Random Ramblings

NaNoWriMo...

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:06:40 GMT

Has officially stolen my soul and life for the next 30 days.
Who all has signed up?? Send me a link to your screenname/profile page so I can find you! :)

Stardust

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:12:06 GMT

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Best book-to-film adaptation I think I've ever seen. The only movie I can think of that didn't make me rant for hours afterward about all the details from the book they left out. I mean, obviously they left out details that I'd have liked to see--the Faerie Market, for one. And the lion/unicorn fight would have been cool to see, but I read that the only reason they took that out was because it cost a million dollars for only 90 seconds of film. I wanted the prophecy--the slave princess would only be free "on the day the moon loses her daughter, if that occurs in a week when two Mondays come together"--because that was just such a cool way to tie everything together. But everything in the movie *worked* with the missing little details. Unlike so many other movie adaptations (*thinks of Harry Potter*). I think this was partly because it was produced by Neil Gaimon and Charles Vess, so obviously just that would make it good. But the sets were unbelievable. The ghosts were great comedy relief, as was Captain Shakespeare. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

Er, more soon. I've promised myself that I'll post more frequently once school starts.
Love to all. <3

Pirate musings

Mon, 28 May 2007 22:48:08 GMT

Saw Pirates 3 twice this weekend. First time Friday night for the premiere-ish thing, then again just now with my slightly pirate obsessed friend (it's only been out since Friday, and she's seen it 5 times).
Overall, I rather enjoyed it, more so the second time than the first I think. This was mainly because it was extremely confusing, more confusing than the second, which is saying something. Just because everyone kept changing sides and there were four sides to the battle, sort of two-against-two (Dutchman and East India Company vs The Pearl and the Singapore dudes) but not really. Singapore captain hated Pearl captain and everyone except Tia Dalma hated Davy Jones, only she sort of hated him and loved him at the same time. And the EI Company dudes where just selfless jerks, not really evil. Yet everyone was against them as well. And the nine pieces of eight--who came up with *that* title? Talk about misleading and confusing...lots of parts were confusing, but when you already knew what was going to happen in the end, it was a bit easier to follow. And when you could actually follow it, you could see the brilliance in it. There was Jack of course, and his brilliant and witty one-liners (my peanut!). I was completely in awe at how they were able to bring back all the tiny details from the first movie (which were obviously originally not meant to be anything other than pointless details) and make them meaningful to the second and third. Like the compass that doesn't point north, and what's-his-face's wooden eye. And the dog from the brig and his key which didn't really open the brig in Curse of the Black Pearl. I like him. "Sea turtles, mate." *snicker*
Yeah. Anyway, the only thing I would have liked was more of a threshold and difficulties getting to the End of the World and back (that "up is down" ship thing was pretty darned confusing as well), and less time setting up the action and finding aliances, everyone switching sides and changing their minds and such. Other than that, it was pretty good...wide open for another, methinks.

Deathly Hallows!

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:00:46 GMT

I need to vent. Seriously. The title's getting to my head. I can't think straight. Therefore, I must get all my new theories out on here. Sorry, dear friends. You don't need to read this.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

So I didn't realize till just now that the "Hallows" in the new title and the "hollow" in Godric's Hollow were spelled differently. Which makes me mad. And crushes my best theory. I still think they are connected, though. The title and the place where Lily and James were killed. Actually, my theory pertaining to this is that the Final Battle between Harry and LV will take place there, at Godric's Hollow, right where everything began.

Deathly--I'm thinking ghosts, or inferi, or other scary things that we've yet to be introduced to. Mostly ghosts (although the word "deathly" means simply "like death" not "dead"), perhaps a reunion from Sirius, or DD (more likely the former than the latter, I think--I mean, we've still got the two-way mirror and all). Perhaps Lily and James, too. Not saying they are going to become resurrected or anything, that would be a far fetch--plus then what would be the point of killing them off in the first place?--but maybe Harry'll find something that once belonged to one of the deceased people above, or they will help him by way of Pensieve, Two-Way Mirror, or ghost-form. Or something else.

Also, I found this online, which I found fascinating:
Hallow ("holy" or "holy night") the Oct. 31 Greater Sabbat, also called November Eve, the Celtic Samhain ("sow-en"); the beginning of the Celtic winter, and of the Celtic year; the beginning of the Witches' Year, when the Veil Between the Worlds grows thin and the spirits of the dead may return to Earth; the Descent of the Goddess to the Underworld; the final Harvest festival.

This was like, some kind of definition thing, not related to HP whatsoever. Only note the "Veil Between the Worlds"--remind you of another veil, perhaps? Like, maybe, the stupid Veil in OotP that Sirius fell through. That was a veil between the worlds of the living and dead, by all means. Note also: "spirits of the dead may return to earth..." Okay, so I don't really believe they will in DH. The ghosts in the Wizarding World can come and go as they please, any day of the year, not just on Halloween.

Enough of analysizing, now for the theories!
I already mentioned my Final Battle theory.
Other theories include returning to the Chamber of Secrets (it is plural, after all)--perhaps the final horcrux is hidden there. I've been convinced there's more to the Chamber since, like, book 4. I also remember Jo saying in an interview on the 3rd DVD that Alfonzo Cuaron (sp?) tried to put a graveyard near Hagrid's hut in the film, and she wouldn't let him, saying "no, it can't go there. The graveyard is somewhere else" (that wasn't the exact quote). Meaning there is a graveyard. And we've yet to see a graveyard. Meaning it will show up in book 7--I mean Deathly Hallows--DH. I originally thought the graveyard could be directly above the CoS, and something in the graveyard might be a sort of portal (door, whatever)to a specific corridor in the Chamber. But of course this is just coming out of my Brilliant Writer Mind and has no facts to back it up. It would just be cool.

Last thing until I think of more:
Kind of irrelevant, but interesting nonetheless. A breakdown of the word Horcrux:
HOR--Horology—the study of measuring time (there was that room in the DoM that was all about time, also the Horcrux essentially makes you immortal, which is definitely major-time-related)
CRUX--"essential or deciding point or element in something, for example, in an argument" (or giant battle with evil and all-powerful wizard). ALSO an extremely difficult or puzzling problem (Um, duh, I'd definitely call what Harry's going through a difficult or puzzling problem.)

Have I made any sense at all? I'm kind of rambling, but that's okay. Rambling is fun. I got an A on my English essay final for rambling. It was pretty cool. ^_^

Sorry about the long-ness of this post--I kind of forgot how to do the little short clicky thingy (crap, I don't even know what it's called, let alone how to *do* it!)

Anyway, I've been yelled at multiple times for not posting frequently enough. So there you go. ^_^
Just kidding.

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:10:32 GMT

I really need to get into a routine on here of posting more than once a month.

Not that I have anything to *say* or anything. That would mean I had a life.

I'm actually planning on writing today. I still have less than six pages on Dreams of the Dead, which is pretty sad, since I started it in September. Hoping for it to grow at least a little bit by the end of the holidays. I'm actually quite liking it though--it might end up being one possibility for my Alpha submission.

Since I haven't been writing as much as I'd like to, reading has been taking up most of my time (time apart from that already claimed for finals, that is). Finished _The Sledding Hill_ by Chris Crutcher this morning, which was...interesting. Weird. But good. Books where the author makes himself a character just make me laugh. But I really liked the POV it was in--told by a dead person, with a pretty cool twist-ish thing at the end.

Also reading Tammy's _Terrier_ and _Green Mile_ by Stephen King. Both brilliant, of course.

Incredibly behind on Christmas stuff, so I should probably go back to wrapping presents...beneath the tree is way too bare. Much love, more later.

alive

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:53:37 GMT

Haven't posted in ages. Insanely busy. Need sleep. And chocolate. Entered contest on harperteenfanlit.com that looked very cool and Meg Cabot is one of the judges. People on it cheat. People are going around rating all the good stories zeroes so theirs look better. They are pissing me off.
On other notes--actually wrote a whole page of something productive today, but most likely won't get back to it till Thanksgiving break, if then.
Um. Yeah. Just thought I'd let you all know that I'm alive and wasn't eaten by anything big and furry. Or small and cuddly. Or inbetween either.
My humor isn't turned on today. Probably comes from lack of sleep. Or lack of chocolate. Sorry.
If I had anything else to say this would be longer.
Duh.
I give up. Good night.

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:03:26 GMT

Alrighty, here's the first page of so of the story. It's sort of a weird prose, nothing I'm used to, but I think I like it. Give me your opinions, s'il vous plait!

“That was a nice dream you had last night, Gage.” I smirk at my brother over the dinner table, watching his blank stare turn to befuddlement, then rage, or maybe fear.
“What?! Were you…?”
“God, no,” I sigh. “I swear, I have absolutely no interest in your dreams. They’re so…boring. Usually at least…last night’s was just gross, though.” Watching your fifteen-year-old brother sucking face with some random girl is definitely not something you want to see, even in a dream. “I was just passing your room on the way to the bathroom, and, um, happened to catch a glimpse. It wasn’t anything I would have stayed to watch, let alone enter, even given the chance. I mean, eew! Plus, it would have been a total invasion of your privacy.” I add the last bit to suck up. Let him think I care about his privacy.
My dad, I notice, has stopped with his fork halfway to his lips, and is now staring at me like I've said something completely unbelievable. My mom’s basically doing the same, only at least she has the courtesy to leave her fork on her plate while she gawks.
Now Gage is definitely mad. Because I sort of let on that he’s been dreaming about kissing girls he doesn’t know. Or maybe he does know them, and I've just never seen them at our school before.
But it wasn’t like I actually said what his dream had been about. That would be mean. I only made it blatantly obvious. I mean, what else would be eew? And like you can keep dreams a secret in our house? True, our parents are a bit more polite, and don’t spy on others while they’re sleeping. But they could if they wanted to…
That’s totally my job, though. And probably Gage’s now too, as payback for my doing just that.
Oops. My bad. It won’t happen again, Gage. At least not until, say, I happen to pass by the bathroom again while you’re in the middle of some other intriguing dream that I can rat you out to Mom for?

Aaah!

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:12:54 GMT

How do you do the thingy where you click the words so you can hide part of the entry? So it's not a mile long and everyone kills you for taking up too much space on their friends page??????

Yeah that probably made no sense...but I'd like the answer, s'il vous plait! ^_^

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:40:11 GMT

You Are Lavender

You are a sweet person with a very soft personality.
People become easily entranced with you. They seem to glow around you.
You have a quiet energy that can keep you active late into the night.
Even if you aren't the life of the party, you definitely keep the party going.

What Color Purple Are You?

How ironic! Lavender just happens to be one of my favorite colors! ^_^

Um...

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:03:59 GMT

...So apparently people don't like it if I yell "schmoopy" when they're making out...
She glares at me and says "you're just jealous!" and he gives me a weird look. (note she's my best friend, so it's not like I'm yelling out at random couples on the street...though that could prove fairly amusing...)
And then I had to go and explain the definition of the word to my boyfriend...which was **awkward**!!!
Beyond me how he couldn't figure it out for himself...but anyways...

I love rambling.

Oh! I tried the "101 Ideas in an Hour" thing someone was talking about at Alpha! Only...I didn't get so far...and renamed it "101 Ideas in More Than an Hour Because I Cheat and My Brain Doesn't Work On Command." I quite like long titles...^_^ The "hour" may or may not continue tomorrow morning.

Piccies yay!

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:16:02 GMT

I win. My Alpha pics are now up on photobucket, including the infamous Roof Fishing Video! ^_^
http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l140/adonnenniel2006/

I have more that will be up shortly, but it took me almost 2 hours to upload the video alone, so yeah...more will come eventually, I will let you know when eventually is, when I know myself.

Alas, the pictures went all funky on me, and the comments on them make a lot more sense if you view them last-to-first. But if you don't have to patience to do that, then FINE! Be that way...

Heh. Sorry. Weird mood right now. Might have something to do with all this waiting-for-pics-to-upload. But might not... :\

Alpha pics!

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:31:06 GMT

Will someone please help this deprived little child who has no idea how to post her many many Alpha pics to livejournal??

quotes

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:36:35 GMT

So I've added many quotes to the Xavidotron Quotes Script Alpha Quotes page thingy that I found on the alpha alumni community page. Everyone go add more! They make me laugh, I need more! ^_^

On that note, does anyone have the context surrounding Seth's quote, "Yeah, I wouldn't want to be annoying, or anything...", about schmoopiness (from Confluence), written down anywhere?

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:30:44 GMT

Gillian, Seth, Becca, and John: Do I have your permission to post schmoopy pictures????

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:50:29 GMT

Well I finally broke down and made an account. I felt sad with all the other Alphans talking about LJ when I still only had a vague notion of what it was.

I'm supposed to be working on the second draft of a story, but it doesn't exactly like me much right now, and I have to much energy to read my own work. It (the energy) will come out in random bursts of "Omigod what's another word for lover that sounds sound cheesy and sappy and uck!!!" Which is my current predicament. The Sentence: Skye promptly turned, recognizing the nimble stride as his [lover] sauntered towards him. Aah.

Um. Anywho. Anyone with suggestions on how to make the sentence stop screaming at me, please speak up now or forever hold your peace.

Hyper. Hungry. Tired. Stayed up till 2 with Alena and Nutty Fluffy Lamp Creepy Girl (she asked to be called that ^_^) and John playing truth or dare and evaluating emotional...problems. And...um...something about masturbating a lamp? Twas Quite intersting. Um. Yeah. That. *scared*

Tammy's here! ^_^ By Tammy I mean the One and Only Tamora Pierce!!! She's the coolest person in the world. She has a new Tortall series, coming out in October, about...never mind. I'm not sure if I have the authority to say. Ask me when I can't be tracked down and accused for revealing spoilers to the public.

Eh. Gonna go eat something now. Then attempt to fix my story later. Yay! Adieu eten totsiens!

(Those who don't know me well enough will soon find out I have a thing for combining two languages in one sentence, normally French and Afrikaans, as demonstrated above.) ^_^