Acting?

A relatively well known book is apparently being made into a movie just down the road by my house, and by down the road, I mean less than half a mile. The Perks of Being a Wallflower isn't something I've ever read since it isn't my normal genre, but it was writing one town over from me and is now being made into a movie at my high school. Typically, I could care less. But there is one actress I desperately want to meet just because she was my childhood hero.

Emma Watson is playing a character named Sam in the movie. Yes, Hermione Granger is going to be just down the road from me for about two months. YES! Just to be within her presence is exciting.

I signed up to be an extra on set. My mother thinks I'd make a good actress, what she doesn't realize is that my memorization skills are near non-existent. My memory pretty much sucks, and while I may have that ever wished for hour-glass figure, I don't think I have the looks for such things.

Any moment now I know my mother's telepathy powers will kick in and she'll come storming over here and yell at me for thinking such things. Mothers are so annoying like that.

But the point still stands that I may be an extra in a movie. It's been a small goal of my mother's to get me in a movie. Probably one of those "My daughter is so epic she should just be famous" kinds of things. I don't care one way or the other, truth be told. We'll, I'd prefer not to be famous, but this involves Emma Watson, and I'd do anything to get one step closer to Oliver and James Phelps. For you see, the only cure for the common cold is a ginger twin sandwich. And I don't care if they aren't really gingers, they still played the Weasley twins and hugging them could probably cure any disease out there.

Okay, so this all really boils down to one thing... I'm a Harry Potter spazz and will do anything to be close in proximity to the actors from the movies. Not in the creepy way. Just to be able to see them and say "Yeah, I saw them," and then exaggerate to my grandchildren and say "Yeah, we were best friends." (Oh look, exaggeration! Just like in that poem I mentioned yesterday!)

I'd be really excited to be in the movie, though. I'm not so un-American that I don't want to be "Hollywood famous" Just not very famous... Okay, so just the prospect of being in a movie sounds cool. I just hope I never have some large part or I'm not randomly "discovered." And, if it's, for some unknown reason, decided that I"m epic and should be in lots of movies... I'm not entirely sure what I'd do with myself. Would my desperate need for a large house with and an ungodly number of bookshelves win over my not wanting to be famous? Yeah... It probably would. My books don't currently fit in my house never mind my room, and it's very depressing.

This is all very concerning. That's why I want to write books. I can use a pen name and no one ever has to know who I am. But I'll keep you posted on any developments in my new movie career. I'm hoping that they don't extend past my introducing myself to Miss Watson and my getting to give her a handshake. But who knows... If a director were to tell me "Hey, were making a movie of this super awesome book you love. Wanna' be in it?" I'd probably go "Hell yeah!" and prance off to be a pretty movie star.

For now I will stick to being a lowly college student who procrastinates on papers due by writing blogs few people read. (Hello new follower!)

Have a lovely day.

If I had lots of money... I'd buy a 1st edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. And maybe a car, but that book is more important.