3/22/11 Jack Fargone

Jack Fargone reworking

Jack Fargone always wanted to live an extraordinary life. Unfortunately he was born on Earth in the early twenty-first century and little would happen. That is until the IDIOTS fleet came into his 9-planet system and destroyed it. The fleet needed fuel to get to their next destination and they converted every planet into said fuel. Fortunately for Jack and 87 other people were rescued. Why he was chosen was just luck. There were 7 billion people on the planet and the IDIOTS chose 87 healthy individuals. It could have been any 87 people with good health but he was one of them and it would change his life and the lives of the other survivors forever.

2/15/11 Ugh, busy day of writing

Today was one of those days. I spent all day preparing an outline for a script writing class only to get to class and totally have it fall apart in the second act. Not literally fall apart and scatter everywhere but just have no action in the second act. Ugh, it was horrible. I wasn't feeling it at all and I would totally scrap the whole thing if we weren't so far into the process. The suggestions the professor gave though were really good dsand I think if I can add them into the screenplay in the second act it will really liven it up.

I knew this was going to happen this semester. I have a ton of writing and editing I have to do and so little time. I need to start focusing and working throughout the week but it always seems like there isn't enough week to do anything.

I started to read Path to Fury by David Weber for a class and I like the first chapter. It has a deeper setting and more description than Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I like a book that that when you put it down you think: "I will never live in a world like this" and you have to decompress from it for a second. I didn't get that with Ender's, perhaps later in the series you do. Won't find out until later though cause right now all I'm reading are books for class. But I guess I'm lucky though cause those books for class are not really all that bad.

Next semester though will be dedicated to one class so this semester is preparing me for Novel writing.

But I did write some creative stuff today so don't worry, I didn't waste the day. I just felt this type of entry was needed. Here is a snippet of what I wrote today.

Jack then sees Pascal and Jean. They don’t see him and he follows them. They have found a docking bay where small ships sit unguarded. Jean, the smarter of the two, goes into one of the ships and comes back out. Jack overhears him say they can take it and leave. They see Jack and he runs from them. They pursue him and the three run through the corridors. Jack comes to a door that has a keypad next to it and he begins punching in a bunch of different number sequences. The French twins come around the corner and see they have him trapped. A light above the door turns green and the door opens. A bright shimmering force field is on the other side and when Jack runs into to it without looking he disappears and the door closes before the twins can get to it.

2/14/11 Deanionionasad

Earth has been destroyed and Jack and Huan watch as it is being sucked up into a giant hand vacuum to make fuel for the IDIOTS fleet.

The alien leads Jack and Huan through corridors. They see other humans being met by various aliens. Some of the humans are reacting less than civil. The alien introduces himself as DEANIONIONASAD but they can him Dean. He tells them they are on a ship orbiting what is left of Earth. Jack and Huan stop walking. Jack asks if he heard him right. Dean sighs and tells them to follow him. Dean takes the two to a large window overlooking a fleet of ships surrounding a debris field that is being sucked into another ship that looks like a hand vacuum. Ships pull are pulling up to the ‘handle’ of the hand vacuum ship and refueling.

2/8/11 Then Planet Earth Exploded

This is the first part of the earth being destroyed story.

Planet Earth explodes. A narrator tells us not to worry though 87 people survived. As well as one of each animal and this is the story of one of those people and his journey to find a new home. The earth exploding rewinds and we zoom into a suburb of Chicago.

Jack Fargone is buying a small engagement ring. The salesman asks how long Jack has been with his girlfriend and Jack tells him they are broken up right now but she will have to take him back. The clerk tells him that never works and Jack tells him he didn’t ask.

Jack leaves the store. Goes to work and tells his friends at work what he’s planning on doing. They all look at him like he is crazy.

Jack leaves work that night and stops by his parents to tell them. They don’t think it is a good idea.

Jack leaves his parents still thinking he will be successful in getting his girlfriend back.

He is on his way to his ex’s apartment when he sees her with another guy. He acts as if he didn’t see it and goes back to his apartment.

He lies down on his bed and falls asleep.

2/7/11 Otto and Zorro

Wrote 1200 words tonight, it was for an assignment for class but it got me writing. It is the premise and characters, as well as story summary for a television series. Very Hitchhikers guide but darker.

OTTO the WHALE (???)

Swimming the oceans of Earth was a great gig until the planet was destroyed.

Otto spent all of his life on Earth as any normal Humpback Whale would: swimming, eating, and swimming some more.

When the IDIOTS destroyed Earth though they put him and a few other marine mammals into a giant ship that was converted into an aquarium. When Jack accidently puts the wrong coordinates into a transport door, he is sent to the aquarium ship and the porthole that is equipped with the translator. Otto just happen to be at the porthole wondering what it was when Jack approached it and voila, instant friendship.

For a whale, Otto is very insightful. He claims to have learned a lot swimming through the oceans. He had a lot of time to think and ponder and when this young human comes along he provides some sage advice.

Otto is a great mentor and guide to Jack.

Zorro the Dog (?)

Zorro hates to travel so being in space is a nightmare. But fortunately he happens upon a guy who is all about taking care of others and a friendship develops with Jack.

Zorro was the lap dog for an elderly woman who died shortly before the world was destroyed. When her family refused to take him, he was given to a friend of the woman. That woman was not very nice and she made Zorro stay outside in the Mexico heat.

Zorro was picked up by the IDIOTS fleet and was wondering around the ships when he met Jack.

Given a translator by Jack, they now communicate but Zorro is a dog of few words. He mainly communicates in single words at the start of the series but will expand later.

2/1/11: Eating Leftovers 2

When Outsourced jobs are sent to another part of the galaxy they are taken there by the IDIOTS fleet. If there are more employees than jobs then those remaining employees are called Leftovers.

The IDIOT Fleet left the solar system with full tanks of gas and 87 new members of the fleet as well as a wide array of animals that had no place to call home. Three ships had been emptied out to accommodate them all. The J’RIN was assigned to the animals. Leftovers from the last outsourcing exchange had been assigned to work on the J’RIN feeding and caring for the animals. So far only three of the leftovers had been eaten. A lion, the other by a tiger and the other by a bear ate one of the leftovers. But that’s not really a problem; the families of those leftovers will be compensated greatly. They will be given the insurance money from the IDIOT fleet corporation which takes out a very large policy on all members of the fleets. Also the families will be given lifetime passes to fly with any IDIOT Fleet that passes near their system.

Which is a great benefit to Leioo of the N system. The bear ate her husband. She warned him not to go but she could not stop him. She had always wanted to see the galaxy though and now this will allow her to do that. When she learned of her husbands demise she mourned for him briefly then contacted the local IDIOT travel agency. They assigned her first class accommodations on a Xeo Class vessel which will have the best spas and entertainment the IDIOT fleet can put hire. Leioo will then jump onto another fleet headed in the opposite direction and from there continue to travel for free until she evaporates into nothing.

The second vessel was given to some of the displaced IDIOT employees from the J’RIN and the 87 Earthlings. The vessel is called the PR’SON. It is a nice ship but no Xeo Class vessel. It has all the amenities the humans will need which includes 25 different dining facilities, 502 living quarters with varying gravity, 3234 waste rooms (otherwise called restrooms or bathrooms by the humans), and an array of entertainment rooms that include fitness and other extracurricular activities. But the humans don’t have to stay on this ship.

In fact, the Commander of the IDIOT fleet has given all the humans free-debarkation passes. Meaning they are more than welcome to leave at the next port of call. The Commander had planned to give each human a transport of their own but the conservationist suggested against that seeing as how none of them know how to fly and would probably crash into an IDIOT fleet vessel.

1/31/11: Eating Leftovers

When Earth is destroyed 87 people must find a new home.

The IDIOT Fleet left the solar system with full tanks of gas and 87 new members of the fleet as well as a wide array of animals that had no place to call home. Three ships had been emptied out to accommodate them all. The J’RIN was assigned to the animals. Leftovers from the last outsourcing exchange had been assigned to work on the J’RIN feeding and caring for the animals. So far only three of the leftovers had been eaten. A lion, the other by a tiger and the other by a bear ate one of the leftovers. But that’s not really a problem; the families of those leftovers will be compensated greatly. They will be given the insurance money from the IDIOT fleet corporation which takes out a very large policy out on all members of the fleets. Also the families will be given lifetime passes to fly with any IDIOT Fleet that passes near their system.

Which is a great benefit to Leioo of the N system. The bear ate her husband. She warned him not to go but she could not stop him. She had always wanted to see the galaxy though and now this will allow her to do that.

1/25/11: Jack Fargone and Otto

Jack is the protaganist for a series I would like to write. He seeks advice from a whale named Otto and here is a little bit of that.

Jack Fargone stood watching the blue water on the other side of the protective barrier. He stared deeply into the cyan abyss that existed filled the large window before him.

As he watched the light filter through the water his mind wandered to his left jean pocket. Inside his pocket he was thumbing a ring around his index finger. An engagement ring meant for someone who didn’t actually want it and now will never get it.

“Thinking about Regina, again?” The voice was slow and smooth.

“Yea, Otto,” Jack answered. He continued to stare into the aquarium.

“Can’t help but think if she were here she would have liked all this craziness even more than me.”

“I am sure she would have also,” The voice grows a little louder as a large whale swims across the window into the aquarium.

1/24/11: Jack Fargone

This is a character for my film script writing class.

As one of 87 people who survived the destruction of planet Earth, Jack Fargone has to find a place where he belongs with the help of a talking dog and a humpback whale named Otto.

Character Spines:

1. How does your character like his eggs in the morning?

Jack likes his eggs over easy. A runny yolk that makes a mess he can sop up with toast saturated in butter, not margarine but real butter. He also likes hash browns that are slightly crispy and help to absorb some of the yolk.

2. How does your character’s chronological order of his surname affect his behavior?

Jack was always somewhere at the beginning so whenever he had to answer questions or do stuff in class he had to think quickly on his feet.

3. What did your character ask for on his 18^th birthday?

Jack asked for a new bike. His last one was stolen when he turned 16 and he didn’t have enough to get a new one. He lives in Chicago and rides the bus or EL Train everywhere and his parents don’t have cars either.

4. Your character sees a turtle struggling on its back in the desert, what does he do?

Jack would turn the turtle back upright and then follow him to see where he goes. If he saw the turtle encounter any further dangers he would help the turtle out.

5. What is your characters favorite type of music?

He will listen to pretty much anything that is mainstream. He isn’t a music snob but if it is really popular he usually won’t listen to it unless it is really good.

6. Has your character had a significant other and are they still together?

Yes he had a girlfriend and no they are not together at the beginning of the story. She broke up with him because he wasn’t doing anything with his life. He accepted the assistant manager position at the video store and was planning on buy a ring to propose to her but then the world was destroyed. He thought it would show he was serious.

7. If your character saw an old lady get mugged what would he do?

Jack would run after the thief. He is all about helping those less fortunate and it tends to get him in trouble.

8. How many languages does your character speak?

Jack speaks one language, English. He took Spanish in high school but retains none of it.

1/18/11: Jack is a simple man

Jack is a simple man. He worked in a video store peddling the latest rentals out to a dying breed of people. He didn’t have a girlfriend but had a crush on the waitress at the local bar he and his three friends hung out at after work. He was on his way to the bar that evening when the IDIOTS ship picked him from the surface of the planet along with 87 other humans and an array of animals. He had intended on telling the waitress he would like to go out on a date but then the IDIOTS got in the way. So now he is one of 87 humans an alien fleet that’s soul purpose to relocate people around the galaxy.

1/13/11: The Planet is doomed 4

The Planet was doomed.

Not from the scourge of mankind and all our misguided decisions to consume all the fossil fuels and use up all the resources. Not from our use of chlorofluorocarbons in our hair sprays and roach sprays. Not from the explosion of our population worldwide and no way to feed every mouth. No, all those would have eventually killed us if we had the time. Instead, the world was doomed by outside forces of business and economics among alien races that had no idea mankind existed. Well, up until about twenty minutes ago they did not know we existed.

The Intergalatic Department of Industrial Outsourcing and Teleportation Services (IDIOTS) planned to use the planets in our solar system as a crude fuel for their freighters. It was a busy time for IDIOTS as they were transporting workers from one job site to another. They had to save money somewhere and scrapping nine planets in an unnamed solar system would save charging the corporate account. With new labor laws in the center of the galaxy, IDIOTS were booked for years transporting workers and jobs across the galaxy.

But on this day the newest member of this IDIOT fleet was at the data analysis terminal and decided to follow all protocols in the New Recruit handbook, Edition 450A. This new edition was supposed to ensure every recruit had a chance to become captain one day. But in reality it all it did was keep a new recruit busy with mundane tasks and requirements.

This newest member of the crew had always been an over achiever and this new assignment wasn’t going to be any different. He wanted to impress this new captain. The last captain he served under didn’t like him at all. Something about jettisoning cargo and the captain’s mother’s body being among said cargo.

As this recruit was excelling at his job a small alien stumbled onto the deck. Usually IDIOTS would not give a second thought to an insignificant race such as Humans, but it just happen that a liberal, bleeding heart conservationist blindly stumbled through the sliding doors and into the darkened bridge of the fleet command ship. The conservationist saw the results of the scan of the solar system after his eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room.

Everyone on board the command ship thought of this protector of the weaker aliens as an insignificant annoyance who was required to be on ship for the yearly inspections.

He was a little eight-armed man whose six bulbous eyes were not accustomed to the harsh lighting in the corridors of the command ship. He had to squint his way around the ship because the ships captain was trying very hard to keep the lights at maximum illumination. It was during his blind wandering that the conservationist stumbled onto the bridge. He had actually been looking for the cafeteria to enjoy his fifth meal of the night. These IDIOT command ships always had the best midnight buffets.

“Um, Captain? What is that,” the conservationist asked, pointing to the small screen in the corner of the overhead displays.

“Official Preign, that is the scan of the local system we are entering,” the Captain said. “No need to worry yourself about it.”

“But Captain, there is life on the third planet from the sun,” Official Preign said. “While it is very primitive life it is life none the less.”

“Oh great.” The Captain’s head sunk and he forced himself to get up from his very comfortable looking chair. “Isn’t there a buffet you should be getting to?”

“In due time, Captain,” Preign said. “But first, look here. This third planet has life and it is apparently sentient life with a level 4 civilization.”

“Level four?”

“Yes, a civilization that is between agrarian and space faring.”

“Well. Let’s take a closer look,” The Captain looked at the over head.

87 people, living not dead, they didn’t have the time to raise the dead. 6 dogs, 2 birds, and 4 greater mammals. So naturally, a whale was one of the choices. No body knew at the time though that the whale was actually named Otto and could speak. But we were getting ahead of ourselves.

the main character is a young man who has to deal with this strange circumstance. Since the 87 were taken from all over the planet they all don’t speak the same language so everyone is given a translator module that is worn around their neck like a necklace. The young man befriends a girl, a pair of twins, and a small red dog. The dog is given a translator also. When the main character talks to the dog the dog usually replies or says single words to express his ideas. The Twins were just lucky. The transport device scanned for their dna and picked up the two people with the same DNA.

1/12/11: The Planet is Doomed 3

The Planet was doomed.

Not from the scourge of mankind and all our misguided decisions to consume all the fossil fuels and use up all the resources. Not from our use of chlorofluorocarbons in our hair sprays and roach sprays. Not from the explosion of our population worldwide and no way to feed every mouth. No, all those would have eventually killed us if we had the time. Instead, the world was doomed by outside forces of business and economics among alien races that had no idea mankind existed. Well, up until about twenty minutes ago they did not know we existed.

The Intergalatic Department of Industrial Outsourcing and Teleportation Services (IDIOTS) planned to use the planets in our solar system as a crude fuel for their freighters. It was a busy time for IDIOTS as they were transporting workers from one job site to another. They had to save money somewhere and scrapping nine planets in an unnamed solar system would save charging the corporate account. With new labor laws in the center of the galaxy, IDIOTS were booked for years transporting workers and jobs across the galaxy.

But on this day the newest member of this IDIOT fleet was at the data analysis terminal and decided to follow all protocols in the New Recruit handbook, Edition 450A. This new edition was supposed to ensure every recruit had a chance to become captain one day. But in reality it all it did was keep a new recruit busy with mundane tasks and requirements.

This newest member of the crew had always been an over achiever and this new assignment wasn’t going to be any different. He wanted to impress this new captain. The last captain he served under didn’t like him at all. Something about jettisoning cargo and the captain’s mother’s body being among said cargo.

As this recruit was excelling at his job a small alien stumbled onto the deck. Usually IDIOTS would not give a second thought to an insignificant race such as Humans, but it just happen that a liberal, bleeding heart conservationist blindly stumbled through the sliding doors and into the darkened bridge of the fleet command ship. The conservationist saw the results of the scan of the solar system after his eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room.

Everyone on board the command ship thought of this protector of the weaker aliens as an insignificant annoyance who was required to be on ship for the yearly inspections.

He was a little eight-armed man whose six bulbous eyes were not accustomed to the harsh lighting in the corridors of the command ship. He had to squint his way around the ship because the ships captain was trying very hard to keep the lights at maximum illumination. It was during his blind wandering that the conservationist stumbled onto the bridge. He had actually been looking for the cafeteria to enjoy his fifth meal of the night. These IDIOT command ships always had the best midnight buffets.

“Um, Captain? What is that,” the conservationist asked, pointing to the small screen in the corner of the overhead displays.

“Official Preign, that is the scan of the local system we are entering,” the Captain said. “No need to worry yourself about it.”

“But Captain, there is life on the third planet from the sun,” Official Preign said. “While it is very primitive life it is life none the less.”

“Oh great.” The Captain’s head sunk and he forced himself to get up from his very comfortable chair. “Isn’t there a buffet you should be getting to?”

87 people, living not dead, they didn’t have the time to raise the dead. 6 dogs, 2 birds, and 4 greater mammals. So naturally, a whale was one of the choices. No body knew at the time though that the whale was actually named Otto and could speak. But we were getting ahead of ourselves.

1/11/11: The Planet is Doomed 2

The Planet was doomed.

Not from the scourge of mankind and all our misguided decisions to consume all the fossil fuels and use up all the resources. Not from our use of chlorofluorocarbons in our hair sprays and roach sprays. Not from the explosion of our population worldwide and no way to feed every mouth. No, all those would have eventually killed us. The world was doomed by outside forces of business and economics among alien races that had no idea mankind existed. Well, up until about twenty minutes ago they did not know we existed.

The Intergalatic Department of Industrial Outsourcing and Teleportation Services (IDIOTS) planned to use the nine planets in our solar system as crude fuel for their freighters. It was a busy time for them as they were transporting workers from one job site to another. The IDIOTS were booked for years transporting workers and jobs across the galaxy.

But on this particular day the newest member of the crew was at the data analysis terminal and decided to follow all protocols in the New Recruit handbook, Edition 450A. This new edition was supposed to ensure every recruit had a chance to become captain one day.

This newest member of the crew had always been an over achiever and this new assignment wasn’t going to be any different. He wanted to impress this new captain. The last captain he served under didn’t like him all that much. Something about jettisoning cargo and the captain’s mother’s body being among said cargo.

As this recruit was excelling at his job a small alien stumbled onto the deck. Usually IDIOTS would not give a second thought to an insignificant race such as Humans, but it just happen that a liberal, bleeding heart conservationist blindly stumbled through the sliding doors and into the darkened bridge of the fleet command ship and saw the results of the scan after his eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room.

Everyone on board the command ship thought of this protector of the weak as an insignificant annoyance who was required to be on ship for the yearly inspections.

He was a little eight-armed man whose six bulbous eyes were not accustomed to the harsh lighting in the corridors of the command ship. He had to squint his way around the ship because the ships captain was trying very hard to keep the lights at maximum illumination. It was during his blind wandering that the conservationist stumbled onto the bridge. He had actually been looking for the cafeteria to enjoy his fifth meal of the night. These IDIOT command ships always had the best midnight buffets.

1/5/11: A whale named Otto

87 people, living not dead, they didn’t have the time to raise the dead survived the destruction of the planet Earth. 6 dogs, 2 birds, and 4 greater mammals were also spared. A humpback whale was one of the choices. No body knew at the time though that the whale was actually named Otto and could speak. Actually, everything was given the ability to speak when brought aboard the IDIOT Fleet. But who wants to hear what an Ostrich has to say.

We were getting ahead of ourselves.

The Planet was doomed.

Not from the scourge of mankind and all our misguided decisions to consume all the fossil fuels and use up all the resources. No, that would have eventually killed us all. The world was doomed by outside forces of business and economics among alien races that have no idea mankind even existed. Well, up until about twenty minutes ago they did not know we existed.

The Intergalatic Department of Industrial Outsourcing and Teleportation Services (IDIOTS) planned to use the nine planets in our solar system as crude fuel for their freighters that were transporting workers from one job site to another. But on this particular day the new recruit at the data analysis terminal decided to follow all protocols in the New Recruit handbook that had just been updated. As this recruit was excelling at his job a small alien stumbled onto the deck. Usually IDIOTS would not give a second thought to an insignificant race such as Humans, but it just happen that a liberal, bleeding heart conservationist was on the bridge of the fleet command ship and saw the results of the scan.

He was a little eight-armed man whose six bulbous eyes were not accustomed to the harsh lighting in the corridors of the command ship. He had to squint his way around the ship and the ships captain was trying very hard to keep the lights at maximum illumination. It was during his blind wandering that the conservationist stumbled into the dimly lit bridge.