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Will she succeed in reaching her dreams? Will she and her loved ones find happiness? Will the world end tomorrow? Read on (before it does)...Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-39556472374131416252013-07-15T00:37:00.001-07:002013-07-15T00:37:08.561-07:00Some 4th of July Fireworks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a "fireworks" setting on my camera, so what better time to test it than the 4th of July?</div>
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It's a slower exposure, so it captures the movement of the fireworks.</div>
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Some of these remind me of the original logo of the Mirage in Las Vegas.</div>
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The smiley face is crying.</div>
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In this next shot, I accidentally moved the camera.</div>
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<br />Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-76883839306677139732012-12-25T11:23:00.000-08:002012-12-25T15:02:53.584-08:00A Christmas Letter Merry Christmas! Or Happy Belated Hannukah, Happy Belated Yule, Happy Other Possible Holidays I'm Forgetting About or Happy Tuesday!<br />
Wow! Quite the year! So much has happened in these last twelve months I'm not sure where to begin. Mom and I moved out of our previous house and are renters now. We rescued one of the cats that dad used to feed at the old one, so now we have five. Five cats are truly a lot of cats, but we all seem to be managing. Bonk (the fifth cat, aptly named because she shows affection by smacking her head against you or any solid object near her) is very appreciative to be indoors and is enjoying her life with us. Lucky and Tiger are slowly warming to her and even Skippy doesn't mind sleeping near her as long as both of them are asleep-- which she will check on from time to time. Lucy's the only one who won't accept her, but Lucy's a bitch who barely tolerates the other girl cats, anyway.<br />
I've been working tons. On New Year's Day, I was waitressing to tables that were constantly full. Hottie said that you can judge how the rest of your year will be by how the first day goes. I said, "I hope not! I worked my ass off!" Well that pretty much seemed to be how the rest of my year went. I passed two exams and got all the necessary licensing for my field, became full time, left waitressing (which Psychic Pam in Solvang told me I was terrible at, even though I never waited on her), worked at two different locations in order to be full-time and then finally began working full-time in one location and get to work closer to home. So yeah, I'm kind of tired sometimes.<br />
Mom is doing well. It's been a tough year for her, naturally. She and my dad were close to celebrating their 40th anniversary before he passed. So going through that and making the choices she made this year has been difficult for her, but my mom is a strong woman and she's pulling through.<br />
I'm sure you're wondering how I've taken the tough news of my imaginary boyfriend, Jason Segel, dating Michelle Williams. I'm getting by, thanks. I don't really have anything against her, so I'm happy for them. Truth be told, I haven't really taken part in the dating scene for a while. I tried it once this summer but was unsuccessful. Honestly this probably wasn't the year for me to date anyway, what with dealing with the loss of my dad and work and everything. It was hard to be happy a lot of times. The sudden death of my dad changed me a lot. It felt like nothing I said was right. Good things happened for a lot of my friends, and while I was happy for them, it was really hard to get there. I felt all sorts of guilt about the way I'd think about something or a choice I made. There is no right way to grieve, but you will grieve. I have friends who are going through the loss of a parent or will, and I'll tell you that it doesn't really get better. It gets easier, but sometimes emotions will hit you due to the weirdest things.<br />
My dad passed from cancer. I personally cannot get into all of the "support cancer" stuff. He coincidentally died during men's cancer awareness month, which I guess is symbolized by mustaches. Since then, a mustache craze has formed. There is mustache merchandise to be had by all. My dad had a full-sized mustache. So immediately after his passing, tons of people were sporting fake ones on their faces or their shirts or coffee mugs. That was weird. I'm all for cancer research, but don't ask me to participate in walks or post things as my status for an hour. I'm not your girl.<br />
Speaking of facebook, it's really gotten sucky, right? I personally can no longer load pictures onto it without a great deal of struggle. You may never know what I look like again, unless you see me in real life (gasp!) or I post them on here. And it was an election year. Yuck! Facebook got really nasty this year. Quite frankly, I'm ashamed of all of us and most of us are crazy. All I kept thinking was "Willie Wonka would never say that!" I tried really hard not to take part, but every now and then I did like something that I was concerned would raise some ire. If there's still a facebook four years from now, I may have to delete mine. I miss the days when facebook was all about stating the mundane thing you were doing without tagging and GPS and the only crazy thing you did was cast the top five friends on your list into an imaginary scenario. Good times.<br />
It was tough to be positive with so much negativity going around this year. And we're primed for more negativity this year. So I want to pass along this observation. In his final years, my dad probably drank more than he should and probably smoked more than he should. He followed politics closely and romanticized the things he no longer had quite a bit. My mom and I were there for him as best as we could, but his thoughts made him feel alone. Sure, genetics and his actions were probably good motivators, but I feel his despair is what really gave him cancer. And no, I'm obviously not a doctor. I'm just a storyteller who hasn't written in a long time. But please do not despair. Times are really tough sometimes. For some, times are really tough all the time. But don't despair. Try to find the good that is in the present. Stop spreading the negative crap, because it's catching and some are more susceptible than others.<br />
Finally, don't lose contact with the ones you love. I love all of you, in a perfectly healthy, non-stalkerish way.Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-36853708113860490772012-08-24T22:57:00.002-07:002012-08-24T22:59:50.806-07:00So...Guess who accidentally downloaded Google Chrome today?Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-84607043128958890232012-01-22T16:57:00.000-08:002012-01-22T16:57:17.923-08:00My Last PostThis is my last post on this blog. As much as I've enjoyed holding onto it, I can't access it on my own computer anymore. I'm barely able to access it on my mom's computer, and the threatening "download or else" message by Google Chrome means that I have to move on.
For my last post, I'd like to write about the thing that has affected me most. On October 8th, my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. On November 2nd, he passed away at home with mom and me there. It all happened so fast and so hard that grieving has been sporadic. It was and still is a difficult time. I know this has changed me. I feel I am more cynical now. It certainly didn't help that two cancer awareness months happened back-to-back while the worst of it was going on. While I recognize the importance of cancer research and treatment, equal importance must be placed in early detection, which my dad didn't have. Everyone, please remember: if something doesn't feel right, go to the freaking doctor. Putting that off doesn't mean you don't have something until it is diagnosed.
Since my dad's passing, I haven't had one dream about him, until last night. In the dream, I was riding in a car. My fried was taking me home. The dream took place in Hesperia, and we were driving down E Street, if anyone cares to know. It was clear by the houses along the street that we were in a fairly well-off neighborhood. That was my main clue that it was a dream, because if you've ever been in that part of Hesperia, you know there are no such houses. Except that crazy out-of-place mansion that used to have the vulture statues on the roof. Anyway, not the point. My friend dropped me off at this Tudor-style house that was clearly too big for just me. I went inside and entered a room with a large fireplace. As I got closer to it, I saw little pictures of people all over the mantle. They turned out to be pictures of those who are or will be important in my life. I wanted to look at all of the pictures, but something caught my attention. I turned to look behind me and therer off to the side was my dad. He was sitting in his recliner smiling at me. I started crying and went over to him. He rose and hugged me for a long time. I could feel myself starting to wake up; my body moving from this room and out of his arms and into my bed. But I fought it and managed to stay long enough for him to whisper in my ear.
"Keep going."Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-7471313903378046502011-11-16T22:32:00.000-08:002011-11-16T22:36:19.805-08:00How I Spent my Summer Vacation, Part 6 (continued)<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmh6aVRl2Sn6L0JrI-lCXAqPzFKKIVrcLHG4Ci4dE1wXFa7QaV7ba6zRdppwn-7uReA_OOhxXfPn_HJH6lfgIxR3e-EgmRPQQwhy7tha7-BodMPPZLCFJ_LuWQyw4hnlSIegD/s1600/100_1093.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmh6aVRl2Sn6L0JrI-lCXAqPzFKKIVrcLHG4Ci4dE1wXFa7QaV7ba6zRdppwn-7uReA_OOhxXfPn_HJH6lfgIxR3e-EgmRPQQwhy7tha7-BodMPPZLCFJ_LuWQyw4hnlSIegD/s400/100_1093.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> Hottie and I next drove to San Simeon to visit Hearst Castle. It was very beautiful. Regrettably, it was also where my camera died. But I hope you enjoy the pictures I was able to take.</div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> As with many historical sites nowadays, no pictures were allowed to be taken inside the buildings, but you could take as many as you liked outside. We took a tour of the Big House (Casa Grande) and it was awesome!</div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> William Randolph Hearst sounded like a very complex and benevolent guy. While I'm aware that the tour might be a little biased, I have a feeling that he wasn't entirely like the version of him portrayed in "Newsies". Side note: Disney's finally making a Broadway musical version of "Newsies"!</div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> All of the art pieces and artifacts are supposed to be authentic, according to our tour guide. The actual places where the artifacts are originally from are supposed to have the replicas. </div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> After San Simeon, we drove to Solvang, which was adorable. I wish my camera had lasted long enough to take some pictures of it. We ate schnitzel and later got our palms read. Psychic Pam was great and very positive. If you ever visit Solvang and have the inclination, I totally recommend her.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;"> I'm sure there's more I'm leaving out, but it really was a great vacation.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-58240093912888080362011-09-11T13:07:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:07:12.167-07:00September 11, 2001<div style="text-align: justify;">
I woke up somewhere before 6:00 am in Hollywood, CA. A couple months previous, I'd moved to a bachelor apartment right near the Hollywood Blvd entrance/exit for the 101 freeway. My then-boyfriend called me and told me to turn on the tv-- it didn't really matter what channel. He told me what had happened as I grabbed my remote with my other hand.</div>
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I'll be perfectly honest: I had never heard of the World Trade Center before that morning. If I had, it simply didn't register that it was something that I should know about or be aware of. </div>
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Our phone conversation was brief. My boyfriend told me about the pentagon being hit. I can't remember if, by then, one of the towers had already collapsed or both. What I do remember is calling my parents immediately to talk with them. I know by the time I was on the phone with them, both towers had collapsed. I think they also told me about the plane that had crashed in a Pennsylvania field, but I'm not certain.</div>
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I was definitely thinking more emotionally than analytically on that day.</div>
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I watched the news for a long time. It wasn't so much a typical news day as it was a live documentary unfolding before me. I sat on my sofa bed, alone in my dark apartment, watching horrible things happen. I was roughly 3,000 miles away and felt completely helpless.</div>
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One thing the newscasters were able to broadcast was the government's current oppinion that those not directly afftected by the day's events should resume their daily lives. They urged everyone to go to work, school, or whatever else was planned for the day. The rationale of this was to prove to the terrorists (because by then it was obvious that this was a calculated attack) hadn't phased us.</div>
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I had two jobs at that time. I was a professional extra (non-union) on tv and film productions, and I was a waitress who worked the graveyard shift at a 24-hour restaurant. The newscasters were reporting, along with the rest of the events and the government's oppinions, that Hollywood was shutting down for the day. There was a big possibility that I wouldn't have to work that day.</div>
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Most extras go through a casting agency. They will call their agency and try to book their own jobs. Depending on the agency, your chances of working on a regular basis can be slim. As a full-time extra, however, I had a call-in service. They would book me on jobs, and I pretty much worked everyday unless it was Sunday or I asked for it off. As a regular extra, I was used a lot as a student (from junior high to college) or a random crowd member. My service would leave me a message on my answering machine the night before to tell me what I would work that day.</div>
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That day, I was scheduled to be a stand-in on a PBS show called "Madison Heights". I don't think it was a show on our PBS station, but I really have no idea. A stand-in, for those who don't know is someone who takes the place of the actor while the crew sets up the lighting and cameras. It can sometimes be a long process (definitely a boring one) and no one wants the actor to fall out of character.</div>
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I called my service to ask if I was still supposed to work. The woman on the other end told me that I was, despite most every other production being shut down for the day. She asked me to call back just before I was about to leave for the gig, but even then it was still going as planned.</div>
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I arrived to pretty much the only working production in Los Angeles to find a very distracted studio. We didn't really work that day. Mostly, we watched a small television in one of the offices. Because by then, the President was about to make a speech. We were all there, cast and crew, crammed into this office as a white plane landed on a massive stretch of lawn.</div>
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"Boy, it's a good thing the President didn't get killed." I said outloud, as he made his way to a podium. "Because then there'd be total chaos."</div>
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Perhaps that was a naive statement, as there was plenty of chaos already. Either way, it brought the ire of the director.</div>
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"You realize he has no power, right?!" He shouted at me. Everyone looked away from the tv and watched with shocked faces. No one else had really paid attention to what I'd said. "You realize that, right?!"</div>
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"Yeah..." I said, trying to diffuse the situation. "He's just a figurehead."</div>
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I don't really remember what else happened on that gig. I'm pretty sure not much work was accomplished. Not surprisingly, I wasn't booked on that show, anymore.</div>
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I also don't remember much of my waitressing job that night. To be fair, I rarely slept during those days, but it was also ten years ago. All I remember is knowing that as soon as my shift was over, I was going home. No to my apartment. Not anywhere else. Bad men had made planes knock down towers in New York, and I was going home to mommy and daddy. Because I could and I wasn't ashamed of it.</div>
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<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-90187733812556305932011-07-24T22:53:00.000-07:002011-07-24T22:53:05.918-07:00How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part 4<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj7dlBTdJVaT4S3ax0Qq8WQMmFWzLB4NLFFwLMZuSAj9WsZKP1KHYSwCVyznSFR1NMS75A7kvb7bPIREoQCJX1DYMZgXmzjQO6Kijo-g5gp19WHKefPrnWvId67jnjIHxNoN4/s1600/100_1039.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj7dlBTdJVaT4S3ax0Qq8WQMmFWzLB4NLFFwLMZuSAj9WsZKP1KHYSwCVyznSFR1NMS75A7kvb7bPIREoQCJX1DYMZgXmzjQO6Kijo-g5gp19WHKefPrnWvId67jnjIHxNoN4/s400/100_1039.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">For whatever reason, these pictures wouldn't fit in my last post. Maybe there's a limit I wasn't aware of?</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wte5rIOrsP7wkfL4sV0J3trJ91g79t9NJc61WLLwjGoiVYslVB-RQju0D2RVD5Y_VvF5LqzLBGNEyTTmFSMcS9m9ybALnIUQf73mRKH_Y5oKnpTnxDb5e1Q0uJrzFHTV-ofj/s1600/100_1041.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wte5rIOrsP7wkfL4sV0J3trJ91g79t9NJc61WLLwjGoiVYslVB-RQju0D2RVD5Y_VvF5LqzLBGNEyTTmFSMcS9m9ybALnIUQf73mRKH_Y5oKnpTnxDb5e1Q0uJrzFHTV-ofj/s400/100_1041.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A goal of mine is to get a better camera. It would've been nice to get a decent picture of this spider I almost walked into.</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sAS4Cv4vNIhvA8-46rexDMzaZPNVw3ADK6cmc165Ya5ByTWdb-GAMPB5zIfIUZnuZeIlA1_mfmmMQauKAiPPQzcW__3hhf8b_FjEYH_UN_M6ysESUHdGrk5BLhVEy2jj-v0h/s1600/100_1045.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sAS4Cv4vNIhvA8-46rexDMzaZPNVw3ADK6cmc165Ya5ByTWdb-GAMPB5zIfIUZnuZeIlA1_mfmmMQauKAiPPQzcW__3hhf8b_FjEYH_UN_M6ysESUHdGrk5BLhVEy2jj-v0h/s400/100_1045.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-87604152496443478512011-07-24T22:41:00.000-07:002011-07-24T22:41:05.478-07:00How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part 3<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Come on, everybody! Let's go to the museum!<br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lBx4UkUymasvR_B9jEksDX_-Q_ZQTs3jGD990ZYQmE9blC8mAUabi2k4vHRPgJTk0GkpS9EROShj9F0IZnO3WrStnZWuNpyNxGTr6kanvBoJQsQ7AUSeUKYLtZRzxrjjtB0m/s1600/100_1019.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lBx4UkUymasvR_B9jEksDX_-Q_ZQTs3jGD990ZYQmE9blC8mAUabi2k4vHRPgJTk0GkpS9EROShj9F0IZnO3WrStnZWuNpyNxGTr6kanvBoJQsQ7AUSeUKYLtZRzxrjjtB0m/s400/100_1019.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">These rams make me think very much of astrology, though I think the ancient egyptian period that we're familiar with was during the age of Taurus.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_Atuz9mV_LpDEd_qiGpUf5YybHhd_lVA2ZQ85f-3B1LzwFqiqTUBk0wuSMS3FAobAwCddsfcmrJI4YZfzF_jHpZ4AY58ZZwlKL_oOsL1zs4uCKIu8utZ4hVUVKYs90NKFPmF/s1600/100_1020.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_Atuz9mV_LpDEd_qiGpUf5YybHhd_lVA2ZQ85f-3B1LzwFqiqTUBk0wuSMS3FAobAwCddsfcmrJI4YZfzF_jHpZ4AY58ZZwlKL_oOsL1zs4uCKIu8utZ4hVUVKYs90NKFPmF/s400/100_1020.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We're in the Age of Aquarius right now. Just like the song from "Hair" says.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuseNrhTmr5hbO7gpu1WCSLwZtqsplTHsgvI0yRq6MWWCo07ZgpXTyKgNcwp9V-ojTxJYhAR0nIwypZ2L3pVhl197BlbdXI03kmccnmneBaYPRBBG_BWoI-hYkEntieMFk5OD/s1600/100_1021.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuseNrhTmr5hbO7gpu1WCSLwZtqsplTHsgvI0yRq6MWWCo07ZgpXTyKgNcwp9V-ojTxJYhAR0nIwypZ2L3pVhl197BlbdXI03kmccnmneBaYPRBBG_BWoI-hYkEntieMFk5OD/s400/100_1021.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ages go backwards in the zodiac. We were just in the Age of Pisces, which lasted from about A.D. 1 to the year 2000. (I'm totally getting this information from The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need, by Joanna Martin Woolfolk.)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B52Hc3BkyPS9gFvvt9vVkEC0iIz-8Rn3jqZb6hc2jWr5iD40sD08eSFiuvZM7OLl2rxwR9pOOQ_4QJIR4zhx350UZ9GayXEUJlYCJMc9bi68B5v85GOvXwtlwOXow71m7lqW/s1600/100_1022.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B52Hc3BkyPS9gFvvt9vVkEC0iIz-8Rn3jqZb6hc2jWr5iD40sD08eSFiuvZM7OLl2rxwR9pOOQ_4QJIR4zhx350UZ9GayXEUJlYCJMc9bi68B5v85GOvXwtlwOXow71m7lqW/s400/100_1022.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So the next Age will be the Age of Capricorn, which will occur around the year 4000.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCluNHt5k0WI9yGbxZbxQ5hHuWK9jkmibVrSGN3mBwFuoiMZqIUERgWgs1nmgtWVA4bBlTJ1DuY8d4BmsCYgcwE3mB3qHD_vzdjqh3tRTA1iB-KvOZBTnm9llNnAAQcf0hE52j/s1600/100_1024.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCluNHt5k0WI9yGbxZbxQ5hHuWK9jkmibVrSGN3mBwFuoiMZqIUERgWgs1nmgtWVA4bBlTJ1DuY8d4BmsCYgcwE3mB3qHD_vzdjqh3tRTA1iB-KvOZBTnm9llNnAAQcf0hE52j/s400/100_1024.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;">I wonder if man will survive to the year 4000? I wonder if the ancient Egyptians thought mankind would still be roaming the earth four thousand years after they did?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pYLnpZAVaTgXJsUtRVtqQDAdELIo37RInMjDekNJWFZ9NRxAfAtyWII338rNP-V3O8svU4M-gDI8JzrSD9RXL00sFq4xhXJoGgHnYsr5PbFu-8r7605jhq6fmQLhI2wpS5J1/s1600/100_1025.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pYLnpZAVaTgXJsUtRVtqQDAdELIo37RInMjDekNJWFZ9NRxAfAtyWII338rNP-V3O8svU4M-gDI8JzrSD9RXL00sFq4xhXJoGgHnYsr5PbFu-8r7605jhq6fmQLhI2wpS5J1/s400/100_1025.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBAq-Erva_KTK85o5fNW4BQrOjdmq1D0I0Z8t2i_5T-pm10hlQHC-Ds5B2CtA1rzYgH-vgbRbR_PyLCTdBpRVwjFUCmgRAOtQ47x4x3NYe6Z4lL7Mhk1KVJAe_HIbjeZ-uaEx/s1600/100_1026.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBAq-Erva_KTK85o5fNW4BQrOjdmq1D0I0Z8t2i_5T-pm10hlQHC-Ds5B2CtA1rzYgH-vgbRbR_PyLCTdBpRVwjFUCmgRAOtQ47x4x3NYe6Z4lL7Mhk1KVJAe_HIbjeZ-uaEx/s400/100_1026.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We're discovering new things about ancient societies all the time. They had filtration systems for aquariums. They had medicine tablets, similar to our own pills today, that sailors could take to avoid sea-sickness. They mechanical boxes that could show them the position of the stars on any given day of any year. Yet the general concensus seems to be that the ancients were so dumb and we're vastly more intelligent and capable.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOe6JRLM6Ihb9IYTUimNoMmOZ8fr7LKjef8VtvOjWDS6Rqj7AAZxY_UtUg7208TOmasJti3QGGJEWA29r-3QJj92agNIbWa_fpbrEWRW1rvFTjXEZoiufd4vH816H2k9z8fm1/s1600/100_1027.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOe6JRLM6Ihb9IYTUimNoMmOZ8fr7LKjef8VtvOjWDS6Rqj7AAZxY_UtUg7208TOmasJti3QGGJEWA29r-3QJj92agNIbWa_fpbrEWRW1rvFTjXEZoiufd4vH816H2k9z8fm1/s400/100_1027.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wonder how many of our items will be around two thousand years from now. Do you think our computer and internet records will be salvagable by archeaologists then? Maybe people then will look back on us and wonder how we managed to survive our incredibly barbaric times? They'll say, "Those people from the Ding Dong Era were so basic. They stopped reading by the decade Ding 8. We can't find anymore printed records after that." They'll totally rename our era to something like that. They'll have a completely new calendar system. I'm sure the ancient Egyptians didn't celebrate the year 3345 B.C. and looked forward to 3344 B.C. </div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: justify;">The next post will show some of the inside of the museum, as well as more pics of the gardens.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-64445436234760306012011-07-23T00:15:00.000-07:002011-07-23T00:15:27.084-07:00How I Spent My Summer Vacation<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHnqHURpIRMGYhbYEK2-gYYdTB7MzcQmzKnUzgA1Ffv58hbvUTTNvIke_q5geeJaYrBMjeVdXZNnN0Om0a1KA-65R3uMbi6iWY8rkIMUv5cp_rl_NxmSF2UX5jEqq1HUqMp7J/s1600/100_0977.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHnqHURpIRMGYhbYEK2-gYYdTB7MzcQmzKnUzgA1Ffv58hbvUTTNvIke_q5geeJaYrBMjeVdXZNnN0Om0a1KA-65R3uMbi6iWY8rkIMUv5cp_rl_NxmSF2UX5jEqq1HUqMp7J/s400/100_0977.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hottie (pretty sure that's the alias I gave her) and I went to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiJRWB3yQ9PgLJlMeM8XCK3B9qm0RGpW-ZT0IsjhQetILnXRUz2H2U8ShVNjXwYxrjIAIRk8YVVbI16CmhiQRwcjU9-M5dHIA6B-U_5-64xUsxfLIdfR50Uu9Ki4tg4hiIdYG/s1600/100_0978.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiJRWB3yQ9PgLJlMeM8XCK3B9qm0RGpW-ZT0IsjhQetILnXRUz2H2U8ShVNjXwYxrjIAIRk8YVVbI16CmhiQRwcjU9-M5dHIA6B-U_5-64xUsxfLIdfR50Uu9Ki4tg4hiIdYG/s400/100_0978.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We did the Grand Estate Tour, which combined the House Tour and the Backstage Tour.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEmJxtChXFtG8np16AFRmWs2oDphcCasi3uTLxseWNW1oU1CaophsHlvYZNjfVwN0WknquEMjXkqAqPR35CYs9jSMTgbBqpO9y7EQ16YJP7BuCxPGOiJfyzqhmlvt5Jda062G/s1600/100_0979.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEmJxtChXFtG8np16AFRmWs2oDphcCasi3uTLxseWNW1oU1CaophsHlvYZNjfVwN0WknquEMjXkqAqPR35CYs9jSMTgbBqpO9y7EQ16YJP7BuCxPGOiJfyzqhmlvt5Jda062G/s400/100_0979.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I went about ten years before, and I'm pretty sure I took pictures of the inside of the house, but you can't do that anymore. Flashes ruining the paint and all that fun stuff.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6IYsjeM9AAmHRsYO4zf3dqRhDX7DUAMMY9Bmk1OYYd3bxwNY54uyaMnxopfNnUJDFCk1RZRK5jVtcswwlWaABPI91blAcQfWrFQ9iyaP0QwkYazSbgpSnZSBW7HAInyjQqDr/s1600/100_0981.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6IYsjeM9AAmHRsYO4zf3dqRhDX7DUAMMY9Bmk1OYYd3bxwNY54uyaMnxopfNnUJDFCk1RZRK5jVtcswwlWaABPI91blAcQfWrFQ9iyaP0QwkYazSbgpSnZSBW7HAInyjQqDr/s400/100_0981.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAJg_xykZHdKCU2Qxg_KIXsOkpFAiFZob_zWYEsoEdXRaGnYXM95GQDqRwAsFU-RY1vveUVfd6eXzRjH1ZbyKZvBJpJUs1HNnoG1H53OKc7KLnVgDv-DEZ0IdhclhMkATKDMn/s1600/100_0985.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAJg_xykZHdKCU2Qxg_KIXsOkpFAiFZob_zWYEsoEdXRaGnYXM95GQDqRwAsFU-RY1vveUVfd6eXzRjH1ZbyKZvBJpJUs1HNnoG1H53OKc7KLnVgDv-DEZ0IdhclhMkATKDMn/s400/100_0985.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the Foreman's House, which we walked by during the Backstage Tour. It was closed for rennovation.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXpvl3GbkZxP7Sr06iNF2gRu9pRDwJltwsXT5eIIkkAT2rV-tHEIW3dpTrOVOooazBns7OyvkdpEfx4I4m28l9cyBdA7LFD3InAkz5oYXP60DVmdb_6AYi3ETQSmJu0jjc3ac/s1600/100_0986.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXpvl3GbkZxP7Sr06iNF2gRu9pRDwJltwsXT5eIIkkAT2rV-tHEIW3dpTrOVOooazBns7OyvkdpEfx4I4m28l9cyBdA7LFD3InAkz5oYXP60DVmdb_6AYi3ETQSmJu0jjc3ac/s400/100_0986.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the well for the house. It now has a super-pump on it.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxlg7a4UFtbMbH3iJnZjOFCuQAFEE8n3XedCO7NM5j6XLqrHqaY113QFwk8cvjhvxXNORQ_3I-24ydfgol7ni5484GYFTQUpu7nTPx_KzGu-COKtz5spq1QEP1yYEGpAHmhon/s1600/100_0987.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxlg7a4UFtbMbH3iJnZjOFCuQAFEE8n3XedCO7NM5j6XLqrHqaY113QFwk8cvjhvxXNORQ_3I-24ydfgol7ni5484GYFTQUpu7nTPx_KzGu-COKtz5spq1QEP1yYEGpAHmhon/s400/100_0987.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the tank house. Incidentally, should San Jose ever have a water crisis, the Winchester well is considered an official back-up water supply for the city.</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyubggZ42Gpxu0s3CR9V2LZv9kk9qnmpZY939dZBaJBCiswPmUp-jFhCWDpRe8lsjjIuv5D8L89vSxhTV7EXuFCVSjQdEO3MeBVgifSN9hEnmr4hBOudwZqPxHNEB_g3PLesyr/s1600/100_0989.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyubggZ42Gpxu0s3CR9V2LZv9kk9qnmpZY939dZBaJBCiswPmUp-jFhCWDpRe8lsjjIuv5D8L89vSxhTV7EXuFCVSjQdEO3MeBVgifSN9hEnmr4hBOudwZqPxHNEB_g3PLesyr/s400/100_0989.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I like flowers.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5xck3-1WOQ6uqpKg40QsF2WV3diWL4okWPz2XAZOBPoMF26O1hLTj6q42oK0XpLtxxDLwTf1AQJiyOryHocPYHaIp3QljMJgBa1ZkNXT8FW6Yd5YI2XtAjZ4JmPUGs5jPqk3/s1600/100_0990.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5xck3-1WOQ6uqpKg40QsF2WV3diWL4okWPz2XAZOBPoMF26O1hLTj6q42oK0XpLtxxDLwTf1AQJiyOryHocPYHaIp3QljMJgBa1ZkNXT8FW6Yd5YI2XtAjZ4JmPUGs5jPqk3/s400/100_0990.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I can't remember if I took this pic or not. Hottie took quite a few with my camera. Either way, I like the contrast of the green on the red tiles.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFaMwXh7_PiSX40c6z8A5_R1eSI8oetZKW1979Z_wMUU7wObIcjTpjl_40tl-ApTeBTuYz2cjp2Qghu6O5sKN4lXeF8JL50kqkTYWi_lruFvBYhueBkaeSH3xPInir8QVdien/s1600/100_0991.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFaMwXh7_PiSX40c6z8A5_R1eSI8oetZKW1979Z_wMUU7wObIcjTpjl_40tl-ApTeBTuYz2cjp2Qghu6O5sKN4lXeF8JL50kqkTYWi_lruFvBYhueBkaeSH3xPInir8QVdien/s400/100_0991.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The house is constantly under rennovation.</div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9FYzAxyXWLunpPmNi1yuXPqBg04mTXNzKTCgY_90FnVznsr0mj8dvnwjRFxBv_rZaJIILMpiwxyDM3yzmIdkhonCO6G6Cn-7sbGzSTDWmJMWRDwvvDgmdeOmjO1-AnuqRX09/s1600/100_0992.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9FYzAxyXWLunpPmNi1yuXPqBg04mTXNzKTCgY_90FnVznsr0mj8dvnwjRFxBv_rZaJIILMpiwxyDM3yzmIdkhonCO6G6Cn-7sbGzSTDWmJMWRDwvvDgmdeOmjO1-AnuqRX09/s400/100_0992.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This statue's name is Murray, or so said our guide. He said he "looks like a Murray".</div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0fCJFdxuQixFCvoZGoi29ejAAFWcja-Tu-a47jyneVMrBFU3XUU8f-9cUhIaSv-cDTzZTZISF-JKGo0r0TIxwTnlM-v5H8pZLdFlJcJzH_4QlSrt6tzFSlYRa2DoEQAVkQVg/s1600/100_1001.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0fCJFdxuQixFCvoZGoi29ejAAFWcja-Tu-a47jyneVMrBFU3XUU8f-9cUhIaSv-cDTzZTZISF-JKGo0r0TIxwTnlM-v5H8pZLdFlJcJzH_4QlSrt6tzFSlYRa2DoEQAVkQVg/s400/100_1001.JPG" width="332px" /></a> </div>Our guide for the Backstage Tour. Sarah Winchester was quite fond of the number thirteen. This wasn't here while she lived, but the gardeners liked it.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaiBcKIFeQdmr8T9PPNPBrR_Sep1FfQEd6hnQxBiGkJAvX_xwQOAf33wScWfgs45nNUcK9PylkA4dEussne_NNM-GuV_V_DksK2f1FFY-THjP1vTizqCvPmIvKEQWKpVYSkuX/s1600/100_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaiBcKIFeQdmr8T9PPNPBrR_Sep1FfQEd6hnQxBiGkJAvX_xwQOAf33wScWfgs45nNUcK9PylkA4dEussne_NNM-GuV_V_DksK2f1FFY-THjP1vTizqCvPmIvKEQWKpVYSkuX/s400/100_1005.JPG" t$="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-19079700403976141482011-07-03T21:11:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:11:00.571-07:00Order and Perspective<div style="text-align: justify;">I began writing the next draft of the story I've been working on forever. One of the biggest issues I was having with it was what order to put the chapters in. For the longest time, the story was out of sequence, but it seemed to make my story choppy. I told myself that the readers didn't need to know everything and they'd be able to figure out the connections. But it left my story with a lot of holes. So early last week, I decided to just put the darn thing in chronological order and fill in the gaps. This means (probably) that the books won't have a solid beginning (well, the first one will), middle and end; rather, it will be more saga-like. If I change my mind after I finish writing it this way and want to make it out-of-sequence again, at least the sequences will be more solid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another reason why I was going to do the story out-of-sequence is that each chapter is from a different character's perspective. I was planning on having each book only be from a couple character perspectives at a time, so the readers wouldn't get overwhelmed (yes, I was a fan of "Lost"). But now that I intend to do the story in chronological order, I had to decide whether to keep the chapters I'd already written in their original perspectives, or rewrite many of them into a single perspective. I decided on the former, as there are some parts of the story I simply wouldn't be able to tell, otherwise. So I'll just have to remember that people are smart, and write well enough so that my story <em>isn't </em>confusing. </div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-80616283414912516622011-06-24T15:15:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:11:33.164-07:00"... I think I'll put this play away for a while and go back to the war play."<div style="text-align: justify;">On my way to work earlier in the week, I had a "what if" thought. It started out simple enough, but I kept thinking about it and it became more and more interesting to me. Soon I realized I had a third book on my hands. Once I was home, I started working on story and character outlines.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have mixed feelings about this. One the one hand, I'm thrilled that I have a third book in the works. Yay, three books. Now when I have an agent and a publisher I can say, "Don't worry, I have at least <em>three books </em>I can give you!" "Hooray!" They'll cry as they throw their arms up in celebration and begin planning my book-signing world tour.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, I haven't finished the other two, let alone one. This shouldn't bug the heck out of me, but it does. Of course complaining about it doesn't help matters, but I'm sure I could find a study that suggests otherwise. A couple days ago I read an article called <a href="http://io9.com/5814484/myths-about-the-future-that-could-ruin-your-life">Myths About the Future that Could Ruin Your Life</a> . One of the myths was that those who imagine a positive future tend to have less energy to actually acheive that future, because your brain can confuse fantasy with reality and figures you're already there, I guess. Anyway, it's kind of depressing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another thing that occured to me as I worked on the third book is that there's probably going to be a good chunk of people who won't like my books. Not because it won't be in their favorite genre, but because they won't like what my books have to say about things like religion. My stories, the more I look at them, are very spiritual and I'm not sure how people will take to that. (Incidentally, I've written about five different sentences to follow that last one and have erased them all on account of not fully agreeing with what I wrote.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In other news, I'm really enjoying this book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outlander-20th-Anniversary-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/0440423201/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308953503&sr=1-1">Outlander</a> . I'm just over half way through it and it's fun. It involves time travel and Scotland, for a quick sum-up. If you've read it and care to discuss it, I'm all for that, but I don't think I'll spoil it until after I've finished reading it.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-54187864911553030412011-06-15T13:23:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:11:55.544-07:00Busy, busy, busy!<div style="text-align: justify;">My goodness! I have been so busy... not writing. I've just been working a lot, which is great for the checking account but leaves me with little time or motivation for writing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I believe that when each of us is born, we are set with at least one official life lesson. This lesson is one we will be faced with in a number of ways all through our lives, and it's up to us to figure out how to solve it and learn from it. And even if we successfully beat it, that doesn't mean that it won't pop up again throughout the rest of our existance in this life. I think one of my official life lessons is the conflict of what I want to do verses what I need to do. Sometimes I can't always do what I want to do, because I have to do what I need to do. This is the way of the grown up, as I'm sure many of you are aware.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So this week I've worked <em>a lot</em>, as I mentioned previously. It doesn't seem to lighten up any time soon, either. Not that I'm complaining; I'm glad to be working. I just need to find a way to balance things. I've been spending quite a few nights at Smarty's apartment and I certainly appreciate it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">My brain has been running a marathon lately, thinking about all the things I should be doing or hope to be doing. I've been saving money for a vacation in July which I'm super excited for. This week I was going to help a friend in a complicated situation, and spent a few days psyching myself up for it. But I was unable to help and that kind of bothered me. I know the time is coming for me to move, but I have no idea how to go about it, if I can afford it or what the consequences would be. I seriously need to get my hair cut. I don't know if working on my story would calm me of any of this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the plus side, I've been reading a book forom Smarty's apartment. It's called <u>Outlander</u> and it's pretty enjoyable. It started out rather slowly, but it's pretty good once the action started coming on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a future note, I'm may not be able to blog next Wednesday. I'll be out of town and away from my computer, and I'm afraid my phone is not smart enough to blog from. But I will blog as soon as I can.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-21287578462542835262011-06-06T21:07:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:12:16.150-07:00That Conflict Stuff<div style="text-align: justify;">I did write last week, which felt fabulous. I love writing with a goal or an element in mind and seeing where it takes a story. Sometimes things come up that I didn't expect, but as I write, those things make perfect sense. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I inserted that conflict I mentioned last week into one of my chapters. Being that it was the rough draft, it turned out to be a very cheesey, over-dramatic piece of crap. I loved it. The goal for the next draft of course will be to make it less crappy. I really don't think my story can handle less drama, and I adore cheese.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The problem I was having with my story was that my main characters were too passive. Things were happening to my characters, while most of them remained completely virtuous. That is something that I don't think readers would find believable. I needed to get thier hands dirty; some grey mixed in with the black and white. And while it maybe risks the readers not liking some of their choices, they'll be a little more understandable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had so much fun putting that bit of conflict before one character, that I brainstormed and wrote out the ways it could affect and possibly damage my other characters. While this might suggest I should look into therapy, it really breathed some life into my story. Suddenly there was a means to get from point A to point B for many of my storylines.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So this week, I'll write a few more pages and see what happens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, I'm sure many of you have taken classes or read books on how to write stories, but in case you like to constantly read about it or would like some refreshers, I'd like to recommend two blogs. First is by Lynda M. Martin. This is the first in a series on writing and I love her advice, <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Good-Writing-Is-1-the-two-biggest-mistakes-made-by-new-writers">Good Writing Is...</a> . The second is by a teacher named <a href="http://adgansky.wordpress.com/">Aaron D. Gansky</a>. He also provides some good information. </div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-7645396857687091322011-05-30T23:19:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:12:35.355-07:00Why I Didn't Write This WeekI didn't really think through when to blog, I guess. I should've waited until after I returned from being six days away from the internet. Had I just waited to complain about not having a finished book and blamed my procrastination until last week, I would be on schedule. But now that I'm here, I will say that I really was away from my computer for six days. Not that I couldn't write without my computer, but I couldn't blog about why I didn't write. Were there too many negatives in that last sentence?<br />
Last week, I stayed with my friend who just moved into a brand new apartment. As I love the aliases and simple adjectives, her name on this blog shall henceforth be Smarty Bookington, in honor of all the books she had strewn around her apartment when I arrived. There really is so much more to Smarty than books, but this was the first name that came to mind, and I usually feel that's the best way to go.<br />
It was great spending time with Smarty. I helped her out where I could; washing dishes and buying a curtain for her shower (because I like to smell nice). We explored the area around her complex and found a terrific bakery! And we watched "Prince of Persia", which is just the silliest movie.<br />
I've spoken with Smarty before about my story, and even let her read two chapters. She asked me if I'd found time to write, to which I answered no. But I told her about an idea I was working with to flesh out the storyline.<br />
Without giving too much away, I have somewhere between fifteen to twenty chapters written already, as well as a pretty lengthy outline. The issue is there are holes that need to be filled in and things of that nature. It's very possible that I have a series on my hands, but I don't entirely have a sense of direction still for my story.<br />
The idea I told her about was a way to motivate my characters. It was something that would impact them and cause conflict for them throughout the story, but would put them all in a dark place. Smarty was not too keen on the idea and suggested it might affect the readers negatively. That immediately made me think about the tv show "Stargate Universe". I am convinced that the reason it failed so miserably was you couldn't really root for the characters. Apart from the math whiz kid, there was no one on that show that I liked. The endearing qualities were few and far between, and I don't want that for my characters.<br />
I'm wondering if maybe it would read better if I wrote out a chapter with that element in there. Can a character be both horrible and endearing? Dexter, the character of both the book series and tv show, seems to be (though I admit, I haven't read or seen either one yet).Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-40866313430341886692011-05-18T22:27:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:12:59.171-07:00I've been working on a novel...<div style="text-align: justify;">I've been working on a novel for a very long time. I'd probably have worked on it less if only I'd not taken giant gaps of not working on it all this time. But you see, I'm what is called an ordinary human being. I procrastinate. I find reasons not to work on it. I start a new hobby. I give myself all sorts of excuses that ultimately prevent me from working on it. Then tv shows, films and other books come out with similarities to my own story and so I think, <em>if I'd only stuck to it!</em> Well, no more, hopefully.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There really is a lot going on in my life. I really wish sometimes I could be like the author of <em>Water for Elephants </em>and just lock myself in a closet for six months to finish my book without any interruption, but closets are dark and small and usually filled with coats. Not my ideal writing space, exactly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The problem with taking a break for so long from writing a story is you start to see the faults within the story, even if it's only in its early stages. Your characters are not complex enough. Some of your characters just don't work. A major plot device gets contradicted later on or is easy to disprove. Then other ideas for the story pop into your head that sound great, but would cause a serious rewrite.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What I'm planning to do is this: I'm going to write my story, even if it's completely bonkers. And once a week, I'm going to blog about my progress. I won't be divulging my story, but I'll write about things that come about or complications I come upon. There may be blog posts where I might say, I didn't write anything this week, but I'll try to write about interesting things that happened or why I didn't write. Hopefully, this will get my mind working to actually write my story.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'd like to take a paragraph and explain why I didn't follow through on writing about my time as an extra. Once I started thinking back to that time, the whole thing just really depressed and angered me. There were some really fun and interesting moments, but it mostly just took a toll on me. Along with other things that were going on outside of work, I just felt I wasn't being treated with respect as a human being. I didn't really want to put myself back in that mindset, so I chose not to continue. Maybe later, but I think whenever I try to look back on the whole situation, I'll feel crappy about it.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-9771659497795461152010-06-23T19:58:00.000-07:002010-06-23T19:58:31.613-07:00I guess some of us are just born city people.<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg652jxbQeSH-RuMWEqHCvEWV5wNC-0_BnwmgeEXMbuKxAbg93W7DSDUe6njBlMJ-nh5IQSQoOBMk_RkIC8me3X9osCespkKrk9ROoHLjmvKvanNIsZoWCUjSwKbvnpKR6u68CK/s1600/Top.bmp.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg652jxbQeSH-RuMWEqHCvEWV5wNC-0_BnwmgeEXMbuKxAbg93W7DSDUe6njBlMJ-nh5IQSQoOBMk_RkIC8me3X9osCespkKrk9ROoHLjmvKvanNIsZoWCUjSwKbvnpKR6u68CK/s400/Top.bmp.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I found this while sorting through some old boxes in the garage. I think this is from the fifth grade. We had to clip pictures out of magazines and write haikus about them. I never did well with poetry in school, but this made me laugh when I rediscovered it.<br />If you can't read it, it says:<br /><br />Forest<br /><br />Tall trees stand up straight<br />Pieces of moss on the ground<br />So harmless looking</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-48940078234001392112010-05-30T15:22:00.000-07:002011-07-03T21:13:20.025-07:00One more thing about Koroneburg.<div style="text-align: justify;">I knew there were bugs there, but I didn't realize they were mosquitos. They <em>loved </em>me, as is evident by the many bites I have on my legs and back. Maybe it's because it's an El Nino year? Anyway, lot of bugs. Obviously it's not the faire's fault, but if you know you're particularly tastey to mosquitos, you may want to avoid this one.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-17172592075981100102010-05-30T12:36:00.000-07:002010-05-30T12:36:54.750-07:00Koroneburg<div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I dragged my mom with me to the <a href="http://www.renaissanceinfo.com/riverview/">Koroneburg Old World Festival</a> in Corona (get it?). It's a renaissance faire that takes place in a German barony.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far as renn faires go, Koroneburg is a very mellow one. I visited it two years ago by myself and had a pretty decent time. Renn Faires seem to be best for me when I go with a group, but faires seem to have a niche following. I have only been to two other renn faires besides this one: <a href="http://www.renfair.com/socal/">the Renaissance Pleasure Faire</a> and <a href="http://www.lvrenfair.com/">the Age of Chivalry Renaissance Faire</a>, as you know from my previous posts on it. Koroneburg is not nearly as crowded, but it does feel more personal. If the Renaissance Pleasure Faire is a big city, Koroneburg is a small, friendly town.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Koroneburg has some unique aspects to it. The biggest is that the park has actual buildings that look like little replicas of an old European village. I wish I had taken pictures, but my mom and I just enjoyed wandering around. I recognized many people from the last time I attended the faire two years ago, so it does have a faithful following. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">My wish is that there would be more to do there, as it is a pretty small faire. The layout is sort of oval-shaped, with a more sparse, open area in the back. There is a stage where <a href="http://www.thequeensswordsmen.com/">the Queen's Swordsmen</a> perform. I've seen them both times I've been to Koroneburg and in Vegas, and their always entertaining. Also in the back is a water-dunking game and camps. There isn't a lot of entertainment, and pretty much all of it has a "pass-the-hat" procedure, so it feels a little awkward if you don't have tipping money (I came prepared for the Queen's Swordsmen this year). There are not too many food options, but the selections that they have are pretty nice. There are the traditional turkey legs and steak on a steak, but there are also sauteed mushrooms and even ice cream. Most of the food items are priced around $5.00, so you don't feel as though you have to choose between food or souvinieres.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far as crafts go, there are some real winners. Apart from the usual items (costumes, leather goods, etc), there are hand-crafted wooden mugs (I loved the wooden flasks! Unfortunately, I don't have a link for them), magnetic broaches with nature photographs printed on them (not very authentic, but still interesting) and colorful, hand-blown glass-wear. One thing the glass-blower sold that I haven't seen at any other fair: <a href="http://www.learnersminyan.com/archives/qh017.htm">mezzuzahs</a> (also spelled mezouza). I haven't seen those since I lived in L.A. and I even got to explain them to my mom, since she'd never seen one. That was my "I feel smart" moment of the day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for costumes: most of the people I saw at the faire were in costume, but the level of authenticity was mixed. Two weekends during the festival, the park stays open until 9:00pm and both weekends have a theme. The first weekend was Robin Hood weekend and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/">The Adventures of Robin Hood</a> starring Erol Flynn was played in a tent. This weekend was Pirate weekend and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033028/">The Sea Hawk</a>, also starring Erol Flynn, was played. Since pirates have become popular, so too has lax costuming. You can pretty much throw anything on and call yourself a pirate, although some do it better than others. Knowing this, and not having complete costumes since my chemise fell apart at the Vegas faire, I threw together an old skirt with a silk blouse and some racey tights. I added some costume jewelery and ta-daa-- acceptable faux-pirate garb! Mom just wore normal clothes as we don't have any costume pieces for her... yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The regulars who attend this faire are very into their characters, but they are far mellower than their Renaissance Pleasure Faire counterparts. This is totally cool, though, as it helps with their distinct but equal vibe. The story is that the festival is being held by the Baron Heinrich Von Lauffer and you see him often. He's this big, pleasant man with a happy German accent (I can't really think how to describe it; ever hear Ludwig Von Drake speak?).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We stayed at the faire until it closed. Then we hiked back downhill to our car and noticed the smell of... poo. We smelled it earlier when we parked the cars, and my guess at the time was that horses were nearby. Leaving the parking lot, however, we took a wrong turn. The exit is twisty and confusing, especially in the dark. Following others doesn't help sometimes, as we did and ended up in a dark dead end. Then we smelled it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I think we're next to a water-reclamation area." My mom said. She was right. I turned the car around and tried to get out of there and back onto the street as quicly and as safely as I could, but the smell of sulfur and sewage filled the car. The only thing to do was endure it until we were back on the road and the park was far behind us.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-50726311257549602942010-02-17T14:07:00.000-08:002010-02-17T14:07:27.674-08:00James Dean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0I4IS4bHaz3c149g01hclKVqYgbiBM17BlNNeW3gWC3DyLYedSTj49twaEPd91r6wD8DKkxXKrR0h2hF9evIb2P4KN8eVrBBTmwaRKKJP9RR9-5Gf25pACtBuT3HPCvmhkLj/s1600-h/IMG_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0I4IS4bHaz3c149g01hclKVqYgbiBM17BlNNeW3gWC3DyLYedSTj49twaEPd91r6wD8DKkxXKrR0h2hF9evIb2P4KN8eVrBBTmwaRKKJP9RR9-5Gf25pACtBuT3HPCvmhkLj/s400/IMG_0006.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> In April of 2000, I graduated from the academy. I did not enjoy my experience there, but I did learn a lot (as I've stated on here before). Towards the end of my year there, I heard that the tv movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240628/">"James Dean"</a> was going to be partly shot at our school, which then occupied part of the Pasadena Playhouse. Any of the students who participated as an extra would get a SAG voucher for it. While a few of us saw this as an opportunity, there were many who brushed it aside. Even though there have been countless stars and working actors who started as extras, the line of work has a negative connotation. Theatre and film departments of colleges are breeding grounds for snobbery and the academy was no exception. Out of entire graduating class, only about five students signed up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Three of us went together and signed up with the extras agency working for "James Dean". It was in a nondescript building on a very busy street. The man who ran the business was very cocky, though he had nicer people who worked for him. They took our photos and had us fill out forms stating our info and what we were willing and able to do. An older gentleman who was helping me out spoke up when I reached a box asking if I was willing to do nudity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> "Don't do that, honey." He said. "Your dignity's not worth that."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> It was odd at the time to hear someone say that. Before we graduated, some of my fellow classmates had done a final play where they all had to be completely nude at least once. While they all took it in stride and complimented each other on what great actors they were, I saw it as being forced to go nude or being denied their degrees. It's so easy to allow yourself to be taken advantage of when you're a young actor just starting out. But of course, there are other ways that a young actor can lose thier dignity than by disrobing for no reason.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The day I went back to the school for the shoot, the adjoining parking lot was full of white trailers. I met with a PA (production assistant) who signed me in and helped me fill out my voucher. Then he told me where the wardrobe trailer was. The wardrobe lady fitted me with the lovely ensemble you see me in in the picture above. My clothing was authentic from the early 1950s right down to the undergarments. I'm not cold in the photo, it's one of those lovely pointy-cup bras! I received many comments throughout the day, such as, "You'll take an eye out with those things!" I even wore a girdle and shorts with (unprotected) rubber lining. Let me tell you, it was not fun taking those off at the end of the day, as the rubber burned my skin. <br />
After going to the hair and make-up trailers, I went to extra's holding, which happened to be in the theatre our final plays had been performed in. There were not a lot of extras for this scene and we were all working as union. Everyone, including the crew, was super-nice! People were more than happy to explain everything to me and how it all worked. You got snacks from "craft services", but you changed your clothes (or used the restroom) in the "honey wagon". I thought that was odd.<br />
Some of the extras had had pretty interesting careers already. One woman (who was the one who took the above picture) was also the dancing lobster on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217910/">"The Amanda Show"</a>, while another woman had been a dancer in the Las Vegas show, "Splash". We sat in the seats and talked. One guy slept, which I thought was an odd thing to do at the time.<br />
Soon, the director came out onto the stage. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753073/">Mark Rydell</a> was dressed casually and was just the nicest guy. He told us what the scene we were going to be in was about with a soft voice and the flaire of a storyteller. James Dean was in an acting class that garnered lots of respect from the entertainment communtiy. He was doing a scene with another guy who played the owner of a watch shop. James was going to play a man trying to steal a watch. But the acting teacher couldn't foresee that James would get really into the scene and try to beat up the other guy to get the watch. All of the other students would freak out and the teacher would have to break up the fight. And that would be that.<br />
Eventually we went into the classroom where the scene was being filmed. It was one of the dance classrooms. This was a room where I learned how to fence (I totally sucked), brushed up on my tap-dancing skills (kind of sucked at that, too, but I had more fun at that) and even acted in there on occassion (whether I sucked or not was up for debate ;) ). The director and his immediate crew were against the mirrored wall. I looked on the opposite side out the window to see a large light on a craned platform. The man guarding it was sleeping. One of the extras whispered to me that he was getting paid tons of money to sleep there. In front of us against the was wall, was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290556/">James Franco</a>. He was laying down on a couch, smoking. After he finished that cigarrette, he lit up another. From what I could guess, he's an actor who tries to immerse himself in his character, whether he's at work or not. Every now and then, he'd scrunch up his face or make a pouty look, and he looked like a photo of the real James Dean. I enjoyed that.<br />
A props man came around and gave us various items to use in the scene. He gave me some feminine horn-rimmed glasses, which I chose not to wear (because I was dumb) and I regretted it later when he approached me and asked me about it later. He didn't yell at me, but I felt bad and used or wore whatever props or wardrobe gave me from then on.<br />
In the scene, I sat next to the guy who was playing the actor James was about to beat up "for his craft". I would list his name, but I don't remember what it was. If it's listed on imdb, there's no picture by his name. He was a nice guy, though. He did a little bit with me before he walked up onstage to do the scene with James, which I thought was nice and went along with. Working on that scene was one of the times I got to do the most acting as an extra. <br />
There were a few shots for that scene. One was focused just on the two actors and the teacher and I'm pretty sure we weren't used for that. Another was behind us looking at the stage, and another was on us reacting to what was going on on stage. There may have been more, but again, it's been awhile.<br />
After shooting, we waited around a little, ate some lunch (I think) and then we were done. I turned in my costume, got my voucher and went home, not knowing how soon my next extra gig would be.</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-46010512093944835442010-01-20T12:44:00.000-08:002010-01-20T12:44:08.434-08:00Extra Work<div style="text-align: justify;">I am about to do something that no woman is *supposed* to do: I am about to age myself. By that, I mean I'm going to describe events that will make you, the reader, figure out roughly how old I am. It's really not that hard to do anymore, given sites like facebook and what have you (and the description about myself on this blog) but it still is a taboo.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was ten years ago this year when I left the academy and started my three year-long stint as a full-time non-union extra. Why three years as non-union, you might ask (if you are in the know enough to ask). I owe it partly to my magnetic personality, but mostly to the system.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Being an extra was a very exciting, depressing, angry and funny time for me. Whether I like it or not, it helped shaped who I have become. Also, along with my experience at the academy (which I won't go too much into-- it's just not as interesting), shaped my view on the entertainment industry as a whole.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sitting in my room in a light blue photo box with water-color flowers on it, that my mom probably bought me from Kmart, sits almost all of my vouchers and check stubs I received from extra work. I think over the course of my "career" I lost maybe two vouchers in my trunk that were never seen again. I've been meaning to "one day" look at each one and remember what happened for each shoot. Then I wanted to either write a book or a screenplay about them.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, as I previously mentioned, it's been pretty much a decade since all of that happened. I still have all of my faculties, but I'd like to write this down. You never know when something could happen. Some horrible catastrophe could prevent my story from coming out, though most of me thinks that's unlikely. What's more likely is I would prevent myself from telling my story, which has already been the case. When you're an actress completely starting out, there's a lot of things you're told you're not supposed to do. The same things happen in regular lines of work, but as far as I've experienced, never so much as in the entertainment industry. You get told "no" for so many things and soon you'll find you're telling yourself "no" to even the most obvious good opportunities.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And yes, that last paragraph<em> was </em>a bit of a rant without explanation. I'm sorry. All will be explained in the stories ahead.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, while this is my life story, this will be a truthful account. I know it's been ten years, but I'm not going to exaggerate. Some of it might be hard to believe, because the entertainment industry is silly like that. But I won't make stuff up like, "I was sitting in my unmoving car on the 405 south, when a pegasus flew down to my driver's-side window and said 'Get on my back and I will take you to the studios!'"<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(But I have to tell you, that was one heck of a morning.)<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far a posting each entry is concerned, my goal is to do at least one a week. Maybe sometimes I'll do two, maybe sometimes I'll only be able to do one in two weeks. But I will be consistent. I would recommend subscribing to this blog if you want to stay up-to-date. I will be posting links to my updates on my facebook page, but keep in mind I only accept people as my facebook friends who I know. It isn't hard to become a follower of blogs on blogspot; you just have to set up a google account, log in and click "follow" on my page.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, I hope you enjoy the stories.<br />
</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13108020.post-66018952402875400442009-12-24T19:50:00.000-08:002009-12-24T19:50:57.791-08:00Apple Cider Cupcakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvNaq5Dj8igTjzn-pB_zOESjj6Hx6hC8xL6NBkES6VTEXPPAZQQugkH6TAhIGGq_eGZ_vENQ8izYXUgUj90yYrOUdBGjfcz9522st6OsDlaAB9JI7H4oK-A8HSmyrDJsBBiEU/s1600-h/100_0732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvNaq5Dj8igTjzn-pB_zOESjj6Hx6hC8xL6NBkES6VTEXPPAZQQugkH6TAhIGGq_eGZ_vENQ8izYXUgUj90yYrOUdBGjfcz9522st6OsDlaAB9JI7H4oK-A8HSmyrDJsBBiEU/s320/100_0732.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div align="justify">So today, I decided to continue my powdered drink mix adventure and make apple cider cupcakes! These also turned out well, and the house smelled amazing for an added bonus.<br />
</div><div align="justify">Again, I had a hard time tasting the flavor I was trying to add. If any pro bakers out there know of a site or a shop that sells a large variety of extracts, please let me know. Apple cider extract might have worked with this.<br />
</div><div align="justify">I decided to use a spice cake mix with this one. I figured a white cake mix would be to sweet. I also considered a lemon cake mix, but figured the lemon flavor would drown out the apple flavor.<br />
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</div><div align="center">APPLE CIDER CUPCAKES<br />
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</div><div align="left">You will need:<br />
</div><div align="left">1 box spice cake mix<br />
</div><div align="left">3 eggs<br />
</div><div align="left">3 packets (or 3 oz) powdered apple cider mix<br />
</div><div align="left">1/3 cups vegetable oil<br />
</div><div align="left">2/3 cups water<br />
</div><div align="left">1/3 cups apple cider (The non-sparkling, juice kind)<br />
</div><div align="left">1/3 cups sparkling apple cider<br />
</div><div align="left">2 cans whipped white frosting (The logic behind this is you don't serve hot apple cider with whipped cream, but it could potentially be foamy. Maybe. And cupcakes need frosting.)<br />
</div><div align="left">Cinnamon sugar mixed with festive sugar sprinkles (As much as you see fit)<br />
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</div><div align="left">egg beater<br />
</div><div align="left">large mixing bowl<br />
</div><div align="left">enough cupcake tins to hold 24 cupcakes<br />
</div><div align="left">24 festive paper cupcake wrappers<br />
</div><div align="left">pastry bag with round nozzle<br />
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</div><div align="left">Prepare cake mix according to directions.<br />
</div><div align="left">Pour apple cider mix into cake batter<br />
</div><div align="left">Line cupcake tins with paper wrappers<br />
</div><div align="left">Pour batter into tins<br />
</div><div align="left">Bake according to directions on box<br />
</div><div align="left">Remove cupcakes and allow to cool<br />
</div><div align="left">Frost cupcakes<br />
</div><div align="left">Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar/sugar sprinkle combination to desired taste<br />
</div><div align="left">Refrigerate remaining cupcakes not devoured<br />
</div>Alithia Kimmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663447861869310081noreply@blogger.com0