The X-Files Season 6, Disc 1

Just finished watching "The X-Files" Season 6, Disc 1. So here's my impressions:

The Beginning
Okay, let's kind of continue from where the movie left off. (See, this is why I watched "Fight the Future" in between Season 5 and Season 6!) But at the same time, let's introduce characters you LOVE to HATE!

Character #1: Agent Spender. He's CSM's son! That right there kinda makes you want to SMACK him upside the head. AND then all the crap he pulls with Mulder and taking over his office and stuff just makes you HATE him even more!

Character #2: AD Kersh. Scully and Mulder get reassigned and now report to AD Kersh. In subsequent episodes you learn to hate him more because he's obviously out to keep Mulder and Scully from the X-Files.

Character #3: Agent Fowley. You're never really sure if Mulder and her had a thing at one point or not. But she's "supposedly" there to protect Mulder's work on the X-Files. Eh. Not sure if I believe her or not.

Drive
Eh, I can take or leave this episode.

Triangle
This episode is like PERFECT! It's shot in single camera long shot format. Essentially it's like 4 extremely long shots, no breaks, nothing. The camera follows the characters. A lot of shows are doing this now, but I LOVE that The X-Files was one of the first to do single camera!

Also, it had some of the BEST shots ever!

1. Scully kisses Skinner. Not romantically or anything, just in appreciation and the like.
2. Mulder kisses Scully. Okay, it's 1939 Scully and not current day Scully, but still! And then she punches him!

And it had one of the best lines ever too!

Mulder: I love you.
Scully: Oh brother...

*sigh*

Dreamland I
Okay, part 1 isn't as good as part 2, and sadly I have to wait until disc 2 get part 2! That just sucks! But one of the characters looks familiar because I've seen him in "CSI: Miami," "CSI" AND "Criminal Minds." Michael B. Silver plays Howard Gordin in this episode (and part 2). But I do love David Duchovny dancing as Morris Fletcher and the faces he makes! JUST great!

Okay, so that's my bit about disc 1. Can't wait for disc 2!

In Real Life....

In Real Life...

I am a mom. I have two kids. One is gifted, about to turn 6 years old in kindergarten at a charter school. The other has special needs and likely is also gifted and in preschool.

In Real Life...

I would love to read more, write more, actually WATCH the DVDs I have purchased but are still wrapped in their original packaging.

In Real Life...

I'm single. I have no interest in dating anyone.

In Real Life...

I am college educated. I am also on public assistance. We also live with my mom. Without it, we would be homeless.

In Real Life...

I attend church regularly and even help out in Sunday school.

This is my blog. My escape from reality for a little bit. It is my favorite things. The things I enjoy but sometimes don't have time to.

Introduction

I figured I'd better introduce myself because some of you may not know who I am or what this blog is about.

Me: I'm a single mom of two kids.

I Geek: sci-fi shows (Star Trek, The X-Files, Fringe, Almost Human, Star Crossed, Roswell to name a few), reading, writing, Backstreet Boys. There's probably a few other things I geek, but those are the biggies.

Yes, this blog will be the place where I "geek out." I used to have a LiveJournal, but after finding that I had this blog and it was going unused, I figured I'd better use it. And it will allow me to share my fandoms, fangirling, and general geeking out episodes with all of you!

Currently, there are a couple things that will probably be MAJOR themes:

The X-Files! Surprisingly, it is getting a 6 episode run at the end of this month! (Actually, in 4 days to be exact!) So I'll be MAJORLY geeking out on that show for a while! PLUS, I am trying to finish watching the series. Yeah, I'm NOT going to make it before the premiere of the new 10th "mini" season, but who cares! It's ALWAYS fun to go back and see old episodes!

Star Trek! This will probably become more prevalent later in the summer and early fall. Why???? Because the series will be 50 years old!!!!! AND in January of 2017, there is supposed to be a new series coming out. We'll see what happens about that!

Other than those two things right now, I can't see much on the horizon, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Geeking Out to The X-Files

Hey all! This blog is back! It's going through a revamp, so please bear with me as I change some things around.

So I thought I'd start out with one of my favorite topics as of late: "The X-Files." Did you hear? It's coming back the end of the month!

Yeah, I am trying to contain myself over this! Granted, I'll probably have to watch it all OnDemand as trying to watch ANYTHING that ISN'T "Paw Patrol," "PJ Masks" or "Doc McStuffins" when the kids are home would mean I would actually have to be abducted by aliens to do so.

So what am I doing while I wait?

Trying to catch up on episodes.
Fox did this 201 Days of X-Files where you watched an episode a day for 201 days leading up to the premiere. Sadly, they left out the two movies, so it really should have been 203 days, but who's counting. Being I still use DVD through Netflix, I'm only up to starting on season 6. (Did you know they actually changed the name to "DVD.com"? Thankfully no backlash like the "Qwickster" fiasco a few years ago!) Yeah, I don't think I'm going to make it to watching ALL of them before the premiere.

And this is sad to me. Why? Because I OBVIOUSLY MISSED SOMETHING HUGE! See, I quit watching somewhere around season 7 or so. I think it was when David Duchovny left. Sure, I caught a random episode here and there, but I wasn't really "into" it any more. I think it was because I was in college and life was CRAZY in college! So how do I know I missed something huge? Because of THIS video:

So, even though I don't think I'll catch up before the premiere on January 24th, I think I'll be okay, just a little lost!

Reading

Yes, I am trying to read a new "X-Files" collection that was put out last year. I haven't read a whole lot in it and actually am going to restart it. But it's a collections of shorts. I can't wait to actually get into it! I know the first one in the book is written by a Brit. How do I know? Well, I read his mini-bio, but also some of the phrasing he uses is not American, and being Mulder and Scully are based out of Washington, DC, there are just little things that stick out to me. It's really no big deal!

There's also a few graphic novels I'd like to find as well. The X-Files: Season 10 and 30 Days of Night: The X-Files. Both of these were recommended to me by a fellow X-Phile, Natalie Patalie. Again, likely won't find them before the start of the new six episode series, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Again, reading is something that I think I would have to be abducted by aliens to actually get it done!

Coloring
Yes, you read correctly! Coloring. Back in August, The X-Files Official Twitter released the following "coloring" page. Thanks to Natalie, she found a couple more here and here. These are all free. There's also a few on etsy, if you really want to pay for them.

Stalking Instagram
Okay, there's really only ONE Instagram I'm stalking, and she's kinda slowed down lately, but just going back and checking out her photos is AMAZING! She made Mulder's office at 1:12 scale! It's pretty awesome. You should check out The Miniature X-Files Office.

So this is what I'm doing while I bide my time until the 24th. Then I'll probably end up binge watching all 6 episodes after they air because of kids and the aliens NOT abducting me so I can watch it live. Any other X-Phile's out there? What are you doing while you wait?

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Revision: The Necessary Evil

This being March, it's commonly known around the writing universe as "EdMo." It's the month when all those word-vomit NaNo Novels get edited into something resembling an actual, well-written piece of work. I don't usually participate in EdMo, because I don't usually edit. I saw usually and that isn't entirely the case. I do edit. I edit as I write. As for revising, well, I do that too, sometimes. So here's the prompt for this month:

Easy Question: Why is it necessary?
Okay, some people will say it's because you want to be published. Well, I don't want to be published! So why is it necessary? Because I write crap! Well, it isn't ALL crap, but it can sure feel like it sometimes! I know there are plot holes and inconsistencies and that's why I have to go back and fix them, otherwise they drive me insane!

Hard Question: Do you enjoy it?
It depends. Sometimes I do, especially after it's been a while and I go back and look at a story and go "WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!?!?!?!" I also like it when I'm looking at something I haven't looked at in YEARS! Then it's an eye opening experience to me of where I was when I wrote that! My favorite feature though is the "strike through." I love being able to "keep" my word count but get rid of things!

My novel "selfie" in mid-revision:

I use different colors for each verification period, so sometimes a novel can look like a crayon factory exploded all over my novel. But as I said above, I love the "strike" feature!

What's my motivation?!?!?!

Okay, so this month's prompt is on motivation. I keep picturing my characters looking at me and saying "What's my motivation?!?!?!" You know, like actors ask directors all the time? So I guess I'll break it down my my projects this year because I honestly don't think about motivation unless someone asks me.

What is the main motivation behind your characters?
NaNo14: Sari's motivation is initially trying to save the people of her planet but she also wants to save her boyfriend from his captors.

NaNo13: Um, I guess the Fringe crew has a few motivations in this story as to finding out what is causing the holes between the universes so they can stop them, but they also want to get everyone back to their own universe.

Untitled (YA): Jessen's motivation is overthrowing the aliens who have taken over the planet. Thankfully she's got the Resistance on her side!

Hush: The MC's motivation is to let Brian know the truth and NOT hate her. (Essentially that's it in a nutshell....)

I'll Never Break Your Heart/Revamp: I think the MC's motivation in this is to actually have a relationship, but I'm not sure because I'm reworking it.

Where do you come up with that motivation?
Well, in the case of my original ideas, oddly enough they are both from dreams! So I guess you could say I dreamed them up! As for the BSB fanfic (Hush/INBYH), I would say it's typical fangirl, girl wants the celeb boy, thing. As for the Fringe one, it comes from the show, I guess.

Do you tend to use the same motivation in every novel, or do you mix it up more?
Um, it seems to be the same, depending upon the type of novel I'm writing. Fanfiction is the same and the originals both came from the same place!

What is your favorite example of character motivation?
Well, I kind of like the one I'm doing for my NaNo14 novel. I mean, yeah, she's kind of motivated by love and whatnot, but there is also an underlying motivation of saving the people on her planet. But otherwise, I feel like I suck at describing this!

Projects for 2015

These are the main projects I plan to work on this year. This is list is by no means the ONLY things I will work on this year, but these are the things I plan on working on. There might be other things that pop up, but I don't know what they are right now.

NaNo14 -- sci-fi (WC: 23,533)
Two planets have been at odds with one another for generations. Now, intelligence tells the leaders of Aldera that Donteria is going to attack. Needing more information, they send out a scout ship. Only the pilot returns. What was a scouting mission soon becomes a rescue mission.

NaNo13 -- Fringe fanfiction (WC: 14,541)
A fatal car accident has very different outcomes for two friends. In one universe, one friend dies. In the other universe, the other. But now, with the barrier so thin between the two parallel universes, Sydney Holt thinks she sees her dead friend, Dakota Hunter. Only to find out that Sydney is now trapped in another universe and can't get back to her own. The Fringe Team is called out to investigate. If they can't get Sydney back to the other universe, what will it mean for their own?

Untitled -- YA/Dystopian (WC: 8,245)
The aliens have landed and tried to take over Earth. Now that most of the human race has been exterminated, those who remain must fight off the alien invaders.

Hush -- Backstreet Boys fanfiction (WC: 14,222)
Losing my voice right before a Backstreet Boys concert is never fun, but surprising things happen because of it!

I'll Never Break Your Heart -- Backstreet Boys fanfiction (WC: 46,797)
After meeting Brian Littrell and getting into a whirlwind relationship with him, Becca Carlson finds herself the target of a stalker.

I have actually started rewriting I'll Never Break Your Heart as an original fiction. So I'm not sure if I'm going to finish the "epic" fanfiction or the original story.