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12:21 AM CST - October 22, 2003

With all the crap that's been going on lately with TSF (If you don't know 

what I'm talking about, don't worry about it), I've been thinking of 

entering this site into the web competition The Wizard's 

Quest.  No final deciscion yet, but I'm seriously considering 

it.


Well, I did a google search and looks like lyrical genius is still 

around... so I guess I will scrap that idea.  I'm still seriously 

considering the Listing site for fanlistings and cliques.  I've already 

designed a layout for it and picked out a name, "Fantopia," isn't that 

cute?


I could enter that site in competition, but the whole point of that site is 

to list other sites, so it isn't much of a personal site to enter.  I 

really like this site even though I get like zero traffic, plus it is so 

different from my other site, that it may be just what I need right 

now.


Still no word about my teleplay, but then I haven't checked my Yahoo mail 

to see if anything went out in the groups about it.  I've been thinking of 

resending my info through my yahoo mail because I wouldn't doubt it if AOL 

dumped it for spam... aol loves to do that type of BS.... argh, thats the 

other thing.  If I enter this site in TWQ then I have to watch what I say 

in my blog.  Not that I say anything terribly bad, but I do have a tendancy 

to curse every now and then...ok, a lot  more than that, lol.  I guess I 

will just have to use new words instead of curses, lol.  I have been trying 

to do that in real life to cut back on my cursing but so far I haven't 

found any sutible substitutes...



OK well I guess I will off to bed. And hope for the best in all things.





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3:58 PM CST - October 13, 2003

Not much activity here at DZ Fan... I've been trying to participate more in 

the yahoo groups so maybe that'll give me some publicity.  I've been 

thinking of opening a fanlisting & Clique directory site...in other words, 

a site that'd be a place for other people who own fanlistings and cliques 

to list theirs so people could come and just check out a whole bunch of 

them at once.  There used to be one way back when for cliques but I don't 

think it exists anymore.  I just think it'd be a cool way to get the 

fanlisting/clique community together...plus I could have a place to put all 

my fanlistings and cliques together, especially since I've been thinking of 

opening my own version of Lyrical Genius...it was a great site that has 

been closed for a while... Anyway it'd be a great way for publicity for 

fanlistings and cliques...



I finally opened my DZ season one DVDs and looked at them a little...since 

I've been a refuge lol I haven't had much time or place to watch them.  But 

I did look at the disk with "Enigma," "Netherworld," and "The House."  WOW 

I was surprised!  They have everything - of course they have the episodes 

themselves, but you can watch them with commentary, too, and each episode 

has two diff people commenting.  Each disk also has it's own special 

behind-the scenes features, but I haven't had time to watch it yet.  I love 

the chapters lol, I have all the episodes taped but it's nice to be able to 

go to your favorite part without having to FF or rewind... The only thing I 

wish the DVD had was the trailers, since I have all of them taped it'd be 

nice to have them on the DVDs, too...but I guess we can't have 

everything...



I'm switching the tag board since zonk-board is going pay and right now I 

don't have the money to spend on a board that's hardly being used =(.  

Well, hopefully more publicity later.  I've already been working on a 

layout so maybe I will open that fanlisting site afterall...





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11:35 PM CST - September 15, 2003

OK, no one is reading my blog, but that is ok. LOL.  I was doing some 

research for a screenplay I've been writing and I found out that the 

meaning of the name "Jon" is from Hebrew and means "God has given" and 

"John" is also from Hebrew and means "God is gracious."  It makes me wonder 

if the name has any significance in the story?  In the book it doesn't seem 

as much, since John is more of a tool than a well-developed character.  

However, in the show it definitely has meaning...especially if you look at 

the alternate spelling.  It's kind of spooky...



LOL well looks like Bruce is French and it means "Woodlands" so I don't 

think that really has a meaning, unless you think of that funny line in 

"Shaman" when Bruce tells Johnny he has to get out in nature to experience 

the world the way man evolved to, and Johnny replies that "No one evolved 

in Maine."



Right now I am at The Dead Zone Fansite.com.  A pretty good site if I do 

say so myself...LOL maybe I can get some publicity for my site this way 

since USA seems to be ignoring me (tear)!!



Speaking of which, I just ordered the first season DVDs.  I can't wait till 

they get here!  I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the extras on 

the DVD and also getting the unaired pilot episode.  LOL I am such a DZ 

Junkie.  I'm definitely going to make a blinkie of that because it fits me 

so perfectly.  I also can't wait to get the DVDs because it'll allow me to 

get some pics for more wallpapers, clique buttons, and quote images than 

they have on the site itself.





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11:44 PM CST - September 7, 2003

I just finished watching "Reasonable Doubt."  I'll admit, when I first saw 

the episode (back when it was first aired), I didn't really like it that 

much.  But watching it again (especially in light of all the flim 

studies/screenwriting stuff I've been doing lately) it really is a very 

well-written episode.


I definitely had a different POV of the episode watching it this time 

around.  A good friend of mine was sexually assalted about a year or so 

ago, and the case finally came to court last week.  The guy was acquitted.  

He still has to go to trial for assalting another person--a 12 year-old 

girl.  If he gets convicted of that, he will be sentenced to 99 years, 

since he is a repeat offender (he was convicted in the past for other 

assalts).  So taking this into consideration, it really made me think--the 

jurors gave the verdict of "not guilty" for my friend's trial because they 

just wanted to go home....in fact, one of the jurors slept through the 

entire trial!  Literally, hand-on-face, sleeping.  Anyway, taking all this 

into consideration really made me think about this episode.  In this 

episode, it was turned the other way, but still, it makes you think--how 

tenous it can be, that someone's life can depend on others like that, 

others who just want to get home so they can watch a baseball game or who 

stayed up late the previous night and just want to catch up on some 

shut-eye.


Now, I have never been a juror, but I'd like to think that if I were, I 

would try to be the best juror I could be.  I know I'm starting to sound 

like an idealist here, and I'm not.  I'm actually very cynical.  I try not 

to tell myself that human nature shouldn't amaze me, yet it does every 

time.  I guess one of the reasons I like the show is it seems to have the 

sort of message that everything is leading towards something...ok, so it 

may be leading to the total annihilation of the planet, but 

still....


Anyway, if there is anyone reading this, lol, and you have thoughts about 

this, I'd love to hear them.  Doesn't have to be about this episode, it 

could be about the general theme of the show.  Also the sort of karmatic 

quality (lol re-saw "Precipitate" the other day, too); the idea that bad 

comes back, but so does the good....





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11:43 PM CST - September 6, 2003

Just about to head off to bed.  Sumitted the link earlier to USA.  

Hopefully they'll post it and things can get rolling.  If not, I've been 

planning on joining the DZ mailing list and forum anyway so I can always 

post it there to get the word out.  I'm really excited about this.  I made 

four different wallpapers.  I'll probably make more in the future.  I wish 

USA had more production shots but I guess they have a lot to offer on the 

site so I'm not going to complain.  I mean, the fact that they give you 

access to all the teleplays, and even the story treatments for most of the 

second season is really great.  Most shows you have to buy the teleplays if 

you want them.  OK, well I'm exhausted.  Hope I get some word about 

anything to do with my script or this site soon lol I am just so excited 

about it all...





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1:56 PM CST - September 6, 2003

OK, well I'm looking at the site again (still at angelfire) and maybe the 

banner isn't so bad.  It is a "smart" banner...LOL it doesn't seem to be 

messing up my frames and it has ads that people visiting this site might 

actually want, like Monk DVD and Steven King books....plus I love the url, 

tv2/deadzone.  And I've always liked angelfire better...so maybe I won't 

move afterall...


Still going to use the yahoo email though, it's much easier....now I just 

have to get one of my old bravenet accounts switched over to this so I can 

change the forms to send to my yahoo mail instead of my other site's email. 

 Then I can finally launch this site!!





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1:23 PM CST - September 6, 2003

I finally emailed saying I have a completed script.  Now I've been dying to 

hear back....I keep praying that I'll get good news but I know how the 

industry is so I keep telling myself not to be disappointed jic...



I've been thinking a lot about this blog lately.  I have been trying to get 

my yahoo sh*t together so that I can get an email just for this fanlisting, 

but yahoo is so stupid it has my old id resitered with a yahoo mail 

account, and I've been trying to figure out if there's a way to delete that 

mail account so I can have a new one for this fanlisting, but so far I've 

had no success.  So I think I'm going to have to have a totally different 

yahoo ID just so I can get a different email account.  Isn't that 

ridiculous? The thing that annoys me most is I want to delete my other 

account's yahoo mail anyway since I don't use it and the damn thing wants 

to make it my primary email...



I registered for one of those tag boards so people can post comments.  I've 

been meaning to submit this site to USA so that it can be listed and I can 

actually get hits but I've been so pissed off at angelfire lately with 

their wonderful new banners that I've been thinking of maybe switching to 

geocities.......but they're owned by yahoo, too, so then again maybe it 

would be good to have another account.  ARGH!!





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12:15 PM CST - Aug 18, 2003

SPOILER ALERT!  Don't read if you haven't seen "Visions"!

After seeing the show a second time I noticed a few other things.  Firstly, 

I'm a detail freak and I really want to go back and re-watch all the season 

2.5 shows to look for the cane connection in each episode where he sees 

Wey.  LOL I also noticed that it's sort of cute, for I'm sure in season 

three we will see more of him, and he will help Johnny figure out more 

about the end of the world--he will be "the Wey," get it?  The "way"?? Yeah 

I know it's cheesy but hey, when you gotta come up with names, you got to 

get them from somewhere...



Anyway, I also noticed that they're suggesting that Johnny has something to 

do with Armageddon and I don't mean that in a good way.  Watching it a 

second time, you can sort of see some of the foreshadowing in what Wey says 

like when John sees him at the marathon, and he says, "Johnny Smith, how 

could you do this to all of them?" Or something along those lines.  Then, 

of course it is cinched at the end when Wey explains how he can't trust 

Johnny and holds up the cover of Newsweek which shows Johnny and the 

headline, "Will this man destroy the world?" or something like that.  Now, 

of course, it could be several things.  1) It could be that somehow in 

trying to prevent Armageddon, Johnny ends up causing it (in other words, 

not stopping it, and thus being at "fault").  2) It could mean something 

totally different because it's taken out of content.  You know?  Like it 

could be something totally benign but in the context of the literal end of 

the world, it could seem like it was his fault.  3) The other thing is, 

does that mean that John survives Armageddon and Wey will be able to find 

him in the future and talk with him?  [OMITTED: Concievably then, John 

could have a conversation with his future self, couldn't he?  I mean, if he 

can "share" a vision with Wey, then why couldn't he share one with 

himself....oh that's freaky.  That would actually make a good episode.  I 

think I should delete that lol.  Don't want to give anyone any 

ideas.....]



I don't know.  I definitely liked this episode.  I liked the way things 

were really tightly connected.  One mistake I noticed when they filmed it 

though is at the end when Bruce and Johnny are arrested and are taken to 

the police station.  John is in the foreground, talking with the current 

Wey and the police officer, and is not cuffed.  Bruce, in the background, 

however, is cuffed.  LOL now maybe I'm insane but I noticed that the FIRST 

time I watched it and thought to myself that is pretty racist though I 

don't doubt that it happens in real life.  The problem is, though, that 

later, after they get the call from Purdy or Bannerman or whomever and are 

being released, both of them are cuffed.  LOL I think it was just an error 

when they filmed it...or maybe there was supposed to be a time lapse and 

that explains the lack of cuffs on John and then their sudden 

appearance.



OK well I am beat but I have to say I'm sad the summer season is over.  At 

least I was inspired and able to just about finish my script.  I just have 

a few more scenes to write....and I need to figure out one more detail.  

Until the next blog session.  Night.





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10:34 PM CST - Aug 17, 2003

Just finished watching the season finale, "Visions."  It was great!  The 

end killed me though--I know USA hasn't approved a third season yet and 

even when they do, I know it'll be at least until after Christmas!!  I'm 

sure it'll be worth the wait, though.  They re-air the show in about a half 

an hour and I think I'm going to watch it again.  I'm still working on my 

script and I'm stuck with the end.  Watching the shows again a lot of times 

gets me a stronger familiarity with them that really helps when writing the 

script.



I've been writing the script not only because I love the show but also 

because I'm taking a screen writing class this fall and what better way to 

practice than writing a teleplay?  I think in a lot of ways it's more 

challenging than other types of writing, like short fiction, for example, 

but so far I think I enjoy it more.  Maybe it's just because I love 

DZ so much....I don't know.



But more about the season finale....when I first heard about it I was 

relieved to find that they were finally going to explain the guy that 

Johnny's been seeing the whole summer long.  It really bothered 

me...lol...I notice all kinds of strange details like every single time a 

character says "There's still time," for example...ok I am a freak I know 

it...but hell I did start this fanlisting so I have to love the show, don't 

I?



I can't say until after I see the episode again but I think that it is up 

there with my favorite ones....ok don't want to spoil it for those of you 

who may have been unfortunate enough to miss it, but I just loved the way 

they linked John to the mysterious man...very "Shaman-esque."  I really 

love it when they link the story together.  That was part of the problem I 

had with some of the earlier episodes; they seemed to be completely 

independent stories rather than part of a whole.



Anyway, I think my five favorite episodes would have to be, starting from 

Season 1 and going to 2.5: "Enemy Mind," "Netherworld," "Here There Be 

Monsters," "Playing God," and "The Hunt."  As far as the season finales go, 

though, I think "Visions" would have to be first, followed by "Zion," and 

then "Destiny."  But I've only seen "Destiny" once since I had it on a tape 

with some "Monk" episodes I taped for my Dad and now who knows what 

happened to that tape...I definitely have to invest in the Season 1 

DVDs...



OK well it's almost 11, time to see "Visions" again and look for things I 

missed...so I think I'm going to try to get some work in on my teleplay 

before it starts and check to make sure my neurotic hamster hasn't broken 

out of her ball...





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