I started reading a few mangas today. One, which I plan on continuing, is Fullmetal Alchemist, which I find highly amuzing. I started and finished the first installment today, and I fully plan on heading back to the library for more tomorrow.
The other is Cirque du Freak. I'm not too sure about this one yet, but I figure I'll finish the first one and go for the second just to be sure that I'm not interested, or if it suddenly becomes interesting I might have to keep reading it. I find that the dialogue is really... not good. It's just to forced, like they're reading a passage from a book instead of talking.
I also took out the first books of The Tarot Café and Avalon High. I plan on reading those tomorrow. I'm also planning on borrowing the first books of Bleach and +Anima from my friend.
The story is: all of my friends are anime geeks and I've been feeling in a creative rut lately so I decided to start reading some, because watching isn't really my style. I think I'm getting the hang of it.
Other than that, I'm procrastonating a French project right now, which I really should get to. Pancake breakfast tomorrow morning, Western Day at school. 13 days left.
Yours, Allie
May 25, 2010
May 25th
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May 24, 2010
Still At It
Another post, just trying to keep up my recent streak of posting. Not much new today. I bought the 3rd Dragonball omnibus today, so I can finally keep reading that, and I started reading XxxHolic online. I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet, but as soon as I figured out that Sakura and Syaoran were in it I figured I had to keep reading. So I'm about to start Chapter 16 tomorrow. Yeah, I'm reading unusually fast today.
I just did a concept art for a weapon for one of my characters from the TV series I wrote about earlier. It's basically a bow that sets itself up in seconds, optimal for combat involving alot of moving between locations.
That's about all for today, it was Victoria day, so I got the day off. I also had Friday off for the World Skills en lieu, so I had a nice long weekend. 14 school days left. I don't know if I'm actually going to make it...
I hope you are all doing better than I!
Allie
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Cosplay 2010
In regards to my last post about Otafest where I said was trying to find out what I should do for my cosplay I have some ideas now:
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May 23, 2010
Post-Ota Report
Hello all,
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May 21, 2010
*Insert Bad Title Here*
Hey again!
I'm posting a second blog in one month, this is kind of awesome. Anyway, a few interesting things happened today.
I went out shopping with my mom today and ended up at the Dance Store. I managed to find a beautiful black hip scarf with gold coins and beads and a full set of zills! I'm officially ready for my performance in the talent show (which I made!). I just cut my music down to the required time, I'm still considering using another song completely because it sucks how I've done it. But the costume has come together, it's a tribal fusion costume, as soon as I put it on I'll take a picture and try to post it up here, it's pretty awesome.
I also found an old bra, which miraculously is black, which I never wear anymore that I can turn into a wonderful belly dance bra with a little embellishment. I have so many beads hanging around that should be no problem. I just need to find time...
I still need to write my fanfiction for tomorrow, I haven't started yet and I was hoping to get a few thousand words into it. Or do several shorts again, because I seem to do that best. Which reminds me, I need to e-mail the host of the contest and ask about how the categories work... I should do that now if I want a reply.
I hope life is going well for everyone!
Yours, Allie
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May 17, 2010
Hello
After a long absence I figured it was time for a new post.
I've been working on a lot of writing projects lately, including a small book of short stories that I submitted to a school contest, which I took first place in. I've been working on several fanfiction projects on fanfiction.net ( http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1802223/BlackMasquerade if you want to check out some of my work).
I've also hatched a plot and several characters that are forming themselves into a series of screenplays about 60 pages long. Yes, I'm writing a television series. Not that it'll be on television any time soon if ever, but it's turning into television format.
As well, this month I came up with a very interesting plot for a thriller/action/drama movie, which I will start writing this summer.
I have so many projects saved up! This is going to be a very eventful summer with all the writing I have to do, I have two stories on fanfiction.net that need finishing, the movie I've planned out and the TV series I've plotted. Not to mention my newfound infatuation with the TV show Castle, for which a fanfiction will more than likely come about sooner or later.
Other than that, there's a fanfiction contest this weekend at Otafest and I need to write my story for that. It needs to be a single chapter and under 9,999 words long to be able to be handed in on Saturday as opposed to Wednesday (2 days from now).
In more past news, I took 1st place at the most recent Provincial Archery tournament, which was a dream come true! I have the plaque on my wall and I finally earned a little bit of respect as an athlete in my club. For the record, I won first by 101 points.
Tomorrow I'm trying out for the school's talent show, I'm playing piano for my friend who is singing "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" by Evanescence. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YkU8CKt3rU ) As well I'm trying out on my own with a self-choreographed tribal fusion belly dance. I'm very nervous, and I've been practicing nonstop for days. I will try to remember to let you know how that turns out.
I took my Chemistry IB diploma last week, and I likely did terribly, though I probably did not fail. I still have my Alberta diploma in the middle of June this year, and all of my IB and Alberta diplomas (English IB, Social IB, Biology IB, Math IB and French IB) next year. It will be a busy year for me, and then I'm finally off to University. I'm excited about this becasue I've finally figured out what I'm doing with myself there.
I'm going to get a BA in English specializing in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary, then I'll go to the University of British Columbia for my Masters in Creative Writing specializing in Film. Then... who knows where that will take me.
As unrealistic as it sounds, I want to get into the film industry and work my way towards getting the show I've envisioned on the air. I'm very enthusiastic about this concept and this story and I want to see it through to the end.
Other than all that not much is going on. I should sign off so I can go and do my homework, and maybe eat. I'm not sure about the last one yet :P who has time to eat? And this sleeping nonsense... it takes up far too much time that can be used writing and doing homework. Oh well, improvements to productivity to come!
Take care all!
Allie
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Jan 7, 2010
Heh... Oops
I know, I know it's been absolutely forever since I last posted (it's not like anyone reads this anyway). But I wanted to share some good news somewhere. I managed to win on eBay today a reprint copy of the episode "Twisted Sister" of NCIS.
I truly couldn't be more excited, "Twisted Sister" is one of my favourite episodes of the show, so for that reason I'm happy to have it, and secondly, now I have something to study from, because I wrote a fanfiction for NCIS that I wanted to turn into a spec script that I could plausibly send in. I think, from an article I read on the interweb and a book my mother got me for christmas that I can actually do this.
So now that I have study material (well, not yet, but in 4-6 days :D) I can get to writing my script!
That's all for now. Back to school tomorrow (on a Thursday. WUT?!?!). Happy New Years and I hope everyone had a great Christmas (or whatever else you happen to celebrate).
Allie
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Jul 25, 2009
Jul 10, 2009
The Wonderful World of Pathology
For my latest fanfiction for Star Trek: 2009 I created an OC (original character) who is a pathologist. Her name is Doctor Amata Gerald, she is 16 (human) years old.
"But Allie, how can a 16 year old possibly be a licensed pathologist?"
Well, on the planet this young human was raised on, called Salthasia (I will add, this planet was never incorporated in any work of actual Star Trek fiction. This planet and it's people were completely created by me), the students are expected to have completed their education for their careers by the Salthasian age of 19, which would be equivalent to about 14 in human years.
She became a pathologist because she never knew how her parents died.
The story behind my endeavour into pathology was actually quite fascinating, and I will admit that I am not yet complete with my gruesome journey.
I am only 16 myself, and I am certainly not involved in pathological studies, nor am I particularly interested in pursuing pathology as a career, but I am interested in the procedures and how one conducts a thorough autopsy.
So I trekked (no pun intended) down to my local library and picked up a copy of "Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner" by Frederick Zugibe. I actually have yet to finish the first chapter but the amount of information given in the first chapter was more than enough to condone autopsies on the bodies of several Starfleet officers missing several concealed bits and pieces of themselves in my story.
I will say that I plan on finishing the book which I simply must recommend for anyone suffering any odd fascination with the subject due to CSI, NCIS, and the like on television. I will compare the vocabulary and the voice of the writer to be very much similar to the speech patterns of Doctor Donald "Ducky" Mallard (on whom I based Doctor Amata Gerald's autopsy style, i.e. talking to dead bodies) of NCIS.
That will be all for today, I know I never publish anything, but I doubt that anyone actually reads this blog anyway! If anyone does: thank you for sitting through my insanity, and I promise to give you another tidbit of said mental state in the future (near, mid, or far I cannot promise).
Do Svidanya!
Allie
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May 13, 2009
Gold
Piercing gold
Slicing through blinding flourescence
Mysterious
Nothing known 'bout it's essence
The gold
Knowing depth
Within the golden deep abyss
Scalding heat
Eminating from only this
The gold
By its touch
I lose the breath from my own lips
Its soft attack
Smiling while it suffocates
The gold
Smiles through
And suffocates the new victim
I'm it's prey
I am a willing victim to
The gold
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