Look Challenge – thanks to Karen at Different Corners in My Life who tagged me in this challenge. The rules are to find the word ‘look’ in my WIP and then post a few paragraphs around that word. This is from Ink: A Permanent Love Story. My MC, Emilynn, is moving to New York City after inheriting a lot of money from her father who recently passed away. She has serious trust issues to deal with along with trying to reconcile how she feels about herself with how others see her. Not sure if you will get that from this passage, but it is kind of funny. Oh, and, they are sitting in an airplane.
This may be a strange thing to admit given my circumstances, but since I have determined that most guys are liars, my confidence when talking to them has risen. Like the knowledge they are untrustworthy in general makes me more able to be myself. It is a weird twist to my behavior that I have noticed, lately. And, it seems guys that I have never been attracted to are the ones hitting on my. I must be giving out some pitiful sad girl vibe that these type of guys are attracted to. Even this guy senses it. “It is nice.” I said as I lean in and offer him my glass, “taste for yourself.” “David.” We both turn to look across the aisle and there is the guys wife and kid. And, the wife looked pist. At me. She needs to check her husband. It could be a symptom of my new found wealth, as well. I mean, lets face it, having a million dollars in the bank makes me walk a little taller. Makes me talk with a bit more confidence. Having money makes me hot.Month: September 2012
Sydney Quotes The Dowager Countess of Grantham
To celebrate Maggie Smith winning an Emmy for her roles as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham. I decided to post some of my favorite lines from season one and two of Downton Abbey, my new favorite show.
She is such a smart ass, you know, for a Lady. Read each of them out loud with your best English accent. For my English friends, just read it in your regular voice. Enjoy!
“Why does every day involve a fight with an American?” – in reference to sitting in a swivel chair invented by Thomas Jefferson.
“So that’s Mary’s replacement. Well, I suppose looks aren’t everything.”
“I have plenty of friends I don’t like.”
“Last night! He looked so well. Of course it would happen to a foreigner. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house.”
“Is this an instrument of communication or torture?” -in reference to a telephone being installed at Downton.
“Why do you always have to pretend to be nicer then the rest of us?” -her chastising her son for his optimistic outlook on most things.
“I couldn’t have electricity in the house, I wouldn’ t sleep a wink. All those vapors floating about.”
“No. She isn’t until she is married, then her husband will tell her what her opinions are.” -in reference to her granddaughter having an opinion.
“Edith, you are a Lady, not Toad of Toad Hall.”
“I’m a woman Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
“I don’t dislike him, I just don’t like him. Which is quite different.” -Logic of Lady Grantham
“No doubt you will regard this as rather unorthodox, my pushing into a man’s bedroom uninvited.”
“I was watching her the other night, when you spoke of your wedding. She looked like Juliet on awakening in the tomb.”
“Don’t be defeatist, dear, it’s very middle class.” – my favorite line in two seasons.
Do you watch Downton Abbey? What is your favorite Lady Grantham line?
Sydney Quotes the Movies – Super 8
I know I am a little late seeing this movie, but I was confused. I thought it was a kids movie about aliens. I didn’t realize it was just a movie with a lot of kids in it.
It was not a kids movie. And, it was really good.
I was blown away by the cast and the acting skills of these kids. This movie covered some pretty heavy material and these kids did an amazing job.
You have a group of kids making a horror movie for a film competition and while taping one night, a car crashes into a military train carrying some questionable cargo. The train derails and the kids find themselves in a horror movie in real life.
“Stop talking about production value, the Air Force is going to kill us.”
“Guys, I have never had a teacher aim a gun at me!”
“I can’t believe we’re breaking into the school. Who does that? Nobody does that. Idiots do that.”
“Kids walking around with there own stereo is just what we need. It’s a slippery slope, my friend.” -Funny ipod reference.
“I think it’s the Russians.”
“I’m just kind of shocked at this entire conversation.”
“I’m thirsty. I’m in a war zone.”
“I’m just doing the best I can to save you.”
“Bad things happened. You can still live.”
It was an intense action packed movie. I would expect nothing less from JJ Abrams and Steven Spielburg, but it was sweet and funny, too. Joel Courtney is just too cute and acted his butt off in this movie. You don’t hear too much about male kid movie stars anymore and this kids is just that. I am looking forward to seeing some of his other movies. I had no idea how good he was, plus, he is the most famous person I have following me on Twitter. How cool is that?
Have you seen Super 8? What kid was your favorite?
Tattoo Tuesday – I don’t like my tattoo.
I know how Marvin feels. I didn’t like one of my tattoo’s, either. I had a great idea and a unique image reference, but my tattoo artist couldn’t quite capture my vision.
The tattoo didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
So, I had a few options. I could have pouted and cried, threatened and accused, or criticized and complained.
And, I did a little bit of all that. But in the end, I realized it was my tattoo. No one else’s. So, I could either cut my wrist off or I could learn to love it. The former wasn’t a viable option. Especially for a writer, I kind of need my hand.
I talked to the original artist and between of the two of us, we came up with a way to covered part of the bad tattoo with another image and still keep the same story and created a better tattoo.
It still isn’t perfect. But, I learned to love my tattoo.
If you get a tattoo and you don’t like it, there are options besides self mutilation (yeah, I get the irony of that statement considering some people think tattoos are a form of body mutilation):
- If you don’t like your tattoo or it didn’t turn out the way you envisioned, say something to your tattoo artist. If he is good, he will change it or adjust it to make sure you are happy leaving his shop. His reputation is on the line.
- Go to another artist and see if they have any ideas on how to change it or improve it. Fresh eyes may be the key to creating something good our of something bad.
- Cover it up by incorporating it into a larger piece (not an option for my wrist tattoo, I have no more skin surface).
- Live with it. Your tattoo may not be perfect, but it is uniquely yours. And, it doesn’t change the story behind why you got the tattoo in the first place.
Do you have a tattoo you’re not 100% happy with? What did you do about?
Related post: My wrist tattoo redux.My Weekly Update – Daisies and Dinner
Daisy Award
One of my lovely critique partners, Kathleen, has bestowed on me an award. Thank you, thank you. I happily accept the Daisy Award. The rules:
- Link to the person that nominated you. – done
- List seven unusual things about yourself. – done
- Nominate some worthy bloggers. – done
- I watch Of Mice and Men the other day and got a blog post out of it. Stay tuned.
- I watch The Hunger Games two nights ago and am not sure if I liked it or not. What did you think?
- I watch The Rite this week and I don’t care for devil movies much, but this one was interesting. Although in Anthony Hopkin’s character, let me know if you saw Hannibal Lecter instead of Father Lucas at times.
- One of the four English channels I have access to is the National Geographic Channel and have been utterly fascinated with shows like Locked up Abroad, Doomsday Preppers and Wicked Tuna. Is there something wrong with me?
- I had tacos for dinner tonight. We made them ourselves and they were so good.
- I finally wrote 1,000 words of original fiction today, the first time in about a week. It felt good.
- I got to mark off an item on my restaurant Bucket List. Last night I went to Mr. & Mrs. Bund. Totally exceeded my expectations. My favorite was the Corn Vanilla Veloute w/cornflakes. Weird, but so so good.
More photos from my dinner last night at Mr. & Mrs. Bund.
The last two photos are of a desert called Lemon & Lemon Tart. It’s a candied lemon skin filled with lemon sorbet and lemon curd and vanilla chantilly. Now I am not sure what all that is, but it was yummy.
Blog Love My blog love this weeks goes to WordFalls Services and her editing tips. They have been super helpful to me during this month of editing. Check her out. New Followers and my nominees for the Daisy Award. Steve Vernon from Yours in Storytelling The Eye of Faith Shah Wharton Next Weeks Schedule Tuesday – Tattoo Tuesday Wednesday – Sydney Quotes the Movies Friday – Blog post Sunday – My Weekly UpdateWhat did you watch last week? What did you eat last week? What did you edit last week?
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