Christmas at the Griswald's!!

Soo it's been ages since I've posted.

Random stuff going on: 1. I'm excited because my youth group is putting on a mini-concert at a retirement home, which I've volunteered to help out with.

2. Yesterday.....was my birthday. Yep... I am sixteen. I need to get on with Driver's ed...grr...

3. The other day was dig out all assorted Christmas decorations. Our staircase looks lovely, but different. As Mom said, "It has our family written all over it." I also routed Charlie from her nap and made her pose for the camera. She wasn't too thrilled at first...

As I said, our staircase looks CRAZY....

Martin looking crazy with it.

This one's my favorite...

PS I plan to have my review of Fahrenheit 451 up as soon as I gather my thoughts and wits about me.

Seeing Double?

Lots of random bits of information I'd like to impart because lately Cease Repining has been almost entirely lame... You can blame it on my acting classes and current projects. (Bookmark of Doom and Death Wears a Suit) There's been alot of work on both of these things. (headshots, mock auditions, and preparations for the showcase for the former; script editing, pre-vis photography, and induction of a new member of EJC on the latter)

But anyhoo....first off. You are not seeing double. We have another kitten.

Here's his story... For about a week, we had been seeing him every once in awhile at night. He'd meow and want food, so we'd feed him. We thought he was one of Mimi's wild cats. Because we'd always see him at night, Dad started calling his Nightcrawler. (X-Men fans? Anyone? Anyone?) So then a day came when our dogs were going nuts for no apparent reason. I went outside onto our porch and found him again almost freezing to death (slight exaggeration...maybe) because it was windy and cold that day. From that time on, we kept feeding him and bringing him into the house.

We know now that he is NOT one of Mimi's wild cats because he LOVES being petted and none of Mimi's cats will let anyone come near them. We figure someone dumped him.

That's the story of our pet life. Some....(what I wish to say should not be said in polite society) has always left his poor dogs or cats on the road or in a ditch to let them die. I hate it!! It makes me so mad that people would be so cruel and irresponsible. How hard is it to take them to Petco or an Animal Shelter? Ugh....

What's really nice is that now Charlie doesn't drive the older cats nuts. She has Nightcrawler to fight and play with. And believe me, they fight and play hard. It's funny; now all of our cats are in pairs. Rochilimea and Pseudomonis, (who are, incidentally siblings) Lucy and Figaro, and Charlie and Nightcrawler. (Slinker and Crawler, hee hee.)

Speaking of M. Night Crawler, (that's one of his other nicknames) I am mourning...for a sillyish reason.

Joaquin Phoenix is retiring from acting.

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I'm dead serious. I wish I wasn't. Apparently, the aquirance of his skills for playing Johnny Cash in Walk the Line inspired him to become a musician instead.

So, to start the mourning process, the other night I watched the Village which is one of my favorite movies. I SO want to do a spoof of that great scene where Ivy is holding out her hand and the creature almost gets her. That is SUCH a beautiful scene, yet still creepy. Ah well...maybe we'll have time to spoof it after principal photography of the two main projects.

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Final bit of news: Poll Results.

Is our country doomed?

Yes: 5 (55%)

No: 2 (22%)

*sigh* It depends on the election: 2 (22%)

I guess tonight we'll find out our fate.

Presenting, Tribute to Charlie

Unashamed fluff about my kitten growing up set to music.

Tribute to Charlie

PS I got the main actor I wanted for the upcoming project. Hmmm....I need a secret name for it. Here we go: Bookmark of Doom. Right. So I have my leading actor for Bookmark of Doom, and as soon as we get our agents together, we should have a schedule for principal photography.

PPS I'm counting 71 as complete. 83 too.

Bangs and Cats

We have COLD WEATHER!!!!!! I'm actually sitting here in pants and a sweatshirt!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!!

So yesterday the boys decided we were going to put Charlie in a build-a-bear shirt. And they succeeded. She didn't want to tolerate it, but once it was there, she pretty much had no choice.

Also yesterday, Mom trimmed my hair and I asked her to give me bangs, yay. And yes, they were inspired by Abby from NCIS. Only difference is that my blonde roots are coming out.

PS The Charlie video will be up any day now......

Cause maybe....you're gonna be the one that saves me

I absolutely LOVE songs that tell a story. Not just narratives, but an underlying relationship or event that isn't expressly stated.
My musings are inspired today because I finally got Wonderwall (by Oasis) from Mom. The reason she thought to get it is that Charlie sings it in Desmond's flashes and it's such an ironic song for him to sing in regards to Desmond.
Here is a snippet:


And all the roads that lead you there winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that
I would like to say to you
I don't know how

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall


Isn't that ironic??? Desmond, the man who sees flashes of Charlie's death in many different forms, witnesses Charlie singing THIS song in his flash. The music directors of Lost are awesome at finding songs that perfectly pertain to what's going on. So yeah. That's my current song that I'm obsessed with.




NOTE: I will have a new EJC Productions video up soon. Just a fluff piece on my kitten, but I thought it was fun to watch her be a cute little baby rat looking thing again, ha ha.
And also, in the works is another film that is Phantom of the Opera related. The script has been written and negotiations will start soon for a guest actor in the production.

Such a tolerant cat....

Yesterday I was reading my Literature and petting Charlie. Well, she moved from my shoulder to my book as seen here.



Then I wanted to discuss something with Mom, so I picked her up by folding the book and hanging her. She didn't really care.



Then I went back to sitting down and reading my book, and she didn't run away!

She just went back to sleep.

Photo Editing amusement

I found this really neat online picture editing program called Picnik, so I've proceded to use some of my spare time editing pictures.


Here's my baby Charlie playing outside

This is a duck we saw in the Magic Kingdom

Me with Rhindon, Peter's sword. "Be ye friend or foe?"

Me with Excalibur. "The Lady of the Lake. Her arm clad in the purist shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water. Signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king."



My uncle Kent watching a Rice football game. I call this one, "The Lone Fan"



This one is of Dad on Tom Sawyer Island in Magic Kingdom

This is me on Lake Travis. I love the blue in the picture!

And finally, the last picture taken of me before I whacked off my hair,

you have just crossed into...the Twilight Zone.

Charlie!

A photo motage of our kitten from when we got her around the end of March, to about a week ago.

This was when we first got her on March 24

March 25, Mom holding her sleeping after having a bottle

March 28, Charlie on my shoulder

April 11, Charlie sleeping on the rocking chair

April 14, sleeping in the crevice between the counter and the refrigerator

April 15, sleeping in her box that Kaya made for her

April 21, sleeping in schoolbooks

April 21, hanging out in a bag

And finally, April 26, me and Charlie

By no means get the idea that she sleeps all the time. And yes, I named her after the character in Lost even though she's a girl.

See the resemblance?