So I went and saw Race to Witch Mountain this evening.
Can I just say I was blown away?
I loved it. It had great music, a great cast of excellent actors, pretty amazing special effects, and an awesome, almost continuous chase from start to finish. I really felt for the characters, and wished the movie would never end.
It didn't get very good reviews from the critics, but is currently claiming a top box office spot. And it even beat a rated "R" movie at one point!
Score one for the kids movie!
There's no foul language what so ever, no innuendos, and over all is a wonderfully clean film.
The story, while is a remake on an old '70s show, was very well re-thought, and while the kids talking got just the tiny bit annoying after a while, it was completely bearable.
This is definitely a movie I will be buying (when I have money), and something I would love for my future kids to watch.
I have finished rewriting the first chapter of Huntress, and have started working on the second, though watching Witch Mountain has turned my attention temporarily to the fourth book (not going to tell you what that one's about, as it's a secret.)
And I took this afternoon to clean out my apartment's fridge, and MAN did it stink. But now it's all clean and only has my food in it. (Turns out my roommate doesn't eat anything at the apartment. I wonder where she does eat?)
That's all for now!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Okay, Here's whats going on.
First things first. Technically I don't have internet, but I'm 'borrowing' from one of my neighbors.
So what's happened to me so far is this. I've started working on rewriting my book again, and have had a lot of great ideas about it. The actual paperback copy is in the hands of my good friend Angela from work, then it's go to Sarah, then to Camille, the to who ever claims it next. So claim now!
I love living in my new apartment, it's always so quiet, except for whatever I'm listening to or watching, and it's so refreshing. I can seriously leave for work 15 minutes before work starts, instead of the 45 minutes I used to do. So far I haven't eaten any tv or microwavable dinners, which is really impressive for me. I am running out of recipes, but my mom's making me a book so I probably won't have too much of a problem.
My roommate has been in Texas since last Wednesday, and will probably return this weekend or sometime early next week. It's really nice having the apartment to myself, but I have found that while she's gone I'm up watching tv until at least 1, then read until after 2, and don't get up the next morning until at least noon. Not good for me. I'm trying to be better. Tonight I didn't even turn the tv on when I got home from work, but we'll see.
On actually rewriting my novel, I've learned a lot about my characters, what works and what doesn't, and am about halfway through the first chapter. It's actually exciting to see everything coming together better than how they were the first time around, and I really do see my book on the shelves of a bookstore or library someday. It's turning out to be a trilogy with a possible stand alone fourth book, which is exciting, and really unexpected. I was only ever planning on one book, but halfway through writing it a character who I wasn't expecting showed up and changed things in the first book, then revealed that he was something I had never expected and demanded a second book. And just the fact that he wanted a second book made the rest of the characters demand that I follow up with a third book to solve the overall conflict they all face.
So, I guess I'm stuck with three books.
My plan is to write the second one this coming November for NaNoWriMo, which I am proud to say I have got three people to think about doing with me from work. My really good friend Angela, my sort of manager Brian, and another friend, Sarah. It's always amazing to me how many creative people I'm friends with.
Speaking of creative people, I learned that not everyone has the same kind of vivid and exciting dreams I do. I know my friend Balgram does, as well as Cheez, so I had thought that everyone is the same.
Somehow dreams came up in the conversation with my friend Angela, and she asked me if I had vivid dreams. I told her I did, and she was very relieved, saying that she was glad that she wasn't the only one. I asked her about that, and she said that when ever she talked with her roommates about it, they always thought she was weird for having vivid dreams.
So it's my guess that vivid dreams are solely the 'gift' to creative people like me and my friends.
That was and interesting something to know.
My mind has gone a little blank as to what else to tell you, so I shall bid you all goodnight and promise to post again soon. (At least before the month is up.)
So what's happened to me so far is this. I've started working on rewriting my book again, and have had a lot of great ideas about it. The actual paperback copy is in the hands of my good friend Angela from work, then it's go to Sarah, then to Camille, the to who ever claims it next. So claim now!
I love living in my new apartment, it's always so quiet, except for whatever I'm listening to or watching, and it's so refreshing. I can seriously leave for work 15 minutes before work starts, instead of the 45 minutes I used to do. So far I haven't eaten any tv or microwavable dinners, which is really impressive for me. I am running out of recipes, but my mom's making me a book so I probably won't have too much of a problem.
My roommate has been in Texas since last Wednesday, and will probably return this weekend or sometime early next week. It's really nice having the apartment to myself, but I have found that while she's gone I'm up watching tv until at least 1, then read until after 2, and don't get up the next morning until at least noon. Not good for me. I'm trying to be better. Tonight I didn't even turn the tv on when I got home from work, but we'll see.
On actually rewriting my novel, I've learned a lot about my characters, what works and what doesn't, and am about halfway through the first chapter. It's actually exciting to see everything coming together better than how they were the first time around, and I really do see my book on the shelves of a bookstore or library someday. It's turning out to be a trilogy with a possible stand alone fourth book, which is exciting, and really unexpected. I was only ever planning on one book, but halfway through writing it a character who I wasn't expecting showed up and changed things in the first book, then revealed that he was something I had never expected and demanded a second book. And just the fact that he wanted a second book made the rest of the characters demand that I follow up with a third book to solve the overall conflict they all face.
So, I guess I'm stuck with three books.
My plan is to write the second one this coming November for NaNoWriMo, which I am proud to say I have got three people to think about doing with me from work. My really good friend Angela, my sort of manager Brian, and another friend, Sarah. It's always amazing to me how many creative people I'm friends with.
Speaking of creative people, I learned that not everyone has the same kind of vivid and exciting dreams I do. I know my friend Balgram does, as well as Cheez, so I had thought that everyone is the same.
Somehow dreams came up in the conversation with my friend Angela, and she asked me if I had vivid dreams. I told her I did, and she was very relieved, saying that she was glad that she wasn't the only one. I asked her about that, and she said that when ever she talked with her roommates about it, they always thought she was weird for having vivid dreams.
So it's my guess that vivid dreams are solely the 'gift' to creative people like me and my friends.
That was and interesting something to know.
My mind has gone a little blank as to what else to tell you, so I shall bid you all goodnight and promise to post again soon. (At least before the month is up.)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Wow
Okay, So I should have told you before, but I don't have internet access in my new apartment yet, so I haven't been able to check or post anything. But I have a very long list of things I want to tell the world, so I'll post it sometime this week when I go to the library.
Until then, I love my new life!
Until then, I love my new life!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Well...
How embarrassing. I haven't posted in such a long time. I'm really sorry about that, but I've sort of been busy with other things... Dang you Hulu....
Any-who, I have some great news for my dear readers.
I'M MOVING OUT! It took me all of a week to find, see, and get an apartment twice as close to my job as I am now! I've already started moving stuff down there and the big moving day is planned for Saturday.
*SQUEAL, SCREAM, SHRIEK!* That's what I did when I found out that I got the apartment.
Allow me to describe the place.
The door opens and the only way you can go is right, into the living room. There is a very large wide screen TV, which belongs to the girl who has the other room in this condo, a coffee table and rocking chair that belong to the owner, and a large brown, really comfortable couch, which also belongs to the other girl. The floor is covered in brand new tile (real tile, not linoleum), and there is sliding glass doors onto the deck (it's on the second floor of a fourplex).
Next you have the dining room, which is a continuation of the living room and has a really pretty wood breakfast nook that belongs to the owner, as well as a large window onto the deck.
The kitchen is really small, but the sink, stove, and fridge form a triangle, which if I remember correctly from my interior design class, is very good.
There is a hall between the kitchen and the front door that leads to the bedrooms and bathroom. My bedroom is the door on the left at the end of the hall, right next to the bathroom which is to the left of my room.
And my room is quite large with a bright window and a HUGE closet that takes up one ENTIRE WALL! WITH TONS OF SHELF SPACE! The funny thing about this is the first thing I thought of when I saw all that shelf space was BOOK SPACE! and the first thing the girls at work thought was CLOTHES SPACE! Shows you how different I am from a normal girl.
The bathroom is pretty average sized, but is has a JETTED tub that comes up to my knees! It is huge!
All the walls have a fresh coat of paint that is pale creamy yellow, and the bedrooms have a dark brown carpet that is really thick and cushy.
I met the other girl tonight. She's in the National Guard, so she's not at the apartment very often, but she's really nice. When I went to pick up my keys tonight she welcomed me and gave me a hug.... (NOT what I pictured from a woman in the NG.) But she's seems really cool, and I get along with anyone, so there shouldn't be a problem.
The best part about this condo/apartment is that it's only $400 a month including utilities. And with the other girl gone most of the time, it's like I have my very own, one room apartment for HALF of what a normal one room apartment goes for.
YEAH!
Any-who, I have some great news for my dear readers.
I'M MOVING OUT! It took me all of a week to find, see, and get an apartment twice as close to my job as I am now! I've already started moving stuff down there and the big moving day is planned for Saturday.
*SQUEAL, SCREAM, SHRIEK!* That's what I did when I found out that I got the apartment.
Allow me to describe the place.
The door opens and the only way you can go is right, into the living room. There is a very large wide screen TV, which belongs to the girl who has the other room in this condo, a coffee table and rocking chair that belong to the owner, and a large brown, really comfortable couch, which also belongs to the other girl. The floor is covered in brand new tile (real tile, not linoleum), and there is sliding glass doors onto the deck (it's on the second floor of a fourplex).
Next you have the dining room, which is a continuation of the living room and has a really pretty wood breakfast nook that belongs to the owner, as well as a large window onto the deck.
The kitchen is really small, but the sink, stove, and fridge form a triangle, which if I remember correctly from my interior design class, is very good.
There is a hall between the kitchen and the front door that leads to the bedrooms and bathroom. My bedroom is the door on the left at the end of the hall, right next to the bathroom which is to the left of my room.
And my room is quite large with a bright window and a HUGE closet that takes up one ENTIRE WALL! WITH TONS OF SHELF SPACE! The funny thing about this is the first thing I thought of when I saw all that shelf space was BOOK SPACE! and the first thing the girls at work thought was CLOTHES SPACE! Shows you how different I am from a normal girl.
The bathroom is pretty average sized, but is has a JETTED tub that comes up to my knees! It is huge!
All the walls have a fresh coat of paint that is pale creamy yellow, and the bedrooms have a dark brown carpet that is really thick and cushy.
I met the other girl tonight. She's in the National Guard, so she's not at the apartment very often, but she's really nice. When I went to pick up my keys tonight she welcomed me and gave me a hug.... (NOT what I pictured from a woman in the NG.) But she's seems really cool, and I get along with anyone, so there shouldn't be a problem.
The best part about this condo/apartment is that it's only $400 a month including utilities. And with the other girl gone most of the time, it's like I have my very own, one room apartment for HALF of what a normal one room apartment goes for.
YEAH!
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