Under the Skin

Another NaNoWriMo complete! I know that some people do not understand the amazing feat of this, but I have once again written 50,000 words in the month of November. I know that that doesn't seem like a lot at the moment, but there have been multiple times that I just wanted to stop. However, I have made it through. I have continued onward. I have achieved what I sometimes doubted I would. I have won! I love my characters deeply by now, and though I must admit I have written some bone fide garbage this month, I feel I have gotten the beginnings on paper, and I have acheived some gems this month. The things I'm most proud of this month (those moments when I could swear that some amazing writer has come to me... and I'm not writing it) are as follows (sorry if it's stuck up to share my favorite parts of my own writing): 1. " It was surprising to me that Andros Andropos would make this opening up of his soul—he was a Greek Orthodox! The Methodists were seen as s...

So, Caleb and I have a tradition. We ALWAYS go to a movie during the Thanksgiving break. Every year. This year, we attended Australia. I must say, I cannot write movie reviews without spoilers. Just an ability I've never had. I'm sorry. If you don't want it spoiled, read no further. I have seen better movies, but I have also definitely seen worse movies. I guess, It's probably a two or three out of five. It was almost three hours long (which is just too long), and there were definitely parts that easily could have been cut. People say that it's called "Epic Drama," but I call it, "There were way to many plot lines, all good ones, but just too many." I think that there were two plots that I just loved, but they were stacked so that they were "one after the other." I would have liked it if there were instead the two interwoven with one another. Another thing that I would have liked, ( AND THIS IS BIG TIME SPOILER ) I think that it w...

So very recently the question came up for a writer's group. What is in a man's wallet? The few men responded before they asked, "So what is in a woman's wallet/purse?" So I thought I'd tell you all as well. So, my purse contains: seven pens checkbook transaction register moist wipe things this little plastic hamster that I don't know why is in there three band-aids In wallet: receipts the results from my drive test that was forever ago post-it notes a statement of my tuition to CNA school. I'm keeping it because if I get employed at a sponsoring hospital/facility within a year of taking the class (for example if I do end up working at Overlake, I get it refunded) Museum of flight wristband also from forever ago scripture mastery cards from Old and New Testament Family picture money CareFresh hamster bedding coupons coupon for Baby Formula--it was one of those ones that "You WON!" at Safeway change a phone number for a friend a movie stub ...

So, some notes on how it's been going so far, and some solutions that we've found to our previous problems/updates: Techies Needed! Update! So, the update on this one is as follows: We still have this problem. We're still bumping techies left and right, but that's all good. We haven't missed a change yet--yes the trashcan was a close one on Opening Night, but it made it on. Also, it would have been better if the techie putting it on didn't slide offstage as if it were a baseball game. Would have drawn less attention, but that's okay. The Case of the Colorblind Fly Operator CASE CLOSED! This was relatively easy to solve. We simply put navy blue under the orange spike of all the flies that he flies in. And that solved it. The Dilemma of Detained Shriner Table Clamp DILEMMA ELIMINATED If you can't solve a problem, eliminate it. We just don't have a clamp anymore, and when the tables move as two of the shriners do Russian stars on the top of the t...

This is what dominates my life at the moment. I have been roped into being the support Stage Left ASM. The real SL ASM is having a rough time in her life, and she's never been a stage manager before, so my English teacher (who is also the drama teacher), has asked me to kind of help her out. Now, this means that I have gotten hardly any sleep this week, because with the exception of today (they let us out early for good behavior), I have been in rehearsal until 9:00. A couple of problems that have been prevalent that we're still trying to work out: Techies Needed! We have to bump them around sides of the stage to make the numbers work out for the scene changes. We don't have enough. In fact, we've had to abduct an actor and turned him into an actor/techie hybrid. The Case of the Colorblind Fly Operator We have a colorblind fly operator. We really appreciate him, as he's a last minute helper, and he's a really great guy. However, our fly master decided to m...