charity/ good writing/ Angel

Oct. 22 Charity: I read on Yahoo news someone donated $10,000 to the World Trade Centre fund. The box of money was last checked at 5pm and closed on 7pm on Tues. Then when the workers came to check the money, there were 99 $100 bills and 5 $20 bills. It all looked crisp like it was straight from the bank. They want to know who it is so they can thank the person.

Yes, when you donate that kind of money, you should get a tax receipt. Even if you donate $10 to something, I would want a tax receipt. If it's something like dropping $1 into the Salvation Army bowl at the mall, then of course it's only a little so you won't get that written for your taxes.

Oct. 23 Saturday Night Live: I was watching this show and there was a sketch about "Dangerous Teenage Fads" and the newscaster mentions "robotripping" and my sister laughed at it.

Me: That's a real thing.
Sister: What does that even mean?
Me: It means people drink a lot of Robitussin to get high.

The sketch then shows about how teens are drinking expired soup to get high.

Me: I can't believe you don't know what robotripping even is. I thought you read the newspaper.
S: I do read the newspaper.
Me: South Park made an episode about it.

I will admit that I know about robotripping since 2006. I read about it on twop.com discussing Dr. Phil.

Look alike: My sister did point out that Emma Stone looks and sounds like Lindsay Lohan. I never noticed that until she pointed it out to me when watching SNL. ES even played LL in The View sketch.

Emma Stone:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2722398464/nm1297015

Lindsay Lohan:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1030524160/nm0517820

Oct. 24 Good writing: I have writer's block so I'm going to analyze writing to get my creative juices flowing.

I remember about how the screenwriter Robert McKee says that characters under pressure reveal character. CSI: NY did an episode where Mac Taylor has to choose either to save a man that's bleeding from the neck or catch the killer who got off the train?

MT saves the man. I would do the same. The killer is going to run and kill someone else, but I'm going to help the man because he really needs it right at that moment.

Write sexy: I was watching 90210, and my sister and I thought it was so bad about how this teen girl was hitting on Teddy. The dialogue wasn't realistic at all. That's now how teens talk. It was poor writing. It kind of gets a pass because the girl was a throwaway character who was only there for one episode, and she wasn't a regular so it doesn't matter.

Now here's how to write sexy as I was watching CSI: NY. Detective Jessica Angel was interviewing a guy who's a witness.

Guy: Can I have your number?
Det. Angel: Are you in trouble?
Guy: No, but I'd like to be.
lol.

Smart writing: On the Criminal Minds season 6 premiere, the killer kidnaps this 11 yr old girl Ellie. Killer gets E to commit murder. K ties up parents. E gets son into the closet.

K sees the family photo of the parents and 2 sons.

E: I told the other kid to go and tell all the neighbors about the attack.
K takes E and they drive away really fast as neighbors are chasing them with weapons. Now E is a smart kid to get the other kid to do that.

CSI: NY game: Here are my patterns I catch on the show.

The first scene is a sexy situation: I saw Kristin Renton from The Sausage Factory guest- star. She makes out with a guy in the elevator. A couple get it on in the Statue of Liberty.

Killing someone over a misunderstanding: A court guard kills the wrestling coach because he thinks he's pedophile. There was a email that was sent out, but it was a prank by the court guard's son. They did an ep where a guy kills his boss because the other employee was going to get promoted. However, the papers the guy saw were fake papers and he wasn't going to get promoted. I saw this on a recent Castle ep.

A Young and the Restless actor guest- stars: I saw the actors who play JT, Adrian, and Daniel guest star on CSI: NY.

The Young and the Restless actor who guest- stars is the guy who did it: JT, Adrian, and Daniel were the guys who committed the crime.

Making a gun out of ordinary things: They made a gun out of a pen and a steering wheel lock.

Comparisons: Here are some more comparisons.

The mentor that a character looks up to, is the bad guy: I saw this on Castle.

Me: This was also on CSI: NY.
Patrick: And on CSI.

Couple gets attacked in bed: I saw this on Close to Home and CSI:NY.

Exporting human fat: I was watching a commercial for Boston Legal and they were exporting human fat. That reminded me of Fight Club. I saw a bit of it on TV and the characters did the same thing.

Angel: The TV show Angel which is the spin off from Buffy used to impress me. What impressed me? I was 14/ 15 yrs old so it was easier to impress me back then. The surprises were really good. Here's one episode where Angel, Wesley and Cordelia meet this family of dad, mom, son, and daughter.

They think that the dad is possessed by a demon. Then it turns out it was the 10 yr old son that was possessed. Then Angel and Wesley chase the demon down, and it's revealed that the demon says when he possessed the boy, the boy had no soul. He was evil.

The boy tries to kill his little sister. Angel saves the day, and no one dies. The boy will be taken away. I didn't expect that the boy was possessed, and he was more evil than the demon.

Prison Break: I find that this show is original because it's about an engineer who breaks his brother out of prison so he wouldn't get the death penalty for a crime he didn't commit. Sure there's the movie The Shawshank Redemption but it's about a guy who lives in prison. There's more to it than that, but I don't want to spoil it for you. I read it in screenwriting books.

There's the TV show OZ which is 18+. It's about a mens' prison and it's really brutal and harsh from the clips I saw on Youtube. You can have TV shows in the same setting, but write it with a different style.