UPDATE: Boston Marathon, Summer 2013, EVVYS 32, Writing Projects and More!

Hello All!

That's right, I'm not dead! Happy Day!

Actually, that's scarily accurate, due to the jerk who thought it was a great idea to place a bunch of bombs around Boston during the Boston Marathon this Patriot's Day.

Not. Smart.

I want to take a moment to send a prayer to all the victims of today's bombing, and the families of everyone effected by this tragedy.

I'd also like to take a moment to repost a friend of mine's words about today, because I think they are right to the point and unintentionally beautiful and touching.

"Today I witnessed for the first time something so horrible that I didn't know what to say. I dont understand how human beings think it's acceptable to take the lives of others, and I may never understand this. However, in times like these - I think its best to focus on the positives. The runners who kept running after a 24 mile run to the nearest hospitals to give blood to the victims, or the countless servicemen who gave their time and lives to keep us safe. These are the people that I will be thinking about tomorrow, not the assholes that don't deserve my thoughts or care. Instead of giving these people the attention and media coverage they want, i will choose to focus on the positive people that give back to this great country, and the people that sadly have to suffer and have lost loved ones in this tragedy. Overall though, its incredible to see such good come out of people, even after something so bad occurred. It proves who we are as a country, and I refuse to let the handful of bad overweigh the good that I can clearly see shining though. Even after all the crying and craziness i observed today, its refreshing to know these people are still there. I will continue to pray for all the victims of this malicious attack, and the family members that have injured or scared loved ones. Thank you to all the friends and family who reached out today just to make sure i was okay - if nothing else today, i really felt the love around me, and it hasn't went unnoticed. I continually pray for Boston, and for the city that I know will always be here, through the good and bad."

Now, on to some more cheerful topics:

This summer my life is still sort of up in the air, which kinda sucks on this end because I'd really like to know that I have some way to make money or not...so far I just have a "great" way to spend two of my weeknights -in class!

Whoop-ee.

But I have intel from a reliable source that it's an easy A, and it fills one of those elusive requirements I need for graduation in the Spring, so YAY!

Next, as the script supervisor for the 32nd Annual EVVY Awards on MAY 10TH, 2013 -the first FRIDAY EVVYS in a long long long time -I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that we are now 25 days away from the largest student-produced awards show in the nation!

Seriously, if you have nothing else to do on a beautiful Friday night in May, long onto The EVVY Awards site, or The Emerson Channel to watch the live stream of the show. It's going to be a great night of comedy with a TON of alumni coming in to be funny and stuffz...and three live sketches by the coolest comedy troupes on campus.

We've spent all year working on it, so how about just taking 2-3 hours out of your year and looking it up, huh?





On to my projects that I'm currently working on;

I have three main projects that I'd really like to see move forward, but every time I start putting a lot of energy and research into one, I start to doubt myself and wonder if anyone else besides me would want to read this. Ultimately I write to entertain myself, but I'd really like to entertain others with my work, too, so to make something that no one else liked would hurt my heart.

So here are my three project proposals. If there's anyone out there actually reading this, I'd really appreciate some feedback about what you think you'd like to read the most.


The Weaver Journals

      Phyre is a fire weaver, a person who can create and manipulate fire to her whims. To be a weaver is a crime against nature, and all weavers must be eliminated. Thanks to her royal status and the loving nature of her Valley home, however, she is able to live, in secret, for twenty years.
      After an invasion by a nearby country, the Valley's soothsayer sends Phyre on a journey to find three other Weavers, water, earth and air. She is to gather all of the elements together and fight back the forces that are destroying the Earth -whatever that means. Phyre doesn't get all of the details before she and her best friend/lady-in-waiting, Gloriana, are forced from their home and set on a journey to find the impossible -other weavers.
     Then Phyre will have to figure out exactly what they're supposed to do in this dying, polluted world of theirs.


Libby Mackmoore Stories

     Libby Machmoore was just a normal girl going to college for journalism -until the accident that kept her locked in a hospital, trying to learn what was wrong with her blood. When she is finally released, Libby finds that she has been given financial support and automatic acceptance to to the Westmill State College in Westmill, Connecticut, where she immediately packs up and goes. Living in a house by the shore with four other students, Libby begins to forget that the doctors thought she was different.
   
 The more time she spends in this town, however, the more Libby notices the little strange behavior from some of the students and teachers. News of a blood drive coming to town reaches Libby's house, and everyone at school goes into panic-mode. The school shuts down, but no one can keep out this blood drive when people start turning up dead. Libby's journalistic instincts lead her to investigate the deaths and she finds the Blood Drive is run by a pack of vampires -that's right, vampires! Before Libby has a chance to freak out, she is attacked, then saved by two of her roommates, who are surprised she is so in-the-dark about the supernatural situation at the school.
     Turns out they think she should be a witch?

Phoebe Caswell Stories

     Phoebe never thought her hometown could be dangerous until a string of murders goes through the town, the victims seemingly having no relation to each other. Only when Phoebe's best friend is brutally murdered in their school does Phoebe begin to panic. Her body starts feeling strange, and she herself is assaulted outside her home, to be rescued by her best friend's ex-boyfriend.
   
 Then everything changes on her eighteenth birthday.
     Wings, dark as night, spring from her back and her friend David is telling her that there are more than humans walking this earth, and plenty of people looking to eliminate those creatures, as well. Now Phoebe knows why she is being attacked, but how can she stop the murders that are still happening in town? Is a friend the killer? Will she have to work with an enemy to take them out?


So yeah, I'd really appreciate some help figuring out which project I should focus my energies on, so any feedback would be lovely.

I think that's it for now,

Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz

Happy 2013

Hello All,

So I've been thinking about what to do for my New Year's resolutions and about what's coming up in 2013.
I've got:

• Speechless to make into the best debate/learning show the Emerson Channel has ever seen -ever!
• My internship with Candlewick Press to impress people at
• My four classes to beast
• The 32nd Annual EVVY Awards Script to build, supervise and make amazing
• Figuring out how to be a part of Orientation Series next summer
• and....figuring out what i'll be doing for the rest of the year

I've got a lot to do in the next five months, and I think I'm going to be as busy as ever, haha.

So for my resolution, I don't think I could really boil it down into one kinda smallish thing to say to people unless it's something like "my resolution is to make this year the best that i can possibly make it."

I guess that's good enough, right?

Absence...

Hello All,

Sorry I've been a little absent lately, but you see...I made a tumblr. 

It's mostly about what I love best about Disney with some splashes of whatever I'm currently obsessing over at the moment, like Legend of Korra, Smash, and stuff like that.

Also, the semester is almost over, so there's been a lot of homework and a lot of projects, finals to get ready for, and my shows are closing up, not to mention the literally CONSTANT search for an internship that won't completely waste my time this summer.

Another thing consuming my brain-space is the thought of what I'll be doing next semester in terms of working at school with the Emerson Channel. 

My friend Tara and I have pitched a show and we don't know if it's getting picked up or not and it's been like two weeks since we've heard anything, but we keep hearing rumors that we're not sure we can trust but how freaking AWESOME would it be to produce our own show?!?

Also, even though I've been on the show since forever, I always get nervous at the end of a semester about my status on Good Morning Emerson. I love this show and would literally sell my soul to the devil to keep working on it, and I always pray that the new producers won't be like "well, we should give someone ELSE a chance to work on this show," so there's that stress. I eventually want to senior produce the show with Tara, but right now I'm still figuring out what that might entail, so I'm working on just taking on more responsibilities and learning more about all of the different positions and stuff.

Which brings me to... figuring out what I want to do for OTHER shows next year.

I am 1000% positive that I never ever EVER want to segment produce again, because it is the most annoying job in the world and I have so much respect for people who do it over and over again.

I really want to get into technical directing, which can be super difficult because you work with this:

SO

MANY

BUTTONS!!!

I know a lot of people really respect a good TD, so I'd like to be one of those. Or a good director, but idk if I have the attention-span for that kind of work. 

So yes, I hope to be getting back to blogging very quickly, now that things are winding down.

Thanks for reading,

Amy Liz

Also,

WATCH THE 31ST ANNUAL EVVY AWARDS

Shameless

Hi all,

This is a shameless plug for my school, but I can't help but be proud of all of the AMAZING things that go on here at Emerson College.

We have the LARGEST student-run award show here at Emerson called the EVVY Awards, and this year we put together an 8 minute Lady GaGa Lip Dub to advertise not just the EVVY Awards, but also Emerson as a whole. In the video, you get a glimpse at some of the groups and activities that we have going on here at Emerson, and you also get a sense of how close, collaborative and welcoming that we all are here at Emerson.

Not to mention productive! This whole video was shot in a SINGLE DAY!
So go watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854oZgIC8WU

(sorry about all of the capital letters, I just really love this school).

Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz