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[Apr. 14th, 2007|12:16 pm] |
David Day #4 was YET ANOTHER FAILURE. I even tried walking really slow to wait for him to catch up with me so I could talk to him after seminary got out, but he was always like three hundred yards behind me! Seriously, I have no idea what he does once we leave the classroom. Maybe he uses the bathroom... yeaaah, I have no clue. But once he actually DID catch up to me I was talking to Mikey, Matt, and Ismael, so I couldn't talk to him.
@#!!$**@!!
I am losing confidence now (and I can't even spell it right, geez). That kid... psh. All the other opportunities I've WASTED, and now that I'm all gung-ho about talking to him no situations ever pop up for me to take hold of. SON OF A GUN. Will I ever be able to befriend David? See for yourself in Monday's episode, "David Day #5"!
Went to the Utah Blaze (our AFL team) game last night, and we kicked Los Angeles' BUTETOX. An extremely entertaining game, there were these amazing fumble recovers and the opposing team just basically had a hard time keeping hold of the ball. But it was especially entertaining since my two nephews and my older brother were there. My nephew Kenny (almost 5) is just a dork ("That says Taco Bell!") and Robert (10... or 11) likes to ask and say random things ("What's Full Throttle?").
Tonight we're inviting my brother and his family over for my dad's "pre-birthday" since they'll be out of town on his real birthday (the 23rd). We bought my dad a Wii and are really excited to give it him and try it out ourselves--!! He's totally going to love it because he has been trying to get one since Christmas last year. My little brother has played a Wii before at his friends house and says that it's really, really fun. I'm glad, there's nothing worse than buying something only to find out that it's not all that it's cracked out to be ("Say crack again."--"Crack."), like FFX-2, which was the ONLY Final Fantasy title besides Crystal Chronicles that I bought it was a complete dud. Lame filler story to kind of tie-up loose ends left at the end of FFX. The ending of FFX-2 was fabulous, but the game play was retarded and there seriously wasn't any real plot to the whole thing and it was REAAALLY boring. Yeah, so I just watched the ending on YouTube, haha. No, but seriously, I have a short attention span at is it when it comes to RPG games, and FFX-2 did nothing to help supress that.
I'm real surprised how much I got into all of the Kingdom Hearts games. I guess I just really enjoyed how they jumped right into the story and that it had so much depth and principal buried in it that it was hard to not want to keep playing. And the characters--AHH THE CHARACTERS--were so stinkin' real. Really, when I think of a game that developes each and every one of their characters to realism Kingdom Hearts immediately comes to mind. Sora and Roxas are the most developed (in my opinion) and have the most depth to their personalities. Although Roxas probably has the upperhand when it comes to depth because of his semi-tragic story of who he really is and how his life was basically a lie. Probably the best tragic hero I have ever seen not only in games, but also in literature, television and movies.
Okay, I'm done babbling about video games, I swear! But really, the develope of characters in stories is what intrigues me the most. The plot in any book, film or game could be fool proof and outstanding in all aspects but if the characters placed into that plot aren't so much then the story will ultimately fail. This is perhaps why FFX-2 failed to interest me, because of not only its lack of plot but also its failure at developing any of the characters. Even Yuna's character was sadly watered down and uninteresting. This is where (from what I've read about and seen clips of) FFX and most other Final Fantasy games triumph is because of the fact that their characters are EXTREMELY well done. If you look at some of the plots of these games--well, they're not that original. Most of them are cliched and you've seen them before. But thanks to the strong characters placed into the situation the story manages to take on a life of its own and thus take an overused plot to an entirely new level.
So, the moral of the story is: CHARACTERS SHOULD ALWAYS OUTSHINE THE PLOT.
In my opinion, if your plot is more amazing than your characters, then the character will not live up to their full potential and will seem dull and out of place in the setting that they are in. A superb plot should be accompanied by superb characters. So, if we were take this and put it into a mathmatical expression it'd probably look something like this...
CHARACTERS ≥ PLOT
Seriously I don't know why I'm saying this. It's really not my right to tell people how to write a story, since I'm not a great writer myself. So, if you think otherwise it's totally cool! Because this is just MY opinion. This is just a reader/writer stating what, to her, makes a story interesting. The end. I know, you're tearing up. That was the most amazing story you're EVER going to read in your life. Aww.
Tonight (after my dad's b-day party) I will be heading out for night games down at Cenntenial Park with a bunch of people, I'm waaay excited. It's like... pimp, yo. I love night games, they're the bomb. Personally I think that tonight we should play Sardines. |
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[Apr. 12th, 2007|04:31 pm] |
Yeaaah. David Day #3 1/2 wasn't anything special. I didn't even notice him in the lunch room until Kylee pointing him out. Okay, David Day #4. It will be ROCKIN', I swear--I'll totally get something out of it.
Not much to say about today's events. But whoa, I actually got a 3.8 last quarter! I thought for sure that, at best, I'd be getting a 3.7 GPA, so you can imagine how happy I was to see that I got a 3.8. Woo-yeah--!! 4.0 HERE I COME--!!
Well, my throne of thought AKA the toiley is calling me, as is the b-ball court. I seriously need to practice hardcore before the three-on-three tournament in May. Speaking of which... kind of need to pay that fee at some point. Hmm... I'll have to remember that and lunch money tomorrow. Okay, mental note. Which I'll probably forget...
...wait, who am I? |
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[Apr. 11th, 2007|09:08 pm] |
Okay, so David Day #3 was a TOTAL FAILURE. He came in really late to class (so late I actually thought that he wasn't there) so I didn't have the chance at the beginning to speak with him. At the end of class we were standing around waiting for the bell to ring and he was standing right behind me and Breeann--AND I TOTALLY IGNORED THE OPPORTUNITY. GRRR! I'm such an idiot! I even prayed last night and asked Heavenly Father to give me a chance where I could try to talk to David and then he gave me one and I didn't even use it. As Grandmère from the Princess Diaries would say: Pffui! (And then of course she would probably begin to swear in French. But we're not going down that lane, bubba.) At least I have the same lunch as him tomorrow. Hopefully I can make up for today's failure with a little extra credit. But I doubt it, since apparently I'm such a wuss. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME, SERIOUSLY?!?! It's JUST a boy. I'm not talking to a freakin' celeb here--it's just David, of whom I lovingly like to refer to as "Davido" since he kind of strikes me as one.
So would it be kind of bad if I had everyone tell Troy to ask me to Prom?
...yeah, I kind of figured it would be. I don't know, really. I would enjoy going to Prom, but it's not like it's the top priority on my list. In fact, getting a 4.0 this quarter would be far more pleasant than any dance. But still... JUNIOR PROM. You'd think that I could get a date to it. But, hmmm... nope. I'm apparently undatable. But then again, so are like 3/4 of the girls in my grade, because not that many gals that I know have been asked. Well, Kylee W. has, but that's 'cause her and Albo are seemingly in love. Don't even get me on the topic of Albert. I used to be really happy for her, but he really forces a lot of things on her and she has already crossed line on him. NOTHING DIRTY. But still... she drew a line in the sand, and suddenly now that a guy likes her they've been pulled out to sea by this giant tidal wave of love, or something.
It turned out that my AP test wasn't so hard. It was only sixty questions long (versus the regular eighty), and this time we didn't even have an essay to do! AND we could use our books. It was great. And I was totally able to copy down the answers that I didn't have on my worksheets from Brittni in first period, so I actually had everything done and ready to hand in. Score one for the boys back home!
Rachel asked me to come over to her house for dinner on Sunday. I was surprised at the reason why... believe me, not what I had expected. But I generally don't like hanging out with other people's families, so I kind of made up that I'll be out of town on Sunday. I don't know why I'm such a homebody, but I seriously hate leaving the comfort of home. I should probably learn to get over that at some point... but she was planning on asking Mike (her beaux) if he would come to protect her. If he bails, I think that I may say that plans were canceled and be a good friend and support her. And she totally went out on a limb because she considers me a close friend when she told me the reason, so I don't want her to feel like I don't care about her situation. If I don't end up going, I'll most definitely call her Sunday morning and wish her, "Good luck!"
Okay, David Day #3 1/2 is tomorrow. PLEASE let me make some use of it. Only one more quarter to get him to actually become my newest boyfriend. |
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[Apr. 10th, 2007|09:54 pm] |
Holy smacks tomorrow is a David Day. (Yes, they are now officially named that. I'm kind of creepy, but I really want to see if I can actually do this, I guess.)
I found out today that Troy likes me. Apparently he was texting lots of people trying to get my number. It's very flattering--but I'm seriously not into that whole borderline gay thing like Kylee W. is! I like the type of boy who is an outright... well, dude. No guessing. I can look at him and think, "Hah! SO not gay." When I first met Troy... yeah, I wondered. I don't like to wonder. I know, I seem like a very deep and thoughtful gal, but in all-out truth I am very simple and want simple things. Like a guy that I don't have to guess about his sexual orientation. (Okay, so wanting to own Disneyland isn't so simple of a dream... but that's besides the point.)
...wait, is orientation even the right word to use there?
Well, hopefully I don't have to deny Troy. I don't think that the atmosphere at National's for FCCLA would be very--uhh, well, pleasant, to say the least. Yeaaah. Talk about awkward. I could totally see Troy telling Mickey Mouse when we go to Disneyland. And then having Mickey annouce over the park that I'm a cold hearted biotch. Hmm... interesting developement there, we'll have to get back to that.
Speaking of National's, me and Kylee's names are totally on the school website! Dig it, yo.
http://rivertonhigh.com/
Sooo... pretty much we're celebs now. Us and our little entrepeneurship. If I even spelled that right. It's nice that National's an in Anaheim, though. Totally the best excuse to head off to Disneyland for three days. AKA Paradise/Heaven/it'd be twice as great if I was ACTUALLY FRIENDS WITH DAVID. Okay, I'm really obsessing over that, aren't I? Strange how it festered into stalker mode so quickly. Usually takes a little longer. Like... the summer. And then I come back the next year with a "I HEART DAVID" shirt or something. Okay, not really. I think that he's actually just a distraction that is my attempt at making school more interesting now that it has gotten slow since the end of the year is drawing oh-so-near.
So AP US History test tomorrow. Am I ready? NO WAY JOSE. KILL ME NOW. And I still have have of my WS to do and it's F'ING TEN O'CLOCK. I GO TO BED AT NINE, PEOPLE. (Don't laugh at my grandmaness, because I'm totally serious.)
I really should use my time more wisely. I am going to die in college, I bet. |
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[Apr. 9th, 2007|03:26 pm] |
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Apparently attempting the butterfly when you really have no idea how to do it is a baaaad idea. I tried it out while swimming in my pool yesterday and got this terrible cramp/pull/whatever it was is was painful thing in my left calf. IT HURT SO BAD. I just screamed and screamed, and my poor brother and sister thought that I had split my leg in half. Well, it sure felt like it!
Luckily James was still in the pool otherwise I would've probably drowned because I was in the middle (deepest part) of the pool and didn't have any footing to support me and I wouldn't have been able to swim because my leg was too painful. Ahh, it was so bad. It still hurts now and I walk like a 'tard wherever I'm going. Luckily it's a little better now. Gahh, school tomorrow. All those stairs should be fun. |
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[Apr. 8th, 2007|04:54 pm] |
So I've been reading a lot about plot developement in a story and how it pertains to characters and such today because I have been having some issues on discovering a good path to take with the stories that I am writing.
And I totally figured out why Desperate Housewives lost my attention. PLOT BURNING.
♥ http://shetterly.blogspot.com/2005/11/writing-advice-burn-plot.html ♥
(Thanks to this article I know exactly where to go. Phhhewww.)
Bwahaha, and they totally spot-lighted Veronica Mars as a good example of a plot burning show. So true. It's amazing how VM manages to solve one plot device only to reveal another that was a cause of such solution. GENIUS. I love that show, if you couldn't tell. |
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[Apr. 7th, 2007|08:36 pm] |
AHHH--I'm back on the boy scene again.
I like this kid named David in my seminary class, and I've never really talked to him before so becoming friends with him has been a challenge. I had forgotten how hard making friends with a random guy was--!! So I've made a goal to talk to him everyday we have class together, even if it's just a "Hey David!", but it's a lot harder than I thought it would be, gosh dangit. I don't have much time since we're in the last quarter of the school year, so the pressure's hardcore, let me tell ya!
THE OFFICIAL DAVID (LOVER) PROJECT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TWO DAYS--!!
Day 1: Complimented his new haircut.
Day 2: Invited him to be on my team in a game, but then some random kid joined my team and David recognized this and went with some peeps he didn't know. After the games were over, asked what his team was and where they placed in the competition.
TO BE CONTINUED!
(Dude, I'm such a loser.)
So I just finished drinking a whole pallet of juice boxes today. I'm not going to lie--I think that I drank every single one of them, with no help from anyone else. I really, really like juice boxes. Elle est super. Actually, I don't know if "juice box" is feminine really in French, but we're going to say they are because... I say so. Speaking of French, I feel pretty bad that I'm dropping French 3 next year for Mandarine Chinese, but it was just too good of an opportunity to pass up, y'know? The languages that I'm truly panning to learn are actually Italian and Japanese, but French is the closest to Italian I could get, and Chinese is the closest to Japanese, hardyhar! Sooo yeah. Here I am. Wow, this is exciting to read.
AP US History has been a killer as of late. I know that I shouldn't leave all the homework that I received over Spring Break in it for Monday/Tuesday night, but we all know that that's what's going to end happening, woopsies. I actually need to go out and buy the study guide thingy at Barnes and Nobles for the AP test on Monday, 'cause that's coming up in May and it'll be a nice counterpart to our month of class and after school study. I'm pretty gung-ho for this AP test--I truly want to pass it, especially because of the money I've put into the class and the fee that we pay for the test. The main part that I'm concerned for and that I really need to prepare long and difficult hours for is the freaking essay. We have written so many of those dumb things in class and I swear I'm only getting worse. And it's not like the basic format of an essay is what I'm having trouble with, it's the effing "specific details".
I can BS an essay all I want but what they're really looking for are those specific dates or people, like the Berlin wall falling in 1989 kind of thing. Or Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal. Crap, I don't even remember when the United States first declared itself a country. Yeah... sad. July 4, but what year? Is it July 4? Err... yeah, Independance Day. I have no clue what I'm talking about. TITO!
On a happier note I have watched Lovely Complex (the movie adapted from the manga) over fifty-seven times... or somewhere around that number. Yeah, probably more. Seriously, such a funny movie--!! The teacher and his wig are hilarious. Ahh, the troll one is the best. Just funny stuff right there. I love finding a movie that I can watch over and over again because I enjoy it so much. It's the same with Meet the Robinsons, which again proved Pixar's genius. Seeing as how they have managed to pull almost ten movies in a row that have had amazing plots, humor, and character dynamics makes it hard to choose between them and Disney. I hope that they renewed their contract so I don't have to decide at all!
Both are pioneers in the field of animation and since that's the road I want to go down they're my top two choices. I'm leaning more towards Pixar because Disney's animation as of late has been amazing, but the story telling that it's doing hasn't been so fab. Although I was surprised to see how good Cinderella III was, Pixar's films dominate in the plot and character developement area. Then again, Pixar is a new company. Disney went strong for many years, so perhaps Pixar is headed down that same road, who knows? |
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[Apr. 4th, 2006|12:36 am] |
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KINGDOMHEARTS2♥♥
Omigosh, I want to write so much about it... but it's too awesome to put into words!
Okay, so who has it?
Who loves it?
(Duh, everyone, of course!)
WHO WANTS TO MARRY SORA?!
(Uber fanatic come right at y'eh.)
EDIT: My face has been swollen and in pain for a week and a half now... and it's finally calmed down THANK GOODNESS. Oh, and I was able to beat my normal grades, I only got two B+'s! I'm way excited. And I GOT AN A IN ALGEBRA II! Now how cool is that? I don't know why I suck so bad at math this year... but I am amazed that I was able to keep my GPA up, even with missing so much school.
Think I failed seminary, though... which is pathetic, haha, but oh well! Art is so, so, SO amazing right now. It's crazy how much progression I have accomplished with figure drawings, and it's easy to admit that I'm proud of myself, which is usually something hard for me to say! |
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