Dec. 27 Writing: Today is my day off and I'm all over the place. I applied to some jobs. I watched a Buffy episode. I typed up some inspirational quotes that I collected over the months. I'll send it to you guys later. I typed up my weekly email/ blog post and sent it and put it up.
The stuff I wrote in my last email/ blog post was from old notes I jotted down. I'll write that, but I have hard time writing my script.
Writer in Residence: I was thinking about the Writer in Residences and how they read my work.
Conni Massing (2009): She read the The Fighter draft 4 and with her notes, I managed to push myself to write the last 20 pages and get the script to 90 pages. She read Garret which is just like The Fighter, but with different names. She read Daniel which is like Garret, without the action.
Chris Craddock (2010): He read Rain which is 60 pages of not much going on. He read The Fighter draft 9 and saw similarities between that and Rain. I sent him The Hunter which is bunch of notes. I sent him Damon notes which is spin off from Rain.
Now the new Writer in Residence will be Marty Chan. I am excited to see what he will say about The Fighter draft 11.
Dec. 28 Crazy day: Today it was crazy busy for two hours. It was so busy, the manager was bussing tables. lol. I was bussing, hostessing, and the three other servers were telling me to do this and that. I worked from 8:45am-4pm.
It calmed down a bit after breakfast, but I still had to keep moving during lunch. On Boxing day, my manager told me to stay for a couple more hours. No one told me to stay, I thought I had to today. There was one server, and there were 7 tables. She told me that I could go home, so I did.
I even took an extra shift for tomorrow. It's for a few hours. We need two bussers, 3 servers, and a hostess to keep things afloat. At least I made a lot of money. I won't be able to make a lot of money because it won't be busy after the holidays are over.
Rant: Here's a mild rant. Calender Club is selling all their products for 40% off. I remember back in the days when Boxing day came, it was 50% off. I distinctly remember in 2004 and 2005 when I bought those James Dean calenders.
Well we're still recovering from the recession, so if Calender Club wants to make some profit, they will. My brother told me to wait until January when things will be 75% off.
Bad writing: I saw a clip of Secret Life of the American Teenager repeat, and it reminded me of my bad writing when I was teen. This show has bad writing. Back when I was a teen I watched TV and movies to learn about writing. I didn't read a lot of books on how to write. Now that I'm older, I read screenwriting books to learn what good writing is.
Comparisons: Here's a batch of comparisons:
Hero going into supernatural world to find father: I read about it for the movie Tron. It reminded me of Flash Gordon where Flash goes to the planet Mongo to find his father.
Team competitions: On Glee and Hellcats, they compete in sectionals and regionals. These are usually scheduled during Nov., Feb. and May sweeps.
Talking about the recession: The Listener, Lie to Me, Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Heartland all mentioned it. These episodes from the past 2 yrs.
Using an eye to scan to get into something: To take it farther, you take out the eye from the person living or dead. I saw that in the Dark Angel season 1 finale back in 2001. Then I saw it on Human Target this year.
Dec. 29 A toy car chases a car: I saw this in Jackie Chan's movie The Tuxedo and recently on a episode of Undercovers.
Job rant: Here's a mild rant. I saw on my schedule I was to get Dec. 31, Jan.1, Jan. 2 days off. My parents are going to Calgary so I called work to confirm my days off. I was told that I had to work. I then checked my schedule there, and there's black marker written over my schedule that I'm supposed to work on those days. Now I can't go to Calgary.
I'll change it to positive thinking. I know I can make a lot of money now. What if my hours get cut next month? What if the place closes down? It probably won't close down, but you need to imagine and prepare for the times you may not be able to work.
Corrillo Chocolate: I tried this chocolate in the flavors of Green Tea and Crispy Rice, and Cranberry and Rosemary. It didn't really taste that good. However, the wrappers had really nice paintings or pencil crayon drawings of a leaf (Green Tea) and Roses (Cranberry.)
Dec. 30 Calgary: I usually go to Calgary once or twice a year. I already went in Aug. and Sept. I already went twice, so it's okay if I don't go for the third time. I'm calm now.
Coincidence: I was on listening to The Bounce radio station and the DJ says: "Next we have songs "Grenade", "Firework" and "Dynamite." The songs are synonymous with each other.
Then yesterday I was listening to the Bounce and the DJ says: "I noticed how Bruno Mars has the song "Grenade", Katy Perry has "Firework" and Taio Cruz "Dynamite" song titles all sound the same.
Song: I really like the song "A Little Bit" by Drake and Lykke Li. I was listening to Hot 107 and this song came on. I recognized Drake's voice. I like his singing better than his rapping. I like his song "Find Your Love." I do like singing more than rap.
It's a good dance song. The lyrics are "I'm a little bit in love with you." I like the lyric "We're nsync like a Justin song." I thought that was creative.
Stress: I got a office job interview next week. I'm stressed because I don't know quite where it is. I saw it on Google maps and know how to get there and how long it takes. I have to go there on my day off to make sure I find the place correctly. I can't stress about it right now because I'm not going to find the place for the next few days because I have to go to work.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas in Wonderland/ actors/ 20/20 inspiration
Dec. 25 Christmas in Wonderland: I saw 5 min of this movie the other day. This was shot in West Ed mall. I saw a scene where a 12 yr old boy tells his kid sister not to run off by herself at the mall. Two bad guys who are going to use counterfeit cash to buy things, and get real money back in change. This came out in 2007.
They made a direct shout out to Edmonton, and the mall. I was very distracted because I was looking more at the mall, than the movie. The dialogue wasn't that good anyway. On imdb.com 541 people voted and gave it 4.8/10. It's about a dad and his three kids who move to Edmonton. They inadvertently catch the crooks.
Human Target: There was a Christmas ep. The team has to protect a family. All the houses were so nicely decorated. It was good with the audience thinking it's the dad who's being targeted for being a whistle blower at his company. Then you think it's the mom who wrote a blog gossiping about people.
It's really the teen son. He got a free online game for a month that ruined his computer. He then hacks into the company's files and deletes them to get revenge. On the TV show Dollhouse, there's a line: "You can't always predict or control the consequences." Who would have predicted that the computer company then tries to kill the teen hacker and get his computer?
Fortunately the team was able to defend the family. I also liked the teen's t-shirt that had an Escape computer key button on his shirt.
Bonne Bell: I was looking at this perfume bottle, and then it triggered a memory of Bonne Bell's "Emotion" perfume. They had scents like Flirty, Frantic, and Hyper. It was way back in the late 90s and early 2000s. I went on the internet and it has discontinued, but you can look for it and buy it on certain sites if you really want it.
Dec. 26 Job: On Dec. 23 I was sick. I rested and took some medicine so I could work during the holidays. On Dec. 24 I worked for 3 hrs because they didn't need me to stay longer. On Dec. 25, I only worked the day shift. I was supposed to work the night shift too, but they didn't need me. Today I worked 7.5 hrs. It's been a few months before I worked a full day.
It's Boxing day, but I only did 10 min of shopping at a book store looking for a day planner.
Dec. 27 Family: Today I went out to lunch with my family. We hardly ever do that so that was nice.
Greek myth: I was reading this in The Globe and Mail a few months ago. There's a Greek myth about a guy who asked when he will die. On the day he's supposed to die, he's alive. He starts laughing so hard, he dies from laughter. I thought that was interesting.
Saturday Night Live: There's a new actor on the show Taran Killam. I remember in 2001 he was on for some MADtv episodes. He was on The Amanda Show, another sketch comedy show with Amanda Bynes. Paul Britain is also on SNL. I've never seen him before, but he's cute.
In the season premiere, they had old SNL actress Amy Poehler come on. That was an excuse to throw in all the old cast members like Maya Rudolph, Jimmy Fallon, and Tina Fey. They had Justin Timberlake kiss AP for a moment in a dream sequence.
They had the real govenor Dave Paterson come on Weekend Update.
Comic Shop News: Have you ever heard of this newspaper about comic books? I haven't until I picked up an issue on the bus. I'm not into comic books, but I do like to read newspapers. The writing and graphics was average.
W5: I saw an episode of this Canadian news magazine show where 64 people, mostly Canadian students were on the sinking boat Concordia. They go to school on the boat, and learn about how to sail a ship. I don't know about you, but that doesn't that remind you of that old 90's teen sitcom called Breaker High?
It starred Ryan Gosling before he got big. It was mainly teens going to school on a boat, but not learning how to sail.
Actors: Do you remember the actor Devon Sawa? He used to be really popular in the 90s and he was in movies like Casper, Wild America, and Final Destination. He was in Eminem's music video "Stan." He was on a couple episodes of Nikita.
I didn't even recognize him when he first came on. He played a guy who stopped a bank robbery. It's not until I saw his name, I realized who it was. I haven't seen this guy in years. He's Canadian. In the episode, they mentioned Montreal.
Bianca Lawson was also on. She played Kendra the vampire slayer on Buffy. She has done other shows like Pretty Little Liars. I was just Buffy season 3 episode "Enemies" today with my sister. I haven't seen that episode since 2001 when Space started airing it.
20/20 inspiration: I was watching 20/20, and they did an episode about people with amazing talents.
Daniel Tammit: I saw this 31 yr old man named Daniel Tammit. He has the most amazing memory. He looked at Pi once and remembers 22,000 numbers in a row. Scientists tested him and he proved it. He has Asperger's syndrome which is a high functioning form of autism. He has synthesis and he sees numbers like shapes.
He sees a 4 like a blue jagged shape, a 9 like a red tall figure. He was teased a lot in school. He can't drive. He did learn how to speak an Icelandic language in a week.
Rohan Murphy: They then did a piece on this African- American guy Rohan Murphy. He has no legs, because they were amputated when he was four. He had a birth defect. Then in middle school, his gym teacher made him the team manager. Rohan was good at wrestling. He then goes into college wrestling.
He then did a Nike commercial where it shows him working out. Now he's a motivational speaker.
Hannah Frazer: She is like a mermaid. She's human with this fake fish tail and she swims with it. She takes one breath and holds it for 23 min. under water. She performs in movies and aquariums. She also protects dolphins.
It's really beautiful to watch her swim in the water. It's surreal.
They made a direct shout out to Edmonton, and the mall. I was very distracted because I was looking more at the mall, than the movie. The dialogue wasn't that good anyway. On imdb.com 541 people voted and gave it 4.8/10. It's about a dad and his three kids who move to Edmonton. They inadvertently catch the crooks.
Human Target: There was a Christmas ep. The team has to protect a family. All the houses were so nicely decorated. It was good with the audience thinking it's the dad who's being targeted for being a whistle blower at his company. Then you think it's the mom who wrote a blog gossiping about people.
It's really the teen son. He got a free online game for a month that ruined his computer. He then hacks into the company's files and deletes them to get revenge. On the TV show Dollhouse, there's a line: "You can't always predict or control the consequences." Who would have predicted that the computer company then tries to kill the teen hacker and get his computer?
Fortunately the team was able to defend the family. I also liked the teen's t-shirt that had an Escape computer key button on his shirt.
Bonne Bell: I was looking at this perfume bottle, and then it triggered a memory of Bonne Bell's "Emotion" perfume. They had scents like Flirty, Frantic, and Hyper. It was way back in the late 90s and early 2000s. I went on the internet and it has discontinued, but you can look for it and buy it on certain sites if you really want it.
Dec. 26 Job: On Dec. 23 I was sick. I rested and took some medicine so I could work during the holidays. On Dec. 24 I worked for 3 hrs because they didn't need me to stay longer. On Dec. 25, I only worked the day shift. I was supposed to work the night shift too, but they didn't need me. Today I worked 7.5 hrs. It's been a few months before I worked a full day.
It's Boxing day, but I only did 10 min of shopping at a book store looking for a day planner.
Dec. 27 Family: Today I went out to lunch with my family. We hardly ever do that so that was nice.
Greek myth: I was reading this in The Globe and Mail a few months ago. There's a Greek myth about a guy who asked when he will die. On the day he's supposed to die, he's alive. He starts laughing so hard, he dies from laughter. I thought that was interesting.
Saturday Night Live: There's a new actor on the show Taran Killam. I remember in 2001 he was on for some MADtv episodes. He was on The Amanda Show, another sketch comedy show with Amanda Bynes. Paul Britain is also on SNL. I've never seen him before, but he's cute.
In the season premiere, they had old SNL actress Amy Poehler come on. That was an excuse to throw in all the old cast members like Maya Rudolph, Jimmy Fallon, and Tina Fey. They had Justin Timberlake kiss AP for a moment in a dream sequence.
They had the real govenor Dave Paterson come on Weekend Update.
Comic Shop News: Have you ever heard of this newspaper about comic books? I haven't until I picked up an issue on the bus. I'm not into comic books, but I do like to read newspapers. The writing and graphics was average.
W5: I saw an episode of this Canadian news magazine show where 64 people, mostly Canadian students were on the sinking boat Concordia. They go to school on the boat, and learn about how to sail a ship. I don't know about you, but that doesn't that remind you of that old 90's teen sitcom called Breaker High?
It starred Ryan Gosling before he got big. It was mainly teens going to school on a boat, but not learning how to sail.
Actors: Do you remember the actor Devon Sawa? He used to be really popular in the 90s and he was in movies like Casper, Wild America, and Final Destination. He was in Eminem's music video "Stan." He was on a couple episodes of Nikita.
I didn't even recognize him when he first came on. He played a guy who stopped a bank robbery. It's not until I saw his name, I realized who it was. I haven't seen this guy in years. He's Canadian. In the episode, they mentioned Montreal.
Bianca Lawson was also on. She played Kendra the vampire slayer on Buffy. She has done other shows like Pretty Little Liars. I was just Buffy season 3 episode "Enemies" today with my sister. I haven't seen that episode since 2001 when Space started airing it.
20/20 inspiration: I was watching 20/20, and they did an episode about people with amazing talents.
Daniel Tammit: I saw this 31 yr old man named Daniel Tammit. He has the most amazing memory. He looked at Pi once and remembers 22,000 numbers in a row. Scientists tested him and he proved it. He has Asperger's syndrome which is a high functioning form of autism. He has synthesis and he sees numbers like shapes.
He sees a 4 like a blue jagged shape, a 9 like a red tall figure. He was teased a lot in school. He can't drive. He did learn how to speak an Icelandic language in a week.
Rohan Murphy: They then did a piece on this African- American guy Rohan Murphy. He has no legs, because they were amputated when he was four. He had a birth defect. Then in middle school, his gym teacher made him the team manager. Rohan was good at wrestling. He then goes into college wrestling.
He then did a Nike commercial where it shows him working out. Now he's a motivational speaker.
Hannah Frazer: She is like a mermaid. She's human with this fake fish tail and she swims with it. She takes one breath and holds it for 23 min. under water. She performs in movies and aquariums. She also protects dolphins.
It's really beautiful to watch her swim in the water. It's surreal.
Friday, December 24, 2010
job news/ Eric Benet/ funny and weird
Dec. 22 Job news: I read in the National Post business section about keeping your skills up to date. This woman who got laid off, she bought this computer program and practices it everyday so she will be prepared to use it when she gets hired again. That's good.
I'm keeping up with my skills by reading the business section of the newspaper. Yesterday I applied to a bunch of places. Today I only applied to three. I was reading my Alberta Job Centre news letters I subscribe to and then I found Career Options magazine that you can read online here:
http://www.careeroptionsmagazine.com/the-magazine/articles/
WindMobile: My friend Ashley from college told me about this:
Ashley: WindMobile doesn't do commission at all, it's something that really sets them apart from other cellular companies. There is a base wage and then a monthly bonus program that depends on stores making their monthly targets rather than individual sales.
Job search: It was really hard for me to focus in looking for a job today. I've been looking for an office job from Jan. 2009-Oct.2009 and I landed that Call Centre #3 job. I passed 110 resumes in 8 months. I then rebooted my office job search from Nov. 2009- Mar. 2010. I did the same thing with passing out my resumes to banks and offices.
Then I got laid off from the Soup place and Call Centre #3 and I did my office job search totally differently. I went on the internet. I applied to 100 places a month. It was to offices and reg. jobs in Apr. 2010-Oct.2010 and I managed to get an office job and worked there for a short time.
Quote: I found this on the 16 and Pregnant thread. It's about jobs: "If you can't admit it, you should quit it."
16 and Pregnant: Also on the thread, it turns out this girl asked one of the teen moms Kail this on her form spring.
Girl: Help! My friend is 13 and pregnant she wants to get on the show, how does she apply?
Kail: We're not glamorizing teen pregnancy here.
I thought that question was so weird. I thought it was going to be: "Help, my friend is 13 and pregnant. What should I do to help her?"
If I was 13, and I found out one of my friends is 13 and pregnant, I wouldn't ask about how to get on a TV show even if 16&P aired back then. I don't know, tell a teacher about it.
Dec. 22 Eric Benet: I was listening to some satellite radio and found the song "Sometimes I Cry" by Eric Benet. I've been listening to his music on Youtube and found this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLu6Ezyd8g
I'm going to paraphrase what he says:
EB: My daughter was going to start college soon, and I helped her to dorm room. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was in college. I was going out with this girl for two years and then she broke up with me. She also told me: "I don't see you making it in the music industry." It's kind of funny because shortly after we broke up, I got a record deal.
The audience cheers and laughs.
EB: Then there was a knock on my door. She shows up and it's like she got a stylist or something, because she looks amazing. She was saying how much she misses me.
lol.
I would never tell anyone that they won't make it in something because that would be mean. However, I would say to someone who is pursuing in a performing arts career: "What if you don't make it? What if you do make it, but the success doesn't last? What is your back up plan?"
You always have to be thinking about back up plans. That's me though. A lot of things don't work out for me like getting rejected from college programs.
Funny video: I was on the 16 and Pregnant thread on twop.com and someone posted this Golden Girls video clip. It's about buying condoms at the store. I've never seen Golden Girls before, but it was kind of funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kOewRGhtx8
Dec. 23 Funny and weird: I saw this funny and weird video clip on Jay Leno.
Cut to two guys playing beer pong outside. There are these red plastic cups on the table.
Guy 1 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 2 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 3 in red Santa suit falls on top of the table and breaks it.
Me: What?!
Here's a fun sight to see. I saw Cosmo the Galaxyland mascot skate in the ice rink at West Ed mall.
Cute and funny: This was on Jay Leno. The voice of Dora the Explorer has sued Nickelodeon because they didn't pay her for her work.
Cut to the animated character Dora the Explorer sitting next to a real life lawyer.
Dora then hugs the lawyer.
Fun gift: I saw this on Jay Leno. This is a real gift. A mug calls "Jesus Shaves." If you pour hot water in the mug, the beard on Jesus disappears. It was pretty cool.
Joke: Jay Leno says: "The guy who created the YMCA died and only 6 people showed up to his funeral. They were a cop, an Indian chief..."
Charity: I read that the rapper Lil Wayne bought a $11,000 wheelchair for his fan's mom.
I also read that the rapper TI talked a man down from jumping off a building. TI heard it on the radio and came down there.
Merry Christmas everybody!
I'm keeping up with my skills by reading the business section of the newspaper. Yesterday I applied to a bunch of places. Today I only applied to three. I was reading my Alberta Job Centre news letters I subscribe to and then I found Career Options magazine that you can read online here:
http://www.careeroptionsmagazine.com/the-magazine/articles/
WindMobile: My friend Ashley from college told me about this:
Ashley: WindMobile doesn't do commission at all, it's something that really sets them apart from other cellular companies. There is a base wage and then a monthly bonus program that depends on stores making their monthly targets rather than individual sales.
Job search: It was really hard for me to focus in looking for a job today. I've been looking for an office job from Jan. 2009-Oct.2009 and I landed that Call Centre #3 job. I passed 110 resumes in 8 months. I then rebooted my office job search from Nov. 2009- Mar. 2010. I did the same thing with passing out my resumes to banks and offices.
Then I got laid off from the Soup place and Call Centre #3 and I did my office job search totally differently. I went on the internet. I applied to 100 places a month. It was to offices and reg. jobs in Apr. 2010-Oct.2010 and I managed to get an office job and worked there for a short time.
Quote: I found this on the 16 and Pregnant thread. It's about jobs: "If you can't admit it, you should quit it."
16 and Pregnant: Also on the thread, it turns out this girl asked one of the teen moms Kail this on her form spring.
Girl: Help! My friend is 13 and pregnant she wants to get on the show, how does she apply?
Kail: We're not glamorizing teen pregnancy here.
I thought that question was so weird. I thought it was going to be: "Help, my friend is 13 and pregnant. What should I do to help her?"
If I was 13, and I found out one of my friends is 13 and pregnant, I wouldn't ask about how to get on a TV show even if 16&P aired back then. I don't know, tell a teacher about it.
Dec. 22 Eric Benet: I was listening to some satellite radio and found the song "Sometimes I Cry" by Eric Benet. I've been listening to his music on Youtube and found this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLu6Ezyd8g
I'm going to paraphrase what he says:
EB: My daughter was going to start college soon, and I helped her to dorm room. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was in college. I was going out with this girl for two years and then she broke up with me. She also told me: "I don't see you making it in the music industry." It's kind of funny because shortly after we broke up, I got a record deal.
The audience cheers and laughs.
EB: Then there was a knock on my door. She shows up and it's like she got a stylist or something, because she looks amazing. She was saying how much she misses me.
lol.
I would never tell anyone that they won't make it in something because that would be mean. However, I would say to someone who is pursuing in a performing arts career: "What if you don't make it? What if you do make it, but the success doesn't last? What is your back up plan?"
You always have to be thinking about back up plans. That's me though. A lot of things don't work out for me like getting rejected from college programs.
Funny video: I was on the 16 and Pregnant thread on twop.com and someone posted this Golden Girls video clip. It's about buying condoms at the store. I've never seen Golden Girls before, but it was kind of funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kOewRGhtx8
Dec. 23 Funny and weird: I saw this funny and weird video clip on Jay Leno.
Cut to two guys playing beer pong outside. There are these red plastic cups on the table.
Guy 1 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 2 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 3 in red Santa suit falls on top of the table and breaks it.
Me: What?!
Here's a fun sight to see. I saw Cosmo the Galaxyland mascot skate in the ice rink at West Ed mall.
Cute and funny: This was on Jay Leno. The voice of Dora the Explorer has sued Nickelodeon because they didn't pay her for her work.
Cut to the animated character Dora the Explorer sitting next to a real life lawyer.
Dora then hugs the lawyer.
Fun gift: I saw this on Jay Leno. This is a real gift. A mug calls "Jesus Shaves." If you pour hot water in the mug, the beard on Jesus disappears. It was pretty cool.
Joke: Jay Leno says: "The guy who created the YMCA died and only 6 people showed up to his funeral. They were a cop, an Indian chief..."
Charity: I read that the rapper Lil Wayne bought a $11,000 wheelchair for his fan's mom.
I also read that the rapper TI talked a man down from jumping off a building. TI heard it on the radio and came down there.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Larry King Live/ good writing/ actors
Dec. 19 Larry King Live: Larry King's last show was on Dec. 16. Arnold Schwarzenegger made Larry King Day. Bill Marh and Ryan Seacrest were co-hosts that night. There were subtitles that are tweets from celebs and regular people telling LK how great he is.
Barack Obama made a video to LK. Regis Feldman, Suze Orman, and Donald Trump made an appearance. Fred Armison (Saturday Night Live) wears the exact same outfit as LK. It was a black shirt, red suspenders, white and red polka dot tie. LK does know how to accessorize with the black watch and red bracelet.
Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, and Brian Williams came on. DS on behalf of them gave LK suspenders with their names stitched on it.
KC read a poem to LK. It was funny and good mentioning how LK was the first one to get Paris Hilton's post- jail interview. They all gave a toast to LK.
Bill Clinton came on via satellite. Dr Phil even showed up.
LK's wife, two kids came on. LK's 10 yr old son Cannon did a good LK impression. The audience laughs. Anderson Cooper thanks LK for his show.
Tony Bennet sings in his concert in Lousiana. LK saw the performance via satellite. The song was "The Best is Yet to Come."
Good writing:
Action scenes: CSI: NY writes really good action scenes. There are some scenes where you can predict is going to happen because the bad guy's going to run. Det. Flack and Det. Messer are chasing a guy in the club.
Flack jumps down from the second floor onto a table below. So the table breaks. I expected the chase, but not the jump.
Here's another scene:
Cut to Det. Flack driving with a female suspect sitting in the back.
A Guy moves in front of the car, and Flack stops the car.
Then Guy points a gun at F, and he shoots at F and the female suspect.
Then two more guys points and shoots at F and the female suspect.
That made me jump because it came out of nowhere.
Dialogue: Also on CSI: NY, the team is trying to solve a murder of a woman named Isabelle. Flack is arresting a guy.
Flack: Do you know Isabelle? Well I'm going to introduce you to Miranda. You have the right to remain silent.
Oh that's good. lol.
Dec. 20 Rant: Today I woke up an hr earlier and then read my horoscopes, and the classified section looking for a job. That took 5 min. Then I took 50 min to read the A section of the Edmonton Journal. My sister says I'm a slow reader, and I was hogging it and that I was inconsiderate. She got to read the other sections and the two other newspapers we get.
I told her that I wanted to read the newspaper leisurely and at my own pace. If I had to go to work, I glance at the A section, and then I pick up a 24 newspaper and force myself to read that one faster while riding the bus.
On my days off I do spend one hr reading the newspaper, and then go to my job search. I have to have a little fun first and then I push myself to work. If I go straight to my job search, then I would feel like I want to read the newspaper and not concentrate on my work. However, I read the life, business, arts section of the 3 newspapers all in 1 hr. Then again it was a Monday so there isn't as much to read.
News: Did you know there's a place called Chihuahua City in Mexico? Seriously. It was an article about this woman's daughter who was murdered. The mother then held a vigil, and then she got shot there. Damn, that's harsh.
Then I read about making crafts as gifts for the holidays. I used to do more crafts as a kid.
Then I read more about Wikileaks. This could be a good story for a movie. A computer hacker that exposes the government. Except I need to delve into it a bit more.
Job search: I applied to 34 office jobs today.
Actors: I was watching Criminal Minds and I saw Leonard Roberts on. He's an African- American actor who played Riley's Initiative friend Forest on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I saw him on that old show Freakylinks. He was on Tru Calling for an ep. That was kind of cool to see him being reunited with Eliza Dushku (Faith on Buffy.)
Carl Lumbly was also CM. He plays a dad on Secret Life of the American Teenager.
John Schneider who used to play the dads to teenagers on Smallville, Secret Life, and 90210 was on Desperate Housewives. This time he played a dad to a grown man Brian Austin Green's character. Nancy Travis plays BAG's mom. She played a mom to a teen on that TV movie The Party Never Stops.
Does anyone remember Trent Ford? He played Mandy Moore's love interest in the 2003 movie How to Deal. He does this big movie, but then he does an ep of Smallville. I then saw him on The Vampire Diaries ep.
I was watching The Mentalist and there's this hot German model. I remember her as Preston's wife on Desperate Housewives. Also on Mentalist, I saw Christina Cox. She used to be on the vampire/ detective agency show called Blood Ties. I have seen her on Chronicles of Riddick.
On Mentalist, there was an ep called "Pink Chanel Suit." Doesn't that remind you of The Simpsons where Marge buys that pink chanel suit and gets into that country club? I saw Christine Rose (Mrs. Pettrelli from Heroes) on. She plays this uptight, rich mother which isn't too much of a stretch from her Mrs. Pettrelli role.
Keri Lynn Pratt guest- starred on the ep. She does a lot of TV like CSI: NY, and Veronica Mars.
Dec. 21 Charity: So my sister donated some food to the student food bank. The Christmas Bureau gives Christmas dinner to homeless people. I've donated to them before in 2003 and 2004. They're at the halfway mark to get their goal donation this year.
My sister has a problem with Santa's Anonymous about giving toys to poor children. She says she doesn't have a problem donating food or money to the food bank because that's necessary. Toys they can live without. I guess the kids could go to the library and read books. That's a good and educational way to entertain themselves.
Barack Obama made a video to LK. Regis Feldman, Suze Orman, and Donald Trump made an appearance. Fred Armison (Saturday Night Live) wears the exact same outfit as LK. It was a black shirt, red suspenders, white and red polka dot tie. LK does know how to accessorize with the black watch and red bracelet.
Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, and Brian Williams came on. DS on behalf of them gave LK suspenders with their names stitched on it.
KC read a poem to LK. It was funny and good mentioning how LK was the first one to get Paris Hilton's post- jail interview. They all gave a toast to LK.
Bill Clinton came on via satellite. Dr Phil even showed up.
LK's wife, two kids came on. LK's 10 yr old son Cannon did a good LK impression. The audience laughs. Anderson Cooper thanks LK for his show.
Tony Bennet sings in his concert in Lousiana. LK saw the performance via satellite. The song was "The Best is Yet to Come."
Good writing:
Action scenes: CSI: NY writes really good action scenes. There are some scenes where you can predict is going to happen because the bad guy's going to run. Det. Flack and Det. Messer are chasing a guy in the club.
Flack jumps down from the second floor onto a table below. So the table breaks. I expected the chase, but not the jump.
Here's another scene:
Cut to Det. Flack driving with a female suspect sitting in the back.
A Guy moves in front of the car, and Flack stops the car.
Then Guy points a gun at F, and he shoots at F and the female suspect.
Then two more guys points and shoots at F and the female suspect.
That made me jump because it came out of nowhere.
Dialogue: Also on CSI: NY, the team is trying to solve a murder of a woman named Isabelle. Flack is arresting a guy.
Flack: Do you know Isabelle? Well I'm going to introduce you to Miranda. You have the right to remain silent.
Oh that's good. lol.
Dec. 20 Rant: Today I woke up an hr earlier and then read my horoscopes, and the classified section looking for a job. That took 5 min. Then I took 50 min to read the A section of the Edmonton Journal. My sister says I'm a slow reader, and I was hogging it and that I was inconsiderate. She got to read the other sections and the two other newspapers we get.
I told her that I wanted to read the newspaper leisurely and at my own pace. If I had to go to work, I glance at the A section, and then I pick up a 24 newspaper and force myself to read that one faster while riding the bus.
On my days off I do spend one hr reading the newspaper, and then go to my job search. I have to have a little fun first and then I push myself to work. If I go straight to my job search, then I would feel like I want to read the newspaper and not concentrate on my work. However, I read the life, business, arts section of the 3 newspapers all in 1 hr. Then again it was a Monday so there isn't as much to read.
News: Did you know there's a place called Chihuahua City in Mexico? Seriously. It was an article about this woman's daughter who was murdered. The mother then held a vigil, and then she got shot there. Damn, that's harsh.
Then I read about making crafts as gifts for the holidays. I used to do more crafts as a kid.
Then I read more about Wikileaks. This could be a good story for a movie. A computer hacker that exposes the government. Except I need to delve into it a bit more.
Job search: I applied to 34 office jobs today.
Actors: I was watching Criminal Minds and I saw Leonard Roberts on. He's an African- American actor who played Riley's Initiative friend Forest on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I saw him on that old show Freakylinks. He was on Tru Calling for an ep. That was kind of cool to see him being reunited with Eliza Dushku (Faith on Buffy.)
Carl Lumbly was also CM. He plays a dad on Secret Life of the American Teenager.
John Schneider who used to play the dads to teenagers on Smallville, Secret Life, and 90210 was on Desperate Housewives. This time he played a dad to a grown man Brian Austin Green's character. Nancy Travis plays BAG's mom. She played a mom to a teen on that TV movie The Party Never Stops.
Does anyone remember Trent Ford? He played Mandy Moore's love interest in the 2003 movie How to Deal. He does this big movie, but then he does an ep of Smallville. I then saw him on The Vampire Diaries ep.
I was watching The Mentalist and there's this hot German model. I remember her as Preston's wife on Desperate Housewives. Also on Mentalist, I saw Christina Cox. She used to be on the vampire/ detective agency show called Blood Ties. I have seen her on Chronicles of Riddick.
On Mentalist, there was an ep called "Pink Chanel Suit." Doesn't that remind you of The Simpsons where Marge buys that pink chanel suit and gets into that country club? I saw Christine Rose (Mrs. Pettrelli from Heroes) on. She plays this uptight, rich mother which isn't too much of a stretch from her Mrs. Pettrelli role.
Keri Lynn Pratt guest- starred on the ep. She does a lot of TV like CSI: NY, and Veronica Mars.
Dec. 21 Charity: So my sister donated some food to the student food bank. The Christmas Bureau gives Christmas dinner to homeless people. I've donated to them before in 2003 and 2004. They're at the halfway mark to get their goal donation this year.
My sister has a problem with Santa's Anonymous about giving toys to poor children. She says she doesn't have a problem donating food or money to the food bank because that's necessary. Toys they can live without. I guess the kids could go to the library and read books. That's a good and educational way to entertain themselves.
Friday, December 17, 2010
friends/ John Edward/ good
Dec. 15 Friends: Today I chatted with my friend Michelle on Facebook. She just had a baby. I haven't talked to her in a few months. I then asked her all these questions about her baby and pregnancy. Then I asked if she reads my weekly emails. She said yes, and that I should proofread them because she has to read the sentences over again because of the grammatical errors.
Dec. 16 Actors: I then called my friend Daniel L. and we talked. Probably the funny thing is that he was describing this guy he knew.
D: He looks like Ross Hull from Are you of the Dark?
Me: Oh my God, I haven't thought about that guy in years. He was on the TV show Eric's World and Student Bodies.
D: You know who I'm talking about? Every time I mention his name, no one knows who it is.
Joke: I was watching Robin Thicke's music video "Lost Without U." One of the Youtube comments was: "I dedicate this song to my cell phone..which went missing 2 days ago *Im lost without you baby*
Comedy comparisons: Here's some more easy targets to make fun of.
John Edward: He is a medium who can talk to dead people on the other side. He had a show called Crossing Over with John Edward. I remember seeing a few min. of his show one time because AJ from the Backstreet Boys was on. All I remember is:
JE: Your grandma said something about alligators.
AJ: Oh well, that's a joke between me and my grandma.
This was from years ago. If you think JE is a fake, then this wouldn't be a good example. Anyone can go on the internet and research about AJ because he's famous. Any obsessed Backstreet Boys fan would probably know that above trivia.
Family Guy made fun of him where Peter goes on the show and JE is listing the entire alphabet until it hits P.
Peter: Yeah, I'm Peter. That is so good on how you guessed my name.
South Park made fun of him where Stan proves that anyone can do this.
Stan: I'm going to say a name. Peter.
Woman: Oh I lost someone named Peter.
S: By looking at you, I assume that was your husband.
W: Yes, that's right.
The audience applauds.
S: Guys, anyone can do this. By looking at you, you seem young so I'm guessing your husband died in an accident.
W: Yes, that's right.
The audience applauds.
S: Stop, I don't have any talent.
MADtv also made fun of JE. The actor Michael McDonald pretended to be him. Be prepared, the jokes are kind of dark and offensive.
JE: Your mom died in a car accident by running into a wall.
Sons: Yes.
JE: Well it wasn't an accident.
The audience goes "Ohhh."
JE: She tells me you guys are in a band.
Sons: Yes.
JE: Well she tells you that you guys suck.
Then there's the African- American version of JE. Aries Spears plays him. The entire audience is African- American.
AS: Does anyone here have a brother who's in jail?
The entire audience raises their hand.
AS: Is there anyone here who lives on a block with a single mother?
The entire audience raises their hand.
16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the twop comments on Lizzie. At first I really liked her, but after reading all the comments, my opinion has changed. I thought L was like my sister and my friend Angela. If they got pregnant as a teenager, and kept the kid and raised it as their own, I'm sure they would still be able to graduate out of high school, college, and have careers.
It would be really hard, but I think they can make it with a lot of financial and emotional support from their family and friends. The personalities are very go-getters. L's parents were divorced, and L and her mom lived in this big house. L's boyfriend Skylar later moved in with them. Her parents really supported them and the baby Summer. Later Skylar and L got engaged. Then S confessed he cheated on her, and the engagement's off. Then they're back together. This was the only episode that didn't have me saying: "Give the baby up for adoption."
L graduated out of high school 5 months early. 60% of teen moms don't even graduate out of high school, and she doing it early was really good. She had financial and emotional support from her family and friends. Besides Skylar's infidelity, I think he was an alright guy. He did have a p/t job and was studying the trade of being a glass blower. He took care of the baby.
The cons: I did notice this, that L got into college and then dropped out because she wanted to spend more time with the baby. That's fine. However, what irked me is that she dropped out, and then told her dad. When I was going to drop out of college, I told my parents first, and then they convinced me to stick with it. Before making a big decision, I really thought she should ask her parents, I think they're paying for it.
Other twop people said that she should have stuck with college, because it's harder to go back after you quit. When the kid's a toddler running around, it's hard to study. When it's a baby, you can study more because they can't walk. Also take p/t class and not f/t. She was getting good grades too. If her grades were bad, I would understand dropping out.
Twop pointed out that she bought this homecoming dress, and then showed it to her friends though she isn't going to the dance. Someone said: "L seems to be the kind of person to make a situation about her, even if it isn't."
Dec. 17 Rant: Here's a mild rant. My computer at home isn't working, so I went to my old college campus to use one. I did my job search on it.
Good: The good thing though is that I finally went to the campus and got a new password because my school email account expired. I can get job postings from that email account. However, I talked to my friend Dan L. earlier, and he had a classmate email him job postings from school, and it turns out it was on other job sites already.
The school will be closed for winter break, so I won't be able to use the computer for awhile. I don't know when mine will be fixed. I have a second computer that I got back in 1998, but it stopped working some months ago. I will give points that PC computer lasted 12 yrs.
Cool names: I found these actresses names cool like Victoria Justice. She's on some Disney show. There's the actress Azura Skye who was on episode of Buffy season 7. She was the one who dies from a disease, and Buffy couldn't save her.
License plates: Here are some more license plates I found: T BAG, TRAINUT, MY9, 4MYEMMA, HANFORD.
Tea Fusion: There's this new restaurant that opened in City Centre mall. It's called Tea Fusion and sells bubble tea. I was there a couple of weeks ago, and only did a little shopping by going itno Costa Blanca and Urban Behaviour.
Dec. 16 Actors: I then called my friend Daniel L. and we talked. Probably the funny thing is that he was describing this guy he knew.
D: He looks like Ross Hull from Are you of the Dark?
Me: Oh my God, I haven't thought about that guy in years. He was on the TV show Eric's World and Student Bodies.
D: You know who I'm talking about? Every time I mention his name, no one knows who it is.
Joke: I was watching Robin Thicke's music video "Lost Without U." One of the Youtube comments was: "I dedicate this song to my cell phone..which went missing 2 days ago *Im lost without you baby*
Comedy comparisons: Here's some more easy targets to make fun of.
John Edward: He is a medium who can talk to dead people on the other side. He had a show called Crossing Over with John Edward. I remember seeing a few min. of his show one time because AJ from the Backstreet Boys was on. All I remember is:
JE: Your grandma said something about alligators.
AJ: Oh well, that's a joke between me and my grandma.
This was from years ago. If you think JE is a fake, then this wouldn't be a good example. Anyone can go on the internet and research about AJ because he's famous. Any obsessed Backstreet Boys fan would probably know that above trivia.
Family Guy made fun of him where Peter goes on the show and JE is listing the entire alphabet until it hits P.
Peter: Yeah, I'm Peter. That is so good on how you guessed my name.
South Park made fun of him where Stan proves that anyone can do this.
Stan: I'm going to say a name. Peter.
Woman: Oh I lost someone named Peter.
S: By looking at you, I assume that was your husband.
W: Yes, that's right.
The audience applauds.
S: Guys, anyone can do this. By looking at you, you seem young so I'm guessing your husband died in an accident.
W: Yes, that's right.
The audience applauds.
S: Stop, I don't have any talent.
MADtv also made fun of JE. The actor Michael McDonald pretended to be him. Be prepared, the jokes are kind of dark and offensive.
JE: Your mom died in a car accident by running into a wall.
Sons: Yes.
JE: Well it wasn't an accident.
The audience goes "Ohhh."
JE: She tells me you guys are in a band.
Sons: Yes.
JE: Well she tells you that you guys suck.
Then there's the African- American version of JE. Aries Spears plays him. The entire audience is African- American.
AS: Does anyone here have a brother who's in jail?
The entire audience raises their hand.
AS: Is there anyone here who lives on a block with a single mother?
The entire audience raises their hand.
16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the twop comments on Lizzie. At first I really liked her, but after reading all the comments, my opinion has changed. I thought L was like my sister and my friend Angela. If they got pregnant as a teenager, and kept the kid and raised it as their own, I'm sure they would still be able to graduate out of high school, college, and have careers.
It would be really hard, but I think they can make it with a lot of financial and emotional support from their family and friends. The personalities are very go-getters. L's parents were divorced, and L and her mom lived in this big house. L's boyfriend Skylar later moved in with them. Her parents really supported them and the baby Summer. Later Skylar and L got engaged. Then S confessed he cheated on her, and the engagement's off. Then they're back together. This was the only episode that didn't have me saying: "Give the baby up for adoption."
L graduated out of high school 5 months early. 60% of teen moms don't even graduate out of high school, and she doing it early was really good. She had financial and emotional support from her family and friends. Besides Skylar's infidelity, I think he was an alright guy. He did have a p/t job and was studying the trade of being a glass blower. He took care of the baby.
The cons: I did notice this, that L got into college and then dropped out because she wanted to spend more time with the baby. That's fine. However, what irked me is that she dropped out, and then told her dad. When I was going to drop out of college, I told my parents first, and then they convinced me to stick with it. Before making a big decision, I really thought she should ask her parents, I think they're paying for it.
Other twop people said that she should have stuck with college, because it's harder to go back after you quit. When the kid's a toddler running around, it's hard to study. When it's a baby, you can study more because they can't walk. Also take p/t class and not f/t. She was getting good grades too. If her grades were bad, I would understand dropping out.
Twop pointed out that she bought this homecoming dress, and then showed it to her friends though she isn't going to the dance. Someone said: "L seems to be the kind of person to make a situation about her, even if it isn't."
Dec. 17 Rant: Here's a mild rant. My computer at home isn't working, so I went to my old college campus to use one. I did my job search on it.
Good: The good thing though is that I finally went to the campus and got a new password because my school email account expired. I can get job postings from that email account. However, I talked to my friend Dan L. earlier, and he had a classmate email him job postings from school, and it turns out it was on other job sites already.
The school will be closed for winter break, so I won't be able to use the computer for awhile. I don't know when mine will be fixed. I have a second computer that I got back in 1998, but it stopped working some months ago. I will give points that PC computer lasted 12 yrs.
Cool names: I found these actresses names cool like Victoria Justice. She's on some Disney show. There's the actress Azura Skye who was on episode of Buffy season 7. She was the one who dies from a disease, and Buffy couldn't save her.
License plates: Here are some more license plates I found: T BAG, TRAINUT, MY9, 4MYEMMA, HANFORD.
Tea Fusion: There's this new restaurant that opened in City Centre mall. It's called Tea Fusion and sells bubble tea. I was there a couple of weeks ago, and only did a little shopping by going itno Costa Blanca and Urban Behaviour.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
shopping/ Teen Mom/ obsession
Dec. 13 Shopping: I was at home for the past week since my surgery. I then went to downtown today. I went there two weeks ago to deposit a check and went to two stores. This time I was there for two hours looking at clothes, books, jewelery, stuffed animals, food and reading Seventeen magazine.
I went to a few stores where it was getting pretty empty of merchandise. I bumped into my friend Chase there, and I told him about my job.
Dec. 14 Time: I was reading in the Edmonton Journal. It said: "You can never save time, you can only spend it." That's a good saying. You can save time by prioritizing and finding ways to be more efficient.
HMV: I read in The Globe and Mail that HMV sales have decreased by 15% this year. Over the summer I did a job interview there and noticed that they started selling popcorn. That's new. I know in 2007 they started selling video games. Now they're selling books too.
The Mentalist: Sure, there are the happy Christmas specials on TV, but on The Mentalist, the CBI team has to solve why a guy dressed up as Santa fell off a tall building. It was supposedly a suicide, but then it lead to AA meetings. To finally this addictions treatment facility and it was really the nurse who was the Angel of Death who pushed him off the building.
CSI: NY: Throw in the episode titled "Shop till you drop." The opening is a window display and a dead body is there. The victim is the manager that no one liked. It's kind of cliche. The victim is either someone no likes, and everybody's a suspect. Or everybody loves the victim, and nobody's a suspect.
It's interesting to see Jeff Roop (Vampire High, and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo) play the manager. I haven't seen this actor in years since he was on those kids shows. The ep starts off with Mac and Jill going to the store opening and seeing a Pick Pocket. PP gets rid of his bag so there's no evidence.
Then it's revealed that this Woman Assistant Manager was stealing money from tills. If anything is less than $10 taken from the till, it's a write off. It's so little, it's not even recorded. She was stealing the money so she can give to her workers who are going to be laid off so it's like Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Manager caught WAM stealing money and recorded it on his phone. He then attacks her and she fought back in self defense. WAM gets the phone that has the evidence. The Pick Pocket actually stole the phone off her that held the evidence.WAM was also dying of cancer and refused treatment. It was a bit of a heartwarming ep where she helps her workers. She's still a sympathetic character because though she killed someone, it was in self defense.
Motivation: I finished pitching my script today. I have some production companies reading it right now and it's time for me to wait for them to finish reading. Now I'm looking for a office job.
Dec. 14: I was watching 16 and Pregnant last night, and on the show they said the line: "It's easier to get a job when you have a job." I haven't heard that since the other teen mom show Secret Life of the American Teenager. It gave me a little push to get an office job. I have a regular job, so it should be easier for me to get an office job.
Family Guy: I saw another holiday special. The only good parts I liked was the bad guy Quagmire showed that he was a nice guy by taking his 5 yr old niece who has cancer, to see Santa at the mall. Throw in David Boreanez (Angel, Bones) appearing in the Northern Lights.
The episode had Stewie wanting to kill Santa because he didn't get to see him at the mall. He and Brian go to the North Pole and see that Santa is sick because after years of producing gifts and getting little in return, he and his elves are overworked. Brian and Stewie attempt to deliver presents, and then tells the whole world that they are only allowed one gift. Then everybody's happy and Santa and his elves are fine.
16 and Pregnant: I saw an ep last night, and an Unseen Moments special of the show. There's a preview for the finale about Ashley who gives the baby up for adoption to her aunt and uncle, but wants the baby back. There is a lot of suspense of will she give the baby up or not.
Teen Mom: I read on Yahoo News there's going to be Teen Mom 2. This time it will follow four teen moms from 16&P season 2. The girls will be Chelsea who will move in with her best friend to go to beauty school. On twop.com a lot of people said that all she does is live in her dad's big house and not go to school or work. Maybe she'll prove the twop people wrong. I was kind of eh with her.
Then there's Kailyn. I had to look her up, because I forgot about her. Then I remembered her and her boyfriend Jo. Jo's mom Janet is the best mom ever. She let K live with them, and she told Jo to step and be a father. She is a really nice and good person. I really like and respect her. She was the best part of the whole episode.
They will follow teen mom Leah, mother of twins and one of her kids gets sick. Then there's Jenelle who I didn't really like at all. J was the one who kept threatening her mom saying she's going to take the baby away and that she will never see them again. I kept wishing her mom would say: "Fine, get your stuff and get out of here. Go find a place of your own.
There has been two seasons of Teen Mom that followed 16&P's girls Maci, Farrah, Amber, and Catelynn. In the first season there's 8 episodes, 1 finale special, and Unseen Moments. Second season had 11 episodes. It's been like this since last year. First show 16&P. When that's done, show Teen Mom, and then rotate.
Joke: Last month I was watching Saturday Night Live, and they did a joke about the above shows.
Announcer: From MTV who brought you 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, we will be Maternity Television. There will be My Supersweet 16 and Pregnant, and America's Best Pregnant Dance Crew.
Obsession: Though I'm sure you're all thinking: "What is with you and teen pregnancy?" I want to say this is not taking over my life. I'm spending an hr a week watching this show. I usually read one page of twop.com a day about 16&P thread. I write down how much I read on that thread. It's the only thread I read. I don't even read Teen Mom or Secret Life of the American Teenager.
I have been busy with my priorities of getting a job, looking for an office job, and pitching my script. Now I'm struggling with writer's block.
I went to a few stores where it was getting pretty empty of merchandise. I bumped into my friend Chase there, and I told him about my job.
Dec. 14 Time: I was reading in the Edmonton Journal. It said: "You can never save time, you can only spend it." That's a good saying. You can save time by prioritizing and finding ways to be more efficient.
HMV: I read in The Globe and Mail that HMV sales have decreased by 15% this year. Over the summer I did a job interview there and noticed that they started selling popcorn. That's new. I know in 2007 they started selling video games. Now they're selling books too.
The Mentalist: Sure, there are the happy Christmas specials on TV, but on The Mentalist, the CBI team has to solve why a guy dressed up as Santa fell off a tall building. It was supposedly a suicide, but then it lead to AA meetings. To finally this addictions treatment facility and it was really the nurse who was the Angel of Death who pushed him off the building.
CSI: NY: Throw in the episode titled "Shop till you drop." The opening is a window display and a dead body is there. The victim is the manager that no one liked. It's kind of cliche. The victim is either someone no likes, and everybody's a suspect. Or everybody loves the victim, and nobody's a suspect.
It's interesting to see Jeff Roop (Vampire High, and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo) play the manager. I haven't seen this actor in years since he was on those kids shows. The ep starts off with Mac and Jill going to the store opening and seeing a Pick Pocket. PP gets rid of his bag so there's no evidence.
Then it's revealed that this Woman Assistant Manager was stealing money from tills. If anything is less than $10 taken from the till, it's a write off. It's so little, it's not even recorded. She was stealing the money so she can give to her workers who are going to be laid off so it's like Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Manager caught WAM stealing money and recorded it on his phone. He then attacks her and she fought back in self defense. WAM gets the phone that has the evidence. The Pick Pocket actually stole the phone off her that held the evidence.WAM was also dying of cancer and refused treatment. It was a bit of a heartwarming ep where she helps her workers. She's still a sympathetic character because though she killed someone, it was in self defense.
Motivation: I finished pitching my script today. I have some production companies reading it right now and it's time for me to wait for them to finish reading. Now I'm looking for a office job.
Dec. 14: I was watching 16 and Pregnant last night, and on the show they said the line: "It's easier to get a job when you have a job." I haven't heard that since the other teen mom show Secret Life of the American Teenager. It gave me a little push to get an office job. I have a regular job, so it should be easier for me to get an office job.
Family Guy: I saw another holiday special. The only good parts I liked was the bad guy Quagmire showed that he was a nice guy by taking his 5 yr old niece who has cancer, to see Santa at the mall. Throw in David Boreanez (Angel, Bones) appearing in the Northern Lights.
The episode had Stewie wanting to kill Santa because he didn't get to see him at the mall. He and Brian go to the North Pole and see that Santa is sick because after years of producing gifts and getting little in return, he and his elves are overworked. Brian and Stewie attempt to deliver presents, and then tells the whole world that they are only allowed one gift. Then everybody's happy and Santa and his elves are fine.
16 and Pregnant: I saw an ep last night, and an Unseen Moments special of the show. There's a preview for the finale about Ashley who gives the baby up for adoption to her aunt and uncle, but wants the baby back. There is a lot of suspense of will she give the baby up or not.
Teen Mom: I read on Yahoo News there's going to be Teen Mom 2. This time it will follow four teen moms from 16&P season 2. The girls will be Chelsea who will move in with her best friend to go to beauty school. On twop.com a lot of people said that all she does is live in her dad's big house and not go to school or work. Maybe she'll prove the twop people wrong. I was kind of eh with her.
Then there's Kailyn. I had to look her up, because I forgot about her. Then I remembered her and her boyfriend Jo. Jo's mom Janet is the best mom ever. She let K live with them, and she told Jo to step and be a father. She is a really nice and good person. I really like and respect her. She was the best part of the whole episode.
They will follow teen mom Leah, mother of twins and one of her kids gets sick. Then there's Jenelle who I didn't really like at all. J was the one who kept threatening her mom saying she's going to take the baby away and that she will never see them again. I kept wishing her mom would say: "Fine, get your stuff and get out of here. Go find a place of your own.
There has been two seasons of Teen Mom that followed 16&P's girls Maci, Farrah, Amber, and Catelynn. In the first season there's 8 episodes, 1 finale special, and Unseen Moments. Second season had 11 episodes. It's been like this since last year. First show 16&P. When that's done, show Teen Mom, and then rotate.
Joke: Last month I was watching Saturday Night Live, and they did a joke about the above shows.
Announcer: From MTV who brought you 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, we will be Maternity Television. There will be My Supersweet 16 and Pregnant, and America's Best Pregnant Dance Crew.
Obsession: Though I'm sure you're all thinking: "What is with you and teen pregnancy?" I want to say this is not taking over my life. I'm spending an hr a week watching this show. I usually read one page of twop.com a day about 16&P thread. I write down how much I read on that thread. It's the only thread I read. I don't even read Teen Mom or Secret Life of the American Teenager.
I have been busy with my priorities of getting a job, looking for an office job, and pitching my script. Now I'm struggling with writer's block.
Monday, December 13, 2010
friends/ A Heartland Christmas/ The Office
Dec. 11 Friends: Today I called up my friend Jessica, and we chatted for 15 min. She asked about my surgery, and I told her I'm feeling better because my appetite's coming back and my energy is up. In my recovery booklet I got from the hospital, it said there are "post surgery blues", as in you feel kind of sad after a surgery. That phone call was a boost for me.
16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the twop.com comments on Leah. This girl ended her relationship with this guy Robbie who've they been together for a couple years. Then L meats a guy Cory and within a month, she got pregnant with him. She has twins with this guy she hardly knows.
I and a lot of twop people think Cory should do a paternity test just to make sure that it was his kids, because she was Robbie right before him. C was a really good and stand up guy who got two jobs and sold his truck to take care of twins and Leah. C was 19 and he bought L a car so L could drive the twins around to doctors appointments.
L got pregnant because she thought her Depo-provera shot was still working. In teen magazines they always say use two forms of birth control. A condom, and something else like the pill or the shot. So if one form doesn't work, there's back up.
I really thought L should have given the babies up for adoption. Two babies double the cost, and neither of them came from a lot of money. I read that L's mom was a foster mom, and you do get paid to take in foster kids. L moved in with C and they lived together for awhile.
Twop people say she took C for granted, so C left and started dating someone else.
Throw in people saying L's hair was bad. At the front of the hair, it was straight, and in the back it was curly. I guess to make it more interesting looking, but it didn't look good on her.
Tyra Banks: That reminded me of the African- American Jessica on the Tyra Banks show ep about teen pregnancy. Oh c'mon, who could forget her? Well Jessica's bangs were straight, and her hair was curly so it didn't look as bad because it was just her bangs. J was the girl who said: "I had two abortions and a miscarriage."
TB: That sounds like you said "I had a sandwich, a can of pop, and a bag of chips."
J came back months later to do an update. She had said she wanted to have a baby with her ex- boyfriend and they could raise it together and be a family.
J: After I saw myself on TV I realized how stupid and ridiculous I sounded and looked.
Well at least she learned her lesson to not get pregnant as a teenager, again.
Dec. 12 Writing: I was on the computer all morning pitching my script. My sister then turns on the TV to see the last part of Charlie's Angels. It reminded me of my script because Bosley was kidnapped. There is this noise of a bird chirping. It's a very specific bird that's only located in one place so that's how they find Bosley.
In my The Fighter, there was something kind of like that about a bird chirping, but it got deleted. It wasn't useful to the script.
Cream cheese: Cream cheese can expire pretty fast. I finished eating a small container that expired a month ago. I ate it in a few days and it tastes fine.
A Heartland Christmas: I saw this 2-hr TV movie tonight. It's a big event for the TV show Heartland that's about a family running a horse ranch in Alberta. Amy and her boyfriend Ty try to save a group of horses from an avalanche. Some horses have died. Another avalanche occurs and they try to keep the horses warm and giving them food. The owner of the land and horses didn't want the horses to be saved. Amy's dad Tim and her grandpa Jack comes to help dig a trench to move the horses out because wolves will hunt them down if the avalanches don't kill them first.
The owner is a hermit and has isolated himself from his daughter and his grandson. Throughout the movie, we learn that he was somewhat responsible for his son-in-law's death. He took his son-in-law and his friends out to the mountain on Christmas Eve, and an avalanche occurred and killed them. The town then rallies with Amy and her family, and dig a trench to help the horses. The owner reunites with his daughter and grandson.
Dec. 13 Great news: I was pitching my script, and a producer emailed me back asking to read it. So I sent it to him, and then we were IMing each other a bit. I have never IMed with a producer before. lol.
30 Rock: I saw some more holiday specials. On 30 Rock about working on a Saturday Night Live show, the actor Tracy Jordan wants to get an Oscar. He doesn't want to release a movie that's like Eddie Murphy's where an actor dresses up like he's overweight and plays a variety of characters. TJ goes to a women's shelter to air his serious drama and realizes that laughter is the best medicine so he shows his comedy instead.
Liz Lemon wants to get away from family drama and is going to visit her family for a short trip. She goes to her boss's Jack Donagy's Christmas dinner, but is greeted drama there. Jack got his girlfriend pregnant, and they aren't married, so Jack's mom disapproves. Liz then heads home to appreciate her family drama.
The Office: I liked The Office 1 hr special. Jim notices it's snowing, and Dwight makes fun of him for getting excited about snow. J throws a snowball at D. Then D went overboard and started attacking J throughout the day with random snowball fights.
Kelly chooses the company presents for the staff and picks a Hello Kitty laptop cover. It's not a good gift because it's for girls and not everybody has a laptop. The other choice was a fleece blanket.
Darryl wants to celebrate Christmas with his daughter, but she wants to spend it with her mom. However, she attends the office Christmas party with him. He bonds with his daughter as they go around passing out treats from the vending machine. It was heartwarming and funny episode.
Big City Cupcakes: My sister bought 6 cupcakes from there, so she wouldn't have to pay GST. The cupcakes are great. It costs $3.95 per cupcake. I would rather buy the Safeway cupcakes. I think it's like $5 for 6 of them.
16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the twop.com comments on Leah. This girl ended her relationship with this guy Robbie who've they been together for a couple years. Then L meats a guy Cory and within a month, she got pregnant with him. She has twins with this guy she hardly knows.
I and a lot of twop people think Cory should do a paternity test just to make sure that it was his kids, because she was Robbie right before him. C was a really good and stand up guy who got two jobs and sold his truck to take care of twins and Leah. C was 19 and he bought L a car so L could drive the twins around to doctors appointments.
L got pregnant because she thought her Depo-provera shot was still working. In teen magazines they always say use two forms of birth control. A condom, and something else like the pill or the shot. So if one form doesn't work, there's back up.
I really thought L should have given the babies up for adoption. Two babies double the cost, and neither of them came from a lot of money. I read that L's mom was a foster mom, and you do get paid to take in foster kids. L moved in with C and they lived together for awhile.
Twop people say she took C for granted, so C left and started dating someone else.
Throw in people saying L's hair was bad. At the front of the hair, it was straight, and in the back it was curly. I guess to make it more interesting looking, but it didn't look good on her.
Tyra Banks: That reminded me of the African- American Jessica on the Tyra Banks show ep about teen pregnancy. Oh c'mon, who could forget her? Well Jessica's bangs were straight, and her hair was curly so it didn't look as bad because it was just her bangs. J was the girl who said: "I had two abortions and a miscarriage."
TB: That sounds like you said "I had a sandwich, a can of pop, and a bag of chips."
J came back months later to do an update. She had said she wanted to have a baby with her ex- boyfriend and they could raise it together and be a family.
J: After I saw myself on TV I realized how stupid and ridiculous I sounded and looked.
Well at least she learned her lesson to not get pregnant as a teenager, again.
Dec. 12 Writing: I was on the computer all morning pitching my script. My sister then turns on the TV to see the last part of Charlie's Angels. It reminded me of my script because Bosley was kidnapped. There is this noise of a bird chirping. It's a very specific bird that's only located in one place so that's how they find Bosley.
In my The Fighter, there was something kind of like that about a bird chirping, but it got deleted. It wasn't useful to the script.
Cream cheese: Cream cheese can expire pretty fast. I finished eating a small container that expired a month ago. I ate it in a few days and it tastes fine.
A Heartland Christmas: I saw this 2-hr TV movie tonight. It's a big event for the TV show Heartland that's about a family running a horse ranch in Alberta. Amy and her boyfriend Ty try to save a group of horses from an avalanche. Some horses have died. Another avalanche occurs and they try to keep the horses warm and giving them food. The owner of the land and horses didn't want the horses to be saved. Amy's dad Tim and her grandpa Jack comes to help dig a trench to move the horses out because wolves will hunt them down if the avalanches don't kill them first.
The owner is a hermit and has isolated himself from his daughter and his grandson. Throughout the movie, we learn that he was somewhat responsible for his son-in-law's death. He took his son-in-law and his friends out to the mountain on Christmas Eve, and an avalanche occurred and killed them. The town then rallies with Amy and her family, and dig a trench to help the horses. The owner reunites with his daughter and grandson.
Dec. 13 Great news: I was pitching my script, and a producer emailed me back asking to read it. So I sent it to him, and then we were IMing each other a bit. I have never IMed with a producer before. lol.
30 Rock: I saw some more holiday specials. On 30 Rock about working on a Saturday Night Live show, the actor Tracy Jordan wants to get an Oscar. He doesn't want to release a movie that's like Eddie Murphy's where an actor dresses up like he's overweight and plays a variety of characters. TJ goes to a women's shelter to air his serious drama and realizes that laughter is the best medicine so he shows his comedy instead.
Liz Lemon wants to get away from family drama and is going to visit her family for a short trip. She goes to her boss's Jack Donagy's Christmas dinner, but is greeted drama there. Jack got his girlfriend pregnant, and they aren't married, so Jack's mom disapproves. Liz then heads home to appreciate her family drama.
The Office: I liked The Office 1 hr special. Jim notices it's snowing, and Dwight makes fun of him for getting excited about snow. J throws a snowball at D. Then D went overboard and started attacking J throughout the day with random snowball fights.
Kelly chooses the company presents for the staff and picks a Hello Kitty laptop cover. It's not a good gift because it's for girls and not everybody has a laptop. The other choice was a fleece blanket.
Darryl wants to celebrate Christmas with his daughter, but she wants to spend it with her mom. However, she attends the office Christmas party with him. He bonds with his daughter as they go around passing out treats from the vending machine. It was heartwarming and funny episode.
Big City Cupcakes: My sister bought 6 cupcakes from there, so she wouldn't have to pay GST. The cupcakes are great. It costs $3.95 per cupcake. I would rather buy the Safeway cupcakes. I think it's like $5 for 6 of them.
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