I'm not quite dead yet!

I'm still here! I've been busy, lately, which is why I haven't been posting (Billy Talent concert last night!!) so... sorry.
At the moment, I'm preparing for Script Frenzy, which starts this Thursday. I have a doctors appointment this Thursday.
You see the problem?
So for now I'm planning my head off, and hoping that as I get a ride down to Strathroy (which, I doubt you know, unless you know me or you're stalking me, is about a half-hour drive from where I live) and then wait for an hour to actually see my doctor, I can get a pretty good start.
I'll have to wait and see, I suppose.

March Break!

Woo-hoo! I have this week off from school, and I really want to finish my novel, since I have so much free time now.
... or at least, put a nice dent in it.
So I'm not that confident about finishing. But between the extra credit English work that I asked for (I refuse to get below 95% on my report card) and hanging out with Zoe(so you have no idea who they are. It makes me sound cooler then just saying "my friend" :P)... well. I want to hit at least 35k, maybe more. I only have 21, 705 words right now, so... ah, well. I'll keep you posted, how's that?

Bleh.

Not much to say as I'm very busy procrastinating right now--not only on writing, but on studying as well!
That takes some serious skill, to multitask on procrastination.
I can't wait for March Break to begin. It's a crime to keep children inside on such a beautiful day!

Bleh.

The Lightning Thief

Okay, so, if you couldn't tell by the title I'm reviewing The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. The book AND the movie, actually. Yup, that's how pro I am: I can review two different media forms in one post!
Okay, the book, frankly, is amazing. So it's aimed for kids about nine years old and I get stares whenever I go into the kids' section to get it. It's a really good, funny series and I highly recommend it.
As for the movie, which I just saw today... well. A bit of a less friendly review. It kind of sucked.
Maybe I'm being harsh. I'll list some good points first: Percy was amazing. So was Luke. And the Gods were spot on. Lots of action. Gabe was perfect.
And, as for the bad points... if I wrote every single thing that bugged me about the movie, I would have a very long post indeed. But some main things: First, there was NO KRONOS. And NO PAN. And ANNABETH AND PERCY DIDN'T HATE EACH OTHER. And I NEED TO STOP USING ALL-CAPS. What about the famous "Seaweed Brain" insult? Where was that? I suppose the lack of Kronos and Pan means that there will be no squeal?
But I think my main pet peeve was where they didn't only fail to be faithful to the book, they failed to be faithful to the ACTUAL GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Yes, I'm talking about Persephone, who shouldn't have even been in the Underworld, due to the fact that it was the summer solstice. Not winter. Summer.
Ending rant...

Final rating: I refuse to let the movie drag down the rating of the book.

Anyone? Anyone?

Anyone doing ScriptFrenzy this year? I'm in the midst of planning now, though I'm not writing a script. I can't get my head around them, because I really like writing description and character's thoughts. I mean, I guess I could do voice overs, but...
No. I'm just writing a hundred-page novel, which, if my calculations are correct, is approximately 45000-50000 words, depending on how much dialog you use.
Should be fun!

Go Canada!!

Nothing to post, to busy celebrating the WIN OF CANADA IN HOCKEY!! Now that I've got that out of my system...
I don't really like hockey. Can't play it, I don't watch it, I don't really understand the rules and the fighting. But am I the only one that thinks Olympic hockey has a kind of... special feel to it? Or am I just mental?
Also, I want to shout out to Joannie Rochette, who is my new hero. I thought it was really strong of her to skate after she lost her mother...
And yeah, I realize I'm behind the times.