This is unusual for me, but I'm at a loss for what to talk about today. Nothing really fascinating has happened in the last 24 hours.
Screnzy update: I went ahead and wrote that part I thought would be boring, and I was able to develop more of the 'Martians hate the Government of Planets' thought process through an education expert being too much into politics. And the scene right after that, which I also thought would be boring, turned out to be pretty funny and sad at the same time. Not a bad night! I'm looking forward to tomorrow's writing, with the scenes I have lined up. I'm currently at 18/100 pages, and I need to write 4 a day for the next three days to make my/Chris Baty's goal of 30 by Friday.
Also, I think I'm almost over this stupid cold. Then I get the joy of going back to work, but also of getting back to roleplaying and being able to tell you about the awesome sites I'm on!
I'm off to have some cabbage roll soup and see if there's anything on tv. G'night, lovely people.
-Lizzy
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Who Knew?!
All right, let's get the Screnzy count out of the way. I'm at 14/100 pages. I believe it's just past today's goal, so I'll have to do some extra work tomorrow to get ahead again. Plus, I'm going to take Chris Baty's challenge and hit 30 pages by Friday. Unfortunately I've hit a bit of a roadblock with my upcoming scene because I think it may be too boring to even bother with. I'll think it over tonight and continue tomorrow.
Today we're going to be talking about genealogy. For the past several months I've been very interested in knowing about my family history. Well, I suppose I should say that I've been interested since I was a kid, but I've just been acting on my curiosity in the past few months.
I got a membership on Ancestry.ca and have been going through lots of records. A while back I found a family tree someone had put together tracing the Sabourin line all the way back to France in 1611! Honestly, I wasn't that surprised that we came from France. Our direct line never left Quebec and Ottawa (both primarily French-speaking places) until my dad moved to Toronto when he was a teenager. He lost the accent and most of the language since then, but it's still been a common fact in our household that we're French.
I had the same expectations of tracking my paternal grandmother's side all the way to France, and apparently I was correct. I found out this afternoon that my 10th great-grandfather did indeed come from France, but I also found out that his father came from Switzerland! That's probably been one of the more shocking things I've discovered so far.
On my mother's side, I've had considerably less luck. I knew her mother's side had some British in it, and I was able to track my great-great-grandmother and her parents to England and Scotland, but I'm afraid the trail has ended there. As for my maternal grandfather's side, we always knew they came from the Ukraine. Sadly, I haven't been able to find any records of my great-grandparents in the Ukraine or when they came to Canada, and that's what I really wanted to find out.
I've not given up hope on finding out more information from all the branches of my family. I'm constantly clicking the little leafy hints on Ancestry, and I've even started watching the British and American episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? for more hints as to how to search. If I ever find someone famous on my family tree, I'll be sure to share it. =)
Must go. G'night, loves.
-Lizzy
Today we're going to be talking about genealogy. For the past several months I've been very interested in knowing about my family history. Well, I suppose I should say that I've been interested since I was a kid, but I've just been acting on my curiosity in the past few months.
I got a membership on Ancestry.ca and have been going through lots of records. A while back I found a family tree someone had put together tracing the Sabourin line all the way back to France in 1611! Honestly, I wasn't that surprised that we came from France. Our direct line never left Quebec and Ottawa (both primarily French-speaking places) until my dad moved to Toronto when he was a teenager. He lost the accent and most of the language since then, but it's still been a common fact in our household that we're French.
I had the same expectations of tracking my paternal grandmother's side all the way to France, and apparently I was correct. I found out this afternoon that my 10th great-grandfather did indeed come from France, but I also found out that his father came from Switzerland! That's probably been one of the more shocking things I've discovered so far.
On my mother's side, I've had considerably less luck. I knew her mother's side had some British in it, and I was able to track my great-great-grandmother and her parents to England and Scotland, but I'm afraid the trail has ended there. As for my maternal grandfather's side, we always knew they came from the Ukraine. Sadly, I haven't been able to find any records of my great-grandparents in the Ukraine or when they came to Canada, and that's what I really wanted to find out.
I've not given up hope on finding out more information from all the branches of my family. I'm constantly clicking the little leafy hints on Ancestry, and I've even started watching the British and American episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? for more hints as to how to search. If I ever find someone famous on my family tree, I'll be sure to share it. =)
Must go. G'night, loves.
-Lizzy
Sunday, April 3, 2011
I Heart TV!
Feeling much better today. My throat is normal again although my nose ... achoooo! And that about sums it up. So today I've been allowed minimal time online. Just enough to do my script writing and this post. Of course, I would've just snuck on to do them anyway, but it's nice to have approval.
Anyway, the script is great so far. I'm now at 12 pages, and I think I figured out a sub-plot. Overall the story is flowing well - better than I expected for a script. Some scenes I planned turned out to be shorter than I expected, but some are becoming longer, too. So it's all working itself out. =)
I can't believe I forgot to say over the last two days, but if this script doesn't work out for whatever reason, or I finish early, I've got another script idea lined up:
Few people know of my deep love for the show Charmed. I was just a kid when it first aired, but I watched the first few seasons with my mom, and have since gone and bought them all. I love most of the characters (Phoebe, Cole, Chris... *sigh*), but was rather disappointed with the series finale, as I usually am. It's not that it didn't clear everything up, or didn't give us a happy ending, because it did. But I think they still could've done so much more.
Now, I know some of the actors wanted out. Actors the show couldn't have done without. But fan came up with a solution to that: do a spin-off with Wyatt and Chris. I have no idea why this idea never got put into effect, but I'm sort-of glad. Because, without giving away too many spoilers, that's not really including all of the characters they could be, ya know?
Anyway, my back-up script is a spin-off of Charmed, set 16 years after the finale. It'll feature Wyatt and Chris, younger that people are used to seeing them, and also the other characters. That is all.
Getting off the subject of Screnzy, I've been thinking a lot about tv, and how my love of it has grown in the past few years since I've been introduced to shows like Supernatural, Smallville (last season! *cries*), Castle and Vampire Diaries. I decided to take some time to show you all the shows that I am currently interested in.
Mondays-
DWTS/Bachelor: Blegh. Mom watches, so I have to, too.
House: My poor House, dumped again. Somebody needs to get him a better team to make fun of ... preferably keeping Chase.
Haven: Awesome. I love the brothers that own the newspaper. =D
Castle: Squeeeeeee! I love Rick, and Kate, and Alexis, and ....
Tuesdays-
V: Can't wait for season 2 - such a depressing cliffhanger!
NCIS: Tony, Abby, McGee, Gibbs, Ducky. Enough said.
Wednesdays-
Criminal Minds: Prentiss in gone! Oh, how will I go on?! *sniffle* Well, at least Reid's still there.
Criminal Minds, SB: Not bad so far. Forest Whitaker is pretty good as the lead.
Thursdays-
Vampire Diaries: What's not to love about this? Maybe John Gilbert. Or the fact that Jenna is probably the only one in the whole town who has NO IDEA what's going on.
Bones: Hodgins/Angela. *sigh* Booth/Brennan - get together already!! Sheesh.
The Mentalist: Jane just needs to pack up and find a new team. If Cho wants to come along, fine. But they seriously need to leave the others behind.
Fridays-
Supernatural: I could write a whole post on the epicness of this show. Cross your fingers for a seventh season?
Smallville: I miss Chloe. Why could they just keep her and Ollie around 'til the end of the season? Still, I'm glad to have Lionel back.
Weekends:
The Adventures of Merlin: A new favorite of mine. I love Morgana. I don't care that she's evil, she's fantastic. And Merlin and Arthur and Gaius, of course. Uther and Gwen can go be killed by the dragon or something.
And now, I shall go watch my new box set of Merlin's 2nd season that Mom just bought me in an effort to keep me resting on the couch. Sidenote: bribes always work.
See you tomorrow, loves.
-Lizzy
Times watched Tangled: still at 4
Anyway, the script is great so far. I'm now at 12 pages, and I think I figured out a sub-plot. Overall the story is flowing well - better than I expected for a script. Some scenes I planned turned out to be shorter than I expected, but some are becoming longer, too. So it's all working itself out. =)
I can't believe I forgot to say over the last two days, but if this script doesn't work out for whatever reason, or I finish early, I've got another script idea lined up:
Few people know of my deep love for the show Charmed. I was just a kid when it first aired, but I watched the first few seasons with my mom, and have since gone and bought them all. I love most of the characters (Phoebe, Cole, Chris... *sigh*), but was rather disappointed with the series finale, as I usually am. It's not that it didn't clear everything up, or didn't give us a happy ending, because it did. But I think they still could've done so much more.
Now, I know some of the actors wanted out. Actors the show couldn't have done without. But fan came up with a solution to that: do a spin-off with Wyatt and Chris. I have no idea why this idea never got put into effect, but I'm sort-of glad. Because, without giving away too many spoilers, that's not really including all of the characters they could be, ya know?
Anyway, my back-up script is a spin-off of Charmed, set 16 years after the finale. It'll feature Wyatt and Chris, younger that people are used to seeing them, and also the other characters. That is all.
Getting off the subject of Screnzy, I've been thinking a lot about tv, and how my love of it has grown in the past few years since I've been introduced to shows like Supernatural, Smallville (last season! *cries*), Castle and Vampire Diaries. I decided to take some time to show you all the shows that I am currently interested in.
Mondays-
DWTS/Bachelor: Blegh. Mom watches, so I have to, too.
House: My poor House, dumped again. Somebody needs to get him a better team to make fun of ... preferably keeping Chase.
Haven: Awesome. I love the brothers that own the newspaper. =D
Castle: Squeeeeeee! I love Rick, and Kate, and Alexis, and ....
Tuesdays-
V: Can't wait for season 2 - such a depressing cliffhanger!
NCIS: Tony, Abby, McGee, Gibbs, Ducky. Enough said.
Wednesdays-
Criminal Minds: Prentiss in gone! Oh, how will I go on?! *sniffle* Well, at least Reid's still there.
Criminal Minds, SB: Not bad so far. Forest Whitaker is pretty good as the lead.
Thursdays-
Vampire Diaries: What's not to love about this? Maybe John Gilbert. Or the fact that Jenna is probably the only one in the whole town who has NO IDEA what's going on.
Bones: Hodgins/Angela. *sigh* Booth/Brennan - get together already!! Sheesh.
The Mentalist: Jane just needs to pack up and find a new team. If Cho wants to come along, fine. But they seriously need to leave the others behind.
Fridays-
Supernatural: I could write a whole post on the epicness of this show. Cross your fingers for a seventh season?
Smallville: I miss Chloe. Why could they just keep her and Ollie around 'til the end of the season? Still, I'm glad to have Lionel back.
Weekends:
The Adventures of Merlin: A new favorite of mine. I love Morgana. I don't care that she's evil, she's fantastic. And Merlin and Arthur and Gaius, of course. Uther and Gwen can go be killed by the dragon or something.
And now, I shall go watch my new box set of Merlin's 2nd season that Mom just bought me in an effort to keep me resting on the couch. Sidenote: bribes always work.
See you tomorrow, loves.
-Lizzy
Times watched Tangled: still at 4
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Ah, the Perks of Being Sick!
I admit that there aren't many perks, but here are some I've found since last night:
-You get off work on the busiest day of the week.
-You get to watch Tangled for the fourth time.
-You get to sit on the couch all day, catching up on your favorite shows like Bones and House.
Unfortunately, laptop access isn't as great as I thought it would be. My mom doesn't want me online at all, so I'm just sneaking on to do my Screnzy writing and write this post.
Speaking of Screnzy, I made my daily quota again. I'm actually ahead of schedule. 8/100 pages. =D
Btw, what the heck?! House is married??
I shall now leave you with my favorite quote from Tangled so far. See you tomorrow.
-Lizzy<3
"Good sir, that is a lot of blood!" - Flynn Rider, Tangled
-You get off work on the busiest day of the week.
-You get to watch Tangled for the fourth time.
-You get to sit on the couch all day, catching up on your favorite shows like Bones and House.
Unfortunately, laptop access isn't as great as I thought it would be. My mom doesn't want me online at all, so I'm just sneaking on to do my Screnzy writing and write this post.
Speaking of Screnzy, I made my daily quota again. I'm actually ahead of schedule. 8/100 pages. =D
Btw, what the heck?! House is married??
I shall now leave you with my favorite quote from Tangled so far. See you tomorrow.
-Lizzy<3
"Good sir, that is a lot of blood!" - Flynn Rider, Tangled
Friday, April 1, 2011
BEDA, Screnzy, and Ugh!
Yeah, so that whole resolution about my posting here once a week hasn't really worked out too well, has it? Oh well. Guess I'll just have to make it up to y'all.
To start that, I'm participating in Blog Every Day in April (also known as BEDA) this year. This is my first post.
Updates on me are not worth telling, except that I've been doing a lot of role-playing (links to come in a later post) and I'm currently sick.
So as I sit on the couch, covered my Harry Potter fleece blanket, watching Tangled for the second time, and trying to muster up the energy to go to work in three hours, I figured I should do a little post to get things started again.
At this time, the only thing worth saying is that I am also competing in Screnzy this month, as I did last year. Some of you may know, but Screnzy is short for Script Frenzy. It's hosted by the Office of Letters and Light, who also host NaNoWriMo in November. The goal is to write 100 pages of a script (or several short scripts equaling 100 pages) in a month.
Last year I did an adaptation of my first NaNo novel and failed. This year, I am determined to win! I've come up with a completely new idea:
In the year 5017, when all the planets in our galaxy have been modified so as to be inhabitable by humans, a plague sweeps over Mars, killing every over the age of thirty. To document the disaster and also see that the schools remain open, Marie - a high school history teacher from Earth - goes on a missionary trip to Mars with her seven-year-old son. However, Marie wasn't told of the new laws being put into effect on Mars to increase the population. All single adults are being forced to marry and conceive a child within a year of their wedding. Marie is matched to a single father of two. Colin, whose ex-wife died shortly after their divorce six months ago, isn't quite ready to be in a new relationship, nor are his daughter and son ready to have a stepmother.
It's a romantic-comedy, really. But it has hints of mystery as Marie starts to figure out that the plague wasn't natural, and that Colin might have had something to do with it. So far it's going good. I've written five pages (more that the daily quota) and will probably do a couple more after I post this. If anyone wants to be Screnzy buddies, go ahead and add me on the site. My username is Elizabeth_Sabourin.
That's all for now, guys. Talk to you tomorrow!
-Lizzy =)
To start that, I'm participating in Blog Every Day in April (also known as BEDA) this year. This is my first post.
Updates on me are not worth telling, except that I've been doing a lot of role-playing (links to come in a later post) and I'm currently sick.
So as I sit on the couch, covered my Harry Potter fleece blanket, watching Tangled for the second time, and trying to muster up the energy to go to work in three hours, I figured I should do a little post to get things started again.
At this time, the only thing worth saying is that I am also competing in Screnzy this month, as I did last year. Some of you may know, but Screnzy is short for Script Frenzy. It's hosted by the Office of Letters and Light, who also host NaNoWriMo in November. The goal is to write 100 pages of a script (or several short scripts equaling 100 pages) in a month.
Last year I did an adaptation of my first NaNo novel and failed. This year, I am determined to win! I've come up with a completely new idea:
In the year 5017, when all the planets in our galaxy have been modified so as to be inhabitable by humans, a plague sweeps over Mars, killing every over the age of thirty. To document the disaster and also see that the schools remain open, Marie - a high school history teacher from Earth - goes on a missionary trip to Mars with her seven-year-old son. However, Marie wasn't told of the new laws being put into effect on Mars to increase the population. All single adults are being forced to marry and conceive a child within a year of their wedding. Marie is matched to a single father of two. Colin, whose ex-wife died shortly after their divorce six months ago, isn't quite ready to be in a new relationship, nor are his daughter and son ready to have a stepmother.
It's a romantic-comedy, really. But it has hints of mystery as Marie starts to figure out that the plague wasn't natural, and that Colin might have had something to do with it. So far it's going good. I've written five pages (more that the daily quota) and will probably do a couple more after I post this. If anyone wants to be Screnzy buddies, go ahead and add me on the site. My username is Elizabeth_Sabourin.
That's all for now, guys. Talk to you tomorrow!
-Lizzy =)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Movie Night!
I see I'm back to my usual ways. I completely forgot about my promise to post at least once a week until I woke up this morning and realized I missed last week.
So, while deciding what to talk about today, I started thinking about the Golden Globes. I saw the show last night with my family and enjoyed it a lot - mostly due to Ricky Gervais. But it reminded me of a lot of movies I'm looking forward to seeing this year, and was wondering if any of you had seen them and were willing to give me your opinions.
My List
Daybreakers - starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill
How to Train Your Dragon - starring Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson
Shrek 4 Ever Afrer - starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, etc...
Karate Kid - starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith
Despicable Me - starring Steve Carell, Russell Brand and Will Arnett
Inception - starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Charlie St. Cloud - starring Zac Efron and Amanda Crew
Easy A - starring Amanda Bynes and Penn Badgley
Life As We Know It - starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl
My Soul To Take - starring Max Thieriot
Red - starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Tangled - starring Kristin Chenoweth
The King's Speech - starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, etc...
Black Swan - starring Natalie Portman
Narnia 3 - starring Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes
The Tourist - starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie
Rango - starring Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, etc...
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush
Scream 4 - starring Neve Cambell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox
Temple Grandin - starring Claire Danes and David Stathairn
So, if you're lucky enough to have seen some of these movies, please comment and give me your reviews. And, when I finally get around to watching them, I'll post mine. =)
I have to get ready for work now, so I'll cut this short. Love y'all!
-Lizzy
So, while deciding what to talk about today, I started thinking about the Golden Globes. I saw the show last night with my family and enjoyed it a lot - mostly due to Ricky Gervais. But it reminded me of a lot of movies I'm looking forward to seeing this year, and was wondering if any of you had seen them and were willing to give me your opinions.
My List
Daybreakers - starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill
How to Train Your Dragon - starring Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson
Shrek 4 Ever Afrer - starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, etc...
Karate Kid - starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith
Despicable Me - starring Steve Carell, Russell Brand and Will Arnett
Inception - starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Charlie St. Cloud - starring Zac Efron and Amanda Crew
Easy A - starring Amanda Bynes and Penn Badgley
Life As We Know It - starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl
My Soul To Take - starring Max Thieriot
Red - starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Tangled - starring Kristin Chenoweth
The King's Speech - starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, etc...
Black Swan - starring Natalie Portman
Narnia 3 - starring Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes
The Tourist - starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie
Rango - starring Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, etc...
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush
Scream 4 - starring Neve Cambell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox
Temple Grandin - starring Claire Danes and David Stathairn
So, if you're lucky enough to have seen some of these movies, please comment and give me your reviews. And, when I finally get around to watching them, I'll post mine. =)
I have to get ready for work now, so I'll cut this short. Love y'all!
-Lizzy
Friday, January 7, 2011
Updates & What Happened to ME Time?
It's the last day of the first week of the new year (try saying that ten times fast) so I figured I should do this post if I wanted to stay on track with my new schedule.
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hopefully this year will be better than last year - for you and me!
Now that that's over with, you may notice I've made some changes to Shades of Lizzy, as I promised. At the bottom of the page are some nifty new tickers courtesy of the TickeyFactory. They're counting down how much I have to write, read and blog this year. Speaking of blogging, I've estimated that one post a week will equal 53 posts (please correct me if I'm wrong. My math is terrible.), so you should be getting 53 posts, unless I choose to do Blog Every Day in April/August.
Another, unexpected update was the design of the blog. I didn't really want to change the blue and black design, but the black background wasn't working with the tickers so ... oh, well. I may be getting a new banner to match soon, but as I'm short on time, I have no idea when that will be.
Which brings me to part two of this blog. My time. The schedule I said I'd be making? Pretty much non-existent. Work has been crazy, I'm considering quiting, next week (or the week after?) is going to be even crazier because we're taking on more jobs, and I haven't been sleeping well. However, since I have tonight and most of the weekend off, you can expect me to be catching up on some stuff, like my writing and role-playing.
So, that's that. Just wanted to do a quick post to keep you all up-to-date. =)
Have a fun weekend. <3
-Lizzy
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hopefully this year will be better than last year - for you and me!
Now that that's over with, you may notice I've made some changes to Shades of Lizzy, as I promised. At the bottom of the page are some nifty new tickers courtesy of the TickeyFactory. They're counting down how much I have to write, read and blog this year. Speaking of blogging, I've estimated that one post a week will equal 53 posts (please correct me if I'm wrong. My math is terrible.), so you should be getting 53 posts, unless I choose to do Blog Every Day in April/August.
Another, unexpected update was the design of the blog. I didn't really want to change the blue and black design, but the black background wasn't working with the tickers so ... oh, well. I may be getting a new banner to match soon, but as I'm short on time, I have no idea when that will be.
Which brings me to part two of this blog. My time. The schedule I said I'd be making? Pretty much non-existent. Work has been crazy, I'm considering quiting, next week (or the week after?) is going to be even crazier because we're taking on more jobs, and I haven't been sleeping well. However, since I have tonight and most of the weekend off, you can expect me to be catching up on some stuff, like my writing and role-playing.
So, that's that. Just wanted to do a quick post to keep you all up-to-date. =)
Have a fun weekend. <3
-Lizzy
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