Hello since I had an extra day I figured I would do a quick video. I was planning on doing Carry on My wayward Son, but decided to do a song that I know by heart and love deeply. You are my Sunshine is a song that my mom sung to me growing up and I love it.
I hope you enjoy this video.
DreamWard Bound (5/18-5/24/14)
I’m going to try something new this week. Instead of trying to think of my entire week all at once, I have taken notes and editing them together. My thinking is that you will get a more detailed and dynamic post.
On Monday I finished reading the shooting script of “When Harry Met Sally.” It was really great and I loved being able to see what a real movie script looks like. I have read a lot of play scripts and my brother-in-law’s script, “Empty.” This was one that I already knew the movie to and read because of that fact. It was a great read and I could see the writer’s voice, even in the shot set ups which I really enjoyed.
I also wrote on Monday, “I am excited about picking and working on my next monologue/ stated song.” And that “I will also be starting a new challenge and facing my fears more… With the exception of escalators and birds, because come on stairs should not move and birds are evil.” As far as facing my fears goes, I did not see any fears to face. I will be keeping this fear facing in mind as I go on with my life though.
Well as you can see from the video I did work on the monologue all week. I most likely should have worked on it more, but this is a process of growth. Not Every video will be amazing. I just hope you like one or two that I do.
I also spent Monday looking for and organizing more monologue/ songs.
On Tuesday I walked around my work with some co-workers for 15 minutes. I did not do anything creative, but since I spent all night on Monday working on my monologue I was not too worried or upset.
On Wednesday I went walked again for another 15 minutes, wrote for about 10 (most likely more) and went to an open house, that ended poorly. Another thing is that I read for most of the car ride to work and part of the way home also. That was the day I started to read Self-Editing For Fiction Writer, which is the book I mentioned in In The Diner.
Thursday I wrote, “I love when monologues come together and you make discoveries. I also think I figured out how to introduce the video.”
Friday I spent the night in, which let me write, work on my monologue and relax.
I’m writing this on Saturday, even though you most likely are reading it on Sunday. I would rather spread out my posts, so that they don’t get lost in your reader, twitter feed, or FB news feed. Also, I do not like getting a bunch of notices/ tweets from the same person all at once, so I won’t do that to you.
Now as far as today goes I walked for a little over half an hour, which meant I walked for 2 miles. I also weighed myself and am down about 2 lbs, which is mostly due to not eating candy or chips at work and walking a little every day. I also posted my weekly video, wrote this post, and read a bunch in my Bible.
After all that is said and written, the real question is what shall I do now?
Stated Song: Jesus, Friend Of Sinners.
This week’s monologue was taken from Casting Crown’s song Jesus, Friend Of Sinners. This song was written by Casting Crowns in 2011 and recorded on Come To The Well under Provident Label Group . The link to the music video is youtube.com and their website is castingcrowns.com.
I love the song and have heard it a bunch of times, so figured it would be a good song to do. I hope you enjoy it.
I also tried something a little different for the intro and closing, so feedback will be great appreciated.
In The Diner(Short Story)
“I am not from around here.” She told the stout woman who approached.
“Few people are, darling.” The waitress, Cindy, told her with a smile.
“I can imagine,” Laura, the woman who looked around, stated as she sat on her bar stool.
“How’s that?” Cindy asked, not needing to rush her since she was the only customer without a meal in the diner.
“I just drove up 9w and it was beautiful.” As Laura spoke, she again looked around as if trying to find someone or something she lost.
Cindy took the pause to mean that there was something she should ask. “It is beautiful. I suppose many people move to town to enjoy the redwood forest.”
“Yes, I suppose, but it was when I got off route 9w. It was another world. I come from a farm in Utah and there is so much space there. All the roads are long and most are wide. Here, however, two streets never meet at a right angle and they are hardly streets at all. Instead, you have tiny little roads like, ‘courts,’ terraces,’ ‘ways.’”
“There is a ‘landing’ or two.” Cindy chuckled.
Laura ignored Cindy’s little joke and continued, “And lining these street-like things are rows on rows of tiny houses that only the lawn ornaments distinguish between the different properties.”
“I have heard of new people calling up a taxis just to have them lead them out of neighborhoods,” Cindy said light-heartedly, trying to make her customer feel at ease. After a moment Cindy asked, “What will make you feel better right now? I can get you a coffee or maybe a pie?”
“Coffee and pie sounds good. Do you have apple pie?” Laura answered, forcing a smile on her face.
“Yes, darling, I will get you a piece of warm apple pie and you can tell me more about what brought you here.”
Cindy left, took care of a few other customers, and came back with a coffee and pie for Laura. As Cindy slid the plate and mug towards the mid-twenty-year-old she asked, “So, tell me the story of brought you to Suburbia.”
“That is simple. My husband got a job in the city, but we didn’t want to live in a city. We had a great big farm we lived on in Utah. My brothers took care of horses and my family had some cattle. If this job wasn’t something he felt he needed to do, I would have stayed on the farm.”
“Is that who you are looking for?”
“What?” Laura asked, shocked that Cindy noticed her nerves.
“You keep looking around.”
“Yes, we were supposed to meet 20 minutes ago, but I was running late. I don’t know why he would be this late.”
Just then, as if Laura’s husband heard his story being told, he walked in the door and straight to his wife. With a kiss on the cheek, her nerves went away and they could enjoy the apple pie together, before ordering their meal.
Want More?
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New Day (poem)
A few months ago I tried to challenge myself with writing every type of poetry. I think I wrote about 5 poems for that challenge. I just looked back and did not see them labeled as specific poems and it was over 6 months ago. That being said I decided to start this challenge again. This time I will tell you the type and the definition of it. I will be using ShadowPoetry.com as my poetic dictionary and list.
The first poem is:
Abecedarian Poem
Each line builds with a successive letter in the alphabet. Also referred to as an alphabet poem
A new day starts
Bright is the sun
Cascading light into my room
Do you hear the birds
Echoing in the distance?
Far away are the sounds
Gathering of the morning life
Happy little far away birds
I hear them as the sun cascades light
Just as I wake in the morning.
Kindly they sing me awake
Lovingly the chirp in the distance
Morning has come and I am at peace
Night is no more
Opening my eyes I can see the daylight
Peace washes over me with the bright light of morning.
Quieting the distant birds in my ears
Raising my hope for the new day
Staying in bed
Tangled in blankets
Unwilling to move from my peaceful state.
Very hopeful that my peace will stay
Waiting for reality to set in
X-ing out the dreams in my head
Youth seems to leave me
Zeal for the morning drifts away as the birds fly.
Wow X was hard to do and I wish I woke up like that.
Stated Song: You Suck by Murmurs
Oh what a difference a day can make. Yesterday I was over exhausted and worn out. Although I wrote that I would post a video today, I was not sure if I would be able to. I thought that I would just sleep or turn my brain off in between services, since I was serving during both of them. You see I try to be as active as I can in my church, because I love the people and love helping. When I serve, though, I usually serve both services. One is at 10 o’clock in the morning the other is at 6. Between setting up and tearing down who ever is serving usually leaves one at 12 and gets to the other at 4. I love spending so much time with my church people, I just did not think I would have enough energy or time to get to my video.
All that being said; I am happy to say I did find time to get to record my video. I only did it three or four times, before deciding that it was good enough. I am not happy with how the intro or the ending went, so I still have room to grow.
With the week I had I am super happy that I found time to still complete every goal that I really worked on. Maybe next week I will even figure out time for editing my novel. We shall see.
Here is the finish recording of You suck by Murmurs.
DreamWard Bound (5/11-5/17/14)
This week was a busy week for me. Two days this week I went straight to different social things after work and on Monday I went to the DMV and an open house before work, which meant I had to work late. By Friday night I was exhausted, so of course Friday was one of the days I went straight out. I also had an event to go to this morning. I am not complaining about my busy week. It is just a lead in and explanation why this weeks goals mean more than most.
Even with my busy week I found time to be creative and read. I hardly watched television and practiced more of my monologue, that I will record tomorrow (in between serving at my church’s two services).
I also think I figured out a new fitness plan. I will take 2 fifteen minute walks a day during my work day and I will eat healthier. I also realized that it is better to do weight lost, since it is a more definite tracking. After I lose 10 lbs I will get a new outfit, so the reward will be the same and the method is almost the same, but the tracking and when/ how I exercise is different.
I don’t have too much else to write. This week was more focused on living where I am at right now, rather than focused on the future and goals. I still meant most of my goals. I am becoming more relaxed with tracking my goals, yet I am still meeting them.
DMV Fairies
This is a ten-minute creativity burst that I enjoyed writing. I hope you enjoy it and please let me know what you think.
DMV Fairies
7:45 am I walk to the line and start my day-dream as I fill out a form. Fairies fight hungry monsters in the night while the rays of sunshine are on my face as I wait.
8 o’clock visits and leaves while I write the same information over and over. I wait, write, and wrangle answers to questions I hardly care about. I would rather watch the good guys win in my mind and see how fairies can hunt the evil that lies right beneath the surface of society.
No one but a select few know how close the dream world is to our own. No one knows how close they are to being hunted by the evils these fairies face. The evils and monsters that hide imagination away or the vampires who feed on ideas and souls. No, hardly anyone knows of the battle for the unrealistic, but the monsters, vampires, and ghouls all search out to feed with only a few fairies and hunters aware enough to fight and keep us free.
Now it’s 9:30. I am done; with my new paper license and car’s plates I leave the DMV and hope that my creativity always stays near. Now driving away I hope and wish for the fairies to stay near.
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Stated Song: Drops of Jupiter
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I had a plan for my video of the week. If you are a regular here you should know my goal is to post a video every week and this past week I came up with, what I think is a great idea. Instead of monologues or poetry readings I have decided to turn songs into monologues.
The first song I stated is Drops of Jupiter by Train. I hope you enjoy the video and please note that I know it is not perfect. I wanted get the first one out and up on youtube, because some times you just have to finish the first step so that you can grow. I hope that is what I am doing, of course no matter what I will be able to see improvements.
Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions let me know.
Paintings on eBay
I have posted the last three paintings I did on eBay. As of right now they are all being auctioned. The ones that are left after the auction is complete will be sold on eBay.
Title: Forest
Size: 9 inches by 12 inches
Medium: acrylic painting on canvas-covered panel
Reason: It had the urge to paint, like I try to do every weekend. When I sat down to paint I decided to paint something different from my last 2 paintings. I thought it would be abstract when I started, however it quickly became a forest.
My Artist Statement: I, Tiffany Joy, work with the written word, visual art, and acting to spread basic truth and highlight God’s love in hopes that I can brighten someones day and spread the loving gospel of God.
Here is the link to see the eBay posting for “Forest.“
Title: New Day
Size: 9 inches by 12 inches
Medium: acrylic painting on canvas-covered panel
Reason: After painting the piece “Islands” I wanted paint another piece, again while recording myself and in one sitting. This is the second piece I did in said format and the first Sunrise/ Sunset painting I have done.
My Artist Statement:I, Tiffany Joy, work with the written word, visual art, and acting to spread basic truth and highlight God’s love in hopes that I can brighten someones day and spread the loving gospel of God.
Here is the link for “New Day.”
Title: Islands
Size: 9 inches by 12 inches
Medium: acrylic painting on canvas-covered panel
Reason: I wanted to experiment with painting a piece in one sitting and recording myself painting. This is the finish product of the experiment.
My Artist Statement:I, Tiffany Joy, work with the written word, visual art, and acting to spread basic truth and highlight God’s love in hopes that I can brighten someones day and spread the loving gospel of God.
Finally, here is the link for “Islands.”
You can of course watch me painting these pieces on my youtube channel.