BEDA 8: Time Capsule - Letter to my future self

Hello everyone

Someone on youtube made a video time capsule sending a letter to her future self five so that when she watches it five years from now, she can see the changes that happened to her life. I thought it was a fantastic idea and decided to do one for day 8 of blog every day april. Hopefully it will inspire other people to do the same and start some interesting activity. A lot can change in five years you would be amazed, and I thought it would be nice to send a letter to your future self in a way to remind yourself of the things you planned to accomplish and see if you have.

So here is the time capsule letter to my future self.

Dear future self,

Hey you, yes you future self, I am talking to you and you need to listen.

How is life treating you these days?

Are you still in love with that special guy you call your precious treasure and handsome prince? I hope so because he is really good for you. The best. Make sure you always treat him well and keep expressing how much you love him. You two are meant to be.

Did you finally accomplish that goal you set for yourself five years ago about learning Actionscript? It seems like an interminable goal at the moment, but I believe I will succeed. All I need to do is keep believing in you.

How is your health these days? You are not sick? Still eating healthy and keeping up with the exercise? Are you still enjoying Yoga on the Wii fit and rollerblade?

Are you keeping up with soccer? Still enjoying it? I want to tell you how proud I am of you for trying something new and in the process making new friends. I know it hasn't always been easy and you have always been a little afraid of meeting new people, but keep it up. Life is a journey and everyone you meet in the process are there to help you learn more about yourself.

I am really proud of you.

Have you kept the good habit of drinking green tea every morning and after meals, in a way to stay healthy? If so that is fantastic, keep it up. Treating your body right is an awesome thing.

Oh by the way, I almost forgot, have you finally taken that disney trip you and the one you loved were planning on? If not, what are you waiting for? You only live once, save some money and go. Realize that long time dream of yours. I don't doubt for a minute that you will enjoy it. And stop being so fearful of taking a plane for the first time if you haven't experienced that yet. There is a first time for everything and everyone is telling you that being on a plane you are safer than in a car. Go for it.

Remember all the other first you were terrified to experienced and how good it felt once you did? I promise it will be the same for for this I am sure.

How is the learning to play guitar going? Are you able to actually play a song now? I hope you decided to stick with it even if now it seems so hard to learn. You love it, you should stick with this hobby.

How many books are you reading at the moment? You always were a little nut when it came to reading, starting more than one book at once and sometimes having to re-read. Are you still re-reading the Harry Potter serie? That was always your favourite, you couldn't stop making references to it, possibly at the risk of annoying your friends. hehe. I know the movies are all done by now, and please please please don't tell me that they decided to come back and make another sequel with the lame happy ending of the third book in which it is the turn of our three heroes children to go to hogwarts. :(

Are your parents still healthy and in good shape? How is your cat, still healthy and just as great as ever?

Are you still making youtube videos or rather have you finally figured out what you wanted to do with the youtube account you set up?

Are you still blogging?

Do you still live in Ottawa? You always loved this city, not too big, not too small? Same job?

I know you always wanted to take a trip to Toronto and possibly go back to boston or wildwood, have you done that? How was that?

Are you still friends with Anna and Nick? Are you guys still talking? If not give them a call and schedule a time to hang out ok. It is not nice to forget your friends no matter how busy you are?

Is Steven Harper still prime minister or do we have someone better? I sincerely hope so. And to keep going on the same train of thought, did Obama get re-elected ? How is the economy, better?

Did the New Kids on the Block make any other albums? I know how excited you were to see them come back after 15 years. Despite what everyone thought you never stopped believing they would be back.

I guess that is about all I had to tell you and ask. Oh yes, do not forget to write another letter for YOUR future self and so on. One: becasue it is fun. And two: becsue it can make you realize what you accomplish in life and what you have yet to accomplish.

Take care and enjoy every day as if it was your last., life is short live it to the fullest.

Sincerely,
Your past self
(written five years ago)

Well that is it for day eigth of BEDA. I will see you tomorrow. This blog every day april is easier than I thought, I am really glad that I decided to participate.

Art tip of the day

USE GESSO BEFORE YOU MAKE A MESS
If you are new to oil painting and you're finding that your colors are making a big mess on the canvas by turning muddy and not flowing smoothly, you need to know about gesso.

When you apply oil paints to a dry canvas, they won't blend well or flow naturally due to the coarseness of your canvas. A good way to avoid making a mess of your colors is to apply some gesso to your canvas. Gesso is a clear, water-based medium that will allow you to apply your colors more easily. Once you use gesso, you will probably never want to go back to painting on an unprepared surface.
- John Cleary

BEDA 7: Actionscripting, Snow in April (RAWR) and rush hour protesti

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BEDA day seven. I am quite proud of myself for committing to this activity started by Maureen Johnson.

I want to talk about three things again today:

1- Actionscripting
2- Snow in April Yuk
3- Rush hour protest

Actionscripting: Recently I set myself a new goal or challenge, which consist in teaching myself actionscript. Flash programming language. It is going well, slowly but surely. I was extremely proud of myself last friday during lunch at work when I was able to figure out how to create a dropdown menu using actionscript 2.0. So proud that I almost was jumping up and down, well I was quietly still sitting on my chair but desperately felt like standing up and celebrate my new accomplishment. Unfortunately I did not, not wanting to disrupt my coworkers.

I am starting with version 2.0 before I move on to the 3.0 version as it is quite different and I figure I need to know the basics first.

I know for a lot of you, if you are a programmer, this may not be the biggest accomplishment but it is a big breakthrough for me. You see I am an artist and therefore have the artist mind primarily, although I also have a big part of the logical mind useful when programming, sometimes both minds collide generates a fight in my brain. Thus resulting in a blank expression on my face as if I am somewhere totally different. I believe the reason my expression gets like this especially after having looked at code for too long, is my artist mind saying: "enough, need creativity NOW!". I just basically end up looking like this programming thing is over my head as you can see in the picture below.

Blank face = mind going blank after looking at code for too long

I do understand programming and know I can overcome the difficulties and understand everything about actionscript, I just need to give it time and practice a little every day. I am a stong-minded strong-willed girl, not to say stubborn here as it sounds a little negative, and I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. I am confident I will for this as well.

The second thing I want to talk about is this snow we have been getting in April. RAWR. It is technically spring and this morning I woke up and mother nature is up to her silly tricks again, a fresh blanket of snow. Grrrr. Okay it was not a lot of snow but still, in April I don't want snow. Don't get me wrong I love snow and (March, April) I have had enough and want warm weather, especially if we get such a beautiful sunny and warm day as last Thursday.

I know, I know I live in Canada, and Ottawa to be exact. I should be used to winter and know that it is normal to get snow in April, but I cannot help being sick of it and wishing for warmer weather and being all excited about spring and summer.

Rush hour protests: When I walked home from the bus stop I noticed traffic jams caused by protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka. It appears to be a worldwide effect as the same thing apparently happened in Britain.

Protesters were sitting down in front of buses blocking Wellington street Tuesday evening and today was at the corner of Elgin and Albert streets. It was a good thing I was just walking home from dowtown rather than have to drive, traffic was stopped and extremely slow. The protest seem to have been peaceful according to the news.

I don't mind protests to get the protesters point across as long as they don't get so violent that it would threatened the safety of innocent people.

I hate wars why can't we all get along and help one another, we are all human regardless of race, skin colors, religious belief. We are supposed to be civilized and be able to communicate and yet at hte first sign of conflict what do we do? Bring out the guns and weapons of all kinds. Say what you want but sometimes I don't believe that humans have really evolved that much, especially when I see actions such as this in order to resolve conflicts.

And now I will leave you with my art tip of the day.

Art tip of the day:

DRAWING ACCURATE LINES
Having trouble drawing straight lines? Here is a great way to do just that. First, you will need some tape, a T-square, and a triangular square.

Place your paper on your table, then take your T-square to line up the bottom edge of your paper so that it's straight. Tape the four corners of your paper down to your art table. Now you can slide the T-square up and down to draw your horizontal lines. Placing the triangular square on top of the T-square will allow you to draw your vertical lines. If you follow this method, you will always have accurate, straight lines.
- John Cleary

See you tomorrow.

BEDA 6: Haunted Apartment, Snow and Soccer

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Day six of Blog Every Day April.

I want to talk about three things today:

1- Haunted apartment
2- Snow
3- Soccer

Haunted apartment: A while back this weird thing happened when I was chatting on the internet with my boyfriend. Webcam was on and when I stepped away from the camera he saw this white shadowy ghostly figure. Since then not that much has happened except that this morning I woke up to the sounds of water flowing in my kitchen, well in truth I heard that only after I got out of the shower.

There is this dishwasher in my apartment, which I have never really used. I don't have that much dishes plus I can always managed to wash it by hand.

So I get out of the shower and I hear the sound of water running, at first I thought it might be someone in another apartment taking his/her shower and I heard the noise, but it seemed way too close. I decide to investigate and make my way to the kitchen, to my surprise I saw water coming out of the side of the dishwasher. And looking inside the dishwasher and it was filling itself with water. That is not the oddest part though, I looked at the knob and it was set to the OFF position.

Now I take it I don't know much about dishwashers but can a dishwasher just fill itself up? It could be that it was broken, but I do find it odd that it was filled with water when it was clearly OFF.

I emailed the landlord and they came over today and fixed it as it was fine when I got home, but I still find this bizarre.

Snow: It was snowing today. RAWR! In april, ok I know it is Canada and bound to happen but last thursday was so beautiful, warm and nice out, I cannot handle snow anymore. Spring please get here SOON.

Soccer: I started playing soccer at the beginning of this year with OSSC, Ottawa Sports and social Club, and I love it. I had a game today and we WON 11-8! Yes I am overly excited because we don't win that much but I think we played much better today and I seemed to be a better goalie.

GO BLUE DEVILS! I also designed the logo for our team shirts.

Check it out here and at the same time you can see my excitement: http://dailybooth.com/SweetyGirl/168620

I practiced in my apartment, kicking the ball and stopping it.



I definitely need to practice more. I am going to play spring soccer, this time it will be outdoors. Indoor soccer is great, the rules are quite different but being outdoor when it is beautiful and sunny, enjoying summer will be great.

Beda day 6 down... I feel accomplished.

See you tomorrow and in the meantime enjoy this:

Art tip of the day

TRACING THROUGH A WINDOW
Tracing implies the act of copying someone else's artwork or outright stealing. However, tracing can also serve as a valuable resource for artists. Perhaps you have a photo of a car that you just can't get right by simply drawing it out by sight. Well, there is nothing wrong with tracing the form of your image, then finishing it freehand to add all the details and originality. Tracing also has many other benefits, since it gives you the ability to overlay images, change an object, and locate your perspective.

Let's say you have something to trace, but you don't want to buy a trace-box. Well, here is a great idea for tracing through a window. Simply tape the image you want to trace on a window, and then tape your paper over that. The sunlight creates an instant trace-box.
- John Cleary

BEDA 5: The Orphanage and necessary errands

Hello everyone

Today started better then the previous two, weather-wise, even got to see the sun. I don't know why that is but I feel more tired and lazy when it gray and rainy outside and don't feel like doing much. I need the sun's energy to revitalize me.

Ran a couple much needed errands, I desperately needed to get a new brake for my rollerblade. I went for a ride last week and noticed that it was time to replace the break, I was a little afraid I wouldn't be able to stop at some point which would not be good.

I also got myself new wrist guards, again much needed, as my old ones were not looking too good, I have had them for at least 3 years now so it was time for a change.

Now I am all ready for rollerblading season if only the weather would cooperate and the rainy, windy, coldish days would end. RAWR.

I stopped by a game store, and I tried the rock band that was only display. To my dismay it was xBox. Ewww Microsoft product, had to wash my hands more than once to remove any microsoft germs and traces that I actually touched this system. lol RAWR. By this comment, I am sure you can guess that I am not a fan of anything microsoft. I mean it really showed it was microsoft too, it took forever to load just like Windows and I bet it is subject to viruses and those updates and re-updates and re-re-updates.

Despite the microsoft system, I found rock band kind of fun as in an awesome party game but I am not certain I would really want to own that game. I am not the greatest musically-speaking. Mind you I am trying to teach myself guitar but it is going at a snail-pace, still love guitar though.

I thought I was doing good until I realized that we are required to sing along. I did not want to do that especially since I was in a store and let's face it I cannot carry a tune to save my life which would have probably resulted in customers running out of the store. :) LOL

I made this Easy basil sesame noodles for dinner, found on an old blog, check out the recipe here:
http://recipe-binder.blogspot.com/2009/03/recipe-9-easy-basil-sesame-noodles.html
It was pretty good and quite healthy, I added some chicken, cauliflower, green onion and mushrooms. I rarely follow the recipe as it is written, always like to experiment and add something new to it. All in all it turned out pretty good aside from the fact that I miscalculated the chicken-veggies-noodles ratio and ended up with more noodles than chicken and veggies. It was still good.

I finally watches The orphanage by Guillermo Del toro.

I have been saying I wanted to see this film ever since I saw the first movie poster about it and never got around to it. I am uber glad I finally watched it.

For those of you who would not have heard of Guillermo Del Toro, he is a mexican film-maker who directed the fantastic fantasy movie: Pan's Labyrinthe or El labyrinto del fauno. A brillant movie with some references to Alice in wonderland.

Unfortunetaly for the ones who are not fast readers the movie is in spanish with english subtitles, meaning you need to pay attention and read a lot or may need to pause in order to make sure you do not miss any important details.

I cannot recommend this movie enough especially to anyone who likes Del Toro's style. The Orphanage, same as pan's labyrinthe, forces you to go back and reexamine the plot to wonder what is real and what isn't. There is also a reference to peter pan (peter and wendy) and the lost children. As in pan's labyrinthe he used Alice in wonderland references. Genius. It makes it quite interesting.

Del Toro keeps the viewer in suspense until the end of the movie, and leaves much of the true reality or unreality of the plot open to interpretation and creates an experience that lingers in your mind long after you have watched the film, making you think, wonder and talk about your own interpretations.

The film is considered horror but not the free blood, gore and violence that we normally see and I personally find it refreshing to see a true gem of a film, such as this one, keep you on the edge o f your seat wanting to know what will happen next.

I especially liked the fact that it dealt with some paranormal aspect and skeptic characters along with believers.

In retrospect, I absolutely loved the film and I would recommend this to anyone who loves or even has never heard of guillermo del toro. Simply brilliant and fantastic.

I was going to put more specific things about the movie, but I realize some people may not have watched it and I did not want to spoil it for anyone would would want to see it.

As I promised I would always add my art tip of the day here it is:

Art tip of the day:

PROPER WAY TO HOLD A PENCIL WHILE DRAWING
The pencil is the artist's main tool of expression, and by applying varying degrees of pressure, the artist can make a wide variety of lines. When you write, you hold the end of the pencil to make small marks of similar size. When you draw, however, you must be able to make small marks as well as long, free-flowing lines. Resting your hand on the paper and holding the pencil near the middle is a more conventional and correct way to do detailed drawing. If you want to make a broader range of marks, you should hold the pencil near the blunt end. Doing this will leave you free to draw from the elbow.

If you want to draw a more sweeping line, just grasp the pencil comfortably with your hand relaxed. The fingers should loosely support rather than grip the pencil. Try not to force the movement; let it occur naturally. Use the method that feels most natural and comfortable for you.
- John Cleary

BEDA day 5 down, see you tomorrow.

BEDA 4: Lazy day , getting ready for party

Hello everyone

Fourth day of blog every day april.

As yesterday, it was again pouring rain, we woke up late as there is not so much to do when the weather is not cooperating. RAWR.

Where did the sunny warm weather of thursday go? I want spring and summer now!

We just basically lazed around and got ready for Nat's party, birthday party even if her birthday was on april 1st.

I don't know if I would be so happy to have my birthday on a day where people play pranks, that is just asking for trouble. But guess you cannot choose which day you are born so you get stuck with it. Yesterday we walked around downtown and went to exchange a bob marley hoodie that we realized we bought the same as last year, oups. :)

The party was great. We played this game called "Things". It basically consists in one person picks a card and reads what it asks us to write, like: things you shouldn't do at a party, things that would keep you out of heaven, etc.

Then everyone writes down his answer on a piece of paper, folds it and we put it in a hat or container. The person who picked the cared reads the answers out loud and each player, taking turn tries to guess, answer by answer, who wrote it. If the player guesses right he keeps guessing until he misses then the next player tries to guess.

It is a fantastic game especially when a lot of people are playing, the answers you get can be quite funny, it gets people talking, laughing and having fun. Awesome game. And great party.

Day four a BEDA down, so far so good.

Since I love art, I thought I would add a section to these blogs called Art tip of the day. Here is my first art tip, enjoy.

Art tip of the day

WHAT KIND OF PAPER?
There are many different kinds of paper that can be used in art. The texture of the paper can totally change the effect that a drawing might produce, so it is very important to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of paper available. Smooth paper is recommended for detailed work and for thin-line work. It's particularly suitable for pencil, pen and ink work. Textured paper is ideally used for charcoal and pastels. The textured groove on this type of paper makes it possible for the charcoal and pastels to grip the paper. Most art stores will allow you to try some samples. Just experiment and find out what works best for the effect you want.
- John Cleary

BEDA 3: Top 20 fictional gadgets

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Day three of the BEDA project (blogging every day for the entire month of april).

I found this piece of news yesterday on Digg, listing the top 20 fictional gadgets of all time. While some I thought was overly geeky and not something that I would find particularly interesting I found a few I wouldn't mind having.

Position 20:

Tricorder. First and foremost I had no idea what in the world that was and I still am not too sure. But when I saw the "as seen in star trek", I totally understood why I never heard of that. I am proud to say I never in my entire life watched start trek and I don't plan to anytime soon. I can be a little bit of a geek sometimes but not to that extreme, sorry.

Position 19:

Cornballer: This apparently is from a show called arrested development which I believe I might have watched once or perhaps twice but never really got that much into the show. This gadget iis not exactly useful. It is in the line of gag gifts if you want to get revenge on someone or are invited to a wedding you aren't particularly excited about. I would have to say "Meh" not that interesting to me.

Position 18:

Food replicator: Apparently that was seen in star trek and hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Now as I mentioned I am not a fan of star trek but I quite enjoyed hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the books more then the movies I must say but the movie wasn't all that bad, I believe I do remember, vaguely, this gadget from the hitchhiker's guide serie. Basically this gadget allows anyone to produce food at a whim of the user. It isn't really something I would want plus just what americans need to make it even easier to fat.

Postion 17:

Al Czervick' Golf Bag: Now that is something I am not that interested in, golf isn't totally my thing except if it is Wii golf. This was seen in caddyshack, can't say that I ever saw this movie. Seems liek a neat gadget for the golfer comes with a built in stereo.

Position 16:

Inspector gadget's hat: NOW we are getting somewhere! That is a fantastic gadget. I watched this cartoon and absolutely loved it for two reasons: the cool gadgets (the propellers, mechanical hands, an umbrella that doubles as a crappy parachute or the spring) and the detective work in order to catch the bad guy. That was a great cartoon, not sure if it is still on since I haven't watch a TV show regularly in a year I think. I wonder why I pay for cable sometimes.

Position 15;

Hypertime: Now I can honestly say I never heard of that. It was apparently seen on a show or movie called clockstoppers, whatever that is. Man I really don't watch a lot of tv or movies anymore. Basically it is a watch that allows you to stop time as the person's molecules speed up to the point where the world appears stand still. I can see the usefulness in that sometimes, couldn't you? Imagine all one could get done in a minimal amount of time. WOW! It reminds of of the time turner in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.

Position 14:

Interactive User Interface Computer: This was seen in minority report, never saw that movie but I am not the biggest tom cruise fan, that is my excuse. I find it interesting controlling the computer with the use of a keyboard or mouse.

Position 13:

The Lotus Esprit: Comes from themovie the spy who loved me, whatever that is. Basically that is a car that turns into a submarine, that isn't a bad idea if you are dealing with a villain who lives in an underwater lair. Although it could be cool to go underwater and admire sea life's in all its glory.

Position 12:

Transporter: Again from star trek or galaxy quest. Although I must admit this could be cool, no more being caught in traffic jams, avoiding -40 weather in winter. Get anywhere you want at the press of a button. But even though I said it could be cool, I AM NOT A STAR TREK GEEK!. :)

Position 11:

Remote control: Though I haven't seen this movie, this gadget I would love to have. I wonder why I haven't seen this, it is adam sandler and I find him so hilarious. Another gadget to freeze time, i see its usefulness. And who wouldn't want to be able to fast forward past or unpleasant experiences or rewind to a good experience to relive it. The volume control when someone might be yelling at you, just the possibly to mute that person would be great, woudln't it?

Position 10:

Orgazmorator: From a movie apparently called orgazmo, now I haven't seen this movie and judging from the picture I am not sure it would be the type of movie I would find intellectually challenging and interesting. No offense but it looks a little dumb. I guess the gadget could be useful.

Position 9:

Cloaking device: From the movie predator, again another one I haven't seen. The gadget sounds interesting with the possibility of being invisible though personally I would prefer Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. There are no self-destruct device on the invisibility cloak.

Position 8:

Sonic screwdriver: From doctor who again heard of this but never watched. Useful to open any lock without the need for keys anymore, I supposed it could be useful if you are a thief or if one forgets his/her keys. Magically fixing equipment is kind of cool especially for me since everything seem to break when I am around. Go figure. sigh.

Position 7:

Iron man's suit: I am not much into superhero or comic books so I don't really know about this. Basically it is a suit that can make anyone a superhero, all right I supposed it is cool if you hang out every weekend playing warcraft at the comic book shop and are a comic book enthusiast. Not for me though. I do love the boots to fly with idea, again a good way to avoid traffic jams. ;)

Position 6:

Holodeck: Again with the start trek stuff? Sigh. I supposed when you think gadget ultimately you think start trek. A simulated reality facility, you know I prefer real life to simulated things. The possibility of going anywhere or any place and be anyone, ok I can admit I would love to be able to go anywhere whenever I want but be anyone else, I may not be perfect but I prefer being me. Hmmm wait a second, fill the room with my wildest desire does that include filling the room with the new kids on the block there just for me, hmmm that is looking better and better or with johnny depp, orlando bloom or tom welling. Yeah, I think I see the use of this now! hehe

Position 5:

Hoverboard: From back to the future. Now if anyone ever hears that it does exist, please please please let me know. I WANT ONE. I have been wanting one of those ever since I saw back to the future 2.

Position 4:

Kitt: this one is from knight rider. I have vaguely heard of this but I don't believe I have watched. As much as a talkign car or the jumping over obstacles could be cool, just stop to thik about this for a minute, it could get pretty annoying after a while sometimes you just might not want to have anyone talking to you and want peace and quiet.

Position 3:

Neuralizer: I absolutely loved this when I watched men in black. The possibility of being able to forget bad things that happened and start over without that memory. Come on that can be awesome, though it might also make you forget some good things that happened in the process. The fact that it can cause brain cancer isn't so great though.

Position 2:

The tardis: Again from doctor who, I keep hearing about this show and I have no clue what it is about, I have to check this out at some point. With this gadget you can travel through space and time kind of like the dolerane (not sure if the spelling is right) in back to the future. Hey why wasn't that in this list? Boo. Thatis super cool unless you run into your past self and cause a break in the space time continuum as Doc would worry about. hehe But I would love to go back in time it would be awesome.

And finally in first position:

Lightsaber: As seen in star wars, now Star wars is a bit better than star trek, ok perhaps a lot. Piece of advice if you have never seen the star wars movies DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, attempt to watched all the movies in one night, that is just brutal... way too long. I guess it could be cool if you really are into weapons which I am not.

The bottom line and moral of this blog is that as cool as gadgets like that can be there is always some downfall. A neuralizer can cause brain cancer, a talking car can get annoying at some point... though I have yet to find a downfall for the hoverboard, perhaps because I so desperately want one! Grrrr.

What I would like to know is why the wizard wand or broomstick or time turner (ok that one was sort of in the list) weren't on this list. Those are gadgets I would want to have.

BEDA day 3 done, I am on a roll, been keeping with it so far.

See you tomorrow.

BEDA 2: Games of the only child

Hello everyone

It is April 2 and time for a new BEDA post. I was reading Maureen Johnson post yesterday where she talked about only children being forced to come up with ways to entertain themselves. She was thinking back on some of the games she used to invent as a child and shared with everyone so I decided to do something similar since I too am an only child and I too used to invent games and storied as a means to keep myself entertain.

You see, when you are an only child, you don't have a brother or a sister that is always or or mostly around all the time to play with therefore you are forced to be creative and invent ways to entertain yourself and keep from being bored and have nothing to do.

I don't remember inventing GAMES movies as a kid and later on pretend I was the main character and that the story was real and I was the one having those adventures. I could spend hours and hours in my imagination land.

Some of my favourite movie to recreate while in imagination land:

Annie

I must have watched that movie a thousand times, so much that I could say the lines even before the character on the screen said it.

La grenouille et la baleine

This one is french and part of the Conte pour tous series. I am sure everyone will say what is this movie, but you see I grew up in Quebec, in a smaller town where at first cable didn't get through our area, not enough people therefore not worth it. Boo. So I mainly watch french television. That movie was one of my favourite to recreate mainly because the main character had the natural tight curls that I wanted to have so I pretended I was her, she lived by the water and had a pert dolphin if you can say and could hear whales singing, and her hearing was more sensitive than most she could hear them when anyone else wouldn't.

Pas de repit pour melanie

That was another favourite and another one I liked to pretend that I was the main character and had the adventures they had. She also had a pet llama which I thought was so cute and even wished i had one for real until I found out they spit in your face that is.

The wizard of oz

That one was a classic that I pretended I arrived in the land of oz and had all those adventures.

Bach et bottine

I always tried to pretend I was Fanny, mainly because she had this pet skunk obviously it had an operation so he would not spray but I thought it was so cute, for the longest I wished I had one so much. And also because the story took place in Quebec city and I absolutely love this place.

Vincent et moi

This one was a story of a girl who loved to draw and paint, I saw myself a lot more in that character, it was a lot easier to imagine I was that character. And also it involved my favourite painter vincent van gogh, though at the time I didn't knwo that much about painters or art history.

There are a lot more I am sure but I cannot remember them all.

That is the colourful a d imaginative life of the only child, having to invent ways to entertain yourself.

I could spend hours and hour in my room or outdoors, inventing, pretending recreating the stories I saw in the movies with me as the main character. And was quiet for hours, so much that my mom had to come and check to see if I was still there or if I was ok.

BEDA: day 2 down and off to a good start.

See you tomorrow