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Editor: I couldn’t agree more with Frank Bucholtz’ interpretation (Editorial, The Times, July 25) of “high-priced help” and money well spent(?) through the addition of 30 individuals who have hit the mini-jackpot by signing on as full-time firefighters in Langley Township.

I used to be a fireman years ago — not a “professional firefighter” as the fire department media spin doctors like to call themselves now. It was a group of enthusiastic folks back then who most likely would have done the job for free as “hero status” and having the ability to drive the big red fire truck was pretty tempting. Hose work and training can be as complicated as one wants it to sound, but realistically its stream or fog that exits the nozzle.

Before the first responder designation was tagged on to this primary fire suppression group, it was essentially two barbeques, two sleeps and then four days off for their other jobs.

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Give me your opinion on my characters?

Izzy aksed: i can finally give brief descriptions on various characters from my story. some will be protagonists. some will be antagonists. some will be majors and some will be minors. there will a lot of people in my series. most of these characters will be similar to some characters from other tv shows but they won't be exactly the same. some things will be changed around. this way i can make it to where it's my own version. here they are:

1) Deanna Santos: The main protagonist; known to be "the girl that everything happens to"; described as "kind of a chameleon; the girl who seems to have drama follow her everywhere. She's a typical full blooded boricua from New York and is proud of being a Latina. She is the rich, detached, dissipated, and frivolous daughter of a music producer and socialite, for whom sex is only another way to be entertained, which be part of her back story and as the series goes on, many different sides to Deanna will unravel and you will understand why Deanna is the way she is. Deanna possesses both manipulative and sensitive sides. She will share similarities with original 90210 characters Brenda Walsh, Kelly Taylor, and Valerie Malone; new 90210 characters Naomi Clark and Adrianna Tate Duncan; Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf; Degrassi characters Manny Santos and Alex Nunez; South of Nowhere character Ashley Davies; and One Tree Hill character Brooke Davis.
2) Alex Berrios: Deanna's older half brother; often portrayed as naive, judgmental, overprotective, and somewhat controlling. Although him and Deanna are shown to get along and share a good sibling relationship, Alex is shown to be overly protective of her and goes at great lengths to keep Deanna from having any alone time with his group of his friends because most of Alex's friends have a thing for Deanna and seem to be more interested in hanging out with her than with Alex. The reason behind this is because they feel that when they hang out with Deanna, they can talk to her about anything and she won't judge them, she'll understand. But when they try to talk to Alex, he either doesn't listen or is too quick to judge and jumps to conclusion without hearing their side of the story. You'll see more of this evolve in the series as well. Overall Alex is the guy who "always judges everyone."
3) Jimena Lopez: The typical queen bee and captain of the cheerleading squad; Deanna's former best friend. Shares similarities with Degrassi character Paige Michalchuk and South of Nowhere character Madison Duarte. Her and Deanna were best friends until they both developed a crush on the same guy and the guy took more interest to Deanna and not Jimena which is what ended the friendship. Throughout the series their rivalry will play out and you can expect a good cat fight from these two.
4) Billy Allen: Alex's skeevy best friend; described as being nosy, a brown noser, jock, bully, the creator and starter of drama, and card shark. Shares similarities with 90210 character Mark. He has ways sneaky and vindictive ways of bribing people to get what he wants. He's also the type of guy who meddles in other people's business and has ways of twisting the truth around. Deanna greatly dislikes Billy because of this and is also his main target of meddling in her business. He also secretly has thing for Deanna and tries to bed Deanna on several occasions though she brushes him off each time. He will definitely have a huge role in most of the drama that occurs in the series.
5) Lacey Sawyer: The sweet and sugary girl next door; bubbly and shy; eventually breaks out of her shell; shares similarities with 90210 character Donna Martin and Degrassi character Darcy Edwards. She is first introduced as Deanna's childhood friend. Lacey grew up as a strict Catholic, and her mother's strict rules on morality will be a running story line for much of the series. Because of this, Lacey, bu choice remained a virgin. Throughout the series she will go through different issues such as being in an abusive relationship, discovering she has dyslexia, and being stalked.
6) Ivy Laderman: The main female antagonist/villain of the series; the true poster of female villains; shares similarities with 90210 character Emily Valentine and Gossip Girl character Georgina Sparks. She is the enemy and target of many of the characters that include Deanna, Alex, and Lacey. She is much like Billy only more evil of course. She is an attractive, distinguished, and elegant girl. Very insecure and jealous, incapable of controlling her passions, she turns everyone's life in high school into a prison for them. Her explosions of fury, motivated by jealousy and extremely self destructive, manage to convince everyone that she's crazy. In reality, what Ivy wants is to attract attention to herself and manipulate everyone else at her whim. Ivy is incapable of truly loving anyone besides herself. She may lust for g
i had typed two more characters after ivy but unfortunately it got cut off. sorry about that. but overall what do you think of the characters? do they sound believable? do you think the need improvement? if so what can i do to improve them? if you want to know more message me and i will give you the deets.

who's your favorite and least favorite character so far?

Lord Infamous ♥ Penguins ¤FC¤ answered: favorite would have to be Jimena... i've always taken a liking to characters like her. characters like her add the vibrant color and attitude that make a good book. as for the rest, they seem pretty good; just remember to continue to make them your own and not so much as what you are basing them off of. keep up the good work :). i will send you an email tomorrow to answer the questions you asked in giving best answer.

wow. I really like your characters.
l0l that was a lot of info though.
my favorite would have to be
Deanna Santos.