About Me:

I'm a sophomore music major with currently no time for writing, with three weeks of classes left before finals week, then Christmas break. I've been writing fan fiction off and on since I was about 13 and in the seventh grade, I think. Sometimes it's a little hard on me, not writing now, and I've tried many, many times to quit, but it's a part of me that just won't go away. Believe me, I've tried and failed many times. What stories or one-shots I currently am working on when I can, are either not completed (and won't be posted up until they are) or I don't feel comfortable enough to post them up yet, if they are complete (which, none of them are... sorry.) We writers are generally very self-conscious people, almost soft sometimes, because we're so worried about how our works will be received, and we get pretty upset when we get bad reviews or flames. I can't remember where I read some famous person saying that or something.

I love:

To sing (my concentration for my degree is vocal performance)
Play piano (I'm nearly done with lessons forever, assuming I pass my last two parts of my proficiency exam this semester!)
Ride horse (haven't in nearly three years, though, I miss it so, I still have some of my tack, but no horse and no one to borrow a horse from)
Write and read fan fiction (there are a couple stories out there by authors that I want to read, I just haven't yet had time to, sorry, guys)
Food
Boys
Watching movies and TV (favorite movie: Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street; favorite TV show: Eastwick, BUT IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING CANCELED OFFICIALLY, AS OF NOVEMBER 9!! Also House, M.D., Burn Notice, NCIS, Royal Pains, Due South, Strong Medicine, and Batman: the Animated Series (which originally aired on my third birthday- cool, huh?)
Reading books (although I've discovered recently I just don't have the attention span to even hardly finish a book... don't know why... tis sad...)
Watching the sun set
Loving my two dogs and my cat
Going driving and walking on beautiful days, especially with one of my best friends, Leah, so we can talk about whatever and have a good, hard laugh and a great time together
A good, hard rain, especially a thunderstorm, when I can stay up late and listen to/watch it in action
Baby animals

I'm OBSESSED with Broadway musicals!! A few in particular, although it's one of my goals in life to see as many as I possibly can, before I die. My current all-time favorite is Sweeney Todd, followed by RENT (which is usually in first place), Wicked (which is usually in second place), Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!, and The Sound of Music. I've seen RENT, Wicked, and La Boheme (which RENT is based off) live, but La Boheme was a local community cast. RENT and Wicked happened live, the real thing, at the Nederlander and Gershwin Theatres, respectively, in New York City, on May 30 and 31, 2008. Two absolutely incredible nights of my life so far. A few musicals I absolutely dislike are Avenue Q!, Urinetown, and CATS. I want to see Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast, at least, someday.

RENT. April 29, 1994 - September 7, 2008.
12 years.
Lives changed.
Love shared.
Love = Art = Disease = Pain = Life.

Concerning My Stories: Most of my stuff is RENT, with a little Due South, Twilight, and Heartland mixed in, because although I will not write anymore in these three categories (I now despise Twilight, I can't live up to the brillance of the Due South writers, and I grew out of Heartland long ago), the stories are still good or OK, and I don't have the heart to take them down. My best story of the 15 total I've written that are still up is "De Pelle Sorte" (RENT). I really encourage you to read it if you haven't; you will likely love it, especially the last 5 chapters. They are some of the best writing I've ever done.

Other RENT stories of mine I recommend are "The One That Got Away", "Light In Your Eyes", "The Perfect Fan", "Deviant Beauty", and "Crash". "The Perfect Fan" has a sequel, too, "Never Let Go", if you're interested in reading it afterward.

I'm currently slowly working on a post-season 6, AU Strong Medicine story, major characters in it being Lu, Dylan, and Peter. Kayla, Lana, and Marc are also there, but have more minor roles. Andy, Lizzie, Jesse, Jonas, and Milagro may also appear. I've got 3 good chapters completed and ready to post up, but I'm stuck on chapter 4, so this may not be posted until this summer, depending if I can get past my writer's block or not. I also want to write an NCIS story about a true-life event that happened at my campus at the beginning of November, but I haven't had a chance yet, and things haven't been released or wrapped up yet, for me to use as sources to remain as true to the event as I can, and/or inspiration, so it may be a while yet. I would like to also write in the category of Batman: the Animated Series (focusing mostly on Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, or Batman and Catwoman, and Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, like in the movie "Subzero: Batman and Mr. Freeze", but also will not have the time to do so for a while. It's on my mind, though.

As to the rest of my stories, whatever I didn't like or got tired of, I took down. They probably aren't backed-up or saved, because I don't ever intend to rewrite or reformat them again.

Favorite Characters:

Sweeney Todd

Mrs. Lovett (I adore her so much)
Sweeney Todd (he's extremely bitter and misunderstood, is all)
Anthony (hot, and one of the only reasons I am going to RENT the movie Twilight, NOT see it in theaters... because I also wanna see Dakota Fanning as evil Jane, it's been rumored forever that she does very well)
Beggar Woman (she's quite endearing, despite being mentally insane)
Toby
I like Johanna OK, but I hate Judge Turpin and Beadle Bamford, only because of the movie. I want to see the Broadway version someday!

RENT

Mark Cohen
Tom Collins
Angel Dumott Schunard
Maureen Johnson
Joanne Jefferson
Mimi Marquez
Benjamin Coffin III

More minor characters I enjoy are Mrs. Cohen, Squeegee Man, and Alexi Darling.

Wicked

Elphaba
G(a)linda
Dr. Dillamond
Wizard
Fiyero
Boq
Madame Morrible (love to hate her, cuz she's just so horrible, of course... hahaha...)

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins
Bert
Jane
Michael
Cook
Maid
Mrs. Banks (in that order)

The Sound of Music

Maria
Leisl
Gretl
Captain Von Trapp

Mamma Mia!

Sophie
Donna
Rosie
Tanya

Due South

Fraser
Ray
Elaine
Det. Harding Welsh
Louis
Jack
Fraser Sr.
Francesca Vecchio
Constable Turnbull
Buck Frobisher

Strong Medicine (off the top of my head)

Lu
Peter
Andy
Lana
Dylan
Kayla
Marc
Milo

Twilight

Just so you know, I don't like Twilight. At all. I am EXTREMELY anti-Twilight. The end. So why did I write a Twilight one-shot, you may ask? Because I wrote it before I was so seriously anti-Twilight. Before I figured out that I absolutely despised the series and movie (possibly soon to be two movies, as I'm going to see New Moon with a couple friends soon, paying with my parents' money, but since I got the invite, why not go and bash?) I'm leaving it up because it IS a good piece of fan fiction, that's it. You wanna know why I hate the series and movies so much? PM me. This profile is long enough. To even things out with Harry Potter, just because, I will admit that I started out despising Harry Potter, because it was "not real and not Christian" (I was 8 back then and really religiously influential), but then I saw the movie and got hooked and have loved it ever since, for 12 years now. Will be 14 years once the two movies are in theaters and finally released onto DVD. I went the other way with Twilight. I liked it (NEVER LOVED IT) and now despise it. So there.

If you are interested in reading "The Rebel", please don't be afraid to do so (and leave a review while you're at it.) It is a frustrated, heated conversation between Edward and Carlisle, concerning Carlisle turning Edward into a vampire. It's pretty good, for being written by an anti-Twilight author. Note: I know Edward can read minds, so Carlisle would not have to speak whatsoever, but seeing as it's a written story, I wrote out him speaking to make the story flow better. People have been asking me about this, so I just thought I'd clear that up.

Harry Potter

I can't pick out favorite characters off the top of my head right now, because there are too many. I will add them in later.

I have, thus far, downright refused to read Harry Potter fan fiction, because the series is too special to me to be replicated (this also somewhat goes for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", "Quidditch Through the Ages", and "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", which J.K. Rowling wrote herself, but in writing these, where are we left off with the mystery of the unexplained part of the books? Come on!) I have kept firm with this promise for my entire loving of Harry Potter, and it will not change. Ever. Sorry. I am willing to beta-read for Harry Potter authors, but nothing more. The actual books are no longer on my reading list, I've read them too much... It's a bit upsetting... But I re-read book 6 before the movie and am going to re-read book 7 before each Deathly Hallows movie), but will always be nestled among my favorites and will hold a place in my heart.

Anything else you guys wanna know about me, feel free to PM or email me. :)

Quotes!! In no particular order:

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. - Anthony Rapp

Stay true to yourself, and your dreams, and know they can come true. - Julie Larson (Jonathan Larson's sister)

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. - John Keating (Dead Poets Society) (WHY can't we have more English teachers like him??)

You always said how lucky we were to be friends. But it was us, baby, who were the lucky ones. - Maureen Johnson (RENT)

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. - John Keating (Dead Poets Society)

True Rentheads are one in 525,600. - Urban Dictionary

I want to fix that in my memory forever- Draco Malfoy, the amazing, bouncing ferret... - Ron (Harry Potter)

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices. - Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. - Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

In dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. - Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

When you play, play hard. When you work, don't play at all. - Theodore Roosevelt (that's one of my dad's mottos, work before play.)

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - Albus Dumbledore (courtesy of J.K. Rowling)

Numbing the pain will make it worse when you finally feel it. - Albus Dumbledore (courtesy of J.K. Rowling)

Remember, if the time should come, you must make a decision between what is right and what is easy. - Albus Dumbledore (courtesy of J.K. Rowling)

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon darkness and death, nothing more. - Albus Dumbledore (courtesy of J.K. Rowling)

To a well-organized mind, death is just the next greatest adventure. - Albus Dumbledore (courtesy of J.K. Rowling)

If you would rather see a Broadway show than go to an amusement park, copy and paste this into your profile. (So true! I am in the process of becoming a Broadway musical connoisseur!! Although I haven't been to Valleyfair in almost five years, I need to go again and see how long I last, LOL...)

Lots of love to my fellow Rentheads!! You know who you are!! :) Much love to my amazing beta, katetastic!!

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