Dreams...

So last week I went to the UK premiere of the Safe Haven movie. It was fantastic, and i even did the Harlem Shake next to Josh Duhamel. ( i don't dance...ever).
But it got me to thinking about my dreams. One of which i want to fulfill  the other i doubt i ever will. (None of my friends know these things, so if they're reading this...no you know, just don't laugh.)

Jobs...

This is the dream i doubt ill ever fulfill  Although there are many jobs that i would be happy doing, my ultimate dream job is as a director/screenwriter. Film, TV, theater, whatever. To me, directing a vision would be the ultimate. To be able to pick up a book that you connect with, and bring that vision to life so that other people can see what you see, and become immersed in the story too. To be able to affect someones life through the screen, the way that the words in the book had affected you. The magic in finding the right people for a character, or the right setting, or just to add the little details which make the audience part of what they are seeing. Well, for me that sounds like a pretty darn good job. Lately ive been finding myself watching tv, and thinking how different i would have directed it. And especially lately, in the 12 books ive read this month, i think about how i would translate a scene or chapter from paper to screen, and who i would have cast in it. Laugh at me all you will, for me this is one of the ultimate jobs.  I can hear you now saying "If you're so passionate about it, why don't you do it?". Well its not that easy, and i would say its one of the hardest things to get into that industry. Maybe one day, opportunity will knock, but until then, ill settle for what i can find.

Place to live...

I know you all read that thinking "Oh now she's gonna talk about living in a big fancy house, with a big garden, and a maid and what she'd want in a house." Well i am, but not quite as bad as that. Im sure that everyone at one time or another has seen a place that they wished that they could live. Well for me, its always been North Carolina (or California, but its a tad too busy for me). North Carolina has been the settings to some of my favorite books, films and TV shows. (The Nicholas Sparks books, One Tree Hill, and Safe Haven to name a few.) Whenever I've seen it, it always looks so idyllic, with stunning lakes, beaches and it strikes me as a quiet place to live. Thus, adding to my list of things to do before I'm 40, moving to North Carolina is going to be one of them.Although i haven't been there yet, i plan to go soon, and doubt ill be let down.  Its also not a usual place that people from the UK think about moving to. (Usually California, New York, Spain, Milan etc.) But for me, it seems like a beautiful place where i could be proud to call it home. I've lived in the city all my life (except for school holidays when we would go to the Isle of Sheppey where we had a holiday caravan), but i can safely say that i preferred the quiet-ness of the country. Busy-ness isn't really for me, but that doesn't mean that i want to land myself in the middle of no-where. But for me, North Carolina is the place that seems to be calling me.

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Ells xox