Written on September 17 or 18.
Once again the holidays are upon us, starting with Halloween next month. Followed by Thanksgiving and Christmas. And I want to talk about the Christmas holiday.
Last night, something brought me to remember Christmas was coming up, so I was like, "I am going to have to make a Christmas CD." As I was pulling music together, I remembered the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. And I found out that they are going to be in the Chicago area in December so I talked to mom about getting tickets. Eventually, I was able to order the tickets. I think that dad is going to have a heart attack or kill me when I give him the tickets. I am so excited to give him the Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets as an early Christmas present and the Blue Man Group tickets at Christmas. I also can't wait to see mom's face when she gets her Paula Deen kitchen set.
So, anyway, as I was finding stuff on TSO, I was listening to Christmas music and "Santa, Bring My Soldier Home" by The Stunners was playing. Listening to it, I realized that it could be from Ianto's point of view because Jack is gone (between seasons one and two) and Jack is also a soldier. Okay, well, he claims to be. But that is besides the point!
I downloaded TSO's "The Christmas Attic" CD and I was going through the songs. When I got to the songs "The Music Box" and "The Snow Came Down," I realized that they could be Jack and Ianto's points of view. I went with "The Music Box" for Ianto because he gave everything for Jack and he loved him. And as the song feels, he still loves him, even though "their relationship did not work out."
When I listened to "The Snow Came Down," I also knew that it would be for Jack because he is alone, he lost Ianto because "their relationship did not work out," after all these years, he still loved him, and finally, after all those years, "they walked away together."
So, I have two songs (one happy and in love, the other sad) for Ianto and one song (sad with a happy ending) for Jack. I want to find a happy and in love song for Jack but I can't! So, I will have to ask dad.
So, what it comes down to is that, when I am on Christmas break, I am going to make four more videos for Jack and Ianto!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
September 11, 2001: Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, the United States of America had the worst attack on its soil since Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Since then, the country has moved forward while many of her people continue to remember while few seem to have forgotten.
I remember that September 11, 2001 started out as every ordinary day starts out. I was in sixth grade and only twelve years old. I got up and got ready for school while the sun was shining and I was listening to U93 on the radio. I remember that the announcer said that a plane had crashed into a building. Well, with how young I was, and just like everybody else in the country, I thought that it was an accident. I thought that it was one of those single-engine planes (like a crop-duster) that had crashed into a single-story (or a two-story) building at least. I went to school with Sarah (who was ten at the time) and it was an ordinary day. School was in session; History, Math, Science, and all other courses were being completed; lunch was normal; and so was recess.
Getting home, I vaguely remember mom sitting down, dad must have been standing, and I believe I sat down on the edge of the couch or chair and just watched as one of the towers (probably Tower 1) come down. I think that we just sat there, and sat there, and sat there. When Bush came on that night, we all sat around the TV to watch him make his speech. I will never forget that day.
Friday, I watched Nightly News with Brian Williams. During it, there was a video about all of the states (at least the Continental U.S.) getting a piece of the Twin Towers. On Saturday, I watched the United Flight 93 Memorial. Today, I woke up to the last half of Miracle of Stairway B on the History Channel. I continued to watch the channel all day. The only time I didn't was when mom, dad, and I went to see them bring in our piece of the Towers (although the piece is being set in Elkhart). After that, we came home, and I turned on the TV to continue watching the History Channel until the very last episode.
While waiting to see the piece of a Tower, I told mom and dad that even though I am only twenty-two, I have been able to see history being made in my life. And I told them that I saw the attacks (though not personally) occur, heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed, and that a piece of a Tower was making its way past us. Dad said that I saw two leaders get killed and I was like, "Who?" He said bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. I was like, "Ohh." I had forgotten that Hussein was killed. I think that I will see more history regarding terrorism being made before I die.
9/11: Never Forget
I remember that September 11, 2001 started out as every ordinary day starts out. I was in sixth grade and only twelve years old. I got up and got ready for school while the sun was shining and I was listening to U93 on the radio. I remember that the announcer said that a plane had crashed into a building. Well, with how young I was, and just like everybody else in the country, I thought that it was an accident. I thought that it was one of those single-engine planes (like a crop-duster) that had crashed into a single-story (or a two-story) building at least. I went to school with Sarah (who was ten at the time) and it was an ordinary day. School was in session; History, Math, Science, and all other courses were being completed; lunch was normal; and so was recess.
Getting home, I vaguely remember mom sitting down, dad must have been standing, and I believe I sat down on the edge of the couch or chair and just watched as one of the towers (probably Tower 1) come down. I think that we just sat there, and sat there, and sat there. When Bush came on that night, we all sat around the TV to watch him make his speech. I will never forget that day.
Friday, I watched Nightly News with Brian Williams. During it, there was a video about all of the states (at least the Continental U.S.) getting a piece of the Twin Towers. On Saturday, I watched the United Flight 93 Memorial. Today, I woke up to the last half of Miracle of Stairway B on the History Channel. I continued to watch the channel all day. The only time I didn't was when mom, dad, and I went to see them bring in our piece of the Towers (although the piece is being set in Elkhart). After that, we came home, and I turned on the TV to continue watching the History Channel until the very last episode.
While waiting to see the piece of a Tower, I told mom and dad that even though I am only twenty-two, I have been able to see history being made in my life. And I told them that I saw the attacks (though not personally) occur, heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed, and that a piece of a Tower was making its way past us. Dad said that I saw two leaders get killed and I was like, "Who?" He said bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. I was like, "Ohh." I had forgotten that Hussein was killed. I think that I will see more history regarding terrorism being made before I die.
9/11: Never Forget
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Torchwood: Miracle Day - Episode 8
Once again no word count because a lot has been shocking this episode. Also, it's freaking Torchwood! How in the world can you keep it betwee 450 and 600 words?!
I finished watching the eighth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day just a few minutes ago. Talk about some things that made me gasp in shock or in surprise. Also, there were a couple of things that made me start to get tears in my eyes. But first, I think that I am going to start with the things that made me gasp.
First, after that big (as in fat because I don't think it's nice to say fat) guy took Rex (the black guy) to another room, Rex was getting hit and the guy put a gun to Rex's head. I also gasped when the guy set off a bomb in the truck while two women were in there with him. So, they are all dead. Well, actually, they are Category Ones. I also gasped when Oswald Danes hit Jilly (the redheaded lady). I thought that one of them was going to become a Category One, not that I don't mind. But anyway! Jilly had an "intern" (who was actually a CIA agent following her and Danes). Well, let's start with The Family.
Back in the 1920s, when Jack was conscious after getting killed many times, he saw three men make a deal. One was tall, skinny, and black; the second was a big, short, white guy; the third was a tall, skinny, white guy. Well, in the present day, the guy that made an appearance in the fifth episode showed up again. He told Jilly that she was being followed by a CIA agent. Well, the "intern" was in the elevator waiting to go down. The guy took out a gun and shot the agent twice. He is part of The Family. He made a call and told the person on the other end that he had Jilly and that she joined them. Well, the person he was talking to happened to be a CIA agent who was talking to Esther (the blonde lady) about what was going on. So, the lady is part of The Family. Oh! And also, towards the beginning, when the guy was taking Rex to another room and Gwen was going after him and the black woman had a gun pointed at her, Jack kept on getting between Gwen and the gun. I gasped because, well, jack can die. You would think he wouldn't get in the way of a gun while he's mortal. And now the parts that made me get tears in my eyes.
Ianto was mentioned again! Except it was over Shag's, basically, death bed. Yeah. Talk about making me mad but I was still happy that Ianto was mentioned. This is how Jack's one-sided conversation went: "Did you see him? Did you see Ianto? You would've liked him. Or maybe not. You'd've been jealous." As soon as Jack said, "Did you see him?" I knew that Jack was only talking about one man. I knew immediately he was talking about Ianto. As soon as I heard Jack ask that question, I started getting tears in my eyes and I couldn't help but cry out during his conversation. And then, unfortunately, after the conversation about Ianto, Jack had to go and freaking give a quick kiss to Shag. As soon as I saw Jack start to bend over the guy, I was like, "Don't do it, Jack. Are you seriously going to kiss a guy after talking about Ianto?" But, jack just had to go and disobey my order and kiss the guy. I obviously turned away. I wanted to shake some sense into him.
Lastly... Jack was shot! He was getting away with the help of Rex and Esther (Gwen was forcibly put on a plane to go back to the United Kingdom) and he was shot. And obviously I gasped because I wasn't expecting him to get shot! I ended up with a bit of tears in my eyes bcause I kept thinking, "He can't die! He's going to die!" I thought I was seeing him die. And I will admit that part of me was like, "I hope he dies so that he can be with Ianto." And then when they would show Jack lying in the backseat of a truck while Esther is driving, you could see Jack slowly losing consciousness because, obviously, his eyes are slowly closing. When they would show Jack or Esther, part of me was expecting to see gasp himself back to full-life, the way he always does. And poor Esther is begging him to say something. She also says that she doesn't know what to do or where to go.
I finished watching the eighth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day just a few minutes ago. Talk about some things that made me gasp in shock or in surprise. Also, there were a couple of things that made me start to get tears in my eyes. But first, I think that I am going to start with the things that made me gasp.
First, after that big (as in fat because I don't think it's nice to say fat) guy took Rex (the black guy) to another room, Rex was getting hit and the guy put a gun to Rex's head. I also gasped when the guy set off a bomb in the truck while two women were in there with him. So, they are all dead. Well, actually, they are Category Ones. I also gasped when Oswald Danes hit Jilly (the redheaded lady). I thought that one of them was going to become a Category One, not that I don't mind. But anyway! Jilly had an "intern" (who was actually a CIA agent following her and Danes). Well, let's start with The Family.
Back in the 1920s, when Jack was conscious after getting killed many times, he saw three men make a deal. One was tall, skinny, and black; the second was a big, short, white guy; the third was a tall, skinny, white guy. Well, in the present day, the guy that made an appearance in the fifth episode showed up again. He told Jilly that she was being followed by a CIA agent. Well, the "intern" was in the elevator waiting to go down. The guy took out a gun and shot the agent twice. He is part of The Family. He made a call and told the person on the other end that he had Jilly and that she joined them. Well, the person he was talking to happened to be a CIA agent who was talking to Esther (the blonde lady) about what was going on. So, the lady is part of The Family. Oh! And also, towards the beginning, when the guy was taking Rex to another room and Gwen was going after him and the black woman had a gun pointed at her, Jack kept on getting between Gwen and the gun. I gasped because, well, jack can die. You would think he wouldn't get in the way of a gun while he's mortal. And now the parts that made me get tears in my eyes.
Ianto was mentioned again! Except it was over Shag's, basically, death bed. Yeah. Talk about making me mad but I was still happy that Ianto was mentioned. This is how Jack's one-sided conversation went: "Did you see him? Did you see Ianto? You would've liked him. Or maybe not. You'd've been jealous." As soon as Jack said, "Did you see him?" I knew that Jack was only talking about one man. I knew immediately he was talking about Ianto. As soon as I heard Jack ask that question, I started getting tears in my eyes and I couldn't help but cry out during his conversation. And then, unfortunately, after the conversation about Ianto, Jack had to go and freaking give a quick kiss to Shag. As soon as I saw Jack start to bend over the guy, I was like, "Don't do it, Jack. Are you seriously going to kiss a guy after talking about Ianto?" But, jack just had to go and disobey my order and kiss the guy. I obviously turned away. I wanted to shake some sense into him.
Lastly... Jack was shot! He was getting away with the help of Rex and Esther (Gwen was forcibly put on a plane to go back to the United Kingdom) and he was shot. And obviously I gasped because I wasn't expecting him to get shot! I ended up with a bit of tears in my eyes bcause I kept thinking, "He can't die! He's going to die!" I thought I was seeing him die. And I will admit that part of me was like, "I hope he dies so that he can be with Ianto." And then when they would show Jack lying in the backseat of a truck while Esther is driving, you could see Jack slowly losing consciousness because, obviously, his eyes are slowly closing. When they would show Jack or Esther, part of me was expecting to see gasp himself back to full-life, the way he always does. And poor Esther is begging him to say something. She also says that she doesn't know what to do or where to go.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Torchwood: Miracle Day - Episode 7
No word count here because of the pain I have received in watching the latest episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.
I finished watching episode 7 of Torchwood: Miracle Day several minutes ago, and for the past several minutes, I have been crying my eyes out. Because I've been thinking about the latest man that Jack slept with (even though it was in 1927).
When I was watching it, when I would see Jack die, I would thank God that Ianto isn't around to see it, let alone hear about it. One of the scenes that Jack dies a lot in (continuously shot and stabbed), I could barely listen. I had to turn my eyes away. I knew that Ianto would be in tears if he saw what Jack was going through. I couldn't put it on mute because I had to know when the people were done killing him over and over again that way I could know when to start paying attention fully.
When Jack and the man (Angelo), whom I am just going to call Shag because I don't think he deserves to be named because he is no Ianto, were talking about a woman they saw across the street and Jack was standing right behind Shag, I kept saying, "Don't do it, Jack. Don't you dare." Well, unfortunately, I didn't get my wish. I also thanked the Lord that Ianto wasn't around to see it. Heck, I'm glad that Ianto wasn't going to be around for another fifty-six years (birth year: 1983) so that he wouldn't have to witness the things that happened to and the things that Jack did. I had to turn away during that scene.
The reason I cried after watching it is because of the things that Jack did that Ianto didn't get or what Ianto had said.
First of all, what Ianto had said when he was still alive. Well, in the third episode of Miracle, that bartender guy told Jack that he liked his coat and that's the only reason Jack was with that guy. Because Ianto always talked about liking Jack's coat. Loving the coat. Even missing his coat. Ianto was the only one to talk about the coat. And that is why Jack was with that bartender. Because he reminded Jack of Ianto.
The second reason I cried, which I cried a ton over as compared to the reason from episode three, is because of Jack and Shag. I think that during the two months or however long Jack was with this guy, he opened up more to him than he's ever done to Ianto, someone he knew for three years. It upsets me that Jack opened up to this guy when he wasn't even asking and Jack was also, basically, confessing his love for him. But with Ianto... In the hour or however long it was before Ianto died, when Ianto was begging Jack to talk to him, Jack just got snippy about it. "I've got a daughter and a grandson who've been taken by Frobisher. I'm going to call him and make a deal. Is that all right with you?" Granted Ianto may have made everyone believe that he had a master tailor for a father rather than someone who probably pushed him to be perfect, but Ianto opened up to Jack. Heck, probably even after episode six of the first season, Ianto opened up to Jack about Lisa. It's sad that Jack didn't even tell Ianto if he loved him while Ianto confessed his love for him before he died. He didn't even tell him that he loved being with him and that he wants to stay with him forever. It's funny that with Shag, Jack's like, "I'm so in love with you. I'll die for you," after two seconds. But after three years with Ianto, Jack's like, "Ehhh, you're okay. You're good for a shag or two. Oh! And thanks for loving me but I'm not going to say that I love you." It upsets me that Jack didn't talk to Ianto about his past: The woman he married, where he lived, his family, work...
God, because of the mood I'm in, I'm listening to Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" because it would be Ianto's point of view. And I just started to bawl with the final "'Cause I can't make you love me-e-e if you do-o-on't."
Anyway, where was I? But yeah. It's upsetting that Jack will open up more to someone that he's known for, say, two months as compared to someone that he's known for three years.
And another thing to go along with that: During the time that Jack was with Shag that we saw, Jack was working alongside him, sleeping with him, opening up to him, and him basically telling Shag that he loved him. But whenever we saw Jack with Ianto, it was only work, kiss, and Naked Hide-and-Seek. Oh, and some sayings like, "If you're not busy later," or whatever. But no. You never saw Jack opening up to Ianto.
And another thing! After Jack was with Shag, Jack sat up and kissed him on the back a few times. It's sad that we didn't get to see that when Jack was with Ianto. It's sadder when I can get that simple, loving act out of a fan fic! It's sad that you see Jack be with someone else (even a few kisses given on the back) but you don't see that with Ianto. You see Jack laying in bed next to someone else but you never saw him lying next to Ianto. Okay! They wouldn't have to have given us any making-love scenes between the both of them but a simple lying-next-to-each-other-after-having-been-together-because-they-love-each-other scene and a simple kissing-on-the-back-when-one-is-sitting-a-little-ahead-of-the-other scene would have just been as romantic and/or beautiful as a making-love scene. Because it's Jack and Ianto! Even the most simplest acts between them are so romantic and beautiful! These acts are so powerful that you can feel the love they have for each other!
The mistakes I see that Jack has made, whether they be from the past before knowing Ianto or the present, are: shagging random people, telling people he loves them after only two months, and not opening up to someone that truly loved him.
It scares me that Ianto was exactly what Owen had called him: Jack's Part-Time Shag.
I finished watching episode 7 of Torchwood: Miracle Day several minutes ago, and for the past several minutes, I have been crying my eyes out. Because I've been thinking about the latest man that Jack slept with (even though it was in 1927).
When I was watching it, when I would see Jack die, I would thank God that Ianto isn't around to see it, let alone hear about it. One of the scenes that Jack dies a lot in (continuously shot and stabbed), I could barely listen. I had to turn my eyes away. I knew that Ianto would be in tears if he saw what Jack was going through. I couldn't put it on mute because I had to know when the people were done killing him over and over again that way I could know when to start paying attention fully.
When Jack and the man (Angelo), whom I am just going to call Shag because I don't think he deserves to be named because he is no Ianto, were talking about a woman they saw across the street and Jack was standing right behind Shag, I kept saying, "Don't do it, Jack. Don't you dare." Well, unfortunately, I didn't get my wish. I also thanked the Lord that Ianto wasn't around to see it. Heck, I'm glad that Ianto wasn't going to be around for another fifty-six years (birth year: 1983) so that he wouldn't have to witness the things that happened to and the things that Jack did. I had to turn away during that scene.
The reason I cried after watching it is because of the things that Jack did that Ianto didn't get or what Ianto had said.
First of all, what Ianto had said when he was still alive. Well, in the third episode of Miracle, that bartender guy told Jack that he liked his coat and that's the only reason Jack was with that guy. Because Ianto always talked about liking Jack's coat. Loving the coat. Even missing his coat. Ianto was the only one to talk about the coat. And that is why Jack was with that bartender. Because he reminded Jack of Ianto.
The second reason I cried, which I cried a ton over as compared to the reason from episode three, is because of Jack and Shag. I think that during the two months or however long Jack was with this guy, he opened up more to him than he's ever done to Ianto, someone he knew for three years. It upsets me that Jack opened up to this guy when he wasn't even asking and Jack was also, basically, confessing his love for him. But with Ianto... In the hour or however long it was before Ianto died, when Ianto was begging Jack to talk to him, Jack just got snippy about it. "I've got a daughter and a grandson who've been taken by Frobisher. I'm going to call him and make a deal. Is that all right with you?" Granted Ianto may have made everyone believe that he had a master tailor for a father rather than someone who probably pushed him to be perfect, but Ianto opened up to Jack. Heck, probably even after episode six of the first season, Ianto opened up to Jack about Lisa. It's sad that Jack didn't even tell Ianto if he loved him while Ianto confessed his love for him before he died. He didn't even tell him that he loved being with him and that he wants to stay with him forever. It's funny that with Shag, Jack's like, "I'm so in love with you. I'll die for you," after two seconds. But after three years with Ianto, Jack's like, "Ehhh, you're okay. You're good for a shag or two. Oh! And thanks for loving me but I'm not going to say that I love you." It upsets me that Jack didn't talk to Ianto about his past: The woman he married, where he lived, his family, work...
God, because of the mood I'm in, I'm listening to Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" because it would be Ianto's point of view. And I just started to bawl with the final "'Cause I can't make you love me-e-e if you do-o-on't."
Anyway, where was I? But yeah. It's upsetting that Jack will open up more to someone that he's known for, say, two months as compared to someone that he's known for three years.
And another thing to go along with that: During the time that Jack was with Shag that we saw, Jack was working alongside him, sleeping with him, opening up to him, and him basically telling Shag that he loved him. But whenever we saw Jack with Ianto, it was only work, kiss, and Naked Hide-and-Seek. Oh, and some sayings like, "If you're not busy later," or whatever. But no. You never saw Jack opening up to Ianto.
And another thing! After Jack was with Shag, Jack sat up and kissed him on the back a few times. It's sad that we didn't get to see that when Jack was with Ianto. It's sadder when I can get that simple, loving act out of a fan fic! It's sad that you see Jack be with someone else (even a few kisses given on the back) but you don't see that with Ianto. You see Jack laying in bed next to someone else but you never saw him lying next to Ianto. Okay! They wouldn't have to have given us any making-love scenes between the both of them but a simple lying-next-to-each-other-after-having-been-together-because-they-love-each-other scene and a simple kissing-on-the-back-when-one-is-sitting-a-little-ahead-of-the-other scene would have just been as romantic and/or beautiful as a making-love scene. Because it's Jack and Ianto! Even the most simplest acts between them are so romantic and beautiful! These acts are so powerful that you can feel the love they have for each other!
The mistakes I see that Jack has made, whether they be from the past before knowing Ianto or the present, are: shagging random people, telling people he loves them after only two months, and not opening up to someone that truly loved him.
It scares me that Ianto was exactly what Owen had called him: Jack's Part-Time Shag.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Latest on Torchwood; Jack & Ianto
A couple of weeks ago, I read the post that the band Gareth David-Lloyd is in and they said something about him coming to the U.S. for a conference that is like Comic Con. Except it is not Comic Con. It is just one that is like Comic Con. Anyway! That threw the idea of Gareth returning to Torchwood out the window.
I've been keeping up with Torchwood: Miracle Day. I will say that it is interesting but it's not like all of the previous seasons of Torchwood. And I'll admit that it's because Ianto isn't there. It's interesting in its own way. But Torchwood is supposed to be dealing with aliens. Not a miracle. Let alone things that do not have to deal with aliens. I'll also admit that Miracle keeps you on the edge of your seat. For me, I am not on the edge of my seat. I think that I'm half-on and half-off. Not fully one way. Not fully the other. The latest thing that scared me is what happened to Gwen when she returned to Los Angeles.
Gwen got a mysterious call at the airport and was told to put in the contact lenses. When she did, whoever was typing said, "We have your mother. We have your husband. We have your daughter." Then Gwen said something like, "What do you want?" The person said, "Bring us Jack." As soon as I saw Jack's name, I couldn't help gasping from shock. Heck, it scared the crap out of Gwen because she backed up against a bathroom stall from the sink.
Also, Ianto hasn't been mentioned since that disastrous third episode. I will admit that episode five, I think, had me thinking about Ianto. When the black guy, who is currently working alongside Torchwood, was being loaded up into an ambulance, Jack said to the two people that he loves him and something about him being his boyfriend. As soon as I heard that, I was in shock. I was like, "Thank the good Lord that Ianto is not here to hear that." I also thought something like, "What? Couldn't Jack have just told them that he was a friend?"
For the past several days, I have been working on more videos. Actually, yesterday I finished a sixth one. On the eleventh, I started making the videos. Unless you want to include gathering songs and lyrics, then I guess I actually started on the tenth. The first one I made was from Jack's point of view. The song was "Somewhere" by Within Temptation. The second video I made was from Ianto's view with "Is This Love" by Whitesnake. The third, Jack's view, was "Nights are Forever (Without You)" by England Dan and John Ford Coley. The fourth, Ianto's view, was "The One I Love" by Oz. The fifth, Jack's view, was "I'd Come for You" by Nickelback. The sixth and final video (so far) was from Ianto's view and had "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt. Which reminds me...
I've decided that I'll stop second-guessing Jack's intentions with Ianto and just believe that Jack truly loved Ianto. Even if Russell T. Davies had not and is not intending for Jack to love Ianto. And I'm also going to believe that Jack didn't sleep with that bartender guy in the third episode of Miracle. So, I guess what I'm thinking is that I'm going to believe that the radio play, "The House of the Dead," is the end of Torchwood thus there not being any Torchwood: Miracle Day.
LONG LIVE JANTO!
I've been keeping up with Torchwood: Miracle Day. I will say that it is interesting but it's not like all of the previous seasons of Torchwood. And I'll admit that it's because Ianto isn't there. It's interesting in its own way. But Torchwood is supposed to be dealing with aliens. Not a miracle. Let alone things that do not have to deal with aliens. I'll also admit that Miracle keeps you on the edge of your seat. For me, I am not on the edge of my seat. I think that I'm half-on and half-off. Not fully one way. Not fully the other. The latest thing that scared me is what happened to Gwen when she returned to Los Angeles.
Gwen got a mysterious call at the airport and was told to put in the contact lenses. When she did, whoever was typing said, "We have your mother. We have your husband. We have your daughter." Then Gwen said something like, "What do you want?" The person said, "Bring us Jack." As soon as I saw Jack's name, I couldn't help gasping from shock. Heck, it scared the crap out of Gwen because she backed up against a bathroom stall from the sink.
Also, Ianto hasn't been mentioned since that disastrous third episode. I will admit that episode five, I think, had me thinking about Ianto. When the black guy, who is currently working alongside Torchwood, was being loaded up into an ambulance, Jack said to the two people that he loves him and something about him being his boyfriend. As soon as I heard that, I was in shock. I was like, "Thank the good Lord that Ianto is not here to hear that." I also thought something like, "What? Couldn't Jack have just told them that he was a friend?"
For the past several days, I have been working on more videos. Actually, yesterday I finished a sixth one. On the eleventh, I started making the videos. Unless you want to include gathering songs and lyrics, then I guess I actually started on the tenth. The first one I made was from Jack's point of view. The song was "Somewhere" by Within Temptation. The second video I made was from Ianto's view with "Is This Love" by Whitesnake. The third, Jack's view, was "Nights are Forever (Without You)" by England Dan and John Ford Coley. The fourth, Ianto's view, was "The One I Love" by Oz. The fifth, Jack's view, was "I'd Come for You" by Nickelback. The sixth and final video (so far) was from Ianto's view and had "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt. Which reminds me...
I've decided that I'll stop second-guessing Jack's intentions with Ianto and just believe that Jack truly loved Ianto. Even if Russell T. Davies had not and is not intending for Jack to love Ianto. And I'm also going to believe that Jack didn't sleep with that bartender guy in the third episode of Miracle. So, I guess what I'm thinking is that I'm going to believe that the radio play, "The House of the Dead," is the end of Torchwood thus there not being any Torchwood: Miracle Day.
LONG LIVE JANTO!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Summer 2011 Update
There will be, once again, no word count on here because I have not been updating like usual so there are a few things to get in.
First of all: Relay. I was up the entire time. I did not get any sleep. It might be because I was not lying down in the back of the Jeep like usual. Rather, I was in the passenger seat with it reclined.
Second: The Harry Potter books. I started reading the books on either June 14th or 15th. I read the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, in a whopping ten hours. I read the second one, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in either eleven or twelve hours. I read the entire series within a month. Possibly three weeks. The only book that took the longest was the fourth one, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But that is because I was trying to read it on the weekend of Relay and I kept on falling asleep like there was no tomorrow while I was trying to read it here in my room. It is not that the book was boring! Do not get me wrong! I love the book! It is just that Relay wiped the floor with me.
Third: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Let us just say: Tissues! I do not know how many times I cried during that movie. There was only one part where I was bawling like crazy and that was when Snape was with Voldemort. I knew that Snape was going to be killed so I started crying immediately. And when Nagini started slamming into Snape, I had to look away. I liked his memories, but I just think that they were a bit rushed but definitely slower than his memories in the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And Snape leads me to the final point.
For about several days before the movie was to come out in theaters, I have been having Snape/Lily moments. All of those days leading up to when I could actually go see the final movie was filled with looking for pictures of Snape and Lily, watching videos of them, and just plain thinking about them. It was even filled with listening to three songs like crazy: "Lily's Theme," "Snape's Demise," and "Severus and Lily."
Snape's memories: Like I said, they seemed kind of a bit rushed but not as rushed as those in the fifth movie. They were, if I recall, overlapping one another rather than having only ten seconds a scene. When Snape met Lily, absolutely no talking, even when they were laying next to each other under a tree. When Lily was sorted into Gryffindor, you see her shake hands with a boy who said his name was James and she said that hers was Lily. And when James and Sirius were running through the halls and knocked the books out of Lily's hands, James and Lily looked at each other like, "Yeah. I am so gonna marry him/her when I grow up." Um. Hello! That is not how it went! She is supposed to hate James until their seventh year! Do not make it seem like they have a connection as soon as they start! And I just felt so terrible for Snape throughout the whole thing.
And when Snape appeared in Godric's Hollow and found Lily dead on the floor in Harry's nursery, that was emotional. I did not really cry during that scene because, well, I was spoiled. People who went to see the final movie on Friday and Saturday were making short videos using Snape's memories from the final movie. The very first video I watched with Snape finding Lily dead and him crying just had me bawling. That was on Friday. I am quite amazed that Dad did not ask what was going on. I do not think I could have hidden it from him that I was getting spoilers from the movie before I had even seen it. And I could not stop downloading the good ones because I was afraid that they would disappear before I could even get online on Sunday after seeing the movie. And I have still been downloading videos of Snape and Lily, just a short nine days later.
And about Snape and Lily, I have had a couple of ideas for music videos. But they include Snape's memories from the final movie. So, I have to wait until the movie comes out on DVD before I can make a video about the both of them. The two songs that I want to use are: "My Love Is Always There" from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack. I only just listened to the song yesterday and I had the idea that the song can be about the both of them after having died. The other song is "With Eyes Wide Shut" by blessthefall.
Lastly, Torchwood. This past weekend, I have been watching Torchwood: Miracle Day. Miracle is when absolutely nobody on the planet dies. In the first episode, Jack ended up getting hurt. And it did not heal. At the end of it, Rhys wondered if the roles were reversed. Everyone was mortal while Jack was the only one who was immortal. Now, everyone is immortal and Jack is the only one who is mortal. Which brings me to the second episode.
In that episode, Jack was poisoned and was dying. I was feeling two different emotions while he was dying. The first emotion was sadness that Ianto was not there to be with Jack. The other emotion was kind of happiness. It was that Ianto was not there to see Jack go through what he was going through. If Ianto was there, he would have been probably in tears. And then the third episode.
I hated it because Jack slept with some bartender guy. When the guy was sleeping, Jack called Gwen and talked to her. Ianto was brought up but I do not remember what was said. If I recall, I think that Jack said that he misses Ianto. I personally hope that Jack is feeling upset over losing Ianto. The roles of them are now the same. When Jack was immortal, Ianto was mortal and dying, in Jack's arms! Now, Jack is mortal and is dying. Unfortunately, I can't say that Ianto is immortal because, unfortunately, he died. But yeah. I hope that Jack is feeling upset over Ianto dying.
Apparently there are going to be some memories from Jack and Gwen's past in one of the future episodes. I think episode nine. And then someone on a website either posted a link or a post of a post that the band Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto) is a part of posted about having to cancel a two-week concert because Gareth was in America (which is where Miracle is being filmed). So, there is a possibility that Ianto is coming back, although in memories. And I am hoping that if the memories do contain Ianto, the editors are not taking clips from previous episodes and adding them into the new episodes or having them redo scenes. I hope that they come up with whole new, different scenes. I can't wait to see if Ianto is mentioned again. I also hope that it is true that Gareth was in America. Especially if there was the possibility that he was filming scenes for Miracle.
Also, there is another Torchwood radio play. The latest of the plays is called Torchwood: The Lost Files. One of them is called, "The House of the Dead." This one has Ianto and Jack as main characters. Ianto is in the bar where a seance is going on. He gets in contact with "Gwen" who says that "she" is on "her" way. Eventually Jack shows up. Both of them go through the entire show, figuring out what is going on. Towards the end, Ianto's dad appears and tells Jack that he can leave now with "him" (Ianto). When his dad disappears, he asks Jack what his dad was talking about. Come to find out, Ianto is dead. No, I mean, Ianto's spirit is walking around the place. Jack talks to Ianto and ends up saying the wrong words. Something to the extent of: "I can't even bear to look at you." I was like, "Excuse me?! You're going to say that to him?!" When Jack tried to touch Ianto, Ianto said something to the extent of, "Don't touch me!" And then, before the Rift closes with Ianto holding some kind of technology from Jack (Ianto had the opportunity to go back to the real world but he decided in the end not to), Jack says to Ianto, "I love you." Ianto says, "I love you, too." HALLELUJAH!! Jack finally told Ianto how he feels!! And then, when the Rift closes and Jack was left on his own, he said, "Good-bye, Ianto." The End. I hated that Ianto did not leave with Jack and he definitely died. But, I am glad that Jack at least told Ianto how he felt.
And now, I am working on another two videos on Jack and Ianto. This time, it is coming from Ianto's point of view rather than Jack's point of view. Which reminds me, I finished those two videos about Jack and Ianto using Jack's point of view a couple of months ago. Anyway! I am using the song "Pieces" by Red and "What About Us" by John Barrowman. I have clips for "Pieces" ready. I just have to add them, edit them, and save the video to my computer before work on "Us."
First of all: Relay. I was up the entire time. I did not get any sleep. It might be because I was not lying down in the back of the Jeep like usual. Rather, I was in the passenger seat with it reclined.
Second: The Harry Potter books. I started reading the books on either June 14th or 15th. I read the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, in a whopping ten hours. I read the second one, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in either eleven or twelve hours. I read the entire series within a month. Possibly three weeks. The only book that took the longest was the fourth one, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But that is because I was trying to read it on the weekend of Relay and I kept on falling asleep like there was no tomorrow while I was trying to read it here in my room. It is not that the book was boring! Do not get me wrong! I love the book! It is just that Relay wiped the floor with me.
Third: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Let us just say: Tissues! I do not know how many times I cried during that movie. There was only one part where I was bawling like crazy and that was when Snape was with Voldemort. I knew that Snape was going to be killed so I started crying immediately. And when Nagini started slamming into Snape, I had to look away. I liked his memories, but I just think that they were a bit rushed but definitely slower than his memories in the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And Snape leads me to the final point.
For about several days before the movie was to come out in theaters, I have been having Snape/Lily moments. All of those days leading up to when I could actually go see the final movie was filled with looking for pictures of Snape and Lily, watching videos of them, and just plain thinking about them. It was even filled with listening to three songs like crazy: "Lily's Theme," "Snape's Demise," and "Severus and Lily."
Snape's memories: Like I said, they seemed kind of a bit rushed but not as rushed as those in the fifth movie. They were, if I recall, overlapping one another rather than having only ten seconds a scene. When Snape met Lily, absolutely no talking, even when they were laying next to each other under a tree. When Lily was sorted into Gryffindor, you see her shake hands with a boy who said his name was James and she said that hers was Lily. And when James and Sirius were running through the halls and knocked the books out of Lily's hands, James and Lily looked at each other like, "Yeah. I am so gonna marry him/her when I grow up." Um. Hello! That is not how it went! She is supposed to hate James until their seventh year! Do not make it seem like they have a connection as soon as they start! And I just felt so terrible for Snape throughout the whole thing.
And when Snape appeared in Godric's Hollow and found Lily dead on the floor in Harry's nursery, that was emotional. I did not really cry during that scene because, well, I was spoiled. People who went to see the final movie on Friday and Saturday were making short videos using Snape's memories from the final movie. The very first video I watched with Snape finding Lily dead and him crying just had me bawling. That was on Friday. I am quite amazed that Dad did not ask what was going on. I do not think I could have hidden it from him that I was getting spoilers from the movie before I had even seen it. And I could not stop downloading the good ones because I was afraid that they would disappear before I could even get online on Sunday after seeing the movie. And I have still been downloading videos of Snape and Lily, just a short nine days later.
And about Snape and Lily, I have had a couple of ideas for music videos. But they include Snape's memories from the final movie. So, I have to wait until the movie comes out on DVD before I can make a video about the both of them. The two songs that I want to use are: "My Love Is Always There" from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack. I only just listened to the song yesterday and I had the idea that the song can be about the both of them after having died. The other song is "With Eyes Wide Shut" by blessthefall.
Lastly, Torchwood. This past weekend, I have been watching Torchwood: Miracle Day. Miracle is when absolutely nobody on the planet dies. In the first episode, Jack ended up getting hurt. And it did not heal. At the end of it, Rhys wondered if the roles were reversed. Everyone was mortal while Jack was the only one who was immortal. Now, everyone is immortal and Jack is the only one who is mortal. Which brings me to the second episode.
In that episode, Jack was poisoned and was dying. I was feeling two different emotions while he was dying. The first emotion was sadness that Ianto was not there to be with Jack. The other emotion was kind of happiness. It was that Ianto was not there to see Jack go through what he was going through. If Ianto was there, he would have been probably in tears. And then the third episode.
I hated it because Jack slept with some bartender guy. When the guy was sleeping, Jack called Gwen and talked to her. Ianto was brought up but I do not remember what was said. If I recall, I think that Jack said that he misses Ianto. I personally hope that Jack is feeling upset over losing Ianto. The roles of them are now the same. When Jack was immortal, Ianto was mortal and dying, in Jack's arms! Now, Jack is mortal and is dying. Unfortunately, I can't say that Ianto is immortal because, unfortunately, he died. But yeah. I hope that Jack is feeling upset over Ianto dying.
Apparently there are going to be some memories from Jack and Gwen's past in one of the future episodes. I think episode nine. And then someone on a website either posted a link or a post of a post that the band Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto) is a part of posted about having to cancel a two-week concert because Gareth was in America (which is where Miracle is being filmed). So, there is a possibility that Ianto is coming back, although in memories. And I am hoping that if the memories do contain Ianto, the editors are not taking clips from previous episodes and adding them into the new episodes or having them redo scenes. I hope that they come up with whole new, different scenes. I can't wait to see if Ianto is mentioned again. I also hope that it is true that Gareth was in America. Especially if there was the possibility that he was filming scenes for Miracle.
Also, there is another Torchwood radio play. The latest of the plays is called Torchwood: The Lost Files. One of them is called, "The House of the Dead." This one has Ianto and Jack as main characters. Ianto is in the bar where a seance is going on. He gets in contact with "Gwen" who says that "she" is on "her" way. Eventually Jack shows up. Both of them go through the entire show, figuring out what is going on. Towards the end, Ianto's dad appears and tells Jack that he can leave now with "him" (Ianto). When his dad disappears, he asks Jack what his dad was talking about. Come to find out, Ianto is dead. No, I mean, Ianto's spirit is walking around the place. Jack talks to Ianto and ends up saying the wrong words. Something to the extent of: "I can't even bear to look at you." I was like, "Excuse me?! You're going to say that to him?!" When Jack tried to touch Ianto, Ianto said something to the extent of, "Don't touch me!" And then, before the Rift closes with Ianto holding some kind of technology from Jack (Ianto had the opportunity to go back to the real world but he decided in the end not to), Jack says to Ianto, "I love you." Ianto says, "I love you, too." HALLELUJAH!! Jack finally told Ianto how he feels!! And then, when the Rift closes and Jack was left on his own, he said, "Good-bye, Ianto." The End. I hated that Ianto did not leave with Jack and he definitely died. But, I am glad that Jack at least told Ianto how he felt.
And now, I am working on another two videos on Jack and Ianto. This time, it is coming from Ianto's point of view rather than Jack's point of view. Which reminds me, I finished those two videos about Jack and Ianto using Jack's point of view a couple of months ago. Anyway! I am using the song "Pieces" by Red and "What About Us" by John Barrowman. I have clips for "Pieces" ready. I just have to add them, edit them, and save the video to my computer before work on "Us."
A Weird Dream Once Again
There is no word count on here because I don't think that dreams should be expected to be written between 450 and 600 words.
Once again, I had a weird dream. And yes, it involved Chris. Hopefully I can remember as much as possible because I am writing this about half-an-hour after I woke up, and I also had to clean up the mess that Indie made along with Mom's torn-up-by-Indie carnations. So, here I go...
Either I woke up on my own and went out to the front room or Sarah woke me up but either way, she told me something about it being my day or something. Anyway, I went out to the front room and Chris had just taken off his shoes. Sarah went and brought out a dress,which ended up being for me. The dress was my wedding dress! It was mostly white. It was kind of layered but then it kind of wasn't. The "layer" around the waist was yellow while the bottom of the dress was, I think, red. A photo was taken by the main frame of my shock.
I end up going to where a wedding would be taking place. It was at West Side Park but the room was definitely different. The room was definitely smaller and to get to it, you had to walk up a few stairs. Anyway, I walk up the stairs and I see this room filled with purple wedding decorations, Dad bending over, working on something, another guy working on something, and Chris looking at me while he was standing by a table. After seeing that this was all for me, I gasped with the need for air, and I started to cry. Chris walked over and hugged me.
Everything had been done in secret. From the wedding dress to the reception hall to the decorations and probably even further down to the First Dance. But yeah, I was shocked by everything.
Mom and Sarah walked into the room and one of them handed me my dress and told me to go get ready. When I came out from changing, it was filling up with people. I even saw an Amish couple. And now that I think about it, it might be because of where Chris works. But anyway!
Mom handed me money and said something to the extent of: "This is for when you go swimming." She then handed me a room key and said, "This is in case you get angry," or something like that. Or it just might have been the room key and not to any "in cases." I then told Mom and Sarah that I didn't have any shoes (appropriate shoes because I might have been wearing sneakers or something) and for someone to go home, go into my orange backpack, and grab my flats. But now, I realize that black shoes and white dresses simply don't go together. So, I would like to think that they simply forgot about handing me my new white dress shoes and they were simply in a corner of the room or still out in the vehicle. But anyway, when Mom left to go get the shoes, I began pacing up and down one side of a table while guests were still filing in. Dad was on the other side, also pacing. Dad told me something to the extent of: "I had my day, now this is your day." And then I went back to pacing.
The End
I know, I know. Not much of a dream. I told myself that if I am having more and more dreams about Chris because the "10th year anniversary" is coming up, I will kill myself. I don't think I could imagine me happily agreeing to marry him, let alone anyone. If I agreed to marry someone, I think it would just be the fact that I would share, not just a bed, but a house with that person. But, yeah. That's how my dream went.
Once again, I had a weird dream. And yes, it involved Chris. Hopefully I can remember as much as possible because I am writing this about half-an-hour after I woke up, and I also had to clean up the mess that Indie made along with Mom's torn-up-by-Indie carnations. So, here I go...
Either I woke up on my own and went out to the front room or Sarah woke me up but either way, she told me something about it being my day or something. Anyway, I went out to the front room and Chris had just taken off his shoes. Sarah went and brought out a dress,which ended up being for me. The dress was my wedding dress! It was mostly white. It was kind of layered but then it kind of wasn't. The "layer" around the waist was yellow while the bottom of the dress was, I think, red. A photo was taken by the main frame of my shock.
I end up going to where a wedding would be taking place. It was at West Side Park but the room was definitely different. The room was definitely smaller and to get to it, you had to walk up a few stairs. Anyway, I walk up the stairs and I see this room filled with purple wedding decorations, Dad bending over, working on something, another guy working on something, and Chris looking at me while he was standing by a table. After seeing that this was all for me, I gasped with the need for air, and I started to cry. Chris walked over and hugged me.
Everything had been done in secret. From the wedding dress to the reception hall to the decorations and probably even further down to the First Dance. But yeah, I was shocked by everything.
Mom and Sarah walked into the room and one of them handed me my dress and told me to go get ready. When I came out from changing, it was filling up with people. I even saw an Amish couple. And now that I think about it, it might be because of where Chris works. But anyway!
Mom handed me money and said something to the extent of: "This is for when you go swimming." She then handed me a room key and said, "This is in case you get angry," or something like that. Or it just might have been the room key and not to any "in cases." I then told Mom and Sarah that I didn't have any shoes (appropriate shoes because I might have been wearing sneakers or something) and for someone to go home, go into my orange backpack, and grab my flats. But now, I realize that black shoes and white dresses simply don't go together. So, I would like to think that they simply forgot about handing me my new white dress shoes and they were simply in a corner of the room or still out in the vehicle. But anyway, when Mom left to go get the shoes, I began pacing up and down one side of a table while guests were still filing in. Dad was on the other side, also pacing. Dad told me something to the extent of: "I had my day, now this is your day." And then I went back to pacing.
The End
I know, I know. Not much of a dream. I told myself that if I am having more and more dreams about Chris because the "10th year anniversary" is coming up, I will kill myself. I don't think I could imagine me happily agreeing to marry him, let alone anyone. If I agreed to marry someone, I think it would just be the fact that I would share, not just a bed, but a house with that person. But, yeah. That's how my dream went.
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