T-t-tease

I haven't gotten very far on this because I've been flipping between first person POV and third. I might post a bit of the first person next week to compare. But look! It's less than 500 words!

Awards!

Today I received my first award from Karla and Ellen. Check out their blogs. For seriously. Thanks so much guys, love you so much.

 

And since every civilized society needs rules ...

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order...)
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

7 things you never wanted to know about me:

1. I am not naturally as blond as I pretend to be. Oh, wait, you knew that people weren't born with bleach-white hair?

2. I'm a Boston girl. I love The Celtics, please pick it up in game 7 boys; The Sox, oh, Ellsbury, get better baby; and The Pats, I have no words for their state of play right now, except that our quarterback is hotter than yours so I still win.

3. Our TV is named Stevee the TV, despite the fact that boyfriend won't call it that. God, it's totally unique.

4. I breathe Supernatural. I still squee every time I get a good glimpse of Jensen's freckles and Padalecki's abs.

5. I have twirled baton and played violin since fourth grade. Once I left high school I got marginally less cultured.

6. I say nomnomnom and IRL just because it pisses boyfriend off. That's also the same reason my blackberry is always glued to my hand. I'm that obnoxious person. I'm not even doing anything cool, just playing brickbreaker.

7. I make amazing margaritas. If you come to Boston, come have one with me.

So, 15 in no particular order. I'm a total cheat (as you know from my inability to keep teasers under 500 words, and my lists to always overflow) so I just have to rec the girls who gave me this.

1. Ellen

2. Karlie

3. Bri

4. Annie

5. Becca

6. Phoebe

7. Kate

8. Karla

9. Glen

10. Kaitlin

11. Blue Lipstick Samurai

12. Debra

13. J.S Wood

14. Cory

15. Sage

Brand New Tease

This is something brand new. I have no idea whether I even like it or not, but these are the opening pages. I've rewritten it about twelve times, because I'm never satisfied, and I have to do something while I wait for beta comments on band geeks.

teaser

Without my school schedule I almost always forget that it's Tuesday. I'm putting the finishing touches on band geeks, then sending it out to my beta (seriously, it will be in your inbox tomorrow Karlie, promise) so this will probably be the last tease because I'm about to start putting an SNI on paper. As always, if you want to beta, feel free to comment or email me at epage126[@]gmail[.]com. Thanks guys! You're awesome.

Tease!

Sooo, band geeks is pretty much done. It just needs to go out to my beta. If you'd like to beta, I'd do it in return! Just comment or email me at epage126[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks guys!

Happy Tuesday!

Band Geek Pranksters time, guys. Thanks so much for all your comments and love so far. Seriously, it means the world to me. Also, go on over to Karlie's blog and wish her a late happy b-day. It was today!

OMG you guys

Perks of Being a Wallflower is being made into a movie...pause for dramatic silence.

If you've ever read my blog, you know that I won't shut up about this book, and that is for good reason. Perks absolutely made my teenage years. I cannot put into words how much this book means to me. It's been passed through so many people (read: I've pushed it on so many people) that it's completely worn out with a broken spine, tattered pages, and a very sweet message written in red sharpie from my boyfriend in the front (you're the only one to make me feel infinite too, baby.)
This is one of the books I can honestly point to and say, "Yeah, that changed my life." I've literally read it dozens of times, and can recite a majority of the pages.
Anyway, I found out about the movie from Sarah LaPolla's blog, and nearly jumped out of my seat. My fingers were fumbling all over my blackberry as I called The Boyfriend, praying he wasn't in work yet. He picked up, and I responded with "Perks is being made into a movie with Hermoine Granger," but I was so excited that I had to try at least three times to get it out. He freaked out as well, hemmed and hawed with me about the casting, then we chatted forever about it as if we won't see each other in a few hours, because that's what Perks does to people, guys.
So, Emma Watson is playing Sam. I love Emma Watson, I really do, but she's not who I was expecting. I guess you can never get exactly what you want, because they'll never look just like you imagine them. To me, Sam was tall, a little plain, and just so much older than Charlie. Logan Lerman (aka Percy Jackson) is playing Charlie. And I'm just so ehhh about the casting. Charlie is supposed to be, like, 14, tiny and adorable. When I'm reading Perks, I constantly just want to wrap him up in my arms and keep him safe. The difference between a freshman and senior in high school is massive. The difference between an 18 year old and a 21 year old? Not massive at all.
What I am so far from bummed about is the director/screenwriter. It is Mr. Chbosky himself. I've written that name so many times in my obsessive ranting that I don't even have to look it up anymore. I always whined about him not writing another book (can you tell I whine a lot?) but I completely forgive him now. As Boyfriend put it, now nothing will be lost in the artistic translation. Let's just pray for that.
If you haven't read it yet, shame on you! No, I'm kidding, just go get it. You can probably order it from Amazon for super cheap. Look, I'll even link you. It's barely more than a hundred pages so you have no excuse!!