Ticked off!

Ok, I was on Gaia, looking through the Chatterbox threads and I saw that there were a bunch pertaining to “The Golden Compass”.  This revealed something to me that I’ve always hoped was true.  Kids are not stupid!  We do notice the things that happen around us.  One girl posted a thread about how she was Christian and she wants to see TGC, but her mom won’t let her because the movie “goes against our beliefs”.  It’s hard for me not to jump in the thread, because a majority of the people that are still posting are religious.  However, we also are a bit more understanding than adults.

The girl also mentioned how when she was 18-21 she wanted to drop the whole religious thing.  When another girl asked her if she really meant that and asked if she’d thought about her parents’ reactions, she responded that yeah, she meant it and the only reason she was waiting was because she didn’t want to ave to deal with “parental consent”.  Excuse my language, but what the fuck?  Why should a child need their parents’ CONSENT to believe something?  What, should I go ask my dad if it’s ok if I’m not atheist or something?  This is part of the reason I don’t like highly religious parents.  Because their kids are afraid to tell them if they do or do not believe in God.  I think that that is ridiculous.

That is oppression to me.  That girl wants to wait until she’s an adult to even attempt to find her own religion.  Maybe some people need to step back and give their kids some breathing room.  All this crap about how evil TGC or Harry Potter or anything that doesn’t promote God and his fancy little kingdom should go out the window.  I know, I know.  A lot of them just aren’t smart enough to let it go and maybe I’m being spiteful saying that, but I don’t care.  I don’t think it’s right that someone’s kid doesn’t fell she has the permission to say she doesn’t believe in God.  It just seems that religious people, not all of them, but a good many of the ones I’ve seen, are brainwashing their children from an early age.  Is there something wrong with letting the child grow and then decide what they want to believe?  Are they that afraid that they’ll lose followers by doing that that they must force kids to accept God?  I’m too frustrated to really thing right now.  But that just doesn’t seem right to me.  Then again I have a dad who’s Atheist and he doesn’t push me one way or another.  He’s told me what he believes and he’s left it at that.  Besides, I already chose science over god.  So, I guess I’m going to Hell.  Well, I’m proud.

Twilight: The MOVIE

Yes, you read right, there’s going to be a movie!  A MOVIE!!!  Oh, I am so excited.  I mean, I was excited when I first heard that Summit Entertainment was going over the possibility, but now it’s a reality.  They’re casting!  Actors!!  They’ve already cast Bella and Edward, now they only have to cast the rest of the characters.  They didn’t pick bad choices either.  Some people are all whiny and complain about who’s been cast, but I don’t know. I think that actors that were chosen will be able to pull off their parts believably enough, praying that the scrip actually gives the movie a story.  My friend wanted the cast to be newcomers that nobody’s really heart of before, you know, like they did for Harry Potter and Narnia.  However, they’re using a Harry Potter actor.  The dude who played Cedric Diggory, one Robert Pattinson, will be playing Edward.  I must say that the image Stephenie put up of him was not my favorite, but when I looked him up myself, I saw that he indeed could be the Edward of my imagination.  It’s hard, of course, switching from Henry Cavill, whose image I have coveted as Edward for a year now, but I’ll deal.

Bella is to be played by Kristen Stewart, who played the elder sister in Zathura and several other roles that I can’t bring to the front of my mind.  Like I’ve said, I’m pretty happy/content with the choices made.  I’ve not been a huge participant int he heated debates over who should play each role, though I’ve had my small opinions.  I still think Tom Welling would make a great Emmett, but I’m sure I will be quite happy with whomever they should choose.  They’ve been doing a great job so far.  They have, I’ve noticed, changed the story a bit.  I, being giddy when I read the summary of the not-yet-even-close-to-being-started movie, giggled incessantly.  I’m sure someone would have smacked me had anyone been in the room with me.  All in all I’m very excited.  Here’s the summary:

Blurbs

I’ve more or less given up hope on writing Grandpa’s story.  I just don’t have the inspiration.  I mean, I know what I want to happen, but I’m not sure how to draw it out to the appropriate length without making it seem boring.  I’ve decided to set it aside for the time being and just write what I feel like writing.  Let the pen flow as it will, or so.  I’ll probably get back to Julien’s story, in blurbs, but I don’t expect to finish it by the end of 2007 unless I have a sudden spurt of insight. All I know at the moment is what I more or less am inclined to have happen and where the major events occur in the story.

I’ve turned my thinking towards random blurbs of my six-story story.  That may not make any sense, but it’s six books, each with their own story that follows another storyline.  Sort of.  It makes sense to me, and, when I get them written out, it may make even more sense to me.  I think I’m gonna just stop worrying about what others think and just write what I feel is necessary to write to make the story correct.  I’m gonna aim to write a short story or two and try sending them into magazines to see what happens.  First, I need to find plots and then I need to discover the characters.  Or vice versa, whichever comes first.  I’ve already got two extra stories.  I think I might make The Space Angel into a short story…But I can’t since it won’t fit the short story criteria…

Whatever, I’ll figure stuff out and work on something simple.  I really do want to send some of my work into a magazine somewhere.