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Take one: The Tale of the Impossible Journey of Screen Writing
Once upon a time, there were two girls. We'll call them Adri and Bee. One warm May evening, Adri was struck with an idea. Like a mad woman, she began to write it down. Eventually, though, she ran out of ideas, and put the story away.
Although she put the story to rest, she never stopped thinking about it. She heard a song: she thought up a scene for the story. She saw a painting: she thought up dialogue her characters would say if they, too, were were viewing the painting. On and on this went, and it never stopped. This could only mean two things. She needed to write, or she had split personality. Putting her theory of split personality aside, Adri took out the story and began to write again, knowing it was the only solution to make all this excessive story plotting go away.
And on she wrote. And wrote. And then, again, she stopped. It just didnt feel right. She thought this a sign that the story wasnt meant to be and put it aside, once more. But, again, she couldn't get it out of her head. The more she thought about it, the more she realized: this story wasn't meant to be read, it was meant to be seen. It was meant for film.
Never before has something felt so right to Adri. The next Wednesday morning, she logged onto her computer and Googled every thing she could about screenwriting. Finally, she felt ready, (well... as ready as she could) to write a script.
One not-so-warm May evening, a whole year later, she sat down on her bed, took out her purple pen, and opened to the first page in her new notebook. She sat. And waited. And when nothing came out, she panicked. How was she going to do this? She knew nothing about script writing? She didnt know how to take an idea, and turn it into a hour and a half film.
What was she thinking?
She called the first number in her phonebook: Bee.
She spewed her worries for minutes before Bee finally calmed her down.
I'll help you she said.
And like that, the journey to screenwriting began.
This is that story.
I'm ready for summer.
I'm ready for pastel colors and canvas shoes.
I'm ready for a nap.
I'm ready for today to be over.
I'm ready for people to grow up.
I'm ready for them to get over themselves and quit acting so stupid.
I'm ready for them to realize they're really not that special.
I'm ready to understand physics.
And math.
And history.
I'm ready to stop feeling so inadequate.
I'm ready to wake up and start living.
I'm ready for a nap.
I'm ready for lunch.
I'm ready to start driving.
I'm ready for March.
I'm ready for people to open their eyes.
I'm ready for that moment.
I'm ready to be done waiting for that moment.
I'm ready to get my eyebrows properly waxed.
I'm ready to get my nails done.
I'm ready for a blog renovation.
I'm ready for people to actually read my blog.
I'm ready for a popsicle.
I'm ready to watch The O.C.
I'm ready to write letters.
I'm ready my phone to stop losing service in physics
I'm ready for that.
I'm ready for this.
I'm ready to know.
But mostly,
I'm ready for a nap.
What are you ready for?
- Adri
Today was pajama day at school.
Thank you Cottonwood High School for doing a crappy job of promoting spirit week - thus resulting in me wearing a dress/cardi/leather-legging combo, when I COULD be wearing my pajamas.
*sigh*
O well.
There's always next year.
And bad days, and such.
Speaking of bad days...
My temper is incredibly short, these days. I don't know why. But I can be perfectly content - talking about Spring and warmth one second, and the next I get irritated that someone even tries to talk to me. Or I can be joking about how hungry I am, while driving home from school. Then all the sudden Im home, storming into the house, stomping up the stairs, and throwing my stuff on the floor. And all I want to do is slam doors.
I don't know what my problem is.
But all I know is it needs to be fixed.
I need to cleanse myself with Temper-Be-Gone.
So to do so, I have decided to do a few things.
- Enter the Owl City music video contest (Though, this is proving to be more stressful than it is helpful. But we will touch on that subject momentarily.)
- Extensively plan Rachels birthday party
- Ask/Plan/Go to Sweethearts, my high schools Valentines Day dance.
For this Owl City contest we are challenged to make a 90 second music video to Vanilla Twilight by Owl City.
I figured, hey, this is kidna perfect.
I love Owl City. I love filmmaking. I especially love making music video type things.
The song we're to work with, as I said, is Vanilla Twilight.
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Today my sister left on a mission.
I dont mean that in a mystery-google-mission type of way.
I mean she is literally serving an LDS mission and was dropped off at the MTC today.
Amanda is a wonderful, strong, nerdy, inspiring person.
And for the next eighteen months I'll miss her more than I can fathom.
But I'm proud of her.
And thats all I can say about that without turning into a blubbering whale.
(P.s. I have awesome friends. Thank you for being you.)
Question of the day - who, or what, do you miss? Lets all get nostalgic and try not to cry, yeah?
-Adriana
Oh goodness.
Its been a while.
I apologize.
However,
I have a valid excuse.
This past week was the last week of the term.
So I spent the entire week
- Catching up with homework,
- Studying for tests,
- Praying I could sleep.
Not much fun, at all.
If it werent for my phone,
My email inbox would still have unread messages right now.
I dont think I got on the computer once.
However, its done.
And next week is a new start.
Which is good, cause thats what I need.
Anyways,
Due to the end of the term,
Today we didnt have school.
Which is always glorious.
I woke up incredibly late which felt incredibly good,
For my lack of sleep this week was incredibly ridiculous.
Incredibly.
Once awake, nourished, and dressed,
My sister and I set off to Wal*Mart to buy tie-dye kits, and to Target to buy white t-shirts.
I think you can assume what we then proceeded to do.
I'll post pictures of how they turn out later.
Right now, though,
They are wrapped up in plastic bags
Baking in the oven.
....
Figuratively, course.
Not literally.
After tie-dying and catching up on Conan O Brien,
My sister and I met up with my other sister for a lovely night of sushi, dumplings, and conversation.
I am extremely grateful for my sisters - I cant even begin to explain.
If it werent for them
I would never go to chic places like that,
Doing chic things like eating sushi,
Feeling like a mini-adult.
Thank goodness for older cool sisters, yeah?
Speaking of my older sisters,
Amanda is silently pressuring me to get off my blog so we can get a movie stated.
(My Sisters Keeper)
(Ironic, with all this talk of sisters and all.)
I promise to not take a week long break in between this and my next post.
I will be a more diligent blogger!
Stay tuned.
-Adriana
(By the by, to keep the sister-theme going, check out Ingrids blog. ingridmartinez.wordpress.com)
Today, my sister hugged me and said:
"Oh, but youre not my mermaid anymore! I miss her already!"
Why did she say this, you may ask?
Because today I cut my hair.
Not too much shorter, dont fret.
But there is definitely a significant difference in my length.
Its been long for a very long time, now.
I was just ready for something different.
And its strange,
putting my hand behind my back,
and having to reach a little bit higher to grab my hair,
But I really like it.
Due to technology, and records,
When I went to get my hair cut today,
They put me with the same girl who cut my hair before.
And I was really happy, because last time she cut my hair I loved it.
But a part of me was a little disappointed.
As I was sitting with my head in the sink,
While she shampooed my hair
And asked me the standard cordial questions,
I tried to figure out why I was disappointed.
The only metaphor I could come up with,
Was that hair dressers are like one night stands.
ONS, if you will.
Theres something exciting,
And comforting, almost,
Knowing that this new person who will cut your hair knows nothing about you.
Theres no awkwardness, and follow up questions about the last time you visited.
"So... did you ever buy a diffuser?"
"Did you still use that product?"
"Hows that guy you were telling me about?"
Its like...
Its been weeks.
How do you remember what we talked about?
I dont know how to answer your questions, because I certainly dont remember the conversation.
If you get the right (new) hair dresser,
They're quiet.
They ask the right amount of questions,
They're polite,
But their main goal is to cut your hair as best they can.
Sure, a regular hair dresser knows what you want,
Remembers how to make you happy,
But sometimes they get too comfortable.
And forget that,
Though you've been there before,
You would still like the best.
But a new hair dresser is always on their best behavior,
Trying to impress.
And with a new hair dresser,
Theres the comfort in knowing that if you dont like them,
You'll never have to see them again.
They disappoint you once, and thats it.
They're gone.
With a regular hair dresser,
If you keep going back,
And you like them every time,
If they one day do a bad job,
Its so much more disappointing.
You almost feel decieved.
....
This sounds a lot dirtier typed out than it did in my head.
I think,
a couple of hours ago when I first had the thought,
the metaphor went a little differently in my head.
But you take what you can get, yeah?
I dont know anything about a one night stand.
I promise I'm not a Pervy Perv.
....
Maybe instead, we should change the metaphor to dates, instead of one night stands?
....
I cut my hair today.
-Adriana
I promised myself that I was going to write in my blog today.
And I think, earlier today, I actually had something to say.
But I dont remember what it was, as I've just fried my brain with AP US History.
Bleh.
It is the last day of the Christmas break, and it is 9:14 PM.
Only 9:14, and I feel like I'm up well past my bedtime.
Already, my mind has gone into school mode.
It isnt fair.
That they give us these incredibly long glorious breaks.
And that they expect us to go back to school like its no problem.
Well it is.
A problem, I mean.
I've gotten use to 11:00 PM excursions to the RedBox,
And late night trips to the gas station.
I'm used to being on the computer until 1:00 in the morning,
Texting till 2:00,
Reading till 3:00,
And talking till 5:30
And I have DEFINITELY gotten used to wearing sweatpants and a sweat shirt all day.
Yeah.
School tomorrow is gonna suck.
*Sigh*
All I know,
Is that I'm trying to enjoy the last few hours of Christmas break.
Which is a little hard to do,
because Christmas is officially over at the Martinez household.
We took down our Christmas tree today.
Its a bittersweet feeling.
On one hand you want to take it down,
Becuase after Christmas,
It just looks sad in your living room.
All lifeless, and with no presents.
But on the other hand,
You want to keep it up forever.
To extend the Christmas spirit all year.
Because,
Lets be honest,
Not much matches the feeling of
Those 4 days surrounding and including Christmas.
(MAYBE
The first days of spring.
And being outside, at night, in the middle of the summer.
But thats it.)
*Sigh. Again*
Well, I've officially blogged myself into depression.
Here's to school in 2010.
Here's also a picture of our Christmas tree, in its glory days.
-Adriana
I feel like a blog traitor, not writing in my other blog.
But eventually you fill up all the pages in your journal.
And it's time for a new one.
And the story's the same,
It just has a different cover.
New year, new blog, and whatsit.
I was talking about starting a health blog with Rach and Kolbie.
I know.
What on earth do I know about being healthy?
Nothing.
Which is what the blog is for.
To help motivate and educate us.
But what about those days when I don't want to talk about salads and running?
What about those days when I want to write about cupcakes?
I can't very well write about that in a health blog.
That would be rude.
So I started a new blog.
So that today,
I can write about cupcakes.
Yesterday was the first day of the year.
So naturally my first order of business was to make cupcakes.
I had been determined to do so the entire week, but never got around to it.
So yesterday, I finally did.
I got the recipe. the ingredients, and the courage, and I walked into the kitchen.
An hour and a half later, my cupcakes were complete.
Made from complete scratch, they looked a little lopsided but were incredibly delectable.
Rather than explain the entire process to you,
Which I'm sure is what you want me to do,
Ive condensed it into a 3 minute long video for your viewing pleasure.
Click below to watch.
But I warn you,
It is just me baking.
For three minutes.
I like to think its interesting,
But if you dont find it so, I understand.
But watch it for the song.
December by Norah Jones.
Its a beautiful song.
Its interesting,
As I was making the batter and the frosting,
I was very untrusting of the recipe.
Here I am,
Dumping two sticks of butter, and an entire block of cream cheese into a bowl
...
Theres NO way this could ever turn into frosting.
Or anything but artery clogging lard, for that matter.
But it did.
Just like the recipe said it would,
It did.
I followed it blindly,
I didnt have faith in it.
But it delivered, just like it said it would.
Happy 2010.
=)
I would do a New Year post, but I feel like this entry should be strictly cupcake related.
Perhaps I'll do another post about it.
Perhaps today?
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
We'll see.
-Adriana