Jazmee27 
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I was so disappointed that for a moment I contemplated not watching the finale next week
As Mom pointed out, "You know you want to see it"
And Fox is messing around with the schedule: "Idol" is on Tuesday again (Grandma's not sure if it's Wednesday or thursday, but I wouldn't take herword for it - I'd also check NFB Newsline
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Reply #361. May 17 12, 9:11 PM
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Jazmee27
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Last night I saw a preview for a show coming in mid June to Investigation Discovery. It's called "Blood Relatives."
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Reply #362. May 18 12, 8:58 AM
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Jazmee27
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Iwas wondering what happened to these (seeing the titles prompted me to exclaim "oh--look at that!" Technically, I'm refering to the others, not this one necessarily)
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I thought of a new story idea last night. Actually, it’s one I’ve had but was never able to do due to how the story turned out.
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Reply #363. May 18 12, 2:17 PM
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Jazmee27
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STILL HAVEN'T DONE IT
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The idea is this:
Talia Williams has a crush on Ontario Gonzales. He doesn’t like her as anything other than a friend; he tries to convey the message, but either he isn’t doing a good job, or she’s not listening. He finally gives up trying and starts ignoring her, focusing more intently upon his studies.
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Reply #364. May 18 12, 2:18 PM
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Jazmee27
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NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
Well, not like that (more later)
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And then, a new student—Isabelle McConnaughey—comes to the school, and all the students meet in the auditorium for a welcoming dance. Shortly before they’re to go in, Ontario glances across the hall, rolls his eyes and comments to his twin Alonso, “Ugh!” He then explains that he’s not looking forward to this, as Talia no doubt expects him to dance with her. “She just doesn’t get that I’m not interested in her the way she’s interested in me.”
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Reply #365. May 18 12, 2:21 PM
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Jazmee27
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NAME MIX-UP?
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The rest of the idea isn’t exactly well formed, as Isabelle’s Tiffany’s character and not mine. But what I’d like to happen is for Belle to make a suggestion in Ontario’s mind that the two of them should dance. And they only become friends, as her heart is already spoken for, and he is smart enough to know that if he felt any attraction at all initially, it was nothing more than enfatuation, and so he’s waiting for his special someone as well.
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Reply #366. May 18 12, 2:22 PM
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Jazmee27
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OH!
I get it now: I was considering how to rewrite things
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Of course, when Preston and Harmony do become the school’s guest and student, Talia does everything she can to complicate matters. But no matter what she does, it doesn’t change the outcome.
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Talia still presents a complication--but I haven't introduced her yet. Technically, she's a student at the School, but so are a dozen or so names that aren't mentioned a this time.
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Reply #367. May 18 12, 2:25 PM
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Jazmee27
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PRELIMINARY
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I don’t profess to understand the concept. What makes people so certain that, just because another person knows/is related to/is friends with a criminal, he/she must be a criminal, too? Someone explain the logic of that one, ‘cause clearly I’m missing something!
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Reply #368. May 18 12, 2:26 PM
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Jazmee27
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Some of my writings attempt to help me understand; I guess you could say, the warped reasoning. On one hand, you have the Dark, who target someone for elimination or assassination purely on the basis that he or she is affiliated with the Forces of Light. Doesn’t matter how good a fighter they are; Light means Enemy, and therefore worthy of death. And age purely is inconsequential as well—whether one is two, eight, or 48; the end is always the same. The only thing that varies is the method used to inflict the maximum agony imaginable (some Dark Ones, believe it or not, prefer using fists or feet to knives, spears, or even magical weapons).
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Reply #369. May 18 12, 2:27 PM
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Jazmee27
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it's either GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION or IMPERSONATION
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And then you have the Light, who are divided on the whole “guilt by association” thing. Depending where you are in the Universe, and where you are in life, this might still be widely believed (the vast majority of Sentorians hold this belief, for example, while those who uphold such treatment are the minority in Scenoria). And, more than likely, their primary weapon (we’re only talking magical community here, as none of my fictional stories—at this point, at any rate—focus on the nonmagical [or human] world) is some sort of magical weapon, or maybe a modified version of a nonmagical invention.
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Reply #370. May 18 12, 2:28 PM
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Jazmee27
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THAT'S ANOTHER PRELIMINARY
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As I prepare to rewrite my dramatized story—indeed, even the written version of my stories—my mind keeps traveling to the original story line, then to the second series, and to where I went wrong.
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Reply #371. May 18 12, 2:29 PM
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Jazmee27
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FIRST SERIES
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A big part of the problem is that I kept retaping the same scene onto different tapes—using several different recorders—and, each time, losing more and more quality. I kept this up until I couldn’t bear to listen (it was so garbled or distorted or echoing…)
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Reply #372. May 18 12, 2:30 PM
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Jazmee27
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There will always be some distortion, but what I'm talking about was too much
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And, of course, there was what I did to my main character. I made him (ooh, how do I say this?) into… a wimp, I guess you could say, a little boy (he was fifteen or sixteen and, in the magical community, that’s basically an adult) afraid of his own shadow, continually locked in the past, wracked with guilt and “what ifs”. And at first, it was all right (my friend and co-author, while she can’t stand such immature behavior herself, was helping me come up with scenes between her main character and mine, and I was able to keep writing scenes myself. But then…
The only way I can describe it is I just “lost all respect for” my main character, and began switching who the main character was. And I found myself distressed by this, because I pour a substantial amount of myself into my characters, and so I couldn’t really change main characters. So, decision? Rewrite the whole thing!
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Some words are repeated to many damn times. I'm tempted to sleep :(
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Reply #373. May 18 12, 2:32 PM
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Jazmee27
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I'm combining similarities of both now
And I'm more accepting of the "too much is happening too fast," bu only if I can (a) follow my thought process later, and (b) if it is done well (i.e., realistic enough). Yes, there can be fantastical elements, but it CAN'T be so far fetched as to seem stupid.
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Of course, the second version of events wasn’t much better: This time, the characters were younger, one bad thing after another happened (or, as one of my characters noted, everything happened at once), and in the end I just couldn’t do it any more.
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Reply #374. May 18 12, 2:37 PM
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Jazmee27
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So now it’s back to the drawing board, and I’m combining details. But, for the sake of minimizing confusion, those stories—the ones in which I outline my ideas—must wait.
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Reply #375. May 18 12, 2:38 PM
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Jazmee27
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Sometimes I think the healing process has started, others I think it never will [or that it's stagnating]
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If it hadn’t been for Ethan, I don’t know how I’d have survived the first year living on my own. Life has been that hard.
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Reply #376. May 18 12, 2:40 PM
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Jazmee27
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Some of my stories are so hard to write, I think, because the parallel to my "real" life is too great
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Oh, don’t get me wrong, it’s been great at times—but the mental anguish I felt at intervals was so all-consuming… still is sometimes, but I’m doing everything I can to beat any depression (constant “doom and gloom,” which I can’t stand [writing helps sometimes, talking to friends at others, and sometimes reading or listening to a book {like right now, I’m listening to ‘Snow Angels’ by Fern Michaels}]).
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Reply #377. May 18 12, 2:42 PM
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Jazmee27
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SUPER CRITICAL? HARD ON MYSELF? OH, YEAH!
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I love my little apartment, don’t get me wrong, but I still miss living with Mom so much that, some days, I feel my heart will break. And I yearn for the days my balance was better, and before the nightmare with the bus company and the school started, and dream of hopes destroyed…
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Reply #378. May 18 12, 2:43 PM
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Jazmee27
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“The walls between/You and I/Always pushing us apart nothing left but scars fight after fight/The space between/Our calm and rage/started growing shorter, disappearing slowly day after day… The older I get/Will I get over it/It's been way too long for the times we missed/I didn't know then it would hurt like this”
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Reply #379. May 18 12, 2:55 PM
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Jazmee27
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As I wrote this story, I heard that song (and have again many times since)
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How did the two story lines end up so different? Part of it, I suppose, is that I added new characters. And part of it was that Tiffany changed her polot lines, so I was forced to do likewise. But maybe I went too far, cut out some things I may have wanted…
Ah, well, there’s always round three. And I’ve had plenty of time to think back on the first two, and start thinking about what I do and don’t want.
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Reply #380. May 18 12, 3:04 PM
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