Coincidences and Recording Scenes

I just presented my project in class. *shudders* My 3D map was crap compared to everyone else's, and it made me feel so nervous! Luckily, we only had to present one part of the project (there was a writing assignment and a creative one), so I presented my writing assignment. I had rewritten the ending of the book 'Virals' by Kathy Reichs. My teacher was very impressed. :3

"Oh, so before we were just a bunch of mutant freaks, and now we're a pack of mutant freaks? That's just so much more reassuring isn't it?"

That's a line I wrote. I'm pretty okay with that one. It's how Hi (the character) would react, which is definitely Reichs' style. That's definitely what I was going for.
I'm back into writing my series 'Trapped'. Virals really helped get me back into it, since the characters are similar. And when I say similar, I mean seriously similar. You see, in 'Virals' the main character is Tory Brennan. In mine, it's Kristen Johnson. Let me show you how similar the two are.
Tory Brennan: long red hair, brilliant green eyes, tall, skinny, trouble-maker, stubborn, not afraid to break a few laws to get her way, 14-years-old
Kristen Johnson: long red hair, brilliant green eyes, tall, skinny, trouble-maker, stubborn, not afraid to break a few laws to get her way, 15-years-old

See? It's scary. And that's mostly (but not all) There's also Ben Blue and Ben (I haven't given him a last name)
Ben Blue: 16-years-old, quiet, serious, dark brown hair, tall, muscular, brown eyes, tan
Ben: 16-years-old, quiet, childish, dark brown hair, tall, muscular, brown eyes, a tiny bit tan

Also, there's Nick and Hi
Hi: (a little) chubby, brown hair, funny, sarcastic, 15-year-old
Nick: (a little) chubby, brown hair, funny, sarcastic, 13-year-old

Yeah, it's really freaky. I read this story in the middle of December, and started MY story in the beginning of November.

That's not what this is about. We (my friend and I) are thinking of acting out and recording us and a bunch of friends acting out scenes from our novel. It got a very good reaction from some of our friends on Chatzy N.O.W. (Night of Write), which made us feel even better about the idea.
What we'd do is choose some scenes from our novels and then just get actors and someone to record us acting out the scenes. Me and the friend who started the idea (lhlab61 on Youtube, killerwolf61 on Chatzy and Sumopaint) have already been doing little videos of ourselves for a while being crazy. She's supposed to upload it to YouTube at some point (but she's on vacation right now skiing). If she does, I'll send you guys a link.
Anyways, I'd probably start with some scenes from 'Below' (which I'm rewriting and after that I'll start the editing stage) and Killer will choose some from 'Eve'. We'll definitely post it to YouTube and I'll most DEFINITELY send you readers the link when we do.
It's exciting, but we can't do this until we have:
1.) a couple guy actors and (potentially) a female actor.
2.) props (for wings and just making ourselves actually look like our characters)
3.) a time/place to act

For the first one I might just ask my older brother and someone else. For number two we'll make do. We both loove to draw anyways. For the third, well, I've got an idea. :) I'll tell you guys when we actually start filming (but beware, it will probably be cheesy and full of bloopers. But everyone loves bloopers right?)

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth (not really)

This Week's Topic: When

This topic is not quite so broad as the others. I mean, there isn't much you can say about 'When' besides something to do with time. When will we find it? When does it appear to people, if there's a specific time it does? When will this blog ever make since?
When will we find it? I believe it won't be a walk in the park, and it definitely won't show up within a couple hours, or even weeks. I personally think that it will take years, if not longer, to find this place. Of course, it all depends on the person.
When does it appear to people, if there's a specific time it does? I have a theory on this one. Let's just say you're sad because someone died. After mourning, the pain doesn't really go away. Well, eventually you'll realize that live must go on, despite the pain that's always in your chest when you think of the deceased. When you open your eyes and see the world in a happier view, it will (I'm guessing) be breath-taking. It'll be easier and best to find Paradise right after you're done mourning/just got over something depressing.
When will this blog ever make sense? Probably never. If you really follow closely it makes a little sense, but if you want to know when my theories will make sense? Never.

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth (not really)

My apologies...

Yeah, I'm really sorry about the whole 'didn't write at all last week and completely skipped over the topic' thing. It was a little hectic, getting ready for Confirmation on Tuesday (woot woot!) and exams on the same day. I was going to catch up on Wednesday, but I was really just too lazy. It felt too much like a Friday. Oh, and I've also gotten so much into writing my novel again that I really didn't want to waste my time blogging. Might want to point that out too.
Okay, so I need to go to Confession. What else is new?

I won't bore you guys to tears by blogging two different topics on Saturday, so sorry about last week. I'm really not in the mood right now to make up for it. Sorry. I'm just really mad about something that happened yesterday. It's not a big deal really, just another bully at school that finally just made me snap. Hey look, another reason to go to Confession!

I've been watching italktosnakes on YouTube. Man, I'd love to vlog. Of course, my parents would probably ground me if they found out. I don't think they'd be all excited on the idea, either, because of the whole 'terrorist' thing, and don't worry, I can totally relate with them. It's not like I'd be going around stating where I live or what my full name is. I don't think they'd mind the little things like my being in a video with my best friend (every time we have a sleepover at her house we make a new video. We are still yet, however, to have it appear on YouTube. If it ever does, and I hope it does because they're actually really funny (they show us being completely random and ourselves), I'll tell you all.)

Oh yeah, whoever it is viewing this from Russia, you are awesome! I'd state what you go by, but since I am yet to have a single comment, well, it's kind of hard. heh. But still, you are really cool.

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth (not really)

This Week's Topic: What

If you haven't heard, I'm going to post a topic weekly now, on Saturday. I'll still post on the other days, it's just that the week's topics will be, well, one day a week. It's quite simple really.
(Edit: Sorry that it's late. Yesterday was all jumbled up.)

Now, there are a great deal many questions that can come of 'What'? For example, 'What is Paradise?' Well, that question can be answered in many different ways. Some people believe that Paradise is the perfect place where nothing wrong can happen.
The only Paradise, then, would be Heaven. I believe that, if you twirl your standards around a bit, we could find a Paradise on earth. Which is what I'm searching for, duh. As I was saying, most people believe it's perfect.
Well, what is perfect? Is perfect necessarily where nothing wrong ever happens, there is no war, there are no problems, and everything is calm? To some people the 'perfect situation' might be relaxing on a beach with a book in hand. The word Perfect varies, which definitely varies the term Paradise.
As a general term, though, Paradise would be where 'perfect' is normal.
What does Paradise look like? Paradise can come in many shapes and forms, depending on the person asked. To me, it's a place where I can be me without a worry. I wouldn't have to worry about the cruel judging, dramatic jerks I've had to deal with before. I would like to be recognized, but not as someone who just sets trends and follows them. Trends are stupid. Conformity just doesn't roll with me. Bleck.

When I first think of Paradise, an image of a place like the Garden of Eden pops up. An innocent, beautiful garden completely isolated from the crappy world outside. Maybe it is, maybe not. Who knows?
What makes Paradise Paradise? Well, all of these questions are dependent on the person you are asking. To me? Just the fact that nobody is there to judge you and you have freedom to do whatever your heart desires (unless that includes judging people/robbing banks) makes it sound so wonderful.
I mean, if you could go somewhere where it's OKAY to be the weirdest person on the planet? Perfect for me.

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth

Dogsitting... Day #1

Well, Toby is at our house and he's been doing fine. Of course, when my friend and her family first left, he refused to leave the door except to watch me put his bed up in my room and stuff. After that, though, he went back to the door. I felt so bad, since he was whining so much.
Then, I took him on a walk and I believe he felt a lot better. We went back inside, I threw him his rope, and he was all energetic, that goodness. Of course, than my dog became all sad and droopy and wouldn't leave her bed for a moment. Oi vey.
Let's see how Toby adjusts then. He's been following me all around since the walk. Every time I sit down at the computer to write, draw, or just chat, he's lying on the floor by the chair. It reminds me of how my dog, Cinnamon, follows my dad around everywhere. The only difference is, my dog is about three times the size of Toby, and always gets in his way.

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth

Life Goes On...

Well, as searching for Paradise can't take up all of life, I battle with what the normal teenager does. Friendships, bullies, busy schedules, homework, just school in general, family, and the other typical things that teenagers deal with. Sure, I might have a back worse than the average peer, and I'm not fussing over hair/clothes/music/etc., but I'm still pretty average. Well, mostly anyways. The fact that I'm a teenager, must deal with the typical teenager crap, and the fact that I actually have a life means that I'm average, right?
I've come up with a list of resolutions for the new year. Sure, they're just over a week late, but at least I've made one, right? Well, I've been thinking for a couple days, and I think I've finally pinpointed a couple resolutions for this year. Normally I end up failing at mine or make them very easily achievable. This year, I'm changing that.
1.) (Once you get running shoes) start running every weekend. You're way too inactive because of you're backbrace, so get out there and do something good for once!!
2.) Get closer to God. Okay, besides the prayers... well, VERY common prayers recently, you haven't spent much time getting closer. DO something to prove it.
3.) Do more service hours. Going to that soup kitchen and helping make/serve dinner was really fun, even if it was a little awkward since you couldn't understand all their German.
4.) Get into piano lessons again. You know they're good for you, even if you hate being told what to do. Conformity (if that's a word) is not one of your strongest points.
5.) Complete the 365K/365 Day challenge. And no, blog posts may not, and I repeat NOT, count as words. No matter how many words you write in them.
Those are pretty easy, but more long term, not something I could accomplish in a week. It also forces me to stay dedicated.

Tomorrow I'll be dog sitting my best friend's dog. Toby visited us on Wed. to make sure that my dog, Cinnamon, wouldn't devour him. Cinnamon's a labrador. Toby is a doxen mixed with something that I forgot. heh. Anyways, I've been over to her house a bunch so he knows me. Every time I slept over he would get under my covers and keep my feet warm.
I <3 Toby. hee.
He'll be at my house for the four day weekend (I don't have school tomorrow or Monday) and I'm getting $20 a day (for those of you who have trouble with math, that would be $80)

Let's go find Paradise!!!
Beth

Changes...

'Today's Topic' will officially be 'this weeks' topic. Otherwise I'd run out of topics to blog about. heh. Every Saturday I'll make a new topic, starting next Saturday. It'll also give me time to get out of the blogging phase. I'll continue doing it, but it won't be 'I've got to blog, I've got to blog, I've got to blog, I've got to blog' all day in my head.
You'll be hearing more and meeting more of Your's Truly, moi. The blog itself will probably make a bit more sense.
No, this doesn't count as one of the 'daily posts' so I'll be making another one.

Let's go find Paradise!!
Beth