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I've finally decided that I'm really doing Script Frenzy and it's going to be a little on the crazy side. The main character is Shirley Foster (no, I'm serious) and it pretty much chronicles her very bad relationships (Shane Doyle, Andrea Castellini, Wes Janson, maybe D.M. Hobszilauszski). It's not meant to be very serious, so I want to do the really ridiculous scenes between those characters with jokes about how every guy Shirley is into ends up in prison and Tom suggesting that she should give Hobbie a try then. I have no idea where this will be going and how I'm going to handle it but it should be fun and anything crazy that happens can be blamed on the fact that the characters who aren't drug addicts are at least borderline alcoholics.

It's going to be a chaotic, unplanned thing but I'll have fun with it and if I don't, I'll just stop, I guess. Because come on, right now I can't leave looking in from outside. I don't think I'll ever be able to unless I integrate the characters into the world somehow like I did with the Devils, Nina and Chavira (oh, they want some love) or even Kyle who will have to be renamed if I ever get back to him. Maybe connect him to the ABC storyline that doesn't exist much at this point? Someday, I'll sit down and flesh out the ABC characters.

Fifth day of December and guess what: I'm already behind schedule on BAP. I have aboout 6.3k when today I should be hitting 8.3k
Somehow I'm proud of myself which is kinda creepy because it's the first time in a writing project that I've ever gotten behind on schedule. Never during NaNo has that happened to me, the same goes for Script Frenzy. So this is a new experience for me and as fucked up as it may sound, I think it's exciting. I know so many people who have to rush at the end of NaNo and that has never ever happened to me. The closest thing I ever experienced was this year because I kept increasing my goal. And this time I'm taking is slow, in a healthy way if that's what you want to call it. And I don't intend to write ANYTHING this weekend as I need to focus on math which means I'll get to catch up even more. And I'm smiling foolishly about that.

I'm done with Script Frenzy! I reached the 20,000 words mark. In fact, I have written a total of 20,111 words as of now. I knew I could do it. Since shortly after midnight I have written 516 words (it's 12:54am); on June 25th I have written in the evening for about two hours and achieved a total of 1376 words. So I am officially done.
But I didn't finish Misfits 102 yet, there are still some key scenes lacking, so I will work on them and hopefully be done with them till the end of the month.

I am going to watch "Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer" now. I am not really sure if I am going to like it (two words: Jessica Alba), but as a comic geek, I have to watch it.

I still have to write 1790 words to reach the goal of Script Frenzy and it will equal up to almost two episodes of Misfits, namely 102 and 103. Afterwards, probably not before July, I will start writing the pilot for the Misfits that will focus on Dennis and Stella, but also Tyler and Kenneth. Well, anyway, it's flowing out of me sometimes and sometimes it isn't, so it's a normal writing style and it's fun and ... stuff. That's all. I've written exposés till 108 which I am really satisfied with.

That's all for now.

Current Music: Spider-Man Crawl Space Podcast #8.1

I need to revise some recent entries and add the tag Alpha Smart. I got mine today and it's so cool. It'v ery light and even though the keyboard is different, it's not something I can live with. I've written 795 words for Script Frenzy on it today and it's very practical. Now I only need to learn how to add passwords. I'm going to attempt my first tranfer to my computer now.
I am excited.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Fall Out Boy -- "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"

I don't know if I should be proud or embarrassed, but I reached the 13th level of Dragon Fable which is a lot higher than my cousins although I have been playing for a lot shorter than they have.
I've written about 1,000 words for Script Frenzy today and realized that I need to change something about my Misfits. They are agents for the secret service, yet there is not enough military feel to it and I think that I need to change that because even though I don't feel all too comfortable with it, I know that there are just so many ways to ridiculize it and most of my characters love to do just that (Face, Tom and Wes for example).
As I promised, a little paragraph of what I've been writing for Script Frenzy. Like last time, it deals with Kev and Wes because they are just so cute to write and this is actually the continuation I posted previously. Next time I will pick a scene without either Wes or Kev if I can, but I just opened this file and the interaction between Kev and Wes is soooo cute. I love the two of them. Next time, it might be Tom and Jane or some other pairing that is interesting or that I open accidentally.

( Wes and Kev on Bedtime Stories )

I have heard so much shit (positive and negative) about Heroes, that I decided that I needed to watch it for myself being a huge superhero fan and such. I'm downloading the first two episodes right now.
On that topic, I read "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth" by Grant Morrison and it's awesome, especially because I have this extended edition with the full script with notes by Morrison that are very interesting and a lot different from what I had expected in the first place. I think I will need to read it again ... and again. I also have "V for Vendetta" and "Watchmen" on my reading pile.
In addition to that, I just read the first trade of "Y: The Last Man" and it's awesome. I need to read more of that and "Ex Machina" and "Runaways".
I am considering going to the Oberstufen Hocketse at about 7.30pm or so. I don't know how long I'll be hanging out there or anything because I think I need to get some sleep, but it doesn't really matter. I just decided to go, even though I'm not sure what to expect.
I'm still waiting for the first Heroes episode to be downloaded, so I am posting here only to distract myself. I could be doing something for ethics or biology, but fuck it, I am not in the right mood for that, I just came home from school.
Only nine more days of school which is very cool even though there are still plenty of exams and tests (I can think of German, English and maths right now).
47% of the download are done. I think I'll do a bit of Script Frenzy as I still have some to do for that as I haven't done anything in days and I need to finish it. It's a very urgent need of mine. I will be uploading a snippet of my writing soon, I promise.

So, I am skipping school tomorrow. I just told my mother I wouldn't be going and she asked why, I gave her an explanation, saying that there is the possibility of me screwing up because I have too much Portuguese in my head and she told me that it was up to me to make the decision. If I thought that skipping classes was the right thing to do, then I should do it.

We watched the first three episodes of the fifth season of Six Feet Under. Even when watching it a second time, I really, really love Six Feet Under and I made my mom promise me that she would not under any circumstances watch the series' finale without me because Six Feet Under's series' finale was the most perfect ending to a tv show that I have ever seen. I am trying to think of series that I watched from beginning to end and I can think of Buffy, Sex and the City, Coupling (British Version) and Friends and honestly, none of them have such a perfect ending as Six Feet Under does.

I think I might try to write something for Script Frenzy, I wasn't able to yesterday (thanks to by sister) or the day before, so I have to catch up. Well, not really, as I have written about 71% of the necessary words already, but I hate when I'm not able to write.

The bill for the AlphaSmart came today, the company will have the money by Monday and then they will send me my AlphaSmart Neo and I will be very, very happy.

Script Frenzy is driving me nuts.
See the figures below, I think they look nice in a table and I just want to ramble about today's experiences right now.
I wrote a scene for Jasmine as she hadn't made an appearance yet and the scene is basically between her and Tom because although he already had quite a bit of screentime, it made most sense to have him interact with her because I feel that the characters are so different that it's almost crazy to write it, partially because I plan on having an ongoing plotline between those two and this scene laid the groundwork for it I assume.
The scene led directly into a funnier scene with Tom in the bathroom that actually foreshadows some of Face's inner demons and that I loved when it was done. It is fun and has something deep to it at the same time.
So, I realized that I had already written enough for a script for a forty minute long episode and decided that I couldn't just go on because it wouldn't make any sense, so instead of writing more for Misfits 103 that is in fact complete, I have started writing Misfits 102 where Jane takes the center stage and there is a fiasco involving alcohol and that cements the path for elements of 103.
I know I should have started with 101 and gone from there, but somehow I felt like writing 103 and now 102. I think it might take a few episodes after this one until I decide to finally tackle the pilot because I have this impression that writing a pilot is so much more difficult, not because it's double-sized, but because so much has to be established in it.
I also made a change to the pilot that was originally supposed to focus on Dennis Lawson and on nobody else. I changed my mind about it and decided to have some sequences with Stella seeing the Therapist as well because it shows that there is another side to the story and because the two characters are so prominent and have this rivaling relationship.
And I am considering to have the very last scene to show Tyler's first session with the Therapist because she is so prominently featured in the pilot and it just sounds nice. Also, even though the first few episodes following the pilot focus on one character and not on two, maybe even three, I think that this would be the correct approach for the pilot because it is so much longer and there is so much ground to cover and it establishes that the Therapist will have sessions with different Misfits by having Tyler going to see him in the end of the episode when she is offered a spot on the team. It shows that this is not something that is exclusive to Dennis and Stella. It might limit Joseph's role somewhat, but I'm willing to risk that. He will become more prominent as the story progresses and he is not part of the main cast anyway. I am also getting the impression that Stella is slowly but surely working herself up from a recurring character to a main one, something I don't really have too many problems with as she is very important and such a stark contrast to Dennis in many ways.
And I need to write some more exposés for future episodes so I know more concretely where I am heading because as of right now, I know where I want to be at the end of the season, but I need to craft the path to this ending and by doing breakdowns of storyarcs and determinating what happens when, I might at least come to the conclusion of what length this season is going to be. I'm guessing on about 20+ episodes, not much more.

TODAY	TOTAL	%	REMAINING
3082	14225	71,13	5775

This month, I am at least finishing 102 and starting on 104 or 101, preferably the latter. It's so easy to write screenplays and I am enjoying it so much. Now I only need my Alpha Smart Neo until the end of this month so I can take it to Chile because I will really need it there.

Words Written Today	Words Total	Words Remaining	% done
1997	11143	8857	55,72

So yay! After ten days, I managed to write over 50% of my script and all the major scenes are written, only little character scenes are missing.
Maybe a bit more of Face and Wes, and more of the girls as they haven't been featured too much as of yet: Tyler and Lynn have a scene with Kenneth, Jane has a short passage with Tom, but then there is Jasmine who has not made any appearance yet. Maybe because I don't like her too much. She is a bit too normal and not so much fun to write, but I needed her in the team because with all the craziness, you need an anchor and Lawson isn't enough, I needed a normal person who was chosen to be on the team instead of leading it.
It's pretty hard juggling such a huge cast and I know that it isn't necessary to have every character in every episode, but I think that in the first few, all the characters should be present just so people get used to them.
And I need to get used to Jasmine. I know that there are a few neat things I can do with her, like who to team her up with to get some good interaction.
Jasmine is very plain and so Kev wouldn't be interesting for her to interact with. Lynn doesn't really care about her, neither does Wes because it makes no sense for her to complain about Wes too much because there are already other characters doing so.
So, Jasmine is stuck to Kenneth who is very down to earth as well and teaming her up with Tom is just fun because he freaks her out with his unusual way that can be scary. And Face is flamboyant every once in a while, so he'd be nice to have them interact. I have a table with all the character interactions I want to have because I want everyone to interact with everyone. That's the interesting thing about a diverse and big cast.
I need to go to bed.

Okay, I've written 870 words today. That equals up to 10,016 words total!
Yay. Ain't I incredibly cool?
I'm having a lot of fun and all the difficult scenes (e.g. long dialog scenes between Kev and some authority figure) have been written, so now I need to get a few other characters into it because even though this is Kev-centric, it still needs to have the other characters. Lawson and Stella are in it, there is some Tom talking to Lawson and two fun scenes with Wes, one in which he flirts with Stella and another with him coming out of the shower.
So, I'm having a lot of fun and I have written a deep sequence with Kev today that establishes his character.
A nice little snippet from what I wrote on the first day can be found behind the cut. It has no connection to other stuff whatsoever, I just decided that it was nice and even cute.

( In Wes and Kev's room ... )

Long time no see.
And then there are people who say I am addicted to LJ which I admit I am, but I spent a few days without posting. The game my cousins play, Dragon Fable, is quite cool. It's very simplistic, but I enjoy it a lot. And I am not ashamed of playing the game. It's fun.
I've been doing very little for Script Frenzy, yet I am at about 7506 words with I can't really explain myself as there was one day when I didn't write anything at all and I am not doing very much for it.
I'm finally done watching the third season of Lost and I am totally blown away by it because it is so awesome. I might comment on it later, I am still shell-shocked two dazs after seeing "Greatest Hits" and "Through A Looking Glass". Awesome.
I'm done with making the 50 Wisdom & Pryde icons I promised my dear friend alilein, but I'm not sure when I'll upload them. First, I have to upload my 50 Joker icons and the other stuff I have and then Wisdom and Pryde.
My sister and I are arguing via MSN to see when we are going to Subway to get a sandwich. I want to go at 7pm, preferably later, she wants to go at 5:30pm. And we had a huge lunch at Boi Preto today.
Today, I was in my uncle's office and he has a full bottle of JWRL in it which astonished me. And no, I didn't run to it and kiss it or anything like this. I acted as if I hadn't even noticed.
We might be going to Sabackolandia tomorrow. Nicole's parents boughta a house and dubbed it Sabackolandia and her dad wants us to come and visit him. So, I'm not sure if we're doing it, but if we do, it'll be fun, I'm sure.
And stay put, I might post a small extract from my Script Frenzy project.

I forgot to mention Script Frenzy. I decided to do it and I've written about 8,5% of the 20,000 words by now. It's actually a lot of fun and the word count is ridiculously low compared to NaNoWriMo.

ABC and iTunes are pissing me off. The most recent episode of Lost (320 The Man Behind The Curtain) still hasn't been uploaded and I want to download it. Last week I had to wait and this week it's basically the same, only that it's taking even longer for them to upload it.
I know, I haven't even watched "The Brig" (319) yet, but it doesn't matter, I want to have the episode uploaded right away, so I can get it.
My series now have a name, Misfits and at the moment everything is working out very well, it's a lot of fun working with the characters and trying to do new things that I've never done before. I know more or less what the first season will be about and the exposé of the first episode is completed, I'm working on the exposés for the second and third episodes. And there are a few scenes written already. It's so much fun and the greatest thing is that I'm not sharing the content with anyone.
I have created a handfull of new icons, three of which I'm using for my livejournal. One of them is used in this post. I noticed that I really should have a Desperate Housewives icon and of course I had to choose Bree because she is by far the best character. I'll be doing a few more DH icons and then I'll post them.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do script frenzy because it's in June and June is going to be a very hectic month. But I think I'll try and use it to amp my output for Misfits. It doesn't matter if I succeed or not, it's just about writing. I'm not very ambitious, I don't care if I manage to write 20,000 words (which I don't think is very much), but I think I'm going to try. It's only 667 words a day and I think that I don't have any problems with this amount of output (yeah, this is me trying to convince myself to do it).
What I know for sure is that, no matter what, I am going to do NaNoWriMo this year.
Today, Ali, Finger and I went quite crazy during Arts, looking through boxes and finding shoes. Finger had lots of fun destroying / working on my fountain pens with a hammer with the first one which I told him to be careful with, sprung into a thousand pieces when he hit it once. But afterwards I got him one that he had lots and lots of trouble destroying and that actually looks cool now (it was one of the things we found in the boxes we looked through and that I decided that now belongs to me). I don't have any idea what I'm going to do with this assemblage, I only know that I'm using fountain pens and that the crazy teacher seems to like the idea.
And Finger built Isi a beautiful purse for Isi out of a box and some plastic that I had brought my fountain pens in. Isi didn't want it though and so in the end I decided to take it. I'm going to post pictures later on.
Isi, Ali, Silly, Madeleine and maybe Tina are coming here tomorrow to watch the first two Spidey movies and I'm sure it's going to be cool.