Tanya's Journey

Who doesn't? But I don't mean that I love the actors who play the characters, no. I'm in love with characters. Take the show Law & Order SVU. I am head over heels in love with Elliot Stabler. Of course, Christopher Meloni does a fine job at being Stabler, but what I admire is the man. The man who has four children and a wife he loves. The man who goes against criminals and cannot be made to heel when attacking someone viciously. His morals and values, his sense of justice, his flaws. They all make him human. I love him for it. Other characters? Jack Driscoll in King Kong, played by the very talented Adrien Brody. A quiet and determined writer who was suddenly shoved out of his comfort zone, made a hero without wanting to be, to save the woman he loves. Aw, man, real life never compares ;) So, which characters do you love? I actually have a list of them on my ipod because these are the characters I want to to emulate. Tanya

This is an old blog I've written but I still enjoy reading it :D When I was younger, I used to . . . embellish events. Let's not call it lying. Lying seems wrong, hurtful, deceiftul, yes? But being hurtful was the last thing I wanted. I only wanted to be different, interesting. I'd make a simple bike fall seem like an adventure worthy of Indiana Jones. I added enough detail for it to be juicy, but no more than that; I did not want my stories to be tacky or obviously false. With time, my imagination developped. I read a lot. But I made up my own stories, I never took my ideas from someone else's books. In high school, girls grow up, have crushes. I suddenly became famous for my 'dreams'. I'd tell my friends that I dreamt of them the night before and of their crushes. I don't know if they actually believed me but they adored the stories I came up with. I had my own little fan club. One day, I was baby-sitting my neighbour's kids. When Anne came home sh...