Wednesday, August 23, 2006

To be a Bond villian

You will be famous for taking over a small country





You always see opportunities to get what you want no matter what the cost. You are cut-throat and a capitalist at heart. Let’s hope the country is a tropical paradise and not Iceland.


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This sounds suspiciously like something a Bond villain would do... hmm...

This raises an interesting question though - What would I do with my own private island? I've pondered this quite a bit, actually, so here's what I have come up with.

After conquering my tropical paridise, I shall send all the former inhabitants (if there were any) to go live in America. If any were dead set against going, I would turn them into my paid servents and let them live on the island if and only if they were loyal to me. I'd treat them well... very well. Pretty much, they'd just be doing all the stuff I don't want to do. This includes dishes, taking laundry out of the dryer and folding and seperating it, and picking up stuff off the floor. I'll dust, wax, polish, etc. I like that. I just don't like the picking up junk. To be nice though, I'll always throw my clothes on the bed instead of the floor. That way they don't have to bend over.

I would also set some of them to work in the garden. I would demand it be up to Martha Stewart standards at all times, but that's probably the worst thing. I would make sure to have a ridiculous amount of trees, that way, there is little grass to mow.

On this island, I would build a house. A great, big, huge house. It would be a multi leveled monstrosity with enough rooms to rival a castle. It would be made of stone, with polished stone floors, and rugs every so often to give it a home-like feel. Along with numerous tapestries and paintings. It would also have LARGE windows. We're talking floor to ceiling windows with enormous drapes to cover them at night. The stone covering the outside would be grey, but inside, it would be a light beige. The lay out would be very open, and give you a Rivendell feeling.
Of course, there would be secret passages, hidden stairs, secret rooms, even a secret prison! What house on an island taken over by cut-throat capitalist would be complete with out them?

Yes, I would have a marvelous island with a marvelous house on it. Celebrities and politicians across the globe would be willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money just to stay there for the weekend. Of course, I would let some of them come. I'd throw the best parties! But no one would ever see me. Or, if they did see me, it would be at a costume party, or I'd be wearing a veil over my face or something. Gotta keep the mysterious Dr. Lothril thing going. How mysterious are you if half of the world knows what you look like? The best part would be, NO MEDIA! Freedom of the press does not exist on my island. Any unauthorized cameras can and will be chucked off a cliff onto the jagged rocks poking out of the sea below.

The other thing, is that the island would be VERY well hidden. To get to it, you must board one of my private jets that have no windows on them, and be flown to my island. The pilot will make sure to take the long route there, I promise. This way, no one has a clue where it is! It could be forty miles off the coast of Mexico, or it could be five hundred miles from Austrailia. You'll never know, and I'll never tell.

I obviously have way too much time on my hands. But no worries! I'm heading off to college next week, and I'm certain I shall have no time to day dream there.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Quizzes!

Just a warning - I'm a quiz nut! I get bored, so I take quizzes. Therefore, you are going to start seeing ridiculous amounts of quizzes on here.

Like right now!
You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.

The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Huh... I'm an even split... Good. Because I dislike odd numbers!


Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature.
Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature.
Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

Mom will never believe that one.

You Should Rule Saturn

Saturn is a mysterious planet that can rarely be seen with the naked eye.

You are perfect to rule Saturn because like its rings, you don't always follow the rules of nature.
And like Saturn, to really be able to understand you, someone delve beyond your appearance.

You are not an easy person to befriend. However, once you enter a friendship, you'll be a friend for life.
You think slowly but deeply. You only gain great understanding after a situation has past.

Well... I did have Saturn for a science project once. Hehehehe!

Well, I'll only bore you with 3 today.

Later!

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Pictures!


I told you all I like pictures, so today, I post lots of pictures. Hehehehe! Enjoy!
Like the beautiful "many moods of..." ones. They are my captions on someone else's pictures. Yay!

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

When in doubt...


My mother always told me, when in doubt, write about something you know. The problem with that is, I know too little about too much. There are a few things, however, that I know a lot about. So, that's what I am going to talk about. Writing.

If you've never tried to write anything longer than a short story, then you don't have a clue what a writer goes through trying to come up with a tale. The text book at school told me a story was a plot line that consisted of a beginning, a climax, and a resolution. If it were that simple, everyone would be a writer.

What a story really is, is a complex web of characters, events, places, themes, and ideas somehow put together in a way that mimics real life.

Why do I say this? Because I am in the middle of writing a story and it refuses to turn out how I want.

You see, a good story will take on a life of its own. A writer waits impatiently for the paragraph in which the story itself takes over and begins telling itself to you. That's when it is almost impossible to have the characters act out of character and the plot just comes naturally. Sometimes a story starts that way then dies, sometimes it starts a bit forced and ends that way, and sometimes... everything is perfect, but just one small detail is wrong and it throws off everything else.

That's where I am right now. Everything is perfect but I'm missing something and the whole story is suffering because of it.

It is infuriating to no end!!! Writing a story when it's like that is like trying to kayak against current. You might get somewhere, but it is hardly worth the effort.

So, I am at a fork in the road, so to speak. Do I keep going with my great story idea that wont' take off, or do I abandon it?

I'll keep going... my idea was too good.