Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Chapter 2

I was a little nervous about letting go of my work so qucikly but I think I'm okay now. I first want to say ( because this is going to come up again) that I am not trying to include anyone from my life in the story but it's hard not to take some inspiration, I promise it means little to nothing.



Okay, so I was very apprehinsive about the introduction, I wanted it to be a little funny and after I wrote it I couldn't figure else how else to change it.



I am not a big cat person but for some reason I wanted to give Sofia a pet. I wanted to make Charleston a little bit like a character but he is very insightful. His original name was Sunny but I likes Charleston better and his little backstory is that when Tomas and Sofia moved to New York they found him on the street with a wounded paw and Sofia wanted to keep him.



Speaking of New York, I recently spent a good bit of time in New York this summer. I went three times with my family and with a friend to see a Red Sox game.



To shed some light Tomas and Sofia live in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the dividing line of the Projects and Artistville. Because the area hasn't been gentrified yet it's affordable and based ever so lightly on Mckibbins Lofts. I know them renting Studio space is a bit out there but they get all their furniture and clothes from thrift stores and have taken out massive loans.



Now I think it's time to pick up on chapter 2 !



Here are some songs to consider



I. Waiting For My Real Life To Begin



II. In The Sun By Joseph Author, this one of my favorite songs so I may use it again.



I finally made a playlist, what I'm doing is taking my "master list" and transferring them in the order I like.




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Here we go

36 comments:

  1. Anybody who didn't cry when Winter came on in Scrubs doesn't have a heart. This song always makes me emotional so, reading it with this made me really feel the characters. I loved this, I really wish I had a Tomas

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  2. I love Sofia’s mom’s name—I love Sofia’s last name. They are so pretty

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  3. I think it’s terrible Sofia thinks her mother wanted to die.Most people who commit suicide don’t know that they don’t.

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  4. Wow, I guessed Tomas’s funeral right ! That is so cool !

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  5. Will we be seeing more Servine and Sofia ? I never like Servine but maybe she is one of those people who is better around their friends

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  6. What did Sofia do that week between Christmas and New Years ?

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  7. Why is she a vegetarian ?

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  8. You say not much is based on your real life. so there is no hope Sofia is a mentally ill writer and this whole thing is her fantasy ?

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  9. If Tomas calls Sofia pretty more than Bella calls Edward dazzling.

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  10. Oh, sure the gay guy is named Kasey,lol

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  11. You really know New York ! Loved this !

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  12. You went to New York and saw the Sox. relationship OVER ! jk, this was so beautiful, I teared up a bit at Emma's eulogy. I can't imagine having one of those

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  13. They are open on New Years Day ? They’d make some real money on New Year’s Eve when everybody is drunk

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  14. I love your portrayl of AIDS, my good friend had HIV and I love to see it here

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  15. I love Tomas. I love Emma. but I *hate* Sofia. I hated her in Lost Angels, she is just too whiny. I almost never read this because of her.

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  16. I'm surprised at the above. I love this, I love Sofia I think she is every girl. I relate to her and love her style.

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  17. On the topic of Sofia I do think she is a great character and is very developed. I do think she is playing the idealized woman. She cooks,she cleans and she dresses nicely. Not only does she do these things she does to the extreme, cleaning the whole apartment in the middle of the night, 6inch heels to a funeral . . . She is probably overcompensating so Tomas will either not leave her or because she won't sleep with him. But, I feel like that is stage 1 for her as a character and she can only evolve.

    On that note I like all the characters and all their levels.

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  18. If I were Tomas and Sofia I would take Angeline’s money !

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  19. I need Tomas so I can have tattoo on demand services. I love them as a couple I really do. Screw the haters

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  20. Everytime a person in the story says spirits I get chills. I have no clue why

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  21. I love that this is fiction but, I’m pretty sure you can’t just paint over a coffin. I wonder is the painting more acrylics or watercolors. I imagine watercolors.

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  22. Is it just me of does the font get smaller ?

    Other than that this was my fave !

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  23. I think Tomas would be better without Sofia too. Team Emma or Team Servine.

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  24. It would be really sweet if in some supernatural twist, if Tomas works on the casket a bit each day but wont die until the casket is done but, when he finishes it, it’s the day sofia dies.

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  25. To the above ^^ or they get divorced. Or he kills her and puts her annoying ass in the casket

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  26. How did they get her from the church to her room, if she fainted. Did they carry a sleeping body ?
    IDK, I guess you can get away with that in Brooklyn

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  27. I literally cried, again!

    I noticed Sofia doesn’t curse anymore. I love Sofia, I think we’d be great friends , I can relate to her.

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  28. What is with all this Sofia hate ? Tomas is the real jerk to me, he is like in his 20’s which is when women usually reach their sexual peek not men, so he needs to get his hormones in check.

    TOmas is killing Sofia , people are too traped into how attracted they are to him (which I don't get) that they are hating her

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  29. To the above, Tomas is from that vicious cycle, so it is reasonable. He doesn’t know what a good relationship is. That is why he has that flashback. This piece is so wonderful Linda, it speaks on so many levels.

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  30. This is totally inappropriate but, when he said angel wings all I though of was the chicken wings from the CBS show How I met your mother.

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  31. I think Sofia just need professional help like thearpy to deal with her past, her marriage and her future. And I mean A LOT

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  32. Pastor ? Why no priest. I thought he was catholic

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  33. It’s funny I don’t think the website and blog represents the gritty NY tone that is S&A. But, in a way it still does at it's sole. I liked this chapter.

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  34. She makes rules ?

    It’s interesting I imagine the first few lines of In the Sun as Tomas’s first experiences in heaven.

    Speaking of which, we should go see Lovely Bones when it comes out.

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  35. You may already know this but, you can go to edit play list and it lets you move around the songs with a click and drag.

    I can't find anything wrong with this, I am addicted to this story, it is beautiful and I can't wait to see what happens next.

    I need to get on the comment wagon earlier though.

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  36. @ Chi- Someone finally realized I'm using music from scrubs.

    @ Danica - thanks, I like your name

    @ Southern_Belle - I guess it's easier to think they want it than to assume she gave up

    @ Violeta - I know !

    @ CrazyDaisy - Yes

    @ Elena - The fact that it's not mentioned is a little relevant but not really, she does help him at work though.

    @ Tawny - In Lost Angels because she is always in the hospital the nurses made sure she ate healthy so it just stuck. It's not a PETA thing.

    @ Peacegoddess - I would never do that, I wouldn't even consider it.

    @ Hpgirl - Lol

    @ Wilson - I really like that name

    @ Ny_girl - I have help

    @ July - It was a free game

    @ Rosary - Tomas was working on New Year's eve.

    @ Paige - I hope your friend stays strong

    @ Marigold - That's fair

    @ Topaz_dreams - All opnions are open season

    @ Heidi - intersting , but I will say her obsessive cleaning is because she is afraid of Tomas getting sick, she's trying to get rid of germs.

    @ Bridget - except she is not offering it, this time

    @ Sam_L - (;

    @ June - I didn't want to put it there strictly because of the title refernce but it works so well.

    @ Alice - It's acrylic paint in my mind, I will admit for that part I didn't do research

    @ Pokerface - Does it ?

    @ Ava - Great to hear your opinion

    @ Remi - I seriously just got chills, that's an amazing though.

    @ Cyan - Lol

    @ Gail - The car is right in front and she was still breathing so it was okay.

    @ Melanie - She did a little

    @ Hilary - I never know how to answer these comments but it's great to hear your opnion

    @ Michelle - thanks

    @ Ashlyn - LOL, I love that show !

    @ Claire - True

    @ pretty_layla - It's an outreach church so you take what you can get.

    @ mellow - intersting

    @ Joseph - I do love Mark Whalberg

    @ Shawna - I have 34 songs now and I'm putting them in order as I post.


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