i’m a mascara. what type of make up are you?
quiz made by muna.
Hurrah for me! I did something productive today, despite my cold. And, I even stayed up until nearly 2am last night to do something else productive. I think doing things helps keep me healthy. I was worried that I was pushing myself too much last night, but I got an email from Robert and he said he’d gotten to the point where we needed to figure out what was going on the new Daily Prophet main page. I thought I’d handle it this morning, but I had this sneaking feeling I’d forget when the morning came around. So I did it anyway, despite it being pretty late. I think I did alright on it, I at least got everything on there that needs to be there. The best part, though, is that I actually felt a lot better this morning. I really wasn’t expecting that. Yesterday has by far been the worst day so far in the Benadryl Adventure, as David H. so rightly put it. When I woke up I could actually breathe. I’m not completely over it, but I can talk somewhat normally and I’m not gagging every few minutes.
What did I do with this new found nasal freedom? I remembered I have a deadline looming for a short-film screenwriting contest. I decided since I already had the whole thing outlined I might as well just finish writing it. I spent the afternoon working on it, and I think it’s finally done. I’ve been thinking about writing this film for about two years now, but I’d just kept procrastinating it. That seems really silly now, since the script is only 9 pages long. It should be about a 15 minute movie. There isn’t any real dialogue in the script, so the page-a-minute rule doesn’t really apply. It’s silent, except for being set to ‘O Holy Night’, and a teensy bit of dialogue at the very end. It’s a prequel of sorts to my major insane asylum novel/script. I really like it, I hope it wins the contest because the prize is full production in Britain at Pinewood Studios. Then, they release it around Europe. I’m really excited about it, that’s a much better prize than straight cash. It’s real exposure, and maybe, just *maybe*, that could lead to production of the full-length film. Which, needless to say, would be really fantastic.
I love the characters in my various interconnected scripts. After reading the short film Sujit just kept telling me I’m demented, but I am not. It’s dramatic, and if the events in the films weren’t tragic, what would be the point of sending the characters to a mental hospital? I hope the judges like it and somehow they can envision the shots that I’m seeing when I think of the film. It could be dramatically beautiful, I think. The combination of the locations, actors (if I can get them), music, and movement would be very unique. Now I’m all excited, I really want to win it. Wish me luck!
I’m also really excited about this Daily Prophet expansion. It sounds like Robert – bless his heart – is still working hard on the programming and such. I can’t wait to see what he’s done. But, last night as I was organizing the front page, I came to a very sad realization. Remember when I said that my files were lost when my brother formatted the hard drive? Before I couldn’t remember what exactly was on it. All the graphics I created for the DP expansion were on there. Thankfully I uploaded the Middle Earth section at least, but I lost the pretty Hogwarts and Battle School sections. I’m rather miffed about that. I don’t want to have to re-edit them, it was a pain in the butt.
Oh well. Things happen. I’m off for dinner now, I’m starving! Haven’t had much to eat all day, I just kind of forgot. Final happy news of the day; my Dad’s back from a business trip to Germany. He brought oodles of Kinder Eggs back, yippie! 🙂 And yes, of course I’m happy to see him too, apart from the chocolate.