and is in my math class.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">If you're reading this, Skye, my oh so wonderful nano mentor, then "YEAH!" I made a friend. Aren't you proud of me?</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-21518773825466805642012-03-07T14:48:00.002-08:002012-03-17T20:40:58.560-07:00Crazy, Crazy Klaroline Videos WEEK 3 Segment!<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>THAT'S RIGHT. It is Wednesday and I DON'T want to do my HOMEWORK. So...It is crazy, crazy video day, where I post random and awesome videos I find on YouTube over the next few hours. </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E.L.</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8270286583354814032.post-11282534588056123502012-03-05T15:30:00.001-08:002012-03-05T15:30:55.133-08:00March: The Way Only Pots of Gold Can....<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b>Make you wish March Leprechauns were real!<span style="font-size: small;"> Right? That'd pay my way through college for sure. Oh well. Too bad too sad, I'm over it.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Tommorrow is Tuesday, the day of the explore test, which I've already TAKEN, and I have to STAY in one class room, for THREE hours, to take a test, and then and only then CAN I EAT MY LUNCH!</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">I wish I could chuck that stupid pamphlet of rules at the back of the principals very shiny, bald head. (IF only he really were bald) then it'd be so easy to get away with that, right?<br /><br />Anyway, I was inspired by another round of YOUTUBE videos for the segment of the week: Henry the Dachshund round two.</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">ENJOY the cute little daschund wagging his tail for balls, spaghetti, peanut butter and various others who aren't Henry the puppy that will MAKE you laugh and cry and be happy in general!</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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Henry unwillingly takes a bath! Yikes, watch out people, Henry the FEARLESS WILL SPLASH you.<br />
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