Beneath a large body of water

Dear my non-existent reader,

I have been thinking about writing an autobiography to record my short life so far but today, being a creative Tuesday, I had a Creative Inspiration.

While driving home listening to my Disney little mermaid CD, I suddenly was struck by a creative idea that I think I can expand on.

Here is my draft proposal in case I forget.

The end product of the full length of the project will be the production of a full length animation musical featured film.

The end product of a more achievable project would be a picture book for children and a short story for older audience.

The story goes, a major shipwreck, ship or ships fall deep into the body of water, mermaids and mermen are struck by this disastrous shipwreck.  By the end of the movie, all treasures and junks are stored away by the king of that body of water into caves!

The Prince side of the story before the prince became a king.

I am hoping to do it in 2D animation.  The colour would be aged yellow paper and black ink.  This tale is older than the tale of a little mermaid

The reason I want it to be that style is because my first beauty and the beast was actually the unfinished movie.  Part of the film still had story boards (some were animated and some were not).  If I am successful I think it would be interesting to see a full length animation feature where the background is a long scroll of old yellow paper and the animation is all blank ink as if they were drawn with feather and a bottle of black ink.

That is my vision for my tale before the little mermaid.

Anthology review

I have only read the introduction and the first writing in a book containing a collection of writings by different writers published together.

I am rereading what I read because I have came across words that are not part of my vocabulary. 

I am copying down the definitions as I do my second reading which is really to look and locate all of the words I don't already know.

I am doing this because although I did not know every word, I can still comprehend this anthology.  I am captivated enough by what I have read so far that I am willing to pull my dictionary off the shelve for more reading.

The dictionary certainly provide me with definitions, explanations and examples that elucidate obscure words for me.

Happy Meal Toys

The last time I took a peek at the happy meal toy display at McDonald's, it was beanie babies.  I already placed my order so did not get my toy.

I don't know when was the last time McDonald's happy meal toy was a toy of their own mascots or characters.  They had many fun characters.  Maybe next time they partner up with TY, they could get their own characters made into beanie babies happy meal size toys.  That I think will be very popular.

The happy meal toy team can think about all the stuff animals or soft toy products they had in the past featuring Disney characters and etc.  Now, do the same toys but for their McDonald's characters before everyone forget about them.

Anyhow I might be outdated with my info, as I skip commercials and do not visit McDonald's on a daily basis.

Anti Bullying Measures

A lot of anti-bullying measures are actually not clearly labelled as anti-bullying.

The narrative of bullying that I am used to reading is a teenager is targeted, becomes isolated, who suffers physical as well as emotional pain caused by the bully, becomes even more isolated and could potentially end up dead caused by the bully or the group of bullies.

The person who survives, who defeats the bully, is one who takes appropriate actions.  Fight or Flight?

Fight has many meanings.  Fighting could mean writing down on a piece of paper all the things you love about living and yourself.  Fighting could mean finding peers to do activities that all of you enjoy doing.  Fighting could mean changing up your routine just a little so it is harder for the bully to predict your actions.  Don't be too drastic.  It takes practice and disciple to continually survive and eventually thrive.

Flight also has many meaning.  In essence, it means to get from an unsafe place to a safe place. 

If you feel like you are being bullied, talk to someone about it to see if you are really being bullied.  Do not stay silent for too long that you end up at a corner thinking there is no solution.

I find it odd with teenage suicide or teenage violence.  Do they no longer have extracurricular activities at school,? Or volunteer service hour requirements,?  I think those places a great place to find peers.  My thinking is that if a bully see you connecting with others, they may stop targeting you because who knows how big your social circle can grow when YOU step away from the bullying situation and no longer identify yourself as a victim.

Have hope! Have confidence in yourself! Be patient with yourself.  Do your homework and study for your tests.  You can and will get away and pass on your wisdoms to others.

There are more caring people than bullies.