Girlfriend/Boyfriend Scenario

The SGP prop list got my brain a-working. So I was trying to write a short scenario but it kind of got away on me. So here is my attempt, and sorry I am definately not meant to be a writer, but it was fun!

Girlfriend Gator, a well-dressed businessman, makes his way to the Dollar Holler. A place he visits daily to get his cigarettes. But this time was different, behind the counter was a new face, the most beautiful girl he has ever laid his eyes on. As he approached to pay for his cigarettes, he noticed her nametag, ‘Boyfriend Peacock-trainee’. Having a peculiar name himself, this intrigued him even more. Not saying so much as a hi, and a thank you, Girlfriend Gator left. The next days and nights, the trainee was all he could think about. He pondered her name; she was so beautiful and timeless, that to him, the name was elegant and charming. He dreamt of her bright lips, to him, they made her classy yet sophisticated. He wondered where she came from, why she was working at the Dollar Holler. These days he still went in for his cigarettes, still not saying so much as a ‘hi’, and a thank you, and she never spoke back. This made him wonder even more about her. Could she speak? What did she sound like? Did she speak English? That was until the one day she said ‘hi’ in return. Her voice sang to him. Now, to most others, she may sound and looks just like another face in the crowd. To him she just became more angelic with every new thing he learned about her.

He began to write poetry about her, pages and pages of words. Sometimes the words weren’t about her, but how she made him feel. His days seemed brighter with seeing her to start them off. Soon there was not much he could learn about Boyfriend that was new, as she didn’t really talk, he had nothing else to write his poetry about, nothing new and exciting to inspire. So Girlfriend decided it was time to strike up conversation. In to the Dollar Holler he strolled. He took up his cigarettes, but this time he added a pack of gum. Remember that she often chewed gum; he asked her if this kind was good; simple conversation to start. Boyfriend said she never really like regular gum, she said she preferred bubblegum. Girlfriend, being a business, man said that he probably shouldn’t chew bubblegum in professional meetings. He said thank you, and he would have to try her bubblegum one-day soon, told her to have a nice day, and made his way proudly out the door. Happy with his first conversing attempt he made his way to work. Again, the next days he went in trying new small talk attempts. Finally he had the courage to ask her out. Boyfriend agreed, saying the parade was on Saturday and she would love to go to that. Also adding that the tuba was her favorite instrument. Girlfriend said that was perfect, and asked if they could just meet at the Dollar Holler and go from there. Boyfriend then asked what his name was. When he replied with ‘Girlfriend’, she grinned, saying that was the strangest name she ever heard, but thought it was great.

Saturday came around; Girlfriend got himself ready, putting on his best parade attire and headed to meet Boyfriend. Not thinking that it was possible, Boyfriend looked more amazing than she ever had. Her bright lips stood out even more, her hair waved in the wind, and the sunlight illuminated her yellow sundress. They said their hellos and off they went to take their seats along the parade route. They talked through most of the parade. They were both fascinated by each other. The only time they were focused more so on the parade was when the tubas went marching by. Boyfriend stood up and danced to the sound of them, most people looked at her oddly, but Girlfriend looked up at her from the curb, he was amused, and happy watching her. She never really had an answer to why she loved the tuba, which was fine; he didn’t have an answer to why he could only smoke fancy colored cigarettes. Both were slightly quirky, and had the oddest of names. Girlfriend wanted to know everything there was to know about Boyfriend, but decided he should save some of that for another date. He was content with knowing she always wanted a dollhouse growing up, but her parents could never afford one, so she made her own out of cardboard boxes. He also learned her favorite dessert was cherry pie, her favorite color was blue, and her parents embraced their last name so much that they once had a pet peacock. As weird as she once thought it was, she missed that peacock a lot, it was her best friend growing up. Other kids had dogs and cats, her parents thought they were too much hassle. As the parade came to a close, Girlfriend said he would love to see her again outside the Dollar Holler. She agreed to a dinner, something more formal.

The plan was for the following weekend. Girlfriend wanted to do something special for her. So he rounded up all his tools, wood, & paint, and spent the next evenings hard at work in his workshop. He would get up earlier in the morning and spend time in his kitchen, practicing his baking before going to work. The Friday before their date he went in to the Dollar Holler later in the day, just to confirm plans. But she was not there, no one was there, but it looked as though some disturbance had occurred. The place was upturned. Panicked, Girlfriend went to the police station, told them Boyfriend Peacock was missing from the Dollar Holler. Said her shift didn’t end for another three hours, and that the place was unlocked and looked like someone made a disaster out of it. He told them his name was Girlfriend Gator, which he had some trouble getting them to believe. He said he didn’t know much about where she lives, or whom she knows. They told him they would look in to it, and he asked them to notify him when they found anything out.

The next few days had Girlfriend in a craze. Worried about Boyfriend, he paced his house, the streets, and sat across from the Dollar Holler hoping for the possibility of some kind of clue. While he waited he wrote poems again. Some were more sad, others angry. Coming to a crossroads of his feelings he wrote one about love. None of his other poems had been about love, but more of beauty, grace, and infatuation. The more he thought about her, and what she has meant in his life even after just a few weeks, he realized it was love. He could not handle the idea of not seeing her first thing in his mornings and not learning new things about her life. He wanted to be able to tell her what she meant to him, tell the world what she has done for him. He wrote his love poem while he sat in a park not far from the Dollar Holler. He folded and put it in the tree he sat under with hopes someone would one day find it and read about an unspoken love, or by some chance that she may find it and possibly know deep down it was him. He just wanted someone to know, he wanted to let it out. He never felt like this before, and now he was trapped with her missing.

On his way walking back home, he heard some voices behind some nearby trees. It sounded like a scuffle. He peered through the brush to find a man holding a tied up woman at the side of a bridge. The man was dressed in black with a hat on his head. He had a ‘Snidely Whiplash’ mustache on a face that looked more like a rat than man. He had an evil laugh as he fought against her attempts to wiggle free. Girlfriend went running through the brush to the bridge and gave the man a punch to the face. The man let go of Boyfriend and she dropped to the ground, still trying to free herself from the ropes. Girlfriend and the caped man continued to fight. The man gave Girlfriend a good shove to get him off him for a brief moment to reach for his sword. Seeing the sword Girlfriend panicked. Boyfriend screamed, and scooted away from the man as fast as she could. Girlfriend couldn’t fight fist with sword so he whipped out the only weapon he had, a jackknife. The man gave the evil laugh at Girlfriend’s weapon of choice. Staying out of swords reach, Girlfriend flung the knife at the rat, it startled the man to move out of the way, and he stumbled over his cape and toppled backward over the bridge. Ironically under the bridge was a real ‘gator. The gator gobbled up the rat in no time at all. Girlfriend Gator peered over the edge and watched with a smirk across his face. Boyfriend cleared her throat impatiently still trying to wiggle free. Girlfriend rushed over apologizing and untied her. He helped her off the ground, she thanked him, they shared their first kiss and they walked back towards the trees.

The next evening Boyfriend met Girlfriend at his house. As she approached the steps she noticed something sitting in front of the door. As she got closer to where the light hit the object she realized it was a dollhouse, beautifully handcrafted and painted blue. On the front porch of the small house sat a sparkling peacock. She walked up to it and ran her hand along the roof. She was amazed; it was wonderful. Girlfriend opened the door slowly; Boyfriend looked up and smiled at him with a tear in her eye. She thanked him and hugged him. No one has ever done anything so generous, and thoughtful for her before. The dollhouse meant the world to her. The two went in and had a lovely dinner. For dessert Girlfriend brought out a wonderful cherry pie with sparklers that he lit before entering the dining room. She asked him what the sparklers were for. He said that they reminded him of her. Like her they were bright, warm, lively, and enjoyable. There was something magical about the sparks as they danced in all different directions.

Though he could now tell her how he felt, the poem he wrote remained in the tree. Hoping to bring wonder, inspiration, and love to another.

More Than A Feeling

Southern Gothic has inspired another blog, and has opened me up to new music, which is exciting. So thanks SGPstreetTeam for sharing yours, they are all awesome! Music holds a key in my life, it can open a door to any emotion, memories, a random feeling of joy, sadness, it inspires...it really can do anything. Without music the world would be too quiet, people wouldnt dance, voices would have a hard time being heard, things would seem dark. Ill just list a couple songs that really open me up, make me feel, help me through each day.

No Fear-Terri Clark
all I ever wanted was right here
but I had to reach way down inside
I had to have faith I'd find, No Fear
I want peace, love, and understanding, a stogie, and an ice cold beer, dont want to live afraid of dying

Standing Outside the Fire-Garth Brooks
There's this love that is burning Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can't abide Standing outside the fire

Not Ready To Make Nice-Dixie Chicks
It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger And how in the world can the words that I said Send somebody so over the edge That they’d write me a letter Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing Or my life will be over

More Than A Feeling-Boston
I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

Livin' On a Prayer-Bon Jovi
we gotta hold on to what we've got
it doesnt make a difference if we make it or not
we got each other and that's a lot
for love we'll give it a shot

Breakaway-Kelly Clarkson
Ill spread my wings and I learn how to fly
Ill do what it take 'til I touch the sky
and Ill make a wish
take a chance, make a change, and breakaway

Ok I should stop there, cuz this list just goes on, and on, and on...strangers, waiting, up and down the boulevard. haha sorry thats another one-Journey 'Don't Stop Believing' Some will win, some will lose, some are born to sing the blues, oh the movie never ends, it goes on, and on, and on...

Bottle Scouting

So I think I shall start looking around tonight, see if I can find out who has large bottles in town. Larns had a good idea, you could scan a handwritten message and email it in to me as well. Good idea! The date is still open on when I will be sending this. Im going to wait until I start receiving messages, just so I can tell how long shipments take from various places.

So you can email or scanmail to jaclyne.selvig@gmail.com

or if you are mailing:

1501 15th Avenue South

Lethbridge, AB

T1K-0W6

Canada

I decided to put my address up on here, Im not too terribly worried, it just might be easier this way. But if you could still let me know if you sent something so I can watch for it, and make sure I have everyones, that would be cool :)

No Fear

Nerves are starting to run rampid! I have no idea why I am nervous, well I do, but I shouldn't be. I'm finishing my third and final year of my apprenticeship program, and my exams start next week; my in class college final, my third year provincial final, and my Canadian Red Seal exam on all 3 years. Being a parts technician is not really what I have in mind to be doing the rest of my life, so just as long as I pass the first two, I should be fine, but Im not. Im terrified of failing at something I dont even want to be. I should be happy to just get this behind me and start seriously looking in to film schools. Maybe that is what's scaring me, deep down I know that once I start looking for schools, that means I have to start packing my bags, and uprooting myself from my tight nit friends and family. And its just not moving north, or to the next province over. To be where I want to be is on the opposite coast, about 2534 miles from home, a 40hour drive. Just the thought of moving scares me like nothing else! Im not a big fan of change, and it's holding me back. So I think for now, I will just take the tests slowly, try and stress about only the tests, its only a test not a change of life. And Ill just keep playing this song repeatedly, the one song that helps me breath easy for a moment, one of my biggest releases. And it reminds me that Terri Clark did this very thing, uprooted herself from a small southern Alberta town, headed to Nashville, and did whatever it took to make it.

I want a road stretching out before me
I want a radio in my ear
I want a full tank of absolution
No fear

I want a rainstorm to pull me over
Then a sky that begins to clear
Towards the truest of destinations
No fear

I used to hit every wall there was
I used to run away from love
All I ever wanted was right here
But I had to reach way down inside
I had to have faith I'd find
No fear

I want the world to just keep on turning
I want the dawn in my rear view mirror
I want to hear my own voice singing
No fear

And when I need two arms around me
And theres no one near
When I'm alone let the only sound be
No fear

I used to hit every wall there was
I used to run away from love
All I ever wanted was right here
But I had to reach way down inside
I had to have faith I'd find
No fear

I want peace, Love and Understanding
A stogie and an ice-cold beer
Don't want to live afraid of dying
I used to hit every wall there was
I used to run away from love
All I ever wanted was right here
But I had to reach way down inside
I used to stay up all night long
Wondering what I was doing wrong
All I ever needed was right here
But I had to reach way down inside
I had to have faith I'd find
No fear
~Terri Clark

Message In A Bottle

So the new video posted by Hil and Nick totally rocks! Rather random, I love random. So excited for the short as well! I bet it is going to be fantastic! It left us in suspense!! What was on that note!?! Im dying here! haha ok maybe not, but cliffhangers really get me! haha

ok, so on another note...no pun intended...ok yes pun intended actually. On the chat they were talking about leaving notes in trees, and messages tied to balloons and such, and I thought, 'hm i have always wanted to leave a message in a bottle'. Now, its not very likely that the Old Man River here will get the bottle very far...but thanks to UPS bottles can go anywhere! Im thinking that I could find a large bottle, and everyone can jot down a message, Ill put them all in and ship (not a water ship, but a land ship, kind of related to water) it to SGP. Handwritten messages always seem so personal. And messages in bottles are so much fun to come across! If everyone is in, the messages will be coming from all over the world, and its sort of like the bottle travelled that course as well. Messages could be handwritten and sent, and I would put them in the bottle, or emailed if its easier, and I would print them off and put them in. Just wondering everyones thoughts on this. If you want to handwrite or send pics, please email me and I will give you my address,  :)

No deadline quite yet, a lot will be coming from overseas, so that may take a little longer. Ill let everyone know when I start getting some in!

What's with the sadness? Bring on the mountains!

In the past couple weeks I have seen The Reader (again), Revolutionary Road, and Road to Rodanthe. I dont know if it maybe has something to do with movies starting with 'R', but what tragic films! Dont get me wrong, they are beautifully done, amazing writing and acting. And then with One Tree Hill and the tragedy happening there...sheesh thats a lot of heartbreak. Wonderful though. All of them! Such talent again! So I think I need a break from the sadness. Well, Im not really sad, but a break from watching sad things, but I loved watching them, so I dont really want a break from something amazing like that.....more maybe a break from work. Thus, I shall skip town and head out west! Rockies here I come!!

What my heart needs now is rest

So I'm packin up and I'm headed west

My mind's made up I put it to the test

Pushin myself and this old machine

Burnin fumes and what's left of my dreams

Let 'em go 'cause I don't need no strings

Just give me a road and a little gasoline

~Terri Clark's A Little Gasoline

Ok, so the song as whole doesnt apply to me at the moment, but I like this part, its rather fitting to my westward travels. Oh, and my machine is not old, and I hope I dont have to push it, because that would totally not be fun!

I heard there is three feet of snow in the mountains, and I cant take my trailer because its supposed to snow on the day we leave, and for my first trip towing that far, might be a little sketchy, so we are sleeping in the good ol' Nitro! Brr, but with enough of that cold liquid that gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling, Im sure we will be fine! Oh the excitement is building, Ive been waiting since september to go camping, and the moment has arrived! Hopefully I will get some great photos out there!

So much emotion

Tonights One Tree Hill was fantastic! The drama was great, and quite emotional. The actors did a fabulous job bringing that to us. The Julian/Brooke scenario really hit home, Ive been in that situation, I was the Brooke, and it was really hard to be upfront about those feelings without hurting him. One of the hardest responses Ive had to give. And it is really difficult to go on acting like it didnt happen, because as much as you want to forget that they love you, and you're not at that point, you cant. Its awkward, and its a terrible feeling hurting someone, and knowing they are hiding their feelings, sticking it out, and waiting until you feel the same. The Dan and Deb scenario was intense, and it was great to see even just a picture of Keith. Mouth and Milli was sad, but I feel thats not the end for them. It was nice to see Nathan and Haley have their moment. And I really hope that we see more music from Haley, awesome how Nathan is so supportive and wants her to go for it. BUT the big kudos, in my mind, goes to Hilarie and Chad for awesomeness, and a heartbreaking, and beautiful performance. WOW they were amazing. The emotion was so real. Ill admit, I cried...a lot. Such a tragic arc. Hilarie is a killer crier and great at delivering the feeling, so much passion, I truly felt the frustration, the pain, and the want. Beautifully tragic! The end of that episode has me feeling so many different things, its amazing when that kind of emotion can be brought out because of the amazing talent of writers and actors; how they can really tug at the heart strings. Simply amazing.
So as I am feeling all this different emotions, I hop in to the SoGo chat, and its an instant smile on my face. It is just such a positive and upbeat environment! It hit 600 followers today, and it was really exciting! No emotion was seen on faces, but it really felt energetic and excited.
Oh the greatness of all this!! Love It!!!

Limericks are rather fun!

Southern Gothic has created a new challenge, and its so much fun. Creating limericks, how fitting for the upcoming festivities of St. Patty's Day! I'm not so good at them, but I gave them a whirl haha

We have Nick, Kelly, and Hilarie Burton
They've started up Southern Gothic Production
Stories to be told
How will they unfold?
Something wonderfully brilliant has begun

Staring out the window sat Lincoln
Minding his business, and doing some thinkin'
Open flew the door
In strides Jay Moore
What happened next would have Mona Mills take up drinking

SoGoPro is on fire.
With writings they inspire,
Dreams will come true.
In whatever they do,
Our fondness for them only gets higher.

Beauty, brains, and wit
She even likes to knit
Miss Hilarie Burton
This is for certain
She's totally going to rock it

The stories have me gazing,
Anticipation is raising.
Nicholas Gray
What can I say?
Your words really are amazing!

St. Patrick's day is almost near,
I shall raise my glass in a cheer.
Thanks to SoGo,
For giving me hope.
Now lets all go share some green beer!

I do believe I think Im done,
I really need to leave and run.
Must get to work,
boss will go berzerk
But this limerick thing is way too fun!

Concert Junkie

My name is Jaclyne, and I have an addiction...

tis true, no joke, I am a concert-aholic, I will pretty much go to anything and everything if I have the available funds and time. I've been to bands like Gob, and Matt Good, and I've seen Canadian popstar winners Velvet Empire, 50's greats like Little Anthony and the Imperials...Bowser from Sha na na. I went to BSB and New Kids last year! haha yes I even laugh at myself, but I must say Natasha Bedingfeild and Lady Gaga were great openers for NKOTB. I've been to George Strait, Toby Keith, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley, incredible male performers, and then I have been to Reba, Shania, Carrie Underwood, and the Dixie Chicks, who rock the female country genre. Those are just to name a few. My all-time favorite artist being Terri Clark puts on a fantastic show, she's always full of energy, and is incredibly funny! Dixie Chicks was probably one of the most phenomenal shows I have ever seen, and not far behind was Reba with Kelly Clarkson. I dont even think I could describe the feeling I had sitting there, it was just incredible, vocally amazing, and these woman have such a large presence to them. Dixie Chicks got a random standing ovation from the crowd for Not Ready To Make Nice, cheers the whole way through and for many minutes afterward. One of the most surreal concerts I have been to, one that took me back about 10 years, and seriously turned me back in to a screaming 13 year old again, was the Spice Girls Reunion. WOW the loudest crowd, craziest merchandise tables line ups, and the outfits worn by fans looked like they came right out of the closests of 1998 Spice Girls #1 fan. I felt like I was part of the craze that happened between 1996-1998, the whirlwind of Spice World, it was insane. There were a few artists on my 'must see' list, Terri of course-check, Reba-check, Dixie Chicks-check, Shania-check, Spice Girls-check(never thought I would ever get to cross them off), Backstreet Boys-check(more so wish I could have checked them back when I was a crazed fan, but at least I got too), and the other on the list was No Doubt...they faded away about 5 years ago while Gwen stepped out on her own, never actually thought they would get back together, and my friend knew I had always wanted to see them so she took me to see Gwen Stefani, wicked cool, so i considered that a partial 'check'. But as of July 15 2009 I will actually be able to check them off!!!!! HELLA GOOD!! OH and rewind to 1998, a little blonde girl stepped in to the music scene and took it by storm, and everyone got caught up in her stories, her music videos were fun, and performances on MTV and much music made us wish we could witness it first hand...now once again, as I did with Spice Girls, BSB, NKOTB, and will be with No Doubt Im getting that chance to go back and experiance it...less then a month and Im off the the CIRCUS! :)
Now Celine just has to make another round...

Websters Dictionary Proposal

Everyone has been saying how amazing Southern Gothic is. So Raquel suggested in the dicitonary, under the word 'Amazing' it should say Southern Gothic Productions, I said the logo should also be seen, that would be great...and then under the word 'Great' : see 'Amazing' .
So here is the proposal that shall be sent to Mr. Webster (if I knew his address lol)

Dear Mr. Webster.

Upon recent events, and up-and-coming new adventures, a wonderful project has started, and it has brought so many people together, and is doing such amazing and great things, hopes and dreams are being brought to reality. They are truly a wonderful company, and such warm, and honest people. They are really going to do fantastic things. I am proposing that under the words amazing and great, the definition should be as follows:

a-maz-ing (uh-mey-zing) adj.
causing great surprise and sudden wonder, of greatness


great adj.
-of extraordinary powers; having unusual merit; very admirable; important; notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding
-also 'see amazing'

Thank you for your consideration

Massiveness of the Night Sky

So, Im arriving home last night, and I look up, something I do all the time. The night sky is fascinating to me. I was going to be an astrophysics major, well aside from taking film studies. But sadly these never happened, my physics mark just wasnt where I wanted it to be, and there is no film school in my proximity. But still anything involving these subjects takes up a lot of my time. I get lost in both. Id stand in the middle of a field, or the middle of my street, and gaze up, for long periods of time, it made me feel so small, that the universe goes on forever, and think how massive those stars really are, I am but a dust particle in one spec of that universe. But as Im talking to new people, from everywhere in the world, thanks to SGP, I looked up there last night and it felt more closed in, my world was smaller, but yet larger in the sense of the universe. Its also a neat feeling to look up and think that someone thousands of miles away, can look up and see that exact same thing at some point. Its so real. That picture thats real, and not a picture at all, is right above me, in the place I am in, and it will also be in someone else's backyard, town, farm, or place they are in. Where as a tree in my backyard, is only in my backyard. We share a part of our home with every person around the world, the true roof over our heads!

The SoGo Community!

This wonderful place that started out as a place to show fans what is going on, and keep us informed, has turned in to this incredible community, that feels like a little family. Everyone is so supportive, not only to Hilarie, Kelly, Nick, and Austin, but to each other as well. Everyone is taking in what Hilarie and Kelly have done, and responded in awesome ways, from tshirt making, which they are great and so awesome that Kelly has put some up on the site, to vlogs themselves, and Podcaster Denise's voicemails! I thought the voicemails were brilliant! So neat to hear everyones voices, and awesome to hear the out pour of encouragement, and how everyone was inspired. Little awkward hearing myself though LOL. Also, Im so excited to see the video that Megan Mary is putting together! All these people are so creative, its great, and so much fun to talk to as well! Cant wait to see what else everyone dreams up and starts! Oooh the excitement! :)