My film editor didn't upload Dhoom Taana tonight, so we all sat around our computers (and by all, I mean all 30 of us) for nothing. But oh well, tomorrow he says.
Good news: I won this thing called the Mod's Mention on Protagonize for one of my stories. I'm not 100% sure what it is, but I think it's like a "you're doing all right on this" sort of thing. Which I like. It was very flattering.
It's 1:40 AM and I should be asleep, but I'm sitting here ruminating on how many of Neil Gaiman's blog entries I have to read and how I need to finish the Bollywood cast poster by tomorrow. Not to mention Carol's book, which I got pretty far in today.
And also how I should have taken the bowl and cup sitting next to me into the kitchen. And how glad I am that my house has running water, because living without it for three days was a nightmare.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Ren Verity is perplexed.
Neil Gaiman has been writing too many entries in his blog. I can't keep up. One minute it's bell jars and the next it's Comicon, and on top of that I've been awake for way too long and feel like I've got ADD.
That aside, Bollywood is over.
That's right, you heard me. My project is FINISHED.
This should make me feel relaxed, happy, grateful for my free time...at least accomplished.
But no. Mostly I feel regretful that it's over and sad that I have nothing to do for the next three weeks. I'm so happy with how it turned out. We did an amazing job for an amateur cast with a zero dollar budget and no experience with filming a bollywood video.
The final cut will be available in a week, I believe. For now there are preliminary videos on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=112904497100&ref=nf
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=112901382100
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=112880327100
That was yesterday's shoot. Other videos can be found on youtube (previously linked in the blog).
At any rate, now I have other things to attend to, as much as it pains me to say so. Student loans, college scheduling, Carol's novel, The Once and Future King, Chuck season 2, and writing (which has been neglected) are all up there on the list.
3 weeks isn't so long...
That aside, Bollywood is over.
That's right, you heard me. My project is FINISHED.
This should make me feel relaxed, happy, grateful for my free time...at least accomplished.
But no. Mostly I feel regretful that it's over and sad that I have nothing to do for the next three weeks. I'm so happy with how it turned out. We did an amazing job for an amateur cast with a zero dollar budget and no experience with filming a bollywood video.
The final cut will be available in a week, I believe. For now there are preliminary videos on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=112904497100&ref=nf
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=112901382100
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=112880327100
That was yesterday's shoot. Other videos can be found on youtube (previously linked in the blog).
At any rate, now I have other things to attend to, as much as it pains me to say so. Student loans, college scheduling, Carol's novel, The Once and Future King, Chuck season 2, and writing (which has been neglected) are all up there on the list.
3 weeks isn't so long...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Questionable.
If I believed in some kind of otherwordly spiritual being (and that's not to say I do), I would expect that it's testing me right now.
I've had a good summer. Like, really good. Tons of things to do, work/fun in terms of the Bollywood project, a nice vacation right now, and I'm shortly leaving for college. But in the past few weeks (especially before I left for Disneyland and right now) things have been just collapsing. It's strange.
I'm learning to appreciate the calm times when things are just so-so, not overwhelming or boring. It's not effecting me as much as I would have thought it would, but maybe that's just because I'm older now and used to things like this happening.
But anyway, if someone is testing me, I bet they're surprised, because I'm surprising myself right now, since I'm not upset or anything. That will probably follow, but I'm keeping stable and in control. For once in my life. :)
I've had a good summer. Like, really good. Tons of things to do, work/fun in terms of the Bollywood project, a nice vacation right now, and I'm shortly leaving for college. But in the past few weeks (especially before I left for Disneyland and right now) things have been just collapsing. It's strange.
I'm learning to appreciate the calm times when things are just so-so, not overwhelming or boring. It's not effecting me as much as I would have thought it would, but maybe that's just because I'm older now and used to things like this happening.
But anyway, if someone is testing me, I bet they're surprised, because I'm surprising myself right now, since I'm not upset or anything. That will probably follow, but I'm keeping stable and in control. For once in my life. :)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Awkward teenage years
So tonight I got a rude awakening.
I am such a traditional girl. I expect guys to be very formal with me and not forward, and to keep their distance for a respectable amount of time. Also I expect that people will let me be and if I demonstrate uncomfortable/awkwardness that they will discontinue their behavior.
Well, apparently all these are things that have been lost in society these days. Guys should never make moves on girls immediately after meeting them. And they certainly shouldn't do it in cars.
I don't think I've ever experienced that level of anxiety in a long time. It made me terrified.
Ughhhh my life is blah.
And that's all I have to say for tonight, besides the fact that I got the Graveyard Book from a dear friend, and now I get to read it!!
I am such a traditional girl. I expect guys to be very formal with me and not forward, and to keep their distance for a respectable amount of time. Also I expect that people will let me be and if I demonstrate uncomfortable/awkwardness that they will discontinue their behavior.
Well, apparently all these are things that have been lost in society these days. Guys should never make moves on girls immediately after meeting them. And they certainly shouldn't do it in cars.
I don't think I've ever experienced that level of anxiety in a long time. It made me terrified.
Ughhhh my life is blah.
And that's all I have to say for tonight, besides the fact that I got the Graveyard Book from a dear friend, and now I get to read it!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Give up Misery? Never,
I write on this website called Protagonize, which allows you to post your own stories, continue other people's, comment on them, and rate them. It's really cool. I'm definitely an unknown at this point, but I love having the opportunity to write and get feedback on my stuff, especially since I'm a Creative Writing minor.
Link to my page:
http://www.protagonize.com/author/Laure
Anyway, there's this story called "Team Protagonize" which is really popular. Authors are allowed to use their favorite main characters and drop them into the plot at any point. Right now there are 72 chapters and 14 characters. I haven't decided if I want to join in (or even read all 72 chapters!).
This brought to mind, of course, which character I would choose.
After a bit of reflection and reasoning, I realized it would have to be either Lizabeth or Misery, both of whom are weird and dead.
Lizabeth is from a story about "the City" and "the Underground"--the city being the modern world and the underground being a society stuck in the past, but don't tell, I'm not there yet--and the battles between the two. She's dead and she's supposed to be working for the devil, who disappeared a hundred years from the day the story starts. A boy she found cast out from society fifteen years ago, Jack, is the guardian of the underground, and there is some backstory and hidden drama there.
Misery is a reaper who lives in Manhattan and spends his time drinking and cursing and smoking. He's not all together a savory person. His girlfriend, Malice/Melinda, and his two best friends, Terror and Regret, live with him. They switch between the "dead version" of Manhattan and the real world--in the dead world, evil spirits called shadows roam around and steal souls, and it's their job to stop them. Misery had a rotten childhood and he hates most people. He's bitter, mean, and cold. But he has a good heart underneath all the violence and distrust.
I've been writing about Misery and his groupies for probably four years. Of all the things I've written, their stories stick in my mind the best. I had read a little blurb on Protag about retiring characters after a few years of use, and as I was considering this Team Protagonize story, that popped into my head.
Is it odd that I consider Misery someone I think life would be pretty empty without? I can't imagine not having him sitting around in my head, waiting to kill some shadows or defend Melinda, always in the most gruesome and explicit way possible (that's just him). I get a little nervous thinking about that.
In other news, I got really sick this morning and couldn't eat for most of the day. Damned medication's making my stomach turn to mush.
Link to my page:
http://www.protagonize.com/author/Laure
Anyway, there's this story called "Team Protagonize" which is really popular. Authors are allowed to use their favorite main characters and drop them into the plot at any point. Right now there are 72 chapters and 14 characters. I haven't decided if I want to join in (or even read all 72 chapters!).
This brought to mind, of course, which character I would choose.
After a bit of reflection and reasoning, I realized it would have to be either Lizabeth or Misery, both of whom are weird and dead.
Lizabeth is from a story about "the City" and "the Underground"--the city being the modern world and the underground being a society stuck in the past, but don't tell, I'm not there yet--and the battles between the two. She's dead and she's supposed to be working for the devil, who disappeared a hundred years from the day the story starts. A boy she found cast out from society fifteen years ago, Jack, is the guardian of the underground, and there is some backstory and hidden drama there.
Misery is a reaper who lives in Manhattan and spends his time drinking and cursing and smoking. He's not all together a savory person. His girlfriend, Malice/Melinda, and his two best friends, Terror and Regret, live with him. They switch between the "dead version" of Manhattan and the real world--in the dead world, evil spirits called shadows roam around and steal souls, and it's their job to stop them. Misery had a rotten childhood and he hates most people. He's bitter, mean, and cold. But he has a good heart underneath all the violence and distrust.
I've been writing about Misery and his groupies for probably four years. Of all the things I've written, their stories stick in my mind the best. I had read a little blurb on Protag about retiring characters after a few years of use, and as I was considering this Team Protagonize story, that popped into my head.
Is it odd that I consider Misery someone I think life would be pretty empty without? I can't imagine not having him sitting around in my head, waiting to kill some shadows or defend Melinda, always in the most gruesome and explicit way possible (that's just him). I get a little nervous thinking about that.
In other news, I got really sick this morning and couldn't eat for most of the day. Damned medication's making my stomach turn to mush.
Monday, July 20, 2009
I miss college
Today has been a really sucky day.
I sat around, stared at my computer, tried to organize my schedule so I know what classes I'm taking next spring/fall/spring and for summer school, stared at the ceiling, played with the cat, listened to my mom bitch about really unimportant things, ignored my sister's bad mood, and then sat around some more.
I HATE SUMMER.
I want something to do. I NEED something to do. If I'm not doing something than why even be awake? What a waste of time!
All my sister does all day (literally from midday until 3 AM) is watch CSI:NY or The Seeker. When I ask her to do other stuff with me she tells me to go away. So I spend all day alone in a full house. College is WAY better than this.
Not to mention that my dad works all day, comes home at night and watches golf and then goes to bed. And on the weekends, when he's not working, he sits at his computer and does boring things and won't talk to anyone because he's "busy". My mom is around, but I can't stand to talk to her for more than 20 minutes at a time, because we'll start fighting about something trivial.
I told her that I'm moving to New York this year, and she laughed and told me the future changes. My ass! I'm not coming back to this next summer. I'd much rather be working in LA or NYC in an internship and taking summer school. No way I'm coming home.
Mrgh I guess I'm just irritated but most of my friends do not lead such unfulfilled home lives. My parents don't know how to parent and my sister only knows how to be mean, grouchy, occasionally energetic and nice, or a slug. Not to mention they don't support most of my lifestyle choices which makes living at home doubly hard.
:( It's been a bad day.
I sat around, stared at my computer, tried to organize my schedule so I know what classes I'm taking next spring/fall/spring and for summer school, stared at the ceiling, played with the cat, listened to my mom bitch about really unimportant things, ignored my sister's bad mood, and then sat around some more.
I HATE SUMMER.
I want something to do. I NEED something to do. If I'm not doing something than why even be awake? What a waste of time!
All my sister does all day (literally from midday until 3 AM) is watch CSI:NY or The Seeker. When I ask her to do other stuff with me she tells me to go away. So I spend all day alone in a full house. College is WAY better than this.
Not to mention that my dad works all day, comes home at night and watches golf and then goes to bed. And on the weekends, when he's not working, he sits at his computer and does boring things and won't talk to anyone because he's "busy". My mom is around, but I can't stand to talk to her for more than 20 minutes at a time, because we'll start fighting about something trivial.
I told her that I'm moving to New York this year, and she laughed and told me the future changes. My ass! I'm not coming back to this next summer. I'd much rather be working in LA or NYC in an internship and taking summer school. No way I'm coming home.
Mrgh I guess I'm just irritated but most of my friends do not lead such unfulfilled home lives. My parents don't know how to parent and my sister only knows how to be mean, grouchy, occasionally energetic and nice, or a slug. Not to mention they don't support most of my lifestyle choices which makes living at home doubly hard.
:( It's been a bad day.
Dard-E-Disco
So we ditched the idea of doing the whole video.
Now we're doing a segment in which Navid and Zach will be waist-deep in water and half-naked, surrounded by bikini-clad backup dancers. YUSSSSSSS
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7iTtlOTMA
We're doing 2:50-4:00. The water part. It's going to be done in a fountain at Stanford. AMAZING
I didn't really talk to Rish about this part so I hope he's okay with it. If not it'll be filmed on my crappy camcorder.
HOORAY
And a lot of people are actually pretty into this--in the first 2 hours I got five replies back, very enthusiastic. But I need five more, unfortunately.
I was afraid there wouldn't be anyone in the group who would be comfortable being in this video, so.
Oh welllll. We'll see how it goes!
Now we're doing a segment in which Navid and Zach will be waist-deep in water and half-naked, surrounded by bikini-clad backup dancers. YUSSSSSSS
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7iTtlOTMA
We're doing 2:50-4:00. The water part. It's going to be done in a fountain at Stanford. AMAZING
I didn't really talk to Rish about this part so I hope he's okay with it. If not it'll be filmed on my crappy camcorder.
HOORAY
And a lot of people are actually pretty into this--in the first 2 hours I got five replies back, very enthusiastic. But I need five more, unfortunately.
I was afraid there wouldn't be anyone in the group who would be comfortable being in this video, so.
Oh welllll. We'll see how it goes!
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