Jan. 10 Teach U a Lesson: I was thinking about that Robin Thicke song "Teach U A Lesson." It's a sexy song that I like. They lyrics are:
You can call me professor
But baby you broke the rules
You wont get the grade you want
Unless you stay after school
You can work it off
Baby I can give you extra credit
I was curious to see what people thought of it. I found some funny and sexy Youtube comments about it. Here they are:
"This song makes me want to go school."
"i searched "baby making music" and this came up."
"The 7 people that disliked this got taught a lesson."
"Oh wow! To all people who's had crushes on instructors, this song is the anthem! LOL!"
"I had this MAJOR crush on one of my instructors and I couldn't stop thinking about this song. LOL! I'm sorry, but that dude was H-O- fucking T!"
"this song is sooo sexxyyy"
"dear robin,
u can teach me a lesson anytime PLEASE DO! <3"
"that's a very educational song! ...they must play it every morning in schools XD"
"this song makes me uncomfortable."
"u been a bad girl.....im sorry but that's funny"
"mmm mmm mmmrrgrgg! lol...My hubbys a teacher!! :) I LOVE it!"
"inappropriate student-teacher conduct lol"
"Teachers, dont take advantage of this song... ;)"
"Most awkward song I have ever listened to. Well done."
Jan. 11 ADD: I found this magazine at Chapters called ADDitude about ADD. It's $8 for 68 pages. It said if your child is on Ritalin and is acting like a zombie, the dosage is too high. My sister says the magazine's expensive because it's a niche magazine.
She gave me her old magazines, and one of them was Details and the actor Channing Tatum is on the cover. The interview talked about how he has ADD and took Dexerdrine. It made him become good in school, and then the drugs made him depressed and kind of like a zombie. So he quit the drugs.
That reminds me of the South Park episode where the whole class was diagnosed with ADD and took Ritalin. They all became zombies.
Mr. Garrison: Oh what Cartman? No smart ass comment from you?
Cartman: No sir.
Jan. 12 Teen Mom 2: I was a little spoiled by reading the 16&P thread. Jenelle graduated out of high school and does take care of her baby Jace by feeding him, giving him baths, and putting him to bed. However she disrespects her mom and her mom is trying to get custody of Jace. They were yelling and fighting. I don't really like Jenelle, but I hope she does become a good mom, and she gets along with her mom.
There's lots of drama there so I have to watch it. Kailyn and her boyfriend Jo broke up, but K moved into Jo's family's basement. It's kind of awkward and there are clips where Jo wants K to move out since K is going out with someone else. There's some drama in this case. She graduated out of high school, has a P/ T job and will be going to college in the fall.
Then there's Leah who graduated out of high school. She has twins with a guy Corey whom she knew for a month. She cheated on Corey, but now wants him back. She made dinner and a cake for him. At the end they were crying. Maybe Cory will forgive her and take her back. There are clips where one of her twins has some physical disability and will go to the hospital. That's some good drama to watch.
Then there's Chelsea. She's the one who got a mean text message from her boyfriend Adam and they broke up. C is going to school. There are clips where Adam will actually move in with her and her friend. C's dad doesn't want him living there. Everybody on twop.com hates Adam for being a jerk and not taking responsibility for the baby.
Feelings: I'm going to admit that this TV show is making me angry, depressed, and stressed. It's like Dr Phil and Maury again. However, I will only watch this show once a week which is only an hr. I'll try to not have it take over my life like those talk shows did.
"Taking over my life" meaning I won't miss work so I could stay to watch this show. Back in 2005-2006 I was working at Call Centre #1. I could have worked at 1pm, but instead started at 4pm so I could watch talk shows. Teen Mom 2 is at night, and I don't work nights.
Jan. 13 Questions: I've told you this before, but I have a question about it. I mentioned this about Jenny Jones. There was this out-of-control teen girl on the show who wants to be a stripper when she grows up.
JJ: So you got pregnant when you were 13?
Girl: Yeah.
JJ: And you got an abortion?
Girl: Yeah.
Is there anyone here who thinks she should have had the kid? As in went through with the pregnancy and gave birth to the baby? She doesn't raise it, she gives the baby up for adoption.
I don't think she should have had the kid. She's 13 and it's going to be a real difficult pregnancy for her because she's so small. To have a baby this young could be traumatizing and the baby probably won't be healthy. She obviously isn't interested in being a mom or raising the kid, so I doubt she would have even bother having the kid.
My friend Angela said (paraphrase): I don't think she's smart or responsible enough to go with the pregnancy. She may be smoking, drinking, and doing drugs during pregnancy.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
job expectations/ typecast/ questions
Jan. 9 Job expectations: I was talking with my dad about job expectations, and it's not about managers lowering their expectations about the worker missing one or two days of work a week, but they don't really care. So the worker misses shifts, the manager saves money on not paying this person. The managers have to work a little bit more, but they do reap the benefits by saving money on not paying this person.
It's not until I stopped working at the Soup place during the week, and only on the weekends, did the managers were forced to hire two people.
Heartland: I was watching this show today, and the same work situation occurred. Caleb calls in sick (when he really wasn't) and Mallory has to do his work.
Mallory: It's not my fault that Caleb's not here.
Jack: Well since he's not here, you have to pick up the slack.
M rightfully quits and gets a job at the diner. That reminds me that the other character Lou worked there for an episode.
Look alike: I was watching my Buffy reruns and I was talking to my sister.
Me: Have you noticed that Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and Penn Badgley (Dan on Gossip Girl) kind of look alike?
S: But they're a prototype like Seth Cohen on The OC (Adam Brody.)
They all have dark hair and play the quirky friend who jokes around.
Actors: I saw the tail end of the show Chase, and saw Jesse Metcalfe on it. He played the gardener on Desperate Housewives season 1. I haven't seen him in a long time.
Months ago I was watching Lie to Me, and I saw Richard Burgi playing a senator. RB was Susan's ex-husband Carl on Desperate Housewives.
I saw Julie Gonzalo (college friend Parker from Veronica Mars) on Nikita. She played a reporter. She was on Castle playing Det. Beckett's friend.
Does anyone remember Candace Cameron? She played the oldest daughter DJ on Full House? I read that she married a hockey player.
Dad Camp: I read about this in The Globe and Mail a few months ago. It's a reality show about young dead beat dads who will step up and take responsibility for their children/ girlfriends and wives.
They interviewed Dr. Jeff. From the article he seems like a nice and smart guy. It seems like something I would watch because it's similar to 16 and Pregnant. However, I can't watch it because I'm trying to cut down on TV, especially if it's reality TV. I can't watch any more TV doctors after Dr. Phil got me too angry. I only watch a little Dr. Drew when he does those 16&P reunion shows.
Lake Shore: While I'm at it, I'll throw in the Canadian reality show Lake Shore. It's like Jersey Shore, but with more ethnicity. From reading the newspaper articles, it sounds really trashy. There were interviews with the cast, and the show seems fake because the cast members said they were pressured to say racist things. I'll steer clear from this show.
Jan. 10 Cloth grocery bags: I watch Desperate Housewives and when they go grocery shopping, they use cloth grocery bags so that's good to be environmentally conscious. Today I read in the Globe and Mail that there is lead is some of the bags, and though you have a bunch of those bags, they sit in the car trunk and you don't use it.
So use those cloth bags. Or bring your own plastic bags when grocery shopping. Instead of using multiple plastic shopping bags, you can put everything in one bag.
Typecast: I was watching Gossip Girl and there's this blond woman in her 50s and she plays the school dean. I know her name is Jayne Atkinson, but I couldn't remember where I've seen her from. Then I realized she plays the FBI boss on Criminal Minds. Kind of typecast playing a woman in charge of a big organization.
JD Pardo seems to be making more TV shows. He plays a bad boy on 90210, Human Target, and CSI: NY.
I was watching Desperate Housewives last night and they introduced Susan's mom. I recognized her right away, but didn't know where. It's Lesley Ann Warren who's also a mom on In Plain Sight. Both roles are irresponsible moms.
I saw Hayley McFarland, the good and smart daughter on Lie to Me, she was on United States of Tara. She plays a good and smart friend. She was wearing horn rimmed glasses this time so she looks really different.
Job search: Today was my day off, and since it was so cold outside (-19 degrees), I stayed at home and applied to jobs through the internet.
Jan. 11 Questions: Teen Mom 2 is going to debut tonight and I'm so excited. lol. I'm going to have to tide myself over by asking some questions. There have been moms on the show who find out that their daughter who got pregnant as a teenager, is happy to find out their daughter is pregnant. I think it's because they're going to be a grandma.
Which do you prefer? Your daughter getting pregnant as a teenager or your daughter becoming a stripper? I would say I rather have her become a stripper. That job is temporary even if she does it for 10 years. If she's a teen mom and has the baby and raises it as her own, then she's going to probably become a stripper anyway to support the baby.
If she gets an abortion or gives the baby up for adoption, she may need counseling and , that will have an effect on her life. Stripping may have an effect on her life, she may need counseling after that, but maybe she won't.
It's more stressful if I find out my daughter got pregnant as a teen. If she's a stripper, I will worry about her. I will tell her that she can't do this job forever. I would tell her to go to school and when she goes to her car after work, she should have a security guard with her.
Flashback: I remember asking a similar question like that to my teen friend Ray back in 2009.
Me: Which do you prefer? The teen girls on Maury who want to get pregnant on purpose or the girls who want to grow up to be strippers?
Ray: The girls who want to have a baby. Because sometimes having a baby, that will make her become a better person.
Me: I rather have the girls become strippers. They want to work at an occupation that's not very respectable. The girls who have the babies, they will live on welfare and waste our tax money. The strippers aren't going to waste our tax money.
People on twop.com have said that Jennelle (16&P, Teen Mom 2) should have gave the baby up for adoption. After the baby came, she didn't become a good mom or better person at all.
I'm getting another flashback in when I was jr. high age watching Jenny Jones and Maury. Those out- of-control teen girls say: "When I grow up, I want to be a stripper." I thought: "You can't be doing this job forever like when you're 40. Are you going to be hot when you're 40?"
Well there's Madonna and Janet Jackson, but they're pop stars and train, exercise, and dance all day to stay fit. There are those "cougars" out there, women in their 40s who are good looking. Well those talk show girls will then go to boot camp, and after wards aspire to go to college.
It's not until I stopped working at the Soup place during the week, and only on the weekends, did the managers were forced to hire two people.
Heartland: I was watching this show today, and the same work situation occurred. Caleb calls in sick (when he really wasn't) and Mallory has to do his work.
Mallory: It's not my fault that Caleb's not here.
Jack: Well since he's not here, you have to pick up the slack.
M rightfully quits and gets a job at the diner. That reminds me that the other character Lou worked there for an episode.
Look alike: I was watching my Buffy reruns and I was talking to my sister.
Me: Have you noticed that Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and Penn Badgley (Dan on Gossip Girl) kind of look alike?
S: But they're a prototype like Seth Cohen on The OC (Adam Brody.)
They all have dark hair and play the quirky friend who jokes around.
Actors: I saw the tail end of the show Chase, and saw Jesse Metcalfe on it. He played the gardener on Desperate Housewives season 1. I haven't seen him in a long time.
Months ago I was watching Lie to Me, and I saw Richard Burgi playing a senator. RB was Susan's ex-husband Carl on Desperate Housewives.
I saw Julie Gonzalo (college friend Parker from Veronica Mars) on Nikita. She played a reporter. She was on Castle playing Det. Beckett's friend.
Does anyone remember Candace Cameron? She played the oldest daughter DJ on Full House? I read that she married a hockey player.
Dad Camp: I read about this in The Globe and Mail a few months ago. It's a reality show about young dead beat dads who will step up and take responsibility for their children/ girlfriends and wives.
They interviewed Dr. Jeff. From the article he seems like a nice and smart guy. It seems like something I would watch because it's similar to 16 and Pregnant. However, I can't watch it because I'm trying to cut down on TV, especially if it's reality TV. I can't watch any more TV doctors after Dr. Phil got me too angry. I only watch a little Dr. Drew when he does those 16&P reunion shows.
Lake Shore: While I'm at it, I'll throw in the Canadian reality show Lake Shore. It's like Jersey Shore, but with more ethnicity. From reading the newspaper articles, it sounds really trashy. There were interviews with the cast, and the show seems fake because the cast members said they were pressured to say racist things. I'll steer clear from this show.
Jan. 10 Cloth grocery bags: I watch Desperate Housewives and when they go grocery shopping, they use cloth grocery bags so that's good to be environmentally conscious. Today I read in the Globe and Mail that there is lead is some of the bags, and though you have a bunch of those bags, they sit in the car trunk and you don't use it.
So use those cloth bags. Or bring your own plastic bags when grocery shopping. Instead of using multiple plastic shopping bags, you can put everything in one bag.
Typecast: I was watching Gossip Girl and there's this blond woman in her 50s and she plays the school dean. I know her name is Jayne Atkinson, but I couldn't remember where I've seen her from. Then I realized she plays the FBI boss on Criminal Minds. Kind of typecast playing a woman in charge of a big organization.
JD Pardo seems to be making more TV shows. He plays a bad boy on 90210, Human Target, and CSI: NY.
I was watching Desperate Housewives last night and they introduced Susan's mom. I recognized her right away, but didn't know where. It's Lesley Ann Warren who's also a mom on In Plain Sight. Both roles are irresponsible moms.
I saw Hayley McFarland, the good and smart daughter on Lie to Me, she was on United States of Tara. She plays a good and smart friend. She was wearing horn rimmed glasses this time so she looks really different.
Job search: Today was my day off, and since it was so cold outside (-19 degrees), I stayed at home and applied to jobs through the internet.
Jan. 11 Questions: Teen Mom 2 is going to debut tonight and I'm so excited. lol. I'm going to have to tide myself over by asking some questions. There have been moms on the show who find out that their daughter who got pregnant as a teenager, is happy to find out their daughter is pregnant. I think it's because they're going to be a grandma.
Which do you prefer? Your daughter getting pregnant as a teenager or your daughter becoming a stripper? I would say I rather have her become a stripper. That job is temporary even if she does it for 10 years. If she's a teen mom and has the baby and raises it as her own, then she's going to probably become a stripper anyway to support the baby.
If she gets an abortion or gives the baby up for adoption, she may need counseling and , that will have an effect on her life. Stripping may have an effect on her life, she may need counseling after that, but maybe she won't.
It's more stressful if I find out my daughter got pregnant as a teen. If she's a stripper, I will worry about her. I will tell her that she can't do this job forever. I would tell her to go to school and when she goes to her car after work, she should have a security guard with her.
Flashback: I remember asking a similar question like that to my teen friend Ray back in 2009.
Me: Which do you prefer? The teen girls on Maury who want to get pregnant on purpose or the girls who want to grow up to be strippers?
Ray: The girls who want to have a baby. Because sometimes having a baby, that will make her become a better person.
Me: I rather have the girls become strippers. They want to work at an occupation that's not very respectable. The girls who have the babies, they will live on welfare and waste our tax money. The strippers aren't going to waste our tax money.
People on twop.com have said that Jennelle (16&P, Teen Mom 2) should have gave the baby up for adoption. After the baby came, she didn't become a good mom or better person at all.
I'm getting another flashback in when I was jr. high age watching Jenny Jones and Maury. Those out- of-control teen girls say: "When I grow up, I want to be a stripper." I thought: "You can't be doing this job forever like when you're 40. Are you going to be hot when you're 40?"
Well there's Madonna and Janet Jackson, but they're pop stars and train, exercise, and dance all day to stay fit. There are those "cougars" out there, women in their 40s who are good looking. Well those talk show girls will then go to boot camp, and after wards aspire to go to college.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
blog/ job expectations/ car on fire
Jan. 8 Blog: Someone sent me this email about my blog. I don't know if this is a scam or not:
Hi,
I found your blog Tracy's blog on Blogger and I may have an interesting proposal for you.
I work for the CityMedia foundation (citymediafoundation.org) and we are currently offering relevant bloggers from all over the world a chance to become the administrator of their city’s video site; this is why I’m contacting you.
We created the [City].vi network, making videos of world cities instinctively accessible with this address model: “city name” followed by “.vi”
For example: paris.vi, madrid.vi, chicago.vi, losangeles.vi, etc.
The address model works for 68,000 of the world’s most important cities. Think about a city and try...
The objective of the [City].vi network is to become the leading resource for local video content. Our strategy: working with relevant local bloggers.
We would be pleased you become the administrator of edmonton.vi and offer internet surfers a comprehensive video selection about Edmonton.
By managing your city’s video site you earn all of the revenues made from the site: ads, professionals registrations, links...
Basically, running edmonton.vi consists of making the site known by locals, for they post and watch videos.
Come on the site, you will find the proposal in detail and the advantages to work with us and take control of your city's video site.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl500NppDCY
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/city.vi
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/city_vi
Thank you for your attention.
Vicki Karlin
City.vi Manager
City.vi, a tool by CityMedia Fdt
citymediafoundation.org
Coincidence: I thought it was interesting that in 2009, I had 142 blog posts. In 2010, I had 142 blog posts.
Charity: There was a Degrassi in Africa special about the Degrassi: The Next Generation cast going to Africa to build a school. Of course it was called Degrassi. Now there is a Degrassi in India special where they do the same thing. I hope teens who watch it will be inspired to make a difference in the world.
Job: Today it was a quiet and easy morning. It was a weekday, and the fact that the holidays are over.
Job expectations: I was thinking about meeting expectations for work. When I didn't meet them at work, I was dismissed.
The Soup place: That reminds me of the Soup place. This one worker, she always misses the same one or two days of work a week, and doesn't call. The managers have told her if she misses work again on those days and doesn't call, she will be fired. They said they will give her one more chance.
She was fine for a couple of weeks, and then she keeps missing those days without calling. She didn't get dismissed. Instead the managers lowered their expectations of her and kept her until the place closed down months later. When she's here, she's a good worker. The managers don't expect her to show up for work all the time.
Call Centre #3: It's the same with me as the employee lowering my expectations of work from Call Centre #3. A couple months into my job there, they started canceling shifts. The manager and I talked where we looked at each other in the eye.
Me: If you don't start giving me more shifts, I will start looking for another job.
Manager: In Jan. I expect there would be more work. Well, I hope so.
That was last Jan. and a couple weeks later, I didn't get any shifts for the whole week. My expectations have hit rock bottom. I started looking for another job, without much success. They kept me on, but they never gave me any shifts. By April I was laid off and I wasn't surprised.
Jake McLaughlin: I found this actor today on The Mentalist. He plays this bad boy MMA fighter. I checked him out on imdb.com and he was a war veteran and served in Iraq for four years.
It's confirmed in the interview with him and Susan Sarandon on The View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVA1LwjFdI
Also on imdb.com, it says he worked as a security guard at Universal Studios before joining the army.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2474864/
He's also on the TV show Crash which is a spin-off from the Oscar winning movie. He's married and has two kids.
Jan. 7 16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the comments on the 16&P episode of Kail. The best thing about it is that Kail's boyfriend Jo's mom Janet rocks. Janet helped out Kail by letting her stay with them. Janet told Jo to step and take responsibility for the baby. J was really helpful and a good mom and person.
I didn't really hate anyone in the episode. They were all kind of eh.
Jan. 8 Car on fire: I was going home from work, and the bus stopped because a car was on fire in the middle of the road. We had to wait for about 10 min. The firefighters came and put out the fire. I have never seen a car on fire in person before. I see it on the TV news and the newspaper, but never in person.
Friends: Today I ran into my friend Sarah on the bus in the morning. I haven't seen her in months. She was still working at the bookstore, but she was also taking a few classes in college. She's meeting her friend early in the morning for coffee.
We discussed about how if you want to get somewhere on time in a snowstorm, leave 30 min early. The bus kept getting stuck in the snow every other stop.
Snow: Today it snowed a lot. It has an effect on my work. There weren't a lot of people coming in today so I got to go home early.
It has an effect on my family. My family were going to order takeout today, but the roads aren't good. We're not going grocery shopping tomorrow for the same reason. I read in the newspaper that Boxing day wasn't that good for some cities because of the heavy snowfall.
Rant: Here's a mild rant. My sister told me that I should have helped shovel the snow today.
Me: I did yesterday.
S: Not when it's this much.
Me: Well I washed the dishes yesterday too.
S: I washed the dishes today.
Then my grandma told me that I shouldn't shovel snow because of my appendix. Though I'm fine. Anyway, I put 2hrs into my job search today as S was shoveling snow. I was doing something productive.
Hi,
I found your blog Tracy's blog on Blogger and I may have an interesting proposal for you.
I work for the CityMedia foundation (citymediafoundation.org) and we are currently offering relevant bloggers from all over the world a chance to become the administrator of their city’s video site; this is why I’m contacting you.
We created the [City].vi network, making videos of world cities instinctively accessible with this address model: “city name” followed by “.vi”
For example: paris.vi, madrid.vi, chicago.vi, losangeles.vi, etc.
The address model works for 68,000 of the world’s most important cities. Think about a city and try...
The objective of the [City].vi network is to become the leading resource for local video content. Our strategy: working with relevant local bloggers.
We would be pleased you become the administrator of edmonton.vi and offer internet surfers a comprehensive video selection about Edmonton.
By managing your city’s video site you earn all of the revenues made from the site: ads, professionals registrations, links...
Basically, running edmonton.vi consists of making the site known by locals, for they post and watch videos.
Come on the site, you will find the proposal in detail and the advantages to work with us and take control of your city's video site.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl500NppDCY
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/city.vi
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/city_vi
Thank you for your attention.
Vicki Karlin
City.vi Manager
City.vi, a tool by CityMedia Fdt
citymediafoundation.org
Coincidence: I thought it was interesting that in 2009, I had 142 blog posts. In 2010, I had 142 blog posts.
Charity: There was a Degrassi in Africa special about the Degrassi: The Next Generation cast going to Africa to build a school. Of course it was called Degrassi. Now there is a Degrassi in India special where they do the same thing. I hope teens who watch it will be inspired to make a difference in the world.
Job: Today it was a quiet and easy morning. It was a weekday, and the fact that the holidays are over.
Job expectations: I was thinking about meeting expectations for work. When I didn't meet them at work, I was dismissed.
The Soup place: That reminds me of the Soup place. This one worker, she always misses the same one or two days of work a week, and doesn't call. The managers have told her if she misses work again on those days and doesn't call, she will be fired. They said they will give her one more chance.
She was fine for a couple of weeks, and then she keeps missing those days without calling. She didn't get dismissed. Instead the managers lowered their expectations of her and kept her until the place closed down months later. When she's here, she's a good worker. The managers don't expect her to show up for work all the time.
Call Centre #3: It's the same with me as the employee lowering my expectations of work from Call Centre #3. A couple months into my job there, they started canceling shifts. The manager and I talked where we looked at each other in the eye.
Me: If you don't start giving me more shifts, I will start looking for another job.
Manager: In Jan. I expect there would be more work. Well, I hope so.
That was last Jan. and a couple weeks later, I didn't get any shifts for the whole week. My expectations have hit rock bottom. I started looking for another job, without much success. They kept me on, but they never gave me any shifts. By April I was laid off and I wasn't surprised.
Jake McLaughlin: I found this actor today on The Mentalist. He plays this bad boy MMA fighter. I checked him out on imdb.com and he was a war veteran and served in Iraq for four years.
It's confirmed in the interview with him and Susan Sarandon on The View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVA1LwjFdI
Also on imdb.com, it says he worked as a security guard at Universal Studios before joining the army.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2474864/
He's also on the TV show Crash which is a spin-off from the Oscar winning movie. He's married and has two kids.
Jan. 7 16 and Pregnant: I finished reading all the comments on the 16&P episode of Kail. The best thing about it is that Kail's boyfriend Jo's mom Janet rocks. Janet helped out Kail by letting her stay with them. Janet told Jo to step and take responsibility for the baby. J was really helpful and a good mom and person.
I didn't really hate anyone in the episode. They were all kind of eh.
Jan. 8 Car on fire: I was going home from work, and the bus stopped because a car was on fire in the middle of the road. We had to wait for about 10 min. The firefighters came and put out the fire. I have never seen a car on fire in person before. I see it on the TV news and the newspaper, but never in person.
Friends: Today I ran into my friend Sarah on the bus in the morning. I haven't seen her in months. She was still working at the bookstore, but she was also taking a few classes in college. She's meeting her friend early in the morning for coffee.
We discussed about how if you want to get somewhere on time in a snowstorm, leave 30 min early. The bus kept getting stuck in the snow every other stop.
Snow: Today it snowed a lot. It has an effect on my work. There weren't a lot of people coming in today so I got to go home early.
It has an effect on my family. My family were going to order takeout today, but the roads aren't good. We're not going grocery shopping tomorrow for the same reason. I read in the newspaper that Boxing day wasn't that good for some cities because of the heavy snowfall.
Rant: Here's a mild rant. My sister told me that I should have helped shovel the snow today.
Me: I did yesterday.
S: Not when it's this much.
Me: Well I washed the dishes yesterday too.
S: I washed the dishes today.
Then my grandma told me that I shouldn't shovel snow because of my appendix. Though I'm fine. Anyway, I put 2hrs into my job search today as S was shoveling snow. I was doing something productive.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
productive/ crazy news/ fight scene
Jan. 3 Productive: Today is my day off so I went and deposited tip money into my bank account. Then I took two buses and found the office where my job interview is supposed to be at.
I did the usual of looking for and applying for jobs. I've also been emailing this producer.
Money: I calculated how much money I made and spent in 2010. My New Year's resolution is to make and save more money. Every year that is my resolution. lol. The most money I ever made was in 2009 where I worked full-time all year long. In 2010, I was laid off and 1/3 of my money was from EI. I will say I made $1000 more money in 2010 than in 2008.
Crazy news: I was reading the 16 and Pregnant thread on twop.com and do you know what is the #1 cause of death for pregnant women is? Homicide. Here are the links:
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/043003pregnant.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=522184&page=1
Twop.com: Here's some more comments from the 16&P thread.
Person: If you breed it, you feed it.
Person 2: I hope the next time Janelle says "I'll leave and I'll never come back", her mom will say: "Promise?"
Person 3: This show should be called "I'm 16 and stupid and don't know what a condom is."
Mystery writing: The TV show Pretty Little Liars debuted their 2nd season today. It's really good. There is this big mystery like Veronica Mars. In PLL, there is a group of five girls who are friends. One of their friends Allison went missing, and then a year later turns up dead. This person A is stalking the friends and scaring them by leaving text messages saying all these personal things that only Allison would know.
I always had a hard time writing a mystery without making it too obvious about who did and why.
Rant: I was on my professional email account today. Then hours later I checked it, and all my 2009-present emails have been deleted. Only my 2008 emails exist. What happened to them? I asked my sister who's been on the computer and she said she didn't do anything to it. She uses a different email provider so she can't say that it's happened to her before.
So my emails magically disappeared. The emails were from producers. The majority of them were rejects and I do have all the email addresses because I write down every email I send out.
All I can say is that at least I didn't lose money. If I want to look for a producer's email address I'll look over my extensive records. At least I highlighted the ones that were important so I can find them easier. I kept all the emails because I can then look them up to see if I have emailed this producer before.
Fight scene: I was rewatching the Buffy ep "Graduation" Part 1, written and directed by the creator Joss Whedon. I haven't seen that ep in some months. Buffy fights the other slayer Faith in an all out fight to the death. First they use their hands. Then it keeps adding layers to the fight.
B and F throw themselves out the window and onto the balcony. The next layer is B handcuffs herself to F so she can't get away. F breaks off the cuff. The next layer is F gets a metal pole and B brings out a knife.
It kind of reminded me of my fight scene. A group of guys attack the lead character. One weapon is thrown in. Then a second weapon gets thrown in. Make it harder and more complicated. It's more exciting that way.
Jan. 5 Edmonton Examiner: I realized that the Edmonton Examiner only published one newspaper instead of four last month. I should write an article for them, but I don't know what exactly.
Job search: Today is my day off so I did the usual job search for the five sources. However, I went and looked up all the bank websites I bookmarked and applied there.
Calender news: I was reading in the Edmonton Journal today that calenders have decreased in sales by 29% in 2009 from 2005, Day planners by 12%. People are using computers to plan their days.
People keep old agendas like diaries. It's to remember events and the sequences of them. I do that too. Well I still have agendas from 2006-2009. I got those from school and I write down story ideas on the extra pages. I did rip some pages out because the story or notes aren't needed. I have my 2010 agenda and I won't rip out any pages.
Jan. 6 Job interview: I had a job interview yesterday at an office. There are 15 applicants for 3 positions. Odds aren't that good. I got a call to set up another interview at an office. However, today they called back saying the position has been filled. That's fine.
I did the usual of looking for and applying for jobs. I've also been emailing this producer.
Money: I calculated how much money I made and spent in 2010. My New Year's resolution is to make and save more money. Every year that is my resolution. lol. The most money I ever made was in 2009 where I worked full-time all year long. In 2010, I was laid off and 1/3 of my money was from EI. I will say I made $1000 more money in 2010 than in 2008.
Crazy news: I was reading the 16 and Pregnant thread on twop.com and do you know what is the #1 cause of death for pregnant women is? Homicide. Here are the links:
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/043003pregnant.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=522184&page=1
Twop.com: Here's some more comments from the 16&P thread.
Person: If you breed it, you feed it.
Person 2: I hope the next time Janelle says "I'll leave and I'll never come back", her mom will say: "Promise?"
Person 3: This show should be called "I'm 16 and stupid and don't know what a condom is."
Mystery writing: The TV show Pretty Little Liars debuted their 2nd season today. It's really good. There is this big mystery like Veronica Mars. In PLL, there is a group of five girls who are friends. One of their friends Allison went missing, and then a year later turns up dead. This person A is stalking the friends and scaring them by leaving text messages saying all these personal things that only Allison would know.
I always had a hard time writing a mystery without making it too obvious about who did and why.
Rant: I was on my professional email account today. Then hours later I checked it, and all my 2009-present emails have been deleted. Only my 2008 emails exist. What happened to them? I asked my sister who's been on the computer and she said she didn't do anything to it. She uses a different email provider so she can't say that it's happened to her before.
So my emails magically disappeared. The emails were from producers. The majority of them were rejects and I do have all the email addresses because I write down every email I send out.
All I can say is that at least I didn't lose money. If I want to look for a producer's email address I'll look over my extensive records. At least I highlighted the ones that were important so I can find them easier. I kept all the emails because I can then look them up to see if I have emailed this producer before.
Fight scene: I was rewatching the Buffy ep "Graduation" Part 1, written and directed by the creator Joss Whedon. I haven't seen that ep in some months. Buffy fights the other slayer Faith in an all out fight to the death. First they use their hands. Then it keeps adding layers to the fight.
B and F throw themselves out the window and onto the balcony. The next layer is B handcuffs herself to F so she can't get away. F breaks off the cuff. The next layer is F gets a metal pole and B brings out a knife.
It kind of reminded me of my fight scene. A group of guys attack the lead character. One weapon is thrown in. Then a second weapon gets thrown in. Make it harder and more complicated. It's more exciting that way.
Jan. 5 Edmonton Examiner: I realized that the Edmonton Examiner only published one newspaper instead of four last month. I should write an article for them, but I don't know what exactly.
Job search: Today is my day off so I did the usual job search for the five sources. However, I went and looked up all the bank websites I bookmarked and applied there.
Calender news: I was reading in the Edmonton Journal today that calenders have decreased in sales by 29% in 2009 from 2005, Day planners by 12%. People are using computers to plan their days.
People keep old agendas like diaries. It's to remember events and the sequences of them. I do that too. Well I still have agendas from 2006-2009. I got those from school and I write down story ideas on the extra pages. I did rip some pages out because the story or notes aren't needed. I have my 2010 agenda and I won't rip out any pages.
Jan. 6 Job interview: I had a job interview yesterday at an office. There are 15 applicants for 3 positions. Odds aren't that good. I got a call to set up another interview at an office. However, today they called back saying the position has been filled. That's fine.
Monday, January 3, 2011
funny video/ Matthew Morrison/ old scripts
Dec. 30 Funny video: I was watching Jay Leno a few weeks ago and they showed a clip from Spruce Grove, AB.
Cut to a bison riding in a convertible. In the backseat was a dog.
It was a really weird sight. The newspaper 24 covered it because the video clip was for a documentary about how pets have this big part in people's lives. This bison actually was allowed in the pet owner's house.
Matthew Morrison: He plays Mr. Shuester on Glee. He was on Jay Leno and the interview was funny.
MM: I went to my room and I saw a blue dress hung in my closet. I then checked my door to see if I'm in the right room and I was in the right room. I called the front desk because I needed my suit from the dry cleaners, I can't meet the president in drag.
The audience laughs.
MM: I took the picture of the dress on my iphone.
Cut to the blue dress hanging in the closet.
MM: So I got my suit back and when I was at the party, I was looking for the woman in the blue dress. Then this figure in the dress goes by, and it's the country singer Miranda Lambert. I took a picture.
Cut to MM and ML together.
MM: I met Obama once and I say "Aloha President" because he's from Hawaii. He shakes my hand. The second time I met him, I said "Hello, Mr. President" and he said "Matthew!"
The audience applauds.
Later.
MM: I used to work at the Gap.
At the end.
Jay: You're making good dough.
MM: Well I'm not making Leno money.
The audience laughs.
Old scripts: I have writer's block so I will revisit my old scripts. I stopped writing them because other production companies have later produced it.
A fake reality TV show: In 2002, I wrote a parody of the reality show The Real World. Then MTV made the TV movie The Real World: The Lost Season which was my idea. The MTV one is about how this guy who was rejected multiple times to get on TRW kidnaps the cast and puts them in a new house. He forces them to play along and will blow up the house if they don't follow his orders.
In my script, there wasn't really a story. It's about a reality show passing off as real people.
Unpopular: I thought this up back in 2000 about a group of unpopular teens who want to destroy popularity. Then in 2006 I saw the movie Mean Girls (2004) which was my idea. In my script, there was an abstract goal. How do you destroy popularity?
In Mean Girls, there was a concrete goal. It was to take down the lead mean girl. There were tangible results when the other mean girls went against her.
Unreal: It's about two high school guys and girl fighting off three vampires. It was in 2001 and yes, I'm a big fan of Buffy. On Buffy, it was about a teen girl destined to slay vampires. It was sci-fi. In Unreal, I was trying to make to more reality based.
The Ransom Mansion: This is the first script I ever wrote back in 1997. It was about a family that moved into a mansion that had a mystery or was haunted. There isn't much of a story.
Deal With It: I wrote this in 2001. It was about two high school girls and three high school guys who are all friends. It was boring because it was about teens. I wrote it and it lead more to an "After school special" as in a lesson has to be taught. I can go watch Degrassi: The Next Generation for that.
These days teen shows have to have the characters be rich and doing fun and sexy things like 90210 and Gossip Girl.
Dec. 31 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: I saw this 2008 TV movie over the summer. It starred Dougray Scott (Susan's British boyfriend in Desperate Housewives season 2.) This was set in present time. On imdb.com, 515 people voted it and rated it 4.5/10. I thought it was average.
It had Ellen David who played the detective investigating all the murders that Mr. Hyde was committing. ED is kind of type cast because she played one on the kids show The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. She's a mom on the sitcom 18 to Life. Dougray Scott is a good actor playing a good and bad guy.
There is a well- written story in here. When Dr. Jekyll finds a cure to get rid of Mr. Hyde, the cops bust him before he could inject himself with it. There's an interesting scene where Dr. J and Mr. H fight each other and it's played by the same actor. I do recommend that you watch it.
Jan. 1 Job: Today I worked for 6 hrs. Then I took 2 hrs off, and worked for another 2.5 hrs. Well I get time and half. I didn't watch any TV today because of work.
Jan. 2 Heartland: I was watching this show, and my sister was in the room, but on the computer listening to it.
S: This show is moving so slow.
Me: Not as slow as Secret Life of the American Teenager. Don't get me started on soap operas.
Today's ep was kind of slow, but a lot of stuff happened unlike on Secret Life where nothing happens. Ty and Amy spent the whole episode arguing back and forth about how this girl kissed Ty, and he didn't tell Amy. Chase had kissed Amy, and Amy was upfront and told Ty about it. The girl's boyfriend Grant confronts Ty about it, and that's how Amy found out.
Grant gets back with his gf. Ty and Amy break up. Maybe they'll get back together in the season finale. Ashley and Caleb got married a year ago. Then it turns out that the guy who made the ceremony wasn't licensed, so Ashley and Caleb aren't really married.
There's this whole indecision, should they stay together? They then get engaged. The big news is that Lou finds out she's pregnant. She had a pregnancy scare last season.
Jan. 3 Calenders: You know how I ranted earlier about how Calender Club calenders are 40% off? Well you can go to Chapters, Staples, Grand and Toy and they sell their calenders and day planners for 50% off.
Domino magazine: I was reading in the Globe and Mail or the National Post about how Domino magazine folded. I remember my sister buying an issue of it and gave it to me. I then looked it up and it was from 2005- 2009. It folded due to the recession.
Happy New Year!
Cut to a bison riding in a convertible. In the backseat was a dog.
It was a really weird sight. The newspaper 24 covered it because the video clip was for a documentary about how pets have this big part in people's lives. This bison actually was allowed in the pet owner's house.
Matthew Morrison: He plays Mr. Shuester on Glee. He was on Jay Leno and the interview was funny.
MM: I went to my room and I saw a blue dress hung in my closet. I then checked my door to see if I'm in the right room and I was in the right room. I called the front desk because I needed my suit from the dry cleaners, I can't meet the president in drag.
The audience laughs.
MM: I took the picture of the dress on my iphone.
Cut to the blue dress hanging in the closet.
MM: So I got my suit back and when I was at the party, I was looking for the woman in the blue dress. Then this figure in the dress goes by, and it's the country singer Miranda Lambert. I took a picture.
Cut to MM and ML together.
MM: I met Obama once and I say "Aloha President" because he's from Hawaii. He shakes my hand. The second time I met him, I said "Hello, Mr. President" and he said "Matthew!"
The audience applauds.
Later.
MM: I used to work at the Gap.
At the end.
Jay: You're making good dough.
MM: Well I'm not making Leno money.
The audience laughs.
Old scripts: I have writer's block so I will revisit my old scripts. I stopped writing them because other production companies have later produced it.
A fake reality TV show: In 2002, I wrote a parody of the reality show The Real World. Then MTV made the TV movie The Real World: The Lost Season which was my idea. The MTV one is about how this guy who was rejected multiple times to get on TRW kidnaps the cast and puts them in a new house. He forces them to play along and will blow up the house if they don't follow his orders.
In my script, there wasn't really a story. It's about a reality show passing off as real people.
Unpopular: I thought this up back in 2000 about a group of unpopular teens who want to destroy popularity. Then in 2006 I saw the movie Mean Girls (2004) which was my idea. In my script, there was an abstract goal. How do you destroy popularity?
In Mean Girls, there was a concrete goal. It was to take down the lead mean girl. There were tangible results when the other mean girls went against her.
Unreal: It's about two high school guys and girl fighting off three vampires. It was in 2001 and yes, I'm a big fan of Buffy. On Buffy, it was about a teen girl destined to slay vampires. It was sci-fi. In Unreal, I was trying to make to more reality based.
The Ransom Mansion: This is the first script I ever wrote back in 1997. It was about a family that moved into a mansion that had a mystery or was haunted. There isn't much of a story.
Deal With It: I wrote this in 2001. It was about two high school girls and three high school guys who are all friends. It was boring because it was about teens. I wrote it and it lead more to an "After school special" as in a lesson has to be taught. I can go watch Degrassi: The Next Generation for that.
These days teen shows have to have the characters be rich and doing fun and sexy things like 90210 and Gossip Girl.
Dec. 31 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: I saw this 2008 TV movie over the summer. It starred Dougray Scott (Susan's British boyfriend in Desperate Housewives season 2.) This was set in present time. On imdb.com, 515 people voted it and rated it 4.5/10. I thought it was average.
It had Ellen David who played the detective investigating all the murders that Mr. Hyde was committing. ED is kind of type cast because she played one on the kids show The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. She's a mom on the sitcom 18 to Life. Dougray Scott is a good actor playing a good and bad guy.
There is a well- written story in here. When Dr. Jekyll finds a cure to get rid of Mr. Hyde, the cops bust him before he could inject himself with it. There's an interesting scene where Dr. J and Mr. H fight each other and it's played by the same actor. I do recommend that you watch it.
Jan. 1 Job: Today I worked for 6 hrs. Then I took 2 hrs off, and worked for another 2.5 hrs. Well I get time and half. I didn't watch any TV today because of work.
Jan. 2 Heartland: I was watching this show, and my sister was in the room, but on the computer listening to it.
S: This show is moving so slow.
Me: Not as slow as Secret Life of the American Teenager. Don't get me started on soap operas.
Today's ep was kind of slow, but a lot of stuff happened unlike on Secret Life where nothing happens. Ty and Amy spent the whole episode arguing back and forth about how this girl kissed Ty, and he didn't tell Amy. Chase had kissed Amy, and Amy was upfront and told Ty about it. The girl's boyfriend Grant confronts Ty about it, and that's how Amy found out.
Grant gets back with his gf. Ty and Amy break up. Maybe they'll get back together in the season finale. Ashley and Caleb got married a year ago. Then it turns out that the guy who made the ceremony wasn't licensed, so Ashley and Caleb aren't really married.
There's this whole indecision, should they stay together? They then get engaged. The big news is that Lou finds out she's pregnant. She had a pregnancy scare last season.
Jan. 3 Calenders: You know how I ranted earlier about how Calender Club calenders are 40% off? Well you can go to Chapters, Staples, Grand and Toy and they sell their calenders and day planners for 50% off.
Domino magazine: I was reading in the Globe and Mail or the National Post about how Domino magazine folded. I remember my sister buying an issue of it and gave it to me. I then looked it up and it was from 2005- 2009. It folded due to the recession.
Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
writing/ crazy day/ rant
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.
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.
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.
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