Screen Daily is reporting that open auditions for the part of Lyra in the upcoming His Dark Materials film will be held. The producers say they are looking for a girl “who embodies Lyra's loyalty, bravery and mischievous nature” and say that she need not have any previous acting experience.
Auditions for the role will be taking place solely in England: at Cambridge, Oxford, Kendal and Exeter. The auditions will be held during the first two weeks of this April. A girl between the ages of 9 and 13 is being sought, allaying fears that Lyra's age would be raised for legal or moral reasons.
For those going: We'd like to cover the auditions here on BttS as fully as possible, so if anyone actually going to the auditions is interested, we'd love it if they could tell us of their experiences – how they convinced their parents, what the queue was like and perhaps even taking a few photos. If you are planning to go to the auditions and are interested, then you can email us here. Your stories would be featured here after each of the auditions.
Details:
The casting calls will have open queues in the morning lasting from 10 o'clock until 12 o'clock and will end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The exact locations are:
- Cambridge's Corn Exchange (4 April)
- Kendal's Castle Green Hotel (6 April)
- Oxford's Examination Schools (11 April)
- Exeter's Great Hall at the University of Exeter (13 April)
I saw the movie!
I liked it..! :O
but the end..o.O suuucckkss.
such a pity. But I think they made it that way because it’s not yet certain that they will also make films of the second and third book. Because the end of the movie differs from the movie end. Which I don’t like.
But the witches were greeaat! I loved serafina..:)
And Lyra was great too, only her accent was a bit strange sometimes.. But perhaps that’s oxfords? Or perhaps she just already had it.
I have to go.
let me know what you thought of the movie!
*hug*
aw! so jealous! *sulks*
my sis said the same thing about the end though. which is weird considering she hasn’t read the book…huh.
just saw a hole in that story, let me go ask her…
…ok she says her friend told her.
fair enough.
DON’T SAY WHAT HAPPENED WHATEVER YOU DO
please!
i practically had to celotape (am i being dum today, cant seem to spell that, selotape, celotape, cellotape, nvm, i’m sure you get the idea) her mouth shut to stop her from telling me.
she’s mean like that.
can’t comment on the accent i’m afraid, haven’t seen it. and you know whats worse, i was thinking about this AND i don’t think i’m going to be see it ANY time soon!
argh!
becos i cant see it after school any day this week i’ve got something on each day, i’m going to visit my grandparents next weekend and missing that monday of school (yey!). and then i break up that wednesday and go to my other grandparents till like a couple of days before christmas! and then! all my friends are on holiday!
it’s like it’s JYNXED!
argh!
Hello!
I’ve just been scrolling up to work out when I stopped posting, and I found this:
Werecatweird ——->
“and then a boy in my year broke his back coming down from his tutorial class, they had too call an ambulance and carry him off in a stretcher. and tahts hardly the beginning. this day has been REALLy weird. :wassat: ”
I know that was AGES ago, but what happened to him? Does he still go to your school or have a wheelchair or something? Just wondering..
The movie was AMAZING!!! Probably the BEST I have ever seen! Now it’s official – the HDM movie(s) AND books are better than the HP movies and books!
It wasn’t exactly true to it though – but it would have been hard to squeeze everything into such a time frame.
I’m sooo glad they chose Dakota, because although I don’t think she resembles Lyra in appearence, she’s a brilliant actress. Her voice is so mature for a 13-year-old!
I didn’t notice anything dodgy about her accent, only that she says “en’t”, but that’s in the book, too.
Missy-me, did you read the books in English or Dutch? Which language do you usually read in? (If you have) which language did you read the Harry Potters in?
Exams tomorrow π π π gtg xxx
ooh, emily it’s possible that she knew it without reading the books. It’s a kinda like blablabla END
You don’t expect it to be the end, just like with mr and mrs smith. π
But Rachel I read in dutch ofcourse! I also read in english, but more in dutch.. I have read all the harry potters in dutch except for the 7th. Which I read in English. And I read the 5th one in english too, but after I read it in Dutch.
And I read the Percy Jacksons in english because there’re no translations *sigh*
Actually they’ve only the 1th one in our library.. whee. I want to read the other 2 too! :O
I still find her accent weird, bt that’s probable just me.
ARGH Im like so frustrated! First of all I’m having ballet in like 5 minuts (damn forgot the time) second my dutch teacher comes straight from hell..-.- and third; my movie maker keeps crashing! So I need to start over again and again..-.-
yuk.
well. g2g!!
xoox
ugh.
*bored
ugh
*still bored
im at school, and well. I must say, i’m in desperate need of a holiday..-.-
Whcih I have in 2 weeks.
wheee
Just had back my first mark, a 7.7 (out of 10) ^^ yay!
but I am going to quit again.
see ya
xx
Wooo 77% – well done!
I’ve got my first grade too, a B in French. I don’t suppose that’s TERRIBLE, but still…
I’m hoping to do a lot better in my others!
Sorry this post is so sort but typing is wasting my revision time! π
I’ve no idea what a B is, but I suppose it’s ok?
I have other marks back too..
I was kinda afraid for biology and history but I had an 6.4 and a 7.3 o.O
I was SO happy!
And I got an 7.5 for french, a 6.9 for economics and for maths a 7.5.
They’re not bad π Ofcourse 8 or more would’ve been better..-.- But a girl in my class had a 1.7 for history..:O
Im at school again.. and bored π
btw! I went to the golden compass saturday, and now we can go by SCHOOL..:O and then like reaslly cheap, AND you miss lessons..
hmz. how sucky. Im not going though.. Then I miss drama π I like drama π but, when I think back, I didn’t like the movie that much..:S It’s also the question if there comes a second and third movie..
If there comes a second one, will you two audition for the part of ehm, dunno her name anymore..-.-
you know, when Lyra and Will just killed their brother? ou have this girl kinda our age I believe..
Perhaps they’ll cut her out, probable… And if she would I don’t think there will be open auditions, but well.
If there are, would you go?
I wouldn’t π Im not that insane as 2 years ago anymore xD lol
I still need to subsribe to that casting bureau :O I don’t dare to ask my parents..:I stupid huh.
well, im gonna quit again.
xx
*gasp* the film is great!! If you don’t agree I’m going to have to start doubting your sanity … π
Those results sound really good but our grading systems are very different … I got my second result – an A in Maths! I came second highest in my year of 300 which I think is quite cool π
I’m thinking of joining some sort of drama thing… I’ve been emailing a couple of companies, but I have no idea what would happen if my parents found out! I’ll only have to tell them if it actually goes somewhere – which I doubt! Good luck with the bureau thing, though!
Which character are you talking about? It’s been AGES since I read them! And if there’s open auds – of course I’ll go!! Providing I’m within the age boundaries, of course…
Why would it be insane for you to audition? I thought you didn’t go to the Lyra ones two years ago? I’m so confused XD
I’m sure you’d stand just as good a chance as any – but are you worried about the nationality thing? I suppose so as they’re going for a pretty much all British cast like HP.
ONLY ONE MORE EXAM THIS WEEK!! Physics tomorrow morning ergh. Then on Tuesday I’ve got the whole day booked for art… woohoo…
gtg xx
haha, well yeah indeed. I didn’t went to the lyra thingy because I’m dutch, so well. There’s coming up a new dutch movie audition, im just gonna try for that one again..;-)
But cool (thge dramathing) you sound exactely l,ike me, I first emailed that bureau for information and stuff too π
ooh, my neice and nephew are here. My neice is 4 months! And my nephew is 7 years old.
they’re so sweet! π
g2g..
xx
p.s. hopefully your tests went fine !:)
I have a niece and nephew too! People are always so surpised as there’s only 2 years between me and my nephew (he’s 13, and my niece is 10)… although I suppose your’s have a gap of 8 and 14 years – slightly more normal! Are they the children of your brother or sister? How many siblings to you have? I have two, one of each, and my niece and nephew are my sister’s children.
The tests went OK I guess – I’ll probably get most of my results next year after xmas and I’ll post them here if I’m not too ashamed!
Good luck with your audition thing!
They’re the children of my fathers brother π
Im bored.. And i’ve seriously nothing to say except that it’s soo cold outside..-.-
whee, g2g
xx
Ooooooh well if they are the children of your father’s brother, then he is your uncle, and they are your cousins, with no masculine or feminine. To be your niece and nephew they’d have to be the children of your sister or brother π
Really shouldn’t be on here, 5 and a half hours of art I need to prepare for! xx
I could have sworn I came on here the other day and werecatweird you posted something… hmmm… weird….
Anyway, was this site working yesturday for you guys? It wouldn’t come up earlier…
I’ll come back with another post later π xx
yeah i swear i posted something too…
i dunno about yesterday though, i was at my grandparents. only just got back.
whhoowww
I just need to tell you people this.
There’s this new movie in holland, and i subscribed for the casting..:)
I really hope i’ll bne invited this time. it feels kinda desperate.. Auditions are so depressing..-.- rejection and rejection.. whee
but it’s almost Xmas! yay! And ive holidays (you too I guess?) and it snowed here! (not much though, and it’s all gone again..:() Did it snowed there in England??
well, merry Xmas! π
oeeh; forgot. How’d your art thing go Rachel?
snow? in england? Ha! i wish.
Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve!
WOOOOOOO!
xxx
Oh yeah my art thing was fine – the 5 hours actually went really quickly, and I ended up having to rush to finish it. At least in the real thing next May I’ll have 10… 2 whole school days – I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing! I’ll put my grade up here when I get it next year.
Isn’t that sooooo weird – 2008!!! I’m going up to London to see all the fireworks on the Thames which should be quite cool, I’ve never done it before, although I’ve seen London at night when I was on the London Eye, which was great! My brother’s been before though – he went for the Millenium which I am sooo jealous about! Imagine how cool that would have been! We must’ve been only seven, and you, werecatweird, six.
I went to a 17 year old’s birthday last night, which was fantastic! π (sorry, just had to say that!)
And no, absolutely NO snow. We haven’t got the right climate for it anyway atm. All we get is rain, rain, rain. Oh, how I love England …
I know I’ve written a ridiculous amount, but this has sort have died so I wanted to get conversation going!
Oh yeah, I forgot, MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Although I suppose I’m a bit late…
merry christmas to you all too! wahooooooo!
(yeah we are a tad late, but better late than never, huh.)
you get to go to london on new years eve! ooooo! so lucky!
and you’ve been on the london eye at night!?! i’ve never even been on the london eye π
ah well.
yeah i know. 2008, freaky huh…i wonder what’ll happen…
anyway, i had to take a long way round to this board today, i’m on my litl sis’s account and she did have it on her list or anything. which was a shock, so i had to keep clicking ‘earlier news’ etc.
this boards on like page 37 or something! scary! when did it get so far back!
it’s so funny.
We like celebrated newyear, and then it was like almost 1.00 am. So I was like; turn on BBC!
And then we did it again x’D because you’re an hour behind.
I saw a bit of the fireworks at the bigben thing.
looked awesome! But incredibly crowded though..:O
I celebrated it at home ^^ It sounds kinda dull, but there came a lot of family and there’s always loads of fireworks here. And we did roulette x’D haha, my niece and I won ΓΒ’Γ’β¬Ε‘ΓΒ¬5
yay x’D
but I wish you a very happy newyear! π It’s gonna be a good year.. ^^ I hope π
But rachel. good that your artthing went well..^^ I’m looking forward to your mark.
btw, do you people have drama as subject at school?
emily seriously..:O haha, never have that problem. I know the freaking link out of my head
I know, im crazy. look;
http://www.bridgetothestars.net/news/1142350982
that’t it..:D (no i didn’t copy it :P)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
You get the BBC? I thought they were really strict about other countries getting it…? Woo you saw London celebrating – I was there!!! There were loads of news helicopters flying over us – you didn’t happen to see a girl with blonde hair in a beige cap and black coat did you? Lol I know that’s so unlikely but how cool would that have been! Yeah – it was SO crowded, really bizarre actually, broken glass everywhere and loads of roads were cut off, and the underground was free – thanks to Natwest or something…
Yeah, we were doing that – every time it hit an hour we were like “France is in 2008”, sounds very dull but we were there hours, it was so slow, not surprising as there were hundreds of thousands of people…
No, I don’t have drama, I could’ve taken it but for some reason I chose Art, French and Business… I really don’t know what was going through my head…
Wow – you know it by heart? All I have to do is type “www.br” and my computer remembers it, and then if I clear my history I panic and have to go the long way lol, I suppose memorising would have been a good idea…
School tomorrow! π
I suppose it’ll be cool to see the people I haven’t in the holidays, and Thurdays are easy anyway (no business!) but still… π
school..:O seriously..? *shock
I have free till next monday, then I have to go to school again. *sigh
But yeah, my computer memorises it too, and I have it standing under favorites. But if i’m at another computer it’s easier π
But im afraid I didn’t see you..:P we saw just once a crowded place, then this guy talking to an old man. And then the clock went 10 9 etc
I need to read this French book, le petit prince. I have it in dutch too…:D I read it in dutch, but I’m gonna read the french one too. because there would be questions about french names and stuff..-.-
but the book goes about nothing..xD seriously, it’s kinda ridiculous. (spelled that wrong im afraid :P)
I did so much during this holiday..:O
(2 week hols, how long did you have?)
I made 2 essays about culture activitees. One thing where I went to with 2 friends, ballet, the nuttkraker (no idea if you say it like that in english. it’s notenkraker in dutch) and I made one about a movie. Alles is liefde, which mean everything is love, it’s like love actually but then dutch.
We have sinterklaas instead of santa claus and then it was like; Love is like sinterklaas, you have to believe in it.
but well, we had to go to the cinema. But my brother downloaded it, so I watched it on the computer and my parents gave me an autograph that I lost the ticket.. haha
and I read a dutch book and making an essay of it at the moment. Not quite done unfortunately, I’m at 1/3 I think π
and now the french book.
kinda mean, it is vacation..-.-
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
sorry, a day late, but we were round a friends house for new year and obviously it may have been a little rude to just log on to their computer and start chatting to you guys. much as i would have loved too…
I don’t think we saw you rachel. π it was kinda hard and when you don’t know what your looking for…
all we saw of the crowds were like around gethin jones. i think that’s his name, you know the welsh guy from this years strictlu come dancing and blue peter. i think blue peter. could be wrong, not an avid follower. :p
spooky how i may have seen you, this may sound weird, but it’s hard to imagine you guys as like real people walking around. funny huh? Do you guys ever feel a bit like that or is it just me?
Hey! Guess what! My mum says we may go to london too next year! Wheeeeee!
The problem with watching it on tv is although you can a really good view (because you can see it all) it tends to get really foggy with all thee smoke and the atmosphere is just not that great.
ANYWAY.
I don’t go back to school till monday either! Wahoooo!
but thats just luck really, both my bro and my litl sis have to go back tomorrow. but i have a teacher training day so i’m going to the cinema with my best friend (not to see the colden compass. argh! still haven’t seen that yet(she has though. HOW FRUSTRATING)) and then on friday my school’s doing this weird target setting day so i only have to go in for 15 mins and not even in school uniform. ha!
my older sis goes back on the monday too though, kinda spoilt my fun, i’d love to be the last one back.
huh. my gosh. do’you know, i only just realised none of family go to the same school as anyone else. kinda weird actually…
my computer remembers the http://www.bridge...(etc) but only on mine or my dad’s account. which, usually, are the only ones i go on. it was a shock using the long way it really was.
i haven’t done any homework yet. whoops.
i went to see the lion king in london today!!!!!!!!
whoop! horay! it was really good! though i got a bit jealous of all the kid actors. grrrrr. it was kinda strange, i thought i’d stopped being jealous like that. ah well.
oh yeah! sorry to tell you this, i i am so annoyed! my cat PEED on my FAVOURITE shoes!!!!!
i could kill the stupid things!
and the smell won’t come out!
and i’ve washed them THREE times!!!!!
stupid furrball.
whoops sorry. long post. π
Happy new year!
xx
Werecatweird – was it the Lion King production in London, the really famous one they’ve been advertising everywhere? If so … didn’t you LOVE the sets? Lol that must sound bizarre to you, but my cousin painted them! How cool is that? π I haven’t seen them myself … but I assume they’re great, made by my cousin and all π
Monday?? You’re both sooo lucky! Grr, I suppose I only have Friday left now.. these two days are the best of my week anyway – no business! (Apart from weekends of course) I had two weeks, I don’t see how mine’s ended and yours hasn’t! π
*gasp* Art results tomorrow! If I’m honest my hope is a B, but I’d settle for a C and be ecstatic with an A! No one has ever got an A* in all the eight years my Art teacher has worked at the school, which I think is pathetic – not to say I would, but you’d think eight years would gain at least one A*!
Wow Missy-Me, you can read in 3 languages!! Obviously I can in one lol, I’m not retarded, but it’d be soo hard in French! I think I’d get the general gist, but reading is supposed to be fun and that’d just tire me out!
We were quite lucky with the smoke in London, most of it blew over the other side of the river, so I suppose it must’ve been a real pain for those guys! You should definitely go for 2009 Werecatweird, I guarantee you’ll love it! Lol I didn’t really expect either of you to recognise me, I think I remember what Missy-Me looks like, but I remember I only saw you shielding your face, Werecatweird! If you want, here’s a pic:
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc57/rachelj92/Mexmas.jpg
^Now imagine that in a beige cap and see if you remember seeing me – I’d love that! Last time I was on TV I was nine years old and being interviewed by Newsround at my school, and the article is still online to this day, with a quote and a photo of yours truly! π
“spooky how i may have seen you, this may sound weird, but itΓΒ’Γ’β¬ÒβΒ’s hard to imagine you guys as like real people walking around. funny huh? Do you guys ever feel a bit like that or is it just me?” I always thought that! But I didn’t know how to word it without sounding totally weird lol. I suppose it’s more so with Missy-Me for me, ’cause she’s from a different country with a whole different culture (for some reason I was going to put ‘planet’ instead of ‘country’ lol, do NOT know why!)
Lol at your cat! Mine did something A LOT more gross when we got her – “deposited” in my mum’s slipper, if you know what I mean … luckily she smelt it before wearing it, obviously it was disgusting but me and my brother couldn’t help finding it hilarious! What a nice note to end on …
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sorry, just had to let that out. I dislocated my knee AGAIN today, and am now pratically bed-bound, forbidden to put weight on it for several days, there goes my weekend, *sigh*. I don’t know if you’ll remember, but I did it just over a year ago, on the 1st of December, about 13 months ago… and, lucky me, it’s happened again. What’s worse is that I didn’t even fall over (I’m sorta clumsy like that…) all I did was turn the corner on my stairs and it “popped” out, with my protection on! It failed me! So, now, as the NHS have not provided sufficiant information on how to help my knee, my parents have decided to hire a personal physiotheropist, which is going to be weird, but worth it.
I suppose I should be glad I was in the privacy of my home and not at school or somewhere, but still…
Oh yeah, on a lighter note, I got an A/B grade. That’s confusing to me to, but the way they mark art is really complicated, for example 60-75 = B and 73-80 = A, which means anyone getting 73, 74 and 75 wouldn’t get an A or B, but an A/B. I’m not sure whether it means I got a high B or a low A, very confusing! Only a couple of people in my class got As, no one with an A*, and I think average was about a B or C, so I’m quite pleased. Now our teachers are pushing us for more marks, so I’m hoping I’ll be able to raise it to an A with more work on my sketchbook – no doubt I’ll have plenty of time over the next couple of days!
Well, as the excitement of awaiting my leg to heal beckons, and lengthy days of “rest”, I’ve gtg, or rather, I’ve got to stop typing, otherwise I’ll be here for ages!
It’s not fair! I bet the next time you both post you’ll be rambling about the fun you’ve been having, and you’re mobility, while I’m stuck here! π π π
poor you! :O Dislocating your knee.. awww
this girl in my dancingclass had that a week before the show.. so sad..!
But an A/B is good! :O I aallwaayys got 60 – 65 with art..:P I’m really bad with it..:P
whee, im bored and don’t want to say a lot xD sorry!
I’ll say mor tomorrow
xxx
Ow!
Hard luck on the knee!
Will you at least get monday of school or not?
Well done! A/B great!
(sorry, this is early in the morning for me, not really awake, words hard to find)
and don’t worry, i’m not about to go on about fun. it stopped existing here. You know I told you I had no Homework? Yeah, remember?
And you know i told you i was going to the cinema with my best friend?
Well, she decided to tell me THEN. honestly THEN (I was away at the end of term and wouldn’t know) she told me I had an art project due in (the one for the entire of the autumn term), a music project due in, also 3 maths tests and a science test on monday.
yey.
life is fun.
she had the ENTIRE holidays to tell me! SO SHE TELLS ME 3 DAYS BEFORE THE END!!!!!
argh!
and i couldn’t do any yesterday because i was out all day (and not by my own choice), so my LAST day of the holidyas is going to spent doing HOMEWORK.
ok, sorry.
THe knee things still worse.
I feel so sorry for you!
Hope you feel better. xx
Oh yeah, life is definately fun right?
Omg, she told you at the last day? That’s really mean..:O Poor you!
Poor you too by the way..
Rachel with your dislocated knee, and emily with your homework.
Gosh, my life is like so perfect
ahum
Btw, do you guys have “goeie voornemens” like, things you want to do in 2008? I do, but I keep forgetting them, how stupid is that. People are like; oh, do you want to do things in 2008. And then I’m like; yeah! A lot, and then ‘oh, what?’ And then I can remember like 3 of them..xD
– Eat healthier (not spelled right I guess)
– Finish my book [whitch isn’t going to happen]
– Have 65 or more for every subject
– get up when i have to
and some more, not really interesting.
Hey, do you guys know what a role playing game is? I foudn like this really cool one x’D You need to make a character and then like post in story-way
whatever, i don’t think you get it xD
Bleuh. Bored, g2g
get well soon rachel, and emily I hope your tests and everything went fine anyway.
Thanks guys π
I see you’ve chosen to ignore my plea for a photo lol …
I haven’t been to school which for once isn’t a good thing, missing out on all GCSE stuff which is kinda annoying … just came back from the doctors and I should be OK to go back over the next couple of days, and that my “weak ligaments” are to blame. The only way to avoid it happening “again and again” is to do a huge about of exercise on it… fun…
—-> just in case I come off sounding unbelievably obese because of that miniature speech, it’s because I’m NOT big enough, not TOO big! Thought it’d be better to clear that up than have you thinking I’m some sort of whale, just a humble stick insect here, unfortunately…
Woo Physics and English results soon … *gulp*
Werecatweird I PROMISE you that it’s going to get worse! Year 9 is nothing compared to what GCSEs are like, trust me! I would say mwahahahaha but I’ve heard A-Levels have an even greater amount of work, and I’m starting them next year π
Honestly, once you know the horrors of coursework you’ll understand – year nine is like a vacation!
Yes Missy-Me, we do have “goeie voornemens”, but we don’t call them that, obviously lol, I’d never manage to pronounce that! Ours are “New Year’s resolutions”, which I assume are the same as yours ’cause yours seem like them, eating healthy and all that. Mine are always so boring, I didn’t really bother with them this year ’cause I never stick to them… but if I have to have some I’d say to do my leg exercises!
Oh yeah! I forgot you were writing a book, but in Dutch, right? Do you reckon you could show us a translated extract, or the plot in English? I’d love to see it π
What’s the role playing game? I’ve got a major load of time to kill unfortunately…
whehe. I don’t xD
really short;
It’s about a girl; Sarah, she’s just an ordinary girl untill she wakes up in another world. She like switched from worlds, and then the book is about how she gets back.
there’s a kinda complicated story around it but I’m kinda short on time at the moment π
But :O Picture xD
here we go;
argh, it’s not loading properly..:S
http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10qn8.jpg
that could be the link, but perhaps it isn xD
I really have to go
byee!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
This time it’s a good scream, if there is such a thing… and if you haven’t guessed, I’m VERY happy right now π π π
Well, I’m not going to say “guess what…” because it would be impossible for you to, but a modelling agency has contacted me, the biggest in Europe, how ace is that???
Check it out:
http://www.models1.co.uk/
I emailed them a frontal photograph of me and a profile shot just before Christmas, and they contacted me a few hours ago!
Unfortunately, they said I was too short and too young, but said that they get a huge number of emails and my face just stood out, which sort of cancelled out my age and height… I suppose there’s still potential for me to grow (I’m 5’8″)… and I’ll obviously age!
So, now, they’ve organised a small photo session, and I’m going to London in exactly 5 weeks.
I’m sooooo happy!! I didn’t think anything would come from it! This is just such good news after such a horrid week…
I don’t expect anything to come of it, I’m just thrilled they’ve organised a meeting, maybe you could try it, Missy-Me? The photos you just posted seem great – you have really clear skin and great teeth, which I am very jealous about! Werecatweird, I’d say the same to you, but have no clue what you look like!
Sorry I’ve gone on so long, I’m just soooo pleased, this could be the start of something big…
ANYWAY, Missy-Me, you can’t just leave it at that! Now I HAVE to know the plot, it sounds really cool, I’d never be so creative as to imagine something book-worthy! Would it work translated, or are you better at writing in Dutch?
BTW, this is REALLY random, but what are your favourite Dutch, English and French words? No particular reason, just wondering. My favourite English word would probably be “hoodwink”, and my favourite French “semblable” … and I’m not tri-lingual unlike you so can’t offer a third! “Popty Ping” is a great phrase though – Welsh slang for microwave!
Werecatweird, do you speak another language? I think I should make it clear that I know very, VERY basic French, and would never be considered bilingual!
NO!
I don’t believe it! I posted a really long post here the day before yesterday and it’s not even here!!!!!!
Werecatweird I think this website must be messed up, because this message:
“NO!
I donΓΒ’Γ’β¬ÒβΒ’t believe it! I posted a really long post here the day before yesterday and itΓΒ’Γ’β¬ÒβΒ’s not even here!!!!!!”
Was posted on 11/01/08, and because of the time differences that means you posted it at our time of 10/01/08, and as tody is the 12/01/08, I
should have seen it yesturday, which I didn’t….
Ugh, what a boring post! And sorry about the double-message thing, somehow I managed to mess up even that simple task…
OMGOD! Rachel im SO happy for you!
But well, i wouldn’t be a good model im afraid π I’m kinda short, hold on, ill calculate it. 64.9 inches? o.O that can’t be right x’D i’m 1.65 meter. Ah, 5.4 ft.
omg, are you seriously 1.76 meter? That’s like tall..:O
lol. Im way to short for being a model, and I don’t think I would like to be one either.
But thank you for the compliment π I appreciate it.
About my story; I could try to translate some of it, but it would be like a lot of work, and probable it wouldn’t be very nice either because it’s like very “dutchy” π
So I’m not going to, sorry !xD
I did wrote a lot this week! So happy because of that. But I will explain some more though:
So Sarah is in the other world, and there she is a prinses. It’s like, imagine; I live here in ths world, so that means that in DordaliΓΖΓΒ« [te other world] there lives another me, who looks exactely like me, except that one thing is different. Like eye-color etc.
In the other world, everyone is born with a specialty. Like changing in an animal, being extremely good at creative things, being able to change in, and master an element etc.
So she is there, and then she goes to find 2 parts of the book. Someone switched her on purpose, and they think it’s “The black widow” They switched her and the original prinses, Nadina, with a book. They find like the outside of the book in a store, and they’re like; huh? Where is the inside, all the pages were like ripped out. And there was a stone at the front, which is gone as well. So she goes looking for the stone and the pages. During the journey she meets Lucien, this boy who comes from a artistfamily, but he’s the only one of 4 children who doesn’t has a creative specialty. He’s a sort of telekinese. So he walks away from home and he’s like trying to get enough money to go to “college” for becomming an heler. (dunno the exact english word. Like someone who can heal people with magic)
So at first Sarah lies to him about who she is and what she’s doing with travelling around, and then they kinda fall in love.. And she does tell him the truth.
Then at the end it turns out, when they found the pages and the stone that there’s one very important page missing.
So she’s like so frustrated that she breaks the mirror in her room, actually nadina’s room. Behind it she finds the diary of her, which contains the last page and an explanation why she did it.
blablabla
lol. hope you get it a bit, it’s even more complicated because of the amount of characters. But it is kinda cool, im rather proud of myse;lf xD lol
Wheh. Now im feeling like writing.
so, bye π
oh. and rachel;
im like SO horrible in pictures mostely, i dont think I would make really like beautiful pictures π
But you need to tell me how it went!
Although it’s just in 5 weeks..xD
where are you guys? :S
Lol missy-me we’re still here! Well, I am at least…
I went back to school yesturday which was actually really good – it got so boring being at home for a week! I haven’t told any of my friends about the modelling thing, ’cause for one thing it’d be sorta embarrassing if nothing came of it, and I don’t want to come across arrogant or anything. See this is why you guys are privalidged lol, only you, my parents, brother and sister know about it! π
That plot actually sounds great – but you’re evil for writing it in Dutch only! It’d do better if it was in English, ’cause then it could be published in the UK, US, Canada, Australia … lol I don’t suppose you’re quite ready for publishing yet, are you? Do you think you’ll submit it to publishing companies when you’ve finished? Lol if you did I’d find it and buy it on Amazon – even though I don’t know a word of Dutch!
Missy-me, you’re being so modest! You know you don’t look awful in your photos! π
Lol I think I’ll add a count down to the end of my posts…
29 days! π
yeah i’d buy it too, then spend a few years with a dictionary translating it, but whatever. it’s be worth it!
AND it would be so cool, because i’d like KNOW the author.
oh and the word you weren’t sure on, it could of been healer. not sure obviously becasue i haven’t read the story and don’t know but i thought i’d give you a headstart in writing it in english. he he.
sorry i haven’t been around much, i’ve spent nearly a week sick and crawling out of bed to go to the bathroom was the excitement of my days. i still don’t feel great but better a bit. besides my parents are supposed to be taking me to the golden compass today and i’m ruddy well determined to be well, so…
oh yeah, that’s right, I STILL HAVEN’T SEEN IT.
i also haven’t been on because i got seriously annoyed at the computer, seriously i must have spent half an hour typing out a REALLY long post (i’m not the fastest typer in the world) and it didn’t even post.
…
…
anyway, it’s basic content ( i think, it was a while ago now) was WOW that is so fantastic rachel, you are SO SO lucky!
except it went on for a lot longer, oh yeah and then i said something like, ha! like i’d ever be a model, i’m seriously ugly and besides far too small.
blah blah
you think your small missy_me???????
i’m not even 5 ft. complete midget. and what makes it worse? i havent grown in 3 years and the rest of my family range from about 5ft 8 to 6ft 6
wahooo.
ugh. i’m sorry, i must sound really muzzy, i can’t think straight, sorry, i think i’ll go back to bed.
haha. Omg. Really, you 2 are so awesome!
At the moment I kinda hate everything..-.- Beuh. Need to study for an upcoming testweek [yeah. Again] and dunno, I’m like depressed or something? π
But emily haha x’D that is rather small. But I know how that is, everyone always called me “kleintje” which means like, small one. Actually people still call me like that π lol. but I don’t really mind.
Rachel I have a picture where I’m happy with how I look;
http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afbeelding011bs5.jpg
And thank you for your trust on buying it xD Now I know at least 2 people will buy it. Haha
But well, I totally agree with you Rachel. It’s rpecisely the same with movies, if I manage to get a part in a dutch movie it will only be in the cinemas in holland and belgium. And same with books, it’s easier to have it translates from english to dutch, like, every book gets translated. But from dutch to english it’s different. Not a lot of books get translated.. bummer.
But im not close to finishing yet so xD
Emily what did you think of the movie? π π
btw. What do you guys think of the ocean’s movies? I love them! π
got to go…
Emily you really need to post a picture of yourself!! I still have no idea how you look. Hold on..
I did see a picture of you once. But the only thing I can remember is that you’ve brown hair. hm. Dunno actually x’D
lol. xxx
Hi guys π
This week is going to be HORRIBLE!! I’ve decided that already … there’s no possible way it could be good! This Thursday and Friday the whole of my year (year 11) have to dress UBER-smart for a mock-interview-and-A-level-experience-thingy, but it’s obviously not called that.
I went to Lakeside to get my outfit (please bear in mind I’m not dressing like this through choice – if I had my way it’d be skinny jeans all the way!) and I bought a white top that is reasonably low-cut, I didn’t want a collar, for only ΓβΓΒ£3 from the sale at H&M! But then I sort of cancelled out its cheapness with a grey waistcoat for ΓβΓΒ£30 from Topshop. And unfortunately I’ve been forced to admit that I HAVE put on weight (people say I look better with it, but I disagree, and am dieting for the modelling thing) and am no longer a size six on my hips! π I got this GREAT pencil skirt (black) and it was ridiculously tight, but I bought it anyway, but when I took it home and wore it, I couldn’t walk upstairs!! Honestly, it really was that tight! So now I’m going to have to traipse back up to Lakeside for a size eight replacement after school on either Tuesday or Wednesday π
Yeah, so that’s going to be weird, but sort of cool at the same time. I’m still deliberating about wearing heals (I love them ’cause I’m 5’10” in them lol) they look better but I’m worried about my knee. Wow that’d spoil everything!
So, on the Thurday, we’re all getting mixed up (there’s 300 hundred of us, and we’re being divided into groups of about 20) to participate in *fun* activities that are business / career related. I suppose the best thing is we get to have some practice A-Level lessons, I chose Government & Politics, and Art.
Then on the Friday, I don’t have to go to school at all, and I know that sounds great but it’s really not! I have to go for a mock interview AT A REAL COMPANY!! How horrid is that??? So, I’m going to wander in to town and be in a real business atmosphere, and everyone goes to different places depending on what they’ve chosen. I chose to be interviewed as an Accountant, which I seriously regret. I didn’t think it’d be that big a deal, and accountancy is MAJORLY boring, but I couldn’t think of anything else…
So yeah, that’s my week ……..yay……
ANYWAY, thanks Werecatweird! You sound just like my best friend – she’s 16 and under five foot, and hates it! Not all models are hugely tall, like commercial models are slightly shorter. But I don’t suppose it helps that I’m saying this ’cause they’re saying I’m short at 5’8″! Hope you get better soon π It’s like we’re all getting cursed; first my knee now you’re illness – Missy-me, you’re next!
Oh yeah and you HAVE to see the film! I think it’s out on DVD soon though so it might be worth waiting for that … and you should upload a picture! Missy-me’s right, we have NO idea what you look like! I think I saw one months ago that you showed us on msn, but you were hiding your face in your hands!
That’s a cool pic of you, Missy-me, but it’s so tiny! Did you take it with a webcam? How far are you with your book? Is it going to be a series? I don’t remember if you said so …
What oceans movies? Like Oceans 11 and 12? If it’s those you’re talking about, for some reason I’ve only seen the second one, and that was like 2 years ago or something so any opinion I had on it has been forgotten!
……wow that was long!
Heya!
first off.
OMG OMG OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE HEATH LEDGER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE HEATH LEDGER HE CAN’t BE DEAD!!!!!!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry. he was actually like a seriously brilliant actor though.
i cant stay long because I have 35 sheets of science h/w due in tomorrow and considering due to rather annoying circumstances, i only just got home from school and i only got it TODAY (how harsh is that honestly? one day!) i really need to get started. it’s half 7 already.
but couldn’t go by without talking to you guys.
awww
unfortunately, finding a picture of me is not an easy task. um.
let’s just say i have an allergy to camera’s.
you want a pic of me running out of a room?
sure i’ve got plenty.
but what ho, i’ll look.
oh yeah! the film! stupid, nearly forgot.
it was great, i thought it was really good, i liked dakota although her accent slipped a couple of times.
what a strange place to end it though!
if roger doesn’t die the books don’t really work. so they must kill him off at the beginnning of the next one.
odd way to go about it.
anyway!
REALLY have to go. sorry for spelling mistakes or whatever i’m trying to type this really fast.
haha, weirdcat I seriously am laughing about your post. The “you want a pic of me running out of a room? Sure, I have got plenty” that’s so cool, like what characters of a book say!..x’D
But Rachel yeah, it was made with the webcam..:P lol..
And it sucks that you got on weight. No idea what a size 6 is though, we have S etc. Mostely I have XS or S, but sometimes M aswell. I’m so annoyed by some people, when I say like; I’m gonna eat healthier, because I don’t and I do want to. Then the reaction is; are you crazy? You’re so thin! If I’d be you I would go to McDonalds.
And that’s really annoying, it’s a compliment as well. But I really do want to eat healthy, and in this way nobody supports me in it..:S What’s wrong with eating healthy? I may be thin now, and I would like to keep it that way as well..:O
But Yeah, my book’s gonna be a serie. Have a slight idea for the second book, but I’m gonna complete concentrate on this one first..;-)
Argh. It suck so badly.. I’m like at another school then I was with the 7th, 8th and 9th grade because you know, my school is changed blahblah. Everybody is like to another school. But those people there are people who I know already from primary school.. And let me say, I wasn’t very popular back then. So well, now it’s all going well and stuff. We’re not big friends but we’re just acting normal. And now I read back some stuff at a site [sort of messenger] of stuff from a year ago. We had this meetingday and I was with a very nice boy, so he said that to some people like; she was nice. And they were all like; whheeeh. She’s stupid blahblah.
It sucks to read such things back..:( But well. I guess I shouldn’t be feeling bad about it or something.. People from this school are so different! They’re really preppy, I kinda forgot that because the other school was not like that at all.. Big change..-.-
[don’t really think you get all this, but that’s ok. Just had to tell someone]
And weirdcat I agree with the end of the film, but I think everybody who read the book, even the people who didn’t found it a weird ending..
Rachel your stuff sounds so serious..o.O Are you going to boarding school or something or what..:O You have all these important things while we’re in the same year, and I have nothing..:P loll
By the way; nexy week [and tomorrow as well] Im having testweek.. Tomorrow french, but that’s text so didn’t had to study for it.. Buuuttt, I haven’t studied yet..o.O While I really need to get good marks for Economics History and social studies..:O And biology, but that’s a practicum. I do need to learn those out my head..-.- like so pointless -.-
But I’m going to bed!
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Ugh. Here I am while my parents are gallovanting off to Paris! π They’re on the Eurostar right now!
I KNOW!!!! I can’t belive he commited suicide!!! That totally ruined my day!! π π π Such a waste of talent… the next Batman movie is sure going to be awkward when they promote it. I hope they dedicate the film to him.
Missy-Me, I didn’t really quite catch the gist of some of your post, but I don’t go to bording school!! That really amused me, though :-). There seems to be a misconseption amoung Europeans and the rest of the world that ALL British schools are similar to Hogwarts! Nah, it’s just a regular High School, with the ages ranging from 11-18.
Oh yeah, Missy-Me, what does “Azel” mean? I was watching an episode of Friends when it was used, and its bugging me, I thought, who better to ask than my fluently Dutch e-friend? It’s not spelt like that I don’t think, but it’s pronounced like ‘hazel’ without the ‘h’…
That interview went OK, dreadfully dull though. There are 300 students in my year group, and we where divided into two. So, in theory, 150 people were due to turn up – and only 40 did! (including me)
WOO going to see We Will Rock You in London on Wednesday!!
Gah I just realised that my birthday is in EXACTLY 5 months! I’m closer to 16 than 15, and closer to 17 than 14… scary!
***26/06/92*** <—— best date ever!!
pre teen pageant gown
What the f uck?
Guys don’t go to “counterstr”‘s website, it is sick.
How the hell did you find this? Honestly, how would anyone else know about this page?
You aren’t Vistitor-766 or something, are you?
Advertising porn on a board used only by three teenage girls, what the hell?
…….. where are you guys? π
heya!
Sorry i haven’t posted in AGES, our internet conection was down.
ANYWAY.
i’ve completely lost the thread of our conversation, what were we talking about…
oh well. i have to say this, just found out.
HEATH LEDGER DIDN’T COMMIT SUICIDE!
i know i really shouldn’t care this much but i seriously loved Heath Ledger.
sad i know.
aparently he managed to take a lethal cobination of sleeping pills and painkillers. how bezaar. an ‘accidental overdose’.
meh. moving on.
Ugh, i’ve got a maths challenge tomorrow, do you guys get them? you know were they shove you into a all into a hall and give you a load of logic questions with links to maths?
Probobly not, they probobly tell us that other schools do them to make us feel better.
i’ve completely lost the plot. what was i going to say? can’t remember. my minds jumping around like a pogo stick at the moment.
my gosh, my spellings appalling today.
…what to talk about…
oh hey! did i ever tell you about the time my substitute teacher hung a monkey in our class…wait i’ll scroll up and check…ok i don’t think i did, but hey, i’ll tell you anyway. (prepare yourselves, i am the worst storyteller in history)
Well it was a few weeks back and our science teacher was ill so we had a sub and this guy called chris had one of those howling monkey things (you know, the toy? the ones that make the biggest racket on planet earth when you throw them) and was throwing it around the room. Then finally the sub goes to him (he’s actually quite a cool sub, you know, one who doesn’t give a detention for saying ‘yeah’ to the register instead of ‘yes’)(but he wears pink shirts and pink and white stripey ties, weird) that if he heard the stupid monkey one more time he’d make it suffer.
guess what happens next?
Not brain surgery huh. CHris throws it, and the teacher confiscates it. so we all bend our heads over and pretend to work (not me, i actually DID work, little goody goody that i am), then like a minute later we looked up and he’s gotten a bunsen burner tube tied it around the monkeys neck and let it dangle from the overhead projector.
it was actually hilarious.
then of course being my class, the guys conducted a rescue mission. this mainly consisted of doing rolly pollys across the floor and humming the james bond theme tune, but hey. they did rescue the monkey i guess.
weird lesson, huh?
Hey, how was We will rock you Rachel?
Wow, look at this post! OH well.