Contemplations
The rain and considerably warm weather (warmer, at least) have put me in a very creative mood. Which is probably why I'm about to say what I am: there will be at least two more parts to Fired (my Devil Wears Prada fanfic). I haven't posted Part Three here, but I've posted it in the DWP community I'm part of. I'm taking it down from here entirely and posting the whole thing to one entry once it's edited. It's gone up on fanfiction.net as well, and I kid you not, it's gotten 148 Hits, 62 Visitors, in two days. I got the most lovely comment on it from someone who read it on the community, saying its one of the best she's read in a while (which shocked the FUCK out of me, seeing as this is my first DWP fic, and really just a practice run, or so I thought), and that I need to continue because of all of the unanswered questions and the good quality. I agreed only to do so if I found help on how to iron out details and got the opportunity to sit down with someone and talk the storyline out. She agreed to be that help, and bribed with more compliments, so...Fired is officially becoming a working project.
I'm about a week behind in school, which is horrible. I'm supposed to be doing ten to fifteen projects a week right now, and last week I got a total of zero done. This week I completed one. I'm working on a couple of small ones once I finish up here, so I can at least get some credibility back with my mentor. He told my Project Manager that he was worried about me (due to me not feeling well AT ALL last week), and I apparently got cut a break last week because of my state of health. I haven't gotten a nasty email yet, at least. Said Project Manager emailed me to make sure I was alright, and I explained to her the situation and that I was a little behind on work because of it. What I really like about this program is that, unlike regular high school, these people take an interest in all aspects of your life and help you in any possible way they can. They aren't there just because they have money to make -- they're there because they enjoy what they do, and care about their students.
Just a little random note: Anyone who hasn't read V For Vendetta needs to do so. I'm reading it for Reading Group at lab, and it is absolutely spectacular. Alan Moore (author) is fucking psycho. He's got some of the most creative storylines. Read Watchmen, too; same author. That was our book for the last session.
I tore up my first draft of Company Ink. Okay, I didn't tear it up, but I tore it out of the book I was using to write it in. I'm starting over. It wasn't that I didn't like what I had so far, it's just that this storyline needs to be written a very specific way, and what I had wasn't working. I'm very seriously contemplating turning the whole storyline into a Myspace Roleplay Group. At least that way, I'd be getting ideas and writing them clearly.
It's March, isn't it? ScriptFrenzy starts next month. Maybe I'll just hold off and make Company Ink a Script.
I never thought I'd say it, but I'm slowly getting sick of Harry Potter Roleplay. I made Makalia (she's my own creation, for those of you wondering) three years ago this July, but it honestly feels like I've had her for half of my life. I guess you can say I've had her for the whole portion of my life that's really counted. But honestly, the Harry Potter roleplay world is dying, and what's left of it is a bunch of dramatics. People just don't know how to roleplay with each other anymore. I miss 2007, when everyone was Multi-Story, and no one had a specific storyline. You wrote what worked at the time. There isn't a roleplayer around that's Multi-Story as of late, and everyone is so specific that if certain plot points don't work together, then people don't roleplay together. It's sad. I wonder what would happen if I tried to put together a Devil Wears Prada community. Hm...
I took my mother to see Alice in Wonderland earlier, and I have to say, it was absolutely spectacular. The fools who gave that film two stars are crackheads with no appreciation for good fantasy films. Tim Burton did it again. I was very impressed with Anne Hathaway and her portrayal of the White Queen; I didn't like the makeup they put on her, but the performance itself was spectacular. Helena Bonham Carter had me in hysterics every time she yelled "OFF WITH HER HEAD!!" The side story about having affectionate feelings towards one of the men that worked for her was humorous. The March Hair was one of my favorite characters; he couldn't simply hand someone something, he had to physically hurl it at them. Mad Hatter, spectacular, as expected. Johnny Depp rocked that role. Who am I forgetting...oh, Alan, as the caterpillar. Very creative role, indeed. Cheshire Cat was adorable. I was rather shocked at how many times people jabbed people in the eye with something sharp. It was rather hysterical. I'm hoping to see it in 3-D soon. The film, not the jabbing people in the eye.
I'm officially getting a lecture. It's 4am, my homework isn't done, and my room isn't clean. Seriously. Can she not let me do these things on my own time? Yes, I'm AWARE that the owner is coming over at noon, and needs to get in my room to look at the furnace. I'm also aware that my room is impossible to walk in right now, due to all of the papers covering the floor. Its really not going to take much for me to clean -- just some reorganizing. Jesus Christ. She acts like she has to remind me every hour to do something, and she really doesn't. She needs to accept the fact that I'm eighteen now, and my procrastination is my business, not hers. It's not like I'm going to get us thrown out of here. My damn room will be clean by the time he gets here. God...
So I guess I'm going to clean my room, and THEN do homework. This should be fun.
Jessica
I'm about a week behind in school, which is horrible. I'm supposed to be doing ten to fifteen projects a week right now, and last week I got a total of zero done. This week I completed one. I'm working on a couple of small ones once I finish up here, so I can at least get some credibility back with my mentor. He told my Project Manager that he was worried about me (due to me not feeling well AT ALL last week), and I apparently got cut a break last week because of my state of health. I haven't gotten a nasty email yet, at least. Said Project Manager emailed me to make sure I was alright, and I explained to her the situation and that I was a little behind on work because of it. What I really like about this program is that, unlike regular high school, these people take an interest in all aspects of your life and help you in any possible way they can. They aren't there just because they have money to make -- they're there because they enjoy what they do, and care about their students.
Just a little random note: Anyone who hasn't read V For Vendetta needs to do so. I'm reading it for Reading Group at lab, and it is absolutely spectacular. Alan Moore (author) is fucking psycho. He's got some of the most creative storylines. Read Watchmen, too; same author. That was our book for the last session.
I tore up my first draft of Company Ink. Okay, I didn't tear it up, but I tore it out of the book I was using to write it in. I'm starting over. It wasn't that I didn't like what I had so far, it's just that this storyline needs to be written a very specific way, and what I had wasn't working. I'm very seriously contemplating turning the whole storyline into a Myspace Roleplay Group. At least that way, I'd be getting ideas and writing them clearly.
It's March, isn't it? ScriptFrenzy starts next month. Maybe I'll just hold off and make Company Ink a Script.
I never thought I'd say it, but I'm slowly getting sick of Harry Potter Roleplay. I made Makalia (she's my own creation, for those of you wondering) three years ago this July, but it honestly feels like I've had her for half of my life. I guess you can say I've had her for the whole portion of my life that's really counted. But honestly, the Harry Potter roleplay world is dying, and what's left of it is a bunch of dramatics. People just don't know how to roleplay with each other anymore. I miss 2007, when everyone was Multi-Story, and no one had a specific storyline. You wrote what worked at the time. There isn't a roleplayer around that's Multi-Story as of late, and everyone is so specific that if certain plot points don't work together, then people don't roleplay together. It's sad. I wonder what would happen if I tried to put together a Devil Wears Prada community. Hm...
I took my mother to see Alice in Wonderland earlier, and I have to say, it was absolutely spectacular. The fools who gave that film two stars are crackheads with no appreciation for good fantasy films. Tim Burton did it again. I was very impressed with Anne Hathaway and her portrayal of the White Queen; I didn't like the makeup they put on her, but the performance itself was spectacular. Helena Bonham Carter had me in hysterics every time she yelled "OFF WITH HER HEAD!!" The side story about having affectionate feelings towards one of the men that worked for her was humorous. The March Hair was one of my favorite characters; he couldn't simply hand someone something, he had to physically hurl it at them. Mad Hatter, spectacular, as expected. Johnny Depp rocked that role. Who am I forgetting...oh, Alan, as the caterpillar. Very creative role, indeed. Cheshire Cat was adorable. I was rather shocked at how many times people jabbed people in the eye with something sharp. It was rather hysterical. I'm hoping to see it in 3-D soon. The film, not the jabbing people in the eye.
I'm officially getting a lecture. It's 4am, my homework isn't done, and my room isn't clean. Seriously. Can she not let me do these things on my own time? Yes, I'm AWARE that the owner is coming over at noon, and needs to get in my room to look at the furnace. I'm also aware that my room is impossible to walk in right now, due to all of the papers covering the floor. Its really not going to take much for me to clean -- just some reorganizing. Jesus Christ. She acts like she has to remind me every hour to do something, and she really doesn't. She needs to accept the fact that I'm eighteen now, and my procrastination is my business, not hers. It's not like I'm going to get us thrown out of here. My damn room will be clean by the time he gets here. God...
So I guess I'm going to clean my room, and THEN do homework. This should be fun.
Jessica